major noren in this chapter!!

JENO REALIZED that the boy next to him was practically wasted, sleeping on his shoulder as jeno waited for his next turn.

"yah," jeno cautiously said, moving the boy's head slightly, "jaemin-ah."

who knew the student council president could be so sleepy... jeno thought.

for a second, jeno stared at the boy's features, surprised at how shaped his face was.

jaemin made a noise but still did not arise from his small slumber.

renjun walked up to the two, "uh, jaemin, your turn is next."

jaemin shot straight up, thanking renjun and making a face to jeno. "hey, lee jeno!" jaemin shouted by the point he had a ten pound ball in his hand, "i will beat you!"

"suit yourself!" jeno shot back.

renjun peered over to look at the score, "mark-hyung's in the lead, with hyejoo coming close up! wait hyunjin's up there too!" jeno laughed as the chinese boy announced in an announcer's voice. "chenle's near them, with donghyuck ever so slightly comes creeping up! too bad jisung's not here to cheer his boyfriend on. i, huang renjun, sucks at bowling but not as bad as jeno and jaemin, both of them are at last place with barely any points!"

hyejoo laughed loudly, "drag them! drag them!"

jaemin side-eyed the older, "you," jaemin pointed, "i will fight you!"

renjun shrugged, turning to jeno, "i thought you were athletic."

"not in bowling," jeno shook his head, "definitely not at bowling."

his phone buzzed in his back pocket of the jeans he was wearing, jeno slipping it out.

ONE MESSAGE FROM: YERIANA GRANDE 💓

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the boy smiled but hesitantly swiped right to open the message. 

YERIANA GRANDE 💓: jeno-ahhhh... you there??

nono has jams: yes? why?

YERIANA GRANDE 💓: jaem and hyuck are w you guys right?

jeno felt a pang in his heart. why couldn't she just think of himself first? why does he always have to be the second thought? 

nono has jams: dang, i felt that

you fake friend, you only use me for jaemin and donghyuck :((

YERIANA GRANDE 💓: no bub, don't think that

i just wanna surprise them?? idk lmao

nono has jams: how the hell are you going to do that?

YERIANA GRANDE 💓: wait who's the new kid

i think he wants you to look at him jeno-ah

nono has jams: writing...

jeno looked up on his right side, the rather attractive older boy was gazing at the scoreboard, hyejoo currently going up. with a two strikes in a row, renjun laughed. his smile showing his teeth, eyes turning into crescents. jeno chuckled, staring at the chinese boy who he only knew distantly. with this, he didn't notice that yeri had just blatantly lied on his screen.

YERIANA GRANDE 💓: i guess my job is done here!!

delivered, not seen.

renjun turned around and looked at jeno, with the star dazed boy quickly snapping out of his trance and looking away. "jeno, were you ju-"

"huh?" jeno asked innocently.

renjun shook his head, playing with his bracelet that was sitting safely on his wrist. 

"where'd you get that from?" jeno asked politely.

"ah, this?" renjun gestured to his wrist while jeno nodded, "from one of my friends..."

jeno stared at it for a while, it looked oddly familiar. he brushed it off to the side, grabbing a slice pizza from the front table.

it was now donghyuck's turn, meaning that sooyoung and yeri would pop out any second now. 

jaemin ran back to the two boys, smiling slightly, "jeno, how do you feel now that i'm back up next to you?"

"ooh, the tea is hot today!" hyejoo said loudly.

"who said that that claim would last long?" jeno replied smugly, slightly looking at jaemin, running his right hand through his hair.

the three moved farther up front, seeing the heated donghyuck try to overcome chenle's score. the boy exaggerated his moves, making sounds and little head bops in order to get him in the mood.

as he was about to throw the 10-pound ball, the group was in a closed circle, either hyping the boy up or taunting him. they were jumping up and down, with chenle the loudest. hyunjin, who was right next to chenle, closed her ears but blindly supported the boy who was next to her, clearly making her deaf.

with the group huddled up so close together and donghyuck, well, still warming up for no reason? yeah, what could you say, it's donghyuck.

jeno anxiously waited for the girls, but right when he turned his head back, sooyoung sounded a scream that triggered a chain reaction. making the group jump a bit, with donghyuck dropping his ball almost to his foot at the highest pitch. donghyuck glared, chenle just laughed and jaemin was trying to take breaths, as he couldn't control his laughter.

"donghyuck-ahhhh!!!!" yeri exclaimed, to the obviously annoyed donghyuck.

sooyoung giggled, smiling at the boy and ruffling his hair, "losing is fine, don't worry."

"but chenle is a whole year younger than me!!" donghyuck pouted, gaining a hand on his shoulder from mark.

but chenle didn't notice that the boy mentioned him at all.

RENJUN AND CHENLE were busy with kind of freaking out. their idols were there in front of them, and were they going to do anything about it? probably not, the two girls were way prettier in person and the chinese boys weren't feeling confident. and if they weren't feeling confident, they weren't going to do anything about it.

hyejoo and hyunjin straight up fangirled, telling them that they were both beautiful and talented, and gorgeous, and unique, and pretty, and deserving the whole world, and how much love they have, and-

yeah, the girls went off with their confessions, and the other two were feeling shy, blushing and repeatedly saying no. even though they do experience this practically everyday. 

"well, thanks to this brat right here," yeri pointed, jeno easily offended, "i got to scare you hyuck!"

jaemin's laughter could still be heard, but the two chinese boys were still dead frozen. jeno glanced over the two and slightly laughed, knowing how they felt.

"jeno, i don't know you that well," donghyuck continued, "but you're a hoe."

"no you," hyejoo choked out.

mark rolled his eyes, "ok... donghyuck's not a hoe and explain to me why you didn't ask me instead?"

sooyoung bumped the boy with her hips, almost toppling the canadian boy over, "dumbass, you're too soft for this boy."

"true, true." jeno nodded slightly, commenting only lightly.

mark glared at his best friend, wanting to poke his eyes out. the boy just shrugged, leaning over the small table behind him. renjun watched closely, seeing jeno's hands almost nearing the large sized sod-

oh crap. renjun thought as he saw the large soda cup fall in front of him, causing a groan from mark but a rescue from the boy.

renjun watched the lid pop off as the liquid splashed down, trickling into little droplets of carbonated sugar. he ran to the boy, grabbing napkins from the top of the unopened pizza boxes, cleaning jeno's hand first.

"a-ah, renjun you really didn't nee-" jeno started, followed by a rejection from renjun.

"shut up, i'm trying to help you." renjun confirmed, slightly removing his hand from the other's.

jeno blushed and pouted when the boy removed his hand, looking at renjun calmly.

"ugh, this is so beautiful, i'm tearing up!" hyejoo exclaimed quietly, wiping away fake tears. hyunjin nodded happily, "relatable."

"my baby grew up!!" yeri said, overjoyed. 

sooyoung smiled widely and squealed as she saw the scene unfold. 

chenle wanted to squeeze the boy and put him in a headlock, he was so proud. donghyuck said to mark, "goals!"

as the two broke eye contact, jaemin eyed the situation silently. 

what just happened? 

besides that, renjun got on the floor, which jeno objected to, and cleaned up the rest of the soda that would leave the place sticky for some time. 

"wow, that was heartwarming," chenle laughed in chinese, renjun choking him as he neared the younger, in a manner that wasn't too pleasant, but honestly, the younger was used to this.

"ah, what did he say?" jeno asked to jaemin as the chaos unfolded. he knew that the student council president spoke multiple languages. 

"wow, that was disgusting," jaemin lied, telling himself he was a genius.

jeno gasped and frowned, "im- well.."

yeri walked over to renjun, telling the two boys to break it up. "wow renjun-ssi. that was something."

the boy made a noise and blushed in embarrassment, the girl in front of him was the same girl he kept up with ever since she came from ice cream cake era. renjun and chenle repeatedly bowed in sync, following each other bop to bop. 

"o-oh. hi," chenle accidently said in chinese, "i mean, hello." 

renjun looked at chenle, giving him a painful look in his eyes. he tugged on the end of his shirt harder and bowed once more, yeri shaking her head.

the girl laughed, "how cute, but there's no need! i'm sure we can be good friends. huang renjun and zhong chenle right?"

the two boys nodded, following suit to her question. 

sooyoung popped out behind yeri, "yah, why are you guys so awkward! please lighten the mood a bit."

"oh, i-i'm sorry. we're just big fans of the both of you and the girls, it's just so weird to see you both so up close!" renjun exclaimed.

chenle nodded, "we've been to your concerts in china and when we visited japan, you were having your red room tour so we also went to that one!"

"aww, you guys are so lovely," sooyoung said softly, " i hope we become good friends in the future!!"

renjun felt like he was floating, but chenle tried to keep his companion more level-headed.

donghyuck rolled his eyes, "both of them are horrible friends and you should drop both of them right know."

"shut up lee donghyuck, i'm older than you." yeri puffed out.

"as if you weren't about to break my toes just five minutes ago." 

JAEMIN TRAILED HIS eyes to the boy in front of him, eyebrows furrowing with his hands grabbing on to the rough plastic chairs' sides.

hyunjin screamed from a distance, creating laughter from jeno and hyunjin who were now paying attention to the game.

"yes," jaemin questioned, "mark lee? what do you want?"

"ah, it's nothing." mark said softly, "you just, kinda seem out of it."

jaemin turned his head, sideways looking at the older and smiling. "i'm fine, i swear."

"but you have so much work to do and profiles to finish, how the hell do you have time to even balance your time?" 

the boy sighed and plopped his head on his hands, "i know i shouldn't be blaming myself, but i really am."

mark looked at jaemin confusedly, "what do you mean?"

"it's kind of my fault that i'm under all this stress..." jaemin trailed off, "i was ok with learning tons of languages, enrolling myself in challenging classes, and more importantly-"

"becoming student council president." mark finished for him, "yeah, that must be hard."

"but i only stay sane knowing that i have you, i have hyuck, i have my sister, i have chaewon, i have both my parents, heck, maybe even jeno."

"hey, you have so many more things in store for you," mark said as he put his hand on jaemin's shoulder, "trust me, it'll pay off."

"i really do hope so, because if it doesn't, i'm stressing for no reason."

"you wanna hang out sometime then? just to let your mind loose?"

jaemin smiled at the boy next to him, "that would be a good idea,"

"hmm, ok le-" mark was cut off by a large noise that sounded closely like johnny's voice.

"HEY, EVERYONE COME TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING PLEASE, WE'LL BE HAVING LASER TAG AND WILL DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO NEXT, THANK YOU!"

"thank you, next!" jaemin exclaimed, mark shaking his head but still smiling at the boy who was mispronouncing grateful as the two walked to the opposite side of the building.

[a/n]

so, guess who came back from a month long writers block!

me lol.

my conditions are just getting worse and i feel less motivated than ever, and sometimes i wanna quit, but i love writing and providing with happiness (cue red velvet).

special thanks to cheekyuto for making the gifs of my boys, they look so cute ahh i'm in love! check out their account!!

i now have 8.6k reads, which is fucking crazy and i don't even care that my ranking in loona was #1 for like a whole two and a half months but is now at like the 300s lol idea

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