5 : Smiles
The girl ended up falling asleep after crying to Kun, a person she barely knew but felt close to.
Kun had left the room after moving Yuna to properly lie down on the bed. Walking out of the hallway, pass the living room and into the kitchen, he saw Haerin eating while playing with her phone. Noticing Kun's presence, she put her phone away as she turned to the male.
"She fell asleep on your bed. I could ask one of the members carry her back to her room"
"No no, it's fine. She should rest properly. Is she okay?"
Haerin asked in concern. While treating the girl earlier, she had tried to make small talk but she was so out of it.
Kun sighed, the scene of her crying pained him. Knowing both side of the story wasn't easy, feeling as if it's his weight.
"No..she kept crying. At least she let it all out. Did she not make any other friend after the incident? It's like she just let everything inside out. She must've been lonely"
Unknown to the two of them, a figure had heard every part of their conversation, running straight to his shared room with his same aged members.
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Yuna woke with a light headache, feeling her eyes sore from the crying, having no energy to sit up. Nevertheless, she got up but fell to the floor. Haerin who had just finished her quick shower, wrapped in her pajamas, rushed to Yuna's side, making her sit on her bed again.
"Sit down. I'll go get Kun to check on you"
Haerin was about to get up when she heard Yuna's voice calling her. She turned her head so fast, almost getting a whiplash. Haerin sat down next to her, looking at her in concern.
"I can't stay here. I don't belong to NCT. I need to get out of here. Mrs Song must be worried. I need to go home"
Yuna croaked out, her voice trembling as her arms lightly shook but it didn't go unnoticed by Haerin. Haerin placed her hand on Yuna's shoulder.
"You can't even stand up properly. Why don't you call her and I'll tell her you're at your friend's house, sleeping over for a few days?"
Yuna looked anywhere but Haerin. Haerin tried to read her when her conversation with Kun had struck her.
"You..don't have any friends?"
At those words, Yuna got up, walking out of the room, leaving a panicked Haerin.
"Unnie, wait! At least, eat first! You're not well yet. Your wound would reopen if you keep moving around"
Haerin chased after her, her voice catching the attention of the 00 liner in the living room.
Haechan gave the guys a look before they all nodded, Jaemin walking to Yuna and blocking her way. Yuna looked up to him, eyes piercing through his soul, making him gulp.
"Get out of my way, kid"
"You can't hurt me when you're hurt. Let's go eat. I'm hungry"
Jaemin said in aegyo tone before placing his hands on Yuna's shoulder, pushing her into the dining room where the rest of the 00 liners were pretending as if they were about to eat as well.
"Oh! I'll go get an extra plate"
"I know you guys planned this"
Yuna said shrugging Jaemin's hand off her shoulder. She was about to head back to the door when Haechan stepped in front of her.
"We'll let you go if you eat with us"
"I'm 100% sure you don't make the decisions in this place so no deal"
"Who said so? Yeah, I don't make the decisions but I do know I'm good at convincing. So, deal?"
Yuna sighed, looking at the 00 liners, faces having smiles full of meaning.
"You dimwits won't stop until I agree, so I have no choice, do I?"
"Nope!"
(Haerin is a 00 liner in this story for y'alls info)
The group of youngster prepared the table, telling Yuna to sit down while they finish setting up. She placed her head on her arm, closing her eyes as her headache decreased. After a minute, she raised her head to find the table filled with all types of food.
She looked to the group as they sat down and thanked for the food before looking at her. She saw all eyes on her, making her confused.
"W-what?"
"The older one should eat first"
Yuna nodded slowly, feeling their eyes still on her as she picked up the chopsticks, picking the side dish closest to her and eating it with her rice. The others began eating and making conversations on various topics.
An mini argument surfaced as Renjun and Yangyang defended their opinion on aliens existing as Haechan kept questioning their existence.
"Noona, do you think aliens exist or not?"
"They don't, right?"
Yuna was left in an awkward position, looking to Haerin and Jeno who were giving her looks to answer the questions. She cleared her throat.
"I mean, we exist on earth. What's to say there aren't any other creatures out there on other planets?"
She answered conciously, not wanting to hurt any side. Yangyang and Renjun bounced in excitement on their seats as Haechan pouted, feeling as if he lost.
"Unnie, are you afraid of anything? Maybe like the dark or heights?"
Haerin asked, Jaemin who was eating silently also looking over to her.
"Uhh..I think I'm not scared of anything much. I don't really know"
"Oh god! A spider"
Jeno screamed, pointing to Yuna's chair causing the girl to jump far away, almost falling if it weren't for the kitchen counter.
Yuna then took a closer look at her chair to see nothing, turning to look at Jeno who made a playful face.
"At least we know one now"
Jeno said before getting smacked by Haerin. "You're so done if her wound reopens"
She watched as they all laughed at Jeno getting pinched by Haeein multiple times, causing a small smile to appear on her smile. Haechan noticed it and smiled to himself. 'Mission success'
"I just realized. Do you know our names?"
Yangyang asked as he realized that Yuna may not know their name.
"I think I know about everyone here except you"
Yuna responded, the smile still present. "Oh, I'm Yangyang. I'm Taiwanese"
Yuna felt confused as the boy spoke clear Korean, not sounding like a foreigner to her. That's how Yangyang ended up explaining his life, the members pushing in mini facts and jokes along the way.
Unknowingly, she started feeling attached. Chenle and Jisung walked into the kitchen, wanting to eat, stopped as they saw the 00 liners eating together with Yuna.
Noticing a presence behind her, Yuna turned around, waving to them before continuing her playful argument with the 00 liners about the importance of school.
"No! School is important so shut up before I shove this broccoli into your mouth, Haechan"
"Like you wou-"
Yuna threw a broccoli, it directly entering Haechan's mouth, who sat across from Jeno,who was sitting beside her.
"And that's on angles"
Yuna bragged, about to continue eating when she felt a few beans hitting her head. "Oh it's so on, brat"
(They're teasing each other. I dont mean it literally to Haechan)
Yuna and Haechan threw stuff at each other, the food hitting the other members in the process, creating a food war. Chenle and Jisung who was observing the situation, ran to call one of the older members, not wanting to end up cleaning up after them.
Yuna took a tortilla wrap (yeah its just random shit at this point), throwing it. Haechan ducked, avoiding the flying food, it slapping onto the face of the member that had just walked in.
Everyone gasped as Taeyong pulled off the tortilla, Jungwoo behind him suppressing his laugh. Chenle and Jisung looked at each other, hiding behind Jungwoo. Taeyong looked at everyone there, his eyes landing on Yuna who was especially shocked. He took a deep breath.
"Just clean up the mess and no funny business"
Taeyong ordered as he threw away the tortilla wrap, proceeding to wash his face slightly at the sink before walking out.
00 liners and Yuna looked at each other, wary of each other's actions.
"Ugh.. I think my wound reopened. Haerin, can you help?"
Yuna pretended to be in pain, Haerin immediately joining in on the act. "Come on, you could get an infection if we don't treat it"
The two walked out of the dining room, the male 00 liners looking at each other, hands stretched out.
"The two people who lose, clean up"
They played a few rounds before it was left with Haechan, Renjun and Yangyang. Haechan threw out rock as Yangyang and Renjun put out scissors. Haechan cheered before getting into a headlock by Renjun and Yangyang playfully punched him.
"It was your plan"
"And it was a mission success. She stayed but most importantly, she smiled"
Edited: 7/12/2020
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