24th Male Member: NCT fanfic

3.

I woke up to a weight at my side and rubbed my eyes only to be met with Yuta. A smile crept onto my face as I brushed away his longer hair and poked his nose. He groaned and burried his face deeper into my chest.

"Come on, hyung. Time to get up."

He shook his head and I sighed at his childish behavior.
"Fine. But I have to get up."

He groaned again and held my waist so I couldn't move.
"Nu-uh."

I thought to myself for a moment before my lips formed a smile.
"Oh hey WinWin."

Yuta's head jerked up and I laughed before wiggling out of his grip and rushing out of my room to the kitchen.

Taeyong and Jaehyun were already starting to make their own breakfast and I decided to make myself some toast since I wasn't all that hungry. They both smiled sweetly at me before they returned to eating their food. I laughed a little to myself as they enjoyed the peace while it lasted. Once my toast was done and I had begun to put the butter on it I felt a pair of arms around my waist.

"This is why you left? Because of toast?"

I smiled and pulled out the extra piece I had made for Yuta. He widened his eyes and all signs of sleep were gone as I handed him the food.

"Thank you. You're the best."

I smiled and flipped my imaginary hair.
"I know."

He laughed a little and ruffled my hair before sitting on a chair and eating the toast I had made for him. Once I was done with my food I told the others I was going to practice and they all waved before continuing what they were doing before hand.

On the walk to the practice room I noticed I didn't bring a jacket or wear long sleeves but shrugged it off as I entered the big room with the WayV members already inside. Practice started soon after and we all danced as hard as we could for three hours straight. When we took a small break, I got a call from Taeyong.

"Hello?"

"I just wanted to tell you that our practice for rappers in 127 starts in about an hour."

I sighed and nodded even though he couldn't see me.
"Okay. I'll be there."

"Okay. Don't be late and be safe."

We said our goodbyes and hung up before I walked over to Kun. He smiled at me.
"What's up?"

I sighed.
"I have rapping lessons in about an hour so we'll have to stop a little before that."

He nodded and ruffled my damp hair.
"No problem. We only have a few more run throughs to do."

I thanked him and practice began again. About half an hour later, I left the WayV members there and headed to where the other rappers were for 127. They smiled at me before we began practice and warm ups.

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After practice was done and everyone went home I stayed in the studio a little bit and worked on some lyrics before deciding to leave and take a short walk. As I was strolling down the streets of Seoul I noticed that I hadn't been to my secret place in a while. The members knew that I came here but I haven't been for a long time. I walked down a few more streets before coming upon the woods. Without a second thought I entered them and headed straight for the old tree house that I used to visit daily. It was old but it still held my weight. The white paint had chipped and faded a long time ago and now it was just the regular brown wood that it was built from. It wasn't that high in the air but it was high enough that someone couldn't reach you from below.

Memories flooded back of when I was younger and when I used to play with imaginary friends. I never had friends until the second time I moved to Korea. I was usually alone so all of my friends were in my mind and my imagination. I was always bullied because of my eyes being a different color and because of my freckles. In Korea, those things should be put on and taken off like make up. Mine were real so they made fun of the fact that I didn't have a choice in mine. I remembered playing pirates with my siblings here as well. When I wasn't playing with my made up friends I was always surrounded by my brothers and sisters. They would always keep me company and make me laugh when I was down. Much like my members do to me now.

As I looked up at the stars I smiled. All the nights spent out in the backyard with my parents watching as we caught fireflies and called them star bugs. How I missed my dad once he passed. I would sit here and cry without any real reason other than I missed him. He was my whole world. He brought a smile to my face from just looking at me. I looked up to him so much that when I lost him I was damaged. I even remembered the song that he sang to me and my siblings every night before tucking us into bed.

Without thinking I began to sing the tune that once escaped my fathers lips.

I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I have
You're all I have

At night when the stars
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryin' to get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon

Oh

I'm feeling like I'm famous
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah I've gone mad
But they don't know what I know

'Cause when the sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah they're talking back

At night when the stars
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryin' to get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon

Do you ever hear me calling?
(Ah) oh oh oh
(Ah) oh oh oh
'Cause every night
I'm talking to the moon
Still trying to get to you

In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon

I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away

A few tears escaped my eyes as the last of the lyrics left my lips. Then I heard clapping. Turning, I saw Taeil and Mark glancing at me in awe. I felt myself flush a little at someone hearing me sing.

"That was amazing."

I locked eyes with Mark and he smiled.
"I'm not lying. It really was."

I smiled a little and thanked him quietly before climbing down and out of the tree house.
"Why are you guys here?"

They widened their eyes and glanced at their phones before Taeil dialed a number.
"Yeah. We found him.... Okay..... We're coming back as we speak... Bye."

Mark smiles at my amussed glance.
"Taeyong was getting worried so we sent out the search party."

I laughed before heading home with the two other males beside me.