"Hey, Renju–"

"No." Renjun cuts him off before he could even finish greeting him nicely– after a while may I add.

"Fine, whatever, I came here for my baby Sweets anyway." Jaemin sasses and looks behind Renjun's frame to find his beloved boyfriend.

"Sorry, Jaemin. But unfortunately for you, I'm not letting you see him." Renjun said with a slightly hush tone yet still stern as he looks around the hallway.

The vampire boy raises a brow at his friend, "and why not? I get it, you're protective of him and all and you're being a parent figure or something, but Renjun, I just want to hangout with him." He chuckles at end.

However, he then stops when Renjun gave no reaction to that whatsoever, not even an eye roll.

As he was about to ask what's going on, a croaky voice interrupts them, "is that Ja-Jaeminnie?"

And that's when Renjun's face changed from blank to panic.

Before Jaemin could answer and greet the boy he came over here for, Renjun shuts the door and pulls him to the side, "what the–"

"I need you to stay away from Jeno–"

"Woah, excuse me?"

"Can you let me finish first?" Renjun heaves a stressed sigh as he ruffles his hair.

Jaemin purses his lips and gave a small nod, scanning his friend's state and realized how Renjun looked tired.

The older boy had a bit of eye bags, although, Jaemin's sure it'll get worst and more obvious if whatever Renjun's dealing with doesn't get fixed soon.

"I need you to stay away from Jeno, as in, literally avoid going near him as much as you can–"

"We all know that's impossible." Jaemin inserts a small comment with a silly smile.

Renjun rolls his eyes before resuming, "just don't come over," Jaemin raises a brow again in suspicion.

"Alright, man, what's actually going on? And how long am I "avoiding" him for?" He asks almost sarcastically with his fingers doing air quotes.

The witch boy hums and thinks for a moment, "I don't know how long– not exactly sure," he answers the second question instead of the first one.

As expected, the vampire boy notices and squints his eyes at his best friend. "You better tell me what's going on with my boyfriend, Renjun. I don't like how you seem hesitant on telling me."

"Jeno's in heat."

"Oh." Jaemin blinks and gulps audibly, he then tilts his head to the side. "Then why am I not allowed to see him? Don't werewolves need their partner or partners to help them at this time?"

"Jaemin, you can't." The witch boy tiredly says, not his usual straightforward self who immediately tells Jaemin abruptly about something.

"Renjun, I'm his boyfriend, I can help him with this painful heat." The vampire boy gets defensive and glares at his best friend.

"No, Jaemin. Literally, you can't." Renjun emphasizes, hoping his best friend would get it.

Well, unfortunately for him, Jaemin had a puzzled look on his face and asks, "what do you mean?"

The older boy rubs his temples and takes a deep breath, "because you're a vampire." He said.

Hearing that, his best friend froze for a moment and processes his answer. After a few seconds, he lets out a forced chuckle.

"And what does have to do–"

"Jeno's history with vampires. The one I mentioned about," Renjun brings up with a look as if Jaemin was forgetting things.

He then frowns when the vampire boy genuinely looked lost, "he hasn't told you, hasn't he?" He mumbles as the situation became awkward.

For a brief moment, Jaemin wanted to barge in and shake the thought of about what Renjun said, but then he decides against it.

His gut was telling him to just give in and ask questions later– that is, if he'll ever get them considering Jeno's been quiet about it.

Seeing Jaemin's face, Renjun felt bad and places a hand on his best friend's shoulder.

The vampire boy briefly glances at the said hand with a poker face, "hey, I really don't want you to feel... Out of control, and I understand that you're upset Jeno didn't tell you yet."

"But now is not the time for that, you can't confront him right now, not when he's going through his heat." Renjun pauses and purses his lips.

"You can't ask me for answers too, this is Jeno's story, he needs to be the one to tell you whether if it's sooner or later."

When he finishes, it looks like Jaemin's pondering in his deep thoughts, very chaotic and loud. Just mainly wanting to go to Jeno and hug him tightly again.

But he can't, just because his boyfriend is going through heat.

"I know." The vampire boy mumbles and looks back up to Renjun with a look in his eyes, "I'm just annoyed I can't do anything about it."

"He's my boyfriend, yet I can't help him this time. I can't be there for him because of our differences and his history with my kind."

Listening carefully, the witch boy nods and rubs his shoulder gently. "I understand, man, but you can still be there for him in a way, you know?" He said, trying to lighten up the mood.

Nodding, Jaemin bites the inside of his cheek and huffs, "I really want to help him more."

"You love him," Renjun comments and has a soft smile on his face. "A lot, don't you?" Chuckling at the end, a little amused to see this side of his best friend.

Jaemin smiles a little and nods again, "I do," he replies. "For the past few months, my love for him grows every second."

"Ew man, I know I wanted to lighten up the mood but I didn't want you to be cheesy again," Renjun scrunched his nose as he grimaces.

They shared a short bit of laughter before calming down as Renjun exhales. "I have a spell on, and will have it on until Jeno's heat is over."

"That's why you couldn't tell right away, despite his scent to be extremely sweet since he's a purebred omega and it's only ten times sweeter when in heat."

Jaemin nodded in understanding, he guesses he should just let Renjun take care of his boyfriend for now as a great roommate and trustable friend.

"How's it like in there?" He asks in wonder, it's been a few days since he has took a sniff of Jeno's sweet raspberry and green apples scent due to them both being busy.

Thankfully, Haechan took the responsibility to walk Jeno home after he has been in their apartment.

"I feel like my nose is going to bleed from how sweet the air is." Renjun chuckled and shakes his head lightly.

The vampire boy grins while Renjun informs him that Jeno would be excused at work for a few days and he shouldn't worry too much on where his boyfriend is everyday.

"One more thing." Jaemin starts when they were about to bid their goodbyes, Renjun raises a brow as he waits for his next words.

Glaring strictly and changing his voice into a deep one, his eyes flash a light glow of red– a warning.

"Don't touch him and most definitely do not fuck him."

"Bro, I have a boyfriend." Renjun deadpans, unbothered by Jaemin's warning, yet obviously still listens and respects him.