hot and cold - nct, jaedo

♨ 3 ❄

"sorry, i'm late..."

"as usual, i may say." the heir of the demon realm sassed, seeing his best friend entering the room. "i'm not surprised anymore, yuta."

the japanese demon let out a nervous laugh.

he wasn't the best with schedules.

as early as he could start to prepare, he would never be on time.

but he was jaehyun's best friend, so that was enough to forgive him.

"can i know why i was asked formally to meet you in the meeting room when your bedroom is way comfier for best friend talks?" yuta asked, taking a seat in one of the throne-like chairs that was around the big table.

"that's because you're here on a 'mission'." jaehyun replied, marking the quotation marks with his hands.

"a mission? me?" yuta scoffed. "what kind of mission?"

yuta was someone kind of hyperactive.

he couldn't hold in place for more than two minutes.

he was always bouncing around, either yelling or speaking too loud for the occasion.

jaehyun's parents weren't a big fan of him at first, but behind his hyperactive façade hid a very kind and charming boy that had gained their recognition.

his restless side was a good excuse to prevent going on missions.

as a person close to the royal family, he could be given missions for the realm.

he would love to participate in missions.

but both his hyperactive and his late sides made the queen and the king reticent about sending him – even if yuta himself was very giddy at the idea of going on a mission to help his realm.

but now, the situation was different.

jaehyun was asked to choose someone for a mission.

a very important one, meaning jaehyun needed a man of trust for this.

and who could be more trustworthy than his best friend?

"it's an important mission, yuta. so i'd like you to listen very carefully to what i'm going to tell you."jaehyun explained calmly.

"is someone going to die if i do something wrong? oh my god! i don't want someone to die!" yuta exclaimed, gasping loudly between his different exclamations.

"you could die if you mess things up badly." jaehyun replied.

"ME?! what the heck?! i'm risking my life for a mission?! oh my hell!"

jaehyun sighed, rubbing his temples with his palms while he asked himself silently if choosing yuta was the best idea he ever had.

but now that it was – partly – done, he couldn't go back.

"listen, yuta." he said sternly, making the japanese tense. "you won't die if you do exactly what i say, and when i say it."

the demon nodded energetically, gulping the lump that had slowly formed in his throat in the process.

"what do i have to do then?" he asked in a normal voice this time.

"we're capturing the heir of the human realm."

"the WHAT?!" yuta started screaming again.

"yuta, shut up!" jaehyun slammed his fist on the table.

the japanese male gulped again, fidgeting with his fingers under the black marble table.

the boy sitting in front of him wasn't his best friend. it was the heir of a realm.

he wasn't there to joke about things like they did when they spent hours alone in his bedroom. he was there to prove to his parents he was able to make good decisions and rule a realm.

and he had chosen yuta for that, meaning he trusted him.

yuta couldn't mess everything up and make jaehyun's parents mad about their son.

he needed to concentrate and be a good civilian of the realm.

"kim doyoung. the son of the king and queen of the human realm. we're capturing him tomorrow morning. the realms have to be reunited again."

♨/❄

doyoung groaned loudly when he heard his alarm ringing in the early morning.

he allowed one of his arms to get out of the warmth cocoon that his bed comforter created, and he slammed his hand on the alarm, shutting it off immediately.

the heir of the human realm stayed a few more minutes in bed, under his many layers of pyjama and comforters, to increase his body temperature the best he could.

he got out of his comfort zone after his mother knocked loudly on the door to tell him that breakfast was ready.

and so, a breakfast after, doyoung was walking out of his castle to get to school.

the journey there wasn't too long, but for doyoung, it felt like hours because of the freezing breeze that was passing through the meshes of his thick fluffy white hoodie.

"how can it be this fucking cold..." the human cursed, blowing into his gloved hands to warm them up.

he continued his journey to school, a bright face appearing on his face when he saw the building he had to reach a hundred meters in front of him.

he was about to sprint there when someone spoke just behind him.

"excuse me?"

the human turned around, meeting eyes with a tall black-haired male wearing only black jeans and a black t-shirt.

doyoung almost collapsed to the ground, imagining how cold the boy might be under this freezing temperature.

"y-yes?" doyoung replied, stuttering because of the cold.

"you are the heir, am i right?" the black-haired asked.

"huh... yes... and you are?" doyoung raised a brow, quite intrigued by this boy.

"okay!"

"wait, what are you- "

before doyoung could ask any further to this stranger, black surrounded his vision field, and he passed, falling into a warm feeling for once.