"Well, Haechan. Would you rather have Lee Jeno step foot on where I live and will probably take note of things?" Jaemin drawls as they continued on their walk.

Haechan blinks and ponders in thought for a moment, "yeah you're right. Kick his ass out instead of fucking him, which is his goal." He rolls his eyes at the end.

Renjun snorts and turns to Jaemin, "you do realize you'll have to kick yourself out when you go to his place and he tries to seduce you or something." He states.

"Yeah, Jaem, remember you're going there for a project in Art. Not Chemistry or Biology." Haechan snickers as he nudges Jaemin's side with his elbow.

Jaemin winces and nudges him back just as harder- which resulted the tanned male to stumble on his feet making him let out a shriek.

Rolling his eyes, the blond haired boy shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm not letting that guy use his tricks on me like he does with everyone else in this school."

"Yeah, don't fall for him. He'll use you and drop you off when he's bored or finds someone else who could fuck him to his satisfaction, leaving you heartbroken." Renjun said sternly.

Haechan snorts at him and reaches his hand towards Renjun to pinch his ear. The elder boy groans and smacks the hand away as he glares at his friend.

Jaemin- being in the middle, could only chuckle as they turn to a corner, getting nearer to his house- which is their first stop.

"We've talked about this, we don't know if Jeno fucks with them or his body count. All we know is that he jumps from guy to guy and leaves them quickly." Haechan reminds them.

Renjun clicks his tongue as he felt like that was debatable, he often has this mood of where he wants to be right all the time.

So hearing Haechan saying that- almost as if he's defending Lee Jeno, one of the popular boys in school- who also is so flirtatious and that cliché player in those Hollywood movies, ticks him off.

"Regardless, stay away from him as much as you can-"

"That's kinda hard when we're in a paired up project together for the whole school year." Jaemin points out, arriving at the front of his house as they stood there finishing their conversation.

The eldest boy amongst them could only grunt before sighing deeply, "well, just don't fall for any shinanigans of his. You know how he is, Jaemin-"

"No shit, we see it everyday, Einstein." Haechan teases which earned him a smack on the arm, making him yelp in surprise.

"I told you two about him when you transferred here...." Renjun ignores him and decides to continue.

"He's toxic." They all unconsciously said in sync.

Nodding, Jaemin pats his shoulder reassuringly. "I'll try my best to not associate with him too much, my main mission starting tomorrow is just going to his house, do the project, and leave."

The eldest boy nods, satisfied with his words. "If you need to be a dickhead to him, go ahead. You can be mean or snap at him, especially when there's obvious red flags."

He paused before changing his tone, "don't ever let your guard down when it comes to these people." He said sternly.

"I'm just wondering why the hell this project is in Art class, it's a journal." Haechan abruptly comments sarcastically, breaking the serious moment.

Laughing, Jaemin shrugs at his words. "You know how most of our teachers in Art are, they're too..."

"Strict yet a social butterfly, which doesn't make total sense to me. They basically just want us to get along or something." Renjun deadpans.

"Ah, basically a hypocrite?" Haechan said which made them laugh aloud.

Jaemin soon gave them each a fist bump before waving goodbye as he enters his house, leaving his two friends to bicker on their way home together.

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"Hey! I've been looking everywhere for you." A voice spoke behind Jaemin, the latter turning around to face Lee Jeno who was smiling at him- and weirdly enough, no Sehun beside him today.

Oh right- they allegedly broke up at lunch time or something. Jaemin doesn't know, nor does he care. What's even new these days about Lee Jeno and guys?

Answer? None.

Shaking his thoughts off, Jaemin only nods at him stiffly while gripping onto his backpack strap on his shoulder. "Let's get this over with quickly."

"It's not entirely quick since it's for the whole sch-"

"Yeah, I know! I just want to get away from you as soon as possible." Jaemin hisses at him, whispering his words harshly while he glares.

Jeno blinks and lets out a small scoff, "alright. Let's go, it's only a few minutes away, so don't bother on car rides or whatever." He said with a fake smile.

The blond haired boy rolls his eyes at the younger boy, adjusting his backpack before he starts following Jeno to the latter's house. Reluctantly.

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Once they arrived to Jeno's house- to which the boy kinda lied about not being far because the blond haired boy swears his legs are tired. Jaemin couldn't help but had his jaw drop.

"This is your house?" He asks for confirmation, his shocked state couldn't be hidden from Jeno's eyes while he stares at the place in front of him.

Jeno only hums at him calmly, continuing to walk towards the front door with Jaemin scrambling to quickly follow him as they passed by a few workers around.

A pretty middle-aged man opens the door as he sends them a friendly smile. "Ah, little prince, you're home from school." He greets- more so coos at the brunet boy.

Jeno smiles- and Jaemin really wishes he could've seen or thought the smile was ugly. But it wasn't.

"Smithers, how was the place while I was at school?"

(A/N: if you know the reference, then hehe- couldn't help it. I couldn't think of anything else :/ .)

"All has been good, little prince." The middle-aged man replies and finally took notice of Jaemin's presence. "Oh, is this a friend of yours, dear one?" He smiles.

Nodding, Jeno glances at Jaemin briefly. "We're doing a project, get used to him, Smithers. This will be for the whole school year, so you'll see him almost everyday." He winks.

Jaemin couldn't fight the urge to roll his eyes at him and his flirty act, while Smithers only laughs in amusement. Turning to close the door behind them as he was still smiling all too friendly.

He looks at Jeno and pats the brunet boy's cheek lightly, a gesture of affection that made the young boy himself to giggle at.

"Well, you two can head off to your room and I'll go ask for the chefs or maids to prepare some snacks for you. Andre will send them up in a bit, yeah?" Smithers said.

Jeno smiles and nods approvingly, turning to start walking before he glances over his shoulder. "Follow me," he grins and beckons Jaemin with his point finger.

The gesture a bit too seductive for Jaemin's opinion, but he brushes it off and mentally prepares for whatever shinanigans Jeno is planning on doing to him later on.