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❛ damn, so this means i
can hit on her right? ❜

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"hey, i want you guys to meet someone." mark said approaching his group of friends happily, guiding miyong with him.

"yo! new girlfriend, mark?" jeno asked, jumping up from his seat to look at miyong.

"already? didn't you just break up with someone yesterday?" renjun asked reluctantly, scratching his head.

mark grimaced at his words.

"well, she's pretty," jisung shyly said, looking away.

"nah man, she's hot." donghyuck piped in, sending a wink towards miyong, earning a deadly scowl from mark.

miyong laughed. she couldn't fathom how anyone would think she was pretty. in her mind, she was just average— and sometimes not even.

"no you idiots. this is miyong, she's my best friend." he motioned towards miyong, and she waved.

"mimi, these are my friends. some of them are on the basketball team with me," he said pointing to them individually, "jeno, chenle, jisung, renjun, jaemin, and donghyuck— also known as haechan."

"dang, mark," chenle joked, holding his chest as if he had been shot, "i thought we were your best friends."

the guys and miyong all laughed, except for mark who rolled his eyes.

"you wish." mark said shaking his head. "that spot is reserved for mimi, and mimi only." he smiled at miyong and she smiled back.

"mimi, was it?" jaemin asked miyong kindly, giving her a warm smile.

"ye—"

"mimi is my nickname for her," mark cut in frowning, "and only me. it's reserved. i've claimed it." he tugged at miyong's arm pulling her closer.

"really mark?" miyong asked rolling her eyes and laughing.

"yes. they can find their own nickname for you." he said, trying to him a smile from creeping up onto his face. he pulled her to stand in front of him, hugged her from behind, and placed his chin on her head.

miyong softly giggled. "you guys can call me mi. it's what most people do anyways."

"got it, mi." renjun gave her a thumbs up.

"wait, so you're not dating her, mark?" jeno asked, confused.

"yeah, we've just been best friends since we were seven years old." mark chuckled, still holding onto miyong.

"hm... well that's new." chenle said, running a hand through his hair, giving a slightly sarcastic look out of the corner of his eyes. he knew what mark was usually like, and was surprised that his best friend was a girl.

"damn, so this means i can hit on her right?" haechan asked jokingly, raising his eyebrows.

miyong laughed. she thought all of his friends were adorable. especially haechan— she thought he was a real jokester.

"no." mark said sharply, sending a glare towards haechan. "she's off limits. out of bounds. not permitted. she deserves better than any of you fools."

"mark!" miyong gasped. "you don't get to decide what i do." she said frowning.

"no i don't." he shrugged, "that is, except for this." he said grinning from ear to ear. he swiftly extended out a hand to ruffle her hair, successfully messing it up.

the guys at the table gasped dramatically. they'd never seen mark do something like that to anyone, especially a girl.

miyong shook her head mentally. a bunch of reaction kings, that's what they were.

"mark lee!" she gasped, "i spent five whole minutes on my hair this morning— five whole minutes! it was the absolute worst five minutes of my life!"

"i thought i'd at least, you know— look decent since you said you were going to introduce me to people today— yet you decide to make it worse? i'm going to give you twenty seconds to run... before i slap that smirk right off of your little face!" miyong retorted, narrowing her eyes and crossing her arms.

"oh no!" mark said mockingly, flailing his arms up into the air. "i'm so scared of park miyong, the girl who's scared of the dark, won't step foot into water, or ride a rollercoaster!" he said laughing.

miyong's expression softened, as her ears turned slightly pink. "mark! that's confidential, you promised you'd never tell anyone!" she huffed in annoyance, taking a step forward, looking him straight in the eyes.

"hey sorry, it slipped." he shrugged. "plus, you were the one threatening to slap me, i needed defense!" mark shot back playfully, taking a step closer, looking down into miyong's eyes.

"that's only because you messed up my hair first!" she exclaimed, taking another step closer, her eyes piercing into his.

mark took another step forward. "well it's because yo—"

"oh, just date already you two!" jaemin interrupted, and we all stopped and turned to look at him. an awkward silence overtaking the table.

"i mean," he paused and looked around the table, "i said what everyone else wanted to say." he shrugged, taking a bite out of his kimchi fried rice.

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miyong smiled as she recalled the day she first met mark's friends, a few years back in their freshman year of high school.

at first glance, the guys already knew that there was something different about miyong.

she was just like one of them— laid back, funny, and quite the savage.

the six of them, had been mark and miyong's friend group all throughout highschool. seyeon had joined them when she moved to seoul in their sophomore year.

today, eight of them sat together in the school atrium cafeteria, all except mark.

"where's the damaged hair freak today?" miyong asked, as she placed her lunch tray down on the table.

'damaged hair freak' was a nickname miyong had given mark since he began dyeing his hair all sorts of colours a few years back. his hair was most certainly damaged, and miyong always scolded him for not taking proper care of it.

"he's with hyejin today, i think he said that she had something to tell him." jisung replied, scooting over so miyong could sit.

"oh, guess i'll see him later then." she replied shrugged, completely used to not seeing mark during lunch, though deep down she missed his company.

looking across the table miyong's eyes landed on haechan who was currently whisper-screaming at renjun.

"renjunnie!" haechan exclaimed nudging the boy sitting beside him. "stop looking at her you're making it so obvious!"

colour flooded renjun's face as he looked away from the girl sitting on the other side of the atrium.

renjun had recently formed a liking towards the new girl in school, lee chaemin. she was pretty, shy, and gentle— which seemed like a great match for renjun.

miyong already had a plan to set them up together.

haechan had been teasing renjun about it for the past two weeks, and he wouldn't give him a break.

the rest laughed lightheartedly at how embarrassed renjun was at being caught staring.

"don't worry junnie! i'll set you up with her!" miyong smirked, looking at renjun.

"mi— don't you dare." he replied sharply under his breath. "i know what you're capable of."

"you're such a party pooper, huang renjun." miyong said rolling her eyes. she didn't care, she was still going to do it anyways.

"i agree with miyong, man up and go talk to her, my guy." jaemin piped in laughing.

renjun rolled his eyes extra dramatically. "speak for yourself, jaemin. we all know you have a fat crush on se—" jaemin tackled him before he could finish his sentence.

"ooooh. jaemin has a crush on somebody?" seyeon asked raising her eyebrows. "who's the lucky girl who's won the heart of the na jaemin?"

miyong stifled a laugh. the entire friend group all knew that jaemin had had a special liking towards seyeon since she first moved to seoul. but apparently as smart as seyeon was, she was the only one who wasn't aware that it was her that jaemin liked.

jaemin's face flushed pink, as he looked away from seyeon, afraid to meet her eyes and that she'd see right through him.

"he certainly does! and he's quite obvious about it." jeno sniggered, adding fuel to the fire.

"jaemin's in looove." jisung sang, as jaemin pursed his lips together and crossed his arms.

"c'mon dude, it's getting old now, you gotta man up and ask her out." chenle joined in, "both of you."

"how do you guys all know who it is?" seyeon asked cluelessly, her eyebrows furrowing. "someone tell me!"

they all shrugged and haechan snickered loudly.

seyeon turned beside her to look at jaemin. "jaeminnn, tell me who it is!" she begged, shaking his arm like a little kid.

"that's— that's a secret, for now, seyeonnie." a lightly blushing jaemin stammered, looking at seyeon's face which bore a stubborn pout.

"you'll find out soon enough, yeon." miyong smiled at her friend, wishfully.

"but i want to know now!"

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a/n !

hi i wasn't gonna put a long authors note on this chapter BUT

1. WHAT IS NCT HOLLYWOOD IM SCARED??

2. bawling my eyes out bcs my center pick for ywy3 (tony) was withdrawn from the show due to family controversies one episode before debut night :(

3. dream album out tomorrow ‼️ make sure to stream all day and tell me your faves when you do !