Nov 25, 2025
PaceyJoey in Every Episode
❦ 1×02: Dance
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PaceyJoey in Every Episode
❦ 1×02: Dance
ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ʙᴏʏ » ᴄʜᴇɴʟᴇ 1/3
─ ʜɪɢʜ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ x ɢʜᴏsᴛ ᴀᴜ
↠ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴛʜᴇ sʟɪᴍ ʜᴏᴏᴅᴇᴅ ғɪɢᴜʀᴇ ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʟʟᴡᴀʏ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍʏ ʙᴜᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ﹐ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɢᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
↠ ᴄʜᴇɴʟᴇ x ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ﹐ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ/sʟɪᴄᴇᴏғʟɪғᴇ
btw ;; the reader will be introduced in part two of this little series thing (ʃƪ'⌣’)
also credit to nakamotens for the cute ass gifset of nct dream omg
HELLO i’m here (sadly) with a headcannon kind of thing for this idea
it could honestly be a fanfic on it’s own but you’ll see more of chenle’s presence in the other nct dream stories i’m planning
moving along
chenle was such a happy person during his lifetime. a very lovable kid in his academy, his family, his close friends and outside of school
he made everyone smile no matter what the situation was and his hyper energy rubbed off on everyone else majority of the time
“sunshine” to “loud kid” went around the academy
he had a good amount of friends but of course! nothing replaced the dream for kids crew
dream for kids crew was for the boys in the academy who came here on scholarship or had a difficult home life
everyone in it valued the after school activities, random field trips to theaters or any other event someone mentioned and then the friendships everyone made with each other
the dream kids typically got their scholarship based on what they were strong in (e.g music theory, any instrument, sports, science, the art department, math, languages)
the academy particularly loves these boys (and girls because they have their own crew/program!) since they ended up usually being the success stories
chenle was determined to be one of those kids, the kids who had their photo taken for the wall with a ribbon on the side of it LOL
see chenle use to play the piano
he was really fucking good at it and he spent hours upon hours crafting the quality of the sounds that came out
his home life was a struggle but it was filled with warmth and love
chenle came from a pretty poor family consisting of his single father, his grandmother and younger sister who was only in pre school when he passed away
his mother had walked out on the family for another man so chenle didn’t really see her much except for holidays and sometimes birthdays if she wasn’t angry at his father
he didn’t really care if she did visit
his grandmother’s homestyle cooking, his father’s hearty laugh and his little sister whining to be held by him was all he needed
chenle discovered the piano when he entered into the academy
at first, he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do since he was only six years old but as time went on… he was confused
he didn’t know what to do
he tried out astronomy with renjun but he wasn’t as stellar at it like his best friend
jaemin suggested joining the book club he’s in but after reading one chapter of a thick novel, he gave up
mark convinced him to do soccer but met with the words of “no thank you” because chenle knew those jerseys were itchy
jisung said to join the art community with jeno or come with him to an ap algebra class but chenle didn’t agree with any of those
haechan reminded him to be gentle with himself and wait it out
of course chenle got frustrated and vowed to be undecided for the rest of his life
until he heard the piano piece clair de lune and he knew he wanted to learn that instrument
so! he begged his father for a keyboard on his thirteenth birthday and wow! his father managed to buy it for him
he still owns the keyboard and yeah, it’s in bad shape but mark put all these stickers he got from the local dollar store plus jisung scribbled “butter fingers” on it so he’ll keep it even if it breaks
cliche but he loves playing für elise and that’s one of his go to audition songs
funny story : since it is mentioned that he auditions with that song, the teachers there always say “chenle, can you please pick another piece? we heard this last week lol” and he’s like “uh?? but you know you like hearing it so no!” they gave him this look so he starts playing a jazz piece bye
chenle’s pretty much self taught because taking lessons couldn’t happen for him
so he watched youtube videos and before you know it, he wasn’t tone deaf!
he learned any song ranging from twinkle twinkle little star for his little sister to stevie wonder’s isn’t she lovely
he finally knew where he belonged in the academy and what he wanted to be
he wanted to be a conductor one day
no one questioned him or made him feel crummy for it not being a typical dream job
but he didn’t care either way since it was his soon to be life, not theirs
the dream kids support him so much!!
jeno even lets him conduct his flute practices from time to time
chenle during the practice : ( ՞ਊ ՞)
jeno during the practice : (`_っ´) “chenle keep moving your freaking arms im off beat”
renjun wouldn’t let him conduct his percussion practices though lmfao
jeno and renjun would be like “band geeks united!” and chenle would have stood there pouting and mocking their handshake since piano wasn’t really in band or orchestra
it soon becomes “musical geniuses united!”
playing the piano made him feel safe
it was a whole new world for him besides his own earbuds and the dream kids
SPEAKING OF THE DREAM KIDS lets get mushy before the angst
chenle loved all of them
definitely jisung but he loved the slightly older kids like mark and renjun
jeno was his main dude though for arcade games if they had either enough spare change or they somehow smoothly talked the owner to let them in. sometimes the latter worked.
jaemin helped him tackle vocabulary terms in their english courses and taught him how to properly learn the difference between effect and affect
he still didn’t know
haechan helped him with science homework and actually helped him pass with a c-
jisung!! oh jisung!! was his childhood friend, basically since toddler days since their families mingled during community church meetings and such
jisung always told chenle that they are brothers and that no matter what happens, they wouldn’t live life to the fullest without each other
this is random but i forgot to mention that they live in really small town as well so everyone knew everyone. tight community i suppose
back to the mushiness
everyone in the group cherished and let me tell you, PROTECTED HIM WITH THEIR LIVES! jisung and chenle was everyone’s little brothers
chenle enjoyed teasing them and laughing with them with his iconic laugh (wow i really just heard his laugh in my own head bye) probably screaming too when mark didn’t get him ice cream
everything was to be kept light hearted and fun since things at home were pretty shitty for everyone
now for the angst
well sad angst
it was around the autumn seasons and it happened to be close to thanksgiving so school was out and families planned their own dinner parties
jaemin had invited all the boys to his house for the different tastings of breads and cheese his parents were serving
chenle ate a lot as per usual but everyone kind of already figured that would happen
jisung and chenle walked home together that evening whilst chewing on the sugar cookies jaemin’s mother left them
the little conversations they have are silly but calming
jisung and chenle pretty much talked about anything and loved adventures in general, even if it’s just these two they always manage to have fun
“when thanksgiving day is over, do you wanna go to the aquarium?”
“hm, sure, chenle. i’m gonna pay though. my dad gave me apology money.”
another random thing i forgot to mention but jisung and chenle have twinning skateboards i’m kinda crying about it
anyways
chenle’s aunt had decided to come down because she missed her brother and simply to eat her mother’s good cooking
chenle and his aunt were close you know, super close and whenever she came down to visit, they would go rollerskating
so she took him rollerskating and out for pizza before hopping back in the car to go home
on the way back, they did their own version of karaoke and it ended up being a huge laugh fest between the two
his aunt wanted to save this moment with him so she pulled out her phone
“we need pictures”
“yeah we definitely need pictures”
it was at a stop light
it wasn’t time for it change yet on either sides but the streets were empty and a car had decided to come through
during the pictures, in the camera finder, chenle could see the car swerving and coming straight for them
but before he say anything, all he saw was black and the white noise of ringing in his ears
his family had soon seen the manila folder with the words “hit & run, two dead, five minutes before death took place” labeled across it
chenle was identified by wearing a yellow hooded jacket and the receipt ticket from the skating rink lying next to his aunt with a small smile on his face
"My heart was a hellhound. Now, my heart sits on your lap. My hands were always clenching, 'til I held yours and you held 'em back."
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