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“Done!” Renjun said as he stretched out his stiff body.
He sighed when he felt the muscles in his back loosen. His wrist was also sore due to hours of drawing the mythical creature that his fans requested.
“Is this okay?” He asked his viewers, showing his art through the camera. “Is this okay? I tried really hard to make it realistic and as close to how you all described it, this is the result. I hope I have met your expectations."
rj_fan: ‘Renjun-nim, you are so talented!’
yellowhuangs: ‘Waaaah, it looks so cool! Good work Renjun-nim!’
hrj323: ‘Imagine being so handsome and talented, wish we can relate.’
injunilvr: ‘God has favorites and Renjun is one of them.’
Renjun smiled at the positive comments he received. He knew there might be some negative ones, but Jeno, his boyfriend and the one who mods the chats, made sure that Renjun won't read any of those.
“I do not like you seeing those comments, the smile on your face always disappears when you read them. Positive comments give you your smile back, and I know it is where you get your strength, that's why those are the only ones I leave behind.” Jeno said one time when he asked.
“Thank you so much for your kind words. This art will be posted on my site for sale later, please wait for it.” Renjun said. He looked at the clock beside his computer monitor. “It’s still early, I can still take one more request from you before Jeno nags me to stop streaming and go eat.”
injunlvr: ‘Jeno-sshi if you’re reading this please drag Renjun to eat.’
woaini_hrj: ‘Is Jeno the boyfriend?’
rj_fan: ‘I am a new fan, how does Jeno look like?'
yellowhuangs: ‘No one knows how Jeno looks like...’
hrj323: ‘I have been watching Renjun-nim’s stream for 2 years now, and I still don’t know how Jeno looks like’
injunilvr: ‘No one even knows how he sounds like lol’
He laughed as he saw the commotion going through his chat.
“Jeno does not really like being in front of the camera, guys.” Renjun told his fans, trying to dismiss the topic. “C’mon guys, what should I draw next? Send in your requests.”
anime_lvr323: ‘Please draw a mermaid with its tail based on your favorite color.’
exofan_hrjfan: ‘A fanart of ChanBaek from EXO’
yellowhuangs: ‘Hey guys, I have an idea’
iluvart: ‘Can you draw a human hybrid of your fave animal?’
yellowhuangs: ‘How about a drawing of Jeno-sshi?’
trollinginthedeep: ‘Plz draw the KFC colonel but make him younger & cute’
hrj323: ‘@yellowhuangs omg you’re a genius! <3’
injunlvr: ‘Yes, draw Jeno-sshi!!’
Renjun giggled as he read the comments requesting him to draw Jeno.
“This is the first time someone requested a drawing of Jeno so let’s see if we can persuade him to be our model.” He picked up his phone, but before he could press the call button, he saw a comment using a familiar account in his chats.
nonojeno: ‘No’
Renjun tried not to laugh out loud. He put his phone down and decided to just talk to Jeno through chats.
“Guys, Jeno said no, what do we do?” Renjun said, faking sadness.
His chat went insane again, still requesting Renjun to draw Jeno.
rj_fan: ‘but you haven’t even called him :(’
yellowhuangs: ‘Aww please? :(’
nonojeno: ‘Injun-ah, u better stop istg.’
Renjun let out a loud chuckle at that, still trying to tease Jeno.
“Jeno is in the chats right now, you guys try to find and persuade him then.” Once Renjun said those, his chat even went crazier than before. This is the first time Renjun saw his chats this fast.
hrj323: ‘guys i found him, it’s @nonojeno’
yellowhuangs: ‘@nonojeno pretty please? :(‘
His chats were now full of his fans, begging Jeno to let Renjun draw him, even tagging Jeno’s account.
nonojeno: ‘I should’ve muted your comment regarding the request @yellowhuangs ~_~ ’
“That’s not nice Jeno!” Renjun said jokingly. He heard his phone ring beside him, it was Jeno.
“Did you know there’s like, less than 10% chance of you seeing that comment, but guess what?” He can sense Jeno’s pout on the other line.
Renjun laughed out loud at.
“I’m going to put you on loudspeaker, hold on!” Renjun pressed the loudspeaker on his phone. “Are you going to disappoint my fans? Who knows we might sell your picture for a hundred bucks!”
“Shut up Injun-ah! My face ain’t worth a penny.” Jeno replied sulkily, which can be heard by the fans watching Renjun's stream.
yellowhuangs: ‘Ooooh, Jeno’s voice sounds sex-c!’
injunlvr: ‘Now now, I’m curious about what Jeno-sshi looks like.’
woaini_hrj: ‘@nonojeno I’ll bid 200 bucks for your portrait! Just let Renjun draw you!'
“Jeno-sshi! We already have a sure buyer of your portrait! They wanna buy it for two hundred bucks!” Renjun said excitedly. “If I had known sooner, I should’ve used your face to earn more money.”
Jeno then hangs up on Renjun. Thinking Jeno's reaction was funny, he joked about it more to his fans.
"Okay guys, Jeno already hung up on me. Maybe we should try to convince him harder next time?" Renjun said, getting ready to say goodbye to his fans.
The commotion about Jeno earlier went on for about twenty minutes. It's already almost seven in the evening, so he started setting aside his things while talking to his fans and informing them about the time for the next stream.
Renjun feels hungry and tired from all of the drawing and chatting he did today.
"I think that's it for today guys! See you again next stream!" Renjun waved goodbye to the camera.
He did not turn off the camera yet as he still reads the goodbye messages his fans leave on his stream. While still waving to the camera, the door behind him suddenly opened. Renjun whipped his head to the door to stop whoever it was but it's already too late, Jeno was already stomping his feet towards him. Good thing Renjun's computer chair is blocking the camera, so Jeno's face is still unknown to the audience.
"Injun-ah, why did you tell them my username?!" Jeno walked towards him, whining. "Your fans will not stop tagging me now on the next stream!"
Renjun forgot his stream was still on and comforted the whining Jeno. "Shut up you puppy, I was just teasing them y'know. And I didn’t give them your username, they found it." He said, trying to rotate his cramped wrist.
Jeno stopped whining as he saw that and grabbed Renjun's wrist. "Does it hurt so bad?" He asked softly while massaging the wrist.
"It's bearable, nothing a good massage can fix." Renjun replied, smiling.
"I would ask you to take a break from streaming but I don't want us to fight, so I'll just shut my mouth about it." Jeno sighed.
Renjun hummed at that.
As Jeno was massaging his sore wrist, Renjun then stretched his neck side to side, while slightly punching the back of his neck to release the tension he felt. He felt Jeno’s one hand went to where his hands were and started massaging his neck, while the other was still on his wrist. He closed his eyes as he enjoyed Jeno’s massage when he suddenly remembered he did not turn off his stream.
"Oh fuck, the stream!" Renjun quickly retrieved his hand from Jeno to click on the off button on the screen. "Shit, shit, shit!"
Jeno, still in shock, looks at Renjun with his mouth open.
"Uhm, I’m sorry?" Renjun said. "But I didn't mean to show your face to everyone, it's you who barged into my room without knocking!"
Jeno checked Renjun's computer if he really had turned off the stream now. He saw the last comments on the stream was about him being seen in the camera.
"You know what, just do it." Jeno said defeated. "They've already seen my face just now so I'll let you draw me. BUT I won't pose in front of the camera!”
Renjun let out a surprised yelp and nodded enthusiastically at that, already excited for the next stream.
“Also, you must treat me to a delicious meal after the next stream. This ain’t free." Jeno continued.
Renjun smiled widely at that.
"Deal!"
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Someone had requested for him to draw his favorite version of the sky. It did not take that much time for him to think of how he should portray it. Renjun lets his mind wander to when he was on a picnic date with Jeno. Whenever the sky emits different shades of pink while there are stars fadely glimmering in it, that is when Renjun thinks the sky is at its prettiest. Ideas started flowing through his mind, and as soon as he was too deep into it, he couldn't stop.
It took him forty minutes with a little bit of chit-chatting with his viewers and he was done with his art.
"Alright, so this is my last drawing request for today!" Renjun showed his final work to the camera. "What do you wanna call this art? Let me know in the chats. And of course, this will be posted on my site later, so please anticipate it."
A series of replies flooded Renjun's screen.
woaini_hrj: ‘i suggest aurora tears!'
yellowhuangs: ‘sky blush?'
injunlvr: ‘are you going to end the stream already?'
"I like your title suggestions, they all sound cool." Renjun said. "And no, I'm not yet ending the live, it's still early."
Renjun looked at Jeno in front of him. Jeno looked nervous even though he could not be seen on camera.
"There was a special request for me today for my last art, so I am going to do that." Renjun started. "Do you remember what happened in my stream last week? Of course you will, you were all energetic that time!"
The chats started flooding again. This time Renjun can't keep up with the fast replies from his fans. Most of them were talking about what happened at the end of the stream. Some were boasting about how they saw a bit of Jeno’s 'handsome' face and how some of them heard his 'sexy' voice, while others were regretful that they already closed the stream when Renjun said his goodbyes.
"Okay calm down everyone, today I want to tell you all that…. We've succeeded!" He exclaimed. "We have persuaded Jeno to be the subject of our art for today."
He saw Jeno roll his eyes in front of him. Renjun can't help but chuckle at that.
"BUT, Jeno-sshi still doesn't want to be in front of the camera." He said pouting. "So I'll just do my best to draw him in the most realistic way!"
Renjun started to open a new file in his iPad for him to draw.
"Also, Jeno’s ‘yes’ is not free, so if you can, please support my art so I can pay him a meal. A very capitalistic boyfriend I have here." He told his fans jokingly while showing his puppy eyes to the screen. “Okay, I’ll start!”
He saw Jeno squirm in front of him, doing weird poses for him. “What are you doing?” He asked.
“I am trying to find the best pose. Do you have any suggestions on how should I pose?” Jeno asked, still moving.
As soon as Jeno’s voice was heard, Renjun’s chats went insane for the nth time today. The chats were mostly about how deep Jeno’s voice is, and that they were curious as to what Jeno looks like. Some even said ‘Jeno-sshi’s voice sounds handsome, bet his face is too.’
“Just sit down comfortably there. All I’m drawing today is your face, so you don’t need to pose.” Renjun explained.
Renjun started drawing the outline of Jeno’s face on his tablet. Fifteen minutes into silence, he thought that his fans might already be bored with just watching him draw silently. Renjun was not really a ‘silent drawer’, he prefers to talk while doing his art, thus giving him an idea to start streaming his art sessions. He was just silent today because he wanted to focus and draw Jeno in the best way possible.
“Jeno-sshi, why don’t you answer some of the questions written on the chat room while I draw you here?” He suggested.
Jeno picked up his phone to watch Renjun’s stream in it and to read questions left by fans for them.
yellowhuangs: ‘since when did u know each other?’
“Hmmm. I think we’ve known each other since, like, freshman days.” Jeno answered, still behind the camera. “It was really funny, how we first met.”
woaini_hrj: ‘story time on how did u first meet?’
“Injun-ah, someone asked for a story time about how we first met." Jeno is already laughing his ass out, even though he hasn’t even said a word about how they met.
“Is it really still that funny to you?” Renjun asked, embarrassed, just by thinking about the reason on how they first met. "It's been years, can you already move on?"
“It is funny! And cute! And no, I won't be moving on soon from that, maybe 20 years more.” Jeno exclaimed, not minding Renjun’s deadly stare at him. “Well, you know how Renjun was an art student right? They were constantly bombarded with projects, left and right, Renjun was not an exemption.”
Jeno was still laughing even though there was nothing funny about what he was saying.
“Okay, I’ll stop laughing.” He said, clearing his throat. “So yes, let’s continue. I work as a part time barista in a coffee shop near the campus, and then one day he went in, walked right straight to the counter, and told me, ‘Give me the strongest coffee someone has ever ordered here.’"
Right now, Renjun’s face was as red as a tomato. A proof that he really is embarrassed by the story of how they first met.
“I was like ‘the fuck?’ but then he looked like he really needed it. His eyes are bloodshot, like he hasn't slept a day.” Jeno continued. “I gave him 6 shots of Iced Americano, no water, just ice, because that was the strongest coffee someone has ever ordered at the shop, for as far as I remember. As soon as he drank it, his face….”
With that Jeno burst into a full laughter.
“Stop it!” Renjun said, trying to get any object near him to throw towards a laughing Jeno.
“Okay, okay, I’ll just leave to your fans’ imagination on what happened next.” Jeno said defeatedly, still trying to stop himself from laughing. “I’ll read the next question, you go continue drawing me.”
The chats were filled with the fans begging Jeno to continue his story, but Jeno chose to ignore them. As much as Jeno still liked to continue with his story, Renjun’s glare is telling him to stop.
hrj323: ‘what do you like the most abt RJ?’
“What I like about Renjun…” Jeno paused for a minute before answering the question. “Injunnie is really cute, like ‘I wanna bite his cheeks’ cute, especially when he’s eating and angry. Like the face he made when he sipped that 6 shots of Iced Americano, no water, just ice....”
As soon as Jeno said that, Renjun looked at him with a poker face, cheeks puffed.
“That! That face!” Jeno pointed. “Ain’t he cute right now?”
The chats to Renjun’s stream were filled with messages, calling him cute and adorable and how they want to see Jeno pinch his cheeks.
injunlvr: ‘Jeno-sshi, plz pinch Renjun’s cheeks for us.’
“Oh! You want to see me pinch Injunnie’s cheeks?” Jeno asked the chat. “I wanna do it to, so let's go!”
“H-hey!” Renjun protested as he saw Jeno leaning towards him. “Don’t you dare, Jeno!”
“Injunnie doesn’t want it, what should we do?” Jeno asked the fans once again, giggling.
Jeno continued to answer more questions while Renjun was still drawing him. He did not notice that the time flew by fast. Seeing that Renjun was already halfway finished in his art, he asked him if he should order pizza or chicken for the both of them, since it’s already dinner time.
“Chicken….” Renjun replied without looking up at Jeno. “….and beer.”
After ordering what Renjun requested, Jeno continued answering questions from Renjun’s fans. He saw Renjun stretch his neck to release tension from drawing for too long.
“Tired?” He asked.
Renjun closed his eyes, nodding at the question. He signalled Jeno to massage his neck for a little bit to loosen the sore muscles he has.
As soon as Renjun felt Jeno’s hand on his neck, he sighed. “ -hungry, when’s the food coming?” He asked, sleepily.
Jeno checked his phone while still massaging Renjun’s neck. “In thirty more minutes.”
Renjun only hummed as an answer. Forgetting that they are still on live and that all of those were broadcasted to his fans.
rj_fan: ‘soooo, this is how a third wheel feels like huh.’
iluvart: ‘aaaaah my heart’s about to burst, y’all both cute! >-<’
yellowhuangs: ‘i want a boyfriend as sweet as jeno, anyone?’
hrj323: ‘@yellowhuangs hi, where’s the application form?’
Renjun fell asleep with Jeno still massaging his neck. As soon as Jeno stopped moving his hands along Renjun’s neck, the smaller one opened his eyes slightly, eyes looking for Jeno.
“I’m here.” Jeno said softly, as he caressed Renjun’s hair. Renjun reached out for Jeno’s hand to hold, and Jeno gladly held onto it. It only took less than a minute before Renjun fell back asleep again, now while holding Jeno’s hand tightly.
Seeing Renjun’s cute pout and squishy cheeks while sleeping, Jeno can’t help himself but kiss Renjun’s forehead.
Remembering that they were still on live, Jeno stood up quickly and addressed the fans.
“I’m sorry guys but I think Renjun fell asleep?” Jeno told the fans, his face now visible to the camera. “I might have to cut the stream now. Please wait for the announcement on Renjun’s instagram page for the compensation for today’s stream. Thank you for joining us today, and again I’m sorry.”
Series of ‘it’s okay!’ and ‘we understand’ flooded the chats. With one last wave to the camera, he shut the stream off. Once Jeno was sure that the stream was off, he brought his attention back to his sleeping boyfriend.
“Injun-ah, let’s get you to bed.” Jeno said, trying to wake Renjun up.
But due to exhaustion, Renjun did not budge. Jeno decided to just carry Renjun to their bed, so that his boyfriend can sleep comfortably.
Once Renjun was settled in their bed, he went back to the streaming table to fix and neaten everything up. While he was looking for the iPad charger, he heard Renjun call his name.
“Hmm?” He hummed as he make his way back to their bed.
“Cold…” Renjun sighed. “....c’mere”
“But I still need to fix the table.” Jeno replied, but is now trying to fit himself into Renjun's arms.
“....do it later” Renjun replied sleepily, while tightening his arms around his boyfriend.
After a long minute of silence, Jeno felt his eyelids getting heavier. He felt Renjun kiss the crown of his head.
“Thank you for today…” was what Jeno last heard before he let himself fall asleep.