double dealing - nct, chensung

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jisung stayed petrified on the spot after the sentence his godfather had pronounced.

your parents were murdered. by dark danger.

a wave of shock and disbelief hit jisung, making his vision blurry for a few seconds.

"t-they... w-what... h-how...?"

without noticing it, tears started rolling down his cheeks, crashing on the pavement miserably as jisung's brain tried to process what had been said.

heesun opened his arms, pulling his godson in a hug to comfort him – and also comfort himself – of the loss of loved-ones.

"i'm sorry jisung..." heesun mumbled, crying too.

"t-they were m-murdered...?" jisung cried in crook of his godfather's neck.

"dark danger... they... they bombed your house." heesun told. "i don't know how... but they found your parents' identity and address. they killed them..."

jisung cried harder, holding tightly onto his godfather as the older man hugged his godson back.

they stayed like this for long minutes, sobbing on each other's shoulders as they realised what it meant.

they had to be twice more careful now.

dark danger was closer than ever to get rid of them.

the dream manager stood inside of the house, behind the window as he looked at the two family members crying their hearts out. the sight was heart-breaking, and he couldn't imagine what any of them felt at the moment.

jisung had lost both of his parents. they were dead. forever...

by the manager's side were the members sleeping in the dream dorm, looking as pained as their manager at the sight of jisung and his godfather breaking down.

none of them knew how hard it was, but they could guess that it would maybe be the hardest part of jisung's life.

"t-they died... for real...?" jaemin asked, his eyes never leaving jisung's frame.

"yeah..." the manager nodded. "jisung's godfather told me their house had crashed down because of the poor foundations. they died under the weight of the walls and the roof."

the boys gasped collectively as sadness took over them, making some of them cry silently as well.

"do the others know about it?" jeno asked, referring to the other members.

"jisung's godfather told me when i was with the other managers, so they surely told the others." he explained. "i'm not sure chenle knows though. he's at his house."

"we should maybe tell him..." sungchan told.

"are you sure?" their manager raised a brow.

"chenle and jisung are close. i think chenle is the person that will help jisung the most." renjun nodded.

"you're right." the dream manager said. "i'll go and tell him. he'll surely want to come and see jisung."

and so, they got back to staring at jisung and his godfather, who were now having a conversation, their faces still full of tears, and their hearts surely broken...

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jisung lied down on his bed, his face hidden in his pillow as he tried to keep his sanity despite everything he had learnt on this peaceful sunday afternoon.