forgotten. donghyuck [book2]

01 | fate

'Hi Mara.' He croaked as tears dropped onto the record I was holding.

It was him. It really was him.

I stood frozen to the spot, not knowing how to react.

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Despite the fact that we had promised to FaceTime and call and text each other everyday our contact with one another slowly trailed off before we didn't speak at all.

The last time we had spoken was around a year and a half ago; six months after I moved to LA.

We both became busy with our lives and Haechan had pursued a career in music and he wasn't able to talk to me anymore.

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We both stood looking at each other for a minute before he rushed over to me and pulled me into a tight hug.

'I missed you Mara.' He whispered into my ear.
'I missed you too Haechan.' I held him tighter.

We stood crying and holding each other in the middle of a downtown LA record store looking rather odd.

A person in a beige shirt came over and tapped me on the shoulder before attempting to pull me away from him.

I let go and stood behind the person who was blocking me off from Haechan.

'I'm afraid that you're not allowed to hug Haechan as he is on business and it is invading his personal space. I know it may be overwhelming seeing an idol in public and if you would like a photo I'm sure he'd be happy to accept but other than that no physical contact.' Thy spoke English but I could tell that they were more confident in Korean.

'It's fine. Amara is an old friend from school. We used to date until she moved here to LA and we haven't seen each other in two years. It's okay really.' He reassured the person who I assumed was a staff member.

'You're an idol?' My eyes widened as the staff member took a step back.
'Yeah, this is the reason I kinda couldn't talk to you. I'm a member of NCT, we're a kpop group but you're bound to have heard of us right?'

I laughed a little.
What a coincidence; I was just about to find out who NCT we're before they came into the store.

'I'm afraid I don't Haechan but I was just about to really. A song called "dream in a dream" came on just before you guys entered and I was going to look it up but you guys came in and I turned my phone off.' I shrugged.

He acted shocked and put a hand on his heart before taking a step back.
'You've never heard of NCT? Mara I'm ashamed!' He laughed.

I fished my phone out of my pocket and showed it to him, the google search "NCT" was typed in and an array of results showing up.

He took my phone from me and tapped in a few things before handing it back to me.

I looked down at the screen to see that he had typed his own name in and had clicked on a photo of him performing.

I laughed at him as he beamed and posed a little before putting my phone back.

'How's your dad doing?' He asked.
'He's doing good. He got a good job and a new girlfriend and just got promoted so we're all going out for dinner tonight. I was supposed to be getting something to wear but I ended up here instead.'

'Well you'll look good in anything so no matter what you but you'll look beautiful.' He smiled at me as two boys came over and hit him on the shoulder.

'Hey Hyuck, who's this and why isn't she mine?' A boy with blonde hair asked, winking at me.
'This is Amara, we used to date before I joined SM and she moved here to LA.' Haechan smiled at me proudly.

'You dated him? Are you blind?' The blonde boy sounded genuinely surprised.

'Yes I did date him.' I smiled sarcastically at him.
'Mara this is Taeyong.' Haechan motioned to the boy, who leaned against his shoulder. 'And this is Doyoung. They're both members of NCT along with me.'

The other boy was tall and had black hair and wore a blue coloured jumper whose sleeves were too long, making him have sweater paws.

'Oh so you're Taeyong.' I gaped slightly. 'I remember Haechan mentioning you being a good cook when we dated. Of course I'm better but still...'

Taeyong looked from Haechan to me and back again before Haechan spoke.

'I'm surprised you even remember that woah..' he scratched the back of his neck. 'But yeah hyung, she is a good cook.' We laughed.

Taeyong scoffed jokingly. 'I better go check on the others before they break something.' He smiled a little before turning on his heel and making off to find the "others".

'How long have you lived in LA?' Doyoung finally spoke.

His appearance resembled that of a rabbit which I thought was cute.

'Just over two years.' I nodded.
'Do you miss living in Korea?' He tilted his head.
'Yeah, I had to learn a new language and make new friends and I haven't been to my mothers grave since we left so I miss that... but I'm hoping to move back to study soon.' I smiled.

Haechan beamed with anticipation.
'You're going to come back to Korea?' He bounced a little and took his hands in mine.
'I might be Haechan; it's not definite. But my father is happy here and he found a girlfriend, despite his age, and they're happy here so I'm considering it.'

'Oh please come back! Then I'll get to see you more!' He was still bouncing.

Doyoung chuckled to himself.
'I'll leave you two to catch up. It was nice meeting you Amara.' He gave a slight salute before walking off to look at some records.

Haechan and I talked for another while and exchanged phone numbers before he had to leave with his members to film somewhere else and meet the rest of their members.

He waved a huge wave before he left the store and I laughed and waved back.

I got a text soon after he left as I was looking through miscellaneous records for something I liked.

Dongsookie❤️
It must be fate...

We haven't seen each other in two years yet we meet in a downtown LA record store and our love for each other is just the same.

It really must be fate.

a/n
I haven't updated this book in ages but thank you for your patience and nice comments!!

I have published a new book for Mark because after the first rude book I wanted to write about him except it's a kind of poem book(?) but yeah, check it out if you want,,

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