"Jeno! Jaemin is here!" A sweet female voice calls out from downstairs, the sound muffled due to the distance and boundaries, but fortunately her son could still hear her.

"Coming!" Jeno replies as he hastily finishes up, looking around his room to see if he needed anything else for school.

Hearing another call and beginning to think he's wasting too much time, especially for the person awaiting for him downstairs, he slings his backpack straps on his shoulders.

Quickly racing down the stairs of their average house, Jeno stumbles on his way as he could hear his mom chuckling at him after announcing his leave.

Once he opens the door, he was immediately greeted by the presence of a grinning raven haired boy. One backpack strap on his shoulder as his hand was holding onto it.

"Late again, Jeno-yah." The other boy said in a teasing manner, eyes twinkling as he continues to smile like a cheshire cat.

Jeno blushes in response, "my alarm didn't go off..." He blatantly lies, knowing there was no point anyway as both of them are aware of his antics.

He gets a wholehearted laugh from the older boy, despite this being common for years now, it still doesn't fail to make him laugh.

Jeno smacks the slightly elder boy in front of him on the arm, feeling embarrassed as he clears his throat. "Can we go now? We'll be even more late for school..."

Calming down, the elder boy hums as his cheshire like teasing grin softens. His other hand lets go of his hold on the backpack strap and reaches forward.

The younger boy blinks and smiles shyly once he realizes that the other boy was fixing his messy hair, "you're always cute, Jen. But try to fix your hair for school, yeah?"

He nods along before letting out a whine when the elder boy ruffles his hair, making it semi messy again. "Jaem!" Another amused laugh was heard.

That right there, the elder boy in front of him on their doorstep, is Na Jaemin.

They've known each other for years and have been close since then, Jeno can't really remember how they've clicked but it's nothing to worry about as he's happy of what they have now.

Jaemin comes over a lot to Jeno's house and vice versa, picking up the younger boy at his place so they can walk to school together despite being a few minutes late.

So he's not really surprised to see Jeno hastily getting ready and stumbling down the stairs to open the door.

The elder boy pulls him closer and drapes an arm around his shoulder blades, hand clasping onto Jeno's shoulder as he guides them on their way to their school.

During their peaceful stroll, the elder boy kept pulling Jeno closer and sometimes stops him for a second when they're crossing a road or a random obstacle.

"I can cross the road fine, Jaeminie." Jeno couldn't help but let out a wholehearted giggle as he was being gently pulled along with the said boy like he was some kind of toddler.

Jaemin shakes his head, like everytime this happens. Jeno telling him he can manage himself just alright even though the boy himself isn't too good with it.

Jeno thinks he can, but Jaemin knows he can't. Just yet, atleast.

"Jen, baby, I get it that you want to be independent and all. But I can't risk anything happen to you, I need to have my eyes on you a lot. It's like my job that I don't complain about." He replies nonchalantly.

Jeno's cheeks then flush even more, the warm feeling now growing hot as he thanks the gust of wind passing by them, fanning his flaming cheeks.

"Still, you don't have to... I feel like I'm causing you trouble." He mumbles as they take a turn on their right.

They could've honestly took the bus to prevent any hassle, but once again, Jeno's at it with his "my alarm didn't go off" moments. Making them miss the bus.

But is Jaemin mad? Nope, not at all. He's pretty okay with it as this has been going on for years.

Besides, in all honesty, he's more likely thankful to have these moments again.

Walking with Jeno is something fresh and peaceful. His mind isn't stressing out about his school activities nor anything else.

All he's thinking about at times like this is just Jeno being with him, and it's such a nice feeling for his heart and soul.

Sometimes he even jokes about to the younger boy saying he was an angel being sent to him, and is basically so precious – like a certain jewelry.

Another thing is that Jeno's breathlessly pretty. Jaemin can't deny that, hence why he's often spitting out compliments that never fails to make Jeno feel shy and embarrassed all at the same time.

Like now, "you look so cute in that sweater, Jenjen." The younger boy, on cue, bites his lower lip as his cheeks aflame again while he looks away.

"Shut up, Jaem." He mutters with zero bite.

Snickering, Jaemin noses at his temple and presses a small kiss on the same area. "My little Jenjen," he mumbles against the soft skin.

He pulls away just in time for Jeno to try push his face with his palm, letting out a chuckle and rubs his shoulder gently.

Although they've known each other for years now, they had only started being even more intimate and affectionate towards the other – it's mostly Jaemin though – since last month.

But Jeno doesn't mind, he's assuming the elder boy wanted to take some parts slow and wait for the right moment.

Besides, Jaemin himself is enough for him. He doesn't need to kiss Jeno and compliment him all the time for the younger boy to know how he loves him to what extent in their relationship.

"You have English first, right?" Jaemin asks, getting a nod from Jeno in reply before the latter recites his class schedule for today.

"Alright, I'll pick you up after your Literature class so we can have lunch together." Jaemin announces to which Jeno merely rolls his eyes at.

"You mean have lunch with our friends together." He corrects as they enter the school main building.

Jaemin pinches his cheek while walking him to his locker, smiling at the whine Jeno lets out as he puffs out his cheeks.

Unfortunately for them, Jaemin's locker isn't near Jeno's. But atleast it's still in the same hallway, unlike their friends, Donghyuck and Renjun.

Watching him open his locker and started getting his things out, Jaemin snakes an arm around Jeno's waist and leans in to kiss his forehead.

"I'll see you around, okay?" Jeno rolls his eyes again at Jaemin's words but nods along nonetheless as he inwardly tells his heart to stop beating so fast.

Giving a kiss on the cheek in return, Jeno couldn't help but smile when he saw Jaemin's joyful grin before they waved farewell.