T H I E F || NCT ✔️

Chapter 01

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"Juli?"

Jaemin had been coming back every hour to check on me.

Staring at the ceiling of my room as I lay on my bed, I fought the urge to respond to his sweet and gentle voice.

He sighed deeply behind the door. "Lili, I know you're there..." he paused for a few seconds before continuing, "of course you have to be there, I heard your footsteps earlier...and I know you can hear me, I hope." He paused for another few seconds, "You know I tend to be anxious about small things, and I apologise for that, but I'm really worried now, I haven't seen you out of your room for almost a week."

Really? What day is today? When did I last eat? Or drink? Or take a shower? When did I last sleep? Was it really that long?

"Everyone in the house is worried. They said you would only listen to me, and I hope they're right. Please at least tell me what's going on or— or say something. Whatever you're going through, you know you're not alone, right? Mai and Renjun are here, I am here."

I found myself sitting on my bed, trying to open the door, and receive a warm hug from him. After realizing what my action might cause him, I stopped myself from getting to the doorknob.

I don't want to accidentally burn him or anyone else in this house...

Again.

My ability, this curse that I have inside of me, I can't control it. It responds easily to my emotional state.

Last week both Mai—my step-mother— and I agreed that I should give the high school in the facility a second chance. Since I always failed to keep my emotion in check, things always got ugly. For a second, I thought I could finally handle it, but I was wrong. Someone made me really upset and I quickly ran home, afraid that I would cause an earthquake or made water bursting out of the faucet.

At that time no one was home except for Renjun.

He quickly ran down from his room when he felt a cool breeze inside the house. He knew what was behind it, more like who was behind it, because it was a normal thing that happened in the house. He comforted me and the breeze was slowly going away. He insisted that I tell him what happened. As I was telling him, I got too carried away with my own feelings that I started to feel angry.

He suddenly pulled away from me abruptly and groaned.

He was crying.

I didn't know what to do.

Part of me was blaming him for crying and guilt started to build up inside of me. Seeing him cry made my heart tear apart.

Afraid that I was going to do more damage to the house, especially to Renjun, I quickly exit the house.