I was so confused. Everyone seemed to know what was happening but me.
Who was "Donghyuck?"
"You scared us", Yeji said to the guy, "We thought someone broke in"
Jaemin studied Donghyuck's face as he put his bags down. "Is everything alright?", he asked, "We haven't seen you in a while..."
I slowly backed up and stood in the kitchen entryway. I didn't feel like I was a part of this, so I decided to just watch.
"Yeah, we're ok", Donghyuck smiled softly, "Sorry if I scared you, Yeji"
Yeji just nodded. Everyone had their eyes on Donghyuck.
We were all just waiting for someone to ask why he was here.
"So, why are you here?", Jeno asked.
There we go.
Donghyuck opened his mouth to start explaining himself, but his eyes fell on me. He looked completely thrown off and puzzled...So like how I was five minutes ago.
"Who the-?", he started with his eyes still fixed on me.
"-A friend", Jeno replied quickly, "I knew her"
"So before I say why I'm here", Donghyuck leaned on the kitchen island and looked at me, "Could someone have the decency to tell me when you're adopting someone before do it?"
I laughed nervously.
Ryujin looked at me like I had a horse head.
I cleared my throat, "I'm Jiwoo", I decided to explain myself instead of everyone else in the room telling my story, "The reason I'm here is pretty complicated, but my older brother is Oh Sehun from EXO...and things weren't working out with him"
"Sehun's your brother?!", Donghyuck stopped leaning on the counter top and stood straight up, staring at me.
"Y-Yes?", I replied shyly, "I'm not like him, I promise"
"No, its good", he relaxed himself, "Its just such a small world"
He turned to Jeno, "So, you knew her?"
"Yeah", Jeno scratched the back of his head, "She was the girl I was paid to watch when her family had a convenience store"
Donghyuck just nodded slowly.
We were all quiet again.
"She's trustworthy, ok?", Jaemin said, "So could you just please tell us why you're here, Hyuck?"
Donghyuck sighed, "Mark said you guys were invited to EXO's 'Spring Party' or whatever that thing was called...?"
"Yeah?", Jaemin crossed his arms and raised his eyebrow.
"And you guy are going...?"
"Yeah?", Jaemin facial expression stayed the same.
"Even though EXO are your enemies right now?"
"...Yeah?"
"Hyuck...", Lia stepped up, "Its basically the Dreamies the only chance to take care of EXO"
"Alright, well", Donghyuck looked at us, "The Dreamies aren't the only ones getting bothered by EXO right now"
"What do you mean?", Jisung asked.
"Well, since you guys are in NCT", Hyuck explained, "EXO has just been threatening 127 lately and...yeah, its just getting messy"
I looked at Jaemin, and he looked back at me. Now obviously wasn't the time to talk, but he offered me a friendly smile that helped me relax a bit. Sure, I had no idea what was going on; I didn't know who "NCT 127" was, and I still didn't know how NCT Dream knew Hyuck, things just seemed to make sense whenever Jaemin was handling the situation.
"Hey now", Renjun joked, "Don't make it look like you're only with 127", he smirked, "You're with us too, you know"
"Exactly", Donghyuck said, "That's why I'm the one who's asking you to not go to EXO's party"
Everyone except for Donghyuck looked at each other. "Not got to EXO's party"? But that was the only way out.
"But, Donghyuck-"
"It wasn't my idea", he said, "Things are just getting to risky right now, and if we pull a move at a party where everyone is...its just gonna get worse"
"We understand", Jaemin said calmly, "But we need to go to that party...at least to get a feel for who's on EXO's side"
"I've always been on your side, guys", Donghyuck sighed, "But this time I'm with 127...its too dangerous"
"Wait...", I blurted out, "...What if I went"
