"Hyuckie, why the hell are we here?" Jeno asked gasping when his stepbrother just dumped more clothes in his arms.

The tanned male sighed and kept looking through hangers and hangers of clothing, "I told you. I have a date tonight and winter formal is nearby." He shrugged.

Jeno rolled his eyes although Donghyuck couldn't see from the mountain pile of clothes, "can't you wear the other clothes you haven't wore for tonight? And winter formal is in five weeks."

Donghyuck snatches a few clothes from the pile and leads them to the changing rooms, "well I could, but let's be real, we're both bored."

Jeno chuckled as he continued, "plus, five weeks can be fast, the next thing you know you're rushing to get changed. Also, I've found a few great outfits for you," he grins.

The raven haired rolled his eyes as he gave a few thumbs up, smiles and compliments to the ones that he thought Donghyuck looked great on.

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After almost three hours in the store, the siblings finally left to get some waffles because Jeno kept whining that he was starving and he really craves for waffles right now.

Donghyuck was going through his wallet as Jeno looked around, "hey," he taps his brother's arm. "Isn't that Jaemin and Hana?" He said curiously pointing at the familiar people.

Donghyuck looked up and raised a brow, "oh yeah, it is." He pursed his lips, "wait the fuck minute, he said he had to visit his cousin and couldn't hang out, also why the hell are they together?"

Jeno went blank at the words his brother spoke as he just can't stop thinking about Jaemin and Hana walking around, he frowned when he saw their hands intertwined.

Donghyuck stopped ranting at how he was so excited to play this new video game that he got and invite Jaemin to join but sadly got ditched.

He glanced at Jeno who was spacing off with a face clearly showing he was upset. He sighed and grabbed the waffles the guy gave them as he paid and thanked him.

The tanned male takes ahold of Jeno's wrist and drags him to the exit gently, "c'mon let's go. I have to get ready," he mumbled.

Jeno was silent the whole ride as his shoulders were slumped. When they arrived, Donghyuck had to guide him to his room and managed to dodge the worried questions from their dad.

The adult just told them to have fun and he'll be at the kitchen baking cookies for them.

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Donghyuck examines himself on the mirror, "I look hot," he wiggled his eyebrows as the raven haired rolled his eyes.

"Don't get too cocky, Renjun would ditch you for that, " Jeno said chuckling.

Donghyuck shrugged as he grabs his stuff, "alright. I'll be going now, wish me goodluck because Imma be honest, I feel like peeing," he said.

Jeno laughed and hugged him, "you'll do great! He likes you okay? Just go with the flow and be yourself, now go have fun! Tell me how it goes,"  he smiled.

Donghyuck smiled back before ruffling his hair making him whine, "well enjoy your night too, tell me how it goes. Mom will be home early in the morning so you'll be safe," he said.

Jeno sighed, "I know," he replied before waving at his brother goodbye and wishing him the best of luck.

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It was passed dinner time and Jeno had a great time spending the night with his dad, the man smiled and kept sharing stories about what goes on in the ship.

The raven haired was laying on his bed as his dad was already asleep in his and his wife's room.

Jeno couldn't sleep and kept thinking about what happened in the mall. Were Jaemin and Hana just hanging out or were they on a date? That's his number one question.

He glanced at the clock and saw it was 3 am, Donghyuck had to stay at Renjun's place since his damn car broke down and also because he wanted to.

Jeno pursed his lips and went through his phone scrolling through his Instagram feed. He came across Hana's recent post and saw Jaemin in it.

He read the caption and checked the comments, there were full of questions wether or not if they are dating. Jaemin had commented a few hearts and compliments making him roll his eyes.

He checked Jaemin's feed next out of curiosity, it was stupid really because now he can't sleep even more. The quarterback had three recent posts with Hana and stupid cheesy captions.

Beautiful girl💕

An angel that fell in my arms😌

Gosh I love you❤

Jeno looked at the comments again, it was 50/50 again. Some liked them together while others that "knew" about Jeno and Jaemin's "relationship" got upset.

He didn't know if he should be upset or not, they're not dating quick reminder, but that doesn't mean he wasn't allowed to have feelings or emotions.

So yeah, Jeno's jealous. So what? That's all he could think about, was all of this huge deal was actually ruining him and making him go insane.

He clicked his tongue and sighed before sitting up as he got a message from one of their new recent employees.

Yangie:

Hey bro, Uhm I have a favor if you don't mind...

Wait- are you still awake?

Oh shit my bad

Bar's Princess:

Nah dude, I'm awake

what do you need?

Yangie:

So I have a family reunion for two days, and I was wondering if you could fill my spot today? Is that too much?

Not forcing you or anything, I'll take any answers!

I swear I'm not planning to murder you wtf

Please don't call the cops–

Bar's Princess:

Chile yang, Ik you're not gonna murder me lmao

Don't panic KAMCJE

But yeah sure, I'll do it :)

Yangie:

Deadass I love you bro! Thanks!

Jeno bit his lip and stared at their convo. He closed his eyes for a second, "Jaemin doesn't like me back"

"Him and I aren't really dating"

"He wouldn't care"

"It wouldn't hurt"

"fuck it," his mind tells him.

He stood up and rushed to get his things before sneaking out the window texting Yangyang about tonight's client's location.