children • nct

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yua and seonghwa was back partying back at their place getting to know his other roommates

in the middle of shots yua's phone brighten up, her mood seemed to down a little

san picked it up, "noona whats wrong?", yua smiled a little "its nothing just pour me another shot"

"ah, spill" san said taking away the bottle, yua pouted a little "i think i just got fired"

"from watching the kids?" seonghwa asked and yua nodded, "if it makes you feel better we have an opening at the cafe"

"yeah noona! come work for us", yua looks up in a shock "for us?, like for you!"

"hyung owns it" yunho points to hongjoong, "i'd love to work with you yua! im tired of having these hets around"

"how dare you! its not my fault i want women" wooyoung shouts, "yeah san says differently" seonghwa said

making yua laugh at their argument, "there she is!" jongho shouts

"so what do you say?" hongjoong asked, "i'll give it a shot, i have nothing better to do" yua sighs

happy cheers filled up the house, "for you lady yua" san winked pouring her another shot

"to a new coworker and hangovers!" hongjoong cheers, "yeah!" the cheered clinking their glasses all together

however the next morning yua groaned at her 6 am shift she had taken yesterday for training

hongjoong at 4 already reminded her, "he had enough time at 4! i got home at 2"

after her complaining she was already off to her new job, the location wasn't very far from her apartment

although she missed the kids she couldn't help but to be surrounded by their cute dogs and the customers

"noona! you're alive" yunho cheered, "i don't have hangovers" yua chuckles putting the apron on

"im your trainer!" yunho clapped, yua turns to seonghwa "you guys gave me him?" she teased

"he was the only one left im sorry", "im still here!" yunho shouts

"why does that matter?" seonghwa laughed, "lets go yua" yunho huffs

"no noona?" yua asked being dragged, "earn it" yunho sang

within minutes yua got the hang of things, yunho didn't really have to do much besides teach her how to make latte art

"you guys do know i used to work at a cafe right?" yua laughed at the shocked yunho

"hyung didn't tell us anything" he pouted, yua laughs at his expressions

"no worries, i gave him my resume this morning anyways" she shrugged

as the crew kept working more and more customers came in, yua liked the rush as it kept her busy from thinking about other things

whilst in the midst of working, at the lee residence was peaceful surprisingly

the teens were not happy about the replacement of yua, they did not like huayu one bit

they refused to eat breakfast at home, leaving huayu and the kids alone

"mommy! you cook so well" chenle smiled, the kids agreed, "oh thank you kids" she said

"why aren't the hyungs missing?" minhyung pouted, "a bit busy with studying"

"its a weekend, they always play with us" jeno said, "they'll be home later, studying takes up a lot of time"

"what should we do today!" she asked the kids, "dog cafe!" sungchan shouts

the kids liked the idea, huayu had agreed to take the kids there after their meal

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yunho went on his break, hongjoong trusted yua enough to leave her alone

"remember to greet the customers" seonghwa reminded her when the new customers came in

she recognized the kids in an instant and was happy she finally gets to see them

"welcome to az cafe what can i get for you?" she smiled, however when huayu walked in her smile dropped

"we'll be a moment", yua felt something off about the kids

none of them looked at her, none of them talked her her if anything she felt like she was being ignored by them

when she got out to let daegal out for chenle and sungchan there was a pull on her apron

"don't even try with them, they hate you" huayu whispered then pushing her aside,  after unlocking the pen she meets eyes with one of the kids

"noona? why did you leave us, why are you working here do you not love us?" jeno asked

"what do you mean? i didn't leave, of course i love you boys" yua softly said ruffling his hair

"don't touch me, noona told me you'd say that, stop lying noona" he protested moving away from her

"stop jeno, lets go away from her" jaemin coldly said pulling away his crying brother

yua heart was broken in half, not like it had been before. not only the boys were ignoring her they stopped using her name

holding back her tears and walked into the back where some of the men were on their breaks

yua takes deep breaths not wanting to cry and make a fool out of herself

"noona, whats wrong?" jongho asked comforting her, "nothing, nothing at all" she sobbed

"yua, what happened?" hongjoong asked worriedly, they stopped eating and rushed to her side to comfort the crying girl

"the kids are here, they hate me, they all hate me" she rambled on, "no! it can't be" san said wiping her tears

"no they do, they wouldn't even call my name look at me or even talk to me" she said starting to speed up her talking

yua knew she was having a panic attack, not wanting to worry the boys a little further

she contacted the person who lived a minute away, she didn't need anyone but him.

time was to long for yua, what seemed like seconds seemed like hours to her

she couldn't get control of her own breathing, the men ended their break early still in worry of yua yeosang had stayed by her side

by now she was gasping for air, she felt horrible that she made others worried

thinking about the children, huayu, her job and her fellow crew workers

her breathing wasn't slowing down, her cries wouldn't stop, time was critical and it was only time before the person arrived