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( song of the day :
dreams come true -
nct 127 )

⇢ five years later :D

nakamoto yuta, or the person best known as networkly's ceo, passed through numerous employees bowing courteously as he walked to his office, his fingers habitually adjusting his silky necktie. overall he looked presentable. gelled brown hair showed his forehead, accompanied by neat clothes that screamed rich businessman.

[ hello : yes, his #yutaforceo password came true 🎉 ]

secretary shin saebyul entered the same office after noticing his relaxation on the table, brushing away the thin strands of hair sticking to her face in aspiration to look her prettiest. she wore a cream colored pencil skirt which led up to a plain white blouse that garnered ruffly sleeves.

"anything you need?"

the two fingers that once assisted his left temple loosened to motion a signal of the girl walking a little more towards him.

"come closer."

byul did as he said, plastering a mischievous grin while her mind continued to get polluted by a million wild thoughts. "should we pull an jaeneul and ahnyoung and get caught by a newer networkly dispatch?"

"you say that as if i'm gonna make out with you or something," yuta snickered. "just get me my coffee."

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lee taeyong winced in pain.

ryot yao finished tattooing an image of a crab similar to hers on his wrist. its inanimate body was leaning more to a hexagonal shape rather than a round one, the inside of the lines colored with green. to the crab's sides were stars that could make up a constellation.

"oh god i didn't know it'd hurt that much." despite the tremendous physical pain he undergone, taeyong managed to smile it away. "you do it so well though."

after appreciating him further, she then pecked his lips softly, exhibiting nothing but a smile.

"thank you for being my first customer."

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after nearly six years of denying their relationship to kim dongyoung's parents, lee ahnhyuck finally mustered up all the courage to face them, hiding his two shaky hands on his jeans' pockets.

the nervousness was worse than the one he felt whenever he faced foreign clients. it was as if his vision was blurring out, making him unable to focus on anything but the anxiety.

without warning, doyoung intertwined his fingers with his that were ontop of the dinner table, smiling brightly as he shared more things to his parents. "i really love him, and he loves me too, right ahn?"

his mother couldn't accept it.

mrs kim stormed away angrily with no goodbye remark at all, leaving an untouched salad and three men who looked at her walk in confusion.

it made ahn's heart drop.

nice way of fucking it up, man. next thing you know doyoung might━

"don't worry about what his mother thinks," mr kim broke his thoughts of negativity with a wide smile, rubbing ahn's shoulder for comfort. "i support the two of you."

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♤ gabrielle's note

a summary of networkly five years later : jaehyun really resigned ,, yuta is now ceo (imagine the chaos 🤩) ,, taeyong is now cfo ,, ahn is still coo ,, seoyeon is now a general manager ,, byul is now yuta's secretary ,, taeil resigned and is now in a job with youngmi ,, haneul resigned too ,, nixie is now working as an interviewer with both mark and saerom ,, johnny is now team leader ,, jace is still a floorwalker in johnny's team ,, kiki resigned and now runs a bakery ,, jungwoo is now the head of public relations ,, ryot resigned and is now a tattoo artist ,, doyoung is still part of public relations ,, haechan & sicheng are still sales agents

and I wrote this entire chapter inside a car while being interrupted by my suspicious parents (they probably thought I was texting my sEcReT bOyFrIeNd) so sorry for confusing shit.