Translator | NCT Winwin

Chapter 49

Chunmei's POV

Winwin's right, WayV might take a little bit of getting used to, but I like it here a lot already. It suddenly occurs to me that I literally have no idea how long I'm going to be staying here. 

In fact, I barely know anything about where this is all going, except the fact that I'm with WayV and I just need to go with the flow for now.

"Wait a moment, Chunmei, is that Winwin's coat that you're wearing?" Yangyang suddenly asks, looking me up and down and pausing with a couch cushion in his hands.

I look down and realize that I am, indeed, still wearing Winwin's oversized coat. Oh no, I really should've thought about this before I came in. I really, really should've considered this. I'm never going to hear the end of this-

"OMG, SHE'S WEARING WINWIN'S JACKET!" Hendery shrieks in realization. The click of a phone camera is heard, and I look over to see him holding a phone up.

"Um, well, here, you can have your jacket back," I say to Winwin, unzipping the coat, taking it off, and handing it to him, all without making eye contact.

Just then, Ten, Xiaojun, and Lucas come bursting out of their rooms. "Wait, that picture you sent into our group chat without Winwin is real, right? Not photoshopped?" Lucas asks.

"Wait, you guys have a group chat without me with a picture taken without consent in it?" Winwin clarifies. 

Lucas stops, realizing what he just said, and then shrugs. "Well, we're basically family, so it's all good. And it's not like we're going to do anything with it or send it to anyone, obviously."

Winwin shakes his head, letting it go. "Anyways, what are we going to be doing today, since we're obviously not going to go off being idols for the day?"

"I think I have an absolutely wonderful idea," Xiaojun starts. I turn towards him, curious. "So, you know how our fans always have our backs, right?" he begins. We all nod, not sure where this is going.

"And you know, they notice everything. I'm pretty sure they've got whole compilations of our managers 'mistreating' us, even though we haven't even said anything about it," he continues.

Here, Kun somehow realizes where this is going, while I'm still clueless. "Xiaojun... Okay, I usually wouldn't let you do this, but I kind of think this is going too far and we need to take it into our own hands."

"Wait, can somebody clarify the situation?" I ask, still utterly confused.

The person who answers is neither Kun nor Xiaojun. "They think we should start a VLIVE, take things into our own hands, and drop a bunch of hints about the situation, and maybe SM will hear them," Ten responds. I nod, finally understanding. Are they even allowed to do this? 

I don't think it matters.

"Speaking of SM, have they put out a statement yet?" Kun asks, turning to Winwin. He shrugs, explaining that he was going to talk about it with someone, but then they ended up not going to practice.

"It's okay, we'll just put out a statement ourselves!" Yangyang responds, like it's that easy. I feel like we're going to be breaking every single rule that they have by doing this VLIVE thing, but it's also out of my hands.

"I'll set it up right now!" Yangyang continues. He unlocks a phone and starts setting everything up, propping up the device and going through a whole procedure.

While he's doing that, I go use the bathroom, partially because I actually need to, and partially because I need to process everything.

Once I finish, I walk back out into the living room, expecting to see Yangyang setting up the VLIVE and everyone else getting ready for it.

Instead, I find them all sitting on the couch, talking to what's probably thousands of people.

Oh, and did I mention, I'm also in the frame?

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Cliffhangers ;)

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