"You're going to what?!" Renjun screams through the phone making Jeno pull the device away from his ear.

He sighs, "we're going to fake date to make Hana jealous," he said and could hear Renjun stress out across the line.

"That's stupid," Renjun comments making Jeno chuckles and looks at his star themed wall.

"I know," Jeno mumbles, it was what he was thinking about before and after he gave in.

"He's stupid, and I'm going to punch him for making you stupid, you're smart Jeno-yah," Renjun scoffs and Jeno hummed.

"I know," he plays with his fingers, a habit he does whenever he feels anxious, sometimes even begins to bite them though they still look pretty.

Renjun sighed longingly, "well, if it's too much or there's something wrong and you wanna talk about it, you can always tell me okay?" He reassures.

Jeno pursed his lips, "of course," he smiles a little and hears Renjun lets out a relaxed breath.

They continue to talk for the rest of the day since both of them are bored and it's a Sunday.

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Jaemin rings the doorbell and waits for someone to get it, a few minutes later Donghyuck opens the door.

"Hey dude," the boy greets as they fist bumped, Donghyuck lets Jaemin in and they head to the living room.

Donghyuck knows about Jaemin's plan of being in a fake relationship, heck, their main group knows about it. Except, they don't know who it is just yet.

"So, who's the guy or gal?" Donghyuck asked grabbing a knife and potatoes, he doesn't really know or likes to cook, he just orders something or his mom would leave some food for him.

Jeno knows how to cook, but he doesn't really do it much often since he would get in trouble for using the ingredients and "wasting food" as if there's going to be nothing left for them.

So he usually just eats chips or leftover bread, one time he got grounded because he cooked the pasta they were going to eat for dinner, but the thing is that he cooked plenty for the three of them.

Since Renjun transferred, thanks to him, he'd leave Jeno an extra lunchbox for him to eat for dinner before going home.

Jaemin watched as Donghyuck was thinking what else to do by grabbing his IPad and search the Internet, "well it's a he and his name is-"

Footsteps were then heard and they turn around to see a raven haired boy with glasses, they all froze in their spots.

Donghyuck froze because Jaemin wasn't supposed to see Jeno, his stepbrother.

Jeno froze because he didn't expect any guests, oh and because he doesn't have a fucking mask on.

Jaemin froze because he didn't expect to see Jeno, in Donghyuck's house and because of the raven's beautiful face.

The caramel haired boy stares as Jeno begins to panic, he looks at Jaemin then to his stepbrother to see him now glaring. He's in big trouble.

"Why are you here?" A voice snaps him out of his panic state, he was a bit confused who said that, but when he looks at Jaemin raising a brow he realized it was the elder.

"U-uhm," Jeno stammers as he can't focus his eyes on anyone properly, looking everywhere else.

Donghyuck lets out a frustrated sigh and rubs his temples, "Jeno," he breathes and glares at the said boy, "why the fuck did you go down here?!" He raised his voice.

Jeno flinched and fumbles with his sweater, "I-I, y-you didn't tell m-me you were ha-having someone o-over!" He protests.

Donghyuck bites his lip and turns his hands into fists, Jaemin then butts in, "what the hell is happening? Someone explain."

Jeno tries to hide in his over sized sweater, Donghyuck breathes and looks at Jaemin, "he's my stepbrother," he answers. It's not like he can lie to his best friend now, not when it's literally obvious.

Even if he says that Jeno is just sleeping over or something, it wouldn't make sense because why would Donghyuck have a sleepover with someone he bullies and the school's loser?

Jaemin widens his eyes and flickers his eyes between Donghyuck and Jeno back and forth, "you're related to my fake boyfriend?" He asked baffled.

Donghyuck then widens his eyes, "your fake boyfriend is Jeno?!" He asked frustrated and pulled on his hair, "why didn't you tell me?!" His voice raised up making Jeno flinch.

Jaemin clicks his tongue in annoyance, "well you didn't tell me you guys are stepbrothers," he bites back.

Fair enough, Donghyuck thought, he heaves a sigh and looks at Jaemin, "we kept it as our secret, for reasons," he glares at Jeno who really wanted to go upstairs now without the chips he wanted.

Jaemin didn't ask any further, he'll ask about it later he guesses. "Well, I guess Jeno and I could discuss about the plan," he shrugs.

"Now?!" Jeno squeaks, Jaemin looked at him and nodded, he then looked at his stepbrother who was poking his cheek out with his tongue.

"Can't you find someone else Jaem?" Donghyuck asked with plead.

Jaemin rolled his eyes and shook his head, "No," he replies, "Hyuck, we already made a deal and that's final," Donghyuck clicks his tongue and he continues, "please hyuck."

The boy bites on his lip as he nodded reluctantly, "fine," he paused, "but keep this as a secret okay? Only the group can know about this," he gestures the two of them.

Jaemin nodded with a smile, "noted," he then looks at Jeno, "shall we discuss?"

Jeno rubbed his arm shyly and shifted his foot leaning on his side, "can I eat first?" He asked.

Jaemin couldn't help but chuckle, Donghyuck rolled his eyes and walks over to him, "you cook," Jeno nodded and quietly goes to the kitchen, standing where the tanned boy previously was.

He then goes to cut the potatoes and continues to make cheese potato chips, of course being tidy and his hands clean as Jaemin and Donghyuck watch him.

"This is such a stupid idea," Donghyuck comments, Jaemin huffed and nudges his arm with his phone in his free hand.

"Shut up," he hissed as his friend only tsked.

Jeno then finished and they started to eat, he was quiet as he observed the other talking about some topic he doesn't care about, he wishes he could call Renjun but then he'd feel bad for dragging his only friend in.

ꨄ︎

Jaemin enters Jeno's room with both amazement and confusion, he was impressed with the galaxy themed room but also confused why it was almost empty.

Jeno quietly sat on his bed as he grabbed his empty notebook, Jaemin sat on the edge of the bed keeping a great distance.

"So, rules," Jaemin said as Jeno hummed and clicked his pen so he could write the words on his notebook.

"Okay, first of all and for most, no feelings, like strings and all that, got it?" He said as Jeno rolled his eyes and nodded before writing it down.

"We need to keep the act up until the end of the day or something, after I walk or drive you home," Jeno raised a brow and tilted his head.

"Why not until after school?" He asked.

Jaemin rolled his eyes, "because some of them might quite possibly see us walking home and they will begin to suspect something if we're distant and stuff."

Jeno sighs and nodded writing that down as well, "Pet names, that's important," Jaemin said while picking at Jeno's bed sheets.

Jeno grimaced in disgust, "do we have to?" He asked with his nose scrunched up, Jaemin bites the inside of his cheeks before nodding.

"Wouldn't it be weird if I called you "dude," or, "bro," when we're a couple?" He asked like it was obvious, "of course it is, we're doing pet names whether you like it or not, it will be more believable."

"Fine," Jeno said in defeat, not really knowing how to fight back.

Jaemin hummed, "I'll call you baby, princess and those type of things. You'll just have to follow my lead, call me babe or prince or something."

Jeno scrunched his nose, "isn't that what you call Hana?" Jaemin nodded and he made an 'ew' sound, "call me something else or atleast add something new that you never called her before, it will make her jealous even more that I have a "special" pet name." He quotes.

Jaemin pursed his lips before smirking, "I'll call you kitten then," he said.

Jeno chokes on air, "what?! Ew no, something else!" He said in shock and in embarrassment.

Jaemin laughs and continues to smirk at him, "nah, Kitten is cute, like you baby," he winks and Jeno scoffs. "It's final, kitten it is then," Jaemin said triumphantly.

Jeno sighed before writing it down, Jaemin then hummed, "we also have to do the basic stuff, like holding hands, hugging, kissing-"

Jeno abruptly stopped writing and made a line across the paper, "we're what?!" He shrieks.

Jaemin pinched the bridge of his nose, "yes Jeno, we're doing couple stuff, that includes kissing," he said.

Jeno panics and drops his pen, "no no no," he motions his hands while speaking , "I'm not doing that, I'm not kissing you, I'm not doing this, I'm out."

Jaemin snaps his head up and stops him, "we made a deal, we fake date and both get what we want, I get Hana back and you get no bullying again," he glares, "if you won't do this then we're both loss."

Jeno pursed his lips and ponders for awhile, he then nodded slowly, "fine," he mumbles, "I'll do it," he said.

Jaemin hummed, "good, now let's practice," he announced and leans in, Jeno squeaks and leans back with wide eyes.

"Now?! Can't we do this later or something?" He panics, Jaemin groans and looks at him with stern eyes.

"We have to, or else you won't last when we do it at school," he said with a tone. Jeno sweats and looks around panicking.

"B-but," he stutters, "this will be my first kiss," he murmurs. That's a lie, he already kissed a few guys in the bar before, but to be more specific, this will be his first kiss that's not someone who only wants a quick sexual interaction.

Suddenly, he was able to breathe again when Jaemin pulls back a bit and his eyes soft.

"We can take this slow," Jaemin reassures, "just push me away if it's too much," he shrugs. Why is he being nice? Or is he just pretending? Jeno doesn't know.

Jeno chews on his lip before nodding, "okay," he breathes out and Jaemin nodded before leaning back in. The elder placed his arms around his small waist and the younger doesn't know what to do.

Jaemin sighed and at first Jeno thought he annoyed him, but the caramel haired grabs his arms and wraps it around his neck, "put them here, got it?" He asked and puts his arms back on Jeno's waist.

Jaemin was a bit shocked to feel Jeno's waist, it was impressively small compared to the guys he usually saw, hell even his waist isn't that small than Jeno's. It shockingly fitted perfectly in his arms.

Jeno bites his lip before Jaemin kisses him, he squeaks and didn't know what to do until Jaemin licks his lip with his tongue making him gasps and letting the boy in.

Jeno kisses back and moves his hands on Jaemin's shoulders, needing to breathe, he pats it continuously making Jaemin alerted and pulls away.

They panted as Jeno blushed and Jaemin looking at him, it was dead silent before Jaemin speaks up, "like that," he paused, "I guess we're ready for the act."

Jeno then realized, "oh right, that was just for the act," making him confused at the thought. Why is he thinking like that? He shouldn't be, nah he shouldn't be.

But it did felt like it was all real for a second.

Jeno nodded and noticed their position, he quickly moves back and coughs awkwardly before grabbing the pen and notebook writing the rule down.

They continued to come up with the rules and made an agreement to all of them before Jaemin leaves, Donghyuck was clearly still not having it as he threatened Jeno later that night over a few things.

This really was a stupid idea.