// masterlist // NCT DREAM
warnings: nothing (pls tell me if i missed something)
"The first time I met Chae it was with my parents. Her grandparents happen to be my next door neighbor and invited us over!" (all members gasp or say "wow")
The summer of 2008 Charlotte's parents thought that it was only fair she would spend her summers with her grandparents
Charlotte had never been to Korea since she was born, but her father made sure she was able to understand and speak it, and she finally went by herself in July
When she had gotten there the schools around her grandparents house had gone on their break
So they decided it was best to invite their neighbors over for lunch!
"Back then she was so quiet. I thought she couldn't speak or understand korean." (Charlee laughs in the background) "All I said was 'hi' ."
When her grandfather had opened the door she had stood right behind his legs and peeked behind them to see a little boy around her age
"Come in! Come in! This is my granddaughter, she's visiting from the US," Her grandfather had begun to put his hand on her shoulder moving her from around his legs.
She bows and says a small 'hi' before running into the kitchen to help her grandmother cook
Charlotte had always been a picky eater and then it was even worse. She wouldn't eat tteokbokki, she struggled to try bulgoggi and never wanted to try any soup
The whole lunch Jeno watches as she just eats rice
After Charlotte pulls on her grandmas clothes and points to her toy box, her grandmother tells her to take Jeno with her
They both walk in silence and sit down on the floor as she opens the box and hands him a Pokemon poke ball. She herself grabs the tiny pokemon figurines and her trading cards
"Hi..." Jeno points to himself before saying "Jeno." He smiles, it even reaches his eye.
He struggles to find the next words to express that he too like Pokemon so he just settles with, "Pokemon," and putting a thumbs up
Charlotte laughs to herself more than at him, and Jeno joins in on it, both of them giggling
"Hi Jeno, I'm Charlotte, but you can call me Chaewon." Charlotte smiles and giggles again, "I speak korean too, you don't have to speak in english."
During a live when she starts talking about pre-debut stories, Charlee talks about how close they were even before they became trainees
"My grandparents loved when I came over during the summers, they always thought it was nice to see me being around a kid my age during break," Charlee expresses while looking at comments.
"hmmm, yeah. Jeno and I were really close to the point whenever it was the weekend and during my school year he would call from my grandma's phone!" She even says it again in english
Comments start to go crazy ranging from 'woa, he really liked you', 'that's so cute!!' and even 'my NoWon heart <3’
"Nobody won. It's fine because we're NoWon"
Nicknames: Chae, Won, Wonnie, Corgi
The "best friends to bestest friends"
The “puppy” duo (the name given by Mark and Jaemin), Charlee hates it and Jeno embraces it passionately
Jeno is somehow always hanging off of Charlee, he is one of the few members that openly show affection
If it’s not Jaemin clinging onto Jeno and Charlee SOMETHING is wrong
During the “CharTea” episode that featured all of 8dream (ep. 2: Mister Mister 7), Jeno talks about why she’s so cold and quiet on camera
He talked about how often staff are likely shut her down and that she came to him so he could voice her opinion for her
Even during interviews this is seen, but now it’s everyone of the boys doing it
He was also the one to say she should do her own content to show everyone that she can in fact do without the boys (in fact she prefers to do that!)
She's pretty much a part of his family and him to her
Their parents jokingly say Jeno might be the first to take the name “Meyers” (they also joke that all of dream might take the name Meyers)
They’re opposites on camera! Charlotte isn’t very shy and Jeno is very shy
Even the way they talk to each other, Charlotte is more likely to baby him !!
One of the first tattoos she had gotten was dedicated to 8dream, each member had a little doodle she drew that reminded her of them
His was a little poke ball
“stop looking at me weirdo”
