Trigger warning: Mentions of abuse, rape and death

"Chocolates?"

"Check"

"Gummies?"

"Check"

"Do I smell nice?"

"Like what?"

"Oh my god I smell like shit what the fuck" The blue haired boy whined as he sniffed his armpit.

"Jaemin you haven't showered yet" His older brother deadpans. The younger scrunched his nose in disgust "Gosh Jeno wouldn't like that" as he rushed to his walk in closet to grab new fresh clothes. His brother watched him having a mental crisis since 6 am and it's still 7:20 in the morning. Jaemin groans when he can't choose an outfit, "Hyung quick! Pick an outfit that doesn't scream I'm a fuckboy"

"But there's barely any" the other replied, Jaemin glared "Can you fucking cooperate Jaehyun?! I need to impress Jeno!" He retorted. Jaehyun cackled at his desperate look and helped him anyway.

"Thanks! Now go away! I need to shower" Jaemin says pushing the older of the two out of his bedroom. "Jaemin I can just stay in your room while you're in the bathroom" Jaehyun emphasized the last part like it was obvious, the latter scoffed and let his brother back in the room anyway as he went to the bathroom.

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"Alright, I'm done! Now how do I look?" Jaemin asked when he comes back from the half an hour long shower to get rid of the shitty smell of body odor, in his defense he just finished a short exercise routine.

"You look aight, now come here" Jaehyun beckons his brother with a hand gesture.

The younger obliged and stood straight in front of the older, "arms up brat" he ordered, Jaemin snorted and did as told. Jaehyun sniffed him from the armpits, neck, hair and even his butt to make sure he doesn't send any scents that would make anyone that goes near puke. "Hmm, put just a little bit of perfume, not the one that's strong though, I heard the Lee brothers have sensitive noses"

Jaehyun walked to the shelves that were filled with perfumes Jaemin had collected. In fairness though he's the same, it's not like they wanted to buy a bottle of liquid that gives scents but they wouldn't really use, it's because their aunts and uncles liked to give it as a gift. A useless gift.

"What does Jeno like?" He asked as he picked up a bottle of perfume that has the word "Roses" on the front and examines it. "Uhm Sweet things and...Comfort? I guess just something that screams Cuteness" Jaemin replied and sat at the velvet settee in the room. The older hummed and after a while he walked over to the younger and gestures him to stand up.

He sprays just a little bit on him and steps back, Jaemin sniffs himself and looks at the other "Daisies?" And furrowed his eyebrows, Jaehyun nodded and placed the bottle back to its previous place, "ok Now c'mon, didn't you want to arrive there earlier than planned?" It was still quite a shock to hear Jaemin Na, His brother wanting to arrive early to a place. Usually he'd be a few minutes late to his own schedules but after that little deal with Jeno and the date, Jaemin would wake up really early to start his routine off and arrive 20 minutes early on his schedules.

The two brothers went downstairs and greeted their parents and grandma, "where are you going Jaemin? Do you have somewhere to be?" His dad asked as he looked up from his newspaper and saw the youngest son in an outfit with a bag of something in it. Jaemin nodded with a smile "remember Jeno? I'm going to his house for today, I'll text you guys what time I'll be back"

"Jeno you say?" His mother asked in a teasing voice when she enters the living room with a tray of teas and snacks. Jaehyun nudged him with his elbow and smirked, he groans regretting even mentioning his crush if he gets to be teased nonstop, but he can't help it, Jeno was just unavoidable to be talked about. Nonetheless he nodded and the elders smirked at him.

"Please do bring him here someday Jaemin, I would like to meet the sweet boy you've been gushing about" his grandma said while proceeding to nit a scarf, Jaemin blushed "Ok granny, if he and his brother are ok with it" there was a snort coming from his dad, " well why don't you invite them this Sunday? A family dinner!" his wife clapped in excitement at the suggestion.

Jaemin blushed even more "u–uh sure, but they're not even family yet no offense"  Jaehyun laughed at him while pouring some tea on his cup, "yet" he teases repeating the word his brother said, His mother giggled too "they will be! I can feel it!" A determined face was shown as she lifted her fist up and patted it to her chest. Jaemin rolled his eyes but with a smile "whatever, I'm asking him out later anyway"

"Ooohhh~ that fast? Damn bro" the younger glared at his brother, "they say the sooner the better, so I think Jaemin over here just wants to claim what's his before someone else does" his grandma stated glancing at the blushing boy. Jaemin sighed at his family "yeah yeah ok, I'll be off now. Bye everyone" he waves them off and walks out "Goodluck loser!" He heard Jaehyun yell when he closed the door and he ruffles his hair, "thanks" he mutters and drives his way to Jeno's house.

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He takes a deep breath and checks the items in the bag he was holding before ringing the doorbell, not long the door was opened and revealed Jihoon in an apron, he looked a little shock since it was still 7:55 in the morning when they planned it to be 9, "Oh Jaemin! You're here early!"

Unlike when they first met, Jihoon had a strict look and scary aura towards him but after hanging out with Jeno a few times the past few weeks and getting to know them both, Jihoon had a comforting smile on his face and he could see the resemblance of his smile, his eyes turned into crescents and his lips curled up into a sweet smile, the corner of it a little more curved but it showed how happy he is. Though he has the same smile as his brother, Jaemin prefers Jeno's more, probably biased but who cares?

"Morning hyung, Sorry If I'm disturbing, but I just woke up earlier than expected and went here instead, May I come in?" Of course he couldn't tell the other that he woke up because he couldn't wait to spend time with Jeno, because that would be embarrassing and possible blackmail. Jihoon opens the door wider for him to come inside of their humble home.

"Jeno's still sleeping in his room while I'm preparing breakfast, make yourself at home Jaem" the said boy nodded and placed the bag on the kitchen counter as he watched Jihoon grabbing ingredients. "Oh I brought this for you guys by the way" he gestures at the bag filled with sweets earning a thankful smile.

Now that he noticed, Jihoon and Jeno were the only one's here, The brunette only told him that Jihoon said his parents disappeared or went on a trip, he thought it was a little sketchy so he couldn't help but asked "uhm not to be rude or anything hyung, but may I ask where's your parents?" He saw Jihoon tense up when he grabbed a cutting board "you don't need to tell me of course" he added reassuringly.

Jihoon snapped out of his daze and looked at him with a sigh "I'll tell you because I trust you enough with Jeno after the past few weeks, but don't tell anyone yet alright?" His tone was strict at the end so the younger nodded and made a cross on his chest with his index finger "Swear on my life"

The older nodded and slowly started to peel a some vegetables as he talked "they're dead" he pauses and glances at Jaemin's reaction who's eyes blew wide "o-oh I'm sorry" Jihoon nodded reassuring him it was ok, he took a deep breath as he continued to both talking and peeling. "Our mother was a drug addict, she would come home and beat us up when she wants to"

He grabbed a bowl to place the peeled skin of the vegetables on it "it got worse though when she found out Jeno was gay" he clenches his hands into fists, angry just remembering about it, Jaemin patted his arm comfortingly "I came out as bi so I wasn't really in too much trouble, Jeno was fully gay and that angered her to torture him more"

"Our dad died in a car crash when he was on his way home, when I called him for help that his so called wife and our supposed mother was beating Jeno up, drowning him in the bathtub with hot water" Jaemin gasped at that and tears were on Jihoon's eyes "luckily our neighbors heard the screaming and helped me pull away that monster from my baby brother. Though I still blame myself at times, because our dad would've still be here if I didn't call him while he was driving" he swallows back a sob.

Jaemin patted his back and a few minutes his breathing was a little bit better, he continued "Unfortunately the monster was still here, before she overdosed herself, she'd come home drunk at times too, but what's worst is she brought strangers in our home" Jihoon looked up at the younger with his teary red eyes "Strangers Jaemin! Fucking Strangers went in our home invited by that monster! They roamed around freely and scaring both Jeno and I, This was supposed to be our safe place, where we thought she was the only one that could hurt us. But no! She brought drunk, horny, and perverted bastards into this place!"

Jihoon was raising his voice now, and Jaemin could only hope Jeno was either a heavy sleeper or the screaming didn't reach upstairs. "They terrified him Jaemin! They almost raped Jeno" Jaemin looked at his eyes filled with Sadness, Shock and most of all Anger.

"Pardon?" Jihoon stood up straight with a distress look, "They almost raped Jeno until the cops finally took them away, they used to manipulate and force Jeno into doing sexual things to satisfy their needs. Wearing shorter skirts than he was comfortable wearing in front of strangers, he only liked to wear short skirts when it was just the two of us, but no they forced him to wear it, they'd touch him in places they needed consent with but threw that rule out, worst of all I couldn't do anything, they tied me up, beat me and lock me in the closet until the neighbors arrived with the cops"

There was silence, Jihoon was sobbing quietly, Jaemin was angry and frustrated that some people actually have the brains to do that to someone so innocent and suffering enough. He took a few deep breaths and calmed himself down, "I'm so sorry you both have to go through that hyung. But just remember none of this is your fault" Jihoon looked up and was about to protest but Jaemin beat him to it.

"They trapped you while they did those things to Jeno, you couldn't do anything about it because they beat you up and locked you away. It's not like you just stood there and let it happen right?" He asked and earned a nod "You guys were young and what matters is you guys are safe now, the neighbors called the cops and took them away, you're safe, Jeno's safe. As long as you guys will call us for help and tell us your worries, we'll be there and you'll be safe."

Jihoon sniffled and nodded "yeah" he whispers and Jaemin nodded as well "yeah, we're safe. Thanks Jaemin" he smiles at the younger before proceeding to cook their breakfast. Jaemin smiled and watched him, then he suddenly remembered he was going to ask Jeno out, might as well tell he brother right?

"Hey this might be a wrong timing but–" A chuckle was heard from Jihoon "you're gonna ask my brother to be your boyfriend, am I correct?" He asked in a teasing smile while pouring the already sliced tomatoes on the soup, Jaemin gaped at him "h-how did you–" Jihoon snorted and washed some lettuce on the sink "it's kinda obvious how you dressed up more than usual and arrived earlier than expected"

Okay that's embarrassing, but fuck it. "Uhm yeah" Jaemin awkwardly laughs "you can y'know?" He gave a confused look at the older who laughed at him "you can ask my brother out, I won't be mad unless you hurt him" He stated calmly but there was a hint of threat there. "I'll try my best to treat him right, hurting him would be my nightmare, and if I did, spare my life please as I would do anything to bring him back into my arms"

Jihoon hummed "Alrighty, Well I trust you and good luck with that. Go wake your future boyfriend up, it'll be a hassle so good luck with that one too" he cackles as he continued with his cooking. Jaemin blushed but did as told anyway, he walked up the stairs and went to the door where Jihoon instructed him to and knocked.

A few minutes, no reply. He was about to panic but then heard Jihoon yell from downstairs "Don't bother to knock! He's really sleepy in this hour!" Then a loud shriek "Fucking hell a worm!" And the sounds of pots in the kitchen, he snorted and slowly went in.

He awed at the sight, Jeno was surrounded with stuff animals both big and small. With pillows in his huge bed, he could only see a blob of messy brown hair since the comforter was swallowing his poor small body, the glow in the dark stickers of moons and stars were visible on the cloudy sky themed ceiling and the smell of strawberries was quite obvious. Everything was so...Jeno. He loved it.

He carefully walked over to the bed and saw Jeno's pouty sleeping face, he couldn't help but cooed and reached up to brush the boy's messy hair, the boy stirred and made a noise, Jaemin giggled at how cute the boy was. He leaned in and whispered "Jeno~" earning a whine and the said boy clutched onto the donkey plushie on his arms.

"Nono baby wake up" the nickname slipped out but he didn't care at this point, Jeno slowly opened his eyes and when he saw the person in front of him, his eyes grew big and gasped as he sat up rubbing both his eyes "Jaeminnie?!" Said boy laughed at his cute face and pinched his cheeks "hey Nono" the brunette snapped out of his shocked daze and wrapped his arms around the blue haired boy's neck.

"You're here!!" He said as Jaemin hugged back, his arms fitting perfectly on the boy's small waist, damn Jeno's small waist. It's pretty as fuck.

"Yes I am" he laughed and yelps as Jeno pulled him to the bed making him hover on top of the brunette "cuddlesss!!" And who was Jaemin to refuse that? He leaned closer and buried his face on the boy's neck "This is nice" he sighs after awhile. Jeno giggled "it is!" And wrapped his legs on Jaemin waist pulling him closer than before.

Few minutes of just enjoying each other's presence Jaemin finally pussied out "Jeno" a hum was heard, he continued "I wanna ask you something, and I need you to look at me" Jeno obeyed and pulled away as he looked at Jaemin with furrowed eyebrows and a pout, oh Jaemin couldn't wait to kiss those pouty lips in a few minutes.

"Jeno"

"Jaemin"

"Jen"

"Jaem"

"Nono"

"Nana"

"Puppy"

"Minnie"

"Cutie"

"Handsome"

Silence, and then laughter filled the room. After calming themselves down Jaemin smiled and took a a breath, "this might not be romantic" Jeno shook his head "It is with you!" and giggled as Jaemin blushed "okay cutie, but anyways I want to ask you, just a reminder you have the choice to say Yes or No alright?" Jeno whined impatient "just tell meeee~"

He chuckled and nodded "would you like to be my cutie boyfriend Nono?" He expected just a few minutes of silence with Jeno thinking about his decision, but to his lucky surprise, the brunette smiled and kissed his cheek "I would love to! Thank you Nana!" Jaemin smiled even wider at him, "of course baby, Oh my gosh I could freely call you any nicknames I want now!" He paused and look at Jeno who was still smiling "if you want to of course"

The brunette blushed "I like it when you call me pet names" Jaemin cooed and pecked his nose– well he planned to until Jeno tilted his head up and he felt a pair of soft plump lips on his. "Holy shit I'm kissing him! I'm kissing Jeno what the fuck"

His eyes were wide but slowly melted in with the touch, he closed his eyes as he kissed back. Kissing Jeno was one of the best things he has achieved, his main goal though is hopefully in the near future Marrying Jeno will be achieved. Yes. Jaemin Na is that in love with Jeno Lee.

They pulled away for air, don't wanna suffocate his boyfriend now do we? It was just silence, a comfortable one. Jeno soon spoke up "I love you" he blushed so hard he reminded Jaemin of the tomatoes Jihoon poured in the soup a few minutes ago. So without hesitation

"I"

Peck

"Love"

Peck

"You"

Peck

"Too"

Peck

"So"

Peck

"Much"

Peck

"Jeno-ya"

Placing his lips on Jeno's soft ones kissing him longingly and lovingly. He pulled back and Jeno's face surely resembles the tomatoes. "You're so cute when you're shy" he cooed and pecked the boy's forehead. Jeno giggled and pulled him back for a cuddle, soon they laid beside each other with Jaemin's arm around Jeno and the brunette's head on his chest while the latter rambled about how Jihoon left him with the others once, Chenle spoiled him at the arcade, Renjun scolded him for it, and Donghyuck yelled at them for not understanding Chinese while pulling Jeno away shielding him with his body.

"And then injun sma–" knock knock the knocking of the door was heard. "May I come in?" Jihoon's voice came from the other side, "Come in hyungie!" Jeno replied leaning closer to Jaemin, the door opened revealing Jihoon with a breakfast tray. He placed it on the bedside table on Jaemin's side and ruffled his brother's hair.

"Since I know this lil bean is lazy to come downstairs" he pinched Jeno's cheeks when the younger puffed his cheeks out with a pout "I brought breakfast in bed!" He gestures to the tray that has a bowl of vegetable soup and two plates filled with rice, veggies, and meat. "Eat up you two! I have to leave before Hos–" Jaemin smirked at him while Jeno giggled at his brother. He wasn't so sly.

"I mean my friend will spam me again" he said while Jaemin muttered a "clingy boyfriend culture" to which Jeno laughed at. Jihoon glared at them "whatever, you guys have fun. I'm out until before dinner, Jaemin you should stay for dinner okay?" It was more like a demand than a question so Jaemin nodded anyways grabbing the tray and started feeding his boyfriend

Jihoon smiled at the sight and left, "And Jeno be sure to shower! You stinky poo" Jeno huffed and chewed on the broccoli annoyed, Jaemin chuckled at him and ruffled his hair as he swallowed he vegetables "He's a meanie sometimes" opening his mouth again when Jaemin brought up another spoonful of rice and carrots.

"He's just teasing baby, now eat up so we could play later after you shower" he wipes a sauce from the beef stake on Jeno's chin and licked it, Jeno didn't mind since he doesn't know there's another meaning of it yet. "I want a bubble bath" he says as Jaemin continued to feed him.

"You will, don't worry Jen" Jeno smiled and they continued their breakfast with Jaemin feeding him while he shared stories about the others and Doyoung favoring him. Once they're done Jaemin prepared the bubble bath while Jeno sat on the bathroom counter with his donkey plushie and swinging his legs humming to nursery rhymes.

"It's ready now Jen" the brunette smiled happily and jumped onto Jaemin's arms "yay!" The blue haired boy was about to leave but the other pulled him back and closed the door "don't leave Nana" he pleads, Jaemin smiled and nodded ruffling his brown hair, he can't resist Jeno's puppy eyes okay?

He pushed Jaemin to the corner "don't peek" pointing his finger trying to threaten him, The boy chuckled and turned away with his hands on his face. Jeno stripped off his clothes and went in the tub with the rubber duckies and bubbles covering his nude body "Turn around now" Jaemin obliged and gosh he was uwuing so much today, maybe because of Jeno but holy shit the sight was adorable.

He walked closer helping Jeno bathe as the brunette played with the rubber ducks "Nana" he hummed grabbing a bottle of strawberry shampoo "can we invite the other hyungies later?" His voice was obviously begging so the younger agrees and continued washing Jeno up.

After they were finished and Jeno was all cleaned up, they walked back to the bedroom as Jaemin quickly sent a message to the groupchat about coming over to Jeno's place receiving almost immediate "okay's" in the end.

  Jeno leads him to his playing area that had a cardboard box castle, and plushies that were dresses up as knights "Let's wait here for them Nana! I wanna play princess and prince!" He said sitting on Jaemin's lap comfortingly as the other nodded and wrapped his arms around him.

"do you have names for your plushies?" Jaemin asked watching Jeno playing with his phone, the brunette nodded happily "a few of them, I don't have name for the others yet" he said frowning, sad that some of his plushies are nameless. "Well what's your donkey plushie's name?" Pointing at the object on Jeno's lap.

"Duckie" Jaemin furrowed his eyebrows "isn't that Donghyuck's nickname?" Jeno nodded and giggled "Injunnie and Lele said Hyuckie's name sounded like a donkey" Jaemin let out an "ah~" and waited for the others to arrive.

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"Guess who's hereee!!" Chenle said busting in the room after a few minutes with Donghyuck and Renjun bickering on who had the spare keys until Mark finally stepped in and opened the door with the keys Jihoon gave him.

"Shut up Lele you're so loud" Renjun whines rubbing his ears, the younger stick out his tongue and Yangyang patted Renjun's head comfortingly. Suddenly Donghyuck gasped as he smacks Mark's chest with Jisung laughing "OH MY GOSH!" He hyperventilates pointing at the scene in front of him.

"Are you guys dating?" Chenle asked hopeful, Jeno blushed and hid his face into Jaemin's neck "yep we are" Jaemin laughs and kisses Jeno's crown. The others were shocked, Chenle screeched shaking Renjun by the shoulders who has his jaw dropped. Yangyang's eyes were like dolls as he looked at Jaemin to Jeno back and forth. Jisung choked on his laughter as Mark choked on his spit while catching Donghyuck who dramatically fainted placing the back of his right hand on his forehead.

"I don't believe it" Jisung said calming down, Jaemin snorted "I knew some of you guys would" and placed his fingers lifting Jeno's chin up "shall we?" With his signature smirk, Jeno giggled nodding as he leaned in and they kissed. In front of their friends. Who were screaming. And Donghyuck falling of onto the floor.