Bitch boys | NCT Mafia AU

Wonderland; (CH23)

"Holy shit!"

Sungjae was unbothered by the shattered dish on the floor, he just stared at Jungwoo and you.

Jungwoo backed away from you quickly to the other side of the room, leaving you space to hop back down from the counter.

The three of you just stood there in solid silence, Sungjae had his lips pressed together forming a line, Jungwoo was staring blankly at the bin in front of him, and you? You were mentally attacking yourself on so many different levels and aspects.

That's until Baekhyun entered the kitchen, looking considerably back into shape (both mentally and physically) and in crutches..
All the organisations (CUBE, SM, YG, JYP, etc) within the top bubble had revolutionary technology that was expensively hidden away 'regular' people. So, simply healing a gunshot injury in their eyes were child's play.

Baekhyun used one of his crutches to poke Sungjae and tap on the bin Jungwoo was staring at.

"Why are you just standing there?" Baekhyun eyed the three of you, "am I missing something?"

Sungjae looked at Jungwoo, Jungwoo looked at you and you looked to Baekhyun.

You and Jungwoo motioned back and forth using eye contact, telling the other to speak first. Though Sungjae had already beat the two of you to it.

"I was uh" Sungjae cleared his throat, "being a bit of a clutz" he laughed awkwardly, taking a broom out from one of the cabinets "don't mind me..."

Baekhyun clicked his tongue, softly nodding his head, not convinced at all. Of course he wasn't, he read body language very well.... That was one of his strong suits and sadly the reason why he could get away with cheating and lying so well.

"Spit it out" He stated, looking at both you and Baekhyun as Sungjae sweeped the floor.

"Well"

"You see"

"Soemthing on her eyelash-"

"There was this bug"

You and Jungwoo made eye contact once more, disproving each other's explanation... It was like the two of you expected telepathy or exceptional luck to come out of the situation.

"Did you two... Maybe... Perhaps" Baekhyun hopped forward with his crutch, "initiate some sort of fight or romantic interaction-"

"I punched her in the face... Yeah" Jungwoo quickly answered, "a big, hard, punch"

Baekhyun brows rose, "You did what?!"

"A big punch in the face with coffee!" You held up the drink he had made you, "a nice caffeine kind of punch in the face"

You eyed Jungwoo to play along.

"Yeah... This?" Jungwoo leaned onto the space where the coffee machine was situated, "my... Um... My... Punching bag"

Your lips twitched a bit, you suppressed your laugh as best as you could.

Honestly... The only thing remotely similar to a 'punch in the face' that Jungwoo had allegedly given you is the sudden pressure of his lips against yours.

"We-we like punching each other in the face... With coffee, it's the only reason why we are friends in... Uh... The first place" Jungwoo continued, his voice lowering at 'friends' in a poor attempt to emphasize.

Don't get me wrong, Jungwoo was great at lying and keeping his walls up but even you, the person who was manipulated for 14 years, could tell how obvious he was as being.