Long Flight | NCT Taeyong

Chapter 14

Taeyong's POV

"Good morning!!!" The piercing, overly energetic voice of someone named Haechan cuts through the air, waking me up. I sit up in bed and rub my eyes, still tired.

Just then, the door of my room is flung open. I glance up and see Doyoung in the doorway. "Can I use your hair dryer?" he asks, a towel wrapped around his head. I point to the bathroom.

Still tired from the flight, I reluctantly get up and head towards the bathroom, passing Doyoung, who's walking out with my hair dryer.

After showering and getting ready, I eat a quick breakfast. According to my schedule, we have dance practice very soon.

"Johnny! Haechan! Doyoung! Come on, we have to go!" I yell, grabbing my bag and pulling on my shoes.

"I haven't eaten breakfast yet!" Haechan exclaims.

"Oh my goodness, where's my sweater?" Doyoung asks, running out of his room with my hair dryer in his hand, probably to return it.

"Let me grab my phone!" Johnny says, disappearing into his room and then reappearing with his phone in his hand and his hoodie in another.

"Doyoung, your sweater should be in your room. I found it in the living room yesterday," I say once everyone's done complaining about what they haven't done yet. As if on cue, one of our managers appears with Doyoung's sweater in his hand from their shared room.

Doyoung throws his sweater on just as Johnny finishes putting on his shoes, and Haechan seems to have decided to skip breakfast again. Our manager has also joined us at the door.

"I'll go get the 10th floor guys," I say, stepping out into the hallway.

"In that case, I'll go eat breakfast," Haechan says, slipping back towards the kitchen. Johnny and Doyoung make sounds of agreement and then slip away, too. At least our manager is going to start the car.

I take the elevator up to the 10th floor, humming. When I get there, I knock on their door as loudly as I can. I hope they're awake, at least.

After about 2 minutes, the door finally opens to reveal Jungwoo, standing there with a toothbrush in his hand. "Sorry we're late," he says around his toothbrush, opening the door wider so I can enter.

"Guys, come on!" I call, tapping my foot impatiently. "Is there ever going to be a day when I don't have to come get you guys?"

Inside, I see Jaehyun shuffle from his room to the bathroom, still in his pajamas. Our other manager appears with Mark. Our manager walks past me into the hallway, while Mark runs back into the room, probably to look for something again. Taeil and Yuta appear from the kitchen, both with bowls in their hands.

Sighing, I tell Jungwoo to get go the car as soon as possible, give the rest of the members one last warning, and head to the car.

After stopping by the 5th floor one last time to herd the people who are somewhat ready downstairs, I get in the car with them, hoping that the rest of them won't take too long.

A few minutes later, Jaehyun comes out T-shirt and jeans, followed by Taeil, Yuta, Mark, and lastly Jungwoo, who was probably staying in the back to make sure everyone made it down. They get in the car, and we finally start heading to the SM building.

"Guys, our concert is really soon, so you all have to practice harder than usual, okay?" I remind everyone after we're all in the car on our way to the SM building. Everyone nods, on their phones. I turn around to face the front and hope that we'll be on time.

When we get there, we spot some fans at the entrance. I pull on my mask and cap, and see the members doing the same behind me. I glance at the fans at the entrance, hoping we won't have a problem getting into the building.

And then I find myself thinking about Chaemin. She's like my dream fan - respectful, polite, knows when to back down, still willing to defend us when necessary... Wait a second, what am I thinking about? I quickly clear my mind and prepare to get off the car.

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Once again, I don't know the dorms that well, and I most definitely don't know about how it is for them getting to practice. But I did have a lot of fun writing this chapter!

Thanks for reading!