it was late in the evening and the street cafes were beggining to light up with bustling college students. the seniors were among the loudest bunch, celebrating in groups remembering their university life, which ended tomorrow with graduation.

minho and naeun would have accompanied the crowd sooner if not for sanah's attempts at perfecting her farewell speech. the advertizing major was more anxious about delivering a speech than introducing the boyfriend to her strict parents.

'truth or dare?' joy asked and everyone gave a incredulous laugh.

'sooyoung-ah? are we thirteen?' sanah stated from her spot. minho signed at the silence, the only reason he hangs out with the junior bunch is all his age friends graduated while he took time off university to get mitilary service done.

the girl sat down at her rejected game, hoping someone would come up with a boring one and she cold push the idea of truth or dare again.

'its the right time,' jackson replied, heading on to his next beer bottle. 'everyone's consious enough to speak the truth and drunk enough to not remember anything.'

'and then embarass yourself the next day?' sanah laughed at how the boy always had an explaination up his sleeve.

he's known sanah for two years and one thing is for sure, sanah is a buzzkill. and then there is minho who is always excited to try out the stupidest things. god has his ways of balancing out.

jackson's watching the group with soft eyes, taehyung is secretly flirting with a girl from opposite table. sanah's worried about getting home past her curfew. sooyoung and minho are having a mini arm wrestle amongst themselves.

he eyes landed on naeun as she caught him taking pictures of a drooling yeri, only to make it a meme the next second.

'what should we do next?' jackson asked putting the phone in before it gets snatched away and photos deleted. 

'how about we go home and rest?' naeun added.

'yeah, we can't show up with a hangover tommorow,' sanah nodded at her suggestion.

'no! shut up!' sooyoung interrupted. the thud woke up an asleep yeri who blinked her eyes try to understand whats going on.

'won't you guys miss all these? the carefree days! jackson's going LA, I'll move back to my hometown, you all will apply to different companies, V's applying for army. do you guys really think we can meet like this again?' the taller brunette vented.

'lets do something spontaneous, we have to make an amazing memory' naeun voiced out. sooyoung is right. they won't get a better occassion to meet if everyone goes their ways. 

'naeun, you too?' sanah looked surprised at how fast the decision changed.

'how about we take a trip?' sooyoung added.

'we have to get back by morning,' the group-mom, sanah reminded.

'make her quite, will you?' jackson pleaded, and it took minho a second to force his hand on sanah's mouth.

'i'm in,' yeri replied.

'free booze then...yes,' taehyung told. he is hell bent into making the oldest spend.

'consider it done,' sooyoung said, not bothering to get a confirmation. minho's paying no pressure on anyone else.

〔*.☽ .*〕

'taemin...' jongin's lying on the couch as he watches his friend pack everything he wants to take back to the realm.

'did I miss something?' taemin looked back, expecting the idol to surprise him with another box of candies.

'can't you stay longer?' kai pouted. he enjoyed the whole week with him and now that its time for taemin to return, he doesn't want him to go.

'mom thinks I am volunteering at isles. only dad knows,' the dark haired man replied. taemin's tried dying his hair only at the promise it will wear off soon enough without any earthly saloon maintainance. 'I want to stay too.'

kai turned away sulking at the short stay.

enchantress man wol won't let her adult son away from her sight even for few days. remembering how much courage it took taemin's dad to lie to his quick tempered wife, the idol buried his reluctance and helped his friend pack.

taemin's too obsessed with human delicacies to pack two bags while he arrived with none.

'the next time, I'll stay longer,' the older promised, pushing back his hair as the two got ready to teleport.

he likes everything about his stay. the bustling city, the music industry, crazy hair dyes, hundred types of confectionaries and the last on the list is her.

taemin was slightly inclined to meet naeun a third time. jongin warned that it might be considered stalker behaviour and he could get arrested for. so the man planned a little disguised farewell gift.

〔*.☽ .*〕

'naeun!!! I am going to pick dad from hospital,' mrs. park informed in a loud shrill from downstairs.

'daughter is graduating and he won't even reschedule his surgeries,' she muttered complaining to the younger child, ' stop using that phone and get ready,' she smacked sera on her way out. threatening the girls to start on time for the ceremony.

'sera!! sera? can't you hear me?' naeun called, as she made way to the dinning room, adjusting her dress. she shouldn't have had too many drinks, now her stomach has bloated and the zipper won't move smoothly. 'help me please.'

'what now,' the one with glasses sighed. her favorite author updated a twenty six minutes kai x reader chapter filled with sexual tension and no one seems to let her enjoy the fantasy of romancing her idol in peace. 

'y/n fics?' naeun chuckled, 'are they still doing that?'

'let me enjoy. in which lifetime will I be born as a secret princess of a realm whose dad left royalty to marry her commoner mother and kai is my soulmate. such a fantasy,' sera cupped her cheeks dreamily.

'leave that, the dress is a bit tight,' naeun let in her concern.

'haha fatty, take a deep breathe, I'll try to zip it,' sera got up assisting the sister to move the hair aside. a tiny sight was a shock to the younger. 'woah when did you get this?'

'get what?' naeun raised a brow.

'the tattoo fatty,' sera hinted, touching the cresent moon ink on naeun's back.

the older turned around watching her reflection on the refrigerator glass. touching the tiny mark as a white scene flashed her mind. she quickly moved the hand away blaming her hangover for the vivid images.

' last night we went to busan? taehyung forced us to accompany him get a tattoo,' naeun shook her head remembering a junior jungkook having an influence on V for that decision.

'bold rebellious naeun, should I blackmail and tell mom?'

'don't you dare. its temporary. if mom knows I won't get you another album.'

'deal. these lips remain sealed.'

〔*.☽ .*〕

'is it good news that you decided to stay?' suho smiled at his another favorite ennom.

'it wasn't a choice,' taemin scratched his head. last night when they tried teleporting back, only jongin could get through. even with multiple portal openings at different spots, everything but taemin were able to pass to the realm.

the repeated trials tired out kai and it took a toll on his superpower stamina.

'everything except him went through,' kai held his head. it would be a disaster if the realm found out about him  getting taemin out or worse if man wol knows the father son duo lied to her. the second one has worse consequences.

' that means it must be a one way. anyone other than teleporters can't go back,' suho drew a conclusion, which absolutely distressed both the friends. 'don't fear yet. let me call my great gran, she might know something.'

the woman on the other side picked at the last ring. her voice barely audible with the line crackling. 'junmyeon-ah?'

'hi granma, how are you doing?'

as suho chatted, the idol gave a stern look to skip the pleasantries while the situation filled him with fear. 'so do you know anything about ennoms teleporting back to realm?'

'yes why?' the lady's voice filled with doubt.

'perfect, can non teleporter ennoms go back?'

'humans can too. if accompanied by the teleporter.'

the response piqued interest and the men glued their ears to the phone.

'but our bloodline weren't teleporters, how did they transport to the realm?' it was a sensible doubt, taemin gave a pat on suho's shoulder for the question.

'the magician bloodlines of the realm created crystals for that purpose, one of it, our family heirloom, was destroyed because the only son left the realm and married a human, against his elder's wishes,' mrs. kim shared the story, 'however, it was only the replica. the royal family has hidden all the originals. the current sorceror might know more about those,' the woman coughed, finishing her explaination.

'looks like only your mom can help,' jongin sighed rubbing his forehead.

'have dad find out about that crystal, lets involve mom only as the last resort,' taemin suggested.

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hii babies!! how are you? updated after so long.
so taemin can't get back and naeun got a tattoo?

what do you think is happening?