Meet Again ☽ Zhong Chenle

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Now arriving flight 0127
NYC ➪ SEOUL

"Feels good to be back here!" Jeno said as he stretched his arms behind his head. They all had jet lag, especially from the time zone differences. One thing for sure was they would be even more tired with the new comeback approaching... again.

"Chenle-ya, get off your phone. We're about to leave and there are probably fans outside." Jisung nagged at him. Chenle's been staring at his phone for the whole 10+ hour flight not even getting a wink of sleep. Annoyed at Jisung's nag, Chenle just shoved his phone in his bag and prepared to go.

"Come on now, security's here." The manager told them to get ready as they were about to get hit with a massive wave of fans. Finally entering the exits, all they could see were fans, as expected.

"NCT DREAM, I LOVE YOU!"
"AHH JAEMIN"
"JENO YOU'RE SO SEXY"
"JISUNG AHH"
"I LOVE YOU"

All the fans shouting and cheering was nice to hear but the members were too tired for any of it. They just waved at the fans and quickly walked to their car.
"I'm napping, don't wake me up." Renjun just said as he connected his airpods and put them on.

Chenle thought he should as well. Not like he was going to get a text or anything from someone.

Ring... ring...
The buzzing sound of his phone was heard.
Aera calling? "Impossible" Chenle thought but he was quick to be brought to reality when his phone screen showed her name.

"CHENLE I'M SO SORRY I WAS IN CLASS AND-" Aera spoke as fast as she could. She needed him to not think she was upset at him or anything. Although she was maybe a bit, it wasn't his fault.

"Hey, it's okay! I'm glad you called back!" Chenle interrupted her rant. Aera took a deep breath. "Did you make it safely back?" Aera was worried for him but she knew he would always be okay as long as there was security protecting them. "Yeah of course, are you home now? It's probably really late for you." Chenle asked.

"Yeah it is, I just finished class but I'm planning to head home soon." Aera started walking to the subway station. "Alright, I'm gonna go now. Everyone's sleeping in the car and I'll try sleeping too. I'll text you when I arrive back to my house. The jet lag is really killing me." Chenle laughed while trying to be as quiet as he could not disturbing the members. "Pfft okay, sleep well!" Aera ended the call in relief. "Glad things worked out."

While taking the subway home, she couldn't stop thinking about it. Idols always get into dating scandals created by fans or antis and so much happens to them because of it. Chenle has a new comeback and being in a relationship wouldn't help him. Aera felt guilty about the whole situation.

"Who was that?" Haechan asked waking up from his two-minute nap. "Aera, she was in class and didn't respond to my texts so she called instead." Chenle smiled at the thought of how cute she was. "Oh, you finally got yourself a girl. Congrats dude." Haechan looked at Chenle and was happy to see how fresh and excited he was. While Chenle always had a positive attitude, it was always nice seeing them happy over things other than food, games, fans, or their electronics. "Get some sleep Chenle" Haechan insisted, seeing the dark circles under his eyes. "Alright hyung, sleep well too," With that, Chenle plugged in his airpods and dozed off along with Haechan and the already asleep Renjun.

renjuns voice crack 🥵

najoon: did y'all get back safely?

mina: they're probably so jet lagged rn tho

hyo: i mean who wouldn't

mark: we def are
renjun's already passed out

mina: LMAOOO

hyo: get sleep tho
y'all have to come back to the company tmr

omg i forgot
ugh
i just wanna sleep in bed forever

najoon: rip
all of us do

jaemin: imma sleep
see y'all when my 8 hrs ends

mark: as if you'll sleep 8 hrs

hyo: naur 
y'all fr deserve it after your concerts
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