it was the next day, nabi had woken up pretty early but didn't bother getting out of bed. she laid on her side as she scrolled down through TikTok videos, occasionally letting out a quiet laugh whenever coming across a funny video.
suddenly a knock was heard from her bedroom door causing her to slightly flitch. "can I come in?" it was haechan. he asked as he opened the door and came in anyway. "no but you already did, so I guess so." she rolled her eyes as she sat up in her bed. he made his way over to her and welcomed himself in her bed as well and getting her covers to snuggle himself in.
"thanks for keeping my bed warm for me, nabs." she grabbed one of her teddy bears and smacked him with it. "who let you in my house donghyuck?"
"ouch! don't hit me with mr. bear, I gave him to you, you know. that is our son. but jisungie let me in, your mom's car wasn't outside. she must have gone out." he grabbed the same teddy he was hit with and hugged it close to him. nabi just let out a chuckle. she can always count on haechan to make her laugh. "why didn't you bring jaemin with you?" she asked. "he didn't want to get out of bed yet. I tried waking him up a few times but he just kept getting mad at me so I gave up and left. he's probably hungover, now that I think about it."
nabi's stomach suddenly let out a low growl, indicating she was hungry. "you have a monster in your belly." haechan giggled. right after saying this though the "monster" in his belly growled back.
nabi laughed grabbed her phone to send a text to their groupchat.
DREAM☘️TEAM
NABI🦋: breakfast at our spot?
9:06am
JENO🐶: 👍👍 9:07am
"their spot" was referring to the friend groups' favorite cafe. this is a place they'd been going to since it first opened a few years ago. they went so often, they made friends with the two owners.
jeno was the first and only to respond. the rest were probably asleep still. haechan said they should wait till the others respond before they make their move. nabi agreed and laid back in bed, getting comfortable once again. she grabbed the tv remote from her bedside table to turn on the tv and bring up Netflix to continue watching a show she started a while ago. jeno had sent another message saying he'd be over at nabi's soon once he finishes taking a quick shower. haechan looked at the message then at her. "I'm surprised jeno wasn't already here when I came."
"when he woke up he messaged me saying he wanted to go for a run."
"he keeps you updated on his every move, I see. you two are so cute." he gushed and nabi's face grew hot. she yanked the comforter from his side, leaving him exposed. he whined as he tried to grab his share back. "come on, nabi. I was just kidding!"
after some time jeno eventually made his way over to nabi's and not long after that the rest of the group decided to finally get up to meet up with them there.
"i'm never drinking again." a grumpy jaemin spoke, he had his head leaning on jeno's back as they waited in line.
"yeah, sure you're not."
jaemin glared at haechan which only made him laugh. "you know for someone with high alcohol tolerance, i expected better from you." nabi said to her sick friend.
"i guess that's what i get for drinking on an empty stomach."
the friends waited their turn in line at the cafe, it was quite busy but it wasn't unusual given that it was a sunday morning after all, one of the busiest of the week. as they approached the counter they placed their order along with the order of the remaining friend who had yet to arrive but would get there shortly.
sure enough he did, as nabi, jeno, haechan and jaemin sat at an empty booth by the window. he approached them and dragged an unused chair from a table and taking a seat in it. "did you place my order?" he asked to no one specifically because he knew one of them did it, just wasn't sure who. nabi reassured him by sliding over his iced americano and breakfast sandwich to him.
"why didn't you come out with us last night, renjun?"
renjun huang was the oldest out of the 5. nabi and renjun met back in middle school when they were 14 . he transferred from china to south korea and didn't know much korean prior to moving there. unfortunately, because of this, he was bullied and iced out by everyone. he didn't have friends so in order for him to make some his parents made him study extra hard to learn the language. when soccer season came around he was also put in a team where he eventually met jeno and haechan. there they became close despite the language barrier and eventually was introduced to nabi.
they made sure no one ever messed with renjun again.
"like i'd be caught dead at some lame party." he scoffed as he unwrapped his sandwich to take a bite. renjun wasn't much of the party type. he always preferred staying in but would occasionally go with his friends. this time around he opted out, knowing he would've left home early anyway.
"i thought you were supposed to come over last night. you said you didn't want to go either." renjun turned to nabi as he spoke to her. "well i wasn't... but something came up."
"that something being jeno, i assume?" he spoke knowingly. she squinted her eyes at him, not liking what he was getting at here. haechan chuckled at this, he too, knew what renjun was getting at so he wanted go play along. "she just can't ever say no to our jeno here." he patted jeno's back, who was sat right beside him.
her face grew hotter, "that's not true." she squeaked. and then almost at perfect unison, renjun, haechan, and jaemin gave each other a look and said: "yes it is."
"come on guys, don't make nabi feel bad. she was just being the good friend that she always is by coming with me. besides, you had fun didn't you, nabi?" jeno asked, completely oblivious to what his friends were hinting at just now.
she reluctantly agreed, giving him a tight lipped smile and biting her own sandwich to avoid further discussion. truthfully, she didn't, at least not until she got drunk which didn't last long when she realized she needed to take care of her friend. she didn't say anything else, not wanting to make him feel bad for having dragged her somewhere she didn't want to be at.
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