cooking inside the kitchen, jaemin jumped from his place when someone suddenly greeted him with a tight hug from behind. the older couldn't help but chuckle at how energetic the boy is early in the morning.

❝good morning my beloved cousin!❞

❝that's weird, you're happy in the morning.❞ jaemin turned around and pinched the younger's cheeks. ❝are you still sick?❞

❝can't i be happy?❞ jisung pouted and then held jaemin's wrists. ❝stop pinching my cheeks! it hurts.❞

❝ew, you look ugly when you pout.❞ jaemin scrunched his nose and gave jisung a disgusted look, pushing him away to continue on his cooking.

jisung then placed his hands on his hips. ❝jisung is not ugly!❞

the older widened his eyes after hearing and seeing jisung acting cute. ❝that's disgusting.❞

❝jisung is cute.❞ jisung said as he puffed his cheeks to look cute beside jaemin.

❝jisung stop.❞

❝why is jaemin hyung not finding jisung cute?❞ the younger male huffed with his shoulders going up and down.

❝see that window?❞ jaemin then moved closer to the boy and pointed the window that's inside the kitchen. when jisung nodded, jaemin gave him one sweet smile. ❝i'm going to throw you out there if you keep this attitude up.❞

jisung purposely gasped in a cute way. ❝jisung is scared!❞

❝park jisung.❞

❝na jaemin.❞

with seconds of looking at each other with a playful glare, they burst out laughing after. jaemin turned the stove off and went to engulf jisung in a tight hug that the younger almost couldn't breathe. jaemin only then pulled away when jisung tapped his back as a sign that he needed air.

the older only chuckled when jisung was breathing for air, looking like a fish that needs to be on water. ❝how are you?❞

after being able to finally breathe properly, jisung flashed the older one wide smile. ❝i'm fine, i'm feeling good, i'm cool.❞

jaemin then raised a brow, remembering what jisung meant by feeling cool. ❝you're cool?❞

❝i can breathe again, i finally am on the positive side on life, i have no evil intentions of killing myself anymore, i'm cool.❞ that's the type of cool he is feeling right now.

❝then,❞ jaemin knew he would ruin the mood jisung has right now if he mentions a specific name but he just can't help but ask. ❝what about chenle?❞

❝that's a good question.❞ jisung pressed his lips into a thin line as he tapped his chin, looking like he's thinking deep about something. ❝i'm going to thank him for everything and i'm especially thanking him for giving me this chance to still live life like a highschool boy i am!❞

jaemin then had a smile on his face after hearing that. ❝do you still love him?❞

that was a very sensitive topic for jisung. but it's park jisung, he's a strong chicken which is why he managed to pull out a smile as he made his way to the dinning area. ❝i would love him to be my friend!❞

❝ji—❞

❝hyung, let's eat. i'm kinda hungry.❞ the younger male said as he rubbed his stomach in circles.

getting ready for school, chenle felt like he had just lost his soul. he didn't know why he was acting like this after what happened yesterday. he should be happy right? it's going to be easy for him now. with jisung now giving up, he can finally move on without having a hard time. right?

going down from his room, chenle glanced to his side and breathed out sigh. ❝i don't feel like eating.❞

he did eat all the macaroons last night but he ate it while crying his heart out. he was regretting for treating jisung like that and now look what has happened. honestly, he didn't want jisung to stop. he was already starting to appreciate the fact that jisung is trying his best to fix things. it even crossed in chenle's mind that maybe, hopefully, they could actually get back together and continue what they had started together.

but thinking of it now, seems like there's a very small chance that it'll likely happen.

this wasn't what chenle had thought for his life to be. he wanted to live a normal happy life. having friends, finishing school together, hanging out with people, finding a boyfriend, and live life to the fullest.

a bitter chuckle escaped to chenle's mouth. ❝how can i think of finding a boyfriend when i can't even handle whatever is happening between jisung and i?❞

making his way out of the house with his stomach empty, chenle locked the door and placed the keys inside his bag before walking away. xiaojun didn't come to get him, maybe he and yangtang had fixed their problems already and they got back together already. well, if that's what happened then chenle is happy for them.

he thought that he would be going home alone but seems like he had some comoany the moment he step foot on the sidewalk. two familiar figures stopped their tracks as they saw him and chenle didn't know whether to run or stay put there and wait for a miracle to happen.

a miracle of them getting back together.

jaemin saw how the two were looking at each other and couldn't help but just push jisung forward closer to chenle. ❝what are you waiting for?❞

actually, jaemin isn't trying to force jisung anymore. whatever decision jisung makes, he's going to accept it. he just wants for the two of them to clear things up and if jisung doesn't want anything more happening to them then he won't force jisung anymore. the boy is already broken, he didn't want to break him even more.

chenle, too, also took a step forward. jisung's words from yesterday really hit him hard. yes, he treated him like a bank account. yes, jisung made him suffer. yes, this boy right here just took his first without any consent. but jisung is also the one that made chenle feel romantic love. chenle fell for him and looking at the bright side of things, jisung also loved him back as much, if not more, as chenle loved him.

are they just going to waste everything just like that? just because of that one night?

it's up to chenle if he forgives jisung for that.

❝jisung!❞

and he decided to forgive him. he loves jisung, what can he do?

the younger male looked back, shaking on his knees as he was nervous, then he saw jaemin smiling at him and giving him the strength to be strong and face in whatever is coming in his way. jisung then smiled back and turned to face back at chenle who's already standing so close to him.

chenle loves jisung. that's it, that's final. if he loves jisung then he should also trust him. jisung is now trying to show that he is fixing things, that's already enough for chenle to trust jisung. ❝listen to me—❞

❝let me speak first chenle.❞ jisung gripped on his bag strap, calming himself down before speaking again. ❝i have something to say, it's really important.❞

okay, maybe after jisung. ❝what is it?❞

❝i'm really thankful for everything. i just want to thank you for opening my eyes and letting me learn a lot of things.❞ jisung said, looking down and now playing with his fingers. ❝thank you so much for giving a monster like me a chance. i promise i won't waste this chance, i won't disappoint you.❞

chenle smiled, see? people change and even jisung changed. more reasons to forgive jisung. although not fully, chenle still trusts him.

❝i don't regret knowing you, really. i'm sorry for being a jerk, an asshole, a dipshit, bad shit name every insult. i treated you like a bank account, i really am a devil for hurting you.❞ jisung groaned, remembering all those times he had done wrong to chenle. ❝but those moments we had, i came to realize that i..❞

jaemin's eyes then widened in surprise as he heard what jisung is saying. is he going to confess his love? the two of them were talking about this and jisung never said anything about confessing to chenle. the boy only told him that he'll be apologizing and thanking chenle for being patient with him. whatever is happening right now, jaemin was loving it.

and there he thought that his ship won't sail.

chenle stared straight at jisung, blinking his eyes in excitement to hear what he is going to say next. he too has the same thinking as jaemin, is jisung going to confess? it's making him feel all giddy.

pausing for a moment, jisung noticed himself saying the wrong words. the younger then shook his head, confusing the two, and then flashed the chinese a smile. ❝i came to realize that i am quite lucky to have an angel like you beside me.❞

that wasn't what both jaemin and chenle were expecting to hear.

❝i don't know if you're going to forgive me, although i doubt you would knowing how harsh i was on you, but i just want to let you know that i'm really sorry.❞ jisung motioned his hands, being awkward since he didn't know how to show that he was genuinely sorry. ❝i-i'm sorry.❞

chenle couldn't hold back his chuckle when he saw jisung doing all those hand motions. ❝jisung, it's okay.❞

❝it's not, chenle. i know it's not.❞

after hearing jisung yesterday, chenle had come to a conclusion that this tall chicken right here shouldn't be wasted. he is sorry, chenle can see how genuine he is and he adored him for that. to be very honest? chenle actually thanked that it was jisung who destroyed him and not just any other stranger. jisung is his jimeo, he is jisung's chenliet. there's no other guy like jisung, chenle only wants jisung. not even the evil doings of fate trying to separate them can stop chenle.

if chenle wants jisung then chenle is getting jisung.

❝i forgive you.❞

jisung smiled. ❝i'll still show you that i'm sorry. i don't think this is enough after all the pain i gave to you.❞

holding the younger's hands by surprise, chenle didn't rip his eye contact with jisung. ❝i trust you, jisung. i now trust you. please don't hurt yourself anymore. everything is fine, i am already fine with it.❞

and if you look closely, you can see jaemin holding back his loud sob as he watched to two clearing things up. he regretted not bringing any tissues with him. now he has to deal with wiping his tears using the sleeves of his uniform which he borrowed from jisung.

maybe now is the right time to say something. ❝jisung, i have something to confess—❞

❝no, wait!❞ jisung suddenly shouted, startling both chenle and jisung. ❝i'm not done yet.❞

❝oh,❞ the chinese giggled. ❝okay then, continue.❞

❝chenle, i know it's going to be awkward after all that has happened to us. and even though we just made up today, i know things will still won't be the same but i just for us to have a label. so that we won't be confused on what's going on in between us.❞ jisung paused for a moment and gathered all the courage he had. ❝chenle, will you..❞

looking up at jisung, chenle's eyes were glistening with hope. even jaemin felt the urge to squeal even though jisung said nothing yet. is this finally it?

is jisung finally manning up and straight confess to chenle? after all, that's what's all he was about to do before this had started. although, it doesn't seem so romantic right now. no flowers, no roses, no box of macaroons. all jisung has was himself and his presence. but for chenle, that's all that matters.

finally ready, jisung look straight to chenle's beautiful orbs and asked the question chenle and jaemin had been waiting for what seems like years when jisung had only been staying quiet for a minute or so.

❝will you be my friend?❞

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