Fake Smile | Jaeyong Nct

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Crushed by anxiety
My heart that has become like ash Keep fallin’ down down
I’m starting to feel trapped
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In Jaehyun's arms Taeyong slept incredibly well every time. This was also the case that night, which made him feel better and more rested in the morning. Jaehyun was still sleeping and Taeyong used this moment to watch his beloved one a little bit. He had always liked to watch Jaehyun sleeping. The younger one's face seemed to be completely relaxed in his sleep and seemed incredibly smooth. His lips were always open a little bit and his hair hung down tousled in his forehead. Overall, Jaehyun looked simply stunning. Smiling, Taeyong snuggled up to him more and closed his eyes again, hoping to get some more sleep.

When he woke up again a few hours later, the delicious smell of pancakes greeted him directly. Jaehyun next to him had also disappeared. Overslept, Taeyong rubbed his eyes and sat up before following the tempting smell of pancakes into the kitchen. Taemin sat at the table with a tired look while Jaehyun and Baekhyun stood at the counter preparing pancakes.

"Good morning." Smiling slightly, Taeyong greeted the others and entered the kitchen. "Smells good in here."
Taemin returned his smile immediately. "Great, you're up. Let's eat now."
Baekhyun turned to the table, laughing. "Don't worry Taemin, the pancakes will be ready in a minute."
Jaehyun also laughed slightly and pulled his boyfriend into his arms.

"Good morning baby."
Automatically Taeyong's cheeks turned rose-coloured when Jaehyun called him 'baby' after a long time and in front of the others. But Baekhyun and Taemin only watched them smiling, relieved to see Taeyong smiling again after a long time. Jaehyun didn't seem to be bothered by the presence of the others as he just pulled him closer and buried his face in his hair. Taeyong immediately became comfortable and he nestled himself against the other's muscular chest and enjoyed his closeness for a moment.
God he had missed him so much.
He buried his face on his chest and gently absorbed his scent. Jaehyun smelled a little bit of peach as always and he loved this feature of him totally.

"I hate to disturb you, but Taemin will kill you if we don't start eating." Laughing, Baekhyun walked past the two of them with a plate full of pancakes. Jaehyun and Taeyong separated laughing. Jaehyun gently pressed his lips to his boyfriend's forehead one last time before they both sat down at the table and ate the incredibly delicious pancakes.

"What is our exact plan right now?" Taemin cut his pancake into small pieces and looked at the others.
Jaehyun cleared his throat slightly. "I'll try to talk to Johnny. He will listen to me. With Johnny, Lei loses his closest ally and others like Taeil and Yuta would follow Johnny immediately." Everybody nodded enthusiastically about the plan. "And if Lei still can't be stopped, we'll try plan B." Again everyone nodded and Jaehyun turned to Taemin. "And you're sure Jimin would help us?"
Taemin nodded immediately. "Yes, definitely. I've known Jimin for quite a long time now and can't imagine that he would agree to blackmail someone. He'll definitely listen to me."
Baekhyun clapped his hands. "Good, then the plan is set. I'll do some online research and see what I can find on Lei."

And so their plan was set and less than two hours later both Taeyong and Jaehyun were at the front door of the NCt 127 Dorm. Taeyong suddenly felt uncomfortable with the thought of returning to the dorm. At his senior's place he had definitely felt more comfortable and above all more wanted.

"Ready?" Jaehyun looked at him slightly worried and gently squeezed his hand. Taeyong took one last deep breath before nodding and Jaehyun unlocked the door and both entered the apartment. In the apartment the two welcomed a pleasant calm, which made Taeyong sigh with relief. Jaehyun released his hand from Taeyong's and smiled gently at him. "I'm looking for Johnny, you go pack your clothes."

Taeyong nodded. Taemin had made him an offer this morning to stay with him for a while and he had accepted it gladly. Jaehyun smiled at him one last time before he went looking for his best friend and left Taeyong alone in the hall. Taeyong looked around the empty hallway for a short time before he made his way to his room. He still couldn't believe how far it had come. He sighed and grabbed one of his travel bags and stuffed it with clothes. He hoped very much that Jaehyun would be able to convince Johnny. Sighing again, Taeyong let himself fall on his bed and closed his eyes. He just wanted everything to get back to normal.

He stayed in his room for a while before he grabbed his bag and ran to Jaehyun's room. He tried to be as quiet as possible so as not to draw attention to himself and luckily he managed to do so quite well. Arriving at Jaehyun's room, he immediately took out his favorite sweater of the younger one and stuffed it into his bag as well. If Jaehyun could not be with him overnight, he at least wanted to wear his sweater. He smiled slightly before he shouldered the bag and left the room again and went downstairs to wait for Jaehyun.

"Hyung?"

On the way downstairs, Jungwoo's soft voice suddenly sounded behind him and he turned around in surprise. Jungwoo's gaze changed from him to his bag and back to him, before his eyes widened.
"You will come back, won't you?" Uncomfortably Jungwoo bit his lip and looked at his ex-leader.

Taeyong didn't know what to say. Of course, he wanted to come back, but not as long as Lei was still planning his revenge against him. Jungwoo rushed towards his Hyung.
"Please, you must come back! The mood here is just strange and nothing is the same anymore. Everything is changing."

Taeyong sighed slightly. "Don't worry Jungwoo, I won't be gone too long, I promise. I just can't stay here after everything that happened."
With a sad expression on his face, the younger one looked down at the floor. Taeyong remembered that Jungwoo had voted against Lei's appointment as the new leader, so he did not hesitate and pulled the younger one gently into his arms
"Hey, don't worry. Jaehyun and I are already working on fixing things."
Jungwoo looked at him.
"Jaehyun and you? Does that mean you're back together?"
Immediately he blushed a little and nodded, making Jungwoo smile, but before he could reply, a door flew shut at the top of the stairs and both of them flinched briefly, turning to the stairs where Jaehyun came down not a second later. And he did not look very happy at all. Not at all.
Jaehyun approached the two and took Taeyong's bag.
"Come on, let's get out of here."
Confused, Taeyong tilted his head slightly and looked at his boyfriend. Jungwoo also looked at him confused.

"Yes, go away Jaehyun! It's what you' re best at anyway!"
Johnny's voice sounded from the stairs and they all looked back in that direction. A rather angry-looking Johnny stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked at Jaehyun with his arms crossed over his chest. Jaehyun hissed slightly and pulled Taeyong to the door. He followed his boyfriend confusedly.
"I never thought you would choose him over me but you know what, crawl back to him. I'm done with you."
Furiously Johnny yelled after them and with a last apologetic look at Jungwoo Taeyong let Jaehyun pull him out of the apartment.

Taeyong immediately realized that Jaehyun was angry and put a hand on his shoulder as soon as they arrived outside. He dared not to ask what had happened. But one thing was for sure, the conversation was anything but positive and they would most likely have to use Taemin's Plan b.