Captive | NCT

Chapter 3

"How was you're summer?" Mark asked as he brought a rifle to the shooting range where Haechan stood, shooting at a target.

No response.

Mark released the safety, making a few shots at the targets as he waited for Haechan to finish before asking again. He noticed Haechan put his rifle down to reload so he took the opportunity.

"Haechan?" Mark asked. Once again, Haechan ignored him but this time Mark was sure that he heard him. He let out a sigh, putting down his rifle, waiting for Haechan to finish. Sure enough, Haechan finished his shots, putting his rifle down.

"Yo Haechan." Mark said, reaching out to grab his arm. Haechan slung it off, glaring at him.

"What's your problem, Mark?" Haechan asked him.

"What's my problem? What's yours? You've been ignoring me this entire week! What happened to being best friends?" Mark exclaimed. Haechan scoffed.

"Now you know the effect of ignoring things." Haechan said before walking off.

"What the heck Haechan, what is that supposed to mean?" Mark yelled. Haechan stopped in his tracks, turning to face him.

"Maybe if you told the agency about your father's little secret exchange sooner, I wouldn't have spent a whole semester reading every single book in the library when I had much better things to do!" Haechan yelled at him.

Mark watched as Haechan took a deep breath, calming himself down before leaving the range and this time, he didn't stop him.

...

Jimin tried her best to not glare at the sprite sitting awfully close to Jisung, basically drooling over him as Yuta explained their training for the day.

"Nari are you paying attention to Jisung or me?" Yuta said, hands on his hips. Jimin tried not to laugh as she watched Nari's eyes go wide.

"Sorry." Nari mumbled, turning to face their training instructor as Jisung's ears turned red.

"Right, now what was I saying, Nari made me lose my train of thought?" Yuta said, rubbing his chin.

"You were talking about fighting stances." Jimin told him.

"Ah, right! Thank you!" Yuta said before continuing. The rest of their training proceeded with no interruption and soon enough, the three of them were dismissed and heading to the locker rooms.

"Hey Jimin, want to join Chenle, Naeun, and me in the lounge? Chenle replaced the ice cream stock." Jisung asked her.

"Lounge?" Nari said, staring at him. Jimin noticed a moment of panic in Jisung's eyes before he began rubbing the back of his neck.

"Uh yeah, do you want to come too?" Jisung asked her.

"Sure!" Nari said, a big smile on her face. Jisung glanced at Jimin who shrugged her shoulders.

"How can I say no to ice cream?" Jimin told him as Jisung grinned.

"Great, I'll see you later." Jisung said, entering the male locker rooms. Jimin and Nari went into the female ones.

"So what's your deal with Jisung?" Nari asked as they opened their side by side lockers.

"Huh?" Nari chuckled.

"Like are you guys dating?" Nari asked, wide eyed. Jimin shook her head.

"No, we're not." Jimin told him.

"So he's single?"

"I guess." Jimin mumbled. She noticed a big smile spread on Nari's face as she took her bag out of the locker.