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How am I supposed to face them now? Should I just bail on WinWin today? But that’s not nice...and he really does need your help.

I grab my phone to send a text:

“Hi...um I’m really really sorry for what happened last night. It was my fault and I take full responsibility for my mistake. I will understand if I receive any punishment or if WinWin feels uncomfortable with me teaching him.,,,i’m really sorry ;-;”

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“kekeke Minlee, don’t worry: you didn’t do anything wrong. You were even a quiet sleeper! XD WinWin wants you to keep your promise to continue helping him, so see you tonight! Make sure to take a nap though! - Yuta”

Phew. Although my error has been forgiven, I still can’t take the guilt away for doing such a thing. I settle to prove how much I truly am sorry by buying them a cheesecake tonight.

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Knock knock. This time, it’s me knocking on NCT 127’s door. Feels weird..

WinWin loudly opens the door. “Minlee!--cheesecake!?!?”

“Aha yes...I want to give this to you to show you how sorry I am for..yesterday.. I’m really sorry!”

“Minlee!!---you brought strawberry cheesecakeeeeee!! Finally! I was craving this so much!!! I will eat this deliciously today! Everyone come!!”

“Minlee!” after “Minlee!” follow from all the members. Why are they acting so normal?? As if I didn’t sleep in their room yesterday??

“Okay Minlee, lets go study!!”

“Ah yes..maybe you guys should eat first and then we study?”

“No! Let’s study first and then eat and play together!”

“Oh ..okay.. Let’s start then! I have lots of Korean sentence structure worksheets!!”

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WinWin completes his worksheets and asks for more. As I quickly search up some practice tests online, WinWin asks about the band-aid on my elbow:

“Did you hurt yourself recently?”

“Oh this..yeah..I scraped my elbow before our meeting last time, but I was wearing a sweater so you couldn’t see it. Doyoung helped me put it on, hehe”

“Doyoung?”

“Yeah.. it was so kind of him...he is always so kind to me…….and why are you speaking in Chinese!! Korean please!!”

“Doyoung is always caring for me too. He would make a great boyfriend if I were a girl!“ yeahhhh don’t say that.

Doyoung comes out of the room upon hearing his name:

“Doyoung Doyoung Doyoung...why are you guys saying my name?”

“Oh! Minlee was just telling me how your kind self helped her elbow when she was in pain.”

“Ah that..Of course, I would do anything for Minlee! Minlee, you know that right?”

“O--oh yes,,thanks Doyoung. So--so kind as usual”