NO FUN .. nct（✓）

✰. thirty-six

tw: drug (ab)use

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"jisung!" aejung called as she poked her head past the back door. it was dark, but she still couldn't see him under any of the artificial lights. she hoped he didn't leave, considering he didn't have a ride and had been drinking.

spinning hurridly to run back into the house, the blonde let out a short screech when she smacked into someone. their hands were quick to wrap around her arms, stabilizing her, but when aejung looked up they instantly let go.

the blonde took a solid step back, uncomfortable with the close proximity. "what are you doing here?"

jeno raised his gaze from his feet to the girl before him, eyes softening after hearing how harsh her words were. "looking for jisung, same as you."

"i mean here." aejung cut in, fists balling by her sides. "and why are you looking for jisung? it's not like you guys are friends."

"well one, i was invited by junhee. i didn't know it was minju's party. and two..." his voice dwindled before awkwardly scratching the back of his head. "that was a dick move on her part. jisung's never done anything to us. it wasn't cool of her to say that."

aejung bit the inside of her cheek, finally looking up at jeno's face. "i'm glad we agree." she took a slow breath and crossed her arms over her chest. "okay, fine. i'll let you help me look for jisung, but this doesn't suddenly make us friends, got it?"

the boy nodded, folding his hands behind his back with an expression that reminded aejung of a puppy. she rolled her eyes and walked past him, peeking into every room they passed for jisung. eventually, jeno and aejung found themselves in the kitchen, the latter rubbing her forehead in distress while the boy grabbed himself a drink.

"so like... do you still have a cock?"

head snapping up, the blonde's expression twisted into one of confusion when her eyes fell on a clearly drunk haechan pinned to the wall by dalmi, her hands trapping his head between them as she stared him down. "wanna find out?" mentally gagging, aejung turned away before the two could start sucking their faces off.

jumping off the stool she'd previously been on, the blonde wrapped her hand around jeno's wrist and began pulling him from the kitchen. "okay, break over. you look upstairs, i'm going back outside."

unable to defy the shorter girl, jeno simply nodded and took off towards the stairs. aejung did as said and made her way towards the side door, averting her eyes from haechan and dalmi aggressively making out against the wall.

stepping out into the yard, the blonde felt her heart stop. covered in a black hoodie and squished between kobi and yangyang was none other than the missing junior, and the wave of relief that washed over aejung was indescribable.

"jisung!" she exclaimed, "i've been looking everywhere for you."

"don't worry, jo." kobi grinned, pulling her bottom lips between her teeth as she tossed an arm around the said boy's tense shoulders. "we caught this little bugger stumbling around the pool and invited him to sit with us cool kids."

jisung wore an awkward grin, fiddling with his large hands and head hiding beneath his hood. "okay, but seriously, where does the term covid come from? like how did we get that from corona and virus?"

a short silence fell over the trio as they stared at the boy in black. "uh..."

"someone failed english class." he sighed, hands going to rub his temples habitually.