hot and cold - nct, jaedo

♨ 8 ❄

"hello doyoung." yuta exclaimed as soon as he appeared in doyoung's room. "ready for your third day?"

"i guess i don't have the choice..." doyoung shrugged.

"you're right!" yuta giggled. "let's go!"

doyoung followed the demon inside the portal, instantly appearing inside jaehyun's red and black bedroom.

"welcome back doyoung." jaehyun greeted him.

♨/❄

doyoung followed jaehyun and yuta across the busy corridors of the demon realm's school.

in fact, he didn't have much choice since jaehyun was pulling him by the arm so that they could apparently get the best table for lunch.

"and... here we are!" yuta exclaimed, jumping on one of the chairs immediately.

"oof... i though we would never have it." jaehyun commented, sitting facing yuta.

doyoung pulled out the chair next to jaehyun with difficulty as he was completely out of breath.

seeing his state, jaehyun pulled the chair himself, and pushed it forwards to the table when doyoung was sat on it.

"you're not the sportive type." jaehyun noticed, handing him a bottle of water from his bag.

"in the... human realm... we learn... about art... and languages... and culture... no time for sports..."he informed between pants.

"too bad." yuta laughed. "here it's quite the contrary."

"anyway!" jaehyun exclaimed. "now that we have our table, let's eat! i'm hungry!"

while jaehyun was taking their meal out of his bag, doyoung took his time to calm his breathing and look around.

the view was very unfamiliar and yet beautiful.

they were sitting on a raised terrace, allowing them to see all the other tables and the school garden beneath them, and giving them a beautiful view of the horizon.

doyoung was kind of disturbed by the customs of this realm.

he wasn't used to living under a bright red sky. in his realm, the sky was blue.

he wasn't used to seeing people wearing summer clothes. in his realm, everyone was wearing jackets and fluffy clothes.

he wasn't used to feeling hot – or at least warm. in his realm, he was always freezing cold.

he wasn't used to being around strong and scary people. in his realm, everyone was more friendly, and used their brain rather than their muscles.

everything was different from his realm.

but surprisingly, he couldn't say that he hated it.

"doyoung?" a voice called him.

"yeah?" he replied, looking at jaehyun who was holding out a box for him.

"here is your meal. i asked a maid to cook vegetables because you don't eat meat." he explained.

doyoung thanked him, grabbing the box as if it was the holy grail, and trying his best not to pay attention to the fluttering inside his stomach – he was hungry, it couldn't be anything else.