"Are you really sure about this?"

"For the fifth time, yes, it's for the project. That is all." Jaemin sighs at the end, giving his friends a look.

The other two boys held their hands up and shrugs, "just asking before you sacrifice yourself." Renjun snorts.

Haechan hums in agreement and shamelessly says, "don't waste your dick on his ass unless your gut tells you."

"Haechan!"

"Dude!" His friends scrunched their faces in disgust as Jaemin shakes his head. "I'm never doing that with him," he said.

"You say that now."

"he's just my partner on this project-"

"You know what they say about projects-" Haechan teasingly grins before yelping when Renjun smacks his head from the back.

"Listen, nothing will happen to us while and after doing this, he's my partner and our schoolmate. Other than that, nothing. I'm not falling for his tricks," Jaemin confidently states.

"I hope you won't, you're literally jumping over the fences here and about to enter the toxic zone." Renjun points out.

Jaemin heaves a sigh and purses his lips while Haechan crosses his arms and leans against his locker. "What's your plan right now anyway?" He asks.

"I'm just going to ask him about the project." Jaemin simply replies.

Renjun then quirks a brow at him, "and what if he says 'no'?" Pausing and then says, "you do know who you're asking right?"

Groaning, the blond haired boy pinches the bridge of his nose and nods. "Yes, it's Lee Jeno, I know." He emphasizes as he answers his friend.

"Listen, if he doesn't want to cooperate, fine-"

"Bitch, didn't you say-"

"Let's not think about that or whatever else is there right now, my goal is to ask Jeno if he wants me to come over and try again. If he doesn't want to, then I guess I'll tell our teacher." Jaemin said.

"Aren't you getting yourself in trouble too?" Haechan gives him a weird look as Jaemin shrugs. "Bro, you're so confusing."

"Well? What do you want me to do? Beg for him to cooperate? We all know that's not going to happen unless I fuck him or whatever." Jaemin glares.

The tanned male ponders in thought, "I mean-"

"Haechan, stop encouraging Jaemin to be dumb like you." Renjun grunts and turns to look behind the blond haired boy, ignoring Haechan's grumbles beside him.

"I'm just saying, if Jaemin's fucking someone after a long while, then might as well be Jeno- kid's got nothing to lose at this point."

The blond haired boy scoffs at his words, "and you say I'm the one who's confusing." He remarks.

While they were bickering, Renjun was scanning the hallway before glaring at them. "Can you two shut up?" He hisses and turns to Jaemin again.

"Speaking of your partner, there he is." He discreetly points at the brunet boy behind Jaemin's figure, just about a few steps away while talking to someone.

Jaemin glances over his shoulder and sighs, "alright, wish me luck." He mumbles while adjusting his backpack strap on his shoulder.

"There's no luck in fuck." Haechan comments and earns a nudge on his side, making him groan quietly.

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"Jeno," the blond haired boy calls the younger boy's name as he walks over, glancing at the guy Jeno was talking to.

His hand was on the locker, just beside Jeno's face as he's slightly caging the brunet boy while the latter was leaning against the said lockers.

"May I talk to you for a moment?" Jaemin politely asks despite knowing who he's dealing with right now.

Jeno raises a brow, scanning Jaemin's figure up and down before drawling out a long hum as if he's teasing him. "And why's that?" He asks instead of simply answering.

As expected, Jaemin cusses in his head and takes a deep breath. "I just want to ask you something important," he replies.

He doesn't really know why he said that, he could've instead answer Jeno directly and tell him what he came here for.

But he didn't, maybe because he wanted to see what the younger boy would do.

He has two guesses; Jeno instantly takes it the wrong way and flirts with him or is calm and mature about it.

Maybe he can put that in, in his journal. That is, if Jeno would allow him.

The brunet boy shows a little smirk before turning back to the guy he was previously talking to, leaning in to the guy's ear and whispers something.

The guy looked confused and almost a little upset, so Jeno kisses his cheek and excuses himself as he grabs Jaemin by the wrist before dragging him somewhere.

In a blink of an eye, they were in an empty classroom, Jeno locking the door and turning to him. But before he could say anything, Jaemin sends a glare.

"Why are we here?"

"You said you wanted to ask me something important," Jeno shrugs and had a silly smile on his face. "I think we know what that means, don't we?" Winking at the end.

"No!" Jaemin grimaces and shakes his head, "I was going to ask you about the project, what the hell?"

Jeno's silly smile fades away and then begins to pout, "aww, I really thought it was something more fun or actually important." He fakes a whine.

The blond haired boy knits his eyebrows together in frustration, "this is important, this is a project that both of us have to work together for. My grades are important too."

Jeno blinks before crossing his arms, "oh my goodness, if that's what you were talking about, why make me drag you here for privacy? You basically led me on." He pouts again.

"Get over yourself, Lee Jeno. Whatever scenarios or ideas you have about me, those are never going to happen." Jaemin suddenly gets defensive.

However, the brunet boy seems to be amused by it. "And what makes you say that?" He tilts his head to the side, his smirk coming back on his face again.

That skill or trick of Lee Jeno always irks Jaemin, he gets so annoyed at how this boy can act like that without a care.

But he won't let Lee Jeno win, he's not going to get persuade by it whatsoever.

"I'm not wasting myself on you like almost every guy you've been with." Jaemin boldly said.

The younger boy bites the inside of his cheek and scoffs, "fine, if that's what you think of me, then I'll do you a favor and not do this project."

The older boy froze and widens his eyes for a moment, "what did you say?"

"You heard me, I'm making it easier for you, Na Jaemin. Go write whatever shit you have in mind about me, seems like you already know everything, babe."

Jeno grins and takes a step closer to the blond haired boy who looks almost confused, "I told you I can be an obedient puppy for you."

Jaemin then scowls and lightly pushes him away, "you're out of your mind, you-" he pauses, hesitant if he should actually let his frustration out right now.

Noticing it, the brunet boy chuckles and gestures at him with a finger, "come on, you can say it, love." He beckons.

"You're a nasty and delusional bitch."

Jeno giggles. He giggles at Jaemin's comment, the name he was called by the older boy. He giggles and shakes his head, leaning forward again to come up to Jaemin's angry face.

He smiles innocently and flutters his eyelashes just to irk the blond haired boy even more.

"I can be whatever you think and say about me, babe."

Before Jaemin could react, Jeno had already turned around and heads out the empty classroom, going back to the busy hallway- leaving the older boy annoyed.