Meet Again ☽ Zhong Chenle

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"You guys speak english right?" Aera asked them but she already knew the answer as Chenle and Jisung shook their heads. Aera gave up, "Do you speak korean?" she asked as she watched the both to smile. "Ah yes we do," They bowed to Aera which she bowed back in respect of manners. "There's no service in the subway station, if you're trying to call or message someone. You should go back up but I can help you to wherever you need to go, you guys seem lost." She spoke to them as they were just frozen standing there.

"Ah um, it's okay. Thank you for the help though." Jisung spoke out of awkwardness and trying not to be followed by a stalker or something. "I see, it's almost 11 pm and there's not much help so I think I should help you guys assuming that you both are lost right?" Aera didn't have this much confidence especially in front of the idols she loves but she wanted them to get home safe. "Are you sure? By any chance do you know us?" Chenle questioned as he saw that her phone had a nct sticker on it and was worried she's a saesang. "Yeah I do, you guys are NCT Dream. I'm not a stalker or anything, I just got out of school and I've been living in New York for a long time now and can probably get you guys back to your hotel." She knew it would be horrible to lie so she had to say the truth.

"Still, I think we're okay. Thanks for the offer." Chenle was getting a bit pissed at this so called not a "sasaeng" but he still had to keep his idol image. "If I was a sasaeng, wouldn't I be taking pictures of you guys or trying to touch you or something. I'm offering to help, don't think anything bad of it. I know you guys are idols meaning you probably have a busy schedule tomorrow and staying here at a train station til morning isn't going to help you guys at all." Aera ranted off, she was simply just trying to be nice and help others but then again, it's an idol she's talking too.

Chenle and Jisung looked at each other, in their situation they needed her help especially since both of them never knew how to travel or anything. "I guess, our hotels some place called 'Langham Hotel" Chenle spoke to her as he finally looked to see her face as she covered herself with mask and scarf. "Oh that's pretty close, I can take you guys there. My apartment is near that area. The train should be coming in 5 minutes." Jisung smiled at her knowing that he can finally go back into Jeno's arms. "Thank you again for the help..." Aera spoke back to Chenle, "Aera, Kim Aera." She smiled.

"I don't think we need to introduce ourselves I'm assuming." Chenle asked as she laughed a bit while shaking her head. "Chenle and Jisung, the maknaes of NCT". "Did you go to our concert today by any chance?" Jisung questioned as she smiled. "I didn't have the chance too, I had night classes at school". Aera responded as Jisung nodded in understanding.

"I mean you met us way differently than other fans." Chenle laughed. "That's true, the train is coming we should go". The train did come right after she spoke, the trio went inside and sat down. "We get off at Herald square, only 4 stops should be about 7 minutes I think".

"How was the concert"? Area asked as she only saw some fan clips. "Really fun, I didn't expect to see that much fans in New York." Jisung responded as he remembered being shocked by the seats filled up. "That's nice, you guys have a lot of supporters." Aera laughed. "Might be a weird question but how do you know korean?" Chenle asked fascinated by her great speaking skills. "Ahh no worries, I'm korean american and I study chinese too." She smiled to which Chenle had his mouth widened.
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