drivethru [nct dream]

s1e18

[unedited]

"ayyy! there they are!"

jisung looks at the dj table, where a very tall man stood and waved. he noticed he was in work uniform, so he figured that this was the employee they were talking about in the car.

"ayy! how's it goin'?" mark greeted, going behind the counter.

jisung turned to jeno who had been standing next to him.
"he just went behind the counter...?"

"yeah, yukhei says it's cool."

jisung figured this yukhei was the employee.

by now, yukhei has made his way to the group. chenle looked up at him in excitement, already chatting away with him.

"come on," jeno insisted, patting jisung's shoulder. "i'll introduce you to him."

"okay..."

jeno wrapped his arm around the younger's shoulder as he headed over towards yukhei, chenle, and jaemin.
"yukhei!" he hollered, causing him to turn their way. he flashed a smile at jeno.

"jenooo! what's good?" he then looked over at jisung. "is he the new guy?"

"mhm. yukhei, meet jisung," jeno slightly pushed him forward so the two can properly greet each other. "jisung, this is yukhei."

"um, hey..."
he wasn't sure if he should shake the guy's hand. he didn't want to seem too formal, yet at the same time he didn't want to be rude.

yukhei just patted his shoulder.
"nice to meet 'cha, jisung," he greeted. "the guys had a lot to say about you."

jisung hoped it was good things. and he figured that this worry was visible on his face because yukhei immediately made sure to clarify.

"all good things," he assured. "they say you're chill."

"they did?"
by now, he's realized that jeno was already gone and talking with jaemin and chenle. about what? that he didn't know.

"yeah!" he gestured towards the counter down the other end. "c'mon, i'll get you some skates."

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"ready?"
renjun's hand wrapped around the bathroom door handle, looking back at donghyuck. the latter was fixing his hair which needed no fixing in the first place. a worried expression played on donghyuck's face as he turned to the older.

"are they still talking?" he asked.

renjun sighed, cracking the door open slightly. this was starting to become routinely for the two. by "them," donghyuck meant mark and yukhei. his paranoia that the two were developing feelings for each other has brought renjun into this situation for a quite a bit now. and he decided tonight he would actually address this with him.

"you know yukhei's straight, right?" he tried.

"yes, but—"

"do you still have feelings for him?"

donghyuck didn't answer at first. he played with his hair nervously.
"who? yukhei? i never liked him like that."

renjun pursed his lips together, crossing his arms with an unimpressed expression on his face. to this, donghyuck just sighed in defeat.

"was it that obvious?"

"to everyone else? yeah. to mark? no, because he's an oblivious shit."
the latter shortly chuckled, looking down at his shoes.

something that renjun couldn't understand was how the two just didn't get back together. everyone knew they still have feelings for each other— it's been so obvious. but renjun wasn't trying to push it like everyone else was.

"just... you don't have to worry about it." he assured, opening the door again. "ready?"

donghyuck nodded, following him out of the bathroom.