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"how do i look?" jaemin turned away from the mirror to face his best friend, who was sitting crisscrossed on his bed.
jeno looked up from his phone, and he swore he felt his heart doing something weird. the pink haired male was currently getting in costume before a rehearsal on that sunday.
he had to dress accordingly to his character, which meant old time-ish. the male had light brown slacks that paired with a simple loose white button up. accompanying the simple attire, suspenders were added along with a beret with some black dress shoes.
"you look...snazzy." he decided, scanning the male from top to bottom.
"right. hey, unbuttoned or buttoned?" the latter asked as if it was the most natural thing to say.
jeno gulped, fighting the urge to say unbuttoned just to see more of the male's smooth and lightly tanned skin.
"buttoned."
"unbuttoned it is." jaemin turned back around to the mirror and proceeded to unbutton the first two buttons of his shirt.
the black haired male felt the panic surge through his body as he just stared at jaemin in the mirror. more specifically, staring at the exposed skin.
"nana, come here for a second." what he was doing was risky, but he could control himself right?
with a hum of acknowledgment, jaemin proceeded to do what jeno asked and came over to the male who was now sitting at the edge of the bed.
the elder then started to button up the buttons that jaemin had previously unbuttoned. the slight touch of jeno's fingers, made jaemin's already wild heartbeat even wilder.
"why are you--"
"i don't want anyone to see that and think that they can do weird things to you okay?" jeno explained, avoiding eye contact at all costs as he buttoned up the last button.
"o-okay." jaemin could feel the heat rising to his cheeks, but he definitely didn't miss the same shade of pink coloring jeno's cheeks as well.
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rehearsals were tiring as hell, and jaemin felt like he was going to collapse at any moment. when the director told them that it was going to be rigorous, he wasn't kidding. everyone was tired, but they kept going, putting their all in it.
after jaemin went off stage momentarily, he couldn't take the heat anymore so he just went ahead and unbuttoned the two top buttons of his shirt. jeno wasn't going to be here to scold him anyways, so he guessed he could get away with this.
"jaem, you're up." one of his cast members said, reading off a cue from their script.
the pink haired male just nodded and went back out again, prosecuting his character almost as if the character was him. what he didn't notice was the a certain male had entered the auditorium and took a seat near the far back of the place.
the male was none other than huang renjun himself. he was curious as to how jaemin was on stage. he'd seen snippets and whatnot, but he'd never seen the whole package. now that he is seeing it though, he couldn't take his eyes off the boy.
not just because of his incredible acting skills, but also of how utterly hot he looked. with the buttons of his top unbuttoned, and the sweat that made his skin just glisten. fuck, what was renjun thinking?
he had a boyfriend now for god's sake. and that boyfriend had been someone that drove him crazy in love. so why? why was he looking at jaemin in the same light as jeno?
renjun already has jeno, but for some reason, he has a longing for jaemin as well.
as his head started to hurt from all of these confusing thoughts, he stopped himself from thinking anymore and just focused on the performance in front of him. the production was amazing, he must say.
from the sets he saw, he could see that some art students had helped them out. which was nice, but that pleasant thought wasn't enough to stop renjun from leaning towards the thought of na jaemin.
just the way the boy moved of stage, and talked as if the character he was playing was actually him. it was just so mesmerizing to watch, he couldn't help but think of him. he couldn't help but feel something creep up the pit of his stomach.
once rehearsals were done, everyone immediately went backstage to change and freshen up. every student was ready to go home, students including jaemin and donghyuck. donghyuck looked like he'd just went a week without sleep.
"i'm beat, and i can't wait to just crash back at home." the elder male stretched his arms, earning some satisfying pops here and there.
"i can say the same, hyuck. i feel like my legs are going to give out any moment." though exaggerated, donghyuck had to agree with jaemin's statement.
rehearsals were exhausting as hell, and they had to suffer for the next couple days of the same thing.
donghyuck parted ways with him when he said he had to meet mark for a 'project', but jaemin knew the male better than that. the male was most likely going to mark's to bother the hell out of him.
shaking his head at how obvious the elder was, he exited the school building only to be stopped by renjun. who was leaning against the brick wall located right outside of the door he exited.
before he could even greet the male, renjun proceeded to clap slowly. the action made jaemin furrow his brows in confusion.
"never knew you were such a good actor na jaemin. how come you never invited me to one of your productions?"
a sudden surge of panic attacked his system.
"you were watching me?"
"now now, i watched the play that you happened to be in. stop making me sound like some crazed stalker na."
jaemin gave renjun an uncertain nod before asking if he was on his way home too. renjun replied with a nod and started to walk beside the taller.
on the walk home, it was silent on the outside. on the inside though, raging thoughts were flying all over the place. feelings were present, but stayed hidden for the time being. the only proof being the sound of each other's accelerated heartbeats and shy glances.
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uwuwuwuwuwu do y'all just ever come home from somewhere and completely pass out? cause i did and i napped for a good two hours at school, due to testing. then i went home and knocked out again. yeesh—
