Full sun on the multimedia :)

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Chapter 8

"I'll go to my room now," Haechan said, leaving Jisung and Chenle's room.

"Yeah me too. Jeno, will you sleep already?" Renjun asked.

"Yeah, talk to you guys again tomorrow. Good night." Jeno said.

"Good night!"

The maknaes, Chenle and Jisung, were left inside their room.

Chenle stared at the ceiling.

"Jisung-ah.."

"Why?"

"Do you think that Jaemin-hyung is already okay?" Chenle asked.

Jisung sat down, facing Chenle's bed. "Maybe... maybe not..? But I know Jaemin-hyung. He won't give up easily. I'm sure he already recovered, he's just resting."

Chenle sighed, "You're right... I miss him..."

Jisung nodded, "I do too. We all do..."

Jisung lied down and looked at his phone. It's 11:49 pm. He's still awakeㅡthey're still awake. Maybe they got used to sleeping late because of schedules.

"I can't sleep," he whined.

Chenle laughed, "Just close your eyes. Sleep now, Jisung-ah. Good night."

Jisung sighed, "Good night."

***

The next morning, the dream members acted like they don't know anything, like what Haechan told them.

"Jisung, wake Mark-hyung and Haejin now." Renjun said. Jisung complied.

"Remember, don't be obvious." Haechan reminds them, the members nodded.

Haejin came out first, Mark was walking behind him. "Good morning everyone," She said, yawning.

"Good morning!!" Chenle greeted cheerfully.

"I'm glad I didn't have to throw your pillows at you again," Jisung said which made Haejin frown.

The other members were secretly glancing at the siblings. They were also sending signals to each other. Funny how they understand themselves.

"Do you have training today?" Renjun asked.

Haejin nodded, "Yep. Vocal training."

"Oh, good luck then." Renjun smiled.

"Thank you, Renjun-oppa."

***

"NCT U has schedule today. Mark-hyung won't be here," Haechan informed the other members.

He's left with the other members minus Mark and Jaemin.

"They aren't awkward with each other though?" Jeno said.

Haechan rolled his eyes, "Of course. They're siblings. Mark-hyung isn't the one Haejin likes, Jeno. It's Jaemin."

"Oh right..."

"Anyways, how will we know if our speculations are real?" Renjun asked.

"How about we ask Mark-hyung?" Jeno suggested.

"Do you think he'll answer us? Plus, he would know that we eavesdropped." Renjun retorted.

"But it's just Haechan-hyung who eavesdropped." Jisung laughed.

The other members laughed, well, except for Haechan who rolled his eyes.

"What about Haejin? Let's just ask her." Chenle said.

"That's Haejin already. Do you think she'll answer us? Plus, she'll know that we already know about it," Haechan answered.

"Right.. but we aren't even sure if our speculations are true. If she really likes Jaemin-hyung." Jisung said.

"Well I guess there's only one way to find out," Haechan said.

"What?" Renjun asked.

"We'll see... and wait till Jaemin comes back."

***

Five months later...

"Mark-hyung when will the three new faces arrive?" Haechan asked.

"The three?"

"Yeah. Jungwoo-hyung, Lucas-hyung, and Kun-hyung."

"They already did," Mark answered.

"Jinjja? When?"

"Yesterday."

Haechan nodded.

The Dream members are currently inside their practice room. They're on break. Jisung, Chenle, and Renjun are lying down on the floor. Jeno is sleeping on the couch. Haechan and Mark are seated on the floor.

"Oh, what is this?" Jisung sat down.

"What?"

"I am back. From Jaemin-hyung." Jisung answered

"WHAT?!" The other members, except Jeno who's still sleeping freaked out.

Jeno slowly opened his eyes. He grunted, "Can you guys keep it down? I'm sleeping here."

"Jaemin-hyung is coming back!" Jisung shouted.

Jeno sat up straight, "Is that for real?!"

"Yeah, we thought so too. Let's go home!" Mark said, grabbing his things.

The other members also grabbed their bags as they rush out of their practice room.

Staff members of the company were throwing them weird looks when they saw 6 members of NCT rushing outside. They also saw a close friend of them, which is Super Junior's Leeteuk, but they didn't talk long. Just a greeting, and goodbye.

They went to the elevator, all of them tapping their foot impatiently waiting for the elevator door to open. Once it opened, they quickly went inside and pressed the '1' button.

"I've never rushed like this in my entire life," Mark laughed.

"Me too." Haechan said.

"It's all because of Jaemin-hyung." Jisung said.

They still have to clean the dorm. It's not like it's untidy, but still they have to prepare it for Jaemin's arrival.

****

"Okay that will conclude today's vocal training! You all did a good job! Especially Haejin Lee," Their voice teacher said, applauding Haejin.

"Thank you, teacher." Haejin bowed.

Haejin grabbed her things and went outside.

"Haejin-unnie!" Haejin looked around to see who called her.

"Oh, Xiurong! What's up?"

"Wanna come with us to Myeong-dong?" She asked.

"Nah, I'll pass this time. I didn't ask permission from my brother. Plus, I'm already tired." She pressed her lips into a thin line, "Maybe next time, Xiurong. Please tell them and I hope you guys understand..."

"Oh, no worries, Haejin-unnie! I have to go now, bye! Take care!" Xiurong waved goodbye.

Haejin left the SM building and went to a nearby coffee shop.

"One espresso please," she smiled at the lady behind the cashier.

The lady smiled back and processed her order.

Once done, she gave Haejin her coffee.

She looked for a place to sit. She found one near the window.

She was about to sit on it when a guy, taller than her, placed his coffee cup first.

He was wearing a mask and a pair of specs. His eyes were hidden behind his bangs. Although hidden, Haejin could clearly see those brown eyes. He looked familiar, but she wasn't sure who he was, and where she saw him.

Brown eyes...

"Mine." The guy said.

"I'm sorry what? As far as I could see there's no name of yours written here on the table." Haejin snapped. She was already tired of training, yet this guy is getting on her nerves.

"You don't even know me, how would you know that my name isn't here." The guy answered.

"Because I can read, and I can't see any names written on the table."

"You don't wanna know my name. You'll probably freak out." The guy said.

"And why is that?"

"Because I'm famous," The guy said.

Haejin raised an eyebrow, "Don't worry, I'm not interested." She said as she grabs her things and leaves the coffee shop. As if my brother's not famous enough.

The guy just noticed that the girl earlier was carrying a lot of stuffs. Damn, I should have let her sit on this table. Ugh, if only I knew. I shouldn't have snapped like that.

He dragged his mask down and smiled. She's cute.

She did nothing but stare at the girl as she walks out of the coffee shop.

***

"Mark-hyung, does Haejin knows that our missing member will be back already?" Haechan asked. The other members flinches.

Mark shook his head, "No. I didn't tell her."

Haechan looked at the other members suspiciously. He whispered at Renjun, "Why didn't he tell her?"

Renjun whispered back, "I have no idea."

Weird.

Once they arrived, Mark rushed out of their van and left the other members behind.

Haechan looked at the other members, "It's time."

"It's the moment we have been waiting for," Renjun laughed.

"Jaemin's finally back," Jeno said.

"He isn't here yet, though," Jisung said.

"I know, we just went here ahead of time so that we could prepare our dorm for his arrival," Haechan answered.

***

Haejin arrived at Dream's dorm with a frown on her face.

"What happened? Did your teacher scold you again?" Mark asked.

"No."

The other members signaled Mark a "what happened?" kind of look. He just shrugged.

She dropped her bag on the floor and sighed, "Did you know that here's this guy at the coffee shop earlier, who was kinda rude? He bumped into me and didn't even apologize! He even said that he's famous, like do I even care?!

Her brother laughed, "Really? What is he like?

The girl sat down on a stool. She rubbed her chin and imagined the boy earlier, "Hmm, he's tall. Taller than both of us, he looks younger than you but older than me though. Maybe about Haechan-oppa's age? He looks familiar, though. He was wearing a beige coat and a black mask... It's like I've seen him somewhere..

"Hmm? Don't mind him, maybe he's just a fool who wishes to be famous," Mark laughed

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Jeno yelled.

"Jaemin-ah!"

The boy and the girl who was talking earlier looked in the door's direction.

"WHAT THE HECK?!"

"IT'S YOU!!!"

The other boys looked at them weirdly, "Haejin-ah, what are you talking about?"

"Minhyung-oppa! He's the douchebag I was talking about!"