love - [ nct ]

08.

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'taeyong and alana are back in action'. that was what the boys said after witnessing the two with unclothed bodies (of course the couple were hid under the blankets, but the boys knew that they were naked) on bed in bangkok, after the three days show.

"aYE OUR SHIP IS BACK IN ACTION!!!!!!" yuta whispered-yelled to the couple in the plane while putting their baggages.

"shut up," taeyong snapped with his cheeks reddened.

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lots of touring later, after alana's livestream. (read the book 'angel' with the chapter titled 'livestream #3')

"yong, na," called their manager, giving them a sympathetic glance. she continued, "they want you in the office, immediately."

the couple stood up, face emotionless as they went out to the door. their manager gave them a pat each on the shoulders, "good luck. i believe on you."

"thank you, so much," alana held the manager's hand before she and taeyong departed to go to the one and only, s.m. building. it took them not quite long, though, it felt like a whole century for our dears alana and taeyong – they didn't exchange words at all during the ride.

they knew why they were called. even though it had been a month since... yeah, that, the two had been scheduled to be in sooman's office after they were back in korea from singapore, the last stop for their world tour.

"jesus," sighed sooman for the 9263282728722 time that day. "i've prepared things for today."

the two nct members in front of him kept their mouth shut, not knowing how to respond. alana balled her fist from below, unknown to sooman since taeyong quickly glanced at her.

"taeyong, do you remember when i said i would... kick you two out of the group if this happened again?" taeyong nodded slowly, jaw clenching as alana had her eyes welling up with tears. she lowered her head, rubbing her eyes slowly to get rid of the tears.

"i... i have decided to not achieve that," he sighed.

oh, oka- wAIT WHAT

the teary-eyed alana lifted her head up, her sad facade becoming a confused one. her mind full of question marks. the riddler :D

taeyong.... he was worse. he had his eyebrows furrowing as if it were knitted, his mouth gaped, and his eyes squinting suspiciously towards the boss. he thought, he's joking.

once again, as if sooman could read people's mind, responded, "i'm not fooling around, taeyong, alana." he continued, explaining, "you guys are the two who has the most potential inside the group. it would be a huge waste if we threw you out. not only that you are the lead vocal, lead rapper, but you hold the group together. without you, nct would not have the uniqueness inside. though, all of you are incredibly talented, you two seem so... different. i hope you can understand that."

taeyong and alana nodded their heads without any word, both still speechless and couldn't believe what happened. they were still unsure of the fact that they were not 'kicked' out of the group or the label.

"this is the paper," sooman placed a sheet on the table right in front of them. "this has the do's and don't's, obligations, and others. please read it as soon as possible. the entertainment will release a statement about the two of you soon."

"why... why do you do this? why us?" asked taeyong, finally making a voice after minutes. he looked up to sooman, who stood up and placed his hands at alana and taeyong's shoulders, grabbing them gently.

"i've seen you two ever since you were in elementary. growing up, i already knew something would happen between you. i mean, looking back 7 years ago, the chemistry between you guys was easily spotted. merely everyone could see it," explained sooman casually, causing the couple to blush out of embarassment.

"th-thank you," alana's eyes met with sooman's. he chuckled, ruffling her hair softly, "no, i thank you. for your hard work, and i'm sorry that i did this to the two of you during the whole months."

"get up," he mentioned alana to stand up with his hands. as soon as she followed his orders, he embraced her like a father hugging his daughter, putting his hand at the back of her head and brushing her hair smoothly. she had her chin onto his shoulder, facing taeyong.

"i love you," mouthed the leader of nct 127, a ghost of smile appearing on his lips.

"i love you," alana mouthed back. she then closed her eyes, feeling and loving the warmth sooman gave.

well, that's fortunate-

(further explanations will be in 'angel' with the chapter titled 'Soompi #2').

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WAZZUP YALL IM BACK🤩🤩🤩🤩

this chapter low-key suck tbh🗿 what do you guys think?

so uh, i decided to put this chapter firstly. coz i know that i've been very busy and is lacking of updates- i just CAN'T let alana and taeyong to NOT be together. i missed them, weird flex- do y'all know how it feels to see nct's activities and just suddenly thinks of alana and taeyong being/acting like a couple freely and coz it's been coming to my mind a lot, it frustrated me.. so here i am!

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