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nine-hundred-sixty-seven fucking episodes
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there was always a sense of joy whenever jaemin would go out to meet jeno after classes. when school was over, he would immediately rush over to one of the cherry blossom trees in the front of the school and wait patiently for him.

today was no different.

he didn't have a shift to work that night, so if course he was gonna spend his free time with his boyfriend.

this was how he was spending his junior year.

it seems like just yesterday that he met chenle and donghyuck. or when jeno let him stay the night at his house when he couldn't bring it in himself to go home.

like some kinda shounen anime.

very, VERY, shounen.

jaemin taps around at his phone, playing a quick game of banG dream as he waits for jeno to come get him so they could leave together.

he was at a 731 combo, which was pretty fucking godly if you asked him. jaemin started playing a lot of rhythm games when taeil got him a computer for christmas. and when he bought himself a better phone.

his fingers move swiftly across the screen, the song nearly about to end before a water bottle blocks his vision, making him lose his combo and just fail the song all in all.

"whatcha doin—"

"JENO YOU DUMB BITCH, YOU MADE ME LOSE THE COMBO I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU!" jaemin exclaims, about to throw his phone on the ground out of pure spite and frustration.

rhythm games were not fun after hitting a certain point.

it was always an adrenaline rush followed by a struggle to keep your brain in focus and your hands to stop shaking.

"woah, woah, i'm sorry, nana." jeno apologizes with a small frown, "i didn't realize you were playing that until after i looked over."  he pulls the water bottle away and rubs the back of his neck.

with a bite of his lip, knuckles going from white to red after loosening his grip on his phone a bit, jaemin takes a deep breath before leaning up to give jeno a kiss on the lips.

"it's fine i just— i wasn't aware of how laser focused in i was on it." he says, voice wavering a bit. the nervousness jaemin gets from playing these games never went away that quickly. "i'm sorry for calling you a mean name. i shouldn't have said that."

jeno smiles at him softly, "it's okay, nana. i understand. i would be mad too if someone messed me up." he then hands the water bottle back out to jaemin sensing he needed it, "i got this for you by the way. it's peach flavored since i know you don't enjoy regular water."

the honey haired boy slips his phone in his pocket before gratefully taking it from jeno and gives him yet another kiss before opening it up and taking a long drink.

it was a cute random act of kindness.

he liked knowing jeno knew what he liked and what he didn't like. jaemin liked knowing jeno only treated him like this, and that he was sweet, generous, funny, cute....

jeno was cute....

jaemin doesn't realize his ears had gotten a light pink tinge until he's done drinking and jeno points it out to him, "mmm, what're you thinking of?" he asks, fingers moving to play with jaemin's ears that were a bit warmer than they usually were to the touch.

"w-what?" jaemin takes a hand and places it onto his other ear, feeling just how warm they were before he slaps a hand over his mouth, the water bottle touching his lips, and looks the opposite direction. "nothing." he mumbles.

it would be too embarrassing to admit he was thinking about him.

a small giggle leaves jeno's lips before moving his hand down and intertwining his fingers with jaemin's own, "since it seems embarrassing, i won't push it." he hums, squeezing jaemin's hand. "anyway, what is it my lovely nana wants to do today?"

jaemin places his hand and water bottle down to the side as he walks in unison with jeno, "anything as long as it's with you, i don't care."

"nana so cheesy!" jeno laughs, jaemin whining at his side. "you're so cute."

"i was just thinking we could go over to my house and watch a movie. a silent voice just came out a week or so ago, so we can watch that if you want!"

jaemin looks at him with a tilt of his head, "a silent voice?? isn't that an anime???"

"it's an anime movie, yes." jeno confirms, "it has really good reviews so far and it beats watching one piece, right?"

a snort escapes jaemin's mouth as he looks back at the view in front of them, "i guess... i don't get why you like that show so much."

jeno shrugs, "it's a fun show. i've been watching it since i was little, so i'm caught up." he clicks his tongue. "when your hair was pink, you reminded me of coby!"

"y-you mean the little twink who wanted to join the navy?!" jaemin yells, eyes going straight back to look at jeno, "the short little twink?! i'm so much better looking than him!"

"so you do pay attention when you watch it!" jeno laughs, and jaemin could sense the amount of happiness that specific sentence held.

honestly, he did like to indulge in the things jeno liked, and yes, he did watch the god forsaken show in his free time.

since renjun, mark, and jisung apparently refused to saying they'd watch sword at online before they ever gave their hand at one piece, jaemin figured jeno would want someone to talk to about it.

it must be lonely not having someone to talk to about and anime.

he still felt that way with hunter x hunter. chenle watched 2 episodes and hyuck fell asleep during the first 7 minutes of the first one.

jaemin wasn't sure if jeno had ever watched it. but he didn't want to bug him about it too much. having to keep up with one piece should already be a pain in the ass.

"you remind me of coby after he got the glow up in episode three-hundred-fourteen!" jeno then goes onto saying, "sometimes you remind me of killua, too."

"wait— huh?"

jeno nods his head, "yeah! i just started hunter x hunter a few days ago. you're both cat like... or maybe that's just me liking cats too much."

well now he didn't have to ask. it made jaemin feel warm inside that jeno too indulged in what he liked.

"do i?" jaemin was obviously giddy. "you remind me of leorio!"

there was some small talk here and there, jaemin going on and on about why jeno reminded him of leorio and jeno saying why jaemin looked like coby. a fun conversation, really. jaemin doesn't think he's enjoyed himself this much talking about anime in a while.

when they reached jeno's house, jaemin immediately crashes on jeno's bed, putting the water bottle on the nightstand and throwing his bag to the side before pulling jeno down with him.

"don't you wanna get changed first?" jeno asks with a raise of his eyebrow and jaemin shakes his head.

"nope!" jaemin pops the p, "let's just watch the movie you were talking about, hmm?"

jaemin takes the remote from the nightstand on the other side of the bed and spreads jeno's legs out, (effectively making both of them blush), before he turns around to face the tv and gets comfortable in between his legs, back resting on jeno's stomach.

he turns the tv on and puts it on netflix, deciding to use jeno's profile instead of his own (since they shared the account) and selecting a silent voice from the list.

in truth, jaemin had no idea what the movie was about.

so he was definitely in for a ride.

as the movie plays, jaemin can feel jeno's fingers lacing through his hair. his face occasionally being buried into it, chin resting on top. it was a very comforting feeling, jaemin wishes it would always be like this.

he wishes they could forever be 17.

forever 18, maybe. that'd be a nice age to be at.

or 21 since they'd legally be able to buy alcohol.

but alcohol was gross. as explained by taeil and jaehyun themselves. so maybe he didn't need to be 21.

just any age as long as he had jeno would be fine.

though, when the movie finishes, both of them are bawling like 6 year olds.

jaemin turning around and repeatedly smacking jeno on the chest asking him why the fuck he would make him watch that and jeno arguing back that he didn't know what it was about either he just saw the 5 star reviews it was getting and wanting to watch it because of that.

that was a fair reason? maybe? jaemin wasn't sure. but what he was sure about was he had another movie to watch whenever he was upset.

it takes them a moment to recover before jaemin turns back around so he's facing the tv and exiting jeno's profile and going to his own, selecting one piece from his continue watching list and tossing the remote to the side.

"YOU'RE ALREADY ON EPISODE THIRTY???" jeno exclaims in awe, the upset feelings leaving his system once he heard the op play.

"yes. let's just watch this until we can forget whatever the fuck happened in that movie."

"sounds good to me!!!"

present time

jaemin slams his laptop shut when he notices the sun rising from the window in he and jeno's dorm.

6:30am.

it was good they were on fall break because this probably would've sucked if he had classes to attend this morning.

he flops down onto his bed and stares at the ceiling, "nine-hundred-sixty-seven fucking episodes." jaemin mutters to himself. "four fucking years."

it was somewhat fulfilling and liberating to be caught up on such a long show. he finally knew what was going on, he finally felt free from the chains by the name of 'monkey d. luffy' that have been holding him down since late 2017.

this causes him to thrash around on bed uncontrollably, and he wasn't sure if it was because he was happy or irritated that he spent so long trying to keep up with jeno and his interests even after they broke up and he moved to assfuck no where. jaemin still didn't know,

for the past 3 weeks or so, he would try to catch jeno alone so they could talk, but he was always around yukhei, or those 2 girls he wasn't familiar with.

he was sometimes around the basketball team, because jeno — on behalf of yukhei — got to join even if it was mid season. and jaemin would be lying if he said he didn't show up to their games every now and then.

but besides that, it was so painfully obvious jeno was avoiding him. even now, when jeno and him were in their dorm together, jeno would always sleep on the side furthest from jaemin even if they were on two separate beds.

other days, jeno would be on the floor, or in the closet, or in the fucking tub because that's a fun place to sleep.

jaemin had thrown away so much of his time with his other friends, dejun included. they talk every day, but jaemin hasn't seen him since last week because all his time was getting taken up by jeno.

that morning though, jeno was gone. he had went somewhere for the break and according to renjun, yukhei and those 2 girls he's always hanging around went with them.

"this is so fucking UNFORTUNATE." jaemin yells out before grabbing the pillow underneath his head and screaming as loud as he possibly could into it.

did jeno give up? he had to. jeno gave up on him and part of it was his fault. he pops his head up from under the pillow and sits up, grabbing his phone from the nightstand and ripping the charger out from it.

he's immediately greeted by a wallpaper of him and all his friends from when they were celebrating jisung's 16th birthday.

his eyes linger on it for a second before he snaps out of it and swipes up to unlock his phone, going into the messages app and hovering his thumb over jeno's contact.

they don't text much.

in fact, the last time they texted was last month when jaemin asked if he could borrow jeno's portable charger since he forgot his in a taxi and hadn't gotten to buying a new one.

of course luffy's stupid fucking face was on it, but that's not the point.

he gulps as he taps on the conversation and the text box is pulled up. now that he was here, he didn't know what he wanted to say.

jaemin was about to tell jeno he had finally caught up on one piece. but that was an impulsive thought, and now that he was actually staring at the letters on the keyboard, he didn't know if he should or not.

another thing that couldn't be guaranteed was jeno's response.

but who the fuck else was he supposed to flex this milestone to??? cause he couldn't think of anyone else who'd care.

nono 🦋🌈

imessage
today 6:47am

jaemin:
hey
jaemin:
i got caught up on one piece today

nono 🦋🌈:
that's cool!
nono 🦋🌈:
i'm proud of u :') it take a lot of willpower to watch it and stay interested. do you like it?

jaemin:
i made it this far without dropping it
jaemin:
it's fun

nono 🦋🌈:
i'm glad u think so!
nono 🦋🌈:
though, you're up awfully early for someone on break. did you forget we were on one lol

jaemin scowls at the next text.

he wasn't that forgetful.

though, he also couldn't tell jeno he stayed up all night watching something that reminded him of the stupid blonde basketball player.

jaemin only really found the motivation to watch it after he started wanting to talk to jeno. he found himself missing jeno more and more these days, and because the dumb fuck was always steering clear of his way, jaemin almost never saw him.

jaemin:
i didn't forget,,,,
jaemin:
i just needed a break from smthn idk

nono 🦋🌈:
so u watched one piece? lol
nono 🦋🌈:
anyway was that all u wanted to say? i'm a little busy today

jaemin is unaware of the frown on his face when he reads that text. "no..."

just as he types out a, 'i was also just wondering where you were...' a notification pops up from the top of his phone signifying a text from someone else.

dejun ꒰◍ᐡᐤᐡ◍꒱
good morning, jaem!!! 🍡🍑🍚

there's a pang in jaemin's chest reading it. dejun could say good morning but jeno couldn't? he was the first one to text, but still.

nono 🦋🌈:
jaemin?

jaemin:
ah, no
jaemin:
m sorry for bothering you,,,, 😅 enjoy your break

nono 🦋🌈:
you do the same!

jaemin ends up forgetting to reply to dejun's text after that.

instead he gets up and sluggishly makes his way over to jeno's bed, flopping down on it and bundling himself in the blankets.

he felt pathetic that he was even doing this.

but after jeno spoke to him that one day he got back from that fuckass movie marathon he had with their friends and forcing them to all watch a silent voice, jaemin was desperate.

find his own happiness... jeno thought he and dejun were dating.

sure they were good friends, and jaemin was helping dejun out with his korean, but jaemin had only ever seen him as the cute transfer student. not a potential boyfriend. it wasn't surprising how jeno got the wrong idea.

so what was he supposed to do now? whenever jaemin tried to talk to him, jeno always came up with an excuse. when he tried to corner him in their room, jeno always found a way to slip past him and leave to go play basketball or something.

was this how jeno felt when he was avoiding him?

because holy fuck, it wasn't a good one.

before jaemin falls asleep that morning, he turns up his phone and plays a song he listened to with jeno when they were still in high school, types in something into his notes, and tosses his phone to the side.

he was tired.

he missed jeno.

another question remains unanswered in his notes app.

things i've wanted to say to jeno but never got the courage to

<most recent>

— you're my happiness. not dejun. not anyone else. i miss you more and more every day— i'm sorry. for being childish, for acting irrationally, for blowing up on you and not giving the chance to explain the situation. please... please just come back and talk to me. please don't replace me just yet. i can't lose you... please, not again.

jiji 🐥🍟
jaemin hyung listening to like the sun in the sky on repeat isn't gonna help u reconcile w jeno hyung pls😭

chan ☀️
ARE U PLAYING MYSMES??? I HEARD THE OUTRO SONG WHEN I WALKED BY BUT I DIDN'T WANNA BOTHER U........... WHO... WHICH ROUTE.... ARE U HAVING ANOTHER BREAK DOWN OVER SEVEN AGAIN

mark skittles hair army balls
nana we're all going to the mall later if u wanna come they might just have that leorio funko pop u want at hot topic

jeolmi 🧁
whenever i see that one freshman named sungchan i always think of that one scene in spongebob where he's telling sandy off n he holds up a razor n goes, "i am a MAN."

lelekyuus 📸
MF SAW U LIKED THAT PICTURE OF SASUKE THOUGHT U DIDN'T LIKE NARUTO CAUGHT IN 4K FUCKER

wrote this outta impulse don't come for me

ignore typos i'm tired might edit later

i have never watched one piece 🧍🏻‍♀️ just thought it'd be funny to make it jeno's favorite anime

no spoilers for hxh pls⚖️

anyway my tongue hurts n this chapter gives me a stroke what thefuck was i even doing i was just bored my mind was fried after mha season 4

this is jaemin's lockscreen

this story is losing my interest v slowly so idk just how long it's gonna be gomen gomen i'm tired of it😭

anyway, hope y'all stayin safe n healthy see u next time

or not

lol