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I sat up properly in my seat and looked over at him, a frown appearing across my face. "What is it?" The expression that ran across his face showed signs of worry. I couldn't help but grow more and more curious at the moment, my nerves picking up as a million thoughts raced through my mind about what it could possibly be.

He walked properly into the living room and offered his hand to me. I quickly took it and stood up instantly. "Where are we going?" I ask as Taeyong proceeds to lead me out of the room and into the hallway. A sigh escapes his lips, shaking his head. "I honestly can't believe this." Mumble after mumble he wouldn't speak louder than that.

Members of NCT slowly crept out of the living room before the clock stroke midnight. A wide variety of screams ran through the hallway as they all said in unison "Happy birthday Y/n!" My eyes widened. It was already my birthday? I truly must have spent a vast amount of time here for it to already be my birthday.

I couldn't believe it, if I'm honest, I couldn't believe it at all. A grin spread across my face as they each swarmed around me and gave me tight bear hugs. It was nice. Being hugged truly felt nice, even my own mother never showed me that kind of attention when I would have my birthday at home. For once in my life, I felt appreciated by all the people that were in this hallway right now.

Who needed the people back home anyway? The NCT members had become my family in a short space of time and they had all taken up their own residence in my heart. The least I could do was hug them back.

Smiles contaminated the scenery and all the faces of the boys here. "Thank youuuu." I smiled at them all. By the time they had finally managed to let me go, I could swear they had broken all of my bones. Taeyong smiled at me from where he had been leaning against the wall. It was obvious that he had let me go a few moments before all the other members and was instead relishing in the fact they were so clingy.

It was cute.

"What?" I tilted my head at him. Renjun and Mark had disappeared from the crowd and would have been elsewhere in the room, or quite possibly the whole house. They had both disappeared without a trace and I couldn't see them at all. But I was surrounded by men who was very much taller than me.

They were all much taller. All of a sudden, two hands picked me up from behind and carried me away from the rest of the group. From that I had been carried back into the living room, where a small mountain of gifts laid across the cushions. It was honestly such an adorable set up that I could not have helped but squeal at it all.

"This is so cute!" My grin only enhanced itself before I spun around and wrapped my smaller arms around both Mark and Renjun. "You two need to learn to keep your hands off what's not yours." Taeyong said from behind them. The two boys visibly gulped and, in that moment, they resembled more of children than their actual ages. They were like two babies who had just been caught stealing from a cookie jar.

"Oops?" They said in unison, both turning around at the same time. The look on their faces were priceless but I could only imagine how Taeyong had looked right now. That perfect jawline that was sharp enough to cut someo- okay back onto topic.

I had only just about managed to scurry out of the room and make it halfway down the corridor before I felt someone following me again. But I'm tired. In truth, I was knackered and I couldn't be asked to deal with any more excitement. I just want to sleep. That's it.

"What do you want?" I mumble. It's the fact that I don't even bother to turn around to see who it was that seemed to make them only be more annoying. The person grabbed my arm and dragged me back until I collided into them. Now it was my turn to pull, but this time was to pull away. "I wanna sleep."

The person chuckled and I looked up to see Tayeong. Just great. I want to sleep and he's out here trying to make me stay awake even dang longer. A girl needs her bed. "Why would you want to sleep when you have all of your birthday presents out there in the living room?" He tilted his head. I slowly shook my own head in response.

"I'm too tired, I've been awake for too long." A smile spread across his features. It wasn't a usual smile though. This one was soft and showed much love within his eyes, he was too cute. "Come on, I'll tuck you in." Am I a baby though? No, I don't think so. But I couldn't help but not argue. I didn't want to argue. I just nodded my head and walked towards the bedroom that we both shared together.

I guess you could even call it our bedroom. The though brought a warm feeling to my chest but in all honesty, I just wanted to sleep. There was nothing more important to me in that moment then finally getting some decent sleep after having to be awake all day. Not even cupcakes could change my mind of wanting the most precious thing in the world: sleep.

Sleep, sleep, sleep.

I rushed into the bedroom and threw myself onto the freshly changed sheets. A wool blanket was draped over me and a soft kiss was placed on the side of my head before I was finally able to let go and drift into the dream world.