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"no, i can't do it..."
"of course, you can!"
"i-i... i swear i can't!"
"come on, i know you are able to!"
"n-no..."
"yes, you are!"


jeno and jaemin looked at each other continuing the verbal argument that had been going on silently. 
they were currently standing at the corner of the street in which was located the convenience store renjun worked at, and they would have reached the place if jaemin hadn't stopped them in the middle of the road to claim that he wouldn't be able to do it. him and jeno - even if it was mostly jeno - had agreed on the fact that jaemin would need to befriend renjun in his human form to make him warm up to jaemin so that they could later on tell him that jaemin and the rabbit are the same person and that there is no reason why renjun should hate nana. 
on the paper the plan seemed flawless and there was no way it wouldn't work. jeno even assured jaemin that renjun would easily like him because of jaemin's cuteness and because renjun was someone really friendly. but still, jaemin couldn't seem to gain confidence. 


"what is bothering you?" jeno asked the hybrid, trying to find a way to reassure jaemin and make their plan work. 
"i-i don't know... i'm scared..." jaemin admitted, lowering his head in shyness. "w-what if i mess up things completely? and what if- "
"hey." jeno cut jaemin's rambling by cupping the boy's cheeks and lifting his head up so that both of them could look at each other in the eye. "you're not going to mess up, stop stressing, okay?"
jaemin gulped, his cheeks tinting red slightly as he hummed to approve jeno's words. 
"i promise you that all you need to do is act as cute as you always do, and renjun will get immediately seduced."
"i-i don't know how to act cute..." jaemin blinked a few times as he spoke. 
jeno chuckled at the boy's effortless cuteness. "just act normal, then." 


the hybrid nodded, now feeling a bit more confident than a while ago. 
jeno let go of jaemin's cheeks and so, both of them continued their walk towards the convenience store. 
fearing to be seen by his boyfriend, jeno stopped both of them a few meters away from the door to give jaemin a few last indications. 


"okay, so just get in and find a way to talk to him or interact with him at least." jeno explained. "this is only the first interaction so it won't be very long or anything. he just needs to see you and to remember you came so that next time, he recognises you and gets friendly with you, okay?"
"yeah..." jaemin nodded, repeating jeno's words in his mind to make sure he didn't forget anything. 
"also, don't say that you know me because he gets easily jealous and he'll be defiant." jeno continued, making jaemin nod again. "and i'll be waiting for you in the café just here. you can come in whenever you're done."
"okay..." jaemin whispered as he arranged his clothes and the beanie jeno had lent him to cover his ears. 
"so... ready to go?" jeno inquired, lifting a brow. 
"i guess so..." jaemin shrugged. 
"good luck then." the human flashed jaemin a smile as he patted the boy's shoulder. "i'll be waiting for you."