fanservice. | mahae

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it's pushing approximately a week into a new month when NCT 127 are seated in their single sprinter van again, currently on their way to a popular reality show taping and waiting for the familiar moment to be let out of the dark vehicle.

aside from their group's dorming situations, their travel vehicles are practically a second home. the nine members find themselves living in them most days; and the order of their work always seems to vary from the beginning inside their dorm to settling into their sprinter vans for schedules, straight into SM's recording studios or practice rooms to rehearse – even hitting the gyms for half the day to maintain their figures. there are some nights when even endless hours will blend into whichever interviews they'd suddenly be booked for, and then onto whatever stages they were set to perform on. this can sometimes also be followed by high-profile guest appearances they are meant to attend, and so on. and this doesn't even include their travel days for tours, concerts, and international appearances.

their nights, or next mornings on most occasions, typically end on a very abrupt note when they head back to their dorms or hotel rooms.

then there's the repeat button being pushed for the following day.

and naturally, it became double the workload between the two of NCT's most active subunits for mark and haechan. so at times, they find themselves casually going through the motions of the nonstop hours of labour which never seem to end; and appear to blur further and further with the more time that passes.

eventually, mark and haechan grew entirely too accustomed to spending their busier-than-average days being so tired they aren't able to process how truly exhausted they are.

kind of like today.

because sure enough, the nine members in the vehicle are now rounding the corner of a steadily busy street they're approaching to park in front of a show's large glass building. they can see the flashing lights before they hear the crowd ahead of them, and yuta finds himself sighing aloud at the thought of multiple bodies rushing at them and invading their personal space any moment now – just to get inside for their next job.

don't get them wrong, the neos love their fans at any given moment (and quite possibly the publicity that comes with being famous), but it's the last week of promotions for this era before they are awarded a short break. these men are simply exhausted during this point in the month.

haechan and mark have both been running on about three to four hours of sleep a day, sometimes spaced out between two days, having to bounce back and forth between NCT 127 and NCT DREAM currently having comeback promotions stacked up around the same time; once again making them the most overworked members of NCT.

but, without a doubt, they both love their jobs. and when the two of them gave the green light for their company to station them into multiple units, they knew what life would entail. it was given.

SME hasn't been the most careful with their scheduling despite this though, and the circumstances they have to maintain are becoming utterly overwhelming to sustain. to say they're excited about their half-month break next week is an understatement of their year.

"haechan ah, you're out first today. jungwoo ya, you're next. come on." taeyong instructs calmly, to which haechan gives a worn-out nod before he's at the front and the doors are opening before him much faster than he appreciates.

haechan steps down and out of the van with jungwoo in par, the crowd becoming extra noisy as they wave and bow to the awaiting individuals before them. the screams only intensify as more members exit the vehicles to greet them.

they go through their standard idol motions before security is promptly pushing through the heaps of bodies to get the boys through, once they've all made their way around the car. out of the corner of his eyes during the madness, haechan detects a fansite he hasn't been particularly fond of lately. it feels as if time almost stops as his eyes land on a girl who has become borderline sasaeng-like towards mark. this same girl has breached several invasions of privacy over the last month and a half; including calling the older korean during their instagram lives and following the neos around to all of their recent activities.