☺︎︎ Chapter Twenty-Seven
"by the way, I haven't asked you," Mark paused as they walked down the hallway, heading towards the gym for his basketball practice. "What did you do at the full moon night thing?"
His question almost made Jeno stumble on his way, forcing out a cough behind his fist and pretending that it was the slippery floor's fault.
"Oh, uhm I was just playing with Bongsik and fell asleep." He shrugged off, patting himself on the back mentally when Mark just nodded at him.
"Also, you're asking me this now that it's been four days." He added with a teasing tone, the raven haired boy rolling his eyes at him and lightly bumps their hips.
It's been four days since the full moon, since Jaemin's secret of being a vampire was out, since Jeno offered him a deal on being the elder's blood meal or whatever anytime, since they've both been seeing each other a lot.
Mainly because Jeno likes being walked home by Jaemin, he feels protected and comfortable with the elder by his side at every step of the way towards his apartment.
And he really likes it when Jaemin gives in, or sometimes getting dragged by the arm, to stay for a while before leaving after a few minutes.
He feels some kind of progress with his vampire of a soulmate.
"Are you sure you can walk home alone?" Mark, as always, asked in a worried tone while his hand was on the door handle, ready to open it.
Jeno let's out a huff, "yes Markue hyung, I can. And I won't be alone, Jaemin hyung is probably outside by now." He calmly reassures the elder.
The raven haired boy seems to not be reassured whatsoever after hearing his friend's supposed soulmate's name. "Will he take you home immediately?"
Snorting, Jeno places a hand on the elder's shoulder, "hyung, Jaeminnie hyung always takes me home immediately. Don't worry about him luring me into some kind of abandoned building." He deadpanned.
Mark pursed his lips, feeling hesitant on Jeno being with this Jaemin kid. The mysterious boy just gives him a weird vibe. And that's a big red flag for him.
It really feels like he's handing his son over to someone else, a lover maybe, and he can't really trust that person, no matter what his son blabbers on about.
"Christ, hyung. Stop worrying about me so much right now, worry about your team and the game. The basketball competition is getting near, right?" The younger hums.
With a nod, Jeno rubs Mark's shoulder gently. "Then do that first, maybe you can come back worrying about me again afterwards. Also, talk to your boyfriend, it's getting annoying now."
The last part made Mark groan, "deal with him later, that asshole won't do shit anyway."
"It's been four days, I have hope." Jeno chirps, "the longest argument you guys had was 6 months."
Sighing, Mark only gave a small nod before opening his arms out for a hug. The younger gladly accepting it and waving goodbye afterwards as he skips along towards the exit.
Walking out, he immediately spots, not surprised, Jaemin standing near the gate with his hands in his pockets.
Without further a do, Jeno runs up to him and kissed his cheek. Again.
Realizing what he did, he lets out a gasp with his hand covering his mouth. "Hyung– I'm so sorry! Ahhk! I did it again." He muttered to himself and covers his face.
To his surprise, he felt a hand on his wrist and pulls his hands away from his face.
"Why are you covering your face like that?" Jaemin raised a brow, "you're making yourself look like a child and a fool." He huffs out.
Most people would be offended by that, especially by how the elder had said it quite rudely. Haechan might even punched him right away if he was in Jeno's position.
But it's Jeno we're talking about.
So it's not really shocking or whatever when the younger smiles at him like he wasn't just insulted by his soulmate.
Linking their arms together, which Jaemin has grown to get used to for the sake of Jeno's behavior. And because he doesn't want to deal with the younger whining and pouting at him again.
Definitely.
"Do you have somewhere to go to, hyung?" Jeno asks, looking up as they continued their walk.
"Yes." Jaemin answered curtly.
Tilting his head to the side, "oh? Where? Can I come?" The younger had immediately bombarded his soulmate with a few questions.
As always, Jaemin scoffs at him. Finding it annoying in a way because Jeno is like a child. Always asking him things and wanting to be with him as if he doesn't want to be left alone. Which is true.
"With friends, and you can't come with." He answered, not even sparing a glance at the boy beside him. His attention was focused at the front, looking to where they're going.
Jeno immediately pulls out his usual pout. And Jaemin pulls out his usual reaction to that.
"Why not~?" Jeno whines, swinging their linked arms around and his sides swaying along.
The vampire boy tsks, "because it's a vampire hangout. It'll turn into a bloody ritual with you being there, especially from how Hendery is looking at you like that."
"Huh? How does Hendery look at me?" The younger asks, genuinely confused.
Jaemin grits his teeth. "Nevermind." He replied, his unclear answer made Jeno pout even more. Which he was able to do, to Jaemin's dismay.
"Please hyung, I wanna come with!" He continued to annoy, whining all about.
"No."
"Please!" He then began to bounce on his feet, making them halt on their walk because he would not budge anymore.
He pulled this trick off to Mark before when he wanted to join a small get together party, it sort of worked after 15 minutes of whining and the elder refusing his pleads.
He's hoping it wouldn't be too long for Jaemin to give in.
When the vampire boy didn't say anything and was instead turning his head to the side to look at the passers giving them a weird look. He huffs and leans in so their chests were touching.
He could feel Jaemin's heartbeat, and how cold he is.
"He's a fucking vampire, of course he is, Jeno Lee." He scolds himself inwardly.
Ignoring the feeling of his own cheeks heating up, Jaemin's heartbeat against him, and most importantly, the very close proximity between them, he blurts out.
"You're acting like Mark hyung, always so strict and cold with these things. But atleast Mark hyung is a bit considerate sometimes."
His soulmate finally turns his attention away from their path and glares at him, "if you end up dead, it's not my fault. It'll be your stubborn brain."
Ignoring his words, like always, Jeno beams at him so brightly. "Yay!" He cheers, hugging the elder tightly and looks up at him, his chin now against Jaemin's chest.
"I won't end up dead or anything, because you're there to protect me, hyung. I trust you."
His words gave Jaemin that annoying fluttery feeling again, it made him let out a groan, to which was ignored by a very happy Jeno, who once again kissed him on the cheek.
"My dear soulmate, I trust you a lot."
"Pup, stop doing that."
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