pushing the woman inside the house carefully, chenle closed the front door and flashed a very wide smile at woman that's raising her brow in suspicion at him. ❝mom!❞

chenle then threw his body towards the woman, almost making the two of them fall down but luckily the woman held him tight and got to balance herself up. a smile then curved to her lips as chenle was clinging to her like a baby he is, remembering the very moment she carried chenle for the first time.

❝since when did you arrive?❞ chenle then placed himself down upon seeing that his mother was having a hard time carrying him. the moment he placed his feet down the ground, he then showed a pout to the woman. ❝why did you not tell me?❞

❝surprise?❞ she chuckled before engulfing her son into a tight hug. ❝sorry, your dad couldn't come. he got busy.❞

❝it's okay mom.❞ the son smile as he tightened the embrace, smiling as he buried his head on his mother's shoulder. ❝but you could have told me that you'll be coming!❞

❝i did!❞ the mother pulled away from the hug and gave her son a look, ❝you didn't check your phone?❞

chenle took his phone out to see if she did ever left a message and she did, making him smile sheepishly. guess he was enjoying too much on the date he had with jisung to even check his phone.

their date, chenle smile got wider upon recalling it. he never knew that he could have fun hanging out with jisung. he never knew he would see that smile on jisung's face. he never knew he could survive the whole afternoon with the younger because of his heart beating so fast with every second that passed by and making it look like it'll come out of his chest.

❝i won't be long though, i'll have to go back to china next week.❞ the mother said, sighing. she wanted to stay with her son for a month or so but the business world won't let her. she was then cut off by her thoughts upon seeing chenle not saying anything and just smiling. raising a brow, she then asked, ❝why are you smiling about?❞

chenle widened his eyes and then shook his head slowly, looking down the ground after. ❝it's nothing.❞

❝well, i know what's something.❞ the mother crossed her arms and gave her son a look, ❝you coming home late and being with another boy.❞

she was well aware of chenle's sexuality and of course she accepted him. chenle is still chenle, her son. what kind of mother is she if she doesn't accept her son because of his sexuality? although, her husband did take weeks but in the end chenle was accepted. and she was happy about that, she could see her son being open and being brighter than before after knowing that he was accepted.

❝m-my friend.❞ chenle nodded his head, trying to escape a whole night of his mom's talk. ❝we were at the library. h-he was teaching me history.. to catch up in class..❞

chenle wanted to just throw himself out of the window. he doesn't even know what gibberish he is talking right now. he just hoped that his mother will believe whatever he is saying right now and spare him for the night.

❝a friend.. in the library, huh?❞

the son gasped after seeing his mom holding familiar pictures in her hansds. he tried to snatch it back but the mother hand her other hand to stop the boy from going near her as she flipped the pictures of chenle and a boy. chenle was so into his thoughts a while ago to even notice his mom snatching the pictures poking out inside his pocket, probably because of him taking his phone out.

❝guess they have a photo booth inside the library.❞ chenle laughed nervously, already dying inside.

❝tell me,❞ the mother sure is not going to buy that stupid readon. ❝what's the name of this cute boy?❞

chenle gulped, ❝he's just a friend mom, i don't think you need to know his name.❞

❝a friend.❞ the woman held a familiar picture out, making chenle panic. it was a picture of them almost kissing and never had chenle felt so embarrassed of his mother finding out about it. ❝sure, a friend.❞

❝mom, i'm tired.❞having no choice, chenle has to explain this to his mother. but not tonight, his energy got drained a while ago.

❝rest.❞ she smiled and placed the pictures back inside her son's pocket and then ruffled his hair after. ❝i can always wait for you to open up.❞

chenle smiled, giving his mom a kiss on the cheeks. ❝i love you mom.❞

and with that, he gave his mom a very tight hug before making his way towards his bedroom. opening the door, he sighed before placing his bag and every other things on top of his study table.

there was a smile on his face as he eyed the pictures of him and jisung at the photo booth a while ago. the last shot they took caught his full attention, making him wonder what would it be like they did kiss.

he wondered what the feeling would be and what the taste is going to be.

chenle's eyes then diverted to the house next to his and could feel his cheeks heat up upon seeing the lights of a specific room being lit up. he had the urge to squeal but held himself back, not wanting for jisung to catch him.

❝oh god, how can he possibly look so perfect?❞ chenle sighed as he admired jisung who just came inside his room.

he watched every move he took but he then froze upon seeing jisung starting to unbutton his uniform after throwing his bag down the ground. his room being so quiet, chenle could hear his gulp being so loud. he wanted to move away as he knew he was invading a person's privacy, but his eyes just won't leave and is stuck to jisung's surprisingly well built body.

❝holy—❞ chenle covered his mouth as his voice came out a little to loud.

he gathered all the energy he had left and threw his body down to his bed, just hoping that jisung didn't catch him staring. he could then feel his heart beat very fast as the pictures of jisung's body flashed inside his head.

❝rainbows and butterflies, rainbows and butterflies, rainbows and—❞ chenle flinched the moment he heard his phone ringing.

not checking the caller's id as he was busy calming himself, he reached out for his phone which he placed on the bed side table and answered the call. but even with that, chenle was still mumbling 'rainbows and butterflies' to calm himself down from the wonderful sight he had just seen a while ago.

"hey,"

❝rainbows and butt—❞ chenle's breathing stopped after hearing a very hoarse and familiar voice from the phone. ❝j-jisung?❞

the younger chuckled. "i saw you."

🐋

❝he is so cute.❞ jisung giggled, placing his chin on his palms.

jaemin scrunched his nose at his cousin that was giving him s very weird smile. ❝i'm sorry, i don't speak the i'm-so-inlove-to-the-point-that-i-want-him-to-be-mine-now language.❞

❝still no progress with renjun and jeno?❞ jisung raised a brow, feeling bad for jaemin who's always stuck with couples.

he then paused from his place and fought the urge for his cheeks to heat up at the thought him and chenle being a couple.

❝there was never an us in the first place, why would there be a progress?❞ jaemin scoffed as he started to eat his all time favorite chicken nuggets.

❝didn't you love the two?❞

the older nodded his head and spoke even with his mouth full, ❝guess what, they love each other.❞

❝oh—❞

a ding coming from jaemin's phone stopped the two's conversation. with jaemin not minding it, jisung's eyes went to his cousin's phone and furrowed his brows seeing a message from a very unfamiliar id name.

yesyes: nana, sorry renjun and i couldn't come and accompany you this lunch. i'll be taking some tests while renjun was ordered to buy food for the panelists that's going to arrive later.

yesyes: do you want anything perhaps? i can tell renjun to buy you anything.

supposedly, jisung was about to ignore it and not care but the next message caught his full attention.

yesyes: do you want our love?

❝hey,❞ jisung looked up to his cousin that's eating peacefully and showed him his phone. ❝you said renjun and jeno loved each other?❞

the older male read the message and choked on the food he is eating once he saw the message jeno had sent him. ❝this freakishly gorgeous man is going to get it!❞ he groaned before taking his phone replying to the message.

jisung then can't hide that smile on his face as he saw his cousin finally having someone, or sometwo, to spice up his single ass. he won't be alone as jeno and renjun are there to be with him, jisung just hoped that jaemin won't be that dense to know about those two boys having feelings for him.

❝anyways,❞ jaemin dropped his phone down, ignoring jeno's messages, and now went to give his attention to his cousin. ❝where's chenle?❞

❝still left inside the classroom.❞ jisung pouted, already missing chenle's presence next to him. ❝he needed to take make up quizzes to completely catch up to us.❞

❝it must be hard being a transfer student.❞ jaemin felt bad for the chinese. ❝so, how was your date with the boy yesterday?❞

❝one word,❞ jisung then motioned his hands to make a rainbow on top of him. ❝magical.❞

jaemin started to cringe at the jisung he is facing right now. he got used to dealing with a poker-faced scary-looking jisung that it might take a while to embrace this new one. ❝you're exaggerating things.❞

❝but honestly though,❞ jisung sighed so dreamily, like a highschool girl daydreaming about her popular and all so perfect crush. ❝it was amazing.❞

❝then,❞ jaemin tilted his head to the side, happy to see jisung like this. ❝are you planning to drop him being your bank account now?❞

❝hm?❞ maybe it's finally time to start things off in a different way. their first proper conversation wasn't that proper actually. maybe it's time to stop addressing chenle as his bank account and now start seeing him as a friend. ❝actually, jisung's husband suits him more, don't you think?❞

the older gave jisung a look with a sweet smile show on his lips, ❝oh jisung.❞ he then pulled his chicken nuggets close to him. ❝you and your sweet ass is insulting my relationship with my chicken nuggets.❞

❝my beloved cousin,❞ jisung giggled, taking a piece of jaemin's chicken nuggets and ate it. ❝renjun and jeno is going to be so jealous if they see you being with those chicken nuggets.❞

jaemin gasped the moment a piece of chicken nugget went inside of jisung's mouth. ❝you evil—❞

❝adios the fuck.❞ jisung quickly stood up and made a run before jaemin would catch him and beat him uo for taking his chicken nuggets.

making his way out of the cafeteria, jisung placed both of his hands inside his pocket and silently took to the stairs up to a specific classroom where his dolphin was told to stay and take the tests to catch up and be able to attend any kinds of activity this school will hold.

while doing so, a smile never left his lips. he couldn't even feel the numbness as he was too engrossed in thinking about starting a new with chenle. this time, maybe and hopefully, chenle won't be jisung's bank account anymore but will be his boyfr—

"has anyone told you how beautiful you are?"

"xiaojun!"

jisung stopped from his tracks outside a familiar door, hearing some voices inside the classroom where chenle is supposed to be.

"you scared me."

the other chuckled. "you didn't notice me coming inside the room?"

"you've been here?"

"yeah, around five minutes ago."

being curious, jisung peeked an eye inside the room and his blood boiled at the sight of xiaojun being so close to chenle who's still taking the test. he scanned the room and wanted to just punch whoever was watching over chenle because there was no one inside the room aside for the two of them.

"why are you here?" chenle questioned, going back in answering the test.

xiaojun smiled, "i passed by and saw you alone."

"oh yeah, the teacher told me that he'll get something inside the office." chenle raised his head and pouted at the senior who's leaning very close to him. "you should really leave before you get in trouble."

"will do." xiaojun's voice echoed around the room, "but before that,"

jisung was about to step inside and just throw xiaojun out of the window but was frozen from his place upon seeing the sight of the senior closing the gap between him and chenle. he couldn't see very clearly as xiaojun was blocking the view but jisung was sure he saw xiaojun kissing chenle.

and he was also sure that he heard his heart breaking.

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