JAMES CHARLES IS MENTIONED IN THIS I MADE THIS CHAPTER WAY BEFORE SHIT WENT DOWN UHHDSDG

notice! jaemin came with hyuck, ten, and heejin!

JAEMIN PUFFED ANOTHER BREATH, catching up to the four individuals who were waiting at the bus stop, oblivious of the two youngest trying to catch their attention. donghyuck breathing heavily next to him, the boy shouted a the glass door, feeling overjoyed with seeing so many at the bowling alley. he recognized some people though, hyejoo walking into the scene, jisung and chenle hugging each other, jeno peeking through the small wall, talking to an unrecognizable face, and mark smiling at his phone. jaemin saw the older zoom in on the photo, immediately recognizing hyuck's face on the screen of the phone. he laughed quietly, gaining a weird look from chittaphon and a nudge from heejin. he just stuck out his tongue at the two and hyuck opened the  music playing along with a laughs radiating from the entrance.

"oh? hey guys!" donghyuck said confusedly, tracing through the crowd, blushing when he laid his eyes on mark. jaemin saw this and just rolled his eyes, laughing at his friend's actions.

"hi sisters," hyejoo said in bad english, copying james charles.

"hey sister, shut up." heejin said, pulling on the side of the girl's sweater with the other recoiling.

"so, since the gang is all here," chenle said loudly, pulling who he guessed was renjun to his right side, the boy frowning in the spotlight, "i want to introduce, huang renjun!"

the boy flushed in a dusty pink, covering his head in his hands, jaemin smiled as he knew how he felt, being in the spotlight.

chittaphon shouted loudly, "let's give all our love to this boy, huang renjun!" running over to hug the boy. everyone in the building clapped, erupting in a roar of congrats.

"uh, i really don't know what's going on," renjun said confusedly, "but thank you a lot! this is only my first day in korea and i feel really welcomed already," the boy blinked and bowed, "hope to get to know you all better soon!"

jaemin saw jeno slide an arm over renjun's shoulders and the boy jumped a little as he laughed.

after some people greeted the new boy, jaemin went up to renjun and jeno, "hey renjun," jaemin looked to the other side, "and you, jeno."

jeno responded with a curt smile, eyes turning into crescents, followed by renjun's response, "hey, aren't you na jaemin?"

jaemin nodded, "mhm, i'm flattered that you know who i am."

"uh, well," renjun motioned to jeno, "this boy right here told me all about the people around here, including you!"

jaemin eyed jeno, wondering if it was bad things or good things he said about himself. after all, his best friend was mark.

jeno looked up at the youngest, "jaemin-ah, we're going to take renjun around the campus tomorrow together so i hope we become friends that way."

jaemin smiled, "sure, how about we get a lane then?"

"i like the sound of that," renjun replied, "let's gather our group."

jeno nodded, releasing the arm that jaemin speculated a few minutes ago.

RENJUN FIRST FELT UNCOMFORTABLE with jeno's arm on his shoulders, feeling like space got closer second by second, but renjun got comfortable. he strangely reminded renjun of someone else, but the boy couldn't pinpoint who. the whole time the three were talking, he felt jaemin eyeing the shoulder that suddenly let go as they decided a lane.

as, whom renjun thought was chittaphon, ran to the swimmer's side, the two boys next to the oldest rolled their eyes, "johnny seo..." jaemin mumbled.

jeno replied with a nod, laughing it off lightly. "but hey, they're cute so who cares?"

"ugh," jaemin groaned loudly, rubbing his temples, "chittaphon literally talks about him every single day, heejin talking about hyunjin and then i have hyuckie talking about ma- oh shit."

"sis, i heard you," hyejoo said from behind the three, scaring the shit out of renjun.

"heard what?" jaemin asked innocently, batting his eyes.

jeno looked confusedly at jaemin, "wait, what did you say?"

"nana was just talking about hyuc-" she was cut off by jaemin covering his hand over her mouth.

renjun wasn't paying any attention, rather engrossed into thinking who everyone was, confused as to who hyuk, mork, and jyanni was.

hyejoo scoffed, spitting on jaemin's hand and the boy backed off, rubbing his hand on the girl's shoulder. jeno laughed hysterically, followed by jaemin who hit jeno's side. "you guys are so mean to me! hey, renjun," jaemin turned around to the lost boy, "let's run away from these fake friends."

the boy grabbed renjun's hand and the older follwed, thoroughly confused about the whole ordeal. the two met up with another two boys, "hi markie! hi hyuck!"

renjun noticed the boys were rather tense, jumping up when they saw jaemin and himself.

"hi nana," the boy with dark hair said, "and, you're renjun right?" he questioned, motioning to renjun.

"uh, yeah..." renjun replied, "and you are?"

"my name's minhyung, but call me mark instead," he chuckled, "mark lee."

"and my name's donghyuck!" the boy next to mark said, "but you can call me hyuck, hyuckie, dumbass, whatever you want." renjun laughed, the boy seemed like a funny person.

"hey, you're not a dumbass!" mark bickered at hyuck.

"mark, just tell him the truth," jaemin laughed, "anyways, y'all wanna get a lane together?"

"sure," mark said, "hey, call jeno and chensung."

renjun smiled, "chensung? chenle and jisung?"

mark replied with a nod, looking for them as hyuck cackled, "probably trying to tell each other than the other one is cuter."

renjun laughed, "that's accurate, i had to keep up with chenle's shit while ranting about the boy."

jaemin pouted, "cute or whateva, but jeno's fake, along with hyejoo. heejin is probably facetiming hyunjin somewhere and i don't know where chensung is."

"i'll call chen-" renjun said, cut off by a wild chenle screaming like a dolphin. the four of them turned around as chenle danced around, laughing like a crazy person as he won what seemed like an arm wrestle with jeno.

"congrats lele!" hyejoo said, "even jeno can't beat china's treasure."

chenle laughed, "i'm a legend, of course!"

jeno frowned, "i'll beat you next time lele!"

"bullshit!" jaemin shouted, "at least chenle's not fake like you!" the boy turned around to whisper to renjun, "honest to god, i barely know chenle though."

"pfft, more like you're the fake friend, jaemin-ah." renjun refuted.

jaemin choked, "wow renjun, you're the fake friend!"

jeno and chenle walked over to the four, which jaemin ignored. "wow, nomin fighting? what a concept!" donghyuck commented, followed by a chuckle from mark and a hit from jaemin.

"nomin?" jeno and jaemin replied at the same time.

"woah," renjun said enthusiastically, "nomin is confirmed!"

"what the fuck even is a nomin?" jeno questioned, jaemin hiding in his hands.

"uh," donghyuck scoffed, "jeno plus jaemin equals nomin."

chenle squealed, "uwu that's so cute!"

"d-did you just say 'uwu' in real life?" renjun questioned chenle in chinese.

chenle shrugged, sticking out his tongue.

"hey, chenle?" mark furthered, "where's that boyfriend of yours?"

"boyfriend?" chenle said confusedly, "what's that?"

"a boyfriend," renjun said in chinese, followed by chenle nodding his head in realization.

"ah, who? i don't have one though."

donghyuck clicked his tongue, "tsk, tsk," he sounded, shaking his head, "you just 'who is she?'d jisung."

chenle pouted, "i'm not his boyfriend!"

"bullshit." jaemin responded.

"lies," renjun sighed, "all you talk about is jisung!"

chenle seemed taken aback, "i'm not his boyfriend," the boy continued with a smirk, "yet."

everyone gasped, including heejin who was munching away on her pizza slice four feet away. "ah, sorry! i was eavesdropping." hyejoo rolled her eyes, "get him chenle!"

"ooh, tea!!!" donghyuck squealed loudly, "spill it sis!"

chenle just backed away and slumped his body next to renjun's, the older stroking his hair.

hyejoo once again interrupted, jumping and startling renjun also once again. "uh, sorry renjun. anyways! i got the real tea!"

"spill it then," jaemin sighed, looking at hyejoo with dull eyes.

"ok. so y'all know the dating game is scheduled for this summer right?"

everyone nodded, including chenle. renjun was bare confused but he'll remember to ask one of the boys later on. he didn't want to disturb hyejoo talking.

"that's not tea!" donghyuck shouted childishly, mark trying to calm him down.

"bitch," the girl replied fiercely, "i know that's not tea! but did y'all know who's gonna host it?"

"we want to know the contestants, not the hosts, dumbass." jaemin commented, easily ticking off the girl.

"shut the actual duck up!" hyejoo sighed, "yes, i meant duck. anyways, chaewon told me-"

"but she didn't tell me?" jaemin exclaimed, "another fake friend off the list! wahhh, watch donghyuck be a fake friend too."

"jaemin," jeno refuted, "nobody cares."

jaemin crossed his arms and pouted, lying down on the couch.

"ok... since you don't want to know the hosts," hyejoo stated, obviously annoyed by jaemin's contradictions, "which i know you will! but 'some friend' told me that jieqiong chose her and yeri to be the contestants of this year's dating show."

"yikes, i don't want to be paired up with chaewon," jaemin said cautiously, "i already turned in my application."

"so did i!" jeno exclaimed. to renjun, he seemed pretty happy about the so called 'contestants', also, why did the name jieqiong seem so familiar?

hyejoo pouted, "so did i, but i obviously didn't get picked."

"am i the only one who doesn't know what the hell we're talking about?" renjun questioned with curious eyes.

"renjun-ah, you have a long way to go with seoul university," mark explained, "i've been through it before."

renjun was confused and ultimately scared, why would a school have a dating game in the first place?

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