#nct ag.request

During training, Aurora was friends with a very select few. The rest she ignored. 

Some of the female trainees were turned off by her standoffish nature but at first they didn’t mind

Until Aurora started training with baby shinki

Aurora was chosen over trainees that had been in SM for years. And they did not like that. Some of the slighted girls gathered together in a room to bad mouth Aurora for hours.

Aurora never found out about it because this group never said anything to her face. Anything that was said was kept in the room for their ears only.

This went on for months, they’d act cool in front of Aurora’s face then dog her out behind her back.

Until the boys found out.

One of the girls implied that Aurora was possibly sleeping with them (First of all - Ew. Second of all - get your head out of the clouds.) Mark went OFF

The girls’ were in tears by the time Mark was finished. He almost kept going but Aurora walked in. 

(I’m not gonna say more because I am in the process of writing this whole debacle)

Aurora didn’t want to tell anyone about what happened. She felt Mark’s rant was enough. But Moxy and Juno disagreed. 

When those same girls complained to their teachers about their dorm room’s being trashed. Nobody could prove it was them

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This one doesn’t happen often. For the longest time Aurora’s wardrobe didn’t get to the young idol without being approved by Ms. Chae, Moxy or Mark if the first two weren’t available. 

As she grew up, Aurora felt better about her stage outfits. More comfortable defending her own comfort zone without the help of her mom or leader.

But sometimes it couldn’t be helped. 

Once, during a Breakout!Era fansign, the stylists gave Aurora a skirt without some slip shorts underneath. At first, she felt fine. Great even. Then the leering eyes started getting to her whether they were real or imaginary. 

The skirt was just a bit out of her comfort zone. A place she thought she was ready to leave

Moxy noticed the maknae squirming around but she couldn’t really do much since they were outside and none of the stylists brought clothes to change into.  

So Moxy stood behind Aurora for the ENTIRE fansign to protect her

None of the fans in attendance really understood what was going on with them but they were too busy giving heart eyes to the two members

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Some fans take things too far. Especially in this case. 

The Dreamies were at a fansign for Boom. Everything was going smoothly until the last couple of fans waiting in line. Among the girls was one guy. Quietly he went down the line of members until her reached Aurora at the end. 

In casual fashion, Aurora was her usual self until her face dropped.

“You know, you didn’t have to join a boy group to find a guy. Plenty of guys are out there, including me.” 

Aurora froze in place, pen still signing her signature onto her picture. She put the pen down then faced the ‘Fan’

“If I wanted to find a guy and then I found you, my mom would disown me because I would’ve lowered my standards. Look at you. You prepared that for how long and now you have to sit embarrassed knowing that the idol you adore would never want you.” 

The ‘Fan’ left with his tail tucked between his legs 

What Aurora didn’t notice was the six twin glares the boy was getting. Those eyes were enough to get him moving but Aurora’s just as sharp eyes kept him in place

Like brother, like sister

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Aurora has a wide demographic of fans. By far, the wildest are the males. Male fans love her standoff-ish nature 

But a chosen few take it too far. 

During a music show recording for Welcome To The Jungle, a “fan” started screaming weird things directed at Aurora

At first Aurora ignored them, keeping her attention on the fans opposite from the screaming one

But then they got louder. And bolder.

Fans saw Aurora get more and more disturbed by this fan's presence. 

The pre-record started soon after. This dude kept screaming the entire time, disrupting the fan chant. Making fan uncomfortable. Irritating the staff. 

It was Hannah who decided enough was enough. 

Once the pre-record was over, Hannah stomped off stage. Ten minutes later she reappeared. She whispered something in Aurora and the maknae visibly relaxed

Seconds later, The fan and his friend were dragged out by security.

Don’t piss off Hannah: Lesson Learned

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NCT has watched Aurora grow up before their eyes. She went from a little kid to a strong woman in the blink of an eye. 

They were there when puberty hit Aurora like a bullet train

One day everything was fine. The next day, the whole world was turned on its head. 

Suddenly she needed new articles of clothing that she wasn’t worried about before. Every month cramps, headaches and nausea racked through her body only to disappear a week later. 

Boys became appealing to her eye. Her style changed. Her taste buds changes. 

It all became too much

So Aurora lashed out. Expecting them to fight back, the members not holding her outbursts against her made her feel worse. Eventually everything reached a head during one We Go Up dance practice. 

Aurora just exploded. Ranted and raved for ten minutes straight before crumbling to the floor in tears. Renjun was the first by her side, pulling her head into his neck and dragging her legs into his lap. One by one the boys surrounded her until she cries herself to sleep

The Dreamies agreed to never speak about what happened. But they did inform the other members about Aurora problems so they all knew how to handle it. Give her space

When she came to any of them for help, they kept it quiet. Knowing the maknae would recede even further if she felt everyone was talking behind her back. 

She changed her hair and clothes. Anything she didn’t like ended up in the trash until her current style stuck. 

The members helped Aurora during her time of the month no matter how embarrassed they all felt. 

She talked about boys. Not a lot but enough for the maknae. 

NCT as a whole kept this up until Aurora felt like herself in her own skin again. 

When she looks back at that time, Aurora can feel the tears build up.

She really has the most amazing family. 

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Request: I've just read the most recent post and my heart hurts for my precious Rora.. I love that girl so much. I want some moments were NCT/AG were overprotective over Rora, I need some fluff (and angst if needed) bcs all her scenarios are angst (not that I'm not like the biggest fan of it skkskw) Keep up the good work and take care of yourself, don't apologize for anything, I'm sure that anon understands that you have a life too~💛

While in the city, Soonjae-unnie told Aurora and Moxy they’d be staying an extra day or two for a duo schedule. A magazine wanted them to be on the cover for their next monthly release. So that morning the group's head manager left the groups newest manager, Jae, in charge while she saw Hannah and Juno off at the airport. 

The girls were all in agreement. They didn’t really like Jae but they had no reason to bring up his removal. Since the man was moved from Red Velvet’s management to theirs, he’d been distant. Sometimes downright mean. When the girls would ask for stuff, he’d huff and groan. Begrudgingly doing what they asked under the watchful eye of Soonjae. Other times he’d force the girls to practice way longer than they planned. Finding every excuse in the book to keep them behind longer. 

The worst part. His comparisons. 

“Seulgi would have nailed this choreography in minutes, why can’t you.” 

“You’ve got a lot of work to do if your high notes will be as good as Wendy’s”

“You should really study up on Irene’s leadership style”

“Your voice needs to be smoother like Joy’s”

“You should get some tips on how to act like a maknae from Yeri” 

It was grating. 

Luckily most of the day, Jae ignored the two members. Letting the other managers take over his tasks while he did whatever. Honestly Aurora thought he was lying about all his work but Moxy wouldn’t let her say it out loud. Especially out in the open. 

The girls bowed to the staff of the photo shoot as they headed back to their dressing room. Everything was being cleaned up once Moxy and Aurora flopped onto the couches in their room. Bone tired from being up early this morning. 

“What’s our schedule when we get back, unnie?” Aurora asks, barely acknowledging the stylist taking the bracelets off her wrist. 

Moxy threw her make-up wipe away, “We have to re-record a lot of Hit Me Up. Some of the files got corrupted so we need to nail it when we get back.” 

“I bet if Wendy and Joy unnies sang it, Jae would think we nailed it too.” Aurora flinched away from Moxy’s incoming hand. 

“What did I say about proper honorifics with Jae-ssi?” Moxy stood up to retrieve her bag.

“That I have to address him properly when he’s here. And he’s not.” Aurora smiled and all her leader could do was sigh. 

Aurora and Moxy were about to start changing into their normal clothes when their make-up artist walked in with Aurora’s phone.

“Before you change, Hannah and Juno are calling. They just got back to the dorm.”

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The other three AG managers just finished packing their things and met Jae outside to wait for the car. There was supposed to be two vans. One for Moxy, Aurora and Jae and the other for the rest of the SM staff who worked the shoot. But when they got outside there was only one. 

“Sunbae, where is the other van?” AG’s youngest manager, Kyungso asked, looking around for the matching vehicle. 

Jae just smiled, “The girl's van is running a little behind. Moxy told me to go ahead with you guys. They’ll wait for the other van.”

They all looked around at each other, skeptical of Jae's words. Kyungso could have sworn both girls weren’t even finished changing yet. 

Jae gestured to the open side door, “Well what are you waiting for? 빨리!” All the staff shared another look, them all thinking the same thing, I guess we’ll just trust his word. One by one, they took their seats in the van. Jae took the passenger seat and with one word the van set off to the hotel.

They were too late to see the other van drive off with nobody inside.

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“See you at home!!” “Bye!! Have fun in Paris!! Bring back those shoes so we can match.” “Have a safe flight.” “Don’t you dare eat good food without us.” All four members said their goodbye’s. Moxy and Aurora were finally done changing when they realized what time it was. What normally took thirty minutes tops, took almost two hours. 

Quickly, the two girls gathered their things and headed for the front door. Walking through the almost empty room, they noticed none of their staff was waiting around. The two members had apologies at the tip of their tongues that disappeared when they didn’t see anyone they recognized. One lone worker was packing up the last of the equipment when Moxy walked over tapping them on the shoulder. 

“Uhh Excuse me? Are any of our managers around. I’m afraid we made them wait too long.” Moxy asked with a sheepish smile on her face. 

The worker bowed immediately. Moxy tried to wave them off but it was no use. “Miss, You’re management team left hours ago.” 

All the leader could do was sigh. If all their management left early, it meant Jae was pissed at them for taking so long. But instead of being an adult and hurrying them along. He wanted to teach them a lesson. 

“Do you both need a ride home? It may take a car a while to get here.” The worker started to take out their phone when Moxy stopped them. 

“It’s okay. Fortunately our hotel is close by. We can just walk. Be safe getting home.” Moxy bowed quickly. She grabbed Aurora's hand and dragged the younger outside. 

“So? Where is everyone? What happened?” Aurora asked. Moxy turned onto the main street headed in the direction of the hotel. 

“Jae’s being an asshole that’s what.” Moxy huffed, stopping at the corner, “Jae and all the staff left hours ago without saying anything. Now we gotta find our way back to the hotel on foot.”

“I inputted the address before we left.” Aurora pulled up the maps app on her phone, turning the device around for Moxy to see. “My GPS says head right four blocks, turn left then keep going straight for six blocks. The hotel will be on our right.” The two started walking following the directions Aurora’s phone gave them. It was gonna be a long walk. 

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After a long day of doing the same pose for twenty minutes at a time, a thirty minute walk felt like hours. 

“Come on Eunji!! We’re only six blocks away.” Moxy tugged on Aurora limp arm. The younger one dragging her feet. 

“I’m so tired unnie!! I know you’re itching to give Jae a piece of your mind but why can we stop and eat something.” Aurora finally gave in, letting her leader pull her further down the street. 

“We can’t stop because neither of us know how to speak french. Come on, I promise we’ll eat whatever you want once we get to the hotel.” Aurora huffed but began lifting her feet keeping up with Moxy pace. The beautiful architecture around them were just regular building to the tired girls 

The two girls were crossing their third block when they heard it. 

“Hey! Where are you two ladies going all by your lonesome.” They both froze at the leering male voice to their right. Aurora almost turned to see who he was but Moxy’s hand gripping her own stopped her. Moxy suddenly started moving yanking Aurora along. 

Before the younger could say anything, Moxy practically hissed, “Keep your head down and keep walking. Don’t make any eye contact. Just keep walking.” 

“Oh come on now!! Why don't you stick around. I can show you both a real good time!” At the sound of heavy footfalls, Moxy picked up the pace.

“Hey! I’m talking to you two! It’s rude to ignore someone older than you.” The voice and its ensuing footsteps got closer. 

A foreign hand grabbed where the members' hands were intertwined. 

A foreign whine left Aurora's mouth at the unwanted touch. 

Moxy didn’t even register what happened until the man groaned in pain. His grip lost

Blood dripped from the man’s nose. Furious eyes met frightened ones. Moxy’s closed fist shaking between them.

“You little bit—” Moxy didn’t stick around for the rest of the sentence. 

The girls took off down the street. Street signs and Building passed them in a blur. They didn’t stop until the third set of footsteps faded further away, lost in the speed they ran through the streets. Up ahead, Aurora noticed an open door. They ducked into the door, hiding behind the wall when an angry male voice passed by. The two girls clutched at each other as their heartbeats slowed down, the rising panic settling. 

When a softer, kinder voice this time thankfully in thick accented English said, “Excuse me.” Both girls couldn’t help but jump. Their jittery nerves still not fully calm. 

“Sorry to startle. Do you…need help?” Moxy breathed a sigh of relief, “Yes please.” 

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"Taeyong, you need to calm down."

"How can I calm down when two of my members are missing in Paris and need I remind you THEY DON'T SPEAK FRENCH!!!!!" Soonjae had to move the speaker away from her ear. Taeyong shouting could burst eardrums. Sounds of the phone tossed around were all the manager heard until a more level-headed voice spoke.

"Soonjae-noona, could you tell me what happened." Johnny asked but she could still hear Taeyong pacing in the background. Threats against Jae's jobs spilling from his mouth.

Soonjae shook her head, thanking the heavens Taeyong was still in Korea, "I called Jae as soon as Hannah and Juno finished boarding. I asked where Moxy and Aurora were. He said, verbatim, 'no idea'. Then fed me some BS about the girls telling them to go ahead to the hotel." Soonjae's uber finally arrived and pulled off after she closed the door.

"Moxy and Aurora know better than that. You don't actually believe him?" Doyoung's voice chimed in.

"Who do you take me for Doyoung-ah? I've been a manager at this company for years. Of course I didn't."

"We don't mean anything by that Soonjae-noona. We all just wanna find the girls." Johnny tone once again smoothed out the tension.

Soonjae was seething when she hung up with Jae earlier. Both she and Taeyong were skeptical of him when all the AG members had something to say about his behavior. Taeyong, being the leader, wanted him gone immediately. Nobody disrespected his members. Not on his watch.

Soonjae was the one who stopped him.

She'd known Jae for years now. He first became a manager right at the tail end of F(x)'s active days then he was moved to Red Velvet's team and he flourished. Within three years, he became one of their lead managers. The two regularly hanging to commiserate over the days events.

Then Soonjae was moved to NCT's management, specifically Moxy's. The company wanted her to have a personal manager that she could fully trust since they were adding the girl to an all male group. The Aurora debuted. Then Juno and Hannah came soon after. When AG became real, SM knew they wanted Soonjae to stay on as their lead manager, giving her the choice to choose who she wanted to bring on.

Jae was her first choice and now her girls were in possible danger.

and it was her fault.

"Noona....It's okay. None of this is your fault. You focus on getting in touch with the girls. I'll go to the company and handle this." Taeyong reassured her. Making sure the older woman knew in ire wasn't directed at her. After they hung up, minutes later, her phone rang again. Relief filled her at the familiar name.

"Moxy?!? Thank God, where are you??" Soonjae relayed the address to her uber driver, "Okay I'm heading your way. Do Not Move!!"

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The older lady introduced herself as Genevieve. The shop Moxy and Aurora ran into was her bakery. Genevieve, or Miss Eve as she asked them to call her, sat them down and told them they could stay while they waited for someone to pick them up. Before they could call, Soonjae's number flashed across Moxy’s screen. The manager demanded to know why the two weren’t at the hotel yet. After reassuring their rightfully pissed manager that they were okay, Soonjae told them she was leaving the hotel on the way to their location. 

When Miss Eve came back out, it was with a tray full of homemade french pastries. The elder proceeded to feed the girls while they waited for their manager to arrive. When asked Moxy told Miss Eve about what they had been up to and who they were. When Miss Eve found out they were celebrities, she got them to sign the wall of her store.

“That way when group get big, I can brag. Knew you before famous.” 

Miss Eve was packing up pastries for the girls to bring back to the hotel when Soonjae arrived. It was a tearful reunion finally seeing a familiar face after what happened earlier. Before they left, Moxy and Aurora signed a spare album and poster for Miss Eve to hang in her bakery. The two left with a promise to bring Hannah and Juno next time. 

The ride back was silent until Soonjae asked, “Was this Jae? And don’t lie.” Soonjae took the silence for their answer. The car sped up in response.

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The girls couldn’t catch a break as they walked into the gorgeous lobby of their hotel. Jae was already headed their way with a fake concerned look on his face. 

“Girls, I am so sorry. I honestly thought you were–” “Save it Jae. Girls, go ahead upstairs. I’ll have Kyungso meet you up there.” Warily, Moxy looked at the two managers deciding as much as she wanted to see Soonjae unnie run down Jae her own tiredness won over. Moxy silently told Aurora to follow her to the elevators. 

Soonjae didn’t speak until the elevator doors closed. “Of all the low-down, dirty things I’ve ignored because I know who you really are–” 

“Noona, I said I’m sor—” “THAT'S NOT ENOUGH!!” Jae flinched at the harshness of the elders' tone. In all the time he’s known Soonjae, she’s never yelled. She didn’t really need to. If Soonjae asked for something, everything and everyone followed suit. 

Soonjae took a huge deep breath before continuing, “I know you hate SM for pulling you from Red Velvet to NCT but that is no excuse to take it out on those four girls. You’re suspended, effective immediately. Pack your stuff. You’re on the first plane back to Seoul in the morning.” 

Jae scoffed, “You don’t have the right to suspend me. Only upper management can.” He crossed his arm, looking smug. He faltered when Soonjae just smirked back.

Soonjae took out her phone flipping thru until she reached an email from the CEO himself, “Ehem, Soonjae-ssi, We can’t believe what Jae-ssi has done to idols in our agency. Rest assured we will take care of it as soon as possible. Until then, Inform Jae-ssi that he has been suspended and is expected to fly out early so we can discuss his behavior and attitude towards the idols under his watch.” Soonjae locked her phone with a satisfying click, “Well would you look at that. Seems like I do have the power.” Soonjae patted his shoulder, “I’d get to packing if I were you.” Getting into the elevator, Soonjae couldn’t help the wave of satisfaction that crashed over her seeing Jae seething in the middle of the lobby. 

Soonjae was finally able to breathe once she saw her girls eating, the stress of the day finally sliding away. In the car the head manager could tell something serious happened between the photo shoot location and the girls ending up at that bakery. Knowing they were safe was enough for now. Pushing them for an explanation may do more harm than good. She decided to leave those thoughts for another day. 

Right now, making Migyeong and Eunji comfortable was her top priority.

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Here is the orignal request: Can I request an Aurora and Moxy angst, where they have a duo¿ schedule and they're both left out in a foreign country (you pick which) on purpose (shitty new manager) and they get hurt (they fall, get physically assaulted by a sasaeng, pass out from dehydration or idk, you pick 😭) and the members are NOT pleased with it? I've dreamt of this scenario and it was so realistic, so I've thought of making a request..

Thank you anon for your request!! I also wanted to say if any anon reader's want to give themselves an emoji so I can differentiate between you all, you're totally free to do so!! just shoot me a message 💚💚

Once the music stopped, the only sound you could hear was heavy breathing. The girls stayed in position while their dance instructor gave his critiques. As soon as he walked out, the girls ran for the door.

“Eunji! Ningning! You guys want water? Amaya and I are headed to the corner store.” Migyeong looked at the maknae who was sprawled out on the floor of the stage. Eunji groaned in response which Migyeong took as an affirmative. The two older girls turn to Ningning. 

“No thanks unnie. I have some water here.” Amaya shut the door behind them. Their voices carried down the halls of the SM building.

Ningning went to her bag sitting in one of the chairs on the front row. She flopped onto the closest chair chugging half her water in less than five seconds. Maybe she should have asked Migyeong unnie to bring her more water back. Bleary eyed, Ningning watched Eunji finally move, dragging herself to an upright position.

Eunji stumbled to her feet, her legs practically wobbling underneath her. Ningning looked away for a second thinking she saw something in the door window. Turning back around, Ningning saw how close to the edge Eunji was. 

“Wow Eunji!?” Ningning got up, fearing the worst. “The stairs are the other way. Follow me to your left.” Ningning held her hand up, reaching for the younger. Hoping to steer her away from the edge of the stage. 

Ningning thanked the heavens she was right at the edge of the stage. When Eunji turns around, everything tilts. 

“EUNJI!!!”

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It took a moment for Ningning’s brain to catch up. Blinking the blinding lights out of her eyes, her body registered the warm body sprawled on top of hers. The singer pushed herself using her arm but a twinge stopped her. Seeing a large purple bruise, made her wince. That was gonna be hard to hide she thought. Ningning used her other arm to push herself up. Eunji’s limp body fell over her legs. Ningning adjusted so her knees acted as a pillow for Aurora’s head. 

“Eunji…. Eunji please.” Tears filled the olders eyes. Eunji not responding to her pleas. “Eunji, please wake up. I can’t do this without you.” Ningning didn’t even hear the door open. She didn’t hear the footsteps rushing towards the two girls. Didn’t feel the pain in her shoulder until Juno put her arm around her.

“—-Ning! Can you hear me? Tell me what happened!” Moxy’s questions finally registered in her brain. Juno was on her right side checking her shoulder.

Ningning wiped her eyes, “Eunji. She fell off the stage. When she got up, her knees were shaking.” Ningning winced when Juno’s fingers prodded at her bruised shoulder. “I told her to come towards the stairs…so I could help her down. I think she turned too quickly. She– she just tipped over the edge……I tried….to catch her but I fell too.” Her eyes filled with tears that Juno was quick to wipe away. In her mind she couldn’t help but think about how bad it could have been if she wasn’t so close. Eunji would have hit the ground with no support. I could have lost her Ningning winced at the thought. 

“Hey Ning-ah, look at me. You did good okay. Eunji’s gonna be just fine. You protected her from getting injured further. Let unnies take over. Now Amaya’s gonna take you to get some bruise cream for your shoulder. I’m gonna stay here until Eunji’s mom gets here.” As the two girls walked out of the room, Moxy folded up her jacket, gently placing it underneath Eunji’s head. 

I hope she won't be mad, Migyeong thought as she unlocked her phone and scrolled to one of her contacts.

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Eunji blinked up at the familiar ceiling of her childhood room. Waking up, she felt more rested than she’d ever been but she doesn’t remember how she got here. She took a glance around until her eyes locked with Migyeong’s. “What happened? Why am I here?”

“You were exhausted. That’s why you’re here.” Migyeong got up from her chair to sit by Eunji’s side.

“You told my mom. Unnie, you promised!”

“I promised not to tell her anything unless it was serious. Eunji, you passed out. This is serious. Luckily your moms a nurse and she diagnosed you. If it was Mark he would have taken you to the hospital.”

“You and Mark talked.”

“Only to make sure we were on the same page when it comes to you.” The older brushed Eunji’s fringe to the side, away from her eyes. “I know you say we’re super similar but after talking to him….I don’t see it.” Before Eunji could respond, her mom Ms. Chae coughed, catching the attention of the two girls. She was leaning on the door post in her scrubs, her eyes locked on her daughter. 

“Migyeong-ah thanks for staying until I got off work. Your granddad's here to take you home.” Migyeong nodded. She got up from the bed saying, “Don’t you ever do that again. You owe Ningning a thank you for taking the brunt of the fall. I’ll see you in a week.” She sent one more apologetic look Eunji’s way before making her way down the hall. Ms. Chae walked her out but once the door was closed she went straight back to her daughter's room. 

Ms. Chae pulled the chair Migyeong occupied earlier closer to the bed. When she settled down, Eunji did her best not to make eye contact. It just made the scolding worse.

“What’s our rule, Eunji-ah?” 

“Ummm. Don’t slap people.” 

“The other one.” 

“Don’t punch someone unless they deserve it?” 

“The other, other one.” 

Eunji thought for a moment, “Always tell mom you love her.” That didn’t amuse Ms. Chae at all. Eunji sighed. 

“If training interferes with my grades or health, I’d have to leave.” Ms. Chae was gonna speak but Eunji cut her off, desperate. “But eomma, this is the first time I’ve passed out. Everything else has been fine. Peachy even. I pushed myself too far and that’s my fault but I’m begging you. Don’t make me quit. I love this. I love training with Ningning, Amaya and Migyeong unnies. And….training with the boys, It's the most fulfilling thing I’ve done since I became a trainee. Haechan gets on my nerves sometimes but I know he cares about me. Renjun’s been teaching me ballet to help with my balance. Jaemin and Jeno stop at nothing to make me smile at every practice. Genuinely smile.” As her daughter ranted about the six male trainees she’s already heard so much about, Her mind wandered. 

Some of the people Ms. Chae has encountered in her life  judged her choices. Getting pregnant young and marrying a foreigner. Divorcing him five years later and moving back to Korea. Letting her eleven year old daughter become an idol trainee was another choice liked by few. Ms. Chae never wanted to hold her daughter back. Watching Eunji singing were some of the rare times Ms. Chae saw her daughter come alive since they moved to Korea. Call her selfish for wanting to see that more by letting her daughter start training. She didn’t care. 

Getting the call from an emotional Migyeong scared her. She dropped everything, rushing to the SM building with her arms loaded with anything she could need to patch her daughter up. She sighed in relief after finding out Eunji was just dehydrated and exhausted.

Walking into the auditorium to see her daughter lying prone on the floor was enough for her to regret deciding to let Eunji train. But seeing Eunji now, a girl who swore off stupid boys at six years old after punching one in the jaw, speaks unabashedly about six male trainees erased that regret away. 

If letting her daughter train helped her grow into the woman she was meant to be, Ms. Chae could take any and all judgy looks. 

“The girls and I finally nailed our monthly eval routine today. I can’t just drop out mom. I’ll do any—” 

“I’m not making you quit.” Ms. Chae said with a smile. 

“thing to stay.” Eunji paused, “Do you just say I don’t have to quit? I can keep training.” Eunji went to sit up. Her mom helped her to an upright position keeping a hand on her arm just in case she got dizzy. 

“I’ve never seen you talk about any boys more than those six. You love this right?” Eunji nodded. With a smile, Ms. Chae cupped her daughter's face between her two hands, “I would never take you away from something that clearly matters to you. But you have to get a better schedule since you definitely want to keep training with both groups. I don’t want you to pass out ever again okay?” Quickly Eunji nodded. She threw her hands around her mom thanking her profusely. 

“Alright alright you need to lay back down. You’re not leaving this bed for a week. Nurses orders.” Ms. Chae walked out of the room to her daughter whining. 

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For the first time, she felt sluggish. Every movement felt controlled by someone else, not by her own brain. Throughout this practice, NCT’s maknae was floating in the clouds. Earlier that day, her second leader, Mark, had noticed the situation Aurora was in and forced her to lay down for a quick nap. The sleep session gave her the energy to make it through to lunch. Now it seemed the energy had worn off at the worst time. 

She had been struggling with the choreo for WTTJ. Jisung hadn’t had the time to help her. She’d been on her own and the choreographer didn’t seem too keen on stopping to explain anything. He’d show it once then kept going. He wouldn’t say anything when any of them messed up, the look of disapproval was enough. 

The four girls had been stuck on the second chorus. All of them had gotten one move wrong in different places. The phrase ‘do it again’ was gettting on everyone's nerves. Juno and Aurora weren’t as dance inclined as Moxy and Hannah. The two commiserate over difficult choreo all the time. Something wasn’t clicking for them both and the failure was bothering Juno A LOT MORE than Aurora. 

Hours later and they were still stuck on the second chorus. Every time they were told to stop made Juno’s blood boil. No matter the member, it was only a matter of time before everything exploded. Aurora was the one to mess up this time and the unfortunate recipient of Juno’s anger.

“JESUS AURORA!!! Get it together! You’re not the only one tired! We’ve all been here for hours, STUCK on the same part because of you! Maybe there's a reason you don't have any main positions in the group.”

“JUNO!!” Moxy’s voice silenced the room, “That was uncalled for. We’ve all messed up, including you;” The rest of Moxy’s words fell on deaf ears. Aurora felt the burn of tears. 

A couple of nights ago, Aurora expressed her insecurities to Juno. That night, her older sister comforted her. Reassured her that the positions system was crap. It didn’t define her or her talents. To hear someone she trusts throw a private conversation in her face hurts. Seeing Juno’s face fall, realizing what she said, didn’t stop that pain from growing. She had to leave. Aurora ran for it. Slamming the door and making her way to the stairwell. 

Running while tired is always a bad idea. Aurora found that out when she thought her foot was on another step but it missed completely. The maknae passed out before she reached the next landing. 

Jaehyun was climbing up the stairs to the floor where all NCT members had taken over. It was gonna be a long day for everyone. Members were gonna be jumping around from room to room getting ready for NCT 2020. Jaehyun and the rest of the Make A Wish unit members were given a small break but they all promised to be back within the hour. Whoever was last bought dinner. And that was not about to be Jaehyun. 

He was one more landing away from the right floor when he heard a giant thud above him. He took the stairs two at a time to see if anyone was hurt. When he reached the landing, he almost choked at the sight in front of him. Without hesitation he called out. 

“WE NEED AN AMBULANCE!!”

When Aurora came to, she was laying on a bed. Thankfully, no oxygen mask was required. She tried wiggling her toes, they were okay. When she wiggled her fingers, pain shot up her left arm. Trying to sit up made a strange sensation  rush through her head. Aurora moaned, not used to feeling this woozy. Warm hands guided her back till her head hit the pillows. The lights in the room were turned down, easing the pounding in her head. 

“Rora?” a familiar voice spoke softly, “Can you open your eyes for me?” Moxy asked, both of her hands holding one of hers. Even opening her eyes a little bit made the woozy feeling rush back. Aurora eyes snapped back shut. . 

“Bright.” Aurora’s voice croaked out

“Bright? Is it too bright?” Immediately in the same soft tone, “Kill the lights.” Aurora heard someone's footsteps lead to a corner of the room. Thank God she thought as the lights were turned off. Slowly she cracked open her eyes thankful for the darkness soothing her pounding head. “Do I look okay? You’re not seeing double right? The doctor told us to check when you woke up,” A wave of relief passed over the members occupying her room when she nodded

“I’m alive?! Where am I?” Aurora wandered around the room taking in the faces around her bed. Moxy and Jaehyun were the closest. Taeyong whispered something to Mark before slipping out of the room. 

“Aurora of course you’re alive.” Mark took her other hand. The concern dripped from his gaze. 

“As for where you are,” Aurora turned to Moxy's sad eyes. “You’re in the hospital. On top of spraining your wrist and bruising your back from the fall. You passed out from exhaustion. Safe to say I can’t save you from Hannah leacure about proper hydration this time.”

“Fall? What fall? I don’t remember–” Then it hit her. Juno’s comment. The anger. Running to the stairs. Missing a step. All the memories appear clear as day in her mind. But she couldn’t focus on that. Aurora was already worried about the time she lost. How far was each group behind because of her.

“How long was I out? Did I miss a ton of practice” Aurora paused, waiting for the pounding in her head to subside. “Wait that doesn’t matter. Since I’m awake they can release me.” Aurora tried to sit up but two hands pushed her back down. 

“Slow down Eunji-ah. You’re not going anywhere. At least not until a doctor comes to check you out. You have a bad bump on your head. So I want you to stay put while I go check with Taeyong. Watch her.” Jaehyun addressed Aurora to leaders both heading out the door. The room was silent except for the sounds coming from outside of the door. Inwardly, Aurora wondered where Juno was. She figured she'd be by her bedside, trying to apologize. Maybe she wasn’t because she believed what she said. 

“Before you ask, The company only let a couple of us come with you. The others had to wait until you woke up. They’re probably marching down the hall as we speak.” Moxy ran her hand through Aurora's hair. 

True to her word, The door opened. Letting Hannah, Chenle, Jisung, Haechan and Juno into the room. Before he could run over, Mark stopped Haechan warning he couldn’t manhandle Aurora like he’d normally would. Both Chenle and Haechan walked over, the two of them checking on her in their own ways. Haechan gets a few laughs out of her while Chenle silently scans her for any and all injuries. 

It seemed like Haechan was also used to distract her. Before she knew it, all the members who were around her had left, leaving Aurora with Juno and Haechan. 

“I’m gonna check what’s going on outside.” He ruffled Aurora’s hair walking over to Juno. He whispered something in her ear then joined the others in the hall outside her room. The two girls kept glancing around the room, eyes never landing on each other. 

“Juno unnie, come and sit.” Aurora patted the space next to her on the bed. Juno was shocked, feeling like the maknae wanted nothing to do with her. When Jaehyun’s voice called for an ambulance, all the members came running. Before anyone could see what happened, Johnny and Taeil were backing the others away while Mark and Moxy stepped forward to examine the situation. They all knew it was serious when an ambulance pulled up minutes later with a company car following behind it. . 

Hours later news was relayed to the other members stuck at the company. Practice was canceled for the day on Taeyong’s orders. They were all thankful. No one was gonna focus until they heard something. The managers only let so many members see Aurora, besides Hannah and Juno, so they settled it the only way they knew how, Kai-Bai-Bo. 

Only one thing had been running through Juno’s head in the car. Why would I say that? Being tired and frustrated isn’t an excuse to be mean. Especially to someone she considers her little sister. Juno took a seat on the bed next to Aurora, grabbing her hand. 

“Rora– I’m so” “Unnie stop.” Her jaw snapped shut. Tears were already building in her eyes. In this state Juno didn’t think she could handle any harsh words. But knew she deserved them. 

“I’ve always been the only child. When SM told my mom I’d be debuting again in a girl group, she said something before our first practice. She said ‘I have three sisters and between the four of us, we’ve gotten into hundreds of fights. But the one thing I always knew is they’d fight for me and I would do the same.’ What you said hurt me Unnie but I know you have my back an—”

“Of course I do. Rora, you’re like my little sister. But that doesn’t excuse me from apologizing. You’re owed an apology. Aurora I am so sorry. I’ve been exhausted and this practice was my breaking point. If I hadn’t seen you first it would’ve been Hannah. And If not her it would’ve Migyeong unnie. I promise, I’ll find a better way to process these emotions because none of you deserve it. Okay?” 

Aurora nodded. She tried to speak again but Juno held her hand up. “And one more thing. Don’t you dare take a word I said today seriously. I meant what I said last week. The position system is bullshit. Your talents are not defined by the words main, lead and sub. You are one of the most talented people I have ever met and it is an honor to stand on stage with you. You are so young, you have nothing but time and room to grow.” Aurora blinked tears away. She gripped her Unnie’s hand tight, silent understanding passing between the two and as carefully as she could, Juno hugged her. In the tiny window, several eyes look at the scene in a mixture of relief and joy. Seeing the two girls smiling and exchanging laughter once again.

Can I request an Aurora & AG angst? Aurora has been overworking herself, so she was slacking off on AG practice and other girls were in a bad mood so they yelled at her how she was being lazy, that being the reason why she had no main positions and said something insensitive. Then Aurora had enough, ran out from the practice room all teary with some NCT members running after her (without AG). She then gets into an life threatening accident, but survives of course.

I saw the prompt list and thought of this. prompt 38, 29, 50. & 45.