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Jeno sat on his bed and stared down at his phone. His wallpaper was a picture of Donghyuck, since he had stolen Jeno's phone once and set it as that. He never changed it, since he didn't find the need to, but now, he felt like it was right to do so. Jeno scrolled through his pictures and came across one he took a few days ago. It was a picture of Jaemin, smiling as he drank a milkshake. The two had gone out to get some drinks, on their own, and Jeno took a sly picture of him.
As Jeno continued scrolling, he saw a group picture of him and his friends and groaned when he saw Donghyuck looking his way with the most cutest expression. Jeno, on the other hand, had his hands discreetly connected to Jaemin's. He, of course, felt bad about what he was doing to Donghyuck, but he did like him.
When they met only around 5 months ago, at the party, Donghyuck had Jeno's knees weak. The way Donghyuck tilted his head in confusion, they way his hair bounced as he walked, and they way his laugh sounded like the sweetest thing ever. Jeno was whipped for him. And was why he asked Donghyuck out.
But when he laid eyes on Jaemin. He felt his heart do flips. At first, he denied any feelings for the guy, since he was already in a relationship, and because he didn't want to fall for someone's looks. But when he started to talk to Jaemin, everything he did seemed perfect.
Jeno got snapped out of his thoughts when his phone lit up and the screen changed to a bright colour. His ringtone played for a few seconds and then Jeno accepted the call, bringing the phone to his ear without checking who it was.
"What?" He asked harshly, disliking the fact that someone had just interrupted his time of thinking.
"Ah...sorry..I'll call you later." Donghyuck replied, pulling the phone away from his ear to end the call, but Jeno quickly said a sorry. "It's okay, I just called to ask if you could come to the hospital..."
"Of course I'll come." Jeno said, standing up and quickly putting some decent clothes on. Donghyuck sighed from the other side of the call and sniffled. "Hyuck, what happened?"
"They said there's no hope she'll survive." Donghyuck said, covering his eyes and leaning back in his chair to put his head on the wall. Ever since he was younger, as his parents were always busy with work, he stayed with his grandma most of the time. So her death was going to be really hard on him.
"Oh Hyuck..." Jeno felt guilt wash over himself and he hurried to the nearest bus stop, internally cursing himself for all the things he had done.
"I know you're busy but I just.. need someone." Donghyuck said, his voice was muffled since he had covered his face with his hand. His sobs were quiet but Jeno could hear them.
"No don't worry, I'm not busy for you." Jeno said, as he climbed the bus and sat down, checking his long it was going to take him to get to the hospital. He wondered if Jaemin had told Donghyuck about what he did last night. But if he did, wouldn't Donghyuck have been mad at him. "I'm here."
Jeno ended the call and rushed to the reception, asking them where Donghyuck's grandma was. The reception gave him a badge with the word, 'Visitor', and he quickly jumped onto the elevator. As he watched the levels go up, Jeno leaned on the side and sighed. He was kind of scared to meet Donghyuck.
He had been snapping at Donghyuck randomly, ignoring his calls and messages, and not even been there for when he really needed it.
"Jeno." Donghyuck tilted his head to the side and smiled softly when be saw Jeno exit the elevator and stride to him. "You came."
Jeno's heart ached as he saw Donghyuck. His hair was all over the place and his eyes were bloodshot red. The tears he had wiped a few minutes ago were still in his eyes. Donghyuck had a different pair of clothes on, but they were all creased and sweaty, suggesting that he had stayed in that same position for hours.
"Of course I did." Jeno replied, wrapping his arms around Donghyuck and pulling him closer, resting his chin on Donghyuck's head.
Donghyuck sighed into Jeno's chest and put his hands on his waist. He had stayed at the hospital the whole night, and Mark was with him throughout it all. Mark got him a bit of food to eat, and a drink. Mark went to his house to get him a change of clothes, and even let him sleep on his shoulder. Yet the person he called for was Jeno.
"I'm sorry for not coming with you from the festival." Jeno apologised, pulling away slightly to see Donghyuck's face. "I would've come but-"
"It's okay Jeno." Donghyuck replied, his voice was still quiet since he had been because of all the crying he had previously done. "You don't have to say sorry."
Jeno brought him back into a hug and shut his eyes close. The regret and guilt for hurting Donghyuck finally hit him straight in the heart and he didn't know how to make it up to him. Donghyuck had trusted him and believed in him so much, yet Jeno had thrown away all of that and kissed Jaemin.
"I'm so sorry." Jeno whispered, wiping his own tears away, that he didn't even realise had started to fall. "I'm really sorry. I'm so so so sorry."
"Hey Jeno shh." Donghyuck let go of the hug and cupped Jenos face. "It's okay, I told you it's okay right? Stop apologising."
Jeno looked at Donghyuck with glassy eyes and sniffled. Donghyuck smiled at him and then leaned forwards. For the first time, Donghyuck placed his lips over Jeno's, who instinctively closed his eyes and moved towards Donghyuck, deepening the kiss.
They pulled apart and Donghyuck pat Jeno's head.
"Like I said, it's okay."
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