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cherdream · 3 years

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nct dream as shoujo anime

a/n: i said blue bird would get a sequel but as i was writing it i felt it was better left without one. so i apologize for not keeping my promise. i also have no idea why i thought of this but romance animes have a funny amount of tropes so why the heck not. also please take this with a grain of salt. it was purely made for entertainment. also if you didn’t watch any romance animes then there’s a lot of spoilers. yes, i am still on hiatus. i’ll probably be back after all my college decisions come out :)

mark: he reminds me of tohru just a tiny bit. since tohru always looks out for others and keeps her problems to herself. like when she silently cries over her mother’s death without relying on others. mark in dream was a leader to the members and he always tried to look out for them not only because he has to but because he wants to. mark is the glue of nct dream as tohru is the glue to the sohmas.

renjun: the tsundere trope. there’s so many tsundere main characters in anime and i thought it was befitting of our boy, renjun. often times trying to fight his members is his way of showing “love”. a prince tsundere in the making. like a mild kyo in my opinion, mild because kyo’s character is more violent than renjun but they’re both very sensitive with certain topics. the kyo to mark’s tohru. tsunderes aren’t just people with unjustified anger (some are tho). they’re people who don’t fully understand how to channel their feelings in a better way and tend to protect themselves by being strong and sometimes distant.

jeno: is very patient and calm almost like those black haired male leads minus the rudeness that some of them have. kind of gives me sakura vibes from horimiya. how she’s kind and calm amongst most of the characters and doesn’t really show her feelings much at the beginning. he also reminds me of miyamura because like jeno miyamura is seen as quiet and gloomy but once he befriends hori he starts showing his feelings and becomes a more dynamic character, being aggressive with my friends. the members represents hori and her friends because jeno at first seems quiet, but once you watch more nct content jeno is much more than just a quiet person. he can be aggressive and funny at times as well because people don’t have flat personalities. (oh lord this got so long, my bad)

donghyuck: that funny guy in the group of friends. you know what i mean? there's the stoic main character and the kind heroine and then there's that one brightly colored hair guy that’s making fun of people and is the extroverted friend of the stoic male lead. i don’t know how to explain this. been ages since i’ve watched a good romance anime. chenle and him kind of remind me of the twins from ouran highschool host club.

jaemin: reminds me of shouta kazehaya, the nice guy in romance animes, who most of the time never gets the girl. jaemin is extremely popular even before debut and was always nice to people. jaemin is also seen to be very caring of the members and not partaking in donghyuck’s bets and games. like that time renjun lost and had to clean the table, but jaemin kindly tried to help him. similar to how kazehaya defends and helps sawako. kazehaya is also popular and outgoing. he’s the male lead to our heroine, jisung.

chenle: his personality is similar to donghyuck, being the bright haired and cheeky character. the one saying the wrong thing that leads to the female lead misunderstanding the male lead, but of course unintentionally. reminds me of those boisterous female characters; the one’s that are always smiling and befriending everyone like a deredere. of course, chenle isn’t a 2D character and has his bad days or quieter days.

jisung: he feels like kuronuma sawako from kimi ni todoke. the whole shy and bad at communications that sawako struggles with is similar to jisung. since he isn’t good with strangers and is pretty shy with them. minus the whole creepy vibe sawako would be portrayed to have. however, instead of a male lead helping her, jisung has the members. i also feel like he’d have that cliche falling scene. the one where the girl falls and lands on the male lead. jisung just has the innocent trait that most heroines have.

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cherdream · 3 years

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a/n: requested! please be safe and take care of your health. i won’t be posting for a while until i feel motivated again. thank you to everyone who spent their time reading my stories even if it was only this one. happy new years! ♡

jaemin and you were stuck at home watching the annual new years ball drop, which was pretty uneventful, and involved a lot of channel switching and complaining about how long the wait is.

“i thought 2020 would be a better year,” jaemin sighs as he opens another bag of popcorn.

“didn’t we all?” you sigh along with him.

“2020 was such a mess.”

“hey! we started dating in 2020,” you exclaim, lightly shoving him.

“let’s be honest we’re a mess too.”

“but i’m glad i’m stuck in this pandemic with you and grateful we’re both healthy. that we got through this year despite our occasional fights,” you say, slumping back onto the couch.

“don’t get me wrong i don’t regret this year. a lot of people fought for a better society and a lot of things changed. of course, i got to get closer to you and-” jaemin replies.

“oh 2 minutes left!” you exclaim, cutting off jaemin.

“wow. it’s okay cut me off,” he says sarcastically.

“okay okay i’m sorry, but you got a minute to say whatever you want,” you chuckle.

“what? do you expect me to kiss you?” he scoffs.

“less than a minute left,” you announce, watching the live countdown.

“ugh fine. i’m glad you’re the person i ended up quarantining with because you’re someone i just can’t seem to get tired of. also thanks for staying with me while i had mental breakdowns. thanks for always being the fun person you are and for just being you. i love you most and happy-” jaemin quickly responds as he races against time, but before he could finish his statement your soft lips gently presses against his as the ball drops.

“i love you always and happy new years, jaemin. you’re using chapstick; i’m surprised,” you say, dramatically covering your mouth in surprise.

“come here,” jaemin replies with a sigh. but, of course, you run away.

“HEY! where are you going?” jaemin shouts, running after you with a pillow.

“into 2021!”

“it’s already 2021!”

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cherdream · 3 years

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hi! i just want to say that you're the cutest! i want to be your friend :(

i don't know if your request are open but i hope that you could do some scenarios with jeno or jaemin! christmas party or maybe something like kissing in the new year (is my birthday on 02/01 and i think is sooo romantic kissing while is turning a new year

of course! i’ll try to write your request before new years! sorry for replying late :(

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cherdream · 4 years

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a/n: i’m still working on the sequel to blue bird, but i’m struggling with the story line and i don’t want to rush it. so, it’ll take me awhile! for now, I wanted to write a short story :)

renjun patiently waits for you at your local diner. sipping on his milkshake, watching the rain fall on the window pane.

“oh, you’re early too,” you say, slumping down onto the seat.

“young lady, you shouldn’t sit like that,” renjun teases, pointing a finger as he reprimands you.

“ah, you’re annoying,” you reply, slapping his finger away.

“your dear best friend is annoying? i’m offended,” he replies, hands held dramatically against his chest.

“ just hurry up. what do you need that i had to walk through the heavy rain for?” you sigh, ordering a milkshake.

“i’m going to an art school out of state,” he says.

“out of what?” you exclaim, dropping your wallet.

“out of state,” renjun clarifies, chuckling at your reaction.

“i mean it’s cool with me, but you better not ghost me afterwards. i’m your ‘dear best friend’ after all,” you mock as you thank the waitresses for the milkshake.

“hmm, that wasn’t the reaction i wanted,” he replies with a pout.

“i’m not crying over you going away for school. it’s not like you’re breaking off our friendship,” you reply with a shrug, chugging down your milkshake.

“you’re gonna choke if you drink so fast.”

“no i’m not-,” you choke on your words.

“dumbass,” renjun laughs, handing you a napkin.

“is that all you wanted to say?” you ask, wiping your lips.

“i have a present. i was gonna give it to you when i leave, but that’s still months away,” he answers, taking out a sketchbook.

“what’s this for? you’re giving it to me?” you ask, taking the book from him.

“mmhmm.”

opening the book, you see the various sketches he had drew with dates labelled under them.

“are these-” you ask.

“yes, they’re our memories,” he replies, cutting with off.

“is your mission to make me cry?” you sniffle.

“maybe? read the last page,” renjun smiles.

dear idiot,

i guess it’s messed up for me to tell you this when i’m moving away soon. but after spending middle and high school with you, i started to realize some feelings. my insults became an endearment towards you and no longer in a friendship way. if you really can’t understand what i’m trying to say by now, you’re really something else y/n. if you don’t understand then ask me :)

“are you confessing to me?” you bluntly ask.

“hmm, maybe your dumb,” he replies with a smirk.

“so, you’re not?”

“i was joking, y/n. my lovely y/n, i like you,” he confesses, despite his confident face you could see his ears redden.

“did you ask jaemin for advice on how to confess? because ‘lovely y/n’, you must be out of your mind,” you chuckle, playfully pulling his red ears.

“it still weighs on me heavily,” renjun says, looking out the window.

“what?”

“how far i’ll be from everyone. i know i’m not moving away permanently, but it still feels sad. like we used to be so excited to just graduate, but now that we actually are is something that feels bittersweet. perhaps i’m being too sentimental,” he says, drawing a heart against the cold window panes.

“hmm, for me i just like being a teenager. where i could still stay a little confused and lost,” you reply.

“hey, i got a great idea!” he exclaims, turning to face you with excited eyes,

“oh no...”

“it’s not a bad thing,” he protests.

“sure sure,” you shrug, swirling your straw.

“a memory capsule with the whole group and then we come back to visit it when we turn a certain age or for a certain event,” he announces.

“if the rest of the group would even do it,” you reply sarcastically.

“come on. we could put a cute dream sticker on the box. decorate it with stickers or paint it. doesn’t that sound fun?”

“it sounds cute. but what we putting in it?”

“letters of our happiest moments together.”

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cherdream · 4 years

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blue bird+renjun

synopsis: the budding friendship of renjun and y/n who seem to be polar opposites.

genre: fluff + angst

warning: mention and acts of abuse (i’ll make a note before and after the scene!)

a/n: i hope everyone’s okay and signing petitions! i’ve also missed a bunch of the dream member’s birthdays because i haven’t been motivated to write anything and post. again please sign petitions, wear masks, and stay safe!

UPDATE: will not be getting a sequel. i apologize for the request.

“stop acting like you understand me,” you yell at the slender boy.

“that’s because you’re not letting me,” he yells back.

“renjun don’t you know how not to be nosy,” you ask, seething.

“it’s not being nosy it’s called i don’t want you to go through all this alone,” renjun replies.

“even if i told you, you wouldn’t understand.”

“and why is that?”

“because god damn it, renjun you’re a golden child. a damn prince and i’m someone my family could care less about. an angel and a devil aren’t meant to understand each other,” you yell leaving the boy flabbergasted as you walk away.

***

“mother,” renjun calls out as he arrives home for winter break.

“oh my, i see my baby has grown a bit,” his mother comes to hug him.

“you’re just being nice. my height has remained the same for a whole year already,” he replies hugging her back.

“how’s y/n?” she asks causing renjun to pause for a moment.

“is it possible for parents to not love their own child?” he asks as he takes off his coat.

“i’m sure most parents love their child but there are some that don’t. why? did something happen?” she asks with a worried look.

“no nothing happened. i’ll go wash up,” he replies with a faint smile and takes his suitcase to his room.

***

“i don’t really see why you had the audacity to come back home,” says a woman.

“the academy told me i had to come home mother,” you reply as you stare down at your feet.

“we pay so much for your tuition and yet they can’t let you stay there for break?”

“it seems so.”

“just get out of my sight and stay in your room like you always do,” your so called mother says in annoyance as she lights a cigarette.

“yes mother,” you reply in a monotone voice as you quietly walk upstairs to your room.

***

“oh we’re having hot pot?” renjun asks as he comes downstairs for dinner.

“of course, it’s your favorite after all i haven’t seen you for awhile,” his mother says.

“when’s dad coming back from his business trip?” he asks as he sits down at the table.

“in three days,” she replies as she plates some food for him.

“thanks and you need to eat too,” renjun chuckles as he takes the plate.

“my son needs to gain some weight and grow up strong,” she replies with adoration.

***

“miss can i come in?” a maid asks as she knocks on your bedroom door.

“is it dinner?” you ask.

“yes.”

“then come in.”

the maid quietly walks in and places the food on a table then quickly walks out.

you roll off your bed and sit yourself down at the table.

“they always forget i’m allergic to peanuts,” you mutter as you notice the cake topped with them.

the loud chatter of the floor below could be heard as the rest of the family enjoy dinner together.

“brother must be home too,” you say to yourself as you pick at your food.

***

you ignored all the messages renjun would text you during winter break which led to renjun having a whole conversation with himself as he wonders why you became so enraged that day.

winter break finally came to an end leaving both you and renjun to start packing for the academy once again.

***

“the miss is leaving today madam,” the maid informs your mother.

“didn’t i tell you not to report useless things to me?” she asks in annoyance.

“i finally have a few days left of my break without her being home,” a young male says as he focuses on his game.

“we should have sent her out of the country for schooling,” she sighs.

“father said she’d might be in trouble if she went by herself.”

“your father has always been soft-hearted.”

you try your best to carry your suitcase without making any noise but it was no use.

“can’t you be more quiet!” your mother scolds.

“sorry,” you say as you heave your suitcase down the stairs, but another thud could be heard.

[act of abuse ahead]

as if already knowing what was to occur next, you shut your eyes tightly as a hand lands harshly on your cheek.

“such a nuisance,” your mother says, as she grabs your hair and pulls you down to the floor.

the beating continues as you try to protect your face, which angers your mother more as she grabs hold of them and throws your body towards the floor once more. opening your teary eyes you see a blurry vision of your brother’s shoes. your eyes meet a amused expression on your brother’s face as your hair gets pulled by your mother. you could no longer hear clearly what she was yelling about. eventually you stopped crying and became numb to the seemingly never ending smacks.

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“mother i’m leaving,” renjun says as he puts on his shoes.

“wait take some food with you,” his mother frantically says as she hands him a lunch box, “did you make sure you didn’t forget anything?”

“yes i made sure,” renjun chuckles and gives her hug before leaving for the train.

as he walks to the railroad center he checks his phone to see if you’ve replied only for him to see that you’ve left him on read.

renjun: hey i’ll be taking the 6AM train tomorrow in case you wanted to meet. i have seat 20.

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***

the train arrives at your stop causing renjun to look outside the window for you, but to his dismay he doesn’t find you as the train starts to leave the station. until he hears someone plop down in the seat next to him.

“y/n!” he exclaims with a wide smile until he sees your bruises, “did she hit you again?’

“i just got assigned to this seat coincidentally,” you say, ignoring the question he asked.

“alright, i won’t pry it out of you, but i’m always available to talk,” he smiles, “also at least let me treat the bruises.”

you don’t say anything which prompts renjun to treat them anyway. his fingers gently apply the medicine, trying not to hurt you.

the train ride remained silent for awhile until renjun breaks it by saying, “i’m sorry. are you ignoring me.”

you simply reply with a hum.

“y/nnnnn,” he whines.

“shut up,” you reply, glaring out him which causes him to pout.

“it’s fine,” you nonchalantly say.

“really?”

“yes,” you frustratingly reply.

“good, did you bring lunch?” he asks taking out his lunch box.

“no.”

“alright we’re sharing then.”

“there’s only one chopstick.”

“i knew you wouldn’t bring lunch, so i, of course, brought an extra one,” he replies showing off another pair of utensils.

“why are you smiling like that, but thanks,” you tease.

“hey!” he exclaims causing you to laugh a little.

***

“tell me again why your friends with y/n,” a young male asks renjun as they walk to their next class.

“because she’s a nice person,” he says.

“well it seems like your her only friend,” the boy replies as he notices you alone in the school garden.

“yeah.”

“hey, you’re y/n right?” renjun’s friend asks as he walks up to you.

“yeah why?” you ask, confused as to why the boy’s talking to you.

“i’m chenle. renjun seems to think you’re nice,” chenle smiles.

“oh.”

“hey leave her alone. she’s shy,” renjun says as he tries to take chenle away.

“why? i wanna know why you think she’s nice,” he says, shoving renjun’s arm away.

“we’re going to be late. let’s just go,” he pleads.

you close the book you’re reading and walk away before saying, “i don’t think i’m nice. so there’s nothing for me to explain.”

***

“y/n?” renjun asks as he approaches a figure in the school’s greenhouse.

“hey,” you reply.

“it’s late,” he says as he seats himself down next to you.

“then why are you here?”

“something’s been bothering me lately.”

“what is it then.”

“what’s really going on in your family?” renjun finally asks as he makes eye contact with you.

“i wouldn’t consider them family,” you sigh, “you heard of my brother right?”

“yeah the genius of the l/n family.”

“well that’s the problem,” you gaze up at the stars.

“is it because you’re not like him?” he asks as he continues to look at you.

“bingo!” you smile.

“y/n...”

“look renjun i’m okay with it. i know i’m not good enough for them. i lost the desire to be loved.”

for some reason it hurt renjun to hear those words from you, “i think you deserve to be loved,” he says.

“hmm?”

“everyone deserves to be loved, but most of all you do. i know i have no say in your life because of how loving my parents are and i know i won’t understand what you have to go through but...” he looks away from your gaze as he stops his sentence.

“but what? don’t leave me hanging,” you jokingly say making the boy a little flustered.

“i’ll give you all the love your family couldn’t provide,” he finally says after a moment of silence.

“and why is that?” you sigh.

“because you don’t see yourself the way i see you. you’re a good person and you’re important to me.”

“if you phrase it like that i can’t really refute it, can i?” you smile.

“i won’t let you either way,” he says with hands at his waist as if he’s mad.

***

“please stop,” a blonde girl whimpers as she falls to the ground.

“i don’t want to. it’s funny seeing you scared,” a brunette says as she looks down at the girl.

“why are they so loud,” you mutter to yourself as you try to read your book.

the rest of the girls surround their victim as they burst into laughter.

“say belle, why do you think everyone hates you?” the brunette teases.

belle doesn’t respond.

“because you’re useless and a good for nothing,” the brunette answers herself while the rest of her friends laughing along.

“how annoying,” you say.

“what?” the brunette says as she glares at you.

“aren’t you the good for nothing?” you ask, closing your book with a sigh.

“who do you think you are?” she seethes.

“i’m just saying you’re a good for nothing because who spends time bullying other people. shouldn’t you get a hobby or something? boxing could help with your frustration, you know?” you say walking up to her.

“i remember! you’re the girl from the l/n family.”

“what about it?”

“then shouldn’t you be the good for nothing?” she mocks as her friends snicker as you pick the girl up, “don’t you feel bad for your parents? they have such an amazing son but ended up with another child that isn’t a genius like him. doesn’t that hurt your mother’s pride, having a useless daughter. isn’t that why they never visit you when you’re at school?”

“well aren’t you annoying,” you sigh with no change to your expressionless face.

“why you little-” she says as she slaps you across the face.

the loud sound of the impact startles the other students.

you could feel the pain stinging at your cheek and for some reason you lose it as you pull the girl by her hair. someone leaves to get the dean while the others try to stop the fight.

***

“isn’t that y/n?” chenle asks as he notices a familiar figure.

“huh?” renjun replies as he looks at where chenle’s facing and is left befuddled as to why you were with the dean and gen.

“i heard gen and y/n got into a fight,” a girl whispers to her friend as they walk past renjun.

***

as you exit the principal’s office with your parents you notice renjun waiting near the door. you give him a glance, silently telling him not to talk to you since your mother was here and was already mad enough. you give him a little smile telling him that you’re okay.

renjun has no choice, but to leave. he never met your parents until today. he could notice the cold presence your mother exudes as she sends him a glare.

***

the next day, news went around at the academy that you got suspended as you refused to apologize to gen. therefore, you packing your bags didn’t surprise renjun, however, you started to avoid him and he didn’t understand why.

***

the day after, you finished packing everything from your dormitory before the rest of the students woke up, as you didn’t want to say goodbye to renjun.

***

renjun wakes up a little bit early today as he’s expecting a letter from his mother, so he hurries down to the school’s mail office. excitedly opening his mailbox, the first letter he sees has your name plastered on it. confused and worried at the same time, he hurriedly opens your letter.

dear renjun,

you’ve been the first true friend i’ve made, though it took awhile for me to open up. i know that you wouldn’t understand my family situation, but despite that you chose to stay with me and try to lighten my mood. you became a sense of comfort.

renjun clenches the letter in his hand and runs out the place in hopes of being able to say a goodbye.

you made me believe in things i didn’t believe in. you made me realize that someone is willing to stay with me. that someone would hold me in their arms when i cry. tell me everything will be okay, and that i’m worthy of my existence. unfortunately, it’s been decided by my parents that i’ll be studying aboard from now on. when i’ll be coming back is something i don’t know either.

he sees you loading your boxes into the car near the school entrance. sprinting to the entrance, you can be seen entering the car. renjun runs as fast as he can but before he gets there your car has already started driving away.

but thank you for all the times you’ve checked up on me. for treating my wounds both the physical and emotional ones. simply being my friend made a big impact on my life. it made me look forward to going back to the academy. something about that stupid positivity of yours and your constant attempts to make a joke made my heart warm.

not giving up, renjun continues to chase after you. thunder could be heard as it signals future rainfall, but he refuses to give up chasing after his friend.

i’m sorry for not being able to do the same and for not being able to repay you back for all those fond memories and pretty laughters. i only wish the best for you. for the first person i’ve learned to love and value close to my heart.

***

“do you want to stop the car?” your father says, signaling to the figure of renjun running in the rain after your car.

“no,” you reply, closing the window as another loud “stop” could be heard from your friend.

you couldn’t say a farewell to your friend, your heart just couldn’t handle it.

***

as renjun witnesses the car continuously getting smaller and smaller in the distance, his legs give out and his breathe struggles for air. coming to a stop, he breathes heavily as rain continues to pour down on him.

i promise i’ll see you again in the future. i don’t break promises, renjun. it’s your choice to wait for me or to forget me, but for me i would always remember you as my first friend and my haven.

thank you,

your friend, y/n

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cherdream · 4 years

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a/n: i hope everyone’s safe and doing well. i understand social distancing can be hard but let’s hope for the best. let’s look forward to nct dream’s comeback with reload. it’s released on my birthday too so i’m even more excited. if anyone wants to request anything please feel free to do so since i’m having a hard time writing a story. i’m sorry this a/n turned out to be a little long. anyways, stay safe! :)

your bestfriend jisung facetimes you to do the online assignment together and you hurry to put on a hoodie over your pajamas.

“hi,” you answer.

“y/n did you just wake up or something?” jisung asks.

“no why?” you ask.

“you look like a mess,” he comments.

“oh shut up you don’t look any better,” you retort addressing his bed hair.

“i haven’t gotten ready since school got closed,” he replies laughing at your remark.

“me either, i jumped to put on something decent. anyways, let’s get this stupid assignment over with. i’m tired of looking at my laptop,” you reply with a sigh as you feel your headache worsen.

“it feels like the teachers give us more and more work with online schooling,” he comments as he tries to fix his hair.

“yeah, i still have lessons to catch up to. anyways, how are you holding up?” you ask as you start your assignment.

“i’m doing okay but i do miss everyone. calling is different than talking to someone face to face. ah, where’s my papers?” he replies, leaving to look for his notes, “ah ha, found them!”

“i see your holding up well,” you say sarcastically.

“what’s question 1 asking?” jisung asks.

“you haven’t started?” you exclaim as your near the end of the assignment.

“yeah no...” he replies causing you to sigh.

you guys finally finish the assignment and submitted it until jisung says, “oh no.”

“oh no?” you ask already sensing how much he screwed up.

“i forgot to enter my name,” jisung exclaims.

“park jisung,” you say.

“yeah?” he asks slightly afraid.

“bye,” you hang up.

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cherdream · 4 years

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♡ ♡ ♡

#happy birthday #lee jeno

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cherdream · 4 years

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happy birthday 🥺

#happyjunday #renjun

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cherdream · 4 years

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Your fics just do something to my heart

haha thank you? 🥺😣

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cherdream · 4 years

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memory capsule + nct dream

synopsis: nct dream and you buried a memory capsule filled with letters on the day of your high school graduation. you guys finally open it after receiving letters from mark to meet up at the location of the capsule, but after years of not communicating with each other everyone becomes tense at the reunion.

genre: fluff

a/n: i suddenly remembered a scene from the anime Orange and so this story was inspired by the scene where the adult version of the characters read the letters they wrote in the past which they placed in their memory capsule. it’s also a bit long :)

you checked the mail due to your mother’s request and shuffled through the letters, not expecting anything to be addressed to you. however, you spot a letter with your name on it in familiar handwriting, but you couldn’t recall who it belonged to.

sitting down on your bed you open the letter with curiosity.

“dear y/n,

i know it has been a while since we graduated high school, but it’s me, mark lee. since we're all on summer break from college, i thought why not finally meet up as the group has drifted apart since our graduation and i hope it doesn’t seem weird but i would sometimes remember our silly shenanigans afterschool, the places we went to, and being scolded by our parents for getting home late. remember that one-time haechan got grounded because he got into an argument with his parents and we had to sneak him out of his house because he was begging us to let him go with us to a concert? oh, and that day chenle tried to learn how to skate but ended up falling and his phone went flying and got shattered. i can’t even forget how on prom night we left the dance early and went to the beach near the amusement park. but, of course, you don’t have to come but i hope you do. the meeting place is where we buried our memory capsule and the date is saturday at 5PM. after all, we did promise to open it before we graduated college.

sincerely, mark”

you didn’t realize you were tearing up until you finished reading the letter. you didn’t want your group to drift apart but as time went by everyone changed and so one by one the group no longer talked to one another. everyone was simply busy with their own lives and some living in colleges far away from home and eventually, we replaced one another with new people.

of course, you dearly missed them and wondered how much everyone has grown with the fear of how much everyone has changed as well.

saturday arrived and now you were at a park, in front of your childhood friends who no longer looked like kids. mark lost a lot of his baby fat from his face and no longer looked as innocent as he was. renjun dressed up neatly and no longer had his snaggletooth but his height remained the same. jeno became more physically fit and had a growth spurt. jaemin remained the same handsome kid from high school but his style was quite different. haechan still had the same mischievous face with an air of charisma around him. chenle didn’t change much besides his height and losing some of his baby fat. jisung remained freakishly tall with his face being more defined.

“so should we start digging,” mark finally breaks the silence, as he holds up his mini shovel.

“yes, shall we dig our graves while were at it?” haechan adds.

“glad to know you haven’t changed,” jaemin comments, smiling.

we all awkwardly grab a mini shovel and start digging until jisung starts screaming, “there’s a bug!”

“how do you live in a dorm by yourself, geez,” jeno remarks, flinging the bug somewhere else.

“he probably eats instant ramen,” renjun chimes in.

“i mean instant ramen is quite delicious,” i reply with jisung nodding in agreement.

“why did we have to bury our capsule so deep down like this is gonna take us ages,” haechan sighs.

“oh quit complaining you just don’t want to help,” mark replies, “be more like chenle who’s quietly digging.”

chenle just turns his head towards us in confusion.

we finally finished digging after lord knows how long.

mark shakes the dirt off the metal box and takes off the lid, revealing a pile of letters.

on the day of your high school graduation, the group decided to write a letter that consisted of their favorite memory with the group and placed it in a memory capsule.

“okay, so the first letter is renjun’s!” mark exclaims, handing over renjun’s letter to him.

he clears his throat and starts to read.

“i have too many fun memories with everyone but the most memorable to me was the day i arrived back home from my study aboard program. i can still vividly remember getting off the plane and entering the airport and seeing a huge sign that read “welcome home our renjun baby!” and to say i was embarrassed is an understatement, worse was the fact that you all shouted, “our baby is here!” and i ran quickly to you guys to shut you all up, but instead i got bombarded with hugs. despite the embarrassment, i felt so grateful for you guys and realized how lucky i am to have such supportive friends who picked me up from the airport at 5 in the morning and showered me with affection,” renjun finishes reading, becoming teary-eyed.

“i remembered you cried that day too,” haechan teases, giving him a smile.

“don’t remind me,” renjun retorts, smiling with tears in his eyes.

“aw our baby!” jaemin exclaims, pouting a little, causing renjun to roll his eyes.

“it’s okay we can be babies together,” jisung says, trying to comfort him.

“i doubt that’s comforting,” chenle remarks.

“it isn’t,” renjun comments, shaking his head.

“alright, next one’s hae- next one’s chenle’s,” mark announces skipping haechan’s letter.

“hey!” haechan shouts, tackling mark causing everyone to laugh watching the two play fight.

“alright alright you can go,” mark says, pushing haechan off him.

“alright it’s my turn!” he exclaims.

“unfortunately so,” jeno mutters.

“shut up jeno lee. anyways, my favorite memory was, of course, the time you all had to sneak me out of the house so i can go to the music concert.”

“that was hilarious. you were so scared to jump from your window,” renjun comments.

“i prioritize my well-being, i could have broken a rib or two.”

“yea yea.”

“okay so i remember-,” haechan continues.

“you remember when haechan did break a bone from falling down a flight of stairs at school. he just kept rolling like a pebble down the stairs,” mark mentions.

“that was so funny for some reason,” y/n says, as everyone starts laughing except haechan.

“can y’all stop interrupting me! geez, give a kid a break.” haechan says, bitterly.

“alright continue pebble,” chenle remarks.

“don’t try me chenle. so as i was saying that night i was struggling to get out of my window without making a sound. you don’t even know how scared i was when i accidentally knocked over a book. after i finally jumped down from my window-” haechan says.

“more like toppled down, but continue,” jisung comments, receiving a playful glare from haechan.

“and we got into mark’s rusty ford car with y/n still sleeping in the back seat. i remember jaemin shouting so much at the concert my ears started to hurt. but my favorite part of that night wasn’t the concert but it was us going to a diner afterwards. we all just threw our bodies onto the seats. i remember jisung ended up choking on his milkshake, like three times that night, and renjun was struggling to open the ketchup bottle. it kind of sounds boring because we’ve been to many other fun places but it felt nice having a very late dinner with everyone and everyone just laughing together like nothing else mattered in the world and the fact that you guys actually decided to help sneak me out was weird to me until i asked mark about it, because mark is such a goody-two-shoes so i thought he wouldn’t like me sneaking out. so, when i asked he simply replied, ‘i don’t know. everything just seems so much more fun with you, it’s like you have this ability to make people laugh and forget about their worries so i thought a concert with you would be quite fun,’ and those words stuck to me,” haechan finishes.

“first of all my car back then was not even rusty and second of all i can’t believe you remembered that,” mark comments, ruffling haechan’s hair.

“i honestly thought i was going to die the moment i choked,” jisung adds, shuddering a little.

“so dramatic,” jeno remarks, playfully smacking the back of jisung’s head.

“next one’s me, right?” chenle asks mark.

“yep, here you go,” mark replies, handing over the letter.

“my favorite memory was the day renjun introduced me to the rest of the group at lunch. i was so nervous when i transferred into the school and didn’t make any friends for a few weeks until renjun dropped his art supplies in the halls and i helped him collect his things-” chenle starts, smiling to himself.

“that was so embarrassing and some of my paint spilled on me so i ended up walking around with painted pants,” renjun comments.

“quite fashionable,” you tease, giving him a playful smile.

“anyways, so after that, we realized we were going to the same class and we ended up talking about how the class was so boring we were also so close to just turning around and skipping class. renjun decided to introduce me to you guys and i honestly made the right decision to sit with you guys. at first, you all seemed a bit crazy and loud so i was kind of annoyed by you guys so i avoided you all. but, after sitting down with you guys i wished i had tried to get to know you guys earlier because afterwards my life became so much more exciting and i felt so accepted by you all. you guys felt like a new home to me and friends i would never want to leave,” chenle ends, the last line made everyone a bit uncomfortable because that was exactly what we all did, we all left each other.

“um so i just wanted to say i’m glad we all showed up and i don’t know about you guys, but i really missed every one of you. sometimes i would go to cafes and think about how much renjun would love this place or i would go to a vinyl shop and find vinyls haechan would die for. so basically, i wished we all were still close but everyone changes so i can’t do anything about it,” you say, breaking the silence, looking down at your hands, avoiding everyone's glance. you thought to yourself “was that too much?”

“i’m glad i wasn’t the only one,” jaemin sighs in relief, “i would think of you guys from time to time as well, but when one by one everyone abandoned the group chat i felt like it was too selfish of me if i asked why we were all drifting apart because i don’t know what you all were going through.”

“i’m sorry. i was the first one to stop communicating with you guys after that argument with haechan. i had failed a final and i got fired from my part-time job and i was just so stressed that i blew up on haechan,” jeno speaks up, looking guiltily at the ground.

“you shouldn’t be sorry i didn’t know what you were going through and i should have been more understanding,” haechan reassures him.

“this is getting too melancholy let us read the next letter,” renjun says.

“jaemin’s next,” mark announces.

“alright my friends, since you opened this we must be quite different. i hope renjun can grow taller like he wishes.” jaemin reads, laughing as renjun sends him a glare, “anyways” jaemin clears his throat, “remember the day when i found out i got cheated on by my ex?”

“i couldn’t believe she cheated on you like she looked so innocent,” haechan comments, shaking his head.

“i mean renjun looks innocent but is he?” you reply, causing renjun to pout saying he’s innocent and all that stuff.

“okay so, i can still vividly remember how everyone realized i was upset and you all showed up to my house with a bunch of my favorite snacks and just barged in. i remember how y/n grabbed a blanket and wrap me in it, how mark was stuffing me with food and how haechan was making jokes to cheer me up. we even watched my favorite horror movie despite renjun hating them. that was my first time being vulnerable in front of you guys and i was worried about how you all would react when you saw me in that state. but, i remember how we all sat down on the floor after the movie and you all kept telling me it was okay to cry, that there was nothing wrong with it. i really felt at home with you guys and how we were all ride or die for one another.” jaemin continues, folding his letter.

“your crying face is something else,” haechan teases, earning him a playful jab from jaemin.

“alright, jisung’s next,” mark announces.

“my favorite moment was when i had a dance competition coming up and i was struggling to balance dance practice with school work. i was also behind on the dance and slowed my team down. i remember i walked into school sleepy and chenle asked if i slept last night and i answered no. so i ended up spilling the beans and told him everything and how i was so stressed and inundated by all the work and practices. so you all decided to help me with my homework and even sent me study guides for upcoming exams. i remember you all showed up to the competition and cheered like crazy. i almost made a mistake after hearing chenle’s high pitched scream. jaemin and haechan were holding such big signs to cheer on our team like they were at a concert for just my team. it was so funny because afterwards chenle lost his voice after all his yelling and renjun would tell him to shut up every time he tried to talk after losing his voice,” jisung shyly finishes and glows red.

“we really went everywhere with one another huh?” jeno mentions.

“yeah we were pretty inseparable at that time,” jisung says, muttering the last three words.

“jeno, you’re next,” mark says, tossing the letter to him.

“that’s our baseball star,” renjun jokes, as jeno catches the letter with ease.

“anyways,” jeno says, shrugging off renjun’s comment and opens his letter, “this is like my 20th time rewriting this letter because i couldn’t decide which memory was my favorite because they’re all so special. on a certain day, my mother fell ill and had to be taken to the hospital and out of desperation i called jaemin and he immediately rushed to the hospital. he kept reassuring me that everything will be fine and that the doctor would be able to take care of it. then a few minutes later chenle rushed into the hospital, then haechan, eventually, you all arrived, breathing heavily. everyone was trying their hardest to cheer my family up, y/n was comforting my sister and you all even tried to calm down my dad. fortunately, my mother was well and i can still remember how everyone finally relaxed.”

“i couldn’t even imagine how scared you were,” you say, with everyone silently agreeing.

“i still remember how you were crying tears of joy when you heard your mother was fine,” jaemin mentions, eyes filled with nostalgia.

“i really appreciated how you guys immediately came to the hospital after hearing the news,” jeno says, a soft tone in his voice that was rare from him.

“it’s what we should do. we’re friends after all,” jaemin replies, smiling fondly causing jeno to smile back in gratitude.

“not to ruin the lovely atmosphere but my letters next,” mark says, already opening his letter, well more like ripping it open.

“i forgot you were here,” haechan jokes earning him a jab from mark, poor kid gets jabbed so much.

“to get to the point my favorite memory was when we left prom night early because it was painstakingly boring. we all just stood near the food station and drank a ridiculous amount of fruit punch. then we all came to a concord that we should just leave and go to the beach, where they were setting off fireworks that same night. we brought some light sparklers on the way and just sat on the sidewalk of the beach, playing around with our sparklers. i remember how haechan kept chasing after me to get me into the water. i also remember how the amusement park next to the beach was open that night. so we got on a ferris wheel and i was sitting with haechan and y/n. i remember how we all expressed our sorrows of graduating high school, how much we were going to miss one another. once we reached the top of the ferris wheel, haechan made the three of us pinky promise to never lose contact with one another and i want to ask if we did keep this promise,” mark reads, the last line causing the atmosphere to decline.

“at least all of us are here. doesn’t that mean we’re willing to start over again?” haechan speaks up, with the same hopeful smile he would always have.

“yeah,” we all mutter.

“um anyways, y/n’s letter is the last one,” mark says, clearing his throat to change the topic.

“i couldn’t pick a favorite memory. just being with you guys made every memory beautiful. i felt at home when i was with you guys. i hope that we’re still friends when we open these letters. if we're not, i hope reading them made us closer and i hope it doesn’t seem like a dumb wish. i hope it isn’t an impossible wish either,” you read, with bated breath.

no one said anything but instead looked away from one another.

“are we going to make my dumb wish true?” you finally say, smiling and a bit hopeful.

“i won’t grant your wish,” renjun replies, shooting you down.

“why?” you ask, despite being scared of his reply.

“because that wish has already come true,” he replies, smiling at the others.

“that’s cheesy as hell,” jeno says, “but i agree. i missed you all.”

“so...” haechan says, turning to mark with a playful look.

“fine” mark sighs, “ride or dies?”

“ride or dies,” everyone replies.

haechan looks at mark again causing him to sigh once more.

“you’re annoying haechan,” mark says before exclaiming, “yo dream!”

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