Meet Again ☽ Zhong Chenle

8

Aera's morning did not start off well. With her sleeping in and rushing out of the house, she barely made it to class on time. Walking inside the room while everyone stared at her. "Miss Kim, may I know why you were the latest one here today?" The professor asked as she looked towards Aera. "I'm sorry professor, I slept in today." She didn't want to lie, there was no point too. "I see, well go on and find a seat." She smiled towards her student.

Aera didn't have friends, she found them a bother especially since she was too dedicated in school. She would be defined as the "loner" of the school but there's too many people to even define one. She didn't want to go to NYU, she wanted to stay in Korea with her friends. But once her parents died, she had to make sure her parents dream came true and decided to go. Her parents were supportive of her and helped her in every step but they planned for her to go to NYU. They knew that she'll get more opportunities abroad and she'll get to meet new friends. Which didn't work out as her main focus was in school.

Aera knew she was the valedictorian for her year, she never missed any assignments, never been absent or late to a class, and never got lower than a 95 on anything. Aera was the one who was graduating a year earlier than most people. As she was writing notes down, trying to stay awake. She got a notification but ignored it til end of class. "As you can see, the diagram is what I expect you all to replicate. You can use your minds and try to be creative with it, but it must be exact same structure. You all must have the required app downloaded to replicate this otherwise, you'll get an incomplete assignment." The professor explained. Geez, majoring in media is tough.

"That'll be all, I will end class early today. Go enjoy yourself youngsters, I'll see you all tomorrow." She left the class in a hurry, probably had an important meeting after or something. Aera checked her phone and saw a unknown number call her.

"You guys don't have any plans today so you can go walk around New York and have fun." The manager told the guys. "Mark hyung, where should we go?" Jisung asked as he shrugged. "I haven't been here since the SuperM concert, I forgot everything." He said and the manager overheard.

He did want the boys to have fun, they were on tour and needed to live their childhood or youngness. He didn't know the area much but he knew who did. The manager decided to call Aera.

"Hm, strange. Should I call back?" Aera wondered. Why would a unknown number call her at 10:00 AM. No ones awake unless they have work or school. She decided to call back and luckily they answered right away.

"Hi, hello! Is this Kim Aera?" The manager asked. "Ah yes, who is this?" She said in a questionable tone. "Ah my apologies, this is Chenle's manager, well NCT Dream's manager." He explained.

"Oh, um is there anything you need?" She asked wondering why their manager would call her randomly. "Yes there is. If you are free right now, would you possibly be able to come to our hotel and pick the boys up and take them around New York. We don't know the area well and I'm sure you do." The manager was hitting his lip, anticipating for her answer. "Yeah sure, I'll come right now. I just finished my class." She did still didn't this odd but she knew they needed help. "Thank you Aera, I'll see you soon."

Aera took the train and luckily, no traffic. She was nervous walking there, she was going to meet the guys, not just guys but her favorite idols.

She called the manager letting him know she's downstairs in front of the hotel and the manger would bring them down.

"All right guys, let's go downstairs. I have a person that will help you in around. I think you'll love her." The manager told them as the guys went to change and get ready while winking at Chenle.

"Are you sure we can trust whoever it is?" Jaemin asked, he was scared if it was a stalker or something.
"I think so, nothing suspicious." The manager smiled.

Aera waited patiently until she saw the elevator doors open and 10 guys walk out. "Guess this is it!" She told herself and held a deep breath.

They walked out and Chenle and Jisung were shocked. Were they seeing the right person? "Yo, you good bro?" Mark nudged them. "Aera?" Chenle asked in a low voice. "Hi again!" She smiled.

"Guys, meet Aera. I'm sure two of you guys know her already but the rest don't. She's gonna show you around New York today. And again, thank you so much." The manager thanked Aera. "No problem!"

"Well I guess we should introduce ourselves right?" Jeno asked as Chenle shook his head. "She knows you guys already, she's a fan." Jisung spoke out making Aera a bit embarrassed. Haechan wiggled his eyebrows towards Chenle who told him to shut up.

"If you're a fan, who's your bias?" Renjun asked teasing her. "Uhh, all you guys are. I don't really have a favorite. You all are too talented to choose." She sighed in relief as she was able to answer that without shuttering.

"Well I guess we should be going now. I'll take you to a fair that's happening and it isn't too far from us." She explained to them how they'll get there and the manager insured that they'll get a car to drive all of them. They spilt into two groups with four people per car.

Car 1- Aera, Chenle, Mark, Jeno
Car 2- Renjun, Haechan, Jaemin,
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