The Rules | JAEMIN

"You coming?" Jeno asked, poking his head through Jaemin's door. Jaemin turned his music down.

"Coming where?" Jaemin asked his best friend.

"To pick Renjun up." Jeno told him. "Soojung is out with Ayeon and Haechan and Mark are with Taeyong."

"So you're asking me as last resort." Jaemin said as he stood up, grabbing his leather jacket from his closet.

"No, I'm asking you because I thought you would want to pick Renjun up." Jeno said with a smile. "And maybe because I don't want to go alone."

Jaemin scoffed, grabbing his phone from his desk as he followed Jeno out of his room.

"Let's just get this over with."

...

"Dammit." Zhilan mumbled as she saw how red and puffy her eyes were through her phone camera.

"Well what were you expecting? You were literally crying the entire flight." Renjun said as they walked through the airport.

"I'm surprised you heard, considering how loud you were snoring." Zhilan retorted but Renjun was just too smart.

"Good try but I don't snore." Renjun said with a smirk.

"You did when you were fourteen." Zhilan replied, smirking back. Renjun rolled his eyes, continuing to navigate them to the exit of the airport.

Zhilan glanced back at her phone though, her puffy eyes still bothering her. An idea came to her as she glanced at Renjun, and she reached out, grabbing his hat.

"Yah!" Renjun exclaimed, making people turn their heads. She tried not to laugh as Renjun's messy hair came into public view.

"I need this more than you do." Zhilan hissed as she placed it over her head. "If you were comforting me instead of sleeping, this," Zhilan pointed to her eyes, "wouldn't have happened."

"Ugh, why did I even agree to this?" Renjun groaned as he tried to fix his hair, and it worked a little bit, but it was still obvious that it wasn't styled.

Zhilan slipped her phone in her pocket, adjusting her leather jacket. It amazed her how the Phoenixes had somehow kept their jackets consistent despite being in different locations, and Zhilan could already feel the power it gave her as she walked through the people with Renjun.

Soon they arrived at the doors, and Zhilan immediately spotted two males standing beside a shiny red car.

One of them looked pretty intense as he glared at the people passing by but as soon as he caught sight of Renjun, that all went out the window as he gave them a big eye smile.

On the other hand, the other one kept his stare as Zhilan and Renjun approached them, his arms crossed. He gave Renjun a small smile but it faded within seconds.

I thought Renjun said they were both his friends, Zhilan thought as Renjun gave them both a quick hug.

"This is Jeno." Renjun said, motioning to the male that seemed nicer. "And that's Jaemin."

"Zhilan." Zhilan said, putting out her hand. Jeno shook it but Jaemin was already turning towards their bags.

"Rude." Zhilan muttered and she noticed Jaemin freeze for a second, signalling that he had heard her. She heard a small scoff escape from his lips before purposely only picking up Renjun's bag, making his way to the back of the car.

Zhilan was about to follow him but Jeno came over, picking up her bags.

"You can get in the car, I got this." Jeno told her.