Care || n.jm

🧸forty two🧸

"Mine!" Chenle shouted, receiving the ball. "Noona!" 

"Jeno!" Haneul called as she ran over to the side the ball flew towards and easily set it. 

"Got it!" Jeno ran up and jumped, spiking the ball with all his strength. The ball flew past Taeyong's head before he could even blink. 

Jaehyun tried to receive the ball, losing control of its direction. Yuta was able to return the ball but another set combo by the group landed them a point.

"Dream Team wins 10-9!"

The other members cheered as they approached the three, jumping around as they hugged. Since they won they don't have to clean up at dinner today. 

"Yukhei is living the life in Dream now. It was like yesterday he cried because he wanted to be in dream." Kun sighed.

"Wasn't it yesterday?" Xiaojun asked.

"Why is your sister good at sports?" Jungwoo wondered.

"I thought she only did figure skating and athletics." Yuta added.

"She doesn't join teams but she can play volleyball and badminton really well. She plays during school sports fest." Mark explained. "Ah, I should have just sided with dream." 

"Alright, enough playing. Let's go eat." Doyoung announced. Everyone moved over to the function hall. Various food filled the table, both homemade and delivery. 

"Go take a seat with Dream. I'll get you some food." Jaemin placed his button up shirt around Haneul, leaving him in a tank top. It was getting cold and she only had a bikini on.  

"Make sure to get me a lot of the carbonara samyang." Haneul reminded before joining the boys. 

Although they were back to normal, their closeness hasn't changed at all. The only thing that did is that their teasing and vocabulary leveled up.

But for some reason, they found it more comfortable to call her Noona.

"You look like a waiter with so many plates." Yukhei joked as he approached him. 

"If you have time to joke can you put three pieces of the cheetos fried chicken?" Jaemin mumbled. "Make sure it doesn't touch the sauce of the noodles."

"I want to apologize about going over boundaries for a while. I just wanted to give you the little push." Yukhei apologized, doing as he asked. 

"I don't really mind anymore. After your little revelation yesterday, it all seemed to click." Jaemin assured.

"As much as she is a great girl, I think she suits you more." Yukhei put the tongs down and extended his hand with a small smile. "We cool?" 

"I'd shake your hand if mine were free." Jaemin chuckled. Yukhei just laughed and helped him bring the plates to the table.

"I see you two are on good terms now."  Jeno greeted.

"Were they on bad terms?" Haneul asked.

"Ah, you really are dense." Donghyuck sighed. 

"Don't talk to my sister like that." Mark warned.

"What are you gonna do about? 

"Lee Donghyuck, did you forget about the slipper?" Haneul questioned. She waited for Jaemin to sit before she started eating. He cut the meat on one of her plates before letting her eat.

"Noona." Renjun called, an evil glint in his eyes. "Who do you like more, Jaemin or Mark?"

"Myself." She answered almost instantly.

"I'm number one, right Hannie?"

"Princess?" 

"You know, I didn't hit you back then because you were a kid but now that you're an adult I'm ready to whoop your ass." Haneul groaned, feeling the pressure. "If I have to pick then I'll say Jisung."

"Me?"

"The favorite child wins again." Chenle sighed. Haneul just shrugged as she wiped the pasta sauce on his cheek. 

Dinner went by without a hitch. The atmosphere was lively as everyone shared a good time. The sound of clapping made everyone quiet down.

"Guys, Haneul has an announcement to make." Taeyong announced. Haneul got up, but she couldn't seem to move. She felt too nervous to even talk. 

Jaemin noticed this and held her hand. "You got this."

Haneul smiled and gave his hand a quick squeeze.

"I'm thankful for everyone's love and support for me and helping me in my healing process. Thank you all for being so understanding and I'm sorry for being a burden. Everyone here has helped me realize what I want to do with my life and to achieve this, I have decided to attend college physically."

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1 Year Later...

The boys sat comfortably as the shoot for weekly idol continued. He was dying to go home to Haneul who he hadn't seen in two whole weeks.

A plan was devised that they would use Mark's house whenever they had free time, but Jaemin would usually sleep there on the weekends. He had gotten both Mark and their parents' permission for him to stay with her alone.

"You do one funny thing to my sister and I swear you will not live to see the day." -Mark

"I heard that it was recently revealed that you have a sister. Is it true, Mark?" The interviewer asked, catching him off guard.

"Ah yes. She's a year younger than me." Mark answered.

"Based on her instagram, she's quite close with the members. There are also some articles showing she had volunteered with some of the members and joined campaigns against bullying along with raising awareness for mental health." The interviewer added.

"Back when I was a trainee I introduced her to some of the members already. She had recently met the others after settling here in Korea due to confidential reasons." Mark answered.

"Okay, enough of the side questions. I'll get straight to the point." The interviewer said with a grin. "Are there any members you're willing to formally introduce her to? You know, allow her to date?"

The whole group seemed to grin as they nudged each other. Jaemin just smiled as he watched Mark's internal panic.

"I'd have to say that Jaemin is the only option I have here." He carefully responded.

"Is there a reason?"

"He's the only one I can trust with my sister." He said, causing the group to go wild and tease both him and Jaemin.

"Kiss!" Donghyuck teased.

"Jaemin. Do you have anything to say to Mark's sister? You have five seconds!"

The camera seemed to focus on him and he didn't hesitate to do a flying kiss, followed by a wink. The whole room went even crazier as Donghyuck and Renjun were shaking him.

They were never going to hear the end of it when they get home.

A/N

Ah yes, the final arc has begun. 

Countdown: 5

I've actually decided that when Care reaches 30K, I'll include a special chapter that you all helped decide in earlier chapters ;))