۵ devoted ۵ ~ yuwin ⊱ book three of the absence trilogy ⊰

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    "today's stage was exhausting. hopefully you drank more water than I did." Yuta said to sicheng, now referred as winwin, his stage name when he performed for nct.

    "yeah. I did." sicheng said as he bit his bottom lip and stared at his hands while he played with his fingers.

    "what's with the short answer? did something happen today?" Yuta asked the younger as he walked to the table he was sitting at, reaching out to cup his cheek after sitting beside him.

    "the company.. they want me to do something for them." the younger said, fighting the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes at any moment.

    "what do they want you to do? they don't want you to stop performing, right?" Yuta said, rubbing sicheng's cheekbone with his thumb.

    "they uh.. they want me to stop promoting for nct 127. they want me to go to china to promote with the new Chinese unit." sicheng said quietly, closing his eyes to refrain from seeing Yuta's expression, feeling his thumb cease to move on his cheek.

    "they want you to go.. without me?" the older said, his voice wavering slightly as he tried to remain calm, seeing the younger nod slowly and continue to keep his eyes closed.

    "but we have been together for years! they can't just separate us like that!" Yuta said, angry tears welling up in his eyes and he stood up and clenched his fists at his side.

    "please Yuta, don't fight with the company. it will only be for a short time and I cant afford to get you fired." sicheng said, gently touching the older male's hand.

    "why not?! we have enough money to buy a nice house and get married like we wanted!" Yuta said, grabbing sicheng's hand sitting in front of him with said eyes.

    "you know we can't do that." sicheng said sadly as he looked down at his hand being enveloped in Yuta's two hands.

    "but we had a plan! I promised you I wouldn't leave you." Yuta said, letting the tears flow from his eyes.

   "I promise I will be okay. can you trust me enough to go on my own for a little bit?" sicheng said, smiling sadly and placing his other hand on top of Yuta's, feeling the slow tears fall from his eyes.

    "I trust you. but oly if you promise to marry me when you return." Yuta said, kissing sicheng's hand and smiling as he heard the younger giggle.

    "I promise."