caught up (m)
→ members: jung jaehyun and na jaemin (ft. make a wish line)
→ genre: angst, smut
→ playlist: temptations x ryan trey, kiss it better x rihanna, gave your love away x majid jordan, don’t x bryson tiller, wicked games x kiana ledé
→ word count: 16k
→ warnings: toxic relationships (oc is dumb in love & delusional for a while), cheating, manipulation, codependency, unhealthy coping mechanisms, trifling friends, a glimpse of oral, unprotected sex (let’s be safe irl pls), praise, etc. | oc is basically chaotic neutral
↳summary: Jaemin is all that you want, all that you need, no matter what. But lines get a bit blurry when you’re introduced to his friends.
“And then he almost busted his ass right in front of her.”
Lucas is embarrassing Shotaro by animatedly telling the story of how Shotaro was trying to be smooth and spit game, yet failed. The man of the hour rolls his eyes, laughing along with everyone else in the kitchen nonetheless, because Lucas is an amazing storyteller.
“I wish y’all could’ve seen the look on her face, oh my God.”
Jaehyun chuckles, shaking his head, but he’s a bit distracted by his curiosity.
Lightly hitting Doyoung on the arm to get his attention, he leans into his friend’s side to quietly ask: “Do you know her?”
You’re leaned against the countertop, chest resting atop your folded arms, not much of your body or outfit shown from his angle aside from the brown turtleneck and the gold jewelry on your wrists, neck, and ears. Completely engaged in what the tall male is telling everyone, you smile and nod, nose scrunching when you laugh.
“Nope,” Doyoung answers with a shrug. “She’s pretty, though.”
Jaehyun scoffs. “She’s gorgeous.”
Before Doyoung can say anything else, Jaemin walks up behind you, hands on your hips. You stand and press your back against his chest, your smile getting more sedated and eyes drooping a little as you rest the back of your head on Jaemin’s shoulder. He whispers something into your ear, lips brushing against the lobe, and then you’re rolling your eyes, the curve of your lips never dropping.
Doyoung really does try to keep his laughter in. Jaehyun side-eyes his friend when things get more intimate, Jaemin kissing your temple. Feels like he’s intruding at this point.
“Wait,” Doyoung says, head tilted. “Aren’t you and-”
“It’s complicated.”
Taeyong, who’s been sitting on the other side of Jaehyun, rolls his eyes. “There’s nothing complicated about her being in love with you and you just using her for sex and companionship, Jaehyun.”
He has a point. Jaehyun has love for her and truly does enjoy her company, so that’s where his friend is wrong, but Jaehyun is kind of stringing her along with how he’s made it clear their bond is too toxic to ever be official again. Yet his actions contradict that. He is very aware that it isn’t healthy, especially for her, but it’s their thing.
“That’s fucked up.”
And if Doyoung of all people is saying something is fucked up, you know it really is.
It is what it is, though.
—
A pair of hands gently grab onto your hips from behind, pulling you back a little, and you stand to full height, melting into your boyfriend. The back of your head against his shoulder gives Jaemin the perfect opportunity to dip down and whisper in your ear, so as not to interrupt Lucas.
“Still doing alright?” Jaemin asks after coming back from the bathroom, pressing his body flush against your back.
For this being your first time meeting his group of friends, you’re doing fine. You didn’t really know what to expect, but you figured they’d be fun to be around since your boyfriend spends most of his free time with them. At first you didn’t want to involve outsiders for a while because it typically gets messy when other people get involved, but yesterday Jaemin told you his friends wanted to come over and watch the game, and it was decided that it was a good time to finally step into his world and you’d stay to meet them. Admittedly, a bit of pride swelled in your chest at the two of you taking your relationship to the next level. To be shown off, in a sense, to the people Jaemin cares a lot about, whose opinions Jaemin values.
It means a lot, especially since things were a bit rough between the two of you a couple weeks ago.
“Yeah, I’m good.” You nod slightly. “I’m having a good time.”
“You wanna finish what they interrupted once they leave?” The blond asks quietly, his soft lips brushing against your ear. You roll your eyes, but still hum in affirmation, to which he laughs at and kisses your temple.
When you tune back into the conversation around you, the story is finished and Shotaro is talking about how his trip back home was. Your eyes wander around, taking in the amount of friends your boyfriend has, and you make eye contact with one of the guys you haven’t heard a peep out of as he’s moving his brown hair out of his eyes. He doesn’t look away, and when you don’t either, his eyebrow lifts.
This is a very attractive friend group.
You nod in lieu of a greeting, to which he grins at before returning the gesture. The guy next to him says something that wipes the grin right off of his handsome face, eyes no longer on you in favor of glaring at his friend. At the break of contact you rejoin the conversation, playing with your boyfriend’s hand and laughing at how the friends all bicker with one another.
“Hey!” A pretty woman with short, dark hair greets after opening the door Jaemin just knocked on. A quick hug between the two is exchanged and when her eyes fall on you she’s smiling wide. “You’re gorgeous, wow. I’m Yeri. Come in!”
You introduce yourself as you kick your Crocs off, then you’re led into the living room to join everyone else. Greetings are exchanged and you get a hug from the red-head you recall being Doyoung’s girlfriend.
Apparently, Jaemin’s friends enjoyed your company and they’d requested you come along to their next game night. Jaemin did his best to persuade you, telling you how the other girlfriends always tag along and how you’d get along with them well, especially since you said you wanted more girly friends and they always go get their nails and lashes done together and so on and so forth. And now here you are.
Jaemin leaves you in the living room to go get the two of you some drinks to catch up since you’d arrived almost an hour late and the red-head plops down next to you.
“Your outfit is so cute,” she gushes, her hand gesturing you from head to toe. “I just love your vibe. Do you mind me asking where you shop?”
Yeri ends up on the other side of who you now know is Joy and conversation flows nicely, even after Jaemin reappears with your drink. He gets sucked into the game Xiaojun is playing, and you guess everyone isn’t here yet because there’s a huge untouched handmade board game in the middle of the floor, little playing pieces to the side, and plastic shot cups on the other side.
You’ve been sipping from your red plastic cup slowly, and halfway into it, two more people walk into the living room. Doyoung and the other guy that came to Jaemin’s. You never caught his name.
They walk in your direction and both women stand up, Joy reaching for Doyoung and Yeri reaching for the brunet. You put the pieces together on who is in a relationship with who since the details weren’t given to you by Jaemin earlier.
“Hey,” the brunet greets you after a quick hug and kiss with Yeri and she’s made her way to the kitchen with the couple, his voice deep and smooth. He takes Joy’s seat. “I forgot to introduce myself last time. I was high as hell.”
“You’re always high as hell,” Jaemin snorts.
Jaehyun side-eyes your boyfriend for a brief second before his attention is back on you.
“Jaehyun.” He sticks his hand out for you, and you grab it, just barely shaking it as you give him your name. His thumb rubs the back of your hand, even after you’re done shaking it. “Sorry, your hands are just really soft.”
You smile politely and thank him, slowly removing your hand from his hold, now using both to hold your cup. Something about his presence makes you breathe a little heavier. You’re not intimidated nor uncomfortable, but his gaze does make your heart beat a little faster.
“She makes her own lotion and shea butter,” Jaemin informs him on your behalf, half paying attention to the interaction, half trying to beat Xiaojun at the basketball game they’re playing. “You should get some for Yeri since her birthday is coming up.”
It’s hard to read the look on Jaehyun’s face when he glances at your boyfriend for a short moment again, but it disappears just as soon as it appeared when he’s looking at you.
“Got a website I can look at?” he asks, body now completely facing you as he pulls his phone out.
“I do.” You nod. “And most of my reviews are on Instagram if you wanna look at those.”
The brunet hands you his phone to type in your business page’s handle.
“Go ahead and follow yourself, too.”
You go to your business page and tap follow before handing him his phone back with your website on the screen. His fingers brush against your own as he takes his device back–which he does slowly–and the look in his eye is curious.
Jaehyun licks his lips before finally paying attention to the phone in his hand, and at the break of contact you find yourself exhaling a bit harder than usual.
Throughout the duration of the night, you catch Jaehyun’s eye. When everyone clinks shot glasses before downing the burning liquid. When you’re simply chilling on your phone, and especially during the smoke session.
When you’re in the kitchen looking for a non-alcoholic drink, Jaehyun walks in, heading straight to the pantry.
“You know,” you begin, waiting until he turns his head to you, “you have a staring problem.”
The slight grin on your face shows him you’re saying it lightheartedly, so he chuckles, grabbing a bag of pretzels before giving you his full attention.
“You don’t seem to mind.” He glances in the direction of everyone else still in the living room before going back to you. “You give me a cute little smile when you catch me.”
“It’s polite to smile when you make eye contact with someone, Jaehyun.”
“It’s hard not to admire you,” Jaehyun admits, opening the bag and leaning against the wall. “But if it makes you uncomfortable, I’ll never look at you again.”
You snort at how monotonous the dramatic statement is said and roll your eyes.
“I’m not uncomfortable, I just feel like you’re also trying to figure me out.”
“And if I am?”
You lift a brow and take a much needed sip of cranberry juice. “I’d say good luck. And be careful because your girlfriend is already staring at us.”
He checks and confirms that Yeri is indeed tuned into the conversation that she can’t hear from this distance, then laughs like he’s not surprised.
“It’s innocent,” he claims before popping a pretzel into his mouth. “Everyone knows how I am around new people.”
“And how’s that?”
“Observant.”
You believe it. But it’s clearly a bit deeper than that.
“Well,” you exhale, standing up straight to take your leave. “I hope you don’t get too bored with your… observing.”
It’s not creepy. Not overbearing.
It would be subtle if it weren’t for how often you meet his eye.
Honestly, it’s kind of cute.
Scrolling through your notifications after a much needed nap, a follow as well a message request from user _jeongjaehyun on your personal account catches your attention.
A few of the girls followed you the last time you were with them so you don’t think too hard about it. You follow him back.
hey love. i’d like to put in an order for a couple of lotions if possible
Hey Jaehyun, you can put in the order through that account.
Jaehyun reads the message before you can swipe out of the message thread, so you just wait as he types his response.
my hands will be as soft as yours, right?
You roll your eyes, letting out an amused exhale.
Become a regular customer and you’ll see.
If you have any more questions, ask on the other account.
yes ma’am
Soon after, you get a message on your business account from him.
do you deliver or prefer pick ups?
I deliver. I don’t let strangers know where I live lol.
The answers to most of his questions are on your website, but you let him slide. You don’t have anything to do other than a homework assignment that’s due at 11:59 tonight, but you don’t plan on looking at that document for another few hours.
You sit up against your headboard to look through your DMs and answer other people’s questions.
would you consider me a stranger?
I would.
But not in a stranger danger way since you’re friends with Jaemin.
Idk I think we’ll be friends soon
You raise your brow at his message, but wait for him to finish typing his next one.
I fwu
all of us do
You double tap the last message.
That’s good to know. Lmk if you have any more questions about the lotions.
You whine, throwing a quiet, mini temper tantrum.
Why the hell do you have to take Statistics twice for a Psychology degree? And why did you have to leave your calculator in your room?
But in the midst of your tantrum, you remember Jaemin has that TI 84 calculator app on his phone when you see the device charging.
“Babe!” you call out to him in the kitchen, pushing yourself out of the desk chair to walk to his bed. “Can I use that calculator app on your phone really quickly?”
“Yeah, go ahead!” he responds loudly. “And dinner will be ready in like 10 minutes.”
“Okay, thank you!”
His phone is on 87 percent, which is enough in your book, so you unplug it and plop back into the chair, lifting the device up to your face to unlock it.
You swipe out of the app that’s already opened to get to the app you need, but a bell with a line crossed through it on a message thread catches your eye before the app is gone. There’s a quick internal battle that takes place, part of you wants to respect his privacy, another part reminds you that the last time you looked through his phone to find something, you found exactly what you were looking for. Your brain knows your heart wouldn’t be able to handle bad news right now, especially since the two of you have been doing so well after last time, and your gut tells you that you won’t be happy with what you find.
But the opportunity has presented itself to you a little too perfectly.
You open his messages back up, and right at the top is his muted message thread with Yeri. With your heart already pounding in your chest, you tap it.
Jaemin: Sometimes i wish we had more time
Yeri: it’s okay jaems, we’re still good friends
Jaemin: but I can’t help but wonder what it would’ve been like
Yeri: That’s understandable. You never know what the future holds
You have a cool gf now, though.
You recall a conversation from months ago, where he admitted to hooking up with one of his close friends a few times, but you didn’t care to ask questions on specifics, especially when it was before the two of you became official. But now you’re putting the pieces together, and you don’t know if you want to throw his phone at the wall or cry.
The timestamps show this conversation took place right after he came back from her and Seulgi’s apartment earlier, and you don’t have to scroll up to see more of the conversation to know the context. That last message rubs you the wrong way, and the fact he had opened the message but didn’t respond a couple hours ago only furthers the bad feeling.
He had time to before you came over.
You make your way to the kitchen, his phone still in hand, and lean against the counter. Jaemin turns to say something, but you speak up before he gets the chance.
“What exactly is it that you wish you had more time for?”
He tilts his head in confusion. “Huh?”
You open his phone and read, “‘Sometimes I wish we had more time.’ More time for what, Jaemin?”
Panic flashes in his eyes before he composes himself.
“I was just reminiscing about how the group’s dynamic was last year.”
You nod with a hum. “Before me, right?”
He’s choosing his words carefully and taking an awfully long time to do so, which only further confirms what your gut is telling you.
“When all of us could chill with no limitations.”
“She’s the one you fucked, isn’t she?”
You sound insecure and you hate it. But this is the third time he’s put you in a situation where another woman has made you question how Jaemin actually feels about you.
“What?”
You almost mock him, but you control your pettiness. “The friend you told me you fucked. It’s Yeri.”
“Why are you bringing up the past?”
You really hoped you were wrong.
Cutting your eyes at his attempt to flip the script, you drop his phone down onto the countertop carelessly. “Why exactly did you have to mute the conversation?”
“I knew if you saw it you’d think it was something it wasn’t, so I just wanted to avoid it.”
You’re the one tilting your head now, trying to see how that makes even a little bit of sense. Especially when this isn’t the first time you’ve come across muted conversations. It just hits a little harder this time because you’ve been around Yeri multiple times and would consider her an acquaintance at this point. And because you haven’t had (or at least listened to) a gut feeling in a while.
“So instead of just not having the conversation, you decided to hide it. Once again.”
You don’t understand how such simple concepts fail to stick with him. You shouldn’t have to constantly repeat yourself when it comes to voicing what bothers you. Sneaky conversations that one feels the need to hide from their significant other falls under the category of cheating. It’s not rocket science.
“Why do you keep going through my phone?” he tries again. You laugh darkly.
You don’t even bother to respond, you just walk to his room to grab your stuff. He’s hot on your heels the whole way when he realizes flipping the situation on you won’t work this time.
“It really isn’t like that. We were all talking about it when I went over earlier. Just reminiscing about all the late nights and get-togethers but that doesn’t take away from the present.”
“Well,” you laugh, packing your laptop and textbook. “You never know what the future holds.”
“Baby don’t be like that.” Jaemin tries to stop you from gathering your belongings but you dodge his touch as if it would burn your skin. His body blocks his door, hands out as he practically begs you to hear him out. You’re tired of hearing him out and there’s no way in hell you’re staying with him tonight like you two originally planned.
You find yourself at the gym, not quite ready to go back home because you know you’ll cry as soon as your head hits the pillow. So you’re using up the rest of your energy here so you’ll be too tired to even shed when you get back home.
“Not to give unsolicited advice,” you hear a familiar voice say in your direction as you squat down. “but if you’re doing RDLs, your form is off.”
You look at Jaehyun, standing up straight. You regret not stopping by your place to grab your earphones. “What’s off?”
The attitude is strong in your voice and you don’t mean to direct it to him, but why now of all times does he want to cross paths with you at the gym. You’ve literally never seen him here in the three years you’ve attended this university, yet when you’re emotionally fucked up over your boyfriend, his friend who just so happens to be dating the woman who’s also the reason for your mood is here.
“A lot,” he so graciously explains. “I can show you the right form, if you want.”
You almost say no because you don’t want anything to do with Jaemin or anyone he’s associated with right now, but having the wrong form can lead to unpleasant results. Even in your emotional state, you can weigh the importance in matters. You shrug.
You haven’t been seeing the results you expected after two weeks of trying this exercise, since the TikTok girlies rave over it.
And, he’s just trying to help. He isn’t his girlfriend nor your boyfriend.
Jaehyun steps into your bubble of personal space. “Gonna touch you to show you. Cool?”
You nod.
“You sure? You look like you wanna throw a weight at my head,” he jokes, but continues nonetheless.
“Yeah,” you sigh,“ just one of those days.”
His hand presses in between your shoulder blades, his touch cool on your burning skin. “Roll your shoulders back.” You do as told, the hand sliding down slowly to the middle of your lower back. “Your back was too arched, straighten it and tighten your core– yeah like that. You working on glutes?”
Another nod.
“Slightly bend your knees, but keep your posture.” Jaehyun continues to guide you, hand slipping further down to your ass. You look at him through the mirror and he meets your eye before he’s stepping back once you’re positioned correctly. Confusion rises when his hand stays at the level of your butt–thumb up, mid air, a good few steps away. “Push back into my hand.”
“You want me to push my ass into your hand?”
“Yeah.” There’s a silent stare-off through the mirror. “You want to fuck your back up?”
Without a word, you position your weights and push back until you touch his hand, then rise back up to bent knees and a neutral spine. You do it several more times, going slower at the push back when he advises you to do so, and you already feel the difference. There’s a slight burn in your glutes rather than your thighs now and you don’t feel like you’re straining your back.
You finish your rep, Jaehyun having moved his hand away halfway through in favor of eyeing your form.
“Feel better?”
“Yeah,” you nod. “Thanks.”
He nods back, eyes still glued to your body. He’s very clearly checking you out from the back, you feel and see him doing so.
“Let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with. I’ll be over there,” he says, pointing to the bench press area. “I can be a listening ear or even a shoulder to lean on.”
He takes his leave and you’re left feeling warm and confused at the better mood you’re in from the short interaction.
Weak.
That’s the best way to describe you, especially right now.
But what else would you do in this very moment, other than pull your boyfriend closer with the hand that’s threaded in his hair, tilting your head to the side to offer him more skin to kiss.
“I’m sorry baby,” Jaemin says for the third time since you opened your door and let him in your apartment. His lips are so gentle on your neck, brushing against your sweet spot. “I wasn’t thinking. It won’t happen again.”
“You promise?” you ask shakily, eyes closing when his teeth softly nip you.
He hums. “Promise. I only want you.”
You wrap both arms around his neck, allowing yourself to be lifted and carried to your bedroom, legs wrapped around Jaemin’s waist. You shower the side of his face in kisses, elated to hear those words come out of your boyfriend’s mouth.
“Really?”
The blond sets you down on your bed, eyes wide and seeming so sincere as he looks down at your seated, awaiting form.
“Let me show you.”
You nod. “Okay.”
Communication was close to nothing today, just him texting you an apology and telling you he loves you before asking if he could stop by to pick up his shoes he left over at your place the other day. You handed them to him as soon as you opened the door, not wanting to see him for long because you knew his presence would interrupt your thoughts about what happened a couple days ago. Jaemin is your weakness, he’s who you crave even when he’s the cause of your sadness and anger.
Hands reached out for him, you cup his face and slant your lips over his when he bends down to your level. The bed dips as his knees sink into the mattress to get close to you, to lay you down and hover over you.
His touch relieves any stress built up within you. His voice soothes any anxiety you feel.
It’s so easy to forgive him when he’s kissing down your body until he gets to the apex of your thighs, pulling your panties off, throwing your legs over his shoulders, and indulging in your taste. When he makes you shiver and come on his tongue.
When he looks down at you with so much desire as he lines his tip up with your entrance.
“Only you, baby,” Jaemin repeats, pushing in with a hiss. “So tight. How could I want anyone else?”
You moan at his promise and praise, making grabby hands at him to bring him into you, to hold him close and tight to you as he thrusts into you. He settles on one forearm by your head before he takes hold of your hip, fingers gripping tightly.
“You mean it?” you whimper in his ear, threading your fingers in his hair.
Jaemin buries his face in your neck, losing himself in the feeling of your walls.
“I don’t need anyone else.” His hips move quicker, the sound of his skin slapping against yours louder than the noises slipping from you. “You don’t need anyone else.”
Your brow furrow in confusion.
Since the moment you met him, you never wanted anyone else. He’s had all of your attention since that night a mutual acquaintance introduced the two of you. He’s had most of your time. All you’ve ever wanted was him, his attention. His love.
“I only need you,” you say around a moan. “You– shit. Jaemin you know that.”
“Just me?”
You nod fast, breath hitching. The force behind his thrusts gets more intense at your validation and all you can do is nod, taking the onslaught of pleasure.
It should just be Jaemin and you.
“You look good in green.”
You raise a brow at the intruding voice, not needing to turn around to know who said it and how you’re being looked at.
“Thanks,” you deadpan.
A deep chuckle sounds closer than his compliment and you look boredly into his eyes when he appears in front of you, on the other side of the kitchen island.
“You don’t fuck with me,” The quirk of your glossy lips steals his attention for a second, you notice. “Have I done something?”
You definitely ignored him the few couple times you crossed paths with him on campus. And didn’t care to play it off like you just didn’t notice him. The situation at the gym wasn’t much, but it was enough.
The touching, the staring. The fact you actually enjoyed it instead of stopping it and just telling him to leave.
It felt like a betrayal to your boyfriend, even after what happened thirty minutes prior to seeing Jaehyun. Even after multiple instances of your boyfriend being overly friendly and attention seeking with other women, and disrespecting your relationship.
The guilt made you pretend Jaehyun didn’t exist. If you saw him while walking, no you didn’t.
And you chalked it up to just enjoying the external validation. It’s nice to know you’re still sought after while in a relationship, especially when the man you’re with has a habit of admiring women outside of what the two of you have.
But you’re not petty. Not one to try and get even. If you forgive Jaemin and accept his apology, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that after seeing how badly his actions hurt you, he won’t do it again.
Every relationship has its ups and downs. What you’re experiencing is normal. You’ve seen worse. Your parents’ and siblings’ relationships have suffered so much more.
Plus, Jaemin’s young. A couple years younger than you. He’s going to fuck up and he deserves grace. You love each other.
“Jaehyun,” you start, putting your phone down to give him the attention he clearly wants from you right now. “I don’t want to play this game.”
You’re not in the mood. The only reason you’re here at Lucas’ place with everyone is because you told him you’d be there for his pre-birthday celebration and you’re not one to go back on your word. Even when you and your boyfriend aren’t on the best of terms because of a dumb argument that took place earlier. You stepped away from everyone so you could regroup with yourself and continue to put on your best face. Not to have a one on one with Jaemin’s friend who clearly wants you and doesn’t care about any of the relationships or friendships involved between the two of you.
Jaehyun has the audacity to put on a confused expression, but that unimpressed look on his face seems to never disappear. “What game?”
“You have a girlfriend.” You remind him instead of doing exactly what you just said you wouldn’t do, settling your forearms on the marble to lean against it. The brunet mirrors your position, his hand almost touching your own and face a lot closer than it should be. You hate to admit it, but he smells amazing.
“Not really.”
And if you had any doubts about what was so clearly obvious, his response definitely wiped them out. “Am I really that tempting?”
He grins. “Guess I’m not as slick as I thought I was.”
From the unfiltered stares of appreciation to the amount of compliments he’s given you since you were introduced, you both know he wasn’t trying to be slick. Not to mention you’ve yet to hear him compliment any of the other women in the friend group as much, including his girlfriend. It’s unclear if Jaemin is just blind to how Jaehyun basically undresses you with his eyes right in front of him, to how Shotaro always finds himself next to you, subtly flirting, or to Lucas always giving you lingering hugs. Or maybe your boyfriend is aware and just doesn’t care because he trusts his friends. Knowing Jaemin, though, if he’s aware of it all, it gives his Leo ass an ego boost.
“You weren’t trying to be slick, Jaehyun.” And if he was, you’d hate to see what him being obvious is like.
“You’re right,” he nods slowly. “I really wasn’t.”
There’s no denying he’s handsome and his laid back nature is cool to be around, and you’re sure he pulls a lot of women off of those two details alone, but you’re literally his friend’s girlfriend.
“Is the whole friend group this triflin’?”
Jaehyun rubs his lips together, chuckling dryly. “You’d be surprised.”
You don’t think you’d be. You had a feeling with the lack of subtlety. Putting it all into perspective, though, it makes you wonder.
But you don’t want to entertain the question that pops into your brain.
This is why you don’t do friend groups.
“Fucking me isn’t worth your relationship or friendship with Jaemin.”
He looks like he wants to laugh, and that further annoys you.
“Do Jaemin and I seem close to you?” They don’t. You’ve seen them interact, but you can’t remember ever just seeing the two of them together. Lucas or Xiaojun have always been with them, if not the whole group. “And again, I do not have a girlfriend.”
“You may not have a girlfriend,” you point to him before pointing to yourself, “but I have a boyfriend who is literally a room away. I’m not getting in the middle of a piss war or filling a void for you.”
He lets out an amused exhale. “That’s what you think this is?”
“I don’t give a fuck what this is,” you tell him irritably, grabbing your belongings, now ready to go back into the living room. You just wanted a little break from interacting with everyone but you could barely get it. “I won’t be a part of it.”
Jaehyun puts his hands up, surrendering, and you take that as your cue to leave the kitchen.
—
“Wow,” Lucas whistles as he opens his front door after someone knocks. “Since when do you have this much time to be around us?”
You glance up and Jaehyun is side-eyeing Lucas while he kicks his shoes off. When you see his head turning in your direction, you look at Joy, taking the blunt she holds out for you.
While scrolling through your explore page, a notification of a new direct message appears at the top of your phone. From _jeongjaehyun.
can I talk to you in the kitchen rq?
You keep scrolling.
Until you get another message from the same person.
I want to apologize.
please?
You take a glance at Jaemin, whose attention is on rolling a blunt.
“Hey,” you whisper, tapping Shotaro’s arm. “Is it cool if I get a water bottle?”
He nods, blowing smoke in the opposite direction. “Cold in the fridge, room temp in the pantry.”
What can you say? Your curiosity won. You want to see what kind of apology the brunet will deliver, if it’s sincere.
Thanking him quietly, you stand up and make your way to the kitchen to get a bottle out of the pantry. A few sips in, Jaehyun finally steps in, getting a cold water bottle from the fridge. You simply stare at him until he says something, and he does the same. And even after last time’s interaction, his elevator eyes don’t make you uncomfortable.
“Even though I meant everything I said last time,” he begins, twisting the cap off. You almost laugh. This is off to a great start. “I wasn’t thinking about the position it put you in and it was fucked up.”
“It was,” you agree, leaning against the pantry door.
“I apologize for that. I fuck with you and wanted to shoot my shot, so I did,” Jaehyun explains, “but I know where you stand and I’m not trying to make you uncomfortable. I just wanna be friends.”
“No funny shit?”
“Scouts honor.”
Your brow raises. “You were a scout?”
“Absolutely not,” Jaehyun laughs.
“Then your word means shit,” you scoff, fighting a smile. It’s a half-assed apology in your book, but seeing how he communicates with everyone else, short and to the point unless he has some liquor in his system, you think it might be genuine. So you accept it. Plus, you like that he wanted to apologize in person and not over social media. ”But I’ll take it.”
“We good?” he asks skeptically before drinking half of his bottle in one go.
You hum in affirmation, moving your attention away from his Adam’s apple as he swallows. “We’re good.”
If you’re being honest, the main reason you decided to hear him out is because he’s popped up in your mind more times than you’d like to admit. You haven’t seen him since that night you shut him down, which was two weeks ago, and even though you stand on everything you said, there’s still some gravitational pull when it comes to Jaehyun. You enjoy his presence. There’s a safe, yet exciting feeling that he brings.
And ’friends’ is perfect.
“Now I can put my order in,” he says with a smile.
You suck your teeth. “The order you were supposed to put in like a month ago?”
“Hush. I’m getting to it.”
The two of you leave the kitchen laughing to yourselves and rejoin your respective partners, Jaehyun sitting at a bit of a distance yet still throwing an arm behind Yeri’s shoulder on the couch cushions, you cuddling into Jaemin, who’s been looking at you since you emerged from the kitchen.
Your boyfriend holds you close, hand drifting down to your ass to give a playful squeeze. You lightly hit his chest with a laugh before he dips down to give you a lingering kiss.
“Wanna leave early?” he asks in your ear.
“Why?” you ask, already knowing what the tone in his voice reflects. “What do you have in mind?”
“I’d just rather be with you, watching a movie right now.”
Your brows lift in surprise. You never thought you’d hear those words come out of his mouth. He loves being out and around with his friends.
“We can go now,” you tell him, making him laugh and sit up.
“Let’s go, then.”
Becoming friends with Jaehyun has been interesting. He’s blunt and short with his words most times, he’s got a nonchalant, cocky air to him, yet he’s still such a down to earth, kind of nerdy guy. After his apology, it was easy to click with him.
Oh, and he still has a staring problem.
If you’re in the same room or crossing paths around campus, Jaehyun always makes sure to catch your eye. He nods in acknowledgement most times, sometimes licking his lips before getting back to what he was doing, sometimes grinning a little. Sometimes walking with you to your destination if it isn’t out of the way of his own.
The worst part about it all, you’ve come to enjoy it.
You don’t mind when Jaehyun’s looking at you like you’re the only other person around him. You enjoy when he comes up to you to speak, greeting you, complimenting your appearance.
You didn’t mind the first time he leaned in for a hug when everyone got together at his apartment when he opened the door for you. And how every meeting since then has come with an embrace that momentarily leaves you stuck because whatever cologne he wears smells so good. He gives firm, tight hugs that let you know it’s not just a polite gesture, that he wants to wrap you in his arms and he enjoys it.
But you know you should mind it. You should care. You shouldn’t like it.
Which is why you initially set that boundary weeks ago before he apologized. You were being a good girlfriend.
There’s something about him, though. There’s a different side you’ve gotten to see recently. The way he speaks about aliens, after life, and conspiracy theories to you and Joy when you’re all high, in your own corner of wherever the group meets up that night while everyone else is on their phones or talking about superficial and trivial things.
Jaehyun’s the complete opposite of Jaemin. Down to their astrological signs.
He’s older, more mature, more authentic.
Each time you join your boyfriend in hanging out with everyone, you find yourself with Jaehyun and Joy, hardly paying attention to anyone else, mostly paying attention to the Aquarius.
The three of you have gotten pretty close outside of everyone else, much to your surprise. Sometimes in between classes you and Joy will get lunch together, and there are times when Jaehyun joins.
You’ve yet to be completely alone with him. But that’s about to change.
You knock on Jaehyun’s door, his order of lotion and shea butter in your hold. The door opens soon after, Jaehyun looking down at you with low, red eyes and a grin.
“About time.”
Rolling your eyes, you push the gift bag into his stomach. “Be happy I didn’t scam you.”
He wraps an arm around you and you lean into him, using your free arm to encircle his waist.
Taking the package out of your hold with his free hand as he releases you, he offers you the joint pinched between his fingers. “You coming in?”
An excuse to get back home is on the tip of your tongue because your brain is telling you it isn’t a good idea to be alone and high with the man before you, but you’re reaching out to grab it and stepping into his home anyway.
Jaemin is busy for most of the day with classes and basketball with Lucas and Shotaro, and all you’d be doing in your room is work or scrolling through social media.
“Wanna smoke in here or on the balcony?” he asks when you’ve made it to the living room.
“I’m surprised you didn’t offer your room,” you joke, taking a hit and making yourself comfortable on his couch. He follows suit, sitting unnecessarily close to you on his very big, very spacious sofa.
“I don’t smoke in my room but we could find something else to do if that’s where you wanna go.”
You hit his arm with hardly any force and he laughs, stealing the joint from you.
“Any plans for the rest of the day?” Jaehyun asks before taking a drag.
You hum, thinking. “I have an assignment due tonight but other than that, not really.”
“Do you wanna start this show with me then? I think you’d like it.” He pulls the show up on Netflix and you see it’s a show you’ve been meaning to watch, but keep pushing it aside. A show you asked Jaemin to start with you, but he wasn’t interested at all.
The show falls into the category of conversations that have been held between you and Jaehyun–plus Joy. It’s about a woman who resurfaces after she’d been missing for seven years and can miraculously see, despite being blind before her disappearance.
You nod, taking the joint back. “Yeah. I gotta leave by 5, though.”
“You could always do your assignment here,” Jaehyun offers.
Tempting. But you have to go to the library for this assignment.
“Maybe next time.”
He doesn’t push the matter. He just presses play and throws an arm around your shoulders, sinking into the cushions to get comfortable. You make yourself do the same, curling your legs to the empty side of you.
By the time the second episode is playing, you’re leaning into Jaehyun’s body subconsciously, the both of you so into what’s happening before you. The joint has been smoked, what remains of it sits in the ashtray on the side table. He mutters little comments and questions every once in a while, his deep voice lulling you into a space that you’re becoming too comfortable in.
“I have a bad feeling about that,” Jaehyun voices your exact thought.
You glance up at him in slow, exaggerated shock. “I was just about to say that.”
He laughs at your reaction, then there’s a silent stare off for a few beats that you can’t seem to pull away from. And just like that, you forget there’s a show that requires your attention playing ahead.
“You have really pretty eyes,” he compliments in such a gentle voice your gut turns.
“Thank you.”
His orbs go from your eyes, to your mouth, and back up to your eyes, and it’s so clear what’s going on in his brain. He doesn’t act on it, which you’re grateful for, letting you know that even with the suggestive jokes and less than platonic feelings he’s brought to your attention, he never crosses the line.
You’re grateful because you really don’t know if you’d have the will power to push him away.
Jaehyun looks at you in a way you’ve never experienced before. You can’t quite put your finger on what’s different, but you do recognize desire.
And you’re saved by the alarm you set earlier for 5 o’clock.
“You sure you can’t watch another episode before you leave?” Jaehyun asks, not letting you pull away to turn the alarm off just yet, his arm tightening around you. “Wanna spend some more time with you.”
“I’ve got a 5-page paper to write that I haven’t even written the title on,” you explain, touched by his confession. You sigh, getting out of his hold when the sound of the alarm becomes annoying. It’s not that you don’t want to stay here and binge the show. “I’m free Thursday after 3?”
Bit of a dangerous game to play, but you have enough self control. You just might not smoke the next time.
“I’ll see you Thursday after 3, then,” he agrees easily. “Let me walk you out.”
The hug he gives you before you get into your car lingers, both arms wrapping around your upper back and holding you close, a subtle side to side rock. With the side of your face flush to his chest, arms encircling his middle and hands flat against his back, feeling the way his muscles flex beneath your palms, you hum in contentment. Jaehyun really gives the best hugs.
“Thanks for watching the show with me,” he says before slowly peeling his body away.
“Thank you for asking me to.” It means a lot.
Jaehyun’s eyes flicker to your mouth as he licks his lips. “You should leave before I try to convince you to watch a couple more episodes with me.”
“Yeah,” you agree, backing up to open your car door. “I should leave before I’m convinced.”
With a grin, he nods. “Drive safe, pretty.”
His scent is still on you and strong when you’re driving back home to pick your laptop up. When you’re curled up in a solo booth typing away at your laptop. And a soft smile lingers throughout the whole night.
The sound of an Instagram message interrupts the music you’re playing as you fill in your eyebrow. With a sigh at the interruption in your flow, you peer over to see if it’s a potential new customer.
Instead, it’s on your main page from a user you’ve never seen before.
You tap it since you’re already here. And your heart drops to your stomach.
Hey girl. I wasn’t going to say anything but you seem like a nice person so I would feel bad if I didn’t. Your boyfriend has been in my dms for a while. And he came home with my roommate last night
The fact that you trust him when he says he’s out with the boys and make it a point to not check his location unless he’s running late to come see you makes you smile humorlessly to yourself. You’ve been fighting off that gut feeling to check, telling yourself it’s just your anxiety and trust issues. That you’re past that stage in your relationship. He’s committed solely to you now.
You blink at the message, reading it over a couple times before letting out a dry laugh. You don’t doubt her at all, but if you’re going to approach him about anything, you need proof. That way he can’t lie to you the way he’s done in the past.
Could you show me what he’s been saying?
A couple of minutes later, a few screenshots are sent to you. They consist of Jaemin swiping up with heart eyes emojis as well as the exasperated emoji, him asking for her Snapchat and her asking ‘don’t you have a girlfriend?’ to which he replied honestly to, and her saying he can hit her back up when he is single but not when he’s in a relationship. The timestamps show you that he has been at it on and off for a little over a month now. The last message from him is asking her to link, to which she politely declined.
You respect it. You’re not mad at her thanking him when he sent heart eyes or compliments. Honestly, you don’t even think you feel any anger at all right now. You feel numb.
You save the screenshots to your phone.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Have a great day.
You and Jaemin have plans to go out to eat and grocery shopping, and you’re still going to get a meal and free groceries no matter what news was given to you just now. Especially after the news you were just given. You’ve always been a great actress when need be. So you finish your make up and get dressed in a cute, casual two piece outfit that you know is one of Jaemin’s favorites.
He’s still not here by the time you’re done getting ready, and instead of taking the time to think about the situation like you probably should, your thumb moves mindlessly across your phone screen and taps on a message thread.
[3:25] you: Are you gonna be busy later?
[3:26] jung: what time?
You exhale deeply at his fast reply.
[3:28] you: Like 6
[3:28] jung: no. wassup?
You grin to yourself.
[3:29] you: Bet. I’ll see you then
[3:30] jung: uh
[3:32] jung: okay?
[3:32] jung: to watch our show?
You don’t bother responding. You let him know you’d be there and that’s all he needs to know right now. And honestly, you didn’t think this far into the conversation. What would you even reply with? Oh I found out Jaemin is a piece of shit so I’m probably about to go over there and do something to get over it. Not that you think Jaehyun would even have a problem with that blunt response or being used for his attention to fill a void within you now. Your pride makes you hold the information in because the tables have turned.
And then the sound of your doorbell sounds throughout the apartment.
With a pretty smile on your face, you answer the door and greet your boyfriend, who hums in appreciation at the sight in front of him, and stand on your tiptoes to give him a hug and kiss. He grabs your ass in the midst of the embrace and you feel sick at the action, but you swallow it down.
“Ready?” Jaemin asks.
You thought you could make it through food and groceries, but with him standing in front of you, you realize you can’t.
You want to be out of his presence as soon as possible.
“Can we chill for a little? I’ve got a headache.”
“Yeah, no problem,” Jaemin agrees easily, stepping in and closing the door behind him. He kicks his shoes off before leading you to the couch and holding you close. “You just got it or has it been a while?”
“Got it about half an hour ago,” you sigh, doing your best to remain calm in his hold. Especially when he kisses your temple.
Your heart is beating fast, but you still don’t feel angry.
You always feel anger when you catch him.
All you feel is hurt. Embarrassed.
“I wanna show you something,” you mumble, unlocking your phone. His attention goes to the device and he watches you go to your photos and tap the recent photo album before pulling up the conversation.
You hold it up closer to his face so he can really see it.
And his face drops.
You don’t yell. You barely raise your voice. “What the fuck is wrong with you, Jaemin?”
He just blinks stupidly and starts to stutter. “I-I don’t know.”
“How many times have we gone through this?” you ask, throwing your phone aside. “Why do you keep doing dumb shit like this?”
“I didn’t mean it,” he tries to defend himself. “I was just bored and–”
You laugh humorlessly at that. “You must’ve been really bored last night when you were supposedly at the library with the guys, huh?”
“We didn’t do anything,” Jaemin responds, trying to convey his truth with his eyes. The first couple of times you felt bad for making him look so dejected, but the fact this conversation has happened multiple times just because he doesn’t know how to not be thirsty and not try to outsource when you’re not around or when the two of you have a disagreement is enough for empathy to no longer exist. It’s not like he cared about you when he was in the moment.
“So not only have you embarrassed me by having our pictures pinned on your page and constantly in bitch’s messages, but you actually go home with someone and get caught, then it gets reported to me out of pity. ” You conclude the event just so he can hear how shitty he is.
“We only kissed. I felt bad and we stopped there.”
You blink. “You expect me to believe that?”
“I swear that’s all that happened.”
You shake your head. Part of you only believes he didn’t actually get his dick wet because he has no game, but unfortunately, if he pulled you off his good looks and good naturedness, it’s very probable women on campus who have the ‘if she’s not my friend, he’s single’ mindset will fuck him. “You can go now.”
Jaemin panics. “Can we talk about this, please?”
“There’s nothing to talk about,” you deadpan, scooting out of his hold and looking at your stove to see the time.
He reaches for you, and you dodge his touch by standing up and walking to the door, looking at him expectantly.
“Baby, please.”
“I have somewhere to be soon.” Jaemin stands, trying again to touch your hand when he should know the last thing you want from him right now is his touch. “I’m not gonna waste my breath trying to convince you that I don’t deserve this and that out of respect for you I don’t even open messages from guys I don’t know, again. I don’t have anything else to say to you. Goodbye.”
“I know you’re faithful and I know I fucked up and I’m so sorry,” Jaemin exasperates. “Let me make it up to you? I promise it won–”
“Go, Jaemin.”
Head down, Jaemin finally listens. He slips his Crocs on when he gets to the front door, gives you one more pitiful look while giving an apology that you don’t even listen to. You lock the door behind him and head to the bathroom to freshen up.
[4:02] you: I’m actually omw now
[4:03] jung: ok
—
It only takes a few seconds for you to hear the lock turn after you knock on his door. Jaehyun’s hair is messy and even with confusion written all over his face, he looks even better than the last time you saw him. Gray sweat-shorts and a white wife-beater never looked so good on a man.
After a moment of you finally appreciating the view in front of you without nagging thoughts or guilt and him analyzing you, he speaks.
“You found out, didn’t you?”
And that’s all it takes for the thoughts to go away and to spark anger within you. He knew. Of course he knew. You’re sure he knows shit that hasn’t been brought to your attention, too.
“You’re a piece of shit for not telling me.”
He grins. “Me blatantly telling you I wanted you and continuing to show you should’ve told you everything you needed to know.”
“So you pick and choose when to follow bro code?” you scoff, walking passed him and into the living room. “Fucking your friend’s girlfriend is better than telling her about him doing shit behind her back now?”
He follows behind you after shutting and locking the front door.
“I don’t follow ‘bro code’ for associates… Plus he fucked my ex, so it doesn’t really matter.”
“So I’m revenge pussy?”
“How did you come to that con–”
“So y’all just share pussy within the group,” you hum in faux understanding, plopping down on the beige couch.
“Last time I checked, we’ve never had sex?”
“But you’ve made it very clear you want to fuck me.”
He says your name in a humorless laugh, not at all in the mood for your deflecting. “I know you didn’t come here to fuss at me. So why are you here?”
“Why didn’t you tell me?” you ask, your mind barely even taking in what he just said to you. You thought the two of you were close enough.
The brunet sits on the opposite end of the couch. His demeanor changes, voice softer and tone genuine now that you’re not trying to chew his head off and you’re more hurt than angry now. “By the time I was told, you already made plans to come over here.”
“Would you have told me?”
He shrugs. “Probably, I don’t know. Would you have believed me? After I’ve been hitting on you this whole time?”
You want to continue being upset, but you can’t even be mad at his reasoning. At him at all. He’s not the one that did you dirty.
You don’t know if you would have believed him if he did try to tell you, honestly. Yeah, you’ve created a (mostly) platonic bond and consider him a friend at this point, but he’s right. Jaehyun’s never stopped his desires from being shown or spoken on, only diluting them. And you’ve always had a hard time accepting the truth.
You sigh. “I can understand that.”
He scoots closer to you and gives you a moment to recenter yourself, speaking softly when he says, ”Answer my first question now.”
“You were just the first person that came to mind.” You shrug, not making eye contact with him.
“While I believe you,” he says, “I know you didn’t come here to talk about him.” Any time you’ve been together, your boyfriend is hardly mentioned. “So what is it?”
Aside from setting up the second time to meet at his place and watch tv, you’ve never invited yourself over, always accepting an invitation. Of course it’s obvious.
You shake your head. Adrenaline no longer pumping, you don’t have half the balls you did when you texted him or when you knocked on his door.
“He hurt your feelings so you came here, right?” he asks slowly, head tilting.
“Yeah,” you mumble.
“And you want me to help you feel better?” Jaehyun puts the final pieces together. He doesn’t pity you, which you appreciate, but it’s clear in his voice that he doesn’t want to piss you off again with his assumption, even though you both know he guessed right.
Your heart hurts. Being here, in Jaemin’s friend’s (acquaintance?) apartment, considering getting lost in him to feel better because you just know he has exactly what you need right now isn’t a healthy coping mechanism, but the opportunity had presented itself to you even before the additional heartbreak.
Then you remember another heart could get broken.
“What’s up with you and Yeri?” you ask. He’s told you on multiple occasions that they are not together, but actions speak so much louder than words and you know a couple, or at least two individuals who are intimately involved with one another when you see it.
“I told you, she’s not my girlfriend.”
“But does she know that?” you push the matter. The way Yeri looks at him, so full of love and admiration even as he pays very little attention to her.
“We cut off anything more than a friendship like two weeks ago.” At your skeptical look, he adds on, “promise.”
Promises don’t mean shit to you at this point, if the ring still on your finger says anything. “Officially?”
Jaehyun moves to pull his phone out of his back pocket, unlock it, and tap a few things before handing the device to you. It’s their message thread, the last few messages from last Friday.
yeri: i’m gonna need some space to really get over everything before going back to being just friends but i don’t want anyone to feel awkward
you: take your time. they’ll understand
“Anything else?” he asks at your acknowledging hum, setting the phone on the coffee table when you hand it back. “We can watch our show or something if you want.”
You scoot closer to him this time, to the point of your thighs touching, and he drapes his arm behind you and patiently waits as your thoughts come to a stopping point. You lean into his embrace and look up at him, eyes going straight to his mouth.
“Yeah, we can watch it,” you finally respond, resting your head on his shoulder.
Nodding, Jaehyun turns on the TV and scrolls through Netflix to find it.
“Let me turn the lights off,” he mutters, waiting until you lift your head to get up and do so. He sits leaned against the arm of the chair, legs spread wide and body slumped. Tilting his head, he invites you into his space.
You check your phone for the time and scroll up a bit to see you have a couple of missed texts from Jaemin. You’re sure it’s the typical apology texts you’ve gotten every time you caught him, so you turn your phone off before you set the device and your purse beside his own belongings on the coffee table. You fit yourself in between Jaehyun’s legs, your upper back against his chest and the back of your head on his shoulder, and you almost sigh when he wraps an arm around you. Fresh linen mixed with that underlying masculine scent you’ve gotten used to with him toeing the line of acting like you’re his friend’s girlfriend and you’re the woman he’s interested in is so comforting you find yourself spaced out.
You don’t know why you’re trying to bullshit yourself right. You don’t give a damn about this show right now.
You’d been attracted to this man and under his spell since the first couple of meetings. Actually befriending him was conflicting, the flirting and glances and touches that didn’t overstep any boundaries but were so close to doing so. You were being a good girlfriend by dismissing him and downplaying interactions. You don’t have to do that anymore. Jaemin’s bullshit was just the cherry on top to have you fall into Jaehyun’s lap. All of the cards you’ve been dealt have led you to his apartment, and you aren’t stepping on anyone’s toes being here.
You deserve a little fun.
And he doesn’t seem to take you seriously enough for either of you to get hurt from one night together. He’s perfectly fine with being a rebound, and you’re basically in the same boat. You know what they say, to get over someone…
Tilting your head, you look up at him, waiting a few seconds until he returns your gaze.
“What’s up?” Jaehyun asks, his attention going back to the show when you don’t answer after a couple of seconds. You lift a hand to gently grab the back of his head, guiding his face down to yours. There’s a slight grin on his face as he allows you to move his head, and you feel it when you tilt your chin up to finally slant your lips over his.
This is what you’d been depriving yourself of. The slow passes of Jaehyun’s lips on yours, the firm, yet gentle hold that keeps you close to his body, the warmth that instantly builds in your stomach. It’s so different. Kisses with Jaemin can be rushed and sloppy most times when sex is on his mind, even suffocating. Here, there’s no rush to get to you undressed, just you getting comfortable with one another and you caressing his scalp with your fingertips. Just gradually building passion.
He lightly licks your bottom lip, and then your tongues are getting acquainted. He tastes like mint as the muscles slowly circle around one another, making your body heat up and a whimper leaks out of you.
Kisses move from your lips to your cheek, trailing lower. You let him kiss, lick, and suck his way up and down your neck, lolling your head further to the side with a low moan.
“We’re doing this?” he asks, dragging his tongue up to your ear. And the moment the wet muscle circles around your ear, you realize how sensitive they are and suck in a breath at the feeling. “I need words.”
“Yeah,” you sigh, eyes fluttering shut. When his tongue dips in and just lightly swirls, your fingers grip his hair tighter.
“Yeah?” he prompts quietly, sucking on your earlobe. The arm around you loosens, his hand sliding up your stomach, stopping at your chest to fondle your breast. You nod, pushing your chest into his hand while guiding him to kiss your lips again.
“Yes,” you hiss against his lips. That’s all you want. You want Jaehyun to take the heartache away, even if just temporarily. You’ve done enough contemplating and Jaehyun seems to agree.
He kisses you rougher, his tongue not as nice as before and takes over, leaving you no choice but to just moan and let him raid your mouth while he pinches and pulls at your nipple.
His other hand drifts lower, fingertips skimming over your dangling belly button ring, then he flips the front of your skirt up. You spread your legs, giving him more room. His light touch tickles your inner thigh and you break away from the kiss, panting. The difference between his rough tugging on your chest and featherlike, almost teasing fingers so close to the wet seat of your panties makes your head spin.
Head back on his shoulder, your eyes lift up to the ceiling as you process the position the two of you are in and the feeling of Jaehyun’s digits circling around your clothed entrance. He knows exactly where to touch you, like this isn’t the first time you’ve allowed yourselves to be in this situation, like he’s had the time to learn your body. His hands and his mouth, the tone of his voice and the undeniable chemistry between the two of you gets you worked up so quickly you’re actually surprised.
When the seat of your panties is drenched to Jaehyun’s liking and you let out a needy whine, he moves the fabric aside. Teasingly tapping your clit, you both watch the string of arousal that stretches from your cunt to his fingertips. You haven’t been this turned on in so long, you’re sensitive and so close to becoming impatient, but at the same time you’re basking in the attention.
“Yeah, he’s a dumbass,” Jaehyun mutters to himself, continuing to play with your wetness. Two digits dip into your entrance, just barely sinking in one knuckle deep. He repeats this for a while, thoroughly enjoying how wet you are just for him.
“Jaehyun,” you moan. “Please do something.”
He listens, pushing both fingers into you instantly and it makes you gasp. The hand on your breast slides up to your chin to guide your mouth back to his. His tongue dances with your own as he swallows the whines and whimpers you let out.
The wet smacks resonating throughout the living room get louder and louder, his thrusts getting faster and rougher.
“Fuck,” you cry, pulling away to catch your breath. You look down in between your legs and the sight only brings a tightness to your lower abdomen. The angle is perfect, his palm smacking your clit each time his fingers sink deep into you. “Right there. Right there.”
“Mm, right here?” His deep voice vibrates your back. “You gonna come?”
You nod violently, your walls already starting to clench around his digits. You cry in affirmation.
“Let it out, baby. I got you.” His movements speed up even more and the friction of his palm on your clit is more intentional now. “Come all over my fingers.”
You reach for something to grab, your hand coming in contact with the top of the cushion beside you and you grip it as hard as you can. The pleasure in your clit intensifies and your legs automatically move to shut, but your knees don’t even touch because Jaehyun uses his free hand to tug your leg back onto the cushions.
Your hips roll out of sync with the thrusts of his hands to chase the orgasm that’s so close you can taste it, and Jaehyun reads you and your body language so well it would scare you if your head wasn’t so high in the cloud. His tongue swirls around your ear, giving your body that final push to release.
The moan you let out as your lower body shakes sounds like a cry and the man under you just eats it up, groaning under you, rubbing his erection against your back for some type of friction as he draws your orgasm out with the heel of his hand on your sensitive bundle of nerves.
“Jae-” You try to tell him it’s so close to becoming too much yet the feeling is so addicting you don’t want it to stop, but your words die when you feel another intense wave of pleasure wash over you. “Oh fuck. Please.”
“One more time before I fuck you?” he asks, so composed—the complete opposite of you. He grabs your face and makes you look at him, smiling at your lewd grimace. “One more time. You can do it.”
You can and you immediately do at his encouragement. “Oh my fucking God.”
“That’s it,” he continues to encourage, finally slipping his fingers out before it becomes too much. His hand comes up to your mouth and your mouth opens without a thought, letting him stick his wet digits in and giving you a taste of the mess you made. “So good for me.”
You nod, agreeing. You’ll do anything he wants at this point and he knows it.
“Do you taste good, baby?”
You roll your tongue around and in between his fingers and moan in lieu of an answer, to which Jaehyun smiles at before carefully removing his fingers and replacing them with his tongue in a filthy kiss.
He strips you of your clothing before you’re maneuvered to turn and straddle his lap, the lip lock only breaking for a second before you grab the sides of his face and take the lead. Jaehyun easily lets you, giving you his tongue to suck into your mouth as he moves to settle straight up against the cushions.
Your essence is dripping down your inner thighs, your pussy clenching around air, in desperate need of him. You rise up to your knees to give you room to stick a hand down the front of his pants. The two of you moan in unison when you wrap your fingers around his dick. Backing away from the kiss, you look down, using your other hand to pull the waistband down as you pull him out of his shorts.
He’s the perfect size and you almost cry because you’ve really been blocking your blessings for a man that isn’t worth it.
You claw his shorts down to his knees and he takes care of the rest, kicking them off when he gets them to his ankles.
“Go ahead.” Jaehyun licks his lips, eyes lidded and dark. “Sit on it. You can use me to get even.”
You spit in your hand before wrapping it back around his dick, pumping a few times to get him wet.
“It’s not like that.”
Lifting up a bit more, you guide his tip to your entrance. You take your time sinking down on his dick, holding the base while balancing yourself with the other hand on his shoulder. He stretches you out with a pleasurable sting, making you hiss as more inches disappear inside you. Adjusting your feet so that they’re resting against his inner thighs for support, you push down until he bottoms out, and both of you are moaning at the delicious feeling.
“What is it like then?” Jaehyun asks as you lift his shirt up and off of his body.
It takes a few practice rises and falls to get adjusted to him and you take your time, to which the man beneath you appreciates. He can feel all of you, groaning deep in his chest.
“I want— mm— I already wanted you,” you confess, to which he smiles knowingly at. He just wanted to hear you say it. “Fuck you’re so big.”
“So fucking tight,” Jaehyun rasps, melting into the cushions behind him. He just admires the view of you riding him, the wet, sticky sound the action makes when he’s deep inside of you. Enjoys the feeling of you sucking him in greedily like your cunt refuses to let him slip out. Jaehyun’s encouraging words urge you to fuck yourself on his cock a little faster, harder, moans getting louder each time you bottom out. “Just like that.”
A deep groan of his name comes from the back of your throat. You can hardly think, let alone about what caused you to be in this very situation, but you can feel the tension and built up emotions loosen more and more the longer you lose yourself in the feeling of your walls being stretched around Jaehyun.
“I’m gonna come,” you whine.
“Yeah?” Jaehyun slouches into the couch even more, running his hands up your thighs to reach and grab the top of your ass for leverage so he can fuck up into you, meeting your thrusts half way. The power behind his strokes causes you to go momentarily cross-eyed, eyes unfocused and brows furrowed at the overwhelming feeling of your orgasm approaching even faster now.
“Fuck,” you squeal, unable to move, which Jaehyun easily accepts and completely takes over.
“Want you to come all over me,” he grunts out, voice strained. His stare burns your face and your eyes focus back on his handsome face. Jaw clenched, the brunet’s hold changes to your hips to slam your lower body down until you do just as he said, a loud cry echoing in his spacious living room. Tears fall down your cheeks, eyes rolling to the back of your head as your body convulses and Jaehyun just talks you through it. You fall into him, the side of your face landing on the couch, fingers gripping the cushions for dear life. You barely hear the words coming out of his mouth, every few words registering in the midst of your whines.
His thrusts slow to a stop and your mind is fuzzy as he showers your throat in kisses, hands caressing your waist.
You lean back in his lap, his tip pressing further into the spot within you causing both of you to moan in unison. You caress his face, swallowing hard and breathing deeply to catch your breath for a few beats before slanting your lips over his again.
He guides you to grind against him, hands on your hips pulling you into him then pushing you back in a steady motion. Your moans die out in his mouth. His tip just continues to hit your g-spot, your clit rubs against his pelvic bone and it feels so good you have to break away from his mouth.
Your eyes meet and the contact doesn’t break, your mouth open as deep exhales and whimpers slip out. The room feels hotter, your skin feels stickier, but you just keep grinding and basking in the pleasure until you’re ready for more. Ready for him to come.
With wobbly limbs, you climb off of him, sinking your knees into the cushions and draping your upper body along the top of the couch, your cheek resting on your arm as you watch Jaehyun stand up and position himself behind you with one knee on the sofa, stroking his cock.
“You still want more?” he asks, tapping his tip on your ass.
“Want you to come.” You push your hips back, already becoming impatient.
“Yeah?” Jaehyun rubs his tip through the mess that pools over your entrance. “Where do you want me to come, baby?”
“Inside me,” you moan. “Please?”
He’ll give you whatever you want. You know as much.
“Give me a pretty arch– just like that.” Pressing into the arch, Jaehyun coaxes himself back inside of you with slow strokes. The different angle, the different pace, feels like heaven. Your eyes flutter shut, lip trapped between your teeth as your body rocks with his thrusts.
He continues fucks you slowly, no desire to speed things up yet, just wanting the both of you to enjoy every second. Softly, he tells you ‘up’ before guiding your back to meet his chest with a gentle hand on your throat.
You hold his gaze when he tells you to look at him, even though your lids are fighting you.
“You wanted me to make you feel better, right?” he asks, and after a moment of silence from you, he manually pulls your lip from between your teeth and repeats, “Right?”
You hum in affirmation, pushing your hips back to feel him even deeper. “Shit. I did.”
“Tell me how I’m making you feel,” he commands, rolling his hips with deep strokes. “I wanna hear you.”
“‘Make me feel so good,” you abide with a whine. “So fucking good, Jaehyun.”
Jaehyun brings you in for a slow, sloppy kiss, finally picking up his pace. The hand on your neck glides down to your breast to pinch and pull at your sensitive nipple while his other hand travels down in between your legs, finding your clit to rub circles over.
Wet lips trail to your ear, his deep grunts the main thing you can hear before his tongue is back and circling around in your ear. Your eyes flutter at all of the stimulation, lower abdomen tightening and getting ready for yet another climax.
“Need you to come again. Can you do that for me?”
Nodding carefully, you agree.
The digits on your clit speed up, no longer going in a circular motion but instead swiping back and forth, bringing you so much closer to the edge.
“Said you want my cum inside of you?”
“Yes,” you gasp, repeating the word as your body starts shaking, back arching and walls clamping on his dick, coming once again and bringing him closer to doing the same.
His thrusts quicken gradually, not giving you the time to recover this time around, back to pushing that pretty arch in your back for him and using the grip on your waist as leverage. Your legs shake from the effort it takes to keep yourself on your knees for him with the onslaught you’re taking. From the overwhelming pleasure that squeezes your eyes shut and has you seeing stars. Alongside your drool, your tears leak out onto the cotton the side of your face is smushed into while you cry. It doesn’t hurt in the slightest so you’re unsure as to why you’re crying--bawling, rather-- but it feels so right so you don’t question it. You just keep taking Jaehyun’s deep strokes while your body convulses until he pulls out with a pop.
Little droplets of cum that didn’t make it inside decorate your gaping entrance. With Jaehyun no longer having such a strong hold on you, your knees can slip apart more, and the angle allows for milky ropes to slowly ooze out of your hole. You don’t have enough time to get back into your right state of mind before Jaehyun enters you again in one, deep thrust.
He couldn’t help it. Something carnal within him has to fuck the cum back inside of you.
Your gasp of surprise only eggs him on further, slamming into you until he’s milked out completely and his shaft gets too sensitive to go any further. The top of your crack to your inner thighs is smeared cum and cream, and the sight almost makes Jaehyun’s limp dick twitch. He’s mesmerized by the sight, running his fingers over your fluttering entrance until a tiny whimper brings him back to reality.
He takes his time pulling away from your boneless body to stand straight up.
“Need me to carry you to the bathroom?”
You’re dizzy and your cheeks are wet but you find the brain and strength to lift yourself up, shaking your head. Jaehyun assists with a hand pulling you by your arm. Your legs are wobbly and he laughs to himself as he walks behind you, gently pushing you out of the living room and through his room to the bathroom.
Sitting on the toilet completely naked and pushing his semen out is an intimate act but you barely have the mind to care right now. He’s hardly paying attention anyway, focused on wetting a rag with warm water and cleaning himself before rinsing the cloth back off to use on you.
Once you’ve wiped as much as toilet paper can get off of you and flush, Jaehyun guides you to sit on his spacious sink so he can finish the job. Your head is spinning. Jaemin never did this before.
“You wanna go home tonight or stay with me?” He asks, glancing up at your face in the midst of cleaning between your legs. “I think you should stay so I can fuck you again before you go back to him.”
Your brows furrow. “What makes you think I’m going back to him?”
“Because you always do.”
How sure he is makes you wonder just how many incidents between you and Jaemin everyone knows about. If Jaehyun, who isn’t close with your boyfriend knows, there’s no doubt everyone else does.
After all, he said he was told earlier. And it was unlikely by Jaemin himself.
That makes you feel embarrassed all over again.
The possibility of you forgetting the constant heartache and staying with Jaemin keeps dwindling as the day goes on.
Jaemin is perfect on paper. And as time has passed and more situations between you have occurred, you realize that’s the main reason you stayed with him. There’s the attachment and love, of course. But the relationship started off physical. No friendship. Just lust and infatuation. You bending over backwards to keep a connection alive when Jaemin was distant and nonchalant, choosing his friends more than you and a lot of times taking entirely too long to respond to texts or snaps.
Your main source of communication in the beginning was Snapchat. That was the biggest red flag but he was just so handsome and tall and amicable. Jaemin’s eyes were just so kind and they held an innocence that drew you towards him.
Not to mention when the two of you became official and you introduced him to your family they instantly took a liking to him and often ask about his whereabouts and wellbeing. Inviting Jaemin to birthday parties and dinners.
He’s attentive to material things that you like and he gets them. His main love language is acts of service so he buys you things, cooks for you, does minor repairs on your car, and other things that make your life a little easier. So you know Jaemin has love for you, but he’s too wrapped up in himself and what his friends have going on, and you’re the one that’s always affected negatively because of this. All the nice things he does for you aren’t worth the sadness, anger, and insecurity you constantly feel. Not worth the emotional rollercoaster you’re always on with him.
You refuse to take it anymore.
“I’m not going back to him,” you say more to yourself. You start to push Jaehyun back so you can get down and put some clothes on and quite possibly get the hell out of here, but the brunet sets the soiled rag inside the sink and holds your waist.
“Then how about you take a shower while I order some food for us.”
You study him. He looks tired but hopeful you’ll stay the night.
“So you can fuck me again before I leave,” you deadpan.
He laughs.
“I only said that because I was sure you’d be right back with him tomorrow,” he explains, bringing your lower body closer to the edge of the counter as he steps forward, your sexes touching and contradicting his next words. “But if you say you aren’t, I can admit I just want to spend more time with you.”
“Why?”
The look he gives you makes you think you asked a dumb question, but you genuinely don’t understand.
“Just know I’m here when you’re ready, okay?”
That didn’t answer your question at all, but the tone of his voice is believable. “Ready for what, Jaehyun?”
“Us,” he says. “If you decide you still wanna be friends with me and see where this can go, I’m here.”
Now you’re really confused. You thought this was just sex for the both of you. You thought you were both just rebounds. You thought he just wanted to fuck you this whole time.
“You’re deadass?” you ask dumbly, to which he laughs at.
“Yes.” He dips down to give you an innocent kiss. “Now get in the shower. I’m hungry.”
When you open your eyes the next morning, Jaehyun’s body heat radiating even from the other side of the bed, everything that happened yesterday hits you all over again.
Especially when the man beside you basically told you he wants to be your man.
It’s not that you’re opposed to it. The connection and chemistry are definitely there. But you can’t jump into another relationship so quickly. Especially with someone who is connected to the man you’ve yet to break up with
It is nice that Jaehyun didn’t just bombard you with his feelings or ask you out instantly, though. You appreciate him saying the two of you could build and see what happens.
In the midst of your thinking, Jaehyun stirs awake and checks his phone. He groans tiredly and turns to you.
“I’m surprised you’re still here,” is the first thing he says to you, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. “Not that I’m complaining.”
“I bet you like seeing my face first thing in the morning,” you tut. You finally sit up, though, because while you’re not even sure what time it is, you need to get home and figure your next step out.
“I do.” Jaehyun easily admits, sitting up as well. “I feel like this will be the last time in a while, though.”
You raise an eyebrow. He’s not wrong. But are you that easy to read?
“It’s that obvious?”
He laughs and gets out of the bed, stretching his arms high above his head with a deep grunt. Your eyes trail down his body and stay on the tent in his boxers long enough to get caught. You lick your lips.
“Let me feed you before you leave.”
“Feed me how?” you ask. This time his brows lift up. “What. Feed me what?”
“I can feed you cum and pancakes if you want,” he snorts. “Extra toothbrushes are in the top left drawer under the sink. You can get ready first.”
You end up taking over halfway through Jaehyun making breakfast so he can freshen up, and the two of you eat side by side at the high bar in his kitchen in comfortable silence for a while.
But you feel like you should touch on the comment he made earlier.
“I’m gonna need time to myself before I even start thinking about being with someone else.”
Jaehyun nods, taking his time to chew and swallow his mouthful. “That’s expected.”
“I honestly don’t want to be around anyone associated with him for a while either,” you admit. He deserves to know what’s going on in your mind.
You’d only want to see Joy and Jaehyun, and it sucks when Jaehyun’s barely even your boyfriend’s friend, but you can’t see yourself healing and actually getting over the whole situation while constantly in his presence.
“I figured,” he says. “You cool with me checking in some times?”
You smile. It’s nice that he really does care. “Yeah. I’d like that.”
He collects your plates when you’ve both finished breakfast and you follow him to the sink to help him clean up before you leave. Your assistance is denied, but he tells you to sit on the counter beside the sink and talk to him before he walks you out.
You know you need to leave soon, but you’re dragging your feet, so you hike yourself up onto the counter. You don’t have the energy to confront the cause of the situation at hand right now. You’re tired. You just want to go home and sleep for the rest of the day then think about everything tomorrow. Talk to Jaemin tomorrow.
You don’t even want to check your phone, hence why it’s still off, in Jaehyun’s living room.
Any time you’ve created distance between you and Jaemin after a bad argument, he gave you the space you needed, only sending a message or two letting you know he loves you and how sorry he is, how grateful he is to have you in his life. The space has always been appreciated, but now that you’re thinking about it, it makes you realize how certain he is you’ll be back under him and by his side in no time.
“Get out of your head,” Jaehyun’s voice brings you back to reality. The dishes are finished and you don’t know if he let you be in your head in silence up until now or if he’s been talking. It doesn’t matter much, seeing that he doesn’t look affected. Instead, he’s easily parting your legs so he can fit his body in between, tilting your chin up with a gentle finger. “Can I get another kiss before you disappear?”
You slant your lips over his, bringing him closer by your legs around his hips. The kiss isn’t like any of the ones from last night. There’s more longing, yet more patience. Jaehyun’s hands stay innocent on the sides of your face while yours hold onto the fabric of his shirt.
It’s already obvious you’re going to miss this for a while. The way Jaehyun’s tongue lightly circles your own, the way his teeth nip at your lower lip. How he groans when you suck on his bottom lip as he pulls away a little, letting it snap back into place before his tongue is back in your mouth, playing with yours.
You’re unsure of how long this goes on, but when you can feel your arousal dripping down your inner thigh due to you wearing the same skirt from yesterday with no panties (they got ruined), you give Jaehyun a finale smooch before gently pushing his back by his chest.
“I gotta go before I end up fucking you again,” you joke, wanting to this temporary halt in whatever the two of you have going on to end on a good note.
Jaehyun’s head tilts. “I don’t see why that would be a bad thing.”
You squint at him non-intimidatingly.
“How about I call you if my rabbit isn’t enough to satisfy me?” you propose.
“Can I taste you before you clean up?”
You pause from getting ready to hop off the counter and raise a brow.
After spending so much time saying no and shrugging him off, it’s hard to do so right now. Which is why you reach down to swipe at your essence with your fingers and bring them up to his mouth. With a grin, he opens up, tongue out, easily accepting his treat.
Your breath hitches at the feeling and sight of the tall man enjoying the taste of you from your own fingers. He gently grabs your wrist to angle your hand better so he can lick up every last drop. He finishes with a loud suck before bending down to give you a kiss that lets you also get a taste.
And suddenly, you don’t mind spending a little more time here. Afterall, who knows when the next time you’ll see him will be.
“You did that on purpose,” you accuse, not really complaining. You don’t even know why you were trying to fool yourself. You’d stay the night again, if you’re being honest. It’d give you more time away from the reality that waits for you outside of the bubble you and Jaehyun have created.
“I’m not keeping you hostage,” Jaehyun says, wiping some saliva from under your mouth before taking a step back. “Let me walk you to your car.”
You shake your head, leaning back so you can prop your heels on the edge of the counter. “I think you should get a better taste.”
The brunet fights a smile, licking his lips. “You think so?”
“I do.” You nod, biting your lip as you watch him sink to his knees.
“I don’t know, Jaemin,” Joy says, a bit of pity in her voice. “She unfollowed all of us and you haven’t heard from her in what, three weeks?”
“Four,” Jaemin corrects, like that doesn’t further prove the red-head’s point.
She squints at him like he’s a dumbass, which he is. Everyone in the room knows this. Especially Jaehyun, who doesn’t even know why he’s here tonight. Joy practically begged him to spend a little time with everyone instead of being holed up in his apartment as per usual.
He already barely joined the group’s festivities, but nowadays, he’d rather just be alone or be with you.
“Since she broke up with you,” Seulgi further points out.
“Doesn’t look like she’s taking you back this time, kid,” Taeyong pitches in.
“I mean yeah, this is the longest we’ve gone without talking but I know her,” Jaemin insists. “She needs space before she forgives and we get back right. Even you all know this. It’s just taking a little longer because it’s the first time she found out I actually fucked someone else.” He shrugs like it’s no big deal, licking and sealing his blunt tightly.
Jaehyun’s annoyed at this point.
“She’s done with you.”
Everyone looks at Jaehyun, surprised at him even speaking on the topic.
Jaemin laughs, leaning back in his seat arrogantly. “How would you know?”
Yeri tilts her head.
You’re going to be pissed when his next words get back to you, but he can’t just watch Jaemin talk about you and the situation you’re still healing from like it’s nothing.
“Because I’ve been nutting in her this whole time.”
heyyyyy :) ik it’s been a minute since i’ve posted. ily thank you for reading. feedback is always appreciated
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