"LEE JENO!"

the teenager got abruptly pulled out from his thoughts by a loud yell.

he turned his head around, searching for the source of the noise.

"you've been spacing out for a few minutes." his mother said worriedly. "is everything alright?"

jeno didn't answer.

he started thinking about his and renjun's conversation again, this time waking up because he received water.

he looked at his mother, who was holding an empty glass of water in her hand, with wide eyes.

"m-mom!"

"jeno, tell my what is wrong... you're not acting normally." she said.

jeno shrugged, combing his har back with his hand.

"are you sad because renjun and jaemin had to leave? it's not problematic, you can always invite them over again. they were so kind..."

"it's not really that." jeno spoke low.

"oh..." jieun blinked a few times. "huh... well, tell me what it is then. i could help."

jeno hesitated a few seconds, looking at his plate blankly.

"je- "

"it's about love." jeno cut his mother.

"o-oh." she said, a smile appearing on her face. "who is the lucky one?"

jeno glared at her.

"okay, okay." she said, rolling her eyes. "tell me about your love problems."

"i've been spending all my time with jaemin and renjun recently..." he started. "and yeah, i came to find that both of them were likable. but between the two, i really took a liking in jaemin... i mean... he's so baby and so cute and... yeah, i caught feelings. not that i don't like renjun. i do too, but as a friend... renjun is different. he's not as cute, and not as soft as jaemin. he was my enemy, and thanks to jaemin, we became pretty close friends. i love to talk with him, because both of us can talk about jaemin, and also, i feel comfortable around him... but... i don't know... it's not the same..."

jeno's mother listened carefully to her son's words, her heart melting at what he said.

jeno had finally listened to her, and found someone – or sometwo – to fill in the empty space that his father had left in his heart.

"but... i don't understand what's bothering you..." she spoke slowly.

"renjun and i tell each other lots of things. and we often talk about jaemin."

jieun nodded.

"and so, i told renjun i had feelings for jaemin." he said, lowering his head.

"and now you're scared renjun will feel left aside..." she continued.

"no, that's not it."

"really?" she furrowed her brows. "what is it then?"

"renjun told me he liked him as well."

jeno's mother chocked on the food she was eating, immediately reaching for the water bottler to fill her glass and drink it.

"he what?" she asked once she could breathe normally again.

"he likes him. i like him. we're friends. and obviously there's a problem." jeno summed everything up.

"there has to be a solution."

"good luck finding one." jeno snorted. "if renjun and i don't sort out things, we'll go back to our old selves. and none of us want that."

"you don't?" she asked perplexed.

"i don't want jaemin to be mad at us for hating each other. it's thanks to him if we're friends."

jeno's mother nodded, thinking for a while.

"and what about jaemin?" she asked.

"jaemin?" jeno raised a brow.

"yes. who does he like?"

jeno shrugged. "how could i know?"

"you have to ask him."

it was jeno's turn to choke.

"are you crazy?!"

"it's the easiest solution."

"i'm not going to ask him to choose between renjun and i." jeno crossed his arms on his chest. "plus, he may already like one of us."

jieun sighed.

"jeno baby, look in what state you are because of a crush..."

"it's complicated." he pulled on his hair.

"listen to me. you have to talk with jaemin. but before, you should sort out things with renjun."

jeno nodded slowly already imagining what could go wrong...

absolutely everything.

☁

jaemin slammed the door of his house shut and allowed his fluffy white wings to appear again as he sat against the door, putting his head on his knees.

"what the hell am i doing...?" he mumbled.

keeping his emotions – and so his wings – in got harder every day.

renjun and jeno acted like two princes charming when he was there, which made his heart threaten to leave his chest at each gesture they made.

jaemin couldn't continue to deal with this. he would get busted sooner or later.

but why did he feel those things?

why did he blush every single time one of them said something sweet?

why did he feel his pulse accelerating when they were near?

why did he always have the urge to be near them?

hell, jaemin knew what it meant.

that was what jeno was supposed to feel around renjun. and renjun around jeno.

but not him around renjun and jeno!

everything was so wrong...

jaemin had fallen in love with jeno and renjun...