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"When do you plan to confess?" Jeno's question snapped on Jaemin's head. He has been liking his own best friend for 2 years, Lee Haechan.
"What do you mean? Why would I? What did I even do?" Jaemin is still pretending that he doesn't have any feelings for his own best friend. Jeno laughed it off and hits Jaemin on the head that made Jaemin glare at him.
"Stop pretending! I know you, I'm not as dense as Haechan." Jaemin sighed, 'damn it, Jeno knows me and gets me every time.'
"Fine, I do. But I don't want to break our friendship or make everything awkward.. It's just he's all I have and I can't bare the thought of... lo-loosing him." Jaemin faced his shoes and placed a palm in his face, rethinking all of his life decisions, while Jeno tapped the younger's shoulder.
"Eh, it's worth the risk.. knowing Haechan. He wouldn't even mind you liking him, he might just boast around about it."
"Still..."
"It's on you Jaemin, if you want to hurt yourself everyday. Maybe one day, you'll watch him fall in love with somebody and that somebody isn't you."
After having that talk with Jeno, Jaemin couldn't take Haechan off his mind. He can't even act normal and knowing that he would meet his best friend this afternoon troubles him more. 'I don't think I can face him, not after just admitting my feelings on myself.'
"Jaemin! My best friend, I missed you." Haechan jumped on Jaemin. It caught Jaemin off guard, they're usually doing this but it's not going to be the same for Jaemin.
"Sunshine you're too excited. I know you missed my handsome face."
"Shut up, anyways I want to tell you something." Haechan became all blushy, Jaemin sensed something on what this is going to be about but oh God, he hopes it's not what he thinks. 'I hope he won't tell me that he starts liking someone.'
"I think I have a crush on Mark Lee."
'Motherfucker.'
Jaemin froze on his seat, eyeing his bestfriend. Feels like his heart just got stepped on hundred times, he feels so tensed. Well Mark Lee is just a varsity player and popular with both genders, Jaemin knows he can't compete with that guy he is no match for him.
"Hello? Earth to Jaemin? Why are you not reacting? am I ugly? He won't like me doesn't he?" Jaemin scoff, he thinks the 'ugly' part question doesn't make any sense. He think Haechan is the most prettiest person like has he seen his self on the mirror.
"Where did that question even came from. You're not ugly and surely he'll like you." Jaemin can hear a crack from his heart after just saying those words.
Jaemin gave out a pretty smile assuring Haechan that he's not ugly and gave him a rub on the back. Well Jaemin is not very affectionate but his mind is filled with so much words that it can make into an essay why Haechan is not ugly. His afraid to open his mouth, he might pour his heart out.
"Thank you Jaemin, love you." Haechan gave an innocent look on Jaemin and placed his head on the shoulder of the younger.
They were always saying 'I love you' to each other since like forever but after Jaemin realizing he likes his bestfriend it's the first time Jaemin felt butterflies on his stomach, heart beating fast, and fighting the urge to hold the latter's hand.
"Haechan come on, just talk to Mark. It ain't that hard." They are in the basketball court, it's the varsities training and Jaemin's pushing Haechan to ask Mark out on a date. Dumb right?
"Give me a reason why I should?" Haechan meets Jaemin's eyes that is unusually not as happy as before or not as bright as what it should be.
"Hmm because you like him? I don't want you to be a hopeless romantic." Jaemin wants to throw up, he can't believe he's helping his crush to go on a date with someone else that isn't him.
"Fine."
Haechan took a steps leaving Jaemin behind, Jaemin watched his best friend to make his way and approach the guy with green hair looking good with the varsity uniform. He sees how Haechan tapped the shoulder of Mark that made the older to blush, and he saw how Haechan opened his mouth forming words 'can we go on a date later 7pm?' and the other nodded for a yes. After that, Haechan looked for Jaemin and smiled mouthing a 'success'. Jaemin smiled bitterly but he always think that 'as long as Haechan's happy then I'm happy.'
"You're so fucking stupid and dumb Na Jaemin." Jeno screamed at Jaemin when the younger just told everything that happened. Jeno has his palms on his head trying to calm himself down.
"I know, okay. But as long as-"
"Yea as long as Haechan's happy. But how about you? Are you happy?"
Once again, Jeno made a point. He hates it, he hates that Jeno is never wrong with his feelings but he just can't resist Haechan and he's scared of loosing him. But he might just loose his own self in the process.
"That was the best date ever!" Haechan excitedly said while telling Jaemin all the details on his date with Mark. Jaemin painfully listened on how they shared one bottle on drinking soda, how Haechan blushed every time he feels Mark's hands brushing onto his hands. That made him want to d!e but he forcefully put a smile on his face.
"Told you it's worth it!"
"Thank you Jaemin." Haechan held Jaemin's hands making him gulp and nervously sweat.
"For what?" Haechan took a pause and took a deep breath.
"For just being there." Of course, Jaemin's ain't gonna leave him if only Haechan knows that.
Jaemin's packing his things for a 2 day trip since Haechan asked him to spend the New Year and New Year's eve with him in the beach. Since the older thought he hasn't hang out a lot with Jaemin days and feels like Jaemin has been distant this days which is true, Jaemin hopes that Haechan didn't notice that he has been avoiding him for weeks hoping the feelings would go away. But the opposite happened and just made him miss Haechan like crazy.
"Jaemin come on!"
Jaemin went inside the car, with Haechan turning the radio on with some Taylor Swift songs. When he tries to run away from his feelings but just hearing the sweet like honey voice of Haechan.
Haechan sings his heart out 'you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyesss' and Jaemin forgot that he has been staring for so long and has a big smile on his face, he enjoys Haechan's company so much.
Haechan caught him staring and they stared at each other little longer than usual. To be honest, at that time Haechan felt like something jumped out of his heart but he neglects it and just put his eyes on the road. After that moment of stare the car turned silent and Taylor Swift's Lover started to play.
'What the hell... why am I feeling this? I want to kill the fucking radio.' Haechan's thoughts.
Until they arrived the beach. It was 4 hours before the New Year, they unpacked their things fast to be able to prepare for the upcoming New Year.
"Haechan it's cold. Wear my jacket."
"What about you?" Jaemin taking off his jacket and placing on Haechan's shoulders.
"Don't worry about me."
They both take their time playing and walking on the sand like little children. Run here, run over there. And the more they do all of this the more Jaemin realizes that he's just falling too deep to his best friend. That comes to point where he just doesn't care anymore, Jeno's voice surrounds his head when he sees Haechan laughing like a kid and throws his head back when he sees something funny.
It's 30 seconds before the New Year, currently in front of the ocean because of the fireworks event that is about to happen. Everyone in the people on the beach are starting to countdown and Haechan is jumping beside Jaemin while the younger starts to bite his lower lips, removing the skin of his lips because of nervousness. 20 seconds to 2022 'Fuck it'.
"Lee Haechan!" Jaemin shouted and Haechan looked at him surprised and weirdly. Haechan grabbed Jaemin's hands and caressed it.
"What's wrong?" Jaemin held Haechan's hand, intertwined them.
"I think I'm-" People counting 10, 9, 8,7...
'I'm in love with you!" Jaemin shouted with a nervous face staring at Haechan.
Haechan is smiling and cupped Jaemin's face "I know, and me too."
Everyone screamed Happy New Year! Fireworks started lighting up on the sky and the little kids with their noisy trumpets toys, while Haechan dived in for a kiss with Jaemin.
Haechan kissed Jaemin, making Jaemin shocked but in few seconds he also kissed back. Wrapping his arms on Haechan's waist and Haechan's hands climbed on Jaemin's hair and gently strokes into his hair, they have smiles on their faces. Haechan parted his lips giving Jaemin the signal to deepen the kiss, no one dared to pull away. Kissing like there's no tomorrow and savored each other.
"How did you know?" Jaemin still holding Haechan by his waist.
"Since you avoided me, I missed you like crazy and I know you too! Don't you ever do that again." Jaemin laughed and pulled Haechan into another kiss.
"How about Mark?" Jaemin sulks and pretends to be jealous, Haechan pinched Jaemin's nose.
"He likes Jeno." Jaemin's eyes enlarged and gasped.
"He likes WHO NOW?!" Haechan laughed on how Jaemin reacted.
"Happy new year, my boyfriend."
"Boyfriends?" Jaemin's eyes twinkled.
"Mhmm."
"I love you, happy new year baby."
"Congrats love birds, I knew it! You also love Jaemin I knew it! All of those stares, I'm a genius." Jeno stated while cheering with all his heart and the couple just laughing at him.