Donghyuck found himself looking the boy up and down noticing the delicate features on his face, the freckles on his cheeks and his sharp jaw line. He quickly diverted his gaze when their eyes met for a brief moment. The boy standing in front of him looked nothing like the image of Jaemin that was etched in his mind. He used to be taller than Jaemin and the teenager in front of him no doubt had a few inches on him.

Jaemin went over to the only empty spot, which was two seats in front of Donghyuck’s. He could feel himself stare at the back of his platinum blond and blue hair. Donghyuck and Jaemin were best friends back when they were just ten years old. Jaemin was his first ever-true friend and he couldn’t help but smile as nostalgia filled him.

Jaemin was the reason he realized pretty early in life that he wasn’t really into girls. Back then Donghyuck didn’t exactly get a lot of attention from girls anyways, but now that he did he really wishes he could go back. Girls started becoming more interested in him as he got older and grew into his baby face. He may not be one of the popular kids but he was definitely considered as one of the pretty faces of the school.

It made him feel even more pressured. The only people who knew about his uality were his friends and his parents who were surprisingly supportive. But Donghyuck just wasn’t ready to come out to a thousand judgmental teenagers and honestly he didn’t think he should have to.

He could barely focus on the class as he thought of ways to go up and talk to his childhood best friend.

He snapped out of his daze when the bell rang dismissing the class. He stuffed everything on his desk back into his bag and went to stand up when he saw a figure approach him.

Jaemin was standing in front of his desk sporting a beautiful smile that made his insides want to melt.

“Hyuckie?” Donghyuck felt the world stop around him as he heard the nick name leave Jaemin’s mouth.

“I thought it was you. How are you?”

“I’m fine” Donghyuck said trying to compose himself and answer as casually as possible.

“What about you?”

“I’ve been great. I wanted to meet up with you now that I’m back, but I guess I didn’t expect to see you here.”

Donghyuck felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, but he chose to ignore it as he kept his attention on the boy in front of him.

“So you’re back again?”

"Well at least for this year.”

Donghyuck couldn’t help but break into a smile “Well I have to gets to my second class. But wanna hang out?”

“Definitely” Jaemin said as he pulled Haechan into a tight hug. The sudden proximity took him by surprise but Donghyuck felt comfortable being wrapped in Jaemin’s arms.

“I’ve missed you” Jaemin spoke, his voice being muffled in Haechan’s sweatshirt.

“I’ve missed you too,” Haechan, said pulling away with the biggest smile on his face.
 

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“Why can’t you ever reply to my texts?” Donghyuck was met with a complaining Renjun as he took a seat at they’re unofficial designated seat.

“Have you ever thought about the fact that maybe you just text at the wrong time?” Chenle said helping himself to some of Jeno’s fries.

“You can always text back later.”

“I DID…”

Donghyuck had missed this but he just couldn’t get himself to pay attention to Renjun and Chenle’s banter as his mind was too preoccupied with looking for a certain someone in the crowd. Donghyuck felt someone tap his shoulder. He turns his head to find Jaemin towering over him with his usual bright smile.

“Hey, I’m Jaemin” Jaemin says taking a seat beside Donghyuck and introducing himself to the three people in front of him.

“Hi?” Chenle said hesitantly as he looked back and forth between Jaemin and Donghyuck.

“Guys, this is my childhood friend Jaemin.” Donghyuck said reading the confused and curious expressions on their faces upon the arrival of the handsome stranger.

“Oh, hi I’m Jeno, this is Chenle and that’s Renjun.”Jeno said pointing at his two other friends. The three of them on the other side of the table waved at Jaemin as Jeno gave him his adorable eye smile and welcomed him to the group.

“So how long have you guys known each other?” Renjun asks after the initial introductions stuffing his face with some of Donghyuck’s fries as Donghyuck glares at him.

“Well, we actually first met when we were around 10 but we sort of lost touch after I moved to Guam about 4 years ago.”



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Donghyuck still remembers the first time he met Jaemin in elementary school. Jaemin was a new transfer student who had joined in the middle of the year. His dad was in the sales sector of a company whi