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He sighed, looking up at the sky, leaning back until his hands reached the ground. He ponders on what would've happened if they didn't kill. Will he still be happy then?

"Have a lot on your mind Mr Lee?"

He turns around to see Jung Sarang take a seat next to him and breathing in the fresh air.

"Isn't it relaxing here?" She asks, sretching out her arms.

"What are you doing here? I thought I told you to not follow me"

"Why do you always push me away? Just because I like you doesn't mean I can't associate with you" she states and he sighs.

"My brother told me to check up on you because he said you seemed down" she tilts her head to get a better view of his face, "What's the matter Mr Lee?"

"Drop the formalities will you. No one in school is here" he grumbles, rubbing his temple with his fingers.

"Ok, ok Taeyong. But seriously what's wrong? Is it because of Donghyuk?" She asks making him freeze. "So it is."

She sighs loudly and looks up in the sky. "I don't get it. Why stress about someone who hates your guts when you guys don't decide to explain the whole truth to him" she states causing his eyebrows to clash together.

"What are you on about?" He asks and she chuckles.

"You may be a good assassin but you're really bad with showing your emotions." Turning to him she places her hands on his shoulders.

"Did you ever look him in the eye and tell him what his parents done to him? Or are all of you guys to stubborn to put down your dignity as a mafia group and just anger him more?" She asks.

Taeyong pushes her hands off his shoulders and bites his lip.

"Exactly. Imagine how Haecha- no Donghyuk feels. He's broken. You guys may have killed his parents to protect him but you also killed his old identity." She says, standing up and brushing off the grass from her pants.

"You need to ger over your mafia act and talk to him as a person. If you really want him back in NCT"

Next day -- School

"So who is Haechan Sarang? Who is he to the point you write everything about him in your diary?"

"That's none of your business Eunbi. Now give it back. It wasn't yours to begin with"

"Now why would I want to give this back when it means so much to you?"

"Eunbi. Give it back befor-"

"Before you call your brother on me? You think I will get scared because of that? They're just cowards who use murdering as a tool to claim their dominance. How pathetic can they get"

Sarangs eyes change and she swiftly twists Eunbi's arm, pushing her down to the floor and getting her diary back.

"Before I do something to hurt you, better shut your mouth. You know nothing about who they are, don't you dare think you can go assuming false shit about then, you understand me?" She growls and Eunbi nods with fear.

"Now get out of my sight and if I hear anyone in this school mentiong 'NCT' I know who to look for"

Pushing Eunbi down to the floor Sarang walks away, putting the diary in her bag. Not paying attention to her surroundings she bumps into a body.

She looks up to see Donghyuk with his same old blank expression. He was about to walk past but she stops him.

"Hey.. Donghyuk"

Although it seemed like he didn't want to talk to her he stood still, waiting for her to continue.

"I want to say sorry for making a huge commotion about the book. What you said was true, I should've kept it somewhere safe... Thank you" she says, smiling and walking away from him.

He turns and watches her leave. She may be an attention seeker she sure is nice.

× + ×

Jeno was packing up and suddenly got crowded with a bunch of girls, bimbarding him with questions.

"What school did you come from?"

"Why did you move?"

"Where do you live?"

"Do you have a hobby?"

"What's your favourite food?"

"What's your number?"

He nervously laughs, not knowing what to do.

"Alright guys! Leave the new kid alone" a voice shouts and the girls turn to only squeal harder at the sight of Na Jaemin.

"Come on, if you guys truly love me you'll do as I say right?" He claims and all the girls nod, running off with huge smiles on their face.

"Geez, thanks Jaemin"

"Not a problem. This is going to happen a lot but what can we do. We are attractive" he says, winking at Jeno.

Jeno sends a disgusting face over and starts walking with him. Jaemin was blabbering about his class while Jeno just nodded, listening to every word.

"And the- OH it's Donghyuk better say hi" he says, grabbing Jeno's wrist and dragging him towards Jeno.

"Donghyuk! Hey!" Jaemin exclaims. Donghyuk sighs while turning around. "Jaemin what did I s-"

"Yeah yeah not try to be friends with you. I don't care I'm willing to be friends with you no matter what! Oh yeah! This is Jeno he just moved here"

"I know.."

"What?! You do????" Jaemin asks, looking at Jeno and signalling him 'why didn't you tell me'

Jeno shrugs, "I'm he's seat mate"

Jaemin smiles at Jeno's sentence. Perfect, his mission just might succeed.