Golden ◂ NCT Jaemin

56 ◂ Quit

EXCUSE ME THAT TRACK VIDEO FOR DREAMING??

I forgot how to breathe 🤡

and this picture is extremely intimidating ngl

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Jisung giggled cutely. He wasn't sober anymore and his speech was a little slurred. He clung to Chenle's arm. 

Chenle who was, quite the opposite, rather sober. He has had a drink or two as well but could by far not match the drunkenness of his best friend. 

He looked at Jisung. "You okay?" 

"Yep~" 

Jaemin smiled at the sight and the chirpy reply. The dim lights and loud music didn't take away from the sweetness of the scene. 

Still, Jaemin was discontent. 

He looked around. There was no shortage of familiar faces around him. 

Jeno sat to his right with his head leaned against the wall. He was taking shallow breaths, eyelids growing too heavy to keep his eyes open much longer. 

Next to him, Renjun looked at the younger boy judgingly, a brow raised at the other's drunken state. 

Meanwhile, Haechan, despite having had almost as much as Jisung, was holding his liquor well, acting rather unbothered by how the world was slowly spinning around him.  

"Why are you looking so depressed?" Haechan asked, talking a little slower than usual to keep his words from melting together. "Doyun is gone for good. Shouldn't you be happy?" 

"I am," Jaemin said, yet his tone and expression left room for doubt. 

"Then why are you looking like that?" 

"I just haven't seen Jie in a while," he replied. 

"She's talking to our boss," Seonghwa said as he walked up to the boys' table. "I'm afraid you will have to make do with me for now." 

Jisung sat up straight all of a sudden. He leaned over the table, almost knocking down his glass just so that he could ask, 

"Is she in trouble?!" 

Seonghwa laughed. "No, don't worry." Which caused Jisung to fall back into his seat with a satisfied smile. 

"Good~" 

"How is everything going?" the waiter asked, then looked at Jaemin. "I heard your brother got arrested." 

He nodded. "Finally." 

Though not quite up to date with Jaemin's family background, he was aware of the hostility between him and his brother. That was enough to be happy when he saw Jaemin so obviously relieved. 

"So I assume everything is going as planned?" 

Jaemin nodded before questioning, "Taeyong doesn't keep you up to date?" 

Seonghwa tilted his head from side to side. "He talks to Hongjoong," he said. "But unless your business is related to us, Hongjoong won't necessarily tell me about it because we have our own things to take care of. We pretty much vanished after Li Huang's attack so we need to slowly make our way back now." 

"Do you guys need help?" Jaemin offered. 

Renjun quickly agreed. "Let us know if you need anything." 

"You are helping enough by taking care of Li Huang for us," Seonghwa said gratefully. "I can't thank you enough for--" 

"Can you get me another drink~?" Jisung asked cutely, interrupting the boy. "As a 'thank you'." He grinned.