━━━ ( 💌 ) chapter chittapon leechaiyapornkul...

" dolphin to samoyed, do i look obvious? "

jeno hissed as he glared to the owner of the high pitched voice, whom luckily is located just a few seats behind him, " samoyed to dolphin, zhong chenle how many times do i have to tell you, don't speak directly at the mic! "

" just tell me if i look obvious, " chenle whispered back in a much lower volume. jeno's eyes roamed his surrounding until a neon green sweater came to his view, and judging by the figure's appearance jeno already got his answer instantly.

" i told you to wear dark clothes, not a neon green sweater! " he retorted, his hands reached his phone to avoid suspiscion.

a husky voice butted in their conversation, " baby chick to stupid samoyed and dolphin, just focus on your jobs and keep a close eye on the door. "

jeno sighed at his two friends and adverted his gaze back on the store's shelf, silently praying that their plan and effort wouldn't go to waste. his eyes lingered to every customer like a predator hunting for their prey, or more like their target the black hooded figure they caught on the camera. the three friends ended up in the cafe where jisung and chenle worked because well as the youngest park noticed, the female was carrying the cafe's plastic bag so altogether they made a prediction that the hooded figure would come again and from there they could track her and reveal her identity.

he was more than sure that there is a slight chance their risky plan would succeed, but jisung insisted, telling him that it was probably the only option their braincells could possibly come up with and with time trailing them from the back, jeno had no choice but to follow and silently hope that the female figure would appear.

having already gone by the same row of ramen again and again, jeno decided to move to another spot whilst asking his friends, "anyone spot anything? "

" nope, " they simultaneously replied, and since then jeno knew not to expect much.

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the three males thought that time was going to move faster but in the exhausted condition they were in, time seemed to do its job in a slower manner. chenle whose energy was already drained from hours of standing, sat on the ground and rested his head against jisung who's currently on a short break.

same went for jeno, who brushed his hair and lowered down his cap after noticing that an hour have passed. he still stood stern in front of the building, although his legs begged for him to rest or at least sit, but he didn't want to lose hope yet.

wanting a boost of energy, jeno made his way inside the cafe and proceed to get himself an orange juice.

" cover my job for awhile, i need to go to the bathroom, " jisung excused himself, handing his role to his boyfriend temporarily.

chenle nodded and stood up to start his work on jeno's juice, " hyung, are you sure this plan will work? "

" honestly, after waiting for around an hour, " jeno paused to sigh, " i don't think so, but what could we possibly do? we have to find her if we want to know the truth. "

the truth, as promised and consecutively said by the mysterious letter sender was the main reason behind their actions. the sender, the letters and kyungmin all played a role in ' the truth ' the mysterious sender mentioned in their letter. whoever was behind the play of those letters had the key to the answer jeno had seeked for, he didn't know who, had no clue of what but there was a burning desire to strive for it, and maybe there was a slight chance it meant kyungmin was alive but jeno as always didn't want to expect much. as said in the previous letters, the sender wanted to be found, so be it-jeno's going to find them.

" i'm going to go back and observe from the window, " the elder male stated after receiving his drink.

the chinese male nodded as he started fidgeting with a package of chewing gum, finding it the only object able to distract him and hopefully cure his boredom. he didn't know how much longer they would be trapped inside the cafe spying at every customer like an eagle, but as long as it could ease his best friend's worry, then chenle would try his best to hold on. he and jisung had previously witnessed jeno at his lowest point in life, how he became almost like a lifeless zombie with no will to continue life. of course, as his best friends, it pained them to witness his terrible condition, and for a short while chenle had a gut feeling that jeno wasn't going to be able to recover from it-but somehow a miracle occurred and one day jeno approached them with a new kind of hope glimmering in his orbs, one that chenle had never seen before. he seeked for their help to find about the truth behind the mysterious letters he got, it even astonished them when they got the news that jeno visited kyungmin's grave. things were starting to look up for him, so the two could only hope that their plan would be executed flawlessly.

a ding produced by the cafe bell shook chenle and brought him to stand straight bowing to the new customer, " welcome to cafe dream, what can i get y-"

his body suddenly turned stiff like a board once his orbs met the female's hazel ones. and just by a glance of the eye, chenle was brought back by his memories to the day where he got the unknown letter.

it was her.

" are you alright? " the smooth voice owned by the female suddenly asked chenle.

he immediately replied stuttering with his words, " o-of course i'm so sorry for that, what can i get you? "

" i'll get myself an espresso with six shots and one breakfast set to bring home, " she glanced at the menu bar and replied with no hesitation, chenle swore she caught her squinting her eye as if trying to examine his face. 

" the grand total would be 23,000 won," chenle swiftly came up with an answer, " oh no! i'm sorry i mean 22,445 won."

" it's fine, " she placed the money on the table, thoughts ran in her head still trying to puzzle out the familiar face. 

once the transaction process was over and the unknown female was now seated, chenle found the chance to make his run to jeno who was still outside.

he couldn't contain his excitement upon encountering her and ran full speed bumping to jeno's back," ouch! "

" be careful next time you dolphin, " jeno felt guilty and rubbed the sore spot on the younger's forehead.

chenle slapped his hand away and giggled in happiness," hyung, we got her! "

jeno tilted his head slightly," we got her? "

" yes! she's inside, " chenle pointed to the figure sitting on the very corner of the cafe.

jeno widened his eyes and pat chenle in the shoulders, starring at him right in the eye with a smirk painted across his face, " well then, it's show time."

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another cliffhanger cuz my battery is running out once again rip. this is going to be pt.1 of jeno ft chenji's masterplan of unveiling the mystery sender, how are they going to end up finding the true sender? well wait till i'm motivated enough to update lmao also yall NCT DREAM 1ST FULL ALBUM CB DNSNS i cant stop talking about it cause finally our voices have been heard, i cant contain my excitemrnt and look forward to their comeback as seven. this book is ending soon 〒_〒just about 2-3 chaps to go! as always enjoy your day and take care (♡˙︶˙♡)

p.s this chapter was edited, i noticed some errors that didn't make sense so i decided to republish a couple of things!