Half-Blood | NCT DREAM

Chapter 26

Haerin watched as Jeno stared at the girl with wide eyes, clearly just as shocked as the rest of them, except for Jaemin, who had seemed to have known the entire time.

Dasom's head was bowed, embarassed from her sudden confession.

Before Jeno could respond though, Eros has stood up and Haerin saw that Aegis had appeared in his hands. He made his way to Dasom, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"The only way to conquer love is to face it." Eros told her as they made the exchange with Aegis and Eros' bow.

Dasom simply nodded, taking the shield in her hands before walking straight towards the door, past the rest of them.

"Let's just go now."

...

There was an awkward silence over them as they stood outside Eros' house, determining their next steps.

"Time to go home?" Chenle asked, breaking it. Mark nodded his head, and Jisung began adjusting his watch.

"You go home first." Dasom said, avoiding everyone's eyes as she shuffled around. "I need to go to Olympus."

"I'll go with you." Jeno offered, making Dasom raise her head.

Dasom's eyes met Haerin's and she gave her friend a nod, signalling that she should allow the male to join her.

"Alright." Dasom said as Jeno made his way to her side. "We'll see you back at camp."

"Stay safe." Mark told the two as Jisung opened up the portal for the rest of them, one that would take them back to camp.

...

There were some celebrations once they had returned to camp but they were also much too exhausted to enjoy them to the fullest.

Haerin found herself passing out immediately in her bed. When she woke up, she peeked out her curtain to see that it was dark outside.

Perfect.

Haerin felt her stomach rumble and realized that she had slept through dinner. She threw the covers off her body, making her way out.

Like most nights, the camp was pretty quiet. She made her way to the dinning pavilion and to her surprise, there was another person sitting at the head counsellor table, with a sandwich in his hands.

"Where did you get that?" Haerin asked as Renjun moved his bow and arrow aside, making space for her at the table.

"I asked a nymph." Renjun answered before passing her the half he hadn't touch. "Do you want the this? I won't be able to finish it anyways."

"Thanks." Haerin said, taking the other half of the sandwich.

"So did you just wake up too?" Renjun asked. Haerin nodded.

"The quest was exhausting." Haerin told him and Renjun nodded in agreement.

"You did well though." Renjun told her in between bites. "If you weren't there, I would still be stuck in that stupid mountain."

"Thanks." Haerin said just as they caught sight of another figure making their way to the table.

"That's my cue to leave." Renjun said, placing the last bit of his sandwich in his mouth as Mark arrived, another sandwich in his hands. Haerin noticed Renjun give Mark a wink as he grabbed his bow and arrows, making his way to the archery field.

"Just woke up?" Haerin asked as Mark sat down beside her. Mark nodded.

"Yeah." Mark said unwrapping the food in his hands. "I'm still pretty tired, not going to lie."

"I don't blame you." Haerin replied. "I could probably sleep for another day."

"I feel like you could do that any day." Mark said, smirking as Haerin flicked his arm. The action only made Mark giggle as he stared at his sandwich.

"I wonder if Dasom and Jeno are back." Haerin said, finishing up her own sandwich. "How long does it take to go to Olympus and back?"

"About a day or two." Mark answered before turning to stare at the girl. "Haerin I actually had a question for you."

"Yeah?" Haerin said as she watched Mark place his half-eaten sandwich down, wiping the crumbs off his mouth with the back of his hand.

"I was just wondering, since everyone already kind of knows, do you want to make it official?" Mark asked, his round eyes staring into hers.

"Official? Like us?" Haerin asked back, motioning to the two of them.

"Yeah like date. Officially." Mark clarified.

Haerin felt a feeling of warmth spread across her body as she smiled at the male beside her.

"Of course, Mark. I would love to be your girlfriend."

...

With Mark busy teaching the younger demigods for the day, Haerin had decide to work with her dagger.

She had mainly relied on her powers for the quest, so she thought that brushing up on her fighting skills was probably a good idea.

Haerin has considered asking one of her friends to join her but Renjun and Haechan were at the archery field while Jisung was at the forge with Chenle. There was no point in asking Jaemin as he definitely would not want to train and Dasom and Jeno were still out. So, she decided to train alone.

Haerin was dragging a dummy out to the field for training when someone picked it up for her. She was surprised to see Jeno with freshly dyed blue hair as the culprit.

"When did you get back?" Haerin asked as she followed Jeno to the field.

"A few minutes ago." Jeno told her. "You looked like you were struggling."

"Just a bit." Haerin confessed as she looked around. "Where's Dasom?"

"Sleeping in her cabin." Jeno informed her as he placed the dummy down. "Good?"

"Yeah thanks." Haerin said as Jeno fixed his hair. "Are you going to sleep too?"

"No, I was going to train for a bit." Jeno told her as he took out his sword. "Mind if I join?"

"Not at all." Haerin replied as she tugged on her necklace, the dagger appearing.

The two trained together, Jeno giving her a few tips and tricks until Haerin's arms felt like mush. The male smiled as she sat on the grass exhausted.

"Stop laughing at me, not all of us can be children of Ares." Haerin said, narrowing her eyes at him. Jeno shrugged, putting his sword down before sitting beside her.

"So I hear you and Mark are dating now." Jeno said, playing with the grass. Haerin nodded.

"Yeah we are. What about you and Dasom?" Haerin asked.

"I didn't know that she liked me." Jeno confessed. "Thought she still wasn't over Jaemin."

"Do you like her?" Haerin asked, leaning over her knees.

"I've liked her for a while." Jeno admitted. "But I never knew she felt the same way."

"Well, I guess it all worked out then." Haerin said with a chuckle. Jeno nodded, smiling as well.

"Yeah, we actually started dating too." Jeno told her earning a small cheer from Haerin.

"Congrats, Jeno. I'm happy for both of you." Haerin said, giving Jeno a small pat on the back.

"Thanks Haerin." Jeno said, standing up. Haerin noticed that his eyes were focused on something behind her.

Haerin smiled as she saw Mark, standing up as well. Once he reached the two of them, Mark placed his arm around Haerin's shoulders, a wide grin on his face.

"What?" Haerin asked as she noticed the tension between the two males.

"Hope you're ready for capture the flag tonight." Mark said, giving Jeno a big smirk.

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Yeah i had a feeling y'all were shook so i double updated :)