WITH YOU - haechan

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— NORMAL
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"I'm gonna call him," Jaehyun muttered, excusing himself from the hospital room. He stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind him.

"I swear these two give me a headache," Taeyong mumbled, rubbing his temples to ease the oncoming pain.

Johnny chuckled at the boy. He patted his back firmly before retracting his arm to cross them. "Hopefully this is the last hospital visit for a while."

"It better be." The leader threatened in a low malicious voice, glaring at the dream unit who visibly shrunk in their seats.

"Taeyongie can never be mad at me~" Jisung tried to act cute, but this time it fell short unlike other incidents.

"Jisungie is gonna be grounded if you continue sneaking out to Indigo~" Taeyong cooed mockingly, making the youngest frown.

"I tried." He huffed, going back to the contents of his phone.

"You guys need to act like normal teenagers." Johnny huffed, his aura morphing into his fatherly figure mode.

"Here we go." Renjun sighed, putting down his phone and sliding it into his back pocket— readying himself for the lecture he had heard thousands of times already.

Chenle cleared his throat confidently. He parted his lips ready to lip the whole lecture, as he had it memorized after the fifth time he heard it. Taeyong was a few steps ahead of the younger. He turned his head in a swift motion, locking his piercing eyes to his. Chenle pursed his lips, orbs darting to his lap.

"We want you guys to be normal teenagers. Yes, go have a taste of freedom, go jump out of your bedroom windows and sneak out. Go kiss a girl, I don't know, practice safe sex—" The Seo spoke, voice holding sincere intentions.

"Oh my god please stop!" Jisung whined, covering his ears from the monstrosity that came out of Johnny's mouth.

"Of course, don't get a girl pregnant. But that's besides the point, but what I'm saying is partake in NORMAL teen activities, don't sneak out to some night club, casino or fight club. Us older members want you to live and have fun, but not with those people and not in those places. You don't know who's there—"

"And what will happen." Jaemin finished.

Johnny passed the paternal baton to Taeyong, who had been always ready to lecture the boys."We just want you guys to be safe, though while still living a normal life. But that's beyond difficult since there's always a red dot on your foreheads like an annoying zit and a target on your back. But obviously y'all don't care as you go to Indigo, a hot spot for felons and gangs and all that."

"Indigo is a nice place." Renjun defended, however his argumentative statement was pretty weak, making the older boy's brow to raise in question.

"The last time we went there was mission to catch a grimy drug dealer that didn't pay his source, and not to mention we found condoms on the bathroom ground and skeptical candy at the tables." Taeyong reminded them, bringing up a memory of one of their recent missions.

"All clubs are like that—"

"Indigo isn't just any club. It's dangerous—"

"Dangerously fun." Jisung piped in, grinning widely at the perfectly timed joke, but hearing no laughter he immediately stood. "I'm gonna get a juice box from the cafeteria."

"Yeah, you go do that." Taeyong mumbled, watching the boy closely as he walked to the door and left, just as Jaehyun entered. The older slipped past the younger as he slipped his phone back into his pocket. "Any news?"

"I couldn't reach Hyuck, but I did call the other members and they said they would bring him." Jaehyun informed, as he glanced at the sleeping female.

"Do you think the others can reach him?" Jeno asked, knowing how off the grid their friend can get.

"Trust me, Hyuck wouldn't want to be found from how riled up the boys got when I said Rin fainted from arguing with him." The Jung laughed, shaking his head as he remembered the boy's loud reactions over the phone.

. . .

Rinyoung groaned softly. Her eyelids slowly fluttered open, her dark orbs meeting the white ceiling of her hospital room. Shocked from the change in color of her room, as it was beige, she immediately sat up in bed. She frantically looked at her sides, her heart racing until her sight landed on the dream unit who slept on the couch.

Their heads were piled onto each other's shoulders, and occasionally their arms crossed over one another in a cuddling fashion.

First to wake up from the rustling of bedsheets, Jisung nearly jumped up in his seat. "Oh my god you're awake!" He exclaimed, jogging to her bedside with an amazed expression. The others eventually began to wake up from the youngest's outburst.

Gaining a sense of the situation, they all huddled around her with relieved smiles.

Emerging into the room, Johnny, Taeyong and Jaehyun walked in from previously eating lunch in the cafeteria. Their chatter faltered once seeing the girl awake.

"Oh my god, Miss Rinyoung don't ever do that to me! How could you faint in my arms! You scared the crap outta me!" Johnny cried, running to the girl and enveloping her in a large hug.

"Gosh, Johnny you're crushing me!"