summer seekers || nct dream

06 | leave

[SHORT CHAPTER]

donghyuck hoped jisung didn't read the message. he looked at it, following the directions rocco gave him.

seemed like they had found a hangout spot on these new grounds.

the directions stopped in a completely empty street. it wasnt't scary or anything, just no sign of life. donghyuck heard a squeeking noise from behind him and turned around. rocco walked out of a building which seemed like an old warehouse.

"come in." he said holding open the door for donghyuck. before donghyuck entered he gave rocco a bro-hug.

he looked around. he was in a small corridor, only raw concrete walls. there was only a small lightbulb hanging from the ceiling, not having much purpose with the sunlight entering.

"i'll give you a tour of the snake hole." rocco said, presenting the space with a smile.

he walked through a door and donghyuck followed him. there was another corridor. there were rooms left and right, some had no door and were exposed like that. still, all the walls were made of concrete and were ugly.

rocco walked through the hall with the red head following his steps. donghyuck looked into the rooms but they were almost completely empty. only some old and disgusting furniture.

"we've only occupied this room so far." rocco said, walking into a room at the end of the hallway.

"haechan! our lovely loser!" michael yelled when he saw his friend. he stood up from the dirty couch and bro-hugged donghyuck.

the room was quite cozy. there were fairy lights hanging on the ceiling, an old red carpet on the floor, and speakers in the corners of the room.

"who helped you furnish this not so bad shithole?" haechan wondered, letting himself drop on the couch.

"me." a high pitched voice said. ryung stood in the door frame where no door was present. haechan sighed.

"where are the others?" he wondered, ignoring the girl's existence.

"they are getting beer i think, they should be back any second." michael told him, connecting his phone to the speakers. he searched for a while and then blasted some kind of rock music.

ryung took her chance and sat next to haechan. she hadn't given up yet.

before she could start a conversation, four other people came into the room. "haechannie!" they cheered in unison. haechan stood up and greeted all his friends.

"you've grown up these last few weeks sunshine." tess said, ruffling the younger's hair. "what are you doing here? you're not even going to summer school?" haechan wondered, still happy by the girl's presence.

tess was grit's older sister. she didn't approve of him joining the friend group, but after seeing rocco she complied. she fell in love with the young gangster.

she walked over to the said boy and pecked his lips. "i thought i'd just visit."

"what's the poodle doing here?" dean wondered out loud, turning the volume of the speakers down.

"i have a name, you know." ryung retorted, crossing her arms. dean just shrugged and accepted that his question stayed unanswered.

"why did i even have to come here?" haechan asked, remembering he left his other friends for this.

"you'd rather spend time with your bestie jaemin?" ryung asked him, and pouted.

rocco opened a beer can and gulped half of it down. "you remember that one kid at school who kept pickpocketing? well he's at summer school too and he deserves some hits."

haechan snorted. "grow up. i'm not going to beat up some innocent kid."

"what do you mean innocent? he owes me fifty bucks." michael huffed. still haechan shook his head.

"we'll let fred take your place," rocco threatened, gritting his teeth. he hated how haechan denied his orders.

haechan couldn't take it no more. he had enough of this bullshit. he had enough of acting like a bad guy, he was a good guy and he knew. "let the fucking whimp take my place. there are many places i'd rather be than in this shithole with you thundercunts."

he pushed himself of the couch and growled under his breath. he threw the beer can on the ground, splatting the beer over the carpet and walked out of the room, throwing everyone glares.

"good work rocco. now we lost one of best members." dean said, scrunching his nose.

"as if you could've let him stay! he would've left anyway. he's a pussy." rocco screamed, his hands forming fists.

"what if we find someone else? someone new, fresh." ryung suggested. "you're not allowed to come up with ideas, poodle. you're not even part of this." dean told her off.

"she is." rocco decided. "really?" the girl asked surprised. "and i think that's a good idea. you have someone in mind?" dean looked baffled.

"do you know valerie?"

hihi
i kinda feel like this chapter was unnecessary, but i just had to clear up donghyuck's situation with his friends. it's kind of weird, but there won't be lots of these friends anymore, since donghyuck has cut contacts with them now. i hope you get the feeling i'm reaching for lol.