Jeno unlocks the door and enters the condominium, shutting the door behind him right after whilst he looks around.

Jisung was with Mr. Lee today, the man saying something about "grandpa and grandson bonding time" since him being a busy business man, hasn't spend some time with Jisung for a while now.

So, Jeno let's his little boy go with his father for the day– him agreeing to his father's words.

And he guesses Mr. Lee took Jisung to a fishing pond, recalling his son talking about it before after Jeno gave them his approval.

He walks pass the living room and froze on his tracks when the bedroom door opens at the same time, revealing Jaemin who also stares at him.

"Oh hi, Jeno..." The elder drawls awkwardly and slowly shuts the bedroom door behind him, his hand still holding onto the doorknob.

For some reason, Jeno cringes on hearing Jaemin say his name, especially like that.

There's this part of him who wants to pout and ask where did the sweet petname go, but the other part of him took over in control first and simply ignores it like it didn't irk him in a way.

"Uhm.. hi!" His voice cracks at the end, making it sound unusually high pitched which made him groan to himself.

He earned a stiff nod from Jaemin as they both just stood there, waiting for something to happen. A few steps away from each other while they looked around awkwardly.

Jeno clears his throat– hoping for his voice to not crack again, and asks, "uh... Have you eaten yet?" Trying to start a conversation with the elder.

Jaemin hums as he looks back at him, previously looking at the other wall to his side. "Ah, I'm about to have brunch." He replies, which made Jeno mindlessly pout at him.

He was about to coo out loud at the younger boy, but he restrains himself and bit the inside of his cheek. "How did your breakfast date with Karina go?" He asks this time.

Jeno shrugs and replies, "it was good, Woozi hyung appeared out of nowhere but it wasn't bad."

"Not like we were talking about... Us. Yeah, pfft." He thought to himself.

Jaemin gave him another silent nod before the awkward silence came back again, creeping up around them which made them both uncomfortable.

"You guys should talk. Like full on conversation about your relationship." Karina's pestering words echoes in his mind.

Hesitating, Jeno decides to be the bigger person for once and grants Karina's wishes– and probably his and Jaemin's too but whatever.

"I should go mak–"

"Wait!" Jeno calls out when Jaemin began to move away from their bedroom door. He pursed his lips and gulps, "can we..." Pausing as he takes a deep breath.

Exhaling loudly, he looks at Jaemin through his long lashes and asks. "Can we talk?" He mumbles before adding, "as in... Like– the talk we needed." He emphasized.

Jaemin drawls out a silent 'ohh~' and nods, biting back the smile his lips are twitching about. "Sure, should we go the kitchen?"

Jeno hums at him and follows behind in tow as Jaemin leads the way. Not really knowing if they should sit or not, the elder leans against the kitchen aisle as he crossed his arms.

Jeno must've gotten the wrong message from that action since he looked even more anxious, especially when Jaemin didn't smile at him yet.

Gladly the elder noticed and gave him a small smile instead, "I'm not mad," he reassures and reaches out one of his hands to gesture for Jeno to start talking.

"I'm sorry," Jeno starts off and he begins to panic. His mind was full of chaos– mostly thinking about the negative reactions, his fingers starts to fidget with each other whilst he takes a moment to breath.

He bit his lip and just let himself rant away. But once he opens his mouth and looks at Jaemin in the eyes, he runs up to him and hugs the boy tightly.

"I'm sorry! I was wrong and stubborn, I was just so scared about you and finding out about Jisung, and then– Fuck! I'm sorry Jaemin!" He grips onto the elder's crinkled shirt.

Jaemin softens and uncrosses his arms, letting Jeno have better access to his chest and nuzzles his face there. The elder boy cages his supposed-fiancè in his arms and gave a small squeeze.

He doesn't say anything first and was thankful he didn't, because Jeno continued on his rant.

"After that incident, I got so upset. I was upset at everyone for no reason, and that made me even more upset at myself– I don't know if that made sense but– I was just really upset okay!"

Jaemin almost chuckles but stops himself, "I didn't know what to do, and I just felt really stupid. And I didn't tell you about Jisung afterwards because I thought you wouldn't even care, but fuck me because you do– wait, do you?"

Raising a brow, Jaemin tightens his grip around Jeno's figure. "Sweetheart, of course I do. I care about both of you." He emphasized.

Blushing, Jeno looks away with a huff and proceeds. He's not done, okay?

"I was holding a grudge for years and it just made me really stressed out when you appeared in my life again and– oh not to mention we're in an arranged marriage." He sassed at the end.

Finally letting out a chuckle, Jaemin shook his head at the younger boy. "Basically I'm petty, held a grudge on you, and now I'm–" pausing, Jeno makes a small squeal noise and turns to Jaemin again.

"And now I'm starting to like you, you fool." He grunts. "Last night, it just– it gave me a little boost, alright? But I'm also sorry for leaving this morning without talking to you and basically leaving you hanging..."

His supposed-fiancè hums as a sign to wave it off since his hands are occupied and then had the audacity to give him a small smirk.

"Was it the kiss, sweetheart? The make out session?" He pretends to guess, annoying the younger boy as he teases away.

Huffing, Jeno lightly smacks his back and replies, "I take back my words. I don't like you anymore, this arrange marriage sucks."

Snorting, Jaemin moves one of his hands up to Jeno's cheek and grins. "Sweetheart, be glad you're in an arrange marriage with your baby daddy instead of a complete stranger." He teases again.

However, there was something else mixed in his tone, possessiveness maybe? Jeno isn't sure.

Groaning, Jeno pouts at him. "I know! Shut up about it, I was grudging and being petty. I see that now." He whines and hides his face on Jaemin's chest.

His supposed-fiancè smiles in adoration at him, wrapping an arm around Jeno's shoulders while the other was around his waist.

"Sweetheart, you're really cute." He comments and earns another muffled whine from the younger boy.

He chuckles and looks down as Jeno pulls away to look up at him too, Jaemin then gave him a more serious look this time, "can we make this work, Sweetheart? I need your approval so we can work together." He asks.

Without hesitation, Jeno nods at him and lets out a sigh. "I want to be brave this time, so please. Let's make this work." He smiles.

Smiling back, Jaemin leans in to kiss his forehead, resulting him to blush madly at the action. "I should really eat now, I'm hungry." He mumbles.

"It's not my fault you missed breakfast, don't do that again, hubby." Jeno scolds and blushes even more when he realized what he said.

His supposed-fiancè however, didn't mind as he pecks his nose with a grin. "Okay wifey," he winks. "If my sweetheart says so, then so be it."

Rolling his eyes, Jeno tugs him into a soft kiss. Jaemin was slightly taken aback but instantly melts into the touch, kissing the younger boy's lips harder as a small tease.

They probably were too busy in their little moment after the serious conversation since they didn't hear the front door opening and two people walking in– about to greet them.

"Papa? Mr. Jaemin?"