On Monday, Jeno entered school with his eye not so swollen anymore, but it still looked brown-ish/black-ish.

He only gave a smile and waved off to those who asked what had happened and if he was okay, it's not painful anymore though, it just looks like that.

He did roll his eyes to those who started rumors about said black eye and to no surprise, more people bothered him for the rest of the day and so on.

"I heard Mark punched him because he got irritated." That one's funny, Mark would never and never has, been physically and mentally abusive towards him.

"I heard some dude gave that to him. Probably got jumped or something." First part is right, some dude did gave him that ugly black eye. Said dude is named Na Jaemin or something.

Last part is dumb, he hasn't experienced getting jumped, to his luck and thanks to his overprotective friends.

Speaking of Na Jaemin, Jeno's been waiting for Lucas' answer about the boy so they could talk about the situation, even befriend him if that was possible.

Mark said he hasn't seen Lucas that much since they currently don't have much practice these days, and they don't also have a lot of classes together.

Although, the tall basketball player does hangout with Na Jaemin himself. Outside of school actually, since the mysterious boy usually hangs out there or whatever.

They did ask him at one point, when they ran pass by Lucas who was (suffering) listening to Johnny and Jaehyun's argument about some type of good food.

Like who the fuck cares, good food is good food. Or maybe because he isn't as picky as those two idiots.

Lucas excuses himself along with Mark who approached him and asked the two arguing boys in his team if he could borrow Lucas for a moment.

They barely even cared, quickly waving them off and continuing whatever next argument was in their hands.

"Oh thank God, Mark. You're a life saver, I swear I almost snapped or something–"

"Hey uhm... We were wondering when can Jeno meet this Jaemin dude since he really wants to confront things with him, especially with this on his eye." Mark spat at the last part, pointing an accusing finger at Jeno's left eye.

Lucas winced at that, "oof, that looks... Is it still painful?" He asked hesitantly as he stared at the faded black eye, or well, now looking like a different type of mark. Though, he couldn't really point a finger on the word.

Jeno shook his head, "it's not... It just looks like that, I tried putting ointments and ice packs on it or anything that could help get rid of it but, it won't come off." He pouts.

Mark blinked as Lucas hummed at him, "well if you want to meet Jaemin, you can try after school today. He's usually at the back of the building or something." He shrugged.

The brunet beamed as Mark cuts in, "I'll go with." He said and drapes an arm around his friend's shoulders as a habit.

"Go where and who?" A honey-like voice joins in as they all turned to the person who was drinking a can of Fanta.

"Jeno's meeting Jaemin later, Mark said he'll go with, I don't know and I don't care honestly." Lucas shrugged whilst Mark rolled his eyes.

Haechan raised an eyebrow, "then I'll go with too." He proposed and gave the half drunken can of Fanta to Jeno who brightens up like a kid before taking a sip.

"Don't you have detention today?" Mark said as he gave a look towards his boyfriend.

Haechan only scoffed at his words, "and don't you have extra stuff to do today and help your mom with grocery shopping while there's no basketball practice," he sneered.

The raven haired boy huffed, "touché." He muttered while the tanned boy just grinned triumphantly.

Lucas coughed awkwardly and glances at the watch on his wrist "uhm I'll see you guys later I guess... Meet me outside after your last class." He said.

"Fuck, I have Biology." Haechan grumbled as Jeno just finished the given can of Fanta and burped.

"Isn't Mrs. Kang like... Super strict and will keep you guys for an extra few minutes if you don't follow her rules?" Jeno stated as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Haechan sighed and nodded at him as an answer whilst Lucas quickly waves them goodbye saying he's late even though they know their Geometry teacher is laid off and their friend just wants a good seat.

Mark gave a quick peck on his boyfriend's cheek before linking arms with Jeno as they both walked towards their English class, leaving a grumbling Haechan behind.

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"Jesus, what took you guys so long?" Lucas whined as they all met up at a nearby tree in the school parking lot.

He's been standing outside, underneath the scorching heat of the sun, sacrificing his damn skin and time, just for the sake of Jeno.

Mark panted and gulped audibly trying to catch his breath, "we had to wait for Mr. Hong so Haechan could get released out of detention." He reasons.

"Why and how the fuck did you have detention today anyway?" Lucas asked as they all quickly followed him walking around the school building whilst they sweated even more.

"Long story short, some guy accidentally sent a love letter for Jeno with disturbing and annoying shit there in my locker." Haechan said as he adjusts his backpack.

"How'd it even get in your locker?"

"I tested the kid, he asked me questions about our pretty Jeno and all, so I tricked him with which locker was Jeno's and caught him."

"And then you probably landed a punch at him," Lucas guessed almost predictably.

With his words, Haechan snapped his fingers at him. "Bingo." He chimed as if what he did was cool and fun, well for him it was.

"Was that why there's a whole ass crowd in the other hallway that day? I took the long route instead." The tall basketball player asked.

The three of them nodded while Mark glared at his dumbass boyfriend, though, they all gotta admit Haechan's plan was a genius play. Or maybe poor kid was lacking braincells to the point they had to actually believe Haechan.

Lucas stops as they rounded the corner and grins, "we're here." He whispered tilting his head towards them before grinning brightly at the specific man in front of them.

"Heyo Jaem!" He called out as they approached said man who had a vape in hand.

Jaem, or well, perhaps Jaemin, abruptly stops taking a buff of his vape and scowled. "Who the fuck are they? Wait–"

Jeno pushes Lucas aside and beams so brightly his pearly white teeth were on display for them, clearly not fitting for the current situation.

"Hi there!" He greeted to which Jaemin scowled even more at.

"My dear soulmate, hopefully you won't be scowling at me when we find each other."