"Can you teach me how to make strawberry cake?"

"Of course baby.."

Friday came and went quicker then they thought it would.

Before they knew it, it was Saturday morning.

"Jen. Jeno wake up baby. Jen!" Jeno slowly opened his blurry eyes and yawned, sitting up with his stuffed dog in his arms.

"Mm? Nana, I was having a good dream.." Jeno mumbled grumpily, defiantly rolling onto his stomach and burying his face in his pillow.

"But Jen today is a big day." Jeno groaned and rolled over, his shirt riding up a little to expose his lean tummy and he pouted up at Jaemin who smiled down at him.

"What is it? My birthday?" Jeno asked. Jaemin smiled.

"Nope. It's Saturday." Jeno groaned and rolled back over onto his side.

"Exactly. We do nothin on Saturday.." The older suddenly turned and reached out for Jaemin. "Cuddles?" Jaemin giggled and sat in the bed beside Jeno.

"No cuddles yet." Jeno whined and turned to cuddle into Jaemin's side, but because of how Jaemin was sitting it looked more like cuddling into the youngers leg.

"Then what is it.." Jeno whined, growing impatient with the lack of answers. Jaemin laughed and ruffled the olders fluffy hair.

"We're moving today dingus." Jeno suddenly shot up from his bed.

"Today?!!?" Jaemin nodded, his smile never once leaving his lips. "Let's go then!"

"Jen, we gotta eat breakfast first!" Jaemin called as Jeno ran down the stairs, surely waking Renjun and Haechan in the process as he skipped the last step and landed happily on his feet. Jaemin sighed and began to head after him.

"Chenle, we're moving today." Jeno bragged, having already forgotten that Chenle was the reason they were moving. Chenle chuckled.

"Yep. Nana told me all about it. Don't worry about breakfast there are doughnuts at the apartment. I got them super early this morning but they're fresh. Only a couple hours old." Chenle said as Jeno was about to ask for food. The older shut his mouth and nodded before turning to see Jaemin standing in the entry to the kitchen.

"Can we go now, Nana?" He asked excitedly. Jaemin nodded. He and Chenle had packed their few things that were at Renhyuck's house the day before, packing them into the car this morning so they were all ready to leave. They saw no point in giving big goodbyes to Renjun and Hyuck since they planned to see them the next week.

"Let's go." Jaemin finally said as an answer before he smiled at Chenle. Jaemin stopped Jeno from walking by.

"Say goodbye to Chenle." Jeno's face fell and he turned to look at the younger.

"He doesn't get to come with us?" Chenle smiled sadly at him and walked over, shaking his head.

"No. It's time that you two get your chance to start a life on your own. You'll still see me and Junnie and Hyuckie just not like this. We'll still visit though I promise." Chenle explained and Jeno fell forward, wrapping his arms around Chenle with a small cry.

"I-I don't w-wanna.." He cried as he hugged Chenle. The younger chuckled.

"Aw Jeno it'll be alright. We can hang out whenever you want, okay? And I can convince everyone to let me spoil you with gifts, okay?" Jeno suddenly pulled away with a sniffle and nodded.

"Y-Yeah.. God, why am I such an emotional wreck." He breathed out with a small laugh before stepping back towards Jaemin. "Take care of yourself Lele. See ya soon." Jeno said, taking Jaemin's hand. "Come on Jaem, I wanna see the apartment!!" Jaemin chuckled and waved at Chenle, nodding his thanks before allowing himself to be dragged to the car by Jeno.

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Jeno stood impatiently outside the apartment as Jaemin fished out his keys.

"Okay, Jen. Are you ready?" He asked as he unlocked the door. Jeno nodded excitedly and ran into the apartment before Jaemin could stop him.

It was so beautiful.

The first room he noticed, and frankly the first room that you walk into was the living room. It was all very soft, a black and white rug underneath the couch and coffee table, the soft-looking fur of it giving Jeno the urge to run over and pet it like a cat, his giddy sense of childlike excitement returning as he looked around, eyes wide like a kid in a candy store.

The next room was the kitchen. It matched very well with the living room, giving the well-done illusion that an open floor plan was supposed to give. It all felt like it flowed together, making the space feel bigger. The white furniture, gray marble countertops, and green plants to tie it all together making Jeno's smile widen.

The next room he was drawn to was the bathroom. He stood in the doorway and peered in, loving the sleek and simple design of it all. It kept the black and white design of the house though for the most part, trading green accents for the light browns of the wood.

"Jeno, come here," Jaemin called, making Jeno turn with sparkling eyes. There were two more rooms he hadn't checked and one of them was now open with Jaemin standing in the doorway. "This is our extra room. If you wanna stay in here though on some nights or if you ever need alone time then you can sneak off to here." Jaemin explained, his excited smile not leaving as he proudly displayed the beautiful room.

The blinds were shut and the main light was off, allowing the fairy lights that Chenle and Jaemin had hung to illuminate the room. A couple of printed pictures of various things like little aesthetic pictures of cakes and black squares with white text were hanging from the lights, flowers on the bedside table, and posters on the walls helping to finish off the look.

In the other corner was something that Jeno was confused by.

"What's that?" He asked, pointing at the carpet-covered tower sitting in the corner. Jaemin's smile grew.

"I thought maybe we could get a cat to help keep you company." Jeno smiled brighter at the words with a nod.

"Alright next is our room," Jaemin announced as he walked back out and over to the last door, opening it up to reveal the final room.

The first thing that Jeno felt when he entered was safety. All of the decorations filled the space so well, leaving no space for anything unwanted, and the bed looked soft and cozy. The plants around the room made Jeno smiled as he walked over and delicately touched the leaves, the awe never leaving his eyes.

As if it couldn't get any better, hanging from the fairy lights were memories caught on camera by the sly Jaemin who always managed to have a camera on hand at just the right time. He kneeled on the bed and observed each one with a different sense of remembrance, some making him giggle, others making him cringe.

"Do, you like it?" Jaemin asked carefully as he sat on the bed behind where Jeno was kneeling. The younger turned around with a smile and crawled over into Jaemin's lap, hugging him like a koala. His smile was angelic but hidden now in the crook of Jaemin's neck. He breathed in the comforting scent that Jaemin always had, relishing in the warmth of Jaemin's touch.

"I love it, Nana.."

It was when they were like this that Jeno realized just how long it had been since they were truly alone. Left without any interruptions, without any surprise visits from their friends, without anyone out to get them. They were finally alone.

They were finally alone.

And here come those thoughts again, just like before, and his conversation with Haechan is replaying over in his mind..

Tell him that...

"Nana.." Jaemin smiled as he rubbed Jeno's back gently.

"Yes, baby?" Jeno took a deep breath to calm his rising embarrassment. He hadn't really thought this out, but this was definitely a more appropriate time and place to talk about it. Their own apartment, their own bedroom, no one else in the apartment..

"There's something I've been thinking about a lot recently. This is a big decision and I uh.. I'm really not sure how to say this...." Jeno pulled away slowly and looked at Jaemin in the eyes, earning that same reassuring smile from the older that he always got. He loved it and it sent confidence soaring through him.

"Go on Jen. Don't be shy." Jeno took a breath and looked Jaemin in the eye.

"Na Jaemin, will you be my first?"

Jaemin watched as Jeno glowed red in his arms, embarrassment coursing through him, all his confidence from seconds ago gone.

For a moment he hesitated. Not because he didn't want to, but because he was scared. What if he hurt Jeno? What if this ruined everything they had built up? But looking into Jeno's eyes he realized something he hadn't fully realized before.

Jeno was putting all of his trust in him with this one request. This meant he trusted Jaemin to be careful, gentle, kind, mindful, and loving.

And Na Jaemin swore on every star that would appear in the sky that night, on every fairy light hung around the apartment, on every NCTzen reading and trusting him, that he would love Jeno like no one else ever would.

And he would never let him go.

"Jeno, I would be more than happy to be your first." He managed to say, a smile gracing his features. Jeno giggled when Jaemin began to trail soft kisses all over any bit of skin he could get to. "Because Lee Jeno, I love you so much." Jeno smiled blissfully as Jaemin looked down at him. During the kiss attack, they had fallen into this position, Jeno laid out on the bed beneath Jaemin, his face now pink rather than red. The younger leaned down and left a long kiss on the older boy's lips.

"Na Jaemin, I love you too."

Holy fuck.

The Na Jaemin was about to take his virginity.

Good Lord.

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AN: Because this book is supposed to be soft and cute I probably wont add a chapter with the details of that day 😏 unless y'all really want me to.

I'll do whatever you want but if I do write smut fair warning I suck at it so whoops.

Okay buh bye Ily all so much, lmk if you want a smut chapter and THIS BOOK IS FAR FROM OVER IT HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN

💕 ILY 💕

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(Also btw in case you wanna see a floor plan again real quick here it is I love you all)