Chapter Eighty-three (1/2)

Just like that, they get home and are greeted by dinner being finished.  They see Renjun talking with Dino and Jaemin raises an eyebrow.  Joshua quickly explains who Renjun is and the boy nods.  Renjun happened to look at the three who just walked into the house and smiled excitedly. "Hi!  I'm Renjun.  Are you Jae?  Your hair's funny.  Mingyu's food tasted good.  Not as good as the dessert Dino's going to make.  I like desserts.  Wonwoo made me bored today."  Renjun waved at the taller. Jaemin patted the boy's head.  "I'm Jaemin.  It's nice to meet you."  He said with a soft tone.  "Go back and play with Dino, okay?"  He insisted. "Okay!"  He ran back to the boy who is looking through his cookbook. Jaemin looked at Joshua with a small chuckle.  "He's so cute, how old is he?  Twelve?"  He asked. "Seventeen."  Jeonghan folded his arms. "Him?"  He pointed and got a nod from both males.  "Ah.."  He pieced it together.  "He looks happy though, so that's all that matters."

Joshua holds the boy's arm.  "Let's go upstairs, I need some cuddle time."  He whispered. Jaemin obeyed and left with the boy.  Meanwhile, Dino goes into the kitchen after Mingyu's finished cleaning from dinner.  "Okay, so I picked out something that I really like to make."  Dino said, picking up his apron. "Oh?  What are you making?  Can I help?"  Renjun asked with excitement.

Jeonghan walked into the kitchen and opened a chair.  He took out his portion that was saved from dinner and picked up a fork.  "Sure, could you get me a few bowls from the cabinet?"  Dino asked. While Renjun obeyed without question, Jeonghan watched Dino get out the big machine mixer.  He crossed his legs and munched on the chicken silently.  "Could you get me the cocoa powder?"  Dino asked as he took out a few cooling racks. Renjun picked up the brown bag and opened it.  "I wonder what it tastes like.."  He looked at the powder, thinking of chocolate bars. "We've all been curious once in our lives,"  Jeonghan said, "go ahead and taste it."  He gave permission. Renjun curiously licked his finger that had the powder on it.  He pouted and turned to Dino.  "Make it taste good, Hyung."  He requested. Dino smirked and nodded.  "Sure."

Dino made different things.  One bowl's contents went into two baking pans that were then put in the oven.  One bowl was for the frosting.  And the other bowl has the filling.  Once the cakes were on the cooling rack, Dino took the filling out of the fridge and waited a couple minutes for the cakes to cool. "So now we're going to spread the filling between the cakes."  Dino said. Renjun picked up the knife and lathered the chocolate cream on the cake.  Dino then carefully put the cake on top of the thick layer of filling.  "Lastly, the frosting."  Dino said, picking up his frosting gun.  Renjun watched with wide eyes as the cake got cutely decorated.  "It's cool now, so we can cut a piece."  Dino said, taking the knife from the block. Jeonghan watched as the boy picked up a piece with his fork and ate the cake.  "It's so delicious!"  He said with a big smile. "Why don't you give me some?"  Dino said with a smile. Renjun pursed his lips for a moment.  In a quick second, the boy kissed Dino.  Jeonghan watched with an amused smile. When Renjun pulled back, he looked at Dino, slowly making his smile smaller.

"Not what I had in mind.." Dino muttered.

Renjun's smile quickly leaves and his eyebrows furrowed.  "Oh.. I.. I should leave.."  He said as he looked down.

Jeonghan pouted as the boy moved from the table.  "Hold up,"  Dino grabbed the boy by the arm, "you're not to kiss me and then just leave."  He said with a neutral expression.

"Well..I just.. I'm sorry.."  Renjun didn't know what else to say.

"Be a man and tell me what you want."  Dino ordered.

Renjun was shocked. "But I'm not a man, I'm a boy."  He replied."Do you want to date me or not?!"  Dino shouted at him.

"Yes!!"  Renjun shouted back in a scared tone.

Jeonghan smirked as he watched Dino smile.  "Okay, so have some more cake."  He offered.

"I really should be getting home though.. it's getting dark and I don't have a car."  Renjun said as he ate what he was offered.

Jeonghan takes a bite and hums at the flavor.  "I'll drive you home."  He said, taking his keys out of his pocket.   Jeonghan takes himself out driving once again today.  He hasn't driven in awhile, so today was a good day to get the urge taken care of. "That was cute, how you kissed Dino."  He commented.

Renjun played with his nails.  "Cute.. yeah, that's what I am.."  He said, looking out of the window while silently opening his small bag of pills.  "Cute's attractive, right?"  He said before secretly taking the blue caplet.

"I suppose so.. but you don't have to be cute all the time."  He said as he put on a turn signal.

"Mom tells me to act a certain way.  She tells me to act cute all the time.  Doesn't your mom tell you how to act?"  He asked as he looked at the adult.

Jeonghan shrugged a bit. "She used to.. but now she let's me act how I want."  He replied.  "What does your mom do when you disobey her?"  Jeonghan asked.

Renjun looked down at his thin legs.  "Well, what did your mom do?"  He asked back.

"She back-handed me and sent me to my room without dinner."  Jeonghan chuckled.

"Well.. mom doesn't backhand me.."  Renjun muttered and looked at the row of houses.  "That one's mine."  He pointed.

Jeonghan parked in the driveway.  "Let's go out and meet her, hm?"  Jeonghan took his seatbelt off.

"Actually.. that's fine."  He put his hand up.  "She's not expecting company, so she might get a bit upset."  Renjun said.

The adult nodded.  "I understand.  Have a good night."  He patted the boy's head.  "I better not hear that you hurt my baby boy in bed, you hear?"  He teased.

"Don't worry, I won't push him off of the bed or slap him in my sleep."  Renjun said.