Doubler || NCT || Completed

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All of the dreamies stared at Jeno.

Renjun was the first one to open his mouth. "I'm too tired for stupid jokes."

Jaemin nodded at Renjun's comment, resting his face in his hands. "Can we just speak about whatever it is you really want to tell us so that I can go to bed?"

"I was being serious", Jeno pointed out. "We should go back to the poachers' headquarters and get rid of their information system."

Heavy silence fell to the living room as the dreamies processed the proposition with blank faces.

Renjun turned to Yujin. "Did he fall and get a concussion?"

She shook her head.

Haechan cleared his throat. "In general, I'm all in for crazy ideas but not when the idea sounds like a suicide."

Jaemin didn't say anything but his lips were in a thin line. His eyes were worried as he stared at his best friend.

"I think that it's a great idea", Chenle announced.

"Of course you do", Yujin mumbled. While she wasn't sure about Jeno's idea, she had told him that he could suggest it to the others. She had expected everyone to say no but she should've known that Chenle would like it.

Renjun muttered something to himself in Mandarin, earning a glare from Chenle.

"That way Jisung could start building his life as well", Chenle explained his reaction to the others. Jisung's eyes widened at the mention of his name and he peeked at Chenle out of the corner of his eye before looking down again. He was sitting in the corner of the long couch, fidgeting with the sleeve of his shirt. "And we could make sure that they wouldn't know anything about the rest of us either. Then we all could go back to our normal lives."

Jeno nodded enthusiastically. "Now that we have Jisung, we could figure out a way to delete all of their data about doublers."

Renjun listened to their reasoning before glancing at the newest addition to the group. "Would it be possible? Do you know how they store their information?"

"They have a software of some kind and a hard drive as a backup", Jisung answered quietly but without hesitation. "But I don't know how to take down the software so I'm not sure how it would work..."

Haechan lifted his hand, interrupting Jisung. "Jungwoo", he said. His eyes had started to sparkle - apparently the crazy idea was starting to grow on him as well. "He could definitely do it."

Yujin thought about her old classmate's soft voice and peculiar sense of humour. "How come he'd be able to help us?"

"Jungwoo's a grey hat hacker", Haechan told her. "He's crazy good at it."

Why not, Yujin thought. Of course, they would have a hacker, and of course it had to be the most marshmallow-like guy ever.

Jaemin was still quiet but he was chewing his lower lip and bouncing his leg against the floor. "This doesn't sound like a good idea at all", he said softly.

"I don't think they'd expect us to come back so quickly", Renjun pointed out. "We'd have the element of surprise."

The fact that Renjun seemed to be considering the plan shocked Yujin - and everyone else. Jaemin looked at him in the utmost betrayal.

Haechan opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the ringing of Jeno's phone. Yujin leaned in to see who was calling, and a frown found her face before Jeno could even take the call.

"Hey, hyung! How are you?" Jeno said, trying to sound relax and turned on the speaker so that everyone in the room could hear.

"Hey, Jeno-ya", Taeyong greeted. His voice was a bit awkward.