#nct crack

★ renjun.

“excuse me?” renjun raised his eyebrow. he had the sassiest expression ever when you dropped the “current boyfriend” bomb. he narrowed his eyes, crossing his arms at you, “you wanna say that again?”

★ jeno.

“am i hearing you correctly?” jeno nearly dropped the drink he had the second he overheard your phone call. his jaw clenched, taking strides towards you. “you better correct yourself, baby, people might think they have a shot with you.”

★ haechan.

“you think you’re so funny, huh?” haechan scoffed, pressing his tongue against his cheek, the little habit he does when he’s getting angry. “if i called you my current girlfriend, i’d be getting my ass kicked, so you better take that back.”

★ jaemin.

“princess, did you say that right?” jaemin frowned. his doe eyes staring right at you. his brows furrowed when you didn’t say a word. his expression was weary as he processed what you had just called him “you meant forever boyfriend… right?”

★ chenle.

“is this a prank? because it’s not funny.” chenle deadpanned, looking at you dead in the eye as if he was waiting for you to start laughing. “we’re getting married, none of that current boyfriend shit.”

★ jisung.

You woke up an hour and a half earlier to get ready. Every hair in your blow out sat perfectly, your face glowed and your outfit looked amazing. You even took an everything shower and shaved your whole body, just in case. Not that any of this would make a difference because the IT department insists the meetings are online as none of them can be bothered to come into the office. But you still want to look your best for the occasion.

Entering the call, you are ready to sit back and look pretty because you don’t plan on adding anything productive to this meeting or anything at all. You look around the small pictures of your coworkers and spot him. The man of your dreams, the love of your life, the father of your future children. You hit the jackpot today because instead of his usual purple LED lights, he actually sits next to a window and the clear sight of him overwhelms you. Haechan looks absolutely scrumptious. The fleece jacket he wears is the one that everyone gets as a present on their first day on the job. You threw yours away the day you got it but now you regret it as you wish you could match with him. When you look at his hair, your hands are twitching as if they feel the strands in between the fingers. What would his hair feel like? Soft and smooth? Dry and stubborn? What shampoo does he use? How often does he wash his hair? Does he wash his hair at all? Does he have dandruff? You want to know all about it.

Satisfied, you sit back and for the next hour you have a dumb smile on your face as you watch Haechan while everyone else spoke about go-through rates and adjustments in the UI. You hope he looks at your icon, too. Which is not the case based on the lines of code that reflect on his glasses. You get lost deep in thoughts while the meeting carries on.

-

It’s when you hear a chorus of “Bye”s that you realise the meeting is over and everyone’s leaving. As one picture after the other disappears, you notice Haechan is still there. This is your chance. You fidget with your mouse to turn your mike on and your voice comes on just in time before he leaves “Oh Haechan, ehm would you mind staying for a little. I had a question.” His pretty eyes look at you expectantly through his glasses. Now that his picture is fully sized on your display you can’t help but admire the small details on his face. Skin clear but with a slight stubble at his chin like he knew you would go feral over that. You follow the path of moles from his nose down to his neck which remind you of constellations of stars. And just like a shooting star, the lights shine bright in his eyes. Even his ears are pretty, this is so unfair. You remember he is still waiting for you to speak.

“Oh, ehm, yeah so, I wanted, I mean, I was thinking” Ok, it’s not that hard just finish the sentence.

“I just wanted to” You keep stumbling over your words.

You close your eyes and take a deep breathe in before the word vomit leaves your mouth.

“I just wanted to say that I had a lot of fun on Friday. The work event I mean. I didn’t know you would come because you never show up to these kinds of things haha Not that I noticed ehm my… ah yeah right my coworker mentioned that to me. She keeps track of this kind of stuff. I mean, no, she doesn’t. But yeah so I wanted to say that I had fun and you are such a great dancer. The way you did the milli rock was so cool. Maybe you could teach me one day? Maybe during lunch break? Or maybe not during lunch that would be weird, right haha. Maybe without the dancing and only the lunch, that would be better, I guess. Do you like sandwiches? For lunch, I mean. I have a 50% off coupon for the grocery store next door. You could also do your grocery shopping if you wanted. You know because I have a coupon, it’s a great deal. So yeah no dancing only lunch. Like us. Together. When we have a break. You with me. Eating lunch together? During the break?”

Good thing there was no air left in your lungs to continue this embarrassment. You open one eye to watch Haechan’s reaction. He looks at you unblinkingly. You give him a nervous smile, neck turning red while you wait for his reply. Oh no, he doesn’t want to have lunch with me, you think to yourself, I weirded him out. I shouldn’t have mentioned sandwiches, he probably hates sandwiches.

You try to save face “We don’t need to meet for lunch. Actually, I’m just realising I’m busy this week. And the week after. Oh, I’m busy until July” you pretend to scroll your calendar “in two years. Just forget I asked.”

He stays silent, frozen. In fact, not even blinking. Slowly it dawned onto you – the internet connection was gone.

“YN, you hear me? I think the connection is gone.”

Dumbfounded, you reply shortly “Oh yeah, it was.”

“Did you say something?”

His doe eyes stare into yours, warm and patient. But you couldn’t do it, all the courage a minute ago left you. So, you gave up.

“No, I was just about to log out.”

You hang up the call before you slam your face against your desk groaning loudly. Heads turn your way but you didn’t care because you just lost your chance to ask Lee Haechan out for lunch.

-

Goodbyes were exchanged as the Marketing x IT meeting ended but Haechan stayed a little longer. He waited until everyone else was gone and before you could leave the call, too, he spoke up.

“Hey Y/N, would you want to grab lunch together some day?” He waited a few seconds, no reaction. Then he noticed the connection was gone.

“YN? YN, you hear me? I think the connection is gone.”

After you both hung up the call, he felt stupid for ever even considering that maybe you would want to get lunch with him.

a/n: my phone almost overheated making these. If you see any mistakes no u don’t ❤️