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#14 - The Way I Spoke

But do you recall

The time we talked,

The day you held my hand?

School had ended. And thank god it was the weekend because if Jaemin had to go through another day of school, he probably would've cried. Class sure was tiring, but guess what the best thing to do after a long day was?

Going to the amusement park. Or at least that's what Jaemin thought. Going to an amusement park with your friends and their crushes. Since Jaemin had gotten to know Jeno, he now had a direct connection to the other friend group, he shared his last class of the day with Jeno, so it was easy to ask him to contact the others. Jaemin and Jeno stood outside the door of their classroom, facing each other.

"What do you think of going to the amusement park?"

"Today...?"

"Yes! And why don't you text your friends to come too? What were their names again?"

"Jisung and Haechan?"

"Right, them!" Jeno was not quite sure how to respond. "Go on. What are you waiting for? Text them." Jaemin pressed. The older nodded slowly, mouth shut, and pulled his phone out. He scrolled through his recents and tapped on a group chat. While Jeno did that, the younger caught someone's eye in the hallway.

"Hey!" Jaemin squealed. Renjun's eyes widened, he looked around and then turned back to Jaemin. He pointed his finger to his chest as if saying 'me?'

"Yes, you! Who else? Come over here." Renjun waded his way to Jaemin and Jeno, making sure to keep his eyes to the ground. "Where did you go during lunch? I missed you!" Jaemin pouted.

"How long did it take you to notice that I left?"  Was what the oldest wanted to say, but instead, he took the safer route: "The bathroom." Although he said the right thing, his voice was dead, which made Jaemin's smile falter. Renjun made eye contact with Jaemin, daring him to comment on it. The younger decided not to.

He cleared his throat. "Anyways! Renjun, I was just asking Jeno if we should all go to the amusement park today."

"Who?"

Jeno's eyes widened. "We- we met earlier? I'm Jeno,"

"No, not you," Renjun rolled his eyes. "I meant who is going? You said 'we' and 'all,' I was wondering who else."

"Well, let's see," Jaemin stuck a finger out for each person he counted. "You, me, Jeno, Chenle, Mark, Haechan, and Jisung."

Renjun held his breath. 7 people? Wasn't that a lot? Who's paying? Did they have to pay individually? God knew he couldn't pay for himself. Heck, he could barely support himself. How would he have enough money to spare on a meaningless trip? "Who's paying?"

Jaemin froze as if just realizing they were all broke as fuck. Renjun especially, had Jaemin forgotten? "We are all paying individually." Jaemin picked at his nails. "And if that's a problem, then... don't come."

Silence. Silence, and some more silence.

"What?" Renjun could barely talk. Jeno looked in between the two. He quickly tried to diffuse the situation, placing a gentle hand on Renjun's shoulder.

"Don't worry. I'll pay for you."

Renjun looked up at him with unshed tears in his eyes. "Really?"

"Really."

[who even posts long chapters? hahah not me.]

[also, sorry y'all, but don't you love it when you turn all the chapters you've written into drafts, slowly upload them all, and then forgot to write new chapters, and end up with no drafts and no chapters to post? So um sorry if this chapter is crappy, I fell behind :(  ]