summary: fifth instalment of the ‘young love’ nct dream series.

“i’m sorry I’m so clingy and annoying, I just really love you.”

genre: pinch of angst but fluffy ending :”)

word count: 1.8k

a/n: i am so whipped for this boy i stg.

masterlist 

renjun | jaemin | jisung | mark | haechan | chenle

From the moment you and Jeno had started dating everyone could see how absolutely smitten he was with you.

He had very few girlfriends in the past, but no one compared to you. It was evident to his elders as they had watched the boy grow up before their eyes, and every girl he had found himself in a relationship with never lasted. Not that he had ever expected it to — He always figured he was far too young and too busy to experience something so serious.

Until the day he met you, he realized right then and there he wanted you. And when he finally got you he knew this was the relationship he wanted to work out more than anything.

He always tried his hardest to be the best boyfriend to you because he just loved you so damn much.

Jeno was in fact clingy, not that you found anything wrong with that. In fact you loved it and would cling onto him just as much. He to always needed to be touching you, wether it was yours hands laced together or his arm slung around your shoulder, or even just having your bodies right beside each other. It was so instinctive that Jeno didn’t even notice half the time how overly touchy he was being. On the days you two weren’t together he was on his phone 24/7, never wanting to go a day without talking to the love his life.

However, he would be mercilessly teased by his friends for being so touchy and affectionate towards you under any circumstance. Jeno was always really good at ignoring the constant jabs at him, and he never let his friends’ words get to him.

But the more it happened the more he started to realize that maybe he was being overly clingy and that it would eventually get too much for you to handle.

It was only when his whole group taunted him enough that he felt too insecure and decided maybe giving you some personal space would be better.

“Does y/n ever get annoyed with you being around her so much?” Renjun asked curiously.

“What do you mean?” Jeno furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

“Whenever she’s around you never let her go, I swear you’re like glued to her side the whole time.” Renjun laughed.

“Oh, I uh, I don’t really notice?” Jeno admitted scratching the back of his head.

“Of course you don’t,” Jaemin chuckled with a shake of his head. “It’s like, instinctive to you, I get it.”

“What?”

“I mean you used to do it to me all the time before you met, y/n.” Jaemin shrugged. Jaemin was equally as clingy, he never really saw a problem with Jeno’s overly affectionate affairs towards you.

“Yeah does she ever not mention needing personal space? Like we all know you’re clingy, but I swear to god I could never last in a relationship with you. I’d be suffocating.” Donghyuck commented with a snort.

The others joined in laughter, knowing there was no harmful intent in his comment. It was all apart of the teasing Jeno constantly endured from his best friends. To them it was meaningless jabs, but to Jeno it was simply a wake up call.

For some reason, today was the most off putting and it really made Jeno feel insecure about the way he treated you.

From that point on he forced himself to stop texting you all the time, and stopped himself from coming over or inviting you to the dorms. Jeno genuinely felt like he was - to quote Donghyuck, suffocating you in the relationship. He never wanted to push your comfort so much that it would end in the demise of your relationship.

As much as it pained him to be away from you, he felt like that was what he needed to do in order to give you time to just breathe.

You on the other hand had grown so accustomed to the way Jeno acted around you that it never bothered you. You never tired of how affectionate he was, you were one of the few people that enjoyed Jeno’s clinginess. It was something that never bothered you and something you continued to adore about your boyfriend.

He loved you, and he cared.

You noticed Jeno growing less and less attached to you, and in turn made you feel as if he was losing interest. As the days continued to pass, the drier your conversations became and the less frequent visits were with him. To say it broke your heart was an understatement.

”Hey,” Jeno’s voice spoke as you held your cellphone tightly to your ear.

“Hey baby, do you want to come over today?” you asked hopeful.

It had been a good two weeks since you last saw him and you missed him more than ever.

“Um, no sorry. I’m super busy at the moment. I, I have a lot of things to do today at the dorms and I just don’t have the time to right now.” he said.

You sighed. “Okay, are you free sometime this week?”

“I don’t think so.” he said as you felt the sadness erupt in your chest.

He was avoiding you and you knew it. He always made time for you. If he was busy he would’ve told you in advance, there was no way that many things came up so suddenly.

“Oh, okay.”

“Sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll talk to you later then?”

“Sure.”

“Okay, bye.”

“Bye.”

Before he could hang up, you called after him. “Wait- Jeno.”

You heard a sigh from the other side of the line. “Yeah?”

“I love you.”

A few seconds of silence passed before he finally responded.

“You too.”

You felt your chest fall heavy, tears pricking at your eyes. You shook your head wiping away the tears that now dampened your cheeks.

He never missed the chance to say i love you.

It was then you felt as if he truly had lost interest. His sudden change in attitude would be a good enough sign to indicate such an assumption. He was always so loving towards you, and for him to suddenly stop meant that he just didn’t love you anymore.

Your anxiety filled mind assumed the worse and you gnawed at your bottom lip nervously, a thousand thoughts racing through your head.

You picked your phone up deciding to call Jaemin — he of all people would know why your boyfriend had been acting so off lately. You needed an answer and Jaemin was your only way of getting it.

“Hey y/n! What’s up?” Jaemin asked.

“Hi, uh, are you alone right now? I need to talk to you about something.” you exclaim.

“Yeah, i’m in my room right now.” he said. “Why, what’s up?”

“I um, I just wanted to ask if you knew if anything was wrong with Jeno? I don’t wanna pull this assumption out of my ass you know, like, I’m just so confused. Did he lose interest in me? Is he going to break up with me? He stopped loving me didn’t he-“

“Woah woah woah, why do you think he’s gonna break up with you?” Jaemin interrupted in surprise.

“He just, doesn’t text me as much anymore. He doesn’t want to hang out with me ever and, well he doesn’t say I love you anymore so I just assumed-“

“Oh my god. It’s our fault.”

“What?”

“It’s our fault.” Jaemin clarified.

“Can you, elaborate more I’m kind of confused.” you spoke nervously.

“The guys were teasing him about being so clingy towards you. And I think Donghyuck made a comment about how if he were in a relationship with Jeno he wouldn’t be able to last, he would feel too suffocated and I guess that really threw Jeno off.”

“Oh.”

“But y/n, I promise it’s not because Jeno is losing interest in you. That kid is so fucking in love with you, you’re the literal love of his life. He’s doing this because he thinks what everyone said was true. He doesn’t actually want to push you away. I think you should come over and talk to him, no wonder this boy has been sulking for the past two weeks.”

And with that, you did as Jaemin said, walking over to the dorms to confront your boyfriend.

You bursted into Jeno’s room eyeing him curled up in his bed scrolling through his phone.

“You’re so busy huh?” you spoke suddenly as his eyes widened upon seeing you.

“Y/n, what are you doing here?” he asked, getting up from his position.

“You’re so fucking stupid Jeno,” you exclaim.

“What did I do?” he asked in confusion, panic beginning to rise.

“You ignored me. You stopped talking to me. You just didn’t want to see me anymore and I missed you so much and I thought you were going to break up with me. I thought that you stopped caring and that you wanted this relationship to end. You made me think that you didn’t love me anymore-“

“Wait-“

“I’m not done!” you huffed.

“Don’t finish, I don’t want to hear you say that.” Jeno exclaimed as he walked towards you. “How could you ever think that I don’t love you?”

“Because you were acting different. You weren’t your normal self-“

“I’m sorry. But I swear it was for a good reason! Look, I’m sorry i’m so clingy and annoying, I just love you so much.. a-and all the guys were implying that I needed to give you more personal space and that I was suffocating you-“

“You need to stop listening to Donghyuck.”

“I know.” he murmured. “I just didn’t want you to feel so uncomfortable about me being so touchy with you that we would end up breaking up.”

“Jeno you would never make me feel that way.” you spoke. “I love you so much and I love you even more because of how affectionate you are with me. Because I’ve never had that before with another guy. When you’re like that I know that you love me and that you care for me. If I ever felt uncomfortable or annoyed I would tell you. But I don’t.”

“I’m sorry, baby. I love you so much.” he whispered, wrapping his arms around your body. Your chest finally eased as your heart thumped, your arms tightened even more around his body. “I won’t ever do that again I promise. Don’t ever think that I don’t love you because I do. I love you so fucking much, okay?”

He pressed his lips to yours as you felt yourself melt into his body. His warm hands cupped your face gently as his soft lips molded against yours. You kissed back missing the way he felt, missing the way he touched you so lovingly. You missed having Jeno by your side and you couldn’t ask for anything more at this moment.

“I love you, Jeno.” you whispered, pulling away slightly.

“I love you too baby.” he smiled brightly at you before leaning in to kiss you again.

“One more thing.” you uttered.

“What is it?”

“Don’t listen to Donghyuck’s advice again.”

He let out a laugh before nodding his head, pressing his lips to your forehead. “Trust me I won’t.”

A/N: So a lot of you wanted the dreamies version in this so I’me here to give it to you all!❤️ (I didn’t write for Mark since I already did~; you can find it here x)

Renjun:

Originally posted by hurricanesoonyoung

You looked at him for a brief second and kissed him quickly. When you pulled away, he shook his head. “What was that for?” he asked, smiling, You shrugged. “I just wanted to kiss you.” His smile grew and he blew you a kiss. “You can do it again if you want.”

Jeno:

He was in the middle of playing a game on his phone when you pressed your lips to his. He couldn’t stop smiling. “Jagi~” he cooed, grabbing you and pulling you to his chest, completely forgetting about his game. He peppered kisses all over your face, making you giggle. “Jeno, stop!” you said between laughs. “Not a chance.”

Haechan:

You sat with him, listening to him talk. You smiled, admiring him before you leaned up and kissed him. He wasn’t surprised, but he couldn’t stop the smile that spread across his face. He looked at you with such love before cupping your face and kissing you again.

Jaemin:

Originally posted by taeyonga

He looked at you, puckering his lips(^refer to gif^). You looked at him for a second before pressing your lips to his. He was shocked when you pulled away; smiling like mad. “What was that for?” he asked. “You practically asked for it~”

Chenle:

Originally posted by tentakul

He smirked at you after you pulled away before giggling. “I don’t know what that was for but, thanks.” he said, hugging you.

Jisung:

Originally posted by nctaezen

He was shocked. He gasped, a smile tugging at his lips. “Y/N~” he cooed, petting your hair. “You’re so cute~”