nostalgia [n.jm]
warning: profanity genre: angst, (fluff if you look close) || gender neutral prompt: fame always brought the worst out of people. word count: 998 na jaemin x reader
you: nana, i miss you, the old you.
jaemin: i'm still the same person though?
you: jaemin, you know fame did something to you.
jaemin: yea it made me rich.
you: and entitled. jaemin you're ruining us, why can't you be like jeno? humble, kind, never forgets the people in his past. we grew up together and us two were always close but now it feels like all i have left is jeno and nostalgia.
jaemin: i don't know what you're talking about y/n.
you: stop playing dumb, stop acting like you haven't changed. if you don't want me in your life then say it jaem, just fucking say it so i can finally walk away.
jaemin: forget it, we always argue about this y/n, and you're the one who comes back crawling. but yea, please do walkout of my life.
you: let's see who the one crawling back now is. seen 17:49
[nct dream p.o.v]
"jaemin you keep messing up the same moves what's up with you today." jeno shouts at jaemin as he kept messing up one of the most crucial dance moves.
jaemin always had back problems and a hard time with some dance moves considering he was the most likely to mess up a dance. but today something was off, he seemed stressed, and his mind was in a way different place than work.
"nothing is wrong, let's just keep practicing." jaemin brushes off the concern of his members and they keep going with practice.
it was breakdown and jaemin immediately grabs his phone, no missed messages, no missed calls, just instagram notifications.
"hey, you good jaemin?" jeno asks once again very very concerned.
jaemin sighs and shakes his head, "y/n and i fought last night, again, and this time i really think i lose our friendship."
jeno sighs and rolls his eyes, "what'd you tell y/n?". "i told y/n to get out of my life." jaemin sighs heavily in defeat and shuts his eyes. "i'm dumb right? i truly lost y/n, right?"
jeno puts his hand on his younger's shoulder, "i'll talk to y/n about it and see if you really did lose it, you need to start communicating better and facing the problems y/n points out because most of the time their true, we can't live in denial 24/7 na." jeno walks away and takes out his phone to text you.
jeno: heard what happened, you good?
you: oh, i could be better.
jeno: he thinks he really lost you.
you: good, because he did.
jeno: you guys love each other.
you: no jeno, this is one sided, im the one here hurting caring for him and giving him my all when all he wants to do is underestimate the amount of love i have for him and watch him break my heart.
jeno: i know you don't want to tell him because for whatever reason, but is this how you want to end things with him?
you: of course not jeno, but i don't want to be the one begging for him again.
jeno: i get it, he never likes to face his problems.
you: it hurts jeno, it hurts so much to see him hurting because of me.
jeno: you're both so fucking naive, you both hurt each other.
you: i got to go jeno, ill ttyl.
jeno: alright y/n, feel better. seen 10:54
"jaemin-ah!" jeno shouts trying to get his attention. jaemin looks at him with curiosity. "you need to apologize this time, i'll distract the managers so you can get out of here, but you really need to go see y/n and talk to y/n about this, and maybe, do that one thing that's been holding you back." jeno walks up to the managers and starts babbling about random things.
jaemin finds his way out of the sm building and he calls a taxi to drive to your condo you lived in alone.
[2nd person p.o.v]
you pour the cold water into the cup and almost drop the glass cup onto the tile floor when you hear someone knocking on the door eagerly.
it was early, just turned 11am.
you open the door surprised to see who was standing in front of you.
'jaem- oof!" you exclaim when you get pulled into a needy hug from the boy. "jaemin what're you doing here?"
"i'm so sorry y/n, you were right about everything, i put you through so much because the numbers took over me y/n, i'm sorry." jaemin apologizes continuously. you wrap your arms back around him finally softly.
"we always come back to each other y/n, and i understand if you fully want out, but before i can let you go, i need to let go of this thing i've had in my head for a while." jaemin pulls away and looks at you in the eyes.
the way the light from your kitchen bounced off his eyes, and the way you could see the vulnerability in jaemin that you've never seen before. the way you could just tell, this was either end game, or something that would last a life time.
"y/n, i love you, and i didn't want to tell you because i felt that you don't feel the same way so i used fame and money as my way of running away from my feelings and emotions." jaemin tears up and your heart cracks a bit.
"jeno was right, we are naive. na jaemin, you should've told me sooner, and maybe we'd be having our 5th year anniversary." you stand up on your tippy toes and kiss him passionately.
jaemin pulls away confused and you smile, he smiles back, in that moment it was as if your hearts were in sync, as if clouds were above your heads, as if it was only you guys, forever and always, jaemin plants his hands on your lips leaning in for another kiss, but this time, this kiss was it, the kiss that led you to your future.