alexithymia
subclinical phenomenon involving a lack of emotional awareness or, more specifically, difficulty in identifying and describing feelings and in distinguishing feelings from the bodily sensations of emotional arousal
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"𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨...
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A DAY BEFORE...
"chenle!" ten bellowed from across the room, chenle quickly skidding towards him
"i found them" ten pointed at the location of a car park
"winwin too?" chenle asked, scanning over the red dot in the middle of a map.
"they're in the same spot..." ten's voice trailed off "if hyejin's with starship that would mean winwins with starship...but he's obviously not kidnapped since winwin doesn't have anything starship wants which means-"
"winwin that bas-"
"we don't know for sure yet" ten steadied his breathing, zooming into the picture
"there's no other explanation for it. winwin got closer to hyejin only to frame her in the end. guess what, he tricked all of us, including taeyong. hyejin was innocent ten, i'm telling you she is innocent. i saw that black bag in inhos hand before, she's got nothing to do with it" he ranted
"woah woah woah what?" ten exclaimed "but winwins not like that"
"how do you know who he really is?"
silence
ten and chenle were stuck in a dilemma. as much as they refuse to believe it, it was true. winwin had two faces and it was time for NCT to start believing the innocent and banishing the guilty.
"we need to go there now" chenle stood up, searching for his gun
"you can't go alone and all the combat members are occupied with taeyong" ten explained "obviously me, kun and jisung can't fight to save our lives"
"i'll go alone" he deadpanned, not being about to locate his knife "god damnit"
"chenle calm down, you need to stop and think-"
"don't tell me what to do" and chenle grabbed his earpiece from the box, looping it around his ear then taking off without even checking if it's connected. luckily, it was and a screen lit up on tens computer.
"love can really blind some people huh"
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"get the fuck away from her" chenles fist was clenched so tightly together marks were beginning to appear on his palm. hyejin glanced upwards, her mouth falling into an o. attempting to stand up—falling anyways—she scrambled desperately to try and tell chenle not to do something on an impulse
"chenle please don't-" and one of the men grabbed her hair and yanked her to stand on her feet. chenle stepped forward in fury, his eyes drowning with a darkened aura "don't fucking touch her"
