I feel like I became a zombie
Not alive but I’m still walkin’
When the sunrise is upon me
I’ll be waitin’ for the day to pass by
Oh why
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A few days later the mark on his back had turned into a thick bruise, which Jaehyun had noticed too. But since Taeyong didn't want to worry him any more and Johnny was Jaehyuns best friend after all, he told him that he had fallen down during the choreography training and Jaehyun fortunately believed him. After all, it was nothing new that the older one injured himself during training.The few days the two were back in the dorm there was still no response from Jimin and Taeyong slowly began to give up hope. Probably he had turned his back on him as well and now he believed Lei's lies, just like his band members. The atmosphere in the dorm also remained icy. Either Taeyong was completely ignored or punished with hateful looks.  Only towards Jaehyun, all except Johnny and Lei behaved normally.

Because of the icy and hateful looks, the constant arguments between Johnny and Jaehyun and the insults from Lei, Taeyong was getting worse day by day. Since NCT 127 were in the middle of their comeback preparations and Jaehyun often had different schedules than Taeyong, they were often separated from each other. Alone, Taeyong felt even worse than before, especially because Lei wouldn't stop picking on him and making him feel bad.

Because of this whole situation Taeyong's head is full of thoughts, which made him way too unfocused during his last choreography training with Lei, Yuta, Jungwoo and Mark, and therefore he made a lot of mistakes. Lei immediately started to screw him up over every little thing, before Taeyong's already cracked self-confidence and self-esteem completely disappeared.Every one of Lei's words hit him like a knife and more and more thoughts, like if he was good enough at all, came into his mind again. 
Jungwoo, who was also in the studio, didn't like Lei's statements at all and to Taeyong's surprise he confronted Lei. He had put his arms into his hips, before he scolded Lei for bullying Taeyong like this. Lei as well as all the others in the room were clearly surprised by Jungwoo's little outburst, since he belonged to one of shy members after all.  Jungwoo, on the other hand, just stared annoyed at Lei one more time before he grabbed Taeyong's arm and pulled him out of the studio to the next best Starbucks.

Jungwoo was the only one besides Jaehyun, who didn't feel any hatred against him. The younger one didn't understand the whole situation himself, but it was clear to him that NCT needed Taeyong, that he needed him and most of all missed him.
The whole situation made him feel quite down and he felt quite torn as well, as the others didn't want him to spend time with his former leader. For Jungwoo Taeyong was still the leader. He didn't want this to change at all. Most of all he didn't want Lei to take over his position. Lei frightened him and gave him an uncomfortable feeling in his stomach, since the older one is new in the band, everything seemed to go downhill. 

Jungwoo couldn't help but blame the new member for this. Therefore, he didn't wanted to stay away from Taeyong at all.With her spontaneous visit at Starbucks, Jungwoo tried to cheer up his clearly recognizable sad leader and even managed to do so a little bit. They spent the whole morning together and even decided to do a VLIVE stream together in the evening, which Taeyong immediately announced enthusiastically on his Bubble.

Taeyong loved streaming. He enjoyed talking to his fans and spending a few relaxed hours together. Accordingly he was looking forward to the evening with Jungwoo. While Jungwoo had to go back to the studio, Taeyong went back to the dorm to prepare everything for the stream. He was in the middle of the preparations when Jaehyun returned from the studio and quietly entered the room. Since Taeyong was so busy cleaning up, he didn't notice the other one. Taeyong has always had this obsession for cleanliness and especially for streams he wanted to show his room in a very tidy way. Since he didn't notice Jaehyun, he automatically flinched slightly when he suddenly hugged him from behind. But Taeyong relaxed immediately when he recognized Jaehyun and leaned into his hug. Jaehyun blew soft kisses on the neck of his boyfriend and pulled him more towards him.

"What are you cleaning up for?"

Jaehyun's breath met Taeyong's skin and his skin immediately reacted with a pleasant goose bump. Grinning, the older one turned in his friend's arms and wrapped his arms around his neck.

"Jungwoo and I plan to stream a little tonight."
"What time is tonight?" Jaehyun's hands gently held Taeyong.
When he asked, Taeyong looked at him slightly confused.
"Jungwoo is in the studio until 8 pm, why are you asking?"
A smile immediately formed on Jaehyun's lips and he bent down slightly to unite their lips. Taeyong returned the kiss immediately, still a bit confused about the question. Jaehyun gently stroked Taeyong's thighs with his hands.

"Then we still have a few hours for ourselves."

Taeyong immediately knew what Jaehyun was trying to do and his heart was beating faster than usual. Jaehyun smiled slightly and rejoined her lips together. This time the kiss was wild and passionate from the beginning, while their hands explored each other's bodies.

As they kissed, Jaehyun led them both slowly toward the bed until Taeyong's knees reached the edge of the bed and he fell backwards onto the mattress. Without separating, Jaehyun crawled over him. His hands were no longer on Taeyong's back but found their way to his belly and stroked the contours of his abdominal muscles. Taeyong hummed contentedly into the kiss while his fingers lightly clenched into Jaehyun's hair. Jaehyun's fingers kept on moving until the tight fabric of Taeyong's shirt did not allow this any more, so he quickly removed his shirt. Her lips separated and instead of kissing him, Jaehyun put his lips gently on Taeyong's neck and began to give small kisses. Smiling, Jaehyun felt the boy beneath him getting goose bumps and stopped for a moment to mark him with a hickey. Everyone should see that he belonged to him. Taeyong took his hands out of Jaehyun's hair and began to play on the hem of Jaehyun's shirt while he sighed slightly. 

Grinning, Jaehyun let him take off his shirt and watch briefly as the older one gazed at his body. It was no secret that Jaehyun had a pretty well-trained body, but he had never really been willing to show it to the fans because it only belonged to his boyfriend.

Taeyong lightly stroked Jaehyuns trained chest, while he looked at him with eyes slightly darkened with pleasure. Jaehyun pressed his lips back onto Taeyong's and the latter replied immediately before Jaehyun's lips moved from Taeyong's lips back to his neck where he again placed small marks. Jaehyun kissed Taeyong's skin, starting at his cheekbones and going down his neck to his collarbone before moving his lips to his upper body and covering it with small kisses. Taeyong's fingers immediately moved into Jaehyuns hair and gripped it tighter and tighter as Jaehyun kissed down.More and more Jaehyun spread kisses all over his upper body and spread hickeys before he reached Taeyong's waistband and stopped. He looked up at him slightly. Taeyong lay there with his eyes closed and seemed to enjoy every touch of his lover. Jaehyun smiled slightly at the sight and connected their lips again. Taeyong immediately replied again while his hands moved down Jaehyun's body and brushed the pants off his legs.

Jaehyun parted from Taeyong's lips again, causing his friend to hum and kiss his upper body again down to his strong V line. Taeyong wriggled slightly below him as Jaehyun kissed further down and now caressed his skin on his thighs, while sweet, comforting sounds slowly left Taeyong's lips, driving Jaehyun insane. Jaehyun felt Taeyong's heartbeat quickening, his breath becoming more and more pounding and his sounds more and more panting and gasping. His fingers lay on Jaehyun's shoulder, alternating between clawing into his skin and gently stroking it. 

Punctually at 8 pm Taeyong was sitting at his desk next to Jungwoo, freshly showered, waving cheerfully and cheerfully into the camera. On the way to the dorm Jungwoo had brought some food with him, which they ate in front of the camera, talked to their fans and did a lot of stupid stuff.

It was about 10 pm when Jungwoo left the room and decided to go to bed and Taeyong stretched from his long sitting when Jaehyun burst into the room.

"Taeyong. Jimin finally contacted us. It doesn't look good at all!"