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Jaemin stood outside Jisung's classroom, waiting for the younger boy's class to end. The two had started walking home together since Jisung moved in two months ago. He had settled in nicely and now 5 of them were like a mini family of their own.

Jaemin smiles when he sees Jisung exit the classroom and he goes up to greet him. "Hey Jisungie."

The boy turns and smiles as the two begin to walk. "Hey...I have to stay after school for a few minutes to talk to Mr. Choi, would you mind waiting for me?" He pauses in front of his locker to put away some books.

"Yeah sure, I'll be out by the school gates so come find me when your done." Jaemin turns to walk away but stops, "Oh and Taeyong said he had a meeting tonight so he won't be home until after dinner; so it'll just be you, me, Taeil hyung, and Jaehyun."

"Ok sounds good." Jisung smiles and makes his way down the hall towards the math department. Jaemin smiles and makes his way to the school exit. He just makes it to the doors when someone grabs his hand and drags him back down another hallway. He's swung around and his back lands against a wall. Jaemin looks up to see Jeno glaring at him. He rolls his eyes. "What do you want now?"

"You and Jisung have been going home together everyday for the past 2 months. I know his brother lives with you but somethings up. What's going on?"

Jaemin raises an eyebrow. "You mean Jisung didn't tell you? That's weird." He holds his chin in thought.

"What do you mean he didn't tell me? What is going on Jaemin." The final part sounded more like a statement rather than a question but Jaemin just shrugged it off.

"I mean...it's not really my place to tell Jeno. I'm sorry but you should ask Jisung yourself, it isn't something I should say without him knowing." Jaemin's voice softens and his shoulders relax.

Jeno's eyes grow concerned. "What happened? Is he ok? No one hurt him right? Jaemin just tell me."

"Look Jeno, I admire that you care for Jisung a lot, it's good knowing he has someone like you. But this isn't my story to tell, so ask him yourself. I'm not going to be some messenger. He's talking with Mr. Choi and I'm going to wait for him at the school gates, you are welcome to wait with me to talk to Jisung or you can ask him in your own time." Jaemin says calmly. He ducks under Jeno's arm, which had him pinned to the wall, and walks back down the hall. He makes it to the bench by the gates and sits down, taking out his phone.

Over the past few months, Jaemin stopped acting rude to Jeno and just acted like...a classmate. They didn't bicker anymore, but they weren't friends either. They had more or less accepted that the other was their soulmate and they would have to deal with it, whether they liked it or not. Although Jeno was still rash and rude most of the time.

Jaemin glances to his left when he sees a body sitting next to him. He turns back to his phone when he realizes it's just Jeno.

"Jaemin?"

The older boy looks up to Jisung and smiles before standing and whispering in his ear. "I think it's time you tell Jeno about your situation Jisung. He's really worried." He smiles once more before walking towards the end of the gates, giving Jeno and Jisung some space. He watches as the two of them talk, his face softening at the two boys. Jeno brings Jisung in for a hug, a calm and soft smile on his face. It warmed Jaemin's heart to see Jeno's face so calm. Normally all Jaemin ever saw was a glare or a frown, not once did Jeno give him the soft look that he was now giving Jisung.

Jaemin knew that he shouldn't really care, but his heart still hurt at that thought. He knew that their relationship was weird and not all that healthy, and he knew that they weren't to the point of being kind to each other, but Jaemin at least tried to be a decent person. Not friendly or persistent, but he was a generally good person towards Jeno, even if he didn't always want to be.

"Ok Jaemin, we can head home now." Jisung walks over and smiles, shaking Jaemin from his thoughts. The pink haired boy gives a forced smile to Jisung and looks back at Jeno, who was giving him a cold glare. Jaemin sighs and offers him a sad, lop-sided smile before turning and following Jisung back home.

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Jeno watches the two boys walk down the sidewalk and sighs. His thoughts cloud over with the image of Jaemin's sad smile. Jeno knew he was the cause of it, he knew that he was the reason behind the pain in Jaemin's eyes at that moment. He knew he was being an ass but he just couldn't bring himself to be kind to the younger. He didn't know what was wrong with him, of course he knew that he no longer hated Jaemin, but he couldn't bring himself to even act like a decent human being towards the younger. Half of him wanted to keep being cold in hopes that he would never truly fall in love with Jaemin. But the other half wanted to go and run after the younger, hug him and apologize for everything he's ever done. But Jeno being Jeno, chose to listen to his mind, not his heart. And so he turned away and went back into the school building; his mind and heart fighting, and Jeno wasn't sure which side he wanted to win.

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Jaemin sits in his empty classroom, facetiming and laughing with his friend Ten. He and the older met through a concert. The two of them had seats next to each other and their friendship blossomed from there. Currently, Jaemin was calling Ten to catch up and the two of them were laughing hysterically at something Ten's boyfriend, Johnny, said.

"Hyung don't be so stupid-" but Jaemin can't finish his sentence from laughing so hard. He swings his head back before finally calming down. His eyes look from his phone where Ten was still laughing, to the doorway. He pauses when he sees Jeno standing outside in the hall, looking at him softly. Jaemin sends the boy a small smile, which snapped Jeno out of his trance. The older boy glares at Jaemin in return for the smile before walking off. Jaemin sighs and looks back at his phone screen, smiling sadly.

"What's gotten into you Jaeminnie?" Ten gives his friend a concerned look.

"Just...soulmate issues."

Johnny falls onto the bed where Ten was laying and joins the conversation. "What'd he do this time?" He asks, munching on some popcorn he got from the kitchen.

"I just caught him looking at me, there was a really gentle and soft look on his face. But once I sent him a smile, he just glared at me and walked off. Like...I get not wanting to be soulmates, but he could at least be a decent person to me. I'm not asking for flowers or shit, just maybe not glaring or frowning whenever he sees me would be nice." Jaemin sighs and leans back in his desk chair, eyes looking up to the ceiling lights.

Ten hums in response and takes a piece of popcorn before talking. "Sounds like a struggle. I mean, do you like him?"

"I'm not sure. Of course there's definitely some feeling there, that's to be expected and I've accepted the fact that one way or another, I'll eventually like him. But right now it's just like...I don't know. I don't not like him, but I don't like him either. You know?"

"I get what you mean. As a soulmate you like him, but he isn't giving you any reason to like him as a person."

"Yeah, something like that."

"I have an idea..." Johnny speaks up again, now laying on top of his boyfriend, who just groans under the weight. "What if you ignored him."

"What do you mean? Be rude?"

"No no no, I mean like, don't give him any attention. Treat him like a stranger. If he looks at you, don't smile, just turn away. I'm not saying do what he does. Don't glare or be outright rude to him, just..."

"Don't be anything to him. Treat him as if I don't know him." Jaemin finishes.

"Exactly." Johnny smiles, happy that Jaemin was agreeing to the idea. "And when he reacts...well then it's up to you. Either he reacts as an 'I'm sorry' or he'll just ignore you in return. But hearing how he acts, it could honestly go both ways."

"Will it work?" Ten asks, turning to Johnny.

The older just shrugs. "Only one way to find out."

Jaemin nods. "Ok...I'll test it out. I should go home now hyungs, but I'll call you later and tell you how it goes. Bye!" He smiles before hanging up. He grabs his things and leaves the classroom, turning the plan over in his mind.

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<aighttttt here's another chapter. I'm so happy you all love this book, it really means so much. I'm really proud of it and I'm glad you all are still reading it. I'm trying to keep the confusion of Jeno and Jaemin's feelings going for as long as I can but THIS ONE SCENE IS JUST SO GEOIHFOEI I REALLY WANNA WRITE IT SO BAD OH MY GOD >:((( anyways thank you again for reading and for getting this book to over 700 reads im quaking I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH EFHEOIHF>