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Jeno arrived at his apartment, throwing his whole body to his bed. A long day was finally over and he gets to rest.
"Hell, I don't even want to take a shower right now," he said as he closed his tired eyes.
His phone vibrated on the bed and he frustratingly turned it on to know who texted him. With squinted eyes and curled forehead, he read the text from Jaemin, his dead boyfriend.
Get up and get your ass inside the bathroom, you dirty creature! Take a shower cuz u stink!
Jeno exited the messaging app and went to his contacts and called Donghyuck. Donghyuck answered the call at the first 2 rings.
"Hyuck, I'm not up for any pranks you guys gonna pull tonight. Man, I'm tired. Let me sleep first, alright? But I got to compliment you about the typings. You actually copied Nana's." Jeno said to Donghyuck with his eyes closed.
"Dude, what are you talking about? You gone mad?" Donghyuck asked on the other line.
"Wow. I already caught you and you still kept ongoing. The text message from Nana's number, I know it's from you." Jeno continued.
"Seriously, dude. I don't know what are you talking about. I'm making a presentation right now and it's due tomorrow plus I'm not also up for pranks tonight." Donghyuck reasoned.
"How about Injun? The kids?" Jeno continued to ask.
"Injun's cooking for me in the kitchen. Lele and Jisung are already asleep next room. How can these children's parents let them live here, really?
They could actually afford to rent an apartment and they used to be your and Nana's children. We haven't planned to adopt kids and you already gave us college students. Get them out of here, please." Donghyuck said making Jeno let out a chuckle.
"Just hold onto them for a while. I'll get them soon I'm just... making my life better again." Jeno said.
"We know that and we're here if you need anything, you hear me Jeno?" Donghyuck reminded him.
"Yeah, yeah. I gotta. go." Jeno ended their call and went to the messaging app, replying to the text he just received earlier.
Look, whoever you are, stop messing around with my boyfriend's number or phone. He's dead.
15 seconds later, he received a reply.
I know I'm dead, Jeno.
The reply gave chills to his whole body. 'This is getting weird' he thought. This is a serious topic and anyone shouldn't joke about it. He finally sat down, forgetting the tiredness he felt minutes ago. He called Nana's number and it rang longer but the other line answered anyway.
"Seriously, this is not something to joke about," he said.
The other line was filled with static sounds and heavy breathings like there's an actual person he's actually talking to. It took seconds before the other line answered in a glitching voice.
"Jen...o..." it said.
Jeno is completely awake, chills throughout his body. The voice sounded like Jaemin. He can't be wrong. Jeno managed to be calm and still talked. The voice he longed to hear, it's a chance to talk to his beloved once again.
"But...you're dead," Jeno said.
There was no response for a good ten seconds, just static and glitching. Jeno is desperate to talk to his boyfriend. Finally, he heard his voice but what he was saying was unclear so, in Jeno's mind, he tried to understand it as hard as he could. It was like Jaemin is trying to say, "I know." and "I see you."
Jeno wants to see him, too.
"I miss you, Nana. I always do. Please let me be with you again." Jeno's voice is starting to break.
He desperately needs him. He would sacrifice anything to bring him back if he could. He received no answer. Just static and glitch once again.
"No need to talk. I just want you to know how broken I was when I start to realize you weren't by my side anymore. I felt like...coming after you. You're the reason why I wanted to achieve many things but how could I do that now? You're not here anymore, Nana. And it's awful without you. Everything seems to make no sense. You're the reason for everything about me. Jaemin, I- I miss you so damn much. Please. Come back to me, please." Jeno finally broke into his emotions.
His tears dropped on the white blankets and his sobs filling the room. He felt a cold presence as he cried and heard a whisper.
"I miss you too."
He knew it was Jaemin and it made him cried more knowing he's with him in that very room.
"Please don't go. Stay for a little while." Jeno begged.
He received no answer but the cold presence stayed. Jaemin's silence meant yes, he will stay.