Trapped | NCT DREAM

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✱:TRIGGER WARNING: SENSITIVE CONTENT AHEAD!
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❝ CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: A TALK WITH CHENLE ❞

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"What's going on with Chenle? Why is he like this?" a frantic Taeyong called out to any one of the members from Dream that were the nearest to him.

Haechan was the first to respond and ran over to where Taeyong was. Sitting on the floor behind the couch was Chenle, curled up as small as he could be.

"Mark! Chenle is in his own world again," Haechan called out, going over to Chenle. Mark came running down the hall followed by Jaemin.

More of the hyungs were gathering around as well to see what the ruckus was about. Mark cursed under his breath and went over to Chenle.

"Hyung, do you know how long Chenle has been like this?" Mark asked Taeyong. Taeyong shook his head, "I don't know. I just found him like that," Taeyong said.

"He went to sleep with us last night, so he must have woken up from a vivid nightmare and went into his own world," Haechan said.

Mark sighed. "What's going on?" Taeil asked, coming over to the others. Mark looked up to see that all the hyungs were in the room with them, along with the rest of Dream.

"Chenle is in his own world. He won't be able to speak or hear any of us. It's like his brain shuts down. This isn't the first time he's done this," Mark explained, quietly adding in the last part.

"How long does this usually last?" Taeyong asked. "When he's curled up like this, the longest was a few days. Though there were times when he wouldn't speak for almost a week," Mark said.

"So, he's going to be like this for two days? What about food or water?" Winwin asked. Jaemin shook his head,

"We tried that. He won't take any. We just have to try and get him as comfortable as he can be. He'l be really hungry and thirsty when he comes out of his trance," Jaemin said.

Taeyong sat down and pulled Chenle into a hug, which went unnoticed by the younger. Taeyong sighed, hating that he didn't know what to do.

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Chenle sat with his legs pulled up and his arms wrapped around them. He had his head buried into his legs so that his world would be completely dark.

These actions had become a way to escape the world that he was currently in. He knew it wasn't healthy, but he didn't know what else to do when his mind would go to a dark space.

The hyungs had mentioned that they should talk about every time they thought of something negative, but he just couldn't speak when he was in that mindset.

It was like his brain shut down entirely and forgot that he knew three languages. He could hear muffled voices around him, but that was it. His brain had shut off the ability for him to hear and speak.

Though this was an improvement from before. The day that the hyungs saved them he wasn't able to hear anything.

It wasn't until he heard Winwin's soft voice speaking in Chinese did he process that he wasn't alone.