"who are you and what did you do to my jeno?"
"stop making fun of me!" the korean male whined, hitting his boyfriend on the arm as renjun was – once again – imitating jeno taking advantage of his self-confidence to tell someone that would act a little too intimate with one of his boyfriends to fuck off. "it almost seems like you preferred me when i was powerless and unable to even say no to someone."
"i love you anyway, babe." renjun rolled his eyes, wrapping his arms around jeno's waist as the two males were cuddled on the couch of their shared apartment, waiting for jaemin to come back home after his outing with his hybrid friends. "but i have to admit that it's hot seeing you all powerful and everything." he added, wiggling his brows.
"shut up..." jeno tsked, playfully hitting his boyfriend again as he cuddled closer in his warm embrace.
the room fell in a comfortable silence, the two males enjoying the comfort of each other's arms surrounding them as their hearts beat in unison.
"i remember our first date..." renjun mumbled, making jeno whine slightly.
"god, don't remind me about it, i was so awkward..." the younger boy whined, recalling exactly how excited yet stressed he had been after deciding to meet up with a random guy he had met on grindr. if only he knew where this would bring him back then...
"if someone had told me at that time that i'd still be with you after years, i'd have laughed at their face." renjun continued. "and if they had even mentioned about a third person joing the two of us, i think i would have won world record for the longest laugh."
"i can't blame you." jeno replied simply. "i'd have laughed for long too if someone had told me i would have two boyfriends."
"why? you're quite a lot to handle, i guess being two to deal with you is not enough sometimes." the chinese male teased, making jeno growl again.
"fuck you!"
"not when jaemin could barge in at any moment, babe." renjun tickled jeno's sides. "i wouldn't want to ruin his innocence."
"that's why you have two boyfriends too. one whose innocence you ripped super early, and the second you're trying to preserve." jeno stated, making renjun chuckle lightly.
"yeah, we could say that."
jeno readjusted his position against renjun's body so that the two of them were now lying down on the couch, with jeno on top of renjun, his head resting on the boy's chest while the older male had one of his arms around his body and his second hand caressing jeno's hair.
"do you think we would have stayed forever together if we had never met jaemin?" jeno asked, his voice low and calm.
"yeah." renjun nodded. "why are you asking me this?"
"because... i think that everything happens for a reason." jeno explained. "and maybe that if we hadn't adopted jaemin, we wouldn't have lasted together. you know, there's this theory that says that after three years, couples are more likely to break up because the relationship becomes boring."
"mmh..." renjun hummed, letting his hand entangle with jeno's hair as he listened to his boyfriend speaking.
"and coincidently, jaemin appeared in our lives when we were about to have this exact period of our couple's life." jeno continued. "maybe that the gods above the clouds sent him to make sure we stayed together, because maybe that we are destined. and not only did he make us stay together, but he also got with us, which is the best thing that could happen to us to re-dynamize our relationship."
a soft chuckle slipped past renjun's lips. "you're thinking too deep about it, babe."
"don't you agree with my theory?" jeno asked, plopping his chin on top of renjun's chest to look at his boyfriend.
"i'm more of a 'good place, good time guy'." renjun explained. "thought you knew that."
"what does that mean?" jeno frowned.
"that i believe just like you that things happen for a reason." renjun explained. "but because we ended up at the good place, at the good time; meaning at that auction, the moment nana was presented as a lot; we were able to make our lives take a turn that brought us to here we are now."
"hmm." it was jeno's turn to hum after the words that left his boyfriend's mouth, taking in his vision of things and processing what he had just said.
there was another silence as the two boys thought about each other's words before making their minds revive all of those amazing moments they had spent together until now, when jaemin had joined them in their oh-so-perfect relationship.
"at least, we both agree on one thing." jeno spoke again. "everything happens for a reason."
"two things, you mean?" renjun added. "everything happens for a reason, and in the end, we were meant to be with each other and with jaemin."
jeno smiled at renjun's words, his heart fluttering inside his chest. "you're right."
just then, the sound of the keys jigling on the other side of the door was heard, and soon, jaemin walked into the house, kicking his shoes off and throwing his hat aside to free his hybrid ears.
"i'm back!" he exclaimed, opening his arms cutely before pouting when he noticed his two boyfriends cuddling on the couch without him.
the hybrid hopped towards the couch, immediately plopping himself on top of the two and letting their three bodies entangle so that they all had enough space for each other.
"why were you all cuddly without me..." jaemin whined like a cute baby, making the two older males pull him in a big hug.
"we missed you a lot." jeno explained. "we decided to cuddle not to cry our eyes out because you had abandoned us."
"so apparently you didn't just gain in self-confidence, but you also became a drama queen." jaemin tackled back with a brow raised, making jeno huff under renjun's amused stare.
"look who's being overconfident now? careful, you might become a drama queen too, baby." jeno was quick to retort, making jaemin flush red at the comment.
"mmh..." he pouted more, hiding his face behind the arm that was in front of him, not knowing whether it was jeno's or renjun's with how entangled their limbs were. "what were you even talking about before i arrived?" he asked.
"about how much we loved you." renjun replied truthfully, causing the hybrid to flush even redder.
"really?" he asked.
"of course." jeno nodded. "do you doubt that we could love you? aren't we showering you with enough love?"
"no, i don't." jaemin was quick to shake his head. "you give me more than enough love... even though i'm not going to say no to even more cuddles and kisses from both of you..."
"oh, really?" renjun raised a teasing brow.
"you just have to ask, you know?" jeno finished before leaning forward and planting a trail of kisses from jaemin's cheek to his neck as renjun did the same on his side, making jaemin squirm and laugh at the tickling feeling of their feathery touch on his sensitive body.
and so, as the three males spent the rest of their afternoon in each other's arms, cuddling and kissing a lot, talking occasionally, and loving each other fully, jeno couldn't help but think again about everything he had went through, and how much he had changed with time – how much he had changed thanks to them, jaemin and renjun, his two boyfriends.
he couldn't believe how he had gotten from someone so shy and stuttery who wouldn't even say 'no' or defend himself to someone with enough self-confidence to tell someone to fuck off or to defend those he loved. and this was all thanks to love... which reminded him of something he had heard countless of times, whether it was on tv or even at school.
people tended to believe that love made you weak and vulnerable, to the point you could become powerless; as powerless as jeno used to be.
but jeno didn't share that thought now. not anymore, at last.
in fact, he found it crazy how powerful love had made him.
and if loving harder could make him even more powerful, then he wasn't going to hold back. not when he had two amazing boyfriends that meant the world to him, that's for sure.
thank you for your support, love you all <3
p.s.: jaeyong and yuwin anyone? because that's what coming next <3