♡ kiss your best friend challenge ♡

pairing: jeno + jaemin

genre: fluff

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lately, jaemin had been completely obsessed with tiktok.

he had downloaded the app at the same time as some of his friends, and he had made some with them. but that was months ago.

when all his friends had left the social network, rarely checking it now, jaemin had only grown much more attached to it.

let's say that this format of videos allowed him to express himself, and, even though he wasn't that popular there, he liked to post videos for fun.

and this bothered his best friend more than anything.

"you're still filming yourself, aren't you?" jeno sighed desperately when he saw jaemin agitating his hands and singing in front of his phone.

"jeno! you ruined my tiktok!" jaemin whined, stopping the video.

"this thing is stupid jaemin. when will you realise that?" jeno asked, a brow raised.

"it's not stupid. it's a way to express yourself."

jeno raised his hands in defeat. "if you say so."

he watched jaemin going back to recording a tiktok, not caring about the stares he received from the people around.

jeno found it ridiculous. he had always found it ridiculous actually.

when their friend donghyuck had given the idea of downloading tiktok, jeno knew that it would be a bad idea.

he had always been against it, and he had told jaemin.

but could he resist his best friend's puppy eyes? no.

and so, here he was, five months after the trend ended – in their group of friends only – watching his best friend filming himself while singing and gesticulating.

thankfully, he had never asked jeno to participate in those...

♡

"jeno! jeno! jeno!"

"what?" the older paused his video game to look at his best friend who was lying on his bed.

"can i borrow your soccer ball?"

jeno furrowed his brows, readjusting his glasses on his nose.

"my soccer ball?" he asked perplexed. "why would you need that?"

"it's for the fridge challenge!" jaemin said, showing his phone on which was playing a tiktok clip.

"what?"

"basically, you film yourself pulling out various strange items from your fridge. that's funny!"

jeno blinked a few times, processing to understand what jaemin had just said.

"that's completely useless." jeno stated.

"come on! be fun a bit!" jaemin whine, grabbing a soccer ball on the shelf and placing it under his arm.

"are you sure you don't want to play?" jeno asked, showing the controller.

"no, thanks." jaemin declined, looking at his phone.

"but it's no fun when i'm alone. i prefer when i'm playing with- "

"oh! i could pull your cats out!" jaemin exclaimed, running out of the room.

"...you."

jeno sighed, going back to his videogame.

that's it. he had officially lost his best friend.

and because of what?

a stupid social network...

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jeno walked to jaemin's room, not bothering to knock before entering.

"hey, your mom told me i would find you there." jeno said nonchalantly, stopping in his tracks when he realised the state his best friend's room was in. "huh... what the hell happened in here?"

jaemin's head poked out from his closet to look at jeno.

"oh, jeno! good to see you here!" jaemin exclaimed. "i'm looking for a shirt."

jeno's eyes wandered to the floor, where it seemed like a clothing bomb had exploded.

"don't you have enough shirts right there?" he asked pointing at the messy room.

"no, i need my fishnet shirt." jaemin grumbled, looking further in his closet.

"why would you need that? oh- are you going on a date?" jeno spoke quickly.

"what? no!" jaemin shook his head.

"then why- "

"i need it for the fashion challenge." jaemin explained.

jeno pinched the bridge of his nose, hoping what his best friend had mentioned wasn't a stupid tiktok trend.

but deep in his heart, he knew that it was...

"the what?" he asked.

"you don't know about the fashion challenge?!" jaemin gasped. "it's just you, having a fashion show to yourself, wearing different outfits! i've always wanted to do one!"

jeno sighed in despair.

what was he expecting anyway...?

"jaemin. i came here to talk." jeno told.

"dammit, where can it be...?"

"don't you think all this tiktok is completely addictive and harmful for you? not only does it make you look stupid, it also prevents you from seeing me, and i am your best friend! i miss you jaemin, since you downloaded that thing i lost- "

"OH MY GOD, I FOUND IT!" jaemin exclaimed, showing the shirt to jeno.

the older sighed, looking at his best friend taking his shirt off and wearing the fishnet one.

"jaemin, did you- "

"does it look good on me?" jaemin asked, cutting jeno's words.

the black haired sighed.

as much as he wanted to kill jaemin for not listening to him and continuing using tiktok, he wasn't able to get mad.

he had always had a soft spot for jaemin – soft spot that had transformed into a crush a bit less than a year ago – and so, how could he get mad at his cute best friend?

jeno looked at jaemin from head to toe, noticing how the shirt he had just put on made him look sexier than usual, and gulping hard.

"y-yeah. it looks very good..." he sighed in defeat.

jaemin jumped in victory before taking his phone on his bed and rushing towards the door.

however, he stopped when he walked past jeno, dropping a light kiss on his cheek.

"thank you." he mumbled before disappearing.

needless to say, jeno was beet red and had forgotten why he had come to his best friend's house in the first place...

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"where is jaemin?" mark asked, sitting next to jeno at lunchbreak.

the boy raised his head, crossing eyes with his friend.

"he's surely filming some tiktoks..." jeno told.

"again?!"

jeno nodded, not bothering to talk.

"it seems like it's the only thing he does now." mark mumbled.

"trust me, it is."

mark gave jeno a questioning look.

"he's been filming himself for six moths straight. last time i had a decent conversation with him, not tiktok-related, was... two months ago..."

mark patted the boy's back to comfort him.

"i'm sorry man... this must hurt a lot since... you know?"

jeno nodded, understanding exactly what mark meant.

jeno had told mark about his feelings because mark had told him about his huge crush on donghyuck, before they downloaded tiktok.

and so, jeno had helped mark ask donghyuck out, making them boyfriends now.

but for jeno and jaemin, mark couldn't really do anything... they were already very close – well, when tiktok didn't exist...

"do you want me to ask donghyuck to speak to jaemin?" mark asked. "he could convince him to stop."

"it's useless." jeno sighed.

"yeah but it's worth a try..."

"jaemin will eventually get bored one day." jeno told.

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well, he didn't.

three more months had passed, and jaemin was still as obsessed with tiktok as he was before – if not more.

and what had drastically changed during those months is that he had asked jeno to be part of the videos.

jeno kept refusing at first, because he didn't want to appear on such a network, but after a few days of jaemin pleading him, he eventually accepted.

it was nothing too big. things like funny short roleplays, and videos in which he just needed to appear for a second.

he did nothing as embarrassing as jaemin did.

but damn, how much he liked that boy... even while acting stupidly in front of his camera, jeno found him charming...

but now, jeno had reached his limit.

he couldn't bear the constant sound of tiktok as background music, and he couldn't bear not being the one to make jaemin smile this bright.

he wanted his best friend back!

and so, one night, he made researches.

he looked for information about tiktok, what it consisted of, and how you could stop someone from being a tiktok-addict. but to his dismay, nothing relevant popped.

there was only one way to make jaemin remember him, and that was doing something wild.

and jeno had the perfect idea of what to do.

it may break their friendship, but everything was worth a try at that point...

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jeno looked at jaemin scrolling through his tiktok account, looking for a new song to dance on.

"oh, this one!" he exclaimed after a while. "jeno, can you do it with me please?"

"okay." jeno replied simply shocking jaemin.

the young boy widened his eyes, not expecting his best friend to accept this quick.

"okay!" he smiled brightly, making butterflies erupt in jeno's stomach.

"what to i have to do?" jeno asked after a cough.

"so... we'll set the phone under the tv and you'll sit on the couch, as if you were watching the tv. i'll enter the room by this door and sit next to you without saying anything, and after a few seconds we'll slowly turn out faces towards each other, and then act surprised and jump off the couch." jaemin told at lightning speed. "i know it doesn't sound good, but i swear it will look funny."

jeno nodded slowly, having a plan in mind.

"okay, go behind the door, i'll set the phone under the tv."

jaemin smiled, hopping away while jeno went to the tv to place the phone.

the older quickly changed the song selected to the one that would be perfect for his plan.

he had downloaded tiktok himself to make sure to know how to change songs and do the settings – but he had deleted it as soon as he had learnt.

and so, his plan was ready to unfold.

"okay, jaemin!" he yelled. "the tiktok starts in three."

he ran to the couch.

"two!"

he sat down comfortably.

"one!"

he sighed, entering into his character.

and the video started.

jaemin entered the room after a few seconds, sitting silently next to jeno, his eyes on the tv screen to make it seem like he was watching it.

and then, after muttering a small 'now', him and jeno slowly turned their heads to face each other.

and now was jeno's time to shine.

before jaemin could jump off the couch as predicted, jeno put a hand on the boy's nape and made their lips collide in a sweet kiss.

jaemin's eyes widened when he realised what was happening, making jeno back away with a somehow hurt expression.

this was a horrible sight to see for jaemin.

his best friend – who had just kissed him – seemed absolutely devastated by the way jaemin had not responded to his kiss.

and, because jaemin had more than enjoyed the first kiss, he pulled jeno's face towards his with his hands and smashed their lips together again. this time, both of them moved their lips in the kiss, making fireworks explode in their chests.

they parted after a few seconds, just after the tiktok had finished recording.

jaemin opened his eyes slowly, his orbs falling into jeno's chocolate ones. and before he could ask any question, jeno spoke.

"i know you had an idea, but i think the 'kiss your best friend challenge' will have more views on your account."

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