"are you crazy?! we're not dressed to meet with your mother!" renjun exclaimed.

"you don't need to be dressed particularly..." jeno rolled his eyes. "you two look good like that already."

jeno had just finished working out, and sadly, it was already pretty dark.

he had walked towards his two friends, very sweaty – but hot in renjun and jaemin's minds – and apologised for working out for this long.

to be forgiven, he had asked the two boys to come to his house and have dinner here. it shouldn't have been a problem considering none of them has class the next day since it was the weekend.

but here they were, worrying about their outfits.

to be totally honest, jeno didn't know why they kept saying they weren't dressed properly. renjun had always been a fashion icon, dressed with brand clothes and many accessories putting forward his assets; and jaemin was way too cute in his baby blue long sleeved shirt tucked in his high-waisted jeans.

so, when he had said they looked good, it had been an understatement. they actually looked very pretty – and even more when they stood next to each other like now.

jeno finally managed to convince them, and after a quick call to his mother, the three boys made their way to jeno's house. 

"welcome home!" jeno's mother opened the door with a bright smile.

"hello ma." jeno said, kissing her cheek quickly – habits never change – and then turning towards jaemin and renjun to introduce them to his mother.

"this is jaemin and renjun." jeno told. "they're the two boys i told you about."

"of course!" she exclaimed happily. "the blue-haired cutie and the chinese sweetheart! i see why you keep them close."

"m-mom!" jeno flushed, embarrassed by his mother's sayings.

"i am lee jieun. please come in and make yourselves home." she said to jaemin and renjun, opening the door wide for the three of them to enter. 

"i'm preparing dinner! is there something you don't want to eat at all?" she asked, knowing how her son hates it when she prepares something he doesn't like, so better ask before.

"huh..." renjun and jaemin exchanged looks, not really knowing what to answer.

"no seafood." jeno told abruptly. "renjun doesn't eat seafood."

jeno's mother smiled. "okay, no seafood then!" she said. "jeno, go have a shower, you're all sweaty. i'll call you when dinner is ready!"

and so, jeno brought jaemin and renjun up to his room.

jaemin and renjun entered, looking around – even though jaemin already knew the place – their eyes falling on three fluffy balls laying on the bed.

"oh, you have pets!" renjun exclaimed.

"yeah." jeno chuckled. "three cats."

"they're so cute!" he added, cooing in front of the animals.

"this is nal, this is seol, and the last one is bongsik." jeno said, scratching the three cats successively. 

"aww..." renjun lost it when seol stretched and yawned.

jeno signalled him to get closer and sit on the bed.

when renjun complied, jeno picked seol up and placed her on renjun's lap.

renjun let out small cries of joy when the cat rubbed her head against his stomach before laying there, allowing renjun to caress her freely. 

jaemin stayed behind, not approaching the animals too much.

he wasn't a fan of cats. they were naughty creatures who liked to run after things with wings. and jaemin had wings. so, he was reluctant to approach one of these bird killers.

"jaemin. come." jeno said, patting the space next to him after picking nal and hugging her.

jaemin worriedly sat where he was told, looking at jeno with panic in his eyes.

"you're scared of cats?"

"a-a b-bit?" jaemin responded.

"don't worry, i'm here. nal is a good cat. she won't hurt you." he said, settling her on his own lap, and caressing her back with his hand. he then caressed jaemin's arm, from his shoulder to his wrist, before interlacing their hands. he used their intertwined hands to caress the cat's back, making jaemin tremble, both from joy and panic.

"feel like her fur is soft." he said. "see? she likes our touch."

right now, the only soft thing jaemin could feel was jeno's hand. his brain was completely malfunctioning because of what the human did. and this became dangerous. if he kept going, his wings would surely appear...

"shouldn't you go have a shower?"

"oh, yes!" jeno exclaimed, rising to his feet and putting nal on jaemin's lap, making the angel shriek. 

in a matter of seconds, jeno was in his bathroom, a new set of clothes with him.

"do you realise a boy who is your type just held your hand?" renjun asked, looking at jaemin.

"i remember saying you were my type as well." jaemin said without thinking, petrified because of the animal on his lap.

"does that mean i should hold your hand as well?" he smirked, getting closer to jaemin who was too stressed to notice.

as he didn't receive any response, he slid his hand in jaemin's stiff one and tightened his grip, making all jaemin's worries fly away.

"you want to know something?" renjun smiled shyly.

jaemin nodded, completely forgetting about the cat on his lap.

"you're very cute, and you're pretty much my type as well."

☁

dinner went well for the boys. jeno's mother sure knew how to cook.

they had a pretty good time, enjoying how jeno's mother would often spill young jeno's stupid doings, and how jeno would be embarrassed.

after dinner, jaemin and renjun had also looked at every picture displayed around the house, cooing at baby jeno's cuteness. 

time passed by, and at ten, jaemin, renjun and jeno were still laughing together, sprawled out on jeno's king-seized bed.

since it was a bit late for them to go back to their houses, jeno's mother invited the two boys to sleep over, which jeno totally agreed.

and so, a mattress was added in jeno's room, and pyjamas were lent to both jaemin and renjun for them to have a comfortable night.

"jeno." his mother called him.

"yes?" jeno replied.

"i am so proud of you. you found yourself two perfect boys. and you got attached. you listened to my advice."

jeno nodded. "mom, you can't know how much they mean to me."

"i can see it."

"if one of them leaves me, i'm not sure i'll be able to face it again."