raven ღ na jaemin

16

you struggled to hide your surprise, your mind reeling. thankfully, you seemed to be inconspicuous enough since no questioning looks were sent your way.

'last week, we received word that these attacks are the works of a rebel group that calls themselves nct 127,' jaemin's voice echoed in your head.

but nct 127 was sitting right in front of you. they weren't behind the attacks in the city. does that mean jaemin lied to you? or maybe they were the ones who lied. you felt a headache coming. you were so overwhelmed, what with losing all of your memories and now, only a couple of days later, not knowing you could even trust.

you looked around at the three men at the table, who were busy reminiscing about their time with winwin. they looked so sincere and genuine you doubted there was any way they could be lying to you. but jaemin also didn't seem like the type to lie either...

"i've made up my mind," you said.

the three went silent.

"i'll sneak into the palace and get you the information you want."

haechan clapped a hand on your shoulder, grinning, and said, "great! see, i knew you would come around."

"but there's one condition... i need you to help me find someone as well."

you watched as the smile vanished from haechan's face and was replaced with a confused expression that was mirrored on the other faces at the table. "find who?"

"well, someones technically." you sighed. "i need you to help me find my family."

"what? you mean you don't know where your family is?"

"something like that, yeah."

haechan, mark, and taeyong looked at each other. they conversed with each other in hushed whispers, and finally, taeyong spoke. "okay, we promise we'll help you find your family after you get us the information we need."

you smiled at him. "thank you."

his face softened. "most of the 127 members have lost our families as well. we're our own family now. we'll be glad to help you reunite with yours."

at his words, your eyes started stinging with the sudden urge to cry. you couldn't believe that you had known these people for less than a day and yet they were so kind to you. the overwhelming gratitude and hopefulness made it difficult for you to fight back the tears that were on the brink of spilling. but you could not let yourself cry in front of them. you had to show them that you were capable to pulling off this mission that they were entrusting to you. so you forced down your tears and swallowed the lump in your throat.

"thank you again."

"welcome to nct 127," taeyong said in response, smiling kindly. "now, come on. you three are helping me with dinner."