MAY 9TH \\\ 12:45 AM

"AYO JENO,"

mark sighed, looking up from his phone, body sprawled on jeno's bed.

"mhm?" the younger replied, not looking up as he was trying to organize the laces for the new cleats his mother got for him.

"can i join you for the swim team party?" mark asked, "please?"

jeno looked up, annoyed. "yah, i asked you this so many times over the past two weeks and you kept refusing." he said while pushing mark to the other side of the bed, making room for himself. "who gave you the right to think you could just finally blurt out that you wanna come now?"

"well," mark just blushed, "jaemin just posted on his snapchat that hyuck was going bowling with him and your party is gonna be at the bowling place so..."

jeno rolled his eyes, "oh, ok i guess it's hoes before bros now."

mark had a huge crush on donghyuck, which mark doesn't even try to hide. to jeno, it's one of the only things that jeno can tease mark on, as jeno tries to avoid hurting other's feelings, unless it's taeyong. to donghyuck, at least jeno thinks, mark would probably seem annoying as mark tries to butter up to the younger practically always.

"fuck you, donghyuck is not a hoe!" mark argued back.

"yikes, you're whipped," jeno said, shaking his head, "and that shit isn't even that deep!"

mark frowned, "i would do anything to keep hyuck's name clear, actually, i would do anything for him."

"ok you love donghyuck blah blah," jeno exclaimed, remembering to place his cleats next to his iconic uniform, in a pastel blue with number '16' placed clearly on the back of the uniform, "but you do know you have to bring in something for the gift exchange thing, right?"

"jeno, im broke." mark said, looking at the younger with puppy eyes.

"not my problem," jeno shrugged, shoving mark to the opposite side of the bed, "it's not my fault that you use all your money for fortnite skins!"

"says who!? the last time i played was like last night!"

"for yixing's sake, fortnite sucks and markie-poo, nobody cares."

"fuck you jeno, let's go to the dollar tree for a gift."

"oh! and we should get some boba on the way!"

"you're paying, bitch."

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as the two used the bus to get to the town center, mark stared out the window the whole time.

"hm, jeno." mark said, catching jeno's attention from picking of a sticker that was stuck on the side of the seat in front of them.

"yeah?"

"you're brother's on a date now, right?"

"mhm, with jaehyun hyung." jeno smiled, wiggling his eyebrows.

"i wonder how they confessed..."

"is this about donghyuck again?" the raven hair said, rolling his eyes, "anyways, jaehyun hyung and tyong hyung is a whole different story from you and donghyuck."

"you're right, either way, you know zhong chenle, right?"

"that rich kid from china?"

"yeah," mark confirmed, peeling his eyes away from the window, "his friend from china, huang renjun, is transferring to our school."

"oh? is he the guy in chenle's instagram post?"

"yeah, him," mark said, "tomorrow, he's touring the school with na jaemin."

jeno only knew jaemin briefly after mark and the student council president became friends. jeno didn't really know jaemin that well, but he wanted to get to know the younger better, as he seemed like a nice person to be around.

"ok, and what does that have to do with me?"

"well, we need more people joining the athletic segment of our school and what better than the athlete of korea university himself introduce it?" mark explained, his teeth showing in a grin.

"all that buttering up just for introducing someone?" jeno looked at his hyung, smiling, "of course! hell yeah i'm down."

"that's great." mark said, ruffling jeno's hair.

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jeno ordering a taro milk tea with pearls and mark going for a simple milk tea with pearls and red beans, the two bickered over who was paying for the boba. the cashier placed down the two drinks for the boys. "ah! markie? jeno-ssi?"

mark told jeno to shut up, and looked over, surprised, "chaewon-ah! are you feeling better?"

jeno bowed a bit and smiled widely.

"mhm, that's why i'm here, working. how's jaemin doing with his student council work? i feel bad that i couldn't help, as i am the vice president."

"nah, it's ok. we didn't want you to get even more sick because of overworking." mark said, reassuring the girl, "hopefully, jaemin's doing ok. but this morning he ranted about how much he hated yukhei..."

jeno choked on air for a bit, knowing that his soccer team mate is someone who is easy to hate, but someone who is easy to love too.

"hah, sounds like jaemin," chaewon laughed out, fixing her ponytail, "i'll pay for it. you guys don't have to worry."

now, jeno butted into the conversation, "no! it's ok. i'll pay for it, there's no need chaewon-ah!"

"no, i feel bad for not helping around," chaewon said, shaking her head, "it's ok jeno-ssi, im fine."

jeno pouted and mark thanked her for the drinks, saying a goodbye, chaewon reassuring the two that she would be fine and be able to go back to school the following day.

"hyung, she's so nice! like, what for?" jeno questioned.

"that's honestly just her nature. i remember when she introduced me to the campus, she bought me a lunch at that hotpot place that yeri goes to all the time."

"woah! is she rich or something?"

"why would she be doing a part time job, then? i mean, she does run a pretty successful youtube channel that people over the world watch."

"but youtubers don't get that much money unless they're like pewdipie or something."

"yeah, i honestly don't know."

as they reached their destination, mark said he was going to buy a gift for jaemin as well, knowing that the younger does tend to get stressed out lately, and then pick out his for the swim team.

jeno shakes his head, "wow, what a great hyung he is. you could mistake him to be jaemin's boyfriend!" he mumbled, "wait... jaemin doesn't look good with mark hyung...oh no..." jeno said to himself, frowning as he thought about the two dating.

jeno pouted and he kept shaking his head, hitting it repeatedly.

"disgusting... just, ew no. that can't happen... that can't happen."

he looked up after swallowing a pearl, just noticing that he was about to bump into someone. he was a familiar face but it didn't register to him.

"ah, i'm so sorry!" jeno hurriedly said, bowing continually, "i didn't see where i wa-"

the other boy cut him off shaking his head, "it's ok, don't worry about it, it's not like any of us dropped anything."

jeno thought he was cute.

"hahahahahah jeno you're straight," jeno thought to himself as he gulped,"also, he's not cute!"

as the other boy looked at him, the stranger gasped, "oh, aren't you lee jeno?" he said, fixing his hair.

"uh... yeah? do i know you?"

"nah, i'm huang renjun from china. im studying at the same university as you are. i just know you because of your modeling and acting gigs. also, my friend chenle is a huge fan of yours!" the boy said, laughing.

"oh! you're that huang renjun," jeno exclaimed, his eyesmile definitely in show, "yeah, i'm supposed to show you around school tomorrow. with na jaemin."

"that's cool, i'm excited to get to know you two better, from what chenle said, you two are both really nice." renjun explained, smiling widely.

"ah, yeah i remember chenle, he's really cute, but he's really loud," jeno laughed off, "not in an offensive way though."

"sounds like chenle," renjun confirmed, "that's a pretty accurate description."

"aww, that's cute. can you say that i said hi to him?"

renjun nodded as he heard a shout from what jeno suspected was chenle, saying a goodbye, "oh, and jeno?"

"yeah?" jeno asked, turning his head around.

"you're face is a bit...red. are you ok?"

"mhm, im fine! see you tommorow?" jeno confirmed, feeling his face.

"ok then, see you tomorrow jeno-ssi!" renjun said, bowing and spinning around to the other direction, walking into the distance.

"fuck. yeah, i'm just not feeling well," jeno thought to himself, "i'm just not feeling well..."

although jeno's hetero thoughts was that he was just feeling sick, he knew deep inside he was blushing because of the other male. and jeno was dreaded to meet the older again.

[a/n]

welp, jeno just realized his non-heterosexual self. congrats to him!

im vvvv sorry that i didn't update for almost two weeks from now. tbh my only inspiration comes from you guys, my readers, and also school is already stressful.

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