NCT DOYOUNG FANFIC // Love was the Language I Didn't Know

03: Convenience Store

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Once Sumin finishes the long overview, we head back to the car. I take our empty plastic cups and run to the other side of the parking lot to throw them away. After I get seated in her car, we head back to the apartment. Before however, I remember to ask Sumin to lend me some money to buy some convenience store snacks. Once I enter the store..all the symptoms of love come flushing at me. Never have I seen such a wide variety of snacks for dirt cheap. I can already foresee this place being my second home. I settle on buying plain yogurt drinks and a few tuna triangle onigiris. Sumin waits for me outside the store, and after my love spree, I hand back her credit card, which signals the end of our mini excursion.

"Well I guess this is it, LeeLee" Leelee, completely opposite to Leiyah's "Minmin".

"Yeeeep. I really could use some sleep now, to be honest"

"Of course, go rest. Remember to text me often, and if anything happens before our meeting, you also have your NCT 127!" She chuckles, but I'm not sure what that means.

We both wave our goodbyes until I start taking the stairs. I take the three flights with a smile planted on my face, probably looking like an idiot. My fondness of Sumin is probably going overboard given how long we've known each other, but I can't help it. Before I enter my room, I note that the dorm next to mine doesn't have music playing anymore, but the lights are with faint noises of masculine laughs. Room #303, I think this is NCT127's. After the green flash, I open the door, and as usual, head for my comfy mattress. I look at the clock: 7:00pm. Although seemingly early, I was extremely exhausted. I could not bother to open my suitcases and start organizing my room, nor could I care less about any "skincare routine". 

Tomorrow, I'll actually get my life together.

I didn't think it would happen so fast, but I fall into a deep sleep within 10 seconds of my eyes closed. I have a long two years ahead of me, that's for sure.

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5:30am. Dammit.

I'm wide awake, with no sliver of chance I'll fall back asleep. Well, what was I expecting if I slept immensely early?

Oh, but this is a perfect chance to catch the first sunrise of my trip! And what an amazing first photo to send to Leiyah!

I wash up, tuck my hair in a high bun and put on my glasses. Several strands of my amber hair slip out of the bun, so I lazily tuck them into my hood. I grab my laptop and phone, and head outside to the outdoor terrace of the convenience store.

In my spare time, I'd usually be working on complex mathematics or playing puzzle games. I find a game fun when it's able to drive me absolutely insane until I complete it successfully. For example, I love to program for its complexity, and how infuriating it makes me feel when it doesn't run properly. One of my favorite codes is a calculator algorithm, which allows me to create a calculator from scratch. I decide to spend my morning recreating this algorithm and using it to work on all the math homework I've missed so far. I have a long time to go before the sun rises anyways. I get to work, programming the morning away. I take slight breaks here and there to start a draft letter for Leiyah.

"LEIYAAAHHHHHH!!!

So I'm in Korea!! And you wouldn't believe it; My dorm is right next to NCT 127s!!!..."...

I stop for a moment.

Wait.. I know nothing about NCT, let alone NCT 127!-I should at least take this time to start listening to their songs!

I pull up another tab and find their recent album "Limitless" on YouTube. I listen while I finish my programming, and find the music remarkably amazing, which makes my work even jubilant. Seems like NCT music is totally my type!! I think I'll have another bias group to add to my list! I realize that the music blasting the other day from the dorm next to mine was actually their title track, Limitless, which explains why I enjoyed the noise instead of being bothered by it. I unconsciously hum while I code my calculator, enjoying every moment of this early morning.

After a while, I glance over to see brilliant hues from the city horizons. A few beams of yellow peak up, which signal the beginning of the sunrise. I leave my almost completed code to take out my phone, but the lighting from where I sit is awkward. I leave my things on the table and get up to find a better place to capture the sunrise. But before I look around, I hear rumbling quickly getting louder, heading towards where I am. I become startled and mildly panicked, given the noises and the time of day, but I continue to find the perfect position for my capture. I end up finding the perfect spot quite far from where the convenience store is, so after I snapped the photo, I run back to my unoccupied, very expensive(!) laptop.

I run and run and run... and I... stop.

I stop and I don't even want to take another step. The thought of my laptop being stolen has completely perished in my mind. I am more afraid of this than my precious laptop.

I blank out of everything. I feel somewhat faint from the anxiety flooding inside me, but I decide to snap out of it and continue walking to my spot.

It's okay, it's okay, they're human, all humans are equal....equ..al...omgomgomgomgmogOMGOMG!!! asdfghjkl.;asdfghjkl...

they're sitting in my spot.

Looking at my laptop, looking at my codes, looking at my Limitless album tab..

NCT 127 is sitting in my spot.

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