village girl › nct 2018

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       MIN JAEYOUNG。

"yah! you were dozing off again!" i opened my eyes, flinching at hyori's voice.

my eyes widened in shock, looking around i noticed i was in the bakery's kitchen. "w-what? what day is it?" i blinked and scanned the place for the calendar.

hyori sighed, "it's thursday, jaeyoung. tomorrow's the ball remember! we're preparing the stuff for tomorrow."

i knitted my brows, "wasn't– aren't i... yesterday was the last day of exams right?"

hyori nodded, "yeah, did you forget?"

"what– where did i go yesterday?"

"you went straight home. miyeon took you home. it seemed like you were too shocked about the incident two days ago."

i tilted my head in confusion, "what incident?"

"the incident with prince taeyong."

my heart froze, "so that was real..." i mumbled lowly. apparently, the whole thing that happened on the last day of exams, was just a dream.

i slept after finishing my exams and miyeon brought me home... but why did i dream of something like that? was that a bluff? a message perhaps?

"oh, jaeyoung, miyeon is here!" i heard mrs kang yell from the counter and i snapped out of my trance. i walked out, meeting miyeon with a huge smile and a warm hug.

mrs kang let us talk for a bit so we decided to settle on one of the vacant seats. "how are you feeling? you were knocked out the moment you finished exams." she chuckled and sipped onto her chocolate smoothie.

"i had the weirdest dream, actually." i muttered and tapped my fingers rhythmically on the wooden table.

miyeon tilts her head to the side, "are you still traumatized from what happened a day ago? we're sorry for leaving you after that."

"no, it's fine. i'm pretty sure you did that for a reason anyways." i assured her with a small smile, my index finger drawing invisible circles on the table. "but, there was a gunshot right?"

miyeon scrunched her nose, i could easily spot how uneasy she felt. "yeah..." she sighed, hanging her head low, "there has been an attack in valfield. intruders were unknown, that was around three days ago? and then a day ago... heflorescence faced the same exact thing."

"thank hera prince taeyong was there, i wouldn't know what i'd do... i know how scared of loud gun noises you are." miyeon said, her voice slightly trembling as she reached out to hold my hand in hers.

"so, jaeyoung... what did you dream about yesterday?"

"...i dreamt of what i thought happened after the last day of exams..." i told her a bit unsure.

"oh? what happened? are you okay? you seem scared..." she stated and stood up to sit next to me. she then engulfed me in a hug, the warmth from her body reaching me.

i felt so warm. like nothing wrong was going to happen as long as miyeon was here with me.

"i was... the dream seemed so real..."

"what happened?" she repeated.

slowly, i began to tell her one by one about the certain points that happened in my dream. her mouth went agape upon hearing them, i could feel her arms around me loosen.

"jaeyoung..."

i let go of her, my confused eyes meeting her glassy ones. "miyeon?"

"the dream you had was a message."