𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 | nct dream

1.6

❝ yah, stay quiet! ❞ a faint whisper tingles his sensitive eardrums. ❝ i'm trying to document it here! ❞

mark's eyes slowly flutter open, but he immediately squints when all of the sudden he's greeted by the merciless sun shining above him. as he tries to regain his sight, his brothers who were previously surrounding him immediately groan in disappointment.

mark captures an odd sight among the shifting clouds. he gets up. ❝ mission. mission! ❞

❝ yeah, it was our mission to get your pictures after we finished with donghyuck-hyung, but you got up too early! ❞ jisung scowls in annoyance.

❝ no, jisung-ah, mission! ❞ mark points up to the sky.

everyone lifts up their head to see what he's referring to. rockets, soaring through the air towards the never ending sky. ❝ yah, get up, we gotta move! now! ❞

donghyuck, who was deep into his slumber, had to forcefully waken up by jaemin hitting his back several times. ❝ yah, what the hell—❞ he didn't get to finish his sentence when he saw what made them swarm in panic.

❝ go, go, go! ❞ mark sprints towards the car, unknowingly taking the seat behind the wheel. donghyuck, who literally just got up to life, quickly reads the situation and calls shotgun.

❝ do you even know how to drive?! ❞ jeno exclaims to mark who had somehow taken his place.

❝ i don't know, perhaps? ❞ mark nervously puts his hands on the wheel. ❝ i suppose there must be something that i remember. hold on boys, this is gonna be bumpy. ❞

he hits the brakes and the car jolts up into the air, hustling forward in such a tremendous speed. with the rockets slowly fading, they must quickly catch up; for this might be the only chance they got to get to the red room.

❝ mark-hyung, i think i'm gonna barf.. ❞ jaemin gags.

❝ yah, na jaemin! ❞ renjun yells in disgust. ❝ not here! ❞

fortunately for mark, there were no change of directions and they were only going in a straight line, in an empty road with no sights of life.

❝ this! is! funnnnn!! ❞ jisung chirps, his hands dangling up in the air. chenle grabs his camera and makes use of the chance to take pretty pictures of the rockets.

in just a matter of minutes (and after a dozen kilometers or so with the godly speed) they get a glimpse of the sea they were desperately searching for. but the case didn't just end up there: they had to find the room they were looking for. so mark starts going slower so they could see where the rockets must've had blasted at.

❝ is that it? ❞ jeno says as he gestures at the beach across the road. ❝ there's a huge crowd right there.. ❞

❝ perhaps. ❞ donghyuck tilts his head. ❝ let's just go and find out. ❞

it's a strange sight to see a lot of people gathering around this early in the morning. mark abruptly stops the car at the edge of the road, making sure not to hit anything.. or anyone.

jaemin gets off the car, never minding the dizziness after such a hellride. ❝ wah, we should never let mark-hyung drive ever again. ❞

❝ it was fun, ❞ jeno smiles. ❝ it's like a rollercoaster ride. ❞

donghyuck is the first to head over the coast to see what's happening, followed by a very eager chenle who thinks he holds responsibility because it's his mission. ❝ what do you think they're doing, hyung? ❞

❝ blasting off rocketships, what else? ❞ donghyuck answers. ❝ though, i don't get why your dream led us here.. how is this relevant to the red room you saw? ❞