nct imagines

ten - tattoo

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today is the day. i'm gonna do it.

you took a deep breath as you stood in front of a building. you walked into the building and looked for your friend's tattoo parlor. you passed by a few stores and stopped in front of a familiar place. you opened the door and walked into the parlor where you saw a familiar person cleaning stuff, "hey."

ten turned around and stood up, "hey y/n! what can i do for you?" he asked and put down some tools.

as he walked over to you, you dug into your purse and pulled out a piece of paper. you handed him the paper and he looked in confusion but then expressed excitement, "you want a tattoo?!"

"uhh yea," you said nervously but with a smile.

"this looks cool, did someone draw this for you?" he asked. you walked

"i drew it," you mentioned and he raised his eyebrows. you sat down in the chair.

"you can draw?" ten asked and started tracing the design.

"no," you shook your head and put your purse on the small table next to you. "i just drew it when this morning at the coffee shop," you said.

ten looked at you, "are you sure you want a tattoo y/n? you shouldn't force yourself to get one." he asked.

yes y/n. you said you were going to get one. you're gonna do this.

you hesitated for a second but nodded your head, "yea."

ten smiled at you and continued preparing. "i get to tattoo you. i'm so excited," he sang. you laughed at his enthusiasm. "where do you want it?" he asked you.

"uhh, great question," you nervously laughed. "i don't know." you crossed your arms. ten looked up again with the paper.

"how about on your neck, like right here? it'd look cool there." he pointed to his own neck where one of his many tattoos was.

"will it hurt a lot?" you asked him.

he nodded his head, "oh, yea, it will." he trailed off. "here?" he pointed to his outer thigh.

you didn't speak, feeling more unsure about getting the tattoo.

"you don't have to get the tattoo y/n. it's perfectly fine if you want to think about it some more," ten said and grabbed your hand.

good job y/n. you chickened out again.

"sorry," you apologized.

"don't be. it's okay," he smiled. "but i absolutely love the design. i might just tattoo myself!" he laughed and then you laughed. "i gotta close up. want to walk home together?"

"yea sure. thank you ten," you said to him. you grabbed your purse and stood up. "did you have a lot of customers today?" you asked him.

ten shook his head. "i had my final session with johnny and i started on jaehyun's piece earlier," he recalled, "oh, jeno came by and looked at designs."

"that's cool," you said and walked towards the front of his store. you started looking at the designs and photos on the walls of his store as ten closed up his store. after a few minutes, the lights turned off and you looked at ten. "you have a lot of designs," you commented.

"yea, i've done a lot since i started." ten walked up and opened the door for you. you walked out and ten followed out before locking the door. "i'm probably going to keep yours and add it to the wall if you don't mind," he said and put his keys in his pocket.

"no problem," you smiled.

ten smiled and the two of you started walking towards your apartment. "did you want to get it to impress someone?" ten asked.

"huh?" you looked at him.

"were you wanting to get a tattoo to impress someone?" he asked.

you nervously laughed and smiled, "you got me," you admitted.

"you and me have mostly the same friends. i know this person, don't i?" ten asked and you two reached the apartment building that you both lived in. he unlocked the door and you both walked in.

you reached your apartment quickly since you lived on the first floor, "i wanted to get a tattoo to impress you." you shyly said to him.

ten looked at you, "me?" you nodded your head. ten smiled at you and you noticed that he was blushing.

"i should go. i'll see you sometime," you said to him. you unlocked the door to your apartment and opened it.

"are you free thursday night?" ten asked and you looked at him.

"uh, yea," you answer. both of you smiled.

"great. meet me at my store at eight, me and you are going out," he said. "goodnight y/n."

"goodnight ten," you said and walked into your apartment. you closed the door and put your back against it. "i'll see you thursday," you smiled and walked into your room.