Guns and Roses || Taeyong (NCT) x Reader || Mafia AU || Gender Neutral

| Information Bae | Chapter 18 |

After messing around with Taeyong for a little bit longer, you decided that you might as well try to get to know some of the other boys. You knew it probably wasn't the last time that you would end up seeing them, so you might as well try learning all of their names. Within the span of five minutes you had been sent various texts from them saying who it was. The were even being nice enough to send a picture of them-self for a profile picture and to help you remember their names. 

Johnny decides after the recent events that someone should take you home, so he took the job on himself. He led you out of the building after you said bye to everyone. "So, (Y/N), is there a reason you want Taeyong to smile?"

"Smiling helps ease stress, and he always seems either tense or very stressed. I don't think I've really ever seen him full out laugh, honestly."

"It's very rare, I've only seen it a few times and I've known him for years. You're on the right track though. If you keep doing what you're doing you might be able to catch him off guard and get him to laugh."

"Really? That's good. Why are you telling me all of this though?"

"I've known Taeyong for years, and he hasn't really ever been super happy. Because of this I'd love to do anything I could to get him to smile, even if I'm not the one causing it."

"What makes you think I'd be able to get him to smile though?"

"You're cute, and although you might not be able to tell, he's a sucker for cute things. He has a soft spot for the Dreams because they're all so young. Not that he doesn't care about the rest of us, because he does, but he just has a need of sorts to keep them safe? I'm not really sure how to explain it other than calling it Motherly Instincts of sorts."

"Is that part of the reason that he's willing to get everyone coffee?"

"Yep. He cares about all of us and wants to make sure that we aren't being overworked. He also hates seeing us stressed and tired so he tries avoiding that too, even if sometimes it is rather hard to avoid, especially with 17 of us."

"He really does care about you guys. I could partially see it in the way he was yelling at you when I first met you, that he wasn't actually mad at you for putting your arm on his shoulder."

"You remember that? For most people that'd be insignificant information at this point."

"Well, Johnny, just like you I want to see him less stressed and happy. So I'd love it if we could continue talking like this. It could be out little secret. If you wanted, you could even bring some of the others in on it if you think that they'd be helpful."

"That'd be great, because then we can also get to know each other too. If you ever have any ideas feel free to text or call me and I'll tell you what I think. I'm not afraid to say no by the way, so don't be offended if I say something won't work."

"Well you know him better than I do, so any information is better than what I have at this point. Thank you so much for walking me back though, I didn't want to ask anyone to take me back because I didn't know if anyone was busy or not."

"It's no problem, once again if you ever need anything, feel free to call or text any of us."