WHO IS X? - NCT [ ✔ ]

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↬ note that this was made way back 2016. johnny hasn't debuted yet that time, and those who were active at that time were included in this story (the first ones who debuted before lucas, or wayv or any new members that were added now.)

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it was a normal day that the nct members are having. some of them outside, and some stayed in to play games, talk or maybe practice. taeyong opened the tv, scanning through the channels. he then encountered a news that made his stop changing the channels.

"famous kpop idol star and member of worldwide kpop group exo, park chanyeol. seen dead on their dormitory yesterday. sources says that he was- " but beofre he could hear the rest taeil turned off the tv. 'chanyeol-hyung' he thought. he looked at taeil, and he glanced at the dream members who's eyes were on them. taeyong nodded.

some of the members came back from their schedules or a plain stroll outside. they gathered in a circle, talking about some future plans they have and their schedule for tomorrow. in the middle of their coversation, "what happen to chanyeol hyung?" mark asked out of nowhere.

taeyong looked at mark, he was about to say something. "there's no boycotting it, but what you heard from the news awhile ago is true. although i don't know what caused his death. let's not talk about it anymore and pay our respects to our senior okay?" taeil said. mark nodded.

after that serious talk, the mood clearly change and the others went back to the dorms. taeyong and taeil were left inside the practice room. everyone left and went to there dorms.

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meanwhile, in the dorms. ten was practicing his new move when he heard a knock on his door. he opened it, "hey, what's up?" he asked. "oh, i wanted to drop by and give you this" his visitor let out a knife and went near ten. "that's not mine, why-" ten's eyes widened when he realized something, "..do you have a knife?" he continued.

he smirked at ten. "put that down. what are you doing?" ten said trying not to sound afraid. but he didn't say anything. "i wonder what this looks like if it's put through your chest" ten's eyes widened, "what did you say?" he asked, his voice shaking. he is still silent, "i don't like this joke anymore" ten pushed him away making his way to the door.

he smirked and pulled a gun, "ten" he called, when he faced him, not thinking twice he pulled the trigger and shot ten. ten fell to the ground. "tch. the knife would've been less messy" he said to himself and wiped some of the blood on his face. he went near ten and spray-painted the letter 'X' on ten's body.

"sorry, but i found you annoying. so i had to make you the first target" he said as he starred at ten, expressionless. he took a pen and wrote something on a post it note, placing it on ten's hands after. "glad i wore gloves for this" he said to himself, he then heard footsteps going near and quickly went to the window and jumped.

jaemin and jeno wanted to practice their dance with ten. "ten hyung~" jaemin and jeno called playfully. they knocked but no one was responding, jeno's eyes widened when he saw what was coming out from ten's room. "jaemin" he tapped jaemin's shoulders and looked at what jeno was looking at. his eyes widened, he opened the door. they saw is ten laying on the ground with blood splattered on the floor.

they felt their legs weakened and was out of balance, jeno fell on his butt. while jeno fell on his knees, near ten. he wanted to hold him, "no" jeno said which made jaemin stop. he knew what he meant, jeno pulled out his phone and called their hyungs.

jaemin stared at ten's lifeless body. he can feel the tears dwelling up in his eyes. "h-hyung" he called , almost like a whisper. they heard footsteps going to their direction. "what's wrong? what do you mean-" taeyong said as he arrived at the scene. he couldn't continue when he saw ten's body in front of jaemin. jaemind and jeno looked at taeyong with fear in their eyes, he helped them get up and pulled them both in a hug.

taeil arrived after with mark. no words escaped from their mouth, taeil called the police. the members were gathered in front of ten's room. "who would do something like this?" yuta said as he stared at ten's body being covered by the nurses. they took ten's body, taeil joining them. during the drive, ten flatlined. taeil witnessed the nurse in charge announcing his time of death. he let his tears fall as he held ten's hand.

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the news escalated quickly. alarming ten's parents from thailand, their seniors at the agency and their fans. everyone was devastated. they waited for ten's parents to go to korea, they wanted him to be buried where he grew up. they held a small memorial for ten before his parents take his body back.

"taeyong-ssi, would you liek to say something?" the one who organized the memorial asked. taeyong nodded. the organizer gathered their attention, "i- uh, i'm lee taeyong. i don't really know what i'd say. what happened to ten was something none of us ever thought would happen-" taeyong started. he paused for a whiel as he can feel his throat hurt trying to hold his tears.

"ten was a wonderful kid. very passionate and hardworking for his dream and his parents." he sniffed. he quickly wiped his tears away, "he- uhm, he was really excited when we debuted and that people took notice of us quickly. it made him the happiest one among us, i-" taeyong covered his mouth as he started to cry.

the other members were crying as well. "i just-" he coughed, he held the mic tightly. "i just can't believe this happened." taeyong broke down. jaehyun went near him and patted his back, he took the mic from him. he placed his arm around taeyong's still patting him. "ten-hyung," he called looking at ten's picture frame. "he'll never be forgotten. remember that one member who made us smile, and helped us through our problems. he may be gone but he'd still be alive in our hearts" jaehyun said.

he gave the mic back to the organizer and helped taeyong walked back to their seat. but instead of sitting down he went out, he wanted to be alone. he went the rooftop of the building the memorial was being held. he fell on his knees and screamed his heart out. he stood up and punched a wall, making his hand bleed.

he leaned on the wall and sat down. he calmed himself down. he took a deep breathe and took something from his pocket, a piece of paper.

"taeyong, he's gone" taeil said as he arrived at the dorm after going to the hospital. taeyong fell on his knees, taeil bent down to his height and patted his shoulder. he handed him a paper, "this was found beside his body the officer said" taeil said. taeyong took the paper.

"not only you spray painted his poor body but you dare to leave a fucking piece of paper as a threat" taeyong said as he started at the paper. 'one' says on the paper, and he knew at that moment. another member would be next.

taeyong's eyes became furious, he crumpled the paper and threw it away.

TO BE CONTINUED

an; yes i know, major changes right from chapter one. but what do you guys think is better? the edited or not?