"Are you ready?" Was the first thing Jeno had asked his boyfriend once he went out the house to meet him outside.

Tiffany told Jaemin it was okay to park literally right outside their house instead of a few feet away or somewhere to hide his motorcycle from her parents.

Jaemin smiles while nodding off, "I am but..." He trails off, Jeno furrows his eyebrows in confusion and worry.

Jaemin slithers his fingers around Jeno's to ease him up, "I have a surprise for you." He announces.

Jeno's eyebrows furrows deeper, and it has Jaemin chuckling at him as he reaches his free hand to teasingly pinch on Jeno's creased forehead.

The latter whines quietly, "what is it?" Rubbing the spot where Jaemin had touched him, he almost whines again when Jaemin pulls away.

However, his eyes follow Jaemin's big but tender hands, fingers slowly pulling up the sleeve of his sweater until it exposes his wrist.

And–

"Oh my God..." Jeno gasps, he looks up to meet Jaemin's expecting gaze. It changes into pure amusement and relief when he sees Jeno's own gaze filled with awe.

"Do you like it?" Jaemin asks with a knowing smile dancing on his lips.

Jeno playfully glares, "are you kidding? Of course I do!" He exclaims. His fingers reaching out to excitedly graze over Jaemin's wrist.

"Who did this?"

"Jaehyun," Jaemin answers briefly, "I couldn't ask Johnny because he would tease me nonstop and waste our time." Jeno giggles hearing that.

Staring at it in awe, Jeno couldn't stop running his fingers on it, mumbling a string of apologies whenever he hears Jaemin hissing in slight pain.

It's still fresh, the redness of Jaemin's skin makes Jeno curl his lips downwards into a pout. Leaning in, he kisses it gently.

Jaemin smiles, cooing at him as Jeno does it again, but this time he does it while looking up meeting his beautiful eyes.

"I really like it... It's beautiful."

"I matched it with yours," Jaemin grins triumphantly, Jeno playfully rolls his eyes in return. "Pretty genius of me."

"You should've done a tree..." Jeno jokes about.

"But then it wouldn't entirely match– like what if someone has a leaf one on theirs and people would misunderstand?" Jaemin pouts back.

The brunet boy snickers and kisses his lips. "Dummy."

"That's my next tattoo." Jaemin grins like a Cheshire cat, he giggles at Jeno's annoyed look.

"Oh God... Let's just head inside."

"Okay, my little acorn."

"Shut up, squirrel boy." Jeno hisses in response while dragging him to the front door.

Jaemin cackles and lightly tugs on Jeno's hand, "start calling me that." Grinning in silly while his boyfriend huffs at him.

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Jeno lost count how many times he had fought the urge and actually has rolled his eyes at his grandparents tonight.

They kept eyeing at Jaemin weirdly, like he was an alien. Tiffany had to keep stepping in, changing the topic or discreetly scolding her parents for their blatant judgemental and rude treatment.

They asked Jaemin a lot of questions, mostly being intrusive that has Jeno clenching his jaw. And every time Jaemin answers them with all honesty, they would have that obvious look.

It's clear whatever Jaemin's answer is, they are not pleased.

And they shouldn't have the right to judge him, especially when he's not even related to them. Besides, Jaemin already went through a handful of shit with his own mother.

He doesn't need other people, like Jeno's toxic grandparents, treat him like he's some low class kind of guy.

"What are your plans for the future?" Jeno's grandpa asks once all of them were done with their meal, just taking a moment to talk.

Jaemin hums for a second before smiling kindly, "well, I'm still kinda young, so I guess I have time to carefully think about what I want and need."

"I already have a house, stable job, learned to be independent enough to survive... I guess what I can do for the meantime is live a little."

He glances at Tiffany, eyes crinkling in joy when she's genuinely smiling at him. "You know, before I have to go through a lot of life problems, have fun while I still can and stuff."

"So basically wasting your time?" Jeno's grandma butts in.

Jeno bites his inner cheek, he feels Jaemin's hand on his thigh, comforting him there as he flashes the old lady a calm smile.

Jaemin smiles a lot even if the person he's dealing with is an asshole.... I wish I could be like that.

"Personally, I don't think it's a waste of time if I'm being happy..." He mimicks a frown.

"What is a waste of time is not doing what you want to do in life, it would be sad to have it end without having a fun moment at least once."

"I would regret it in the future if I'm thinking and moving too fast, sure planning ahead is great especially for upcoming adulthood." Jaemin quickly proceeds when he notices the old lady about to comment on him.

"But for now, I just want to live my life as is, continue to work hard but also balancing to make time for my own happiness."

"That's wonderful, Jaemin." Tiffany comments, clasping her hands together. "It's nice to see you're not pressuring yourself to please others."

The two boys knew who she was referring to, thus they bite back a smirk as Jaemin thanks her.

Dinner went on like that: Jeno's grandparents being themselves, and in turn, the other three being themselves.

Tiffany insisted for Jaemin to stay the night, since it was kinda late and her being a mom, she's obviously concerned for the pink haired boy's well-being even if he isn't her own son.

Jaemin and Jeno stayed in the latter's bedroom, bonding with each other there privately while Tiffany was talking to her parents.

They ignore the constant yelling of Jeno's grandparents, they're kinda used to it by now. And besides, they never really cared.

Instead of feeling anxious, Jeno feels relieved. He feels so free to be himself now, not only because his grandparents are leaving by tomorrow, but also because they know.

Not only did Jeno finally stood up for himself, but his mom, Tiffany, as well after years and years.

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Thoughts???

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! 🌈

sorry late update, I was honestly changing my social media acc themes and basically came out part 2 :pp