dysthymia | zhong chenle

다섯

❝ i grew a flower that cant be bloomed
in a dream that cant come true ❞

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"have you looked at it yet?" hyejin passed some file work to winwin who was aimlessly spinning around on his chair. they have had an odd lack of imports today, leaving them with nothing to do

"why would i look at something that's meant for the research team" he whistled, popping a chocolate into his mouth

"boss wants us to also put our input on it, he didn't really explain why, he just gave it to me" she shrugged, slipping the papers out from the envelope

"and i thought you were more interested in architecture than paperwork" he joked, earning a pencil to the head. she has missed the feeling of the rusted metal against her skin and the busy sounds of clanking, but there was nothing she could do. Stone gave her little opportunities to work on cars and vehicles, so she was left with a crumbled dream and a trashy job

the papers were sat somewhat uncomfortably in her fingers, her eyes dashing across the page as she flipped to the brief on the second page.

it seemed like a normal paperwork she would've seen in the research sector of Stone, but what shocked her was the bold title on the top of the page

NCT ON THE MOVE —
Anonymous request was sent in to NCT to track down Stone base

INVESTIGATION AND PREPARATION MUST COMMENCE FOR UPCOMING RAID AND BAWL
GOAL: CODE 4.6, CODE 4.18

"winwin" she croaked out, reading the words again

"did you choke on-"

"this case, it's on NCT" she flashed her eyes up to winwin's, his legs immediately swung off the table

"what?" winwin shuffled over, leaning over her as he read the topic

"that's why they wanted us to be in on this one...because we were previous "members" of NCT before we blew it" hyejin was beginning to feel an unnerving feeling in her stomach

"what are you on about?" the elder immediately tuned into her thought process

"they found out" her and winwin shared a message through the gaze, both knowing this wasn't going to end well

"how did they-"

"they must have investigated NCT before, there's no way they could've found this information" she bit her lip, flipping through the other pages

"how long ago did you..." winwin was just as anxious as her

"3 years ago, right after...that happened" she huffed, throwing the paper on the table as she pressed her palm to her forehead

"So Stone knows NCT is after them..."

"sometimes i wish i never for involved with this mafia gang stuff" she groaned

"let's focus ok?" winwin spun her chair around so it faced the thick booklet

"Stone is preparing to storm NCT as a warning, telling them to not mess with such a big gang. they'll also be on the look at for the sender to ultimately kill him or her." he flipped to the interrogation page "they'll be interrogating us first, we have to tell them everything we know, that'll be the only way to keep both of us safe."