My man on the multimedia♡ i love him so much♡

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Chapter 15

"Mark-hyung, where's Haejin... and Jisung?" Renjun asked once Mark entered their practice room.

"They're at the park." Mark scanned the room. "How about Jaemin? Where is he?"

Renjun shrugged, "He left before you came, hyung."

Mark nodded, "Ah, I see..."

"Mark." Taeyong called him.

Mark looked at him. He noticed that everyone was looking at them.

"Ne, hyung?" Mark asked.

"I think you know that we all know what's happening here," Taeyong said.

Mark looked at the members.

He's screwed. Well, he has no choice left. He has to say the truth if they'll ask him. They're trustworthy after all.

"Mark-hyung." Haechan called.

Mark looked at him.

"Haejin... she cried, didn't she?" Haechan asked.

Mark hesitated at first, but he nodded, "She did.."

The members gasped.

Haejin-ah, forgive oppa.

"Mark, tell us the truth. Haejin likes Jaemin, right?" Doyoung asked.

Mark nodded.

"We knew it." Haechan, Jeno, and Renjun said in chorus.

Mark looked at them. "What?"

Haechan sighed, "Mark-hyung, I'll be honest..." Then he continued. "There was this one night that we stayed at NCT Dream's dorm. Jaemin was not there. It was the time when we told you that Haejin was inda quiet. That night, you talked to her, right?" Haechan asked.

Mark nodded.

Haechan continued, "Hyung, I overheard you asking her if it was all about Jaemin. That was the only thing I heard, I promise. I told the other members about it. At first, we thought about asking you but that would blow ourㅡ I mean my cover up. We thought that, what if you get mad at us? So we decided to observe Haejin, especially when Jaemin arrives."

He sighed. Haechan looked at Mark who was waiting for him to continue.

"When Jaemin arrived, they were awkwardㅡ no, only Haejin was awkward. The night when Jaemin arrived, we heard you laughing at Haejin because she snapped at Jaemin unintentionally. That's when we figured out.." Haechan said. "Mark-hyung, I'm sorry."

"Sorry? Why are you sorry? It's like you won't know someday, anyway. Just... just.. pretend that you don't know anything, please... please.. I don't want Haejin to be mad at me." Mark pleaded.

"Don't worry, Mark. Her secret's safe with us." Jaehyun said.

"Aside from being a secret, why didn't you tell us?" Taeyong asked.

"Ever since we debuted as NCT, Haejin has been following us. She's our fanㅡa crazy one. Imagine her auditioning because of us, because of him." Mark said.

The members nodded.

They never knew that they had that impact on Haejin. She acted cool and simple around them even though inside, she really wanted to scream.

"Haejin... she has been liking Jaemin even before NCT Life in Bangkok." Mark explains.

"Woah, daebak.." Doyoung said, shocked.

"That long?!" Taeil exclaimed.

"Even before I became a trainee... woah, unbelievable.." Chenle said.

"Does that mean... she knows Hansol-hyung?" Ten asked.

Silence.

Hansol...

Mark nodded, "Yes, that long. Hansol-hyung? Of course she does. She even knows our birthdays, age arrangementsㅡeverything. There was this one time when I went to Canada for a visit..."

He suddenly stopped in the middle of his story. It was so funny he couldn't forget it.

"When I opened the door and entered our house, she screamed. She was hysterical. She was shouting, 'Mom, mom!!! Mark from NCT is here!!!' She forgot that I'm her brother."

The members laughed.

"I looked at her weirdly and I said 'Haejin-ah...' she even freaked out more. She was like, 'Mark?! How did you know my name?!'" Mark chuckled at the memory.

"She got her grip when I said I'm not Mark... that I'm Lee Minhyung, her brother... That's when she remembered that I'm her brother.."

He sighed, "Haejin... she's really good at hiding her emotions. She may smile around others, later, you'll just find her crying. She's good at keeping her true feelings behind her eyes. That scares me..."

"Why?"

Mark looked at Doyoung, "Because I don't know what she's thinking... I don't know how he feels. I'm worried about her.. because she's my sister... My only sister..."

Silence.

"Where are they now?" Renjun asked.

"At the dorm, I believe."

****

"Jisung-ah, I'll leave your dorm soon.."

Jisung looked at Haejin, looking shocked.

"What?! Why?!"

Jisung can't imagine their dorm without the loud girl who always bicker with him or Mark.

"I have to debut, silly. We'll have our own dorm soon." Haejin chuckled. "Did you think that I was leaving because of Jaemin?"

"I did..."

"Jisung-ah, I'll miss you guys..."

"I hate to admit it but... I guess I'll miss you too."

****

"Oppa, I have to leave your dorm soon." Haejin said.

Mark looked at her, "Why?"

"I have to debut, of course. We'll have our own dorm soon. I have to leave here." Haejin said.

"Oh right..."

Silence

"Haejin-ah, oppa is proud of you.." Mark said, smiling.

Haejin smiled, "Jinjja? Why?"

"Because you already reached your dream."

"I haven't."

He ruffled Haejin's hair. "Soon."

"Always remember that oppa and NCT are here for you, okay?"

"What are you saying?"

"We're always here for you..."

"Oppa... I will miss you guys.."

"We'll miss you too.."

****

5 months later.

August 1

"Do you have any schedules for today, Haejin-ah?" Mark asked his sister, who was currently packing her things.

Mark's heart sank. It's already a year? It was like yesterday when Haejin arrived here.

"Me? I don't." Haejin said.

"Let's go out, just us two. It will be our sibling time." Mark said.

"Are you crazy?"

"No, I'm Mark."

Haejin frowned. He really had the guts to joke right now.

"Come on, I'm serious!" Mark said, trying to convince Haejin.

"Okay then."