NCT Dream One Shots

What if... (ChenSung)

"What if, behind those dolphin laughs were shark bites. What if, behind those sightly smiles, is an unsounded pain. What if his comforting words were actually for himself. What if he sleeps with tears at night." Jisung, as the closest friend of Chenle, couldn't help but to think of those possibilities. At his age, he understands that every person has something they are struggling about and he couldn't exclude his friend, Chenle. His friend has always been smiling. He never tells him about his struggles and he never saw him cry. Chenle would always help him whenever he needs to be helped and he would always give loads of advices whenever he asks him to, so Jisung couldn't help but to wonder if Chenle has some problems too. He badly wants to comfort Chenle the way Chenle comforts him. Beside from the fact that Chenle never told him about any of his struggles, the fact that Chenle can easily make friends also hindrances Jisung from showing him how he cares about him.
On that day, Chenle just came back from his vacation to his hometown. Jisung has surely missed him a lot and more than anyone else but he couldn't show that much since he's not really known by other members for being affectionate so when Chenle arrived at their practice room, Jisung gave him a soft punch on his tummy although what he really wanted to do was to squeeze his cute cheeks like what his hyungs did. He couldn't help himself but to feel jealous(in a friendly way not in a romantic way). After that soft punch, he immediately went back in one corner and proceeded with his school works. Before he could even open his book, Chenle came rushing to him with a disgusted look, showing him a video from his phone. "look here Jisungie! Stephen Curry got injured again! Grrrrr! you see that? See that? He obviously pushed him! You see that?" Before Jisung could answer, Chenle's attention has shifted to Haechan as Haechan started talking about Curry too. Jisung was left alone in the corner and he couldn't help but to wish for Chenle to come to him. All he's left to do is to focus on his schoolworks but he even can't. After minutes of talking with the others, Chenle went back to him and Jisung almost couldn't hide the smile on his lips. "Eyy Jisung, when did you start being studious?" Chenle said with his usual smile and cheerful voice. "I'm not" Jisung replied shortly, giving a slight glare but smiling afterwards. "Yieee! Maybe you missed me so much so you tried to distract yourself by studying" Jisung widened his eyes after hearing Chenle's words. "What are you saying?" Jisung was supposed to say it with an annoyed voice but the way he said it sounded so cheerful and excited. "You don't lie to me Jisung Park, I can see you with my eyes yieeeee!" and again, Jisung found himself laughing because of Chenle. He couldn't think of anything to say, all he did was to punch Chenle's cheeks, harder than their usual soft punches but not enough to hurt him. "Ouuuch! Why you punched my cute face!" Chenle said, cupping his cheeks and pretending to be in pain. But Jisung was smart enough to know that he's just pretending so again, he gave Chenle a punch in his arm. "Ouuuch! Why do you keep punching me?! Just tell me directly if you miss me, you don't have to pretend not to" Chenle jokingly said. "I didn't miss youuuuuu!" Jisung answered but Chenle ignored it. "By the way, I missed you too" Chenle said. Jisung felt his heart skip a beat. Its not that he have some romantic feelings for Chenle but the fact that his closest friend that he treasures a lot and he missed a lot missed him back just made him so happy. He let out a small chuckle and so with Chenle as if he understood what that chuckle means."By the way Jisung Park, what are these?" Chenle asked while looking at the book that jisung was answering. "My homework in English" Jisung answered innocently. "I know! I see it because I have eyes! What I mean is, what are these answers?" Chenle started laughing wildly. "They hahahahahaha! Are all hahaahahaha hilariously wrong!" He said between his laughs. Jisung shifted his eyes to him and from that glare, Chenle knew it's time for him to run. He stood up and started running but he was stopped with Jisung's shout. "Chenle! I will..." Protect you at all cause "kill youuuu!" And they chased each other happily not caring about anyone or anything else. They had their own, vivacious world.
From that moment, Jisung realized that there's nothing to be jealous about. He love his friend and his friend loves him as well, he knew that it'll always be him whom Chenle will run to when he'll ever need someone.