MAY 9th ||| 12:30 PM

renjun followed chenle around the town center as the two recounted their missed moments, despite having half a day to talk to each other already. with the town center's diversity, everything ranged from gucci to dollar store, renjun wanted to buy everything around him. jaehyun prompted to give money to him, but renjun kept telling him no, even though jaehyun kept pushing him for it.

jaehyun ended up slipping the money towards chenle, thus making renjun have the won he received from the older.

renjun felt bad, and he originally planned to give the money back to jaehyun, but used it on stationary and art supplies for the school year (that he probably wasn't going to use). which he felt even worse on.

chenle also bought tons of squishies and unneeded plush pillows, but it was okay since he was rich. which was also not okay because chenle was still a teenager and teenager plus money is not a good idea.

renjun frowned as he saw chenle holding his tummy, "are you ok?"

chenle pouted, "i'm hungry as hell."

the older smiled, "let's eat then."

"oh! i know this really good place that jisungie and i go to all the time!" chenle exclaimed, his face automatically brightening.

"lead the way," renjun laughed, "president chenle."

"pfft," chenle pushed renjun away from him, "of course, i'm zhong chenle!" the boy said proudly, posture straight. 

renjun just laughed and smiled, glad that chenle was smiling just like he used to.

🍲

"i think lee jeno's really cool! he swims crazy fast!" chenle exclaimed.

"oh? who's lee jeno?" renjun asked as they entered the restaurant. it was packed, as it was just time for lunch, but the strong smell of food lured renjun in.

"he's the probably most athletic person in seoul. mind you, he's in the swim team and many others. one time, he wore a sleeveless shirt and people literally stared at him for the whole day. i saw him, and he's pretty buff but not to the point where it looks bad on his body."

renjun nodded, "so like a yukhei buff."

chenle giggled, "hmm, kind of? i'll show you a picture of him. i think i follow him on instagram."

"ah! chenle, do you know who na jaemin is? he followed me and i only followed back because he was followed by yeri."

"yeah! he's the student council president." chenle wiggled his eyebrows, "are you sure it wasn't because he was cute?"

renjun gasped dramatically, "i'm telling jisung!"

as a worker came by, she bowed and greeted chenle. "hello president zhong! who's this?" she asked, pointing towards renjun as the older just had his jaw hung open.

"oh, this is huang renjun, y'know, the boy who i always talked about." chenle said casually.

"ah, nice to meet you renjun! my name's eunbin, kwon eunbin!" she said respectively.

"uhm, nice to meet you too." renjun, still shaken.

"we'll take a public booth," chenle requested quickly, with a smile from eunbin.

"lele! how come you didn't tell me you owned this place?" renjun interrogated, eyes wide, shaking the younger.

"ge! you're killing me!" chenle signaled to renjun's hand on his arm. "it was a surprise! and plus, it's a hotpot place, you're favorite!" the younger smiled out as the two sat across from each other.

"i love you so much! more than i love red velvet and exo combined!"

"oof, no problem. i feel really loved."

"you should, because that's a lot of loving."

"you know what else i love?"

"jisung."

"correct!"

renjun patted chenle's head across the table, "whipped culture."

as chenle went to the bathroom and the older waited for the food, renjun heard a booth across from theirs say "na jaemin!"

renjun took a peak and there sat a familiar boy who looked about his age, his eyes looked like puppy eyes, with a comforting glance. his caramel hair sat on his head like a perfect fluff, just waiting to be touched. renjun gulped as he felt his cheeks heat up. "gosh, already?" he whispered to himself, panicking.

this was not gonna be a good school year.

MAY 9th ||| 12:50 PM

"kwon eunbin?"

"mhm. it's nice to meet you again," she smiled widely, bowing.

"same here!" jaemin paused for a second, "ah! you signed up for student council right?"

"yeah... any good news?"

"im not going to say anything," jaemin said teasingly, "all i'm gonna say is hopefully you'll like it."

"i think that's good news then." eunbin laughed. after taking the family's order, jaemin's mom hurriedly interrogated the youngest.

"who is she? do you like her? she's adorable, how could you not like her?"

"mom! she's a sophomore in my major." jaemin whispered, frowning, "and it's not like i like every girl i see. neither does jaerin."

jaerin puffed, "but she is cute, i'll just say that."

"kids, it doesn't matter." his dad mumbled, "oh, and jaemin,"

"hm?" the boy said, gazing over the menu.

"you've been here before right? with donghyuck and the kpop girl?" the man asked.

jaerin choked, "the kpop girl? you mean the most beautiful person in the world kim yerim?"

jaemin laughed, "yeah, yeri from red velvet! why?"

"mhm, any recommendations?" his dad said, rubbing his tummy, "i'm honestly so hungry right now."

"uh, i can ask hyuck for some, he comes here often."

his mom frowned, "no phones."

"ok mom, but i remember getting cold noodles, yeri had fried rice and something else, and i don't remember what hyuck got, but he has told me that the hotpot was great here."

"hotpot it is then!" the older sibling said, clapping her hands together.

chenle burped loudly, "oh hehe, excuse me."

"lele, did you fart too?" renjun frowned, fanning his hand near his nose.

"pfft, what?" chenle giggled, "what do you mean?"

renjun put the younger in a headlock as he chenle laughed loudly outside the restaurant. smiling as he let him go and chenle took a deep breath. "i'm so full, what the hell."

"lang-"

"language my ass, i'm literally 16 junnie! and he'll isn't even a bad word."

"so what! i'm 18 and i have never said a bad word in my lifetime!"

"lies, you call me bitch like every 2 seconds!"

renjun frowned, "you don't have to expose me like that lele."

"sorry, not sorry ge," chenle laughed as the two walked towards the center of the mall. "wait! i forgot to show you lee jeno!"

"oh, yeah." renjun felt his panicked gay mode switch on, as he's seen the individual on ads and such before. and damn, he was attractive.

the two stopped and sat on a small swinging bench as chenle pulled up his instagram account. "and that's lee jeno."

that's when renjun sighed and he felt his cheeks heat up once again.

yeah, this was definitely not gonna be a good school year.

[a/n]

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