NCT Imagines (Requests Open!)

Trauma (Jaemin)

A/N: This one's another serious, angsty one, so if that's not your thing, I recommend skipping this one and checking out the fluffier imagines!!  :)

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You waved goodbye to your mom before stepping out of the house and setting out on your walk to school.  Most kids who walked to school wore earbuds to make the journey more interesting.  You did the same, except you always had the volume really low, and only had one of your earbuds in.

As you walked, you heard footsteps behind you, matching your pace.  When you sped up, so did the sound of the footprints behind you.  You almost started running when you heard a voice behind you yell "WAIT!"

Spinning on your heal, you saw a boy with caramel-colored hair and warm eyes.  His smile was so distinctive, you knew right away you were standing in front of Na Jaemin even though you hadn't seen him in years.

"Y/N?" Jaemin asked slowly, and you nodded.  "I haven't seen you since-" he cut himself off.

You swallowed hard, noticing the tears pooling in his eyes.  He too had only one earbud in, the other hanging loosely on his chest.  

"How have you been?" he forced himself to speak.  "It's been years."

You remembered the incident like it was yesterday...

"Jaemin, wanna listen to music?" you asked him, handing him one of your earbuds.  You wanted to show him a new song that you were obsessed with.  Gladly, he took the earbud, and you turned the volume up.  It was so loud, the two of you had been oblivious to the approaching footsteps behind you.  

It was only when two large hands dragged you and Jaemin into a van that you realized you both had been kidnapped.  There was a ragged cloth tied around your mouth, preventing you from talking.  You looked at Jaemin in panic.  He already had bruises from trying to resist the men.  Luckily, you had been able to get to your phone and call the police without any of the men noticing.  And after the incident, your family had moved to a different area of the country, hoping nothing like this would ever happen again.

You smiled, taking one of his hands gingerly in yours.  "I'm doing great, but all these years, I was really worried about you.  I always wondered if you were okay and how you were doing after I moved away.  But you look like you've grown up great."

Jaemin smiled.  "I actually moved here about a week ago.  Today's my first day at NCT High School."

"That's where I go!" you exclaimed, and that's when you realized you were still holding his hand.  You quickly pulled your hand away, untangling your fingers, but Jaemin slid his hand back into yours.

"What happened wasn't your fault," Jaemin pointed out.  "Don't feel bad for what happened.  No one's to blame.  What matters is that we're both okay."  

He held onto your hand the whole walk to school.  All the girls looked at you, surprised.  To them, you were just an ordinary girl who studied nonstop and didn't have many friends.  Now, here you were walking into the school holding a boy's hand, not to mention that the boy was the most handsome guy they'd ever seen.

"Don't be nervous," you told him.

"Are you talking to me or yourself?" Jaemin smirked.

You smiled lightly, showing him to his first class before heading to yours.  Throughout the day, you kept passing Jaemin in the halls.  He had already made friends with some of the school's most popular students- Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Chenle, and Jisung.  You were surprised how well he'd adapted to the busy life of NCT High.  

At the end of the day, the two of you met up again to walk home, realizing that the both of you actually stayed in the same neighborhood.  

"You should come over, so my parents can see you.  I'm sure they'd love to meet you and catch up!" you suggested, but the reality was you weren't giving him an option.

You pulled him into your house, and you realized your parents weren't home yet.  You were planning on giving him a tour of the house when you tripped over your own feet, but instead of hitting the ground and possibly splitting your face open, you felt arms around you, and you realized Jaemin had caught you.

"Don't fall for anyone but me," he whispered after kissing you on the forehead.  

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A/N: Well, it's been a while since I've written a more serious angsty imagine.  Thank you _Lenaaa- for requesting this!!  

Question of the imagine: So, I'm trying to make more friends, and I'm sometimes super awkward when I talk to people, so how do you guys make friends???  Do you have a go-to line you use when you talk to someone new?