Alone | NCT

Chapter 29

"Jaemin." Rena said as she opened the door of his room just a crack. Jaemin was sitting at his desk, his notebook opened and pen in his hand. He turned his head to eye the girl at the door before looking at the clock on his beside table.

"Did you forget about our dinner plans?" Rena asked as Jaemin's eyes widened in realization. Jaemin let out a sigh as he put his pen down, scratching the back of his neck.

"Yeah sorry, I've been studying." Jaemin told her. Rena gave him a small smile before pushing the door open, revealing the bag holding two containers full of food.

"I figured, so I brought the food to you." Rena told him. Jaemin gave her a smile, standing up to clear his desk for the food. As Rena moved Jaemin's phone, she noticed that Jaemin had replaced his wallpaper to a picture of him and Jeno instead. Jaemin saw this and quickly took the phone out of her hands.

"Oh, the one of the inside is still us." Jaemin said, quickly unlocking his phone and showing her. Rena simply nodded, removing the lids on the containers instead.

"It was just to convince my mother that I'm focused on school, don't worry." Jaemin said, wrapping his arms around the girl. Rena leaned back into his embrace, closing her eyes to take a deep breath.

"Yeah don't worry, it's fine." Rena said, plastering a smile on her face as she turned around and gave Jaemin a small peck.

...

"This class is so boring." Chenle muttered as he rested his chin in his hands. He heard Naeun chuckle from beside him before giving him a small smile.

In front of the two, Minjee was furiously writing notes. Chenle normally wouldn't slack off but having Yuta as their teacher wasn't helping. He looked out the window, eyeing the Upper School students in their red blazers that were walking outside.

Chenle wondered what it would be like to be in Upper School. It seemed a lot less restricting, with only having one mandatory class and the rest of the time spent on their own research and following the teachers around when they weren't teaching.

His thoughts were soon interrupted by the sound of someone banging a desk from the front. As Chenle looked over, Yuta's eyes were staring into his, along with the rest of the classmates looking away. Chenle looked at Naeun, but the faerie was staring into her lap.

"Mr. Zhong, is there something more interesting outside?" Yuta asked him. Chenle quickly shook his head.

"No sir." Chenle responded.

"Good, let's stay focused then. Minjee, can you read the next paragraph please."

...

"Why is he all pouty?" Jimin asked Naeun as the two girls made their way to the training area. Jimin was referring to a sulky Chenle who was complaing to Jisung.

"He got called out in class today." Naeun told her as they made their way to the mats, where just to Chenle's luck, Yuta was waiting.

"By Yuta too." Naeun added. Chenle let out a groan while Yuta smirked at the boy.

"Zhong, go run five laps around the area as a punishment for slacking off in my class today." Yuta said eyeing the group. "Minjee, you go too, you seem distracted today."

The witch groaned before following Chenle as he ran laps. Yuta turned to the three others remaining.

"The rest of you, get warmed up, we're working on martial arts today."

...

"Lucas, I have a question for you." Mark said, approaching his classmate who was standing at his locker.