the three boys had found easily the café, bought their ice creams and eaten them together before heading home.

then, jeno had slept, renjun had painted, and jaemin had had a youtube night. in two words, everything was going well.

but this didn't seem to be the case the next morning.

it was nearly eight, classes were about to start, and jeno and renjun were both waiting for jaemin, who usually arrived first. jeno had tried to call him several times, but he hadn't answered. so, he had opted for drastic measures: calling his mother.

she had answered. "hello, jeno?"

"hello mrs na, i wanted to know if you knew where jaemin was?"

"oh, yes! he's at home right now, he woke up with a bad fever. he won't go to class today, i'm sorry."

"no problem! thank you very much. take care of him."

"i'll do. bye jeno."

"bye"

he hung up and turned towards renjun to explain him.

"let's go, he's stuck home with a bad fever. we'll go to see him after practice if you want."

renjun nodded, and they headed to class.

∆

at the end of the day, after jeno's training, him and renjun walked to jaemin's house.

jeno knew the way, him and jaemin had been best friends for long, so they would often hang out at jaemin's since he had a gigantic house. renjun, him, didn't know at all where jaemin lived, and he totally ignored the fact that his family was rich.

after a short walk, they entered the gates of the property and the front door opened before any of them could knock.

"good evening jeno, good evening young man. how can i help you?" a maid asked greeting the two boys formally.

"we wanted to pay jaemin a visit as he's sick." jeno explained.

"you may go. you know the way jeno."

"thank you"

jeno and renjun entered, and jeno guided renjun through the many corridors and staircases of the place. renjun's mouth was agape the whole way.

"is jaemin rich." he asked timidly.

jeno chuckled "yea, very rich."

renjun nodded and followed jeno until they arrived in front of a simple wooden door on which was printed the letter "j". renjun knocked and entered. he found himself in a huge room (well, as the rest of the house), there was a big desk on the right, then, next to it two doors, on the wall facing renjun and jeno was a big window, and on the left side, a tv and a queen seize bed in which jaemin was lying. the said boy detached his attention from the tv which was playing a cartoon and noticed his two friends.

"oh! here you are!" he said, his eyes sparkling.

"yes, we wanted to pay a visit. your mother told jeno you were sick this morning." renjun explained, approaching the boy.

"not that i wanted to see you." jeno said, looking at jaemin coughing, "renjun was worried."

renjun rolled his eyes. "he's spitting nonsense. he was as worried as me."

jaemin smiled at the comment and stuck out his tongue at jeno, which made him cough again.

"woah!" jeno quickly pulled renjun behind his back in a protective way. "don't cough on him. i don't want you to contaminate this pure and innocent soul with your disgusting microbes."

jaemin smirked "who are you to act this way? his boyfriend?" well, the comment made renjun and jeno blush, which was a success for jaemin.

"i'm kidding..." he added after noticing that none of them would talk after that. "now please come and sit, because you're not going to stay the whole day standing there."