❝you know, i've been meaning to tell you this.❞ jisung said, ❝i'm quite nervous right now, so don't laugh at me as i say the following words.❞

looking up from the paper he is holding, jisung motioned his fist and threatened to hit jaemin with it. the older even flinched at jisung's sudden action but let out a laugh nonetheless. he found it funny hearing his cousin reading the speech he made with no emotions. he can't blame the younger though, even jaemin was cringing at what he wrote.

❝are you kidding me?❞ jisung clicked his tongue as he crumpled the paper, but not really throwing it away. ❝there's no way i'm saying this.❞

the two skipped their afternoon classes. jisung had to make it seem like he really had a stomach ache for him to be excused. he couldn't deny the fact that his heart was beating so fast and it made him have a hard time acting when chenle stared at him with that worried look. chenle really did look worried and jisung can't help but find himself lucky to have someone like chenle as his future boyfriend, and is  surely going to be his lovable husband. meanwhile, jaemin got to skip classes without any problems. though, renjun and jeno were against it but they could see how determined jaemin was in helping his cousin. which is why, renjun and jeno helped in letting jaemin escape.

❝i'm not forcing you.❞ jaemin rolled his eyes at jisung who's so against it. ❝it's just a guide on what to say in front of chenliet.❞

❝i know what to say okay, i don't need your help.❞ jisung said, pressing his lips into a thin line and stared at those different kinds of flowers displayed in front of them.

facing his cousin, jisung crossed his arms across his chest and gave jisung a look. ❝say it then.❞

jisung is his cousin and is so like his brother, he knows that boy more than anyone else. even jisung's mother doesn't know about him keeping handcuffs inside his secured and locked drawer in case if a burglar would suddenly barge inside his room, but jaemin knows about it. it's fair actually, jisung knows a alot about jaemin's deepest secrets, and jaemin knows about everything what jisung is hiding.

❝fuck..❞ jisung mumbled a curse word under his breath before pulling out a confident look on, looking like he wasn't challenged by his cousin. ❝zhong chenle, be my boyfriend and my date in the grand ball or i'm really going to spread the video.❞

jaemin stared at jisung in disbelief before slapping his own forehead in disappointment. sometimes, jaemin feels so proud and lucky for having a wonderful cousin like park jisung. but most of the time, jaemin would just want to disown this tall dumb chicken.

❝you're sounding like your old self.❞ jaemin sighed.

jisung widened his eyes and waved his hands in front of him in defense for himself. ❝i'm not seriously going to post the video. if he rejects me then.. cool.❞

raising a brow at the younger, jaemin knew it wasn't cool. ❝how cool exactly?❞

❝cool,❞ jisung nodded his head as he looked away from jaemin for him to be able to read his eyes. ❝i'm hurt, my heart is breaking, and i feel like crying, but cool. it's totally fine, it's cool.❞

❝jisung.❞ jaemin let out a sigh at the younger who's now looking like he's going to cry any minute now. ❝you haven't asked him out yet, why are you crying?❞

❝i'm not crying. the wind is blowing too hard.❞ jisung turned around and blinked his eyes countless of times and wiped the tears away. turning around to face jaemin back, he knew he couldn't hide anything from his perverted but lovable cousin. ❝hyung, i'm scared.❞

❝look,❞ jisung flashed the boy a smile as he placed a hand on his shoulder. ❝chenle is not going to reject you, okay?❞

❝but hyung—❞

❝excuse me two boys that are wearing school uniforms and are obviously skipping classes,❞ a little girl's voice then cuts their conversation off. ❝are you going to buy flowers or not?❞

❝i sincerely give you my thanks for disturbing us.❞ jaemin said, sending the little girl that's around at the age of ten or eleven a very sweet smile. ❝your presence is very much needed here.❞

the girl knew jaemin was annoyed at her disturbing their moment but she didn't give any care. she was just doing her job and that's all that matters here. ❝hurry up or i'm going to call my daddy.❞

❝oh, daddy?❞ jaemin placed both his hands on his hips as he bent down to match the little girl's height. ❝are you going going to cry little girl? are you going to run to your father with those two little short legs—❞

❝jaemin.❞ jisung took hold of his cousin's arm and pulled him away from the little girl that looks annoyed. she looked like she would be killing jaemin anytime soon and even jisung was scared.

and jaemin here doesn't look any better, he too looked like he could just wrestle the kid right there. jisung sighed, he should have known about jaemin and his limited patience around kids.

❝listen here you giraffe!❞ the little girl snapped, making both jisung and jaemin flinch. the two of them were aware that she was referring to jaemin and not to jisung, which jisung is quite thankful for. ❝you know how hard your parents worked to put you to school and here you are skipping classes.❞

❝wha—❞

❝be ashamed of yourselves!❞ she shouted, not even letting jaemin say anything.

❝what's happening around here?❞ a tall man appeared out of no where, that looked like the owner of the flower boutique they are in, and startled both jaemin and jisung. the man raised a brow at the two students and then went to look at his daughter who's fuming. ❝is there anything wrong min?❞

❝this giraffe right here is being mean!❞ the little girl said, running towards the man.

jisung gulped and quickly took a bow. the man's body built was no joke and he was scared that they'll get beaten up just because his cousin fought with a little girl. ❝i am sorry in his behalf, we just came here in peace.❞

but jaemin wasn't going to apologize, not when the girl was giving him a look. ❝that girl's face is screaming war.❞

the man chuckled as he looked down to see his daughter giving jaemin a look. ❝now there kim minyoung, be nice.❞

as the man chuckled, jaemin's attention was put to him. he squinted his eyes and walked closer to observe his face more. jisung behind was already burying his face down to hit palms as he saw jaemin acting weird.

❝have i seen you somewhere mister?❞

the man tilted his head to the side. ❝i don't think so.❞

a name then came inside of jaemin's head and he can't help but ask. ❝do you perhaps know moon taeil?❞

jisung furrowed his brows at jaemin who suddenly mentioned their principal.

the man's smile widened as he showed the ring on his finger. ❝i'm married to him. he's my husband, why?❞

both jisung and jaemin gasped. in a blink of an eye, jaemin was already kneeling down on the floor with jisung being forced to do so and the two of them took a bow in front of the little girl who crossed her arms at them.

❝we are deeply sorry min.❞ jaemin said, completely different from a while ago.

jisung only rolled his eyes at jaemin who said sorry for the both of them as if he had done something to the girl. but if that could make the girl forgive them then it's fine.

❝if she wasn't just our principal's daughter then i would have wrestled her by now.❞ jaemin mumbled under his breathe, making jisung sigh at how childish he sounded.

❝i'm doyoung by the way. kim doyoung.❞ the man extended his arms and jaemin was the first one to shake it and then jisung came after. ❝may i help you two?❞

finally remembering their purpose here, which jaemin honestly forgot about it the moment he saw the little girl, jaemin gave doyoung his famous innocent smile. ❝we are here to buy flowers mister doyoung!❞

❝of course you are.❞ the little girl mumbled, totally heard in jaemin's ears. ❝you don't see us selling animals here, do you?❞

❝hey—❞ jisung immediately stood in front of jaemin and blocked his view of the little girl before he does wrestle her infront of his father. if this reaches to the principal, there is a very high possibility that jaemin's going to suffer real bad with community service.

❝okay then.❞ doyoung giggled and brought his little girl close to him before she tackles jaemin and pull his hair out. ❝can you be more specific?❞

❝are roses available here?❞ jisung asked, eyes scanning the room and found a specific group of flowers at one corner.

❝let's get the white one.❞ jaemin said as he nudged the younger.

jisung raised a brow at jaemin that's trying to be different. ❝why not red?❞

❝red is too overrated.❞ jaemin snorted as they followed doyoung that's showing them the way to find roses with different kinds of colors. ❝look, the white one fits chenle very well. pure, innocent, and don't you love him? white roses can also mean true love.❞

the younger's jaw dropped after hearing those coming out from his cousin's mouth. ❝where did you know these?❞ he sounded so smart, making jisung wonder where his cousin's soul is.

❝i must say,❞ jaemin proudly raised his phone up and showed jisung where he got the information from. ❝google sunbaenim is always a big help.❞

hearing that, jisung was holding himself back from hitting his cousin that's now laughing like crazy after seeing his priceless reaction. deciding to ignore him, jisung turned to doyoung and gave him a small smile as he pointed at the white rose that displayed next to the red ones.

❝a dozen of white roses please.❞

🐋

the person didn't reply and chenle was now shaking as he felt two pair of cold hands pinning his own to the wall. he didn't know if this was jisung, he was too scared to think properly.

❝ji, don't play games with me.❞ chenle mumbled, hoping that jisung would feel bad and let him go.

but nothing happened except for chenle feeling a warm breath ghosting on his lips. he then had his eyes closed as he now felt a pair of lips connecting with his. seconds to the kiss already made chenle a sure guess, it wasn't jisung.

he tried to escape but he was pinned to the wall and the person won't stop kissing him.

❝l-let.. go of.. hmm..❞ chenle could then feel tears falling down from his eyes as he felt really helpless at that moment.

where is jisung?

❝fuck, i can do this!❞ jisung cheered for himself. with a box of macaroons and dozens of white roses perfectly arranged on his other hand. checking his wristwatch, he could see that he was minutes late and chenle could already be waiting.

getting inside the school building, jisung hurriedly made his way to a familiar corner that leads to the janitor's closet that held a beautiful memory of both him and chenle. with a big smile plastered on his face, jisung felt his walking starting to fasten up and in just a second he's already standing in front of the janitor's closet.

there's no chenle in sight.

❝maybe he's still attending classes.❞ jisung puffed his cheeks as he decided to wait. ❝twenty more minites till class ends..❞

that's too long, and it'll be crowded by then. jisung wanted to ask chenle out alone where no one is watching, in that way it's much more comfortable to say the speech he had memorized and practiced with jaemin.

❝i'll just call—❞

"hmm.."

jisung's ears twitched as he heard a sound inside the janitor's closet. being a curious chicken he is, he approached the door and held both the flowers and the box of macaroons in one hand while the other went to twist the door knob open.

pushing the door open, there he saw chenle being pinned to the wall. but something else made jisung drop both the box of macaroons and the bouquet of white roses down the ground.

xiaojun was kissing chenle.

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