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Taeyong

That night after our little get together at the bar, I didn't know how everything proccessed so quickly but by the next minute, Sora was already running out of the glass door into the cold night with her hands covering her face and her scarf barely even covering her neck. Although there were still small traces left from what I remember, I didn't understand why my heart was burning with a strange feeling of anger towards the person with a bottle of alcohol dangling in his hands in front of me.

As far as I know, Jaehyun was never the guy who would choose alcohol over orange juice. He has always been the sunshine to our days, the light between our shadows and the voice that would always tell us to cheer up because of how sure he is about everything turning out alright. So by the time I saw a stranger inside him, I started to question what happened during the time I was gone.

Today's plan was simple. Me and my group of friends: Ten, Mark, Jaehyun, Eunbi and Sora had decided to spend the day together after surviving the exam month with grades that turned out to be much, much higher than our expectations. But with all the hype and excitement to finally be able to spend time together like our early junior years, at the end of the day, why did everything turn out like this?

There was only me, Mark, Ten and Jaehyun left at the table since Eunbi ran out to follow and check if Sora was alright. I looked at the numbers on my wrist and when I saw how late it was getting, I decided that maybe it was time to head back. Although I knew that for me, there would be nothing waiting for my return at home. After sending Mark a knowing look, we both nodded and got up from our seats before beginning to help Jaehyun snap out of his half drunk state.

"What are you doing?" Jaehyun looked up and questioned me with slurred words when I took the bottle of alcohol away from his hands, passing it over to Mark to take care of. Neither three of us answered but Ten and I continued to reach for his arms before slinging it over our shoulders.

After Mark came back after paying the bills for all the food and beverages we ordered, we all headed back out into the night to take Jaehyun back to his house before going back our seperate ways. Believe me, that boy was heavy as hell, but my mind was too occupied with Jaehyun and Sora's relationship that wasn't even any of my business to begin with.

Just as the cold breeze brushed against my skin, I noticed two black stilettoes hanging in the dark in between two buildings as they made they way deeper and deeper into the alleyway. Just when one of them suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned around, I noticed that the girl was Sora from the way her eyes reflected the bright silver moonlight shining above us. She then turned back as Eunbi pulled her further away.

I couldn't help but to slightly worry if they'll be able get home safely considering how late it was; Seoul isn't as safe as foreigners would think. But before I could react or think about it more, Ten snapped me out of my thoughts with the sound of his complaints towards my inactiveness. I quickly shook my head before helping him climb Jaehyun onto the back seat of my car.

I slipped into the driver's seat with Ten to my right and the two other boys sitting at the back. Just as I was going to start the engines, I felt a soft vibration coming from my jeans.

[09/10, 22:36 PM] 
From: Jae's Sora
Meet me at the school's backyard garden tomorrow at second break. Don't bail out on me.

"Who is it?" Ten asked as he tried to take a peak at my phone screen, but before he could even catch a letter, I had already slipped my phone back into my jeans' front pocket.

"It's my sister," I replied with a shake of my head, completely aware that I was lying.

I turned my focus back onto the vehicle but as I hit the pedals of my Hyundai sports car, my mind wandered off to figure out a reason as to why Sora wanted to see me after everything that had happened today. And another question was, should I or should I not tell Jaehyun?

A/N : Finally NCT has debuted and finally, I get to publish this story! It isn't much yet but I hope you liked this short prologue-ish chapter I made! ^^ Lol, I know it's not even close to a proper prologue. Oh, and by the way, this is going to be my first two sided story with my main focus on Taeyong's point of view.

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