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"Lele, I'm here!"
Time passed quickly and before you know it, the day where they would hold the full-group meeting and welcoming's party has come. Chenle stayed up until late the day before to make sure the place was well decorated enough for the 24 people that were about to enter his humble abode. Although, he is a perfectionist, so it took a bit too long to get everything ready.
Which is why he was still deep in his slumber, the alarms he had set long forgotten. Luckily, there was one other person who was not his one of his family members that has a key to the mansion. And that person is none other than Park Jisung, the person who he trusts the most.
"Lele?" Jisung called out once again after entering the place and taking off his shoes and jacket. He placed his bag on the couch he passed in the living room and got to the kitchen. He got out a stainless steel pot, he carefully placed in three eggs and filled it slightly with water before placing it on the stove, turning the stove on.
He put his phone timer on eight minutes before leaving the kitchen, on his way to the house owner's bedroom. Once he arrived in front of said room, he quietly opened the door only to find him curled up in his bed, peacefully sleeping.
Jisung couldn't stop the smile forming on his face and tiptoed in the room, gently closing the door behind him. He sat on the edge of the bed and leaned in to caress the older boy's hair. By gently shaking him he tried to wake him up. "Lele, wake up." He spoke softly, not trying to startle the sleeping male. Chenle shifted around in his sleep, but his eyes stayed closed.
The younger tried shaking him again, this time succeeding. Chenle woke up from his slumber, but was quite unhappy about that. "Sungieee... I had a very nice dreammm..." He mumbled. Jisung smiled softly and rested his head on Chenle's chest while running his hand through the latter's hair. "Sorry, what did you dream about?"
"We were having a little picnic date in the park and then you surprised me with a bunch of my favourite flowers and a golden necklace!" Chenle was now wide awake as he told about his dream, but Jisung chuckled as he heard his story. The older started pouting. "What are you laughing for?" He whined.
The younger lifted himself up and scrunched his nose. "Stop pouting or I'll kiss your pout away." He pinched the older's cheeks. "Also, you mean you were dreaming about last week? That happened last weekend, remember? In fact, you're wearing the necklace right now." Chenle's face was beet red as he looked away and brought his hand up to feel the necklace that was indeed around his neck.
Now he finally remembers, how Jisung took him to a surprise date and even had the whole place closed down just so there wouldn't be any fans, sasaengs or paparazzi interrupting them, or worse, dispatch. It was one of the most thoughtful and romantic thing someone could ever do, and if he shed tears of happiness and gratefullness, that was only between the two of them.
"Now that you're awake, go get ready. The food team are coming in fifteen minutes with the snacks, drinks team is on the way, dinner team is coming in about half an hour and the cake team... yeah, you know their plan." He groaned as he remembered what Jaemin told him their idea was. "I'll make you an egg sandwich for breakfast. Brush your teeth and take a shower."
"Shower with me~" Chenle said with his morning voice and smirked upon seeing Jisung choke on his saliva and turn red. He quickly ran to the door and opened the door as he mumbled under his breath, but loud enough for the older to hear. "Hes crazy. So crazy. Crazy as he-" And his voice muffled as the door closed.
Chenle giggled loudly and rolled out of his bed, he yawned and stretched when he stood up. He got to the bathroom, doing what the younger told him to do and got ready to welcome the others.
Jisung went back to the kitchen and got out a bowl from the cupboard, after placing it on the counter he went to the freezer to get ice cubes. He filled the bowl with water and ice cubes, just then he heard the familiar intro of '1, 2, 3', his own song, meaning that the eggs were done. He turned the stove off and strained the water out.
He peeled the eggs that were at that moment in the ice bowl and placed the peeled ones in another glass bowl he already placed on the counter earlier. By mashing the eggs, he started making the sandwich filling with the other ingredients.
Just as he finished smearing the filling in between the second sandwich, familiar arms wrapped around his waist and a face got burried in his neck. He breathed in the familiar scent of a certain boy and smiled as he placed down the bread and spoon he used to spread the fillings. He gently unwrapped the arms around his waist and turned around.
"Hey, baby. Your breakfast is ready." He said softly as he intertwined his fingers with Chenle's. The older smiled widely and pecked him quickly on the lips before letting go and grabbing the plastic ikea plate, sitting down at the counter in the middle of the kitchen. "Thanks, mochi! I knew it was smart to teach you how to make at least an egg sandwich!"
Jisung shrugged and grabbed his own plate. "Learnt from the best." He smiled back. Right before Jisung wanted to take a bite from the sandwich, the doorbell rang. He groaned and placed his sandwich back on the plate, leaving the kitchen to open the door.
The moment he opened the door he could only see Doyoung before he got tackled into a hug, causing him and the person who hugged him to stumble into the house and almost falling, if it weren't for Jisung quickly holding onto that person.
"Long time no see!"
"Hey, hyung."
Yangyang smiled widely at him as he walked into the house, Jeno also gave Jisung a hug and Kunhang and Yushi just waved and smiled at him, clearly still not being that close with him yet. Before Chenle joined them, Jisung had already left with Doyoung to the car. "Where's my child?" Kunhang teasingly asked as he entered the kitchen. Chenle's face visibly lit up as dropped his empty plate and ran up to the older.
"You guys are so lucky, you get to have fun in groups and get your stuff. While I was stuck cleaning the house up and decorating it all alone!" Chenle whined into Kunhang's arms. Jisung clicked his tongue as he came in with Doyoung, both of them bringing the big shopping bags full of snacks. "Lele, you weren't alone, we literally did it together."
Doyoung sighed as he picked up the plate that Chenle dropped and placed it in the sink, muttering "kids these days" under his breath. Jeno came in from the living room where he previously was with Yangyang and Yushi. "When are the others arriving?" He asked Chenle.
Instead of an answer to his question, the younger jumped on him with a screech. "Samoyed!" If Jeno didn't work out, he definitely would've fallen to the ground, considering how Chenle is off the ground and is basically making Jeno carry him. "Ah- I literally saw you two days ago." The older huffed out, but without his eye smile faltering.
"Yeah, two days too much, loser." He got a soft punch against his shoulder. Jeno sighed as he placed Chenle back on the ground. "You've been hanging out too much with Haechanie, haven't you." The younger shrugged. "I don't see a reason not to."
Just then, the ones who were previously in the living room come from behind Jeno. It was obvious how much Yushi didn't want to be there, but Yangyang was locked arms with the poor boy as he got everyone's attention on him and the one next to him. "Guys, meet Yushi! He's a bit shy to new people, but he's adorable."
Yangyang cheerfully introduced him, which made Yushi's ears turn red as he forced himself to smile at everyone. He bowed slightly, "Nice to meet you all." He said with a soft voice. "Your voice is nice, it kinda sounds like Hyuckie." "That's what I said!"
"Speaking of him, when is he coming?" He asked excitedly, but Doyoung groaned in return. "I am praying for Kun when the other trouble makers arrive." Jeno snickered. "Hyung, you're not that safe from them either you know."
Chenle turned to look at Yangyang and smirked. "I can't really tell you when he or the cake team are arriving." Kunhang scoffed, "Dejun didn't want to tell me their plan either! I'm starting to get curious on how the cake turned out.." The others were quick to agree, especially considering the messages they sent when the teams were announced.
"Let's just hope they did a nice job."
A few minutes later, Chenle was surprised to see twelve people at his door. Taeyong was the first to speak. "We met the other team just outside, so here we are." He explained. And soon enough, everyone except six people in particular. Everyone was either in the kitchen or the living room, a few people were playing games on Chenle's playstation as well.
Ryo and Sakuya were in the kitchen with Chenle and Jisung while drinking the sodas Ryo brought. "This stuff is actually really good, I can't believe I've never had a cream soda before." Jisung said after he took a sip of the can of melon cream soda. "You haven't? You've been seriously missing out." Ryo shrugged.
"Sungie tends to skip out on foods he's unfamiliar with, he barely explores new foods and drinks." Chenle snickered, the younger next to him punching him lightly after getting exposed. Sakuya hummed, "Completely understandable, I like to stick to the foods I already know as well."
That was when Chenle gasped as he remembered something. "Ah, I almost forgot! I have the pastries and breads from my local bakery for you, Saku! Let me get it." He said excitedly and went to the oven, he opened it revealing a paper bag. "I had the oven preheated so it would stay warm." He added. The look on Sakuya's face made him coo outloud.
"Aw cutie, here you deserve it." Chenle smiled widely and handed the fresh pastries to the youngest, who returned a happy smile. "Thank you, hyung! Let's eat them together!" He suggested cheerfully as he looked back and forth at the three others, who nodded in agreement pretty quickly.
They all chose their own baked goods, Chenle chose the cinnamon roll, Jisung had the melon bread, Ryo had the custard cream bread and Sakuya chose the choco cornet. They waited until everyone had something before raising it in the air and doing a toast with it, taking their first bites all together. Sakuya's eyes widened as he slightly jumped up and down in his seat.
"Woah, this is so good!" He giggled out once his mouth was empty again. "Yeah, I agree! How come you've never bought me these breads before, I never even went to the bakery nearby once." Jisung whined playfully. "This is one of the best custard cream breads I've ever tasted before!" Ryo hummed in contentment.
Chenle grinned at the three of them. "It's amazing isn't it? Don't worry, I'll take you all to the actual place one day. Then we'll have it fresh from the oven!" He exclaimed. The others nodded furiously at the idea. They finished their first baked goods and were about to take a second, until Chenle's phone rang loudly, interrupting their moment.
"Ah, it's time." He smirked. Ryo and Sakuya tilted their hands in confusion, while Jisung just sighed knowing what was going to happen.
The front door led immediately to an open hallway that was connected to the living room, which had no wall or door in between. Which would make the cake team's plan perfect. Chenle stood up and went to the living room, Jisung, Ryo and Sakuya following behind him. "Guys, is everyone here?" Chenle asked loudly, causing all the others present members to look at him.
"We're only missing the cake team."
"That's perfect, then."
Chenle looked at his phone one last time before running to the front door, since everyone was curious on why he wanted everyone's attention. They looked at the house owner who was waiting three seconds at the front door before finally opening it. Which would lead to absolute chaos.
"Dance my party people!" Donghyuck yelled out loud, singing along to the song they were playing as he and Riku walked in first while dancing to the choreography of Fire Truck. Daeyoung held the speaker on his shoulder, Jaemin and Renjun were popping the confetti as they were also dancing, more like twerking, and last but not least, Dejun was holding the finalised masterpiece of a cake as they all entered the place.
Chenle tried to hold his laugh in, but failed miserably as he saw the looks of pure shock and horror on some members, mainly Taeyong, Doyoung, Kun and Sion, while some others were just bursting into laughter and the rest were either filming the whole thing or dancing along to the song.
"Sobangcha!"
Everyone was at that point just enjoying the song and dancing, not caring how loud they are being. Soon enough, the song ended, and the music stopped. They were all looking at the cake team, who were standing in a row with Dejun in the middle very proud of their entrance.
"Good afternoon, peasants. We, the ultimate, superior team have arrived!" Donghyuck exclaimed dramatically. "Here he, here he, our beautiful cake, specially baked for you all!" Riku followed. "This is our best creation, specifically for our lovely members." Donghyuck continued. Jaemin just smiled. "Yeah, sexy."
Laughter erupted in the house, including the ones from the cake team. The ones recording were immediately sending it into the nct group chats, and Mark took a quick picture of the six in a line before sending it to the same group chat.
"Man, I knew you guys were plotting something, but this is way different than what I thought it would be." Johnny chuckled as he looked at the six at the entrance of the living room. "You guys have officially ranked number one in the best entrance in nct." Yangyang grinned, secretly jealous that he couldn't join in.
"Damn, the cake looks really well made. I'm proud of you guys for once." Yuta smirked as he gave the backhanded compliment. "Ah, now I know why you played Fire Truck. The cake is the literal album cover." Ten squinted from where he sat on the couch.
Taeyong sighed and looked at them back and forth. "I'm just curious on who thought about this chaotic way of an entrance. It seems like a Hyuck thing, but he would've bragged about it a long time ago." Dejun, Renjun, Donghyuck and Daeyoung were holding back a laugh as they slightly pushed Jaemin in front to tell them.
"It was actually Riku, he came up with the idea to make the cake the Fire Truck album cover as well as how we would enter the house. Our little mastermind." Jaemin grinned as he swung an arm around the mentioned boy, who was just standing proudly.
Sion and Doyoung sighed at the same time at that. "Gosh, of course it was him." Sion muttered out. "Why am I not surprised..." The latter massaged his temples. "Honestly, man, the cake looks way better than I thought it would be." Kunhang shrugged. "Yeah, but you didn't poison it, didn't you?" Taeyong joking asked them.
Donghyuck gasped dramatically, "How could you think so lowly of us! I am so hurt!" He pouted and threw himself on the leader, who catched him just in time.
"Now that everyone arrived, let the party begin!" Chenle suddenly yelled out and everyone agreed happily.
Time passed and a few were sitting in a circle in one of the big empty rooms in the mansion, namingly the '00 liners, Chenle, Jisung, Riku and Ryo. They brought drinks and snacks and placed it in the middle. The nine of them were playing truth or dare, by the request of the house owner.
Chenle spoke first. "So, the only rule is that the dares have to involve the other members to make it more fun. Other than that everything is allowed! Also, when doing a dare, the person who gave the dare has to come with for proof." They all agreed. "Who's going first?" Renjun asked as he looked around. "How about youngest asks first?" Jisung suggested as he looked at Ryo, who nodded.
"Hmm, Jaemin-hyung?" Jaemin hummed. "Dare." Ryo thought for a few seconds. "I'll take it easy for now. Throw a pillow from the couch at a member in the living room without explanation, then come back as if nothing happened." Jaemin let out a laugh. "Easy enough." He shrugged.
Donghyuck's face lit up, "I'm watching!" The others laughed and decided to stay there, the only people going were Donghyuck, Jaemin and Ryo. Donghyuck and Ryo hid by the doorframe as they watched Jaemin walk casually towards the couch and sneakily grab a pillow. He looked around to find a victim, and sent a look to the two when he found someone.
Jaemin wanted to throw the pillow at Dejun, but he saw it just in time and dodged. Unfortunately, the pillow hit someone else that didn't see it coming. He looked around to see who threw it and catched a glimpse of Jaemin, who ran back to the room with the others. "Yah, Na Jaemin!" He yelled out, but the door closed so he gave up.
Donghyuck and Ryo were laughing loudly at Jaemin, gaining the attention of the others. "What happened? Who did you throw it to?" Yangyang asked. "Well, I wanted to hit Dejun-hyung, but he dodged, so I accidentally hit Doyoung-hyung. Which is why you just heard him yell out my name..." Jaemin explained, and the others bursted into laughter.
"Poor hyung." Jeno said, but the look on his face made it clear how amused he was. "Anyway, Injun, truth or dare." Jaemin asked. Renjun scrunched his nose as he knew that whatever he would chose, it would be a bad idea, considering how it's Jaemin who's asking. "Dare, because I feel like you're gonna ask something wild if I said truth."
"Fine by me. Sit on someone's lap and kiss his cheek. Bonus points if he gives a kiss back. And no, you can't do that to Hyuck, it has to be one of the others." Renjun groaned at Jaemin's dare, especially on the last part. If Donghyuck counted, it would be an easy win. "Ugh, fine. Let's go." They left the room and Renjun was already starting to regret this.
First of all, he's close with some of the older hyungs, but he wasn't that close. As in not close enough to randomly sit on their laps and give them a kiss on the cheek, especially not the 127 hyungs. He's close with the WayV members, but his relationship with the most of them is more of a best friends relationship. That's when he finally thought of one person.
His relationship with most of the WayV members is a best friends relationship. The only one who isn't is of course, the one and only person who he stuck with during his time as a trainee. His first other Chinese friend, the one and only Dong Sicheng.
Renjun finally found Sicheng in the huge living room with so many people, he was talking with Yuta and Jaehyun. Renjun hesitated to do the dare in front of those three, knowing how possessive they can be to the poor boy. But Jaemin pushed him forward lightly and he had no other choice. Considering how the four of them were sitting on one of the smaller couches nearing the corner of the room, it was easier to do the dare
"- and your rap parts were so good in On My Youth! You've improved so much since Fire Truck." Jaehyun praised Sicheng, but Yuta groaned at the last part. "God, don't remind me of that era. The stylists had some one-sided beef with us or something." The four of them laughed at that, their outfits and hairs weren't exactly the best during that time.
All of a sudden, Sicheng saw someone go up to him and casually sitting on his lap. Usually, he would be annoyed if someone did that to him, but the one who sat down was someone who Sicheng himself used to pull on his lap when they were younger. Of course, the boy grew up and they haven't gotten to see each other as often as before.
It was obvious to the other three how much Sicheng melted when the one in his lap pecked his cheek and gave him a shy smile. Just as Renjun was about to go back to the others who he was playing with, Sicheng quickly wrapped his arms over the boy's waist and locked him in place. "Don't think you can just run away after doing all that."
"Gege... I have to go back to the others." Renjun pouted. Sicheng stayed silent for a few seconds before sighing and giving in. He let go of the younger, but not before giving a kiss on his forehead, which made the smaller Chinese smile widely and giggle. He ran off to the room, Jaemin following behind him.
When Renjun and Jaemin entered the room again, all eyes shifted on them. "Did he succeed?" Donghyuck asked as he grinned at Jaemin, who nodded in return. "That was the cutest thing ever. He did the dare on Sicheng-hyung, but hyung didn't want to let him go and when he did he gave him a kiss on the forehead. He got all the points."
Renjun felt his cheeks warm up and rolled his eyes before sitting down. "Whatever. Hmm, Hyuck, truth or dare?" Donghyuck beamed at the mentioning of his name. "Dare!" The others sighed, of course Donghyuck would choose that. Riku raised an eyebrow. "No one has done truth yet." Jisung shrugged, "I might later."
“Okay, Hyuck. Uh... get someone to call you ‘baby’ without telling them to.” Renjun dared him. The others groaned at that. “Injunie, that’s like the easiest dare for him. He could just go to one of the people in the ‘Haechan protection club’ and he’s done.” Yangyang rolled his eyes. Chenle nodded furiously, "You could've thought of something bigger." He huffed out.
Donghyuck grinned, “Exactly, so thank you Injun. Time to go to the dinner team and bother them. Are you guys coming?” They all agreed and stood up. He talked with the team for a bit, even sending his recipe to one of the older members, before going back, since he already completed his dare long ago.
"Bye losers!" He yelled out and left, not without giving one last message to the youngest. They giggled after Kun yelled out his name as a scolding. "That team is full of people who are whipped for you, Hyuckie!" Renjun giggled out. Donghyuck grinned, "Yup! I won the dare, so now it's your turn, Riku." He swung an arm around said boy.
They closed the door behind them and sat in a circle once again. All eyes were on Donghyuck and Riku, "So, how far can I go?" Donghyuck asked with a mischievous look. Riku just shrugged. "As far as you want, but I don't think I'll be able to do anything with the other members, so I choose truth." The others were understanding, knowing how awkward it must be for him.
"Alright, hmm... If you had to kiss anyone in this circle, who would it be?"
Jeno almost spat out his drink, Ryo started coughing furiously after swallowing his soda too fast, Yangyang choked on a biscuit, Chenle choked on air. "Hyung, what the fuck." Jisung voiced out with wide eyes, and Jaemin didn't bother telling him to mind his language, because that was his exact reaction as well. But Donghyuck didn't seem to have a problem with his question.
"What? He said I could go far." He shrugged. "He knows us for less than a month, Donghyuck. Are you sober?" Renjun stared suspiciously at the younger, who shook his head. "Haven't had a single drop. Yet." Jeno sighed deeply, "Riku, you don't have to answer that. Haechanie is a bit inconsiderate."
Luckily, Riku could only chuckle and the others were glad he didn't feel uncomfortable, just slightly tensed. "You know what, Lele, you ask the question. Can't trust Donghyuck anymore." Jaemin said as he eyed Donghyuck, who just seemed amused by the whole situation.
“Alright! Uh, what is-“
“Zhong Chenle! Come here!” They heard someone yell loudly in Chinese, and they all knew exactly who it was because of how often they heard that same voice yelling out that same name. Chenle sighed. “Someone else ask it, I’ll be right back.” And he was gone in no time. Riku pouted, "At this point, fate doesn't want me to play this game."
The others bursted into laughter and they eventually decided to play something else once Chenle was back.
"- and then they all started feeding me the food! They're so kind, I'm loving it in here!" Sakuya excitedly told them in his native language. Sion, Riku, Yushi, Daeyoung and Ryo were listening attentively to the maknae's storytelling. The six of them were back at their dorm after the long party. Each were telling their experience with the other members, with Sakuya being the last one.
Sakuya was jumping around while the others were sitting on the couch or on the ground. "They all do sound kind, I'm glad you didn't find it too awkward with the older members. Same goes for all of you." Sion smiled at them.
"I can't say that I became close with any of them, but I'm on speaking terms and that is enough for me." Daeyoung admitted. "Yeah, same for me." Yushi followed and smiled. At that moment, Ryo remembered one last thing. "Oh right! I bought ramune with all our favourite flavours!" He was quick to stand up and run to the kitchen, grabbing the six bottles.
Sion helped bringing them to the living room after being pulled along. The others smiled softly at the thought of one of the maknae's remembering their favourite ramune flavours, considering how it has been months since they last spoke about that type of stuff. "How about we do a toast? We didn't really come together at the party earlier, so this is the perfect time for it."
Riku suggested and they all loved the idea, agreeing quickly to it. After they all opened their bottles, they raised it in the air. They all looked at Sion, who understood what their gazes meant. The leader smiled warmly, he felt like being with a second family. Even though they aren't close with the others yet and are still the newcomers, they have each other and that is more than enough.
Sion was the last to raise his bottle, before finally doing the toast the others had been waiting for.
"Cheers to the new team of nct!"