Light It Up | NCT

Chapter 2

Taeyong's POV

"We're going to get breakfast, Taeyong! Do you need us to get you anything?" one of our managers asks, popping his head into my hotel room.

"No thanks, we already got food," I answer, continuing to scroll through random stuff on my phone.

"Okay, we'll be back in about 2 hours. We'll let the others know," he responds, shutting the door.

I nod and glance at the clock - 10:30 in the morning. Plenty of time to do something productive.

"Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Jaehyun asks, coming out of the bathroom.

"Uh, sure. I'll go and ask if Doyoung and Taeil want to come," I respond, slipping on my shoes and entering the hallway. I approach the room to our right and knock on the door.

"Do you guys want to go on a walk with me and Jaehyun?" I ask when the door opens.

"Sure, why not! Can we invite Johnny and Jungwoo?" Doyoung questions, slipping out of his slippers into a pair of shoes.

"Alright. See you in five minutes," I decide, going back to our room to get changed.

"Let's go," Jaehyun says once we're both ready to go. I grab my phone and follow him out the door.

I step out into the hallway, closing the door. But when I look up, I'm met by the sight of 21 people, standing around and waiting for me and Jaehyun.

"Uh, Taeyong? How many people exactly did you invite?" Jaehyun asks, stepping out behind me.

"I swear I only invited Doyoung and Taeil!" I promise, looking around at everyone.

"Well, I only invited Johnny and Jungwoo," Doyoung defends himself.

"Jungwoo wanted to invite Yuta and Winwin," Johnny blames. I look up and easily spot him, towering over the mass of people.

"Winwin went and asked Mark and Haechan to tag along," Yuta pipes up.

"Oh, I see where this is going. Let's just go," Jaehyun mutters, trying to get to the elevators. I start to follow him.

"No, this is hilarious! Let us finish!" Chenle whines. I roll my eyes and stop to let them finish.

"Well, It's Mark's fault. He's the one who wanted to go with the rest of the Dreamies. He said he missed them. So he invited Jeno and Jaemin," Haechan says with a smirk. Mark gives him a playful shove.

"Uh, we did invite Jisung and Chenle," Jeno says, looking at Jaemin.

"And we wanted to go with Renjun! We thought us Dreamies were going to hang out!" Chenle exclaims excitedly. I wonder how long it's going to take before we can leave.

"Well, Yangyang was in my room, and he went to invite Xiaojun, since they're roommates," Renjun continues.

"And I invited Kun and Hendery," Xiaojun adds.

"Yeah! Kun wouldn't want to miss out on a good old walk," Yangyang adds, earning a glare from Kun. I check my phone for the time. 10:40.

"And we were just standing in the hallway, and Hendery said we should come along," Lucas says, also shrugging.

"And we wanted to get to know Shotaro and Sungchan better, so we decided to bring them along too," Ten finishes.

"Alright! Nice story! I guess I can go on a walk with my 22 children in NCT," I sigh, walking towards the elevators. A chorus of whines and exclamations of "We're not that bad!" ring out behind me. I ignore them and get in the elevator with Jaehyun.

A few elevator trips later, we've finally all made it outside. "Let's just go to the mall," I suggest. Everyone agrees, and we start walking in the direction of the mall.

Once there, we all split up into groups to shop for stuff. We don't end up buying a lot of stuff, but it was fun nonetheless.

"The weather's so nice. Let's take a detour. It'd be a shame not to stay outside longer in this type of weather," Doyoung suggests, tilting his head up towards the clear sky. We head in the general direction of the hotel, but on a different path through a neighborhood.

And, of course, a few minutes later, we have no idea where we are. Perfect.

"Uh, Taeyong, I don't think Chenle feels too well," I hear someone mention from the back of the group. I think it's Jisung.

"OMG! Chenle, are you okay?" Mark asks immediately, stopping and turning around.

"Oh, I'm okay. I just want some water," Chenle answers, while clearly not being okay. I struggle to locate him and finally spot him at the back of the group.

"Uh, does anyone have water?" Hendery asks. Everyone shakes their heads.

"Well, the managers won't be back for another hour to rescue us. What do we do?" Taeil asks.

"We only have one option," I sigh. Everyone knows what it is. Well, at least I think they all know what it is. 

"I'll go knock on a random door and ask for water," I volunteer, looking around the unfamiliar neighborhood we've ended up in.

"No, I'll come with you," Jisung suggests. 

"Wait, I'm the one who needs water. I should come too," Chenle protests. Soon, everyone wants to come along. I don't even know why.

"Okay, okay! Let's just all go and hope that we don't intimidate the person who answers the door," I sigh. I decide to go to a house that looks very modern and big. I lead everyone down a cobblestone pathway lined with bushes, surrounded by a perfect lawn.

"It would be funny if an NCTzen came to the door," Haechan laughs from the back.

"Haha, sure," Mark answers. I bet they're going to bet.

"Wanna bet?" Haechan asks, glaring at him. I knew it.

"Yeah, sure. 10000 won," Mark shoots back, smirking.

"Shut up, guys," Renjun says, glaring at both of them. They get quiet, but only because we've arrived at the front door. I take a deep breath and ring the doorbell and nervously wait for someone to answer it.

Half a minute later, the door opens. In front of us stands a... teenage girl?

"Hi, we're NCT," I say.

~💡~

That was kind of a pointlessly lengthy explanation as to how everyone ended up in the hallway but that's that

Hyped for NCT 2020 btw

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