Eight Shots of Espresso | Na Jaemin

Chapter 21

"Kim Jungwoo is currently at the building of his department taking his last class for this afternoon. I managed to get a copy of his schedule and according to it, he has a vacant time of two hours right after his major subject," Chenle explained to Haechan through the phone.

"That's great, Chenle. Make sure to get a hold of him before he's mobbed by his fans."

"Actually, that's the reason we called you," Jisung interrupted. "We're too shy to approach him."

"What the—you called me so you can make me do the work?"

"Yeah, you're the only shameless one in our group," Chenle answered.

"What did you say, Zhong Chenle?"

"I said I'll cook ramen for you if you come over here."

"Fine! I'll be there in a minute."

"If you're not here within a minute then you'll cook ramen for us!" Jisung joked.

"Wait for me and I'll beat your asses, you punks—"

Before Haechan could curse at the two, Chenle ended the call and the two best friends giggled at each other. They waited for Haechan to come and busied themselves on their phones. Shortly after, Haechan arrived together with Renjun and Mark who were forced to tag along.

They waited for the bell to ring and the moment Kim Jungwoo stepped out of the classroom, the five freshmen ambushed him and brought him at the back of the building.

"Who are you guys—oh wait! I know you! You're the popular group of handsome freshmen! If I'm not mistaken, there's seven of you," Jungwoo said and pointed at each one of them.

"The other two are somewhere, I don't know where but that's not important. Just an additional information, I'm the top visual in our group. But that's not why we're here," Haechan said.

Jungwoo dramatically clutched his bag tightly and used it as a shield witha frantic look on his face. "Are you going to bully me? Ask for my lunch money? Because if yes, sorry to disappoint you but my Mom packs my lunch. Sorry."

"Oh! Packed lunches! My Mom used to make one, but not anymore since I moved from China, I had to do it alone," Renjun said and the atmosphere suddenly turned sentimental. Jungwoo was touched by the little backstory. He didn't hesitate to hug Renjun which shocked everyone.

"He's very touchy," Jisung whispered to Chenle.

"I haven't introduced myself. My name is Kim Jungwoo," Jungwoo said and bowed a little. In return, the five introduced themselves even though they didn't have to.

"It's for courtesy." Like what Mark had said.

"Now that we've introduced ourselves, can you tell me why you ambushed me and brought me here? Because if you're planning to beat me up, I am quite stronger than I look and I can literally beat the shit out of all of you, not to mention I'm way taller."

"No, that's not why we're here. We're not looking for trouble," Renjun said. "We learned from our senior, Kim Doyoung, that you run the official page of NeoU."

"Yep! That's right! That's me, Kim Jungwoo at your service!"

"A few days ago, an anonymous account posted an intriguing post about our friends, Na Jaemin and (Name) and we wanted to know who posted the photos because those were posted without their consent," Haechan explained.

Jungwoo nodded in understanding. "Okay, but I need something."

"What is it?" Chenle asked. "Food? Money? Name your price."