#urbanct

[nightnightuniverse]

live a little; urbanct! chenle

summary: you and chenle go to the same academy.  you’ve never spoken before, but you’ve been interested in him for awhile. despite the troublemaker persona everyone said he carried.

category: fluff !! (with a teeny bit of angst ig??)

word count: 2.9 k

inspired by Lisa’s ( @choerrybot ) urbanct! au !!

this is my first time posting an actual fic !! i’m really nervous but i hope you guys like it. i spent a lot of time writing this, but I’m not quite happy with how it turned out ?? I just hope you guys enjoy it :)

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Unapproachable.

That’s what Zhong Chenle was.

He was the kid that everyone knew, but never personally. Sure he was cute, but he just didn’t fit in with the rest of our posh rich kid academy. When he moved to SM City a year ago everybody wanted to hang out with the new kid- that was until they found out what kind of crowd he hung out with. They called themselves “The Dreamies,” and every time Chenle was in the halls or one of the dreamies walked him to school you could hear the whispers.

“Did you hear one of them got arrested for graffiti?”

“Those boys are bad news. My mom knows Chenle’s parents and they said that Jeno boy slashed their couch and put grease stains all over it. They ended up having to throw it out.”

“Really? I heard that one of them got kicked out of school.”

“The youngest one, Jisung I think that’s what his name is, he’s one of the biggest drug dealers in town.”

I didn’t believe any of them, but they were interesting to listen to sometimes. People had their way of twisting things out of proportion. However there had to have been some truth in all of that. Ever since Chenle starting hanging out more with these kids there was something... different about him. Physically speaking, he started dressing differently. Gone was the preppy rich boy look, having been replaced entirely with a glints of metal on his ears hidden by blonde hair, oversized hoodies, and frayed jeans. Then there was that aura of his. Still shy by nature but, there was this underlying confidence that hadn’t been there before. He seemed happier, almost.

It wasn’t very long ago that Chenle had started to catch my attention. I don’t know what it was about him. He was so different compared to everyone else here, contrasting with the other boys of the academy with his dyed hair and kind smile. I didn’t know him- not one bit, but I wanted to.

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Walking to the academy has always been boring. All of the people who attended this place thought walking to school was beneath them, showing up in their fancy top model cars or flashy limos. Except for one, he was always seen walking with his group of ‘delinquents’ as everyone else called them. They could be heard a mile away with their light-hearted laughter and loud swears. The only laughter that I really heard had to be Chenles’. The way it absolutely oozed happiness and warmth. It was a complete change from how he acted inside the walls of our academy.

For almost a year now I took the same path, and for some time, Chenle and his friends did too. Reaching the school gates I could see the crowds of students hanging around waiting for the first bell of the morning to ring. The closer I walked to the school the louder the voices from the academy got. There was a couple voices in particular that stuck out though.

“Oh my sweet baby angel is going off to school! Have a good day my tiny baby boy!”

“Hyuck, please! You can’t do this every time you drop me off.“

“I can and I will. Now go along and have fun with the snobby rich kids. Me and the other dreamies will be waiting for you when you get out !!”

Turning around I caught sight of a red-headed boy coddling someone to the point of suffocation. Pulling away from who I am assuming to be Hyuck, I was able to see that it was actually Chenle being hugged and babied. It was amusing to see him like this. Everyone thought he was some sort of criminal amongst the rich, but seeing them carelessly teasing one another, I could tell the two were far from trouble makers.

As if sensing a pair of eyes on him Chenle turned towards my direction. He looked at me with curious eyes. Staring at me for what felt like an eternity, and I held his gaze. Until the final bell rung, taking us out of our staring contest.

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The first time I noticed Chenle was a few months ago in our music class. I had been in that class for months, and yet not once did I notice him.

That day our teacher told us to just play around with the instruments in hopes of getting us to explore more. Very soon it became apparent that Chenle didn’t need to though. It began with the gentle strums of a guitar, then the melodious keys of a piano being played, a violin being fiddled with, even a flute- throughout the class I grew more and more interested in the boy who was able to play every instrument in the classroom. Everyone was impressed, but it seemed as though they remembered who he was and just brushed it off. I, however, couldn’t.

After that day I started to notice Chenle everywhere we went. The hallways, our shared classrooms, or even the fancy parties our parents would drag us too. I don’t know what it was that drew me to him. Maybe it was his bright smile, the way he carried himself, or maybe the aura of carefreeness he had whenever he hung out with his group of friends. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I was bewitched in the living mystery that was Zhong Chenle.

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It wouldn’t be until a few weeks later when I would actually interact with Chenle. It was a Saturday night like any other for people within our crowd. Overpriced clothing, smiles- although fake- still quite dazzling, and mingling to make more connections. A dream for my parents, but a complete bore for me. Hours passed by while I sat there in discomfort dreaming about the comforts the cookies I planned on eating would bring me later on. After finishing my third slice of cake, I couldn’t help but overhear a commotion coming from the patio doors behind the table reserved for my family.

Deciding I had nothing better to do I went out to see what was going on. Seconds before I opened the door I paused at the sound of someone’s voice. “ Please!!! Just let me pet you! Stop running around- wait stop!” Promptly after the door swung open and out came a white dog with Chenle in pursuit. However both failed to notice me frozen in the doorway, until said fluffball knocked me down.

With the excitement of meeting a new person, the dog greeted me with great enthusiasm. Short bursts of laughter left me as the dog gave me its affection. My heart was already racing with the attack from the adorable canine, but then I looked up to see Chenle smiling. I’ve seen his smile a countless number of times, always directed towards one of his friends, but never at me. I could feel my ears heating up and pulse quicken even more if possible.

“...is the dog yours?”

His smile softened a bit before answering. “No actually, I just found her on the patio all tied up, I felt bad so I untied her for a bit. I realized a little too late that maybe she was tied up for a reason…” He finished his sentence with a timid shake of his head.

After the small exchange between us we both put the dog back onto its leash in the small patio. Continuing to play with the dog with a comfortable silence between us. Only broken occasionally by a bark or small fits of joyful laughter. I wish it was this side of Chenle people would see. With his innocent childlike demeanor and twinkling eyes. You could easily tell he wasn’t a bad kid, if only people wouldn’t let rumours tarnish their image of him. He turned around to look at me for a moment as he broke the silence,” Hey would you maybe like to-”

His question was cut off by a sharp gasp. “Y/N L/N. You get here right this instance. Get off of the ground. What are you doing hanging around with… this boy.” I could feel the atmosphere immediately take a dive. With panicked eyes I looked back to my mother and then to Chenle. I could only manage to mouth a sorry to Chenle before I stood up slowly.

“I’m sorry, but he’s not a bad kid I swear-”

“You think I haven’t heard the stories?” There was a harsh tug on my wrist as my mother tried to pull me towards the exit. “ We’re going home right now. Don’t you dare think about interacting with this delinquent again. Do you hear me?”

With one last longing glance towards Chenle I was finally being dragged home. Only this time, I wasn’t quite as excited to go home as I was earlier in the night.

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I was nervous going to school, seeing Chenle again was, surprisingly, not high on my list of things to do right now. I cautiously walked towards my music class, hoping maybe Chenle decided not to go to school today. I felt terrible about Saturday, having my mom talk down to him and me just standing there, letting it all happen. I just wish people would stop judging him, and actually get to know him. They should see him when he’s smiling with his friends, playing with a dog, or calmly playing one of his many instruments. Maybe then the way people view him might change.

Too wrapped up in my own thoughts I couldn’t hear my name being called out. Whoever was trying to get my attention finally caught up to me with a slight bump of shoulders. I turned my head slightly only to be surprised by Chenle standing next to me. “Hey Y/N!! Could you maybe, come with me for a bit?” I didn’t expect him to speak to me after what happened, my mind went blank- the only thing i could say was,“ But we’re going to be late to class??” A small chuckle left him, “That’s the point! Now come on, live a little.” He ended his sentence with a poorly executed wink. I mean, I could at least do this for him, right?

“...okay, where are we going?”

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Leaving the school was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I was always terrified of ditching during school hours, fearing that the police would show up and arrest me or something of the sorts. A bit irrational, but the thought was still at the back of my mind. Chenle seemed like he was used to this sort of thing, walking through the front doors with confidence- not caring who saw us leave. While all I could do was look around apprehension, never having done this sort of thing before my mind jumped to conclusions.

Suddenly there was a soft nudge near my hand, and I could feel Chenles’ slender fingers wrapping around my own to try and help alleviate some of my anxiety. I looked up only to see him looking ahead with a slight blush easing its way onto his cheeks. “...I uhh hope you’re hungry, I was planning on taking you to my friends food truck.”

I couldn’t help but give him a bright smile, “ That sounds great Chenle.”

The walk towards the inner city was filled with small talk between Chenle and I. Both of us talking about our lives. He told me about how he met his best friend, Jisung, when he saw him performing. From then on Jisung introduced him to the rest of the dreamies, and the rest is history. I adored how his face light up talking about the rest of the members of his friend group, his charming yet mischievous friend Jaemin, the artist Renjun, the calmest ones of the group Mark and Jeno, and Hyuck the boy with the fiery locks who I saw mothering him that day at school.

Speaking of the said redhead, we started arriving towards Hyucks fusion food truck. Taking a peek towards the side of the vehicle I could see bright letters with the words “Ppang Pan Ppang.” On the way here Chenle had explained to me it was meant to be a play on words, ppang and pan meaning bread in Korean and Spanish. The words were placed the way the were because of a Korean song called “Bang Bang Bang.” A small burst of laughter left me as he told me about how they came about the name and how clever he thought it was. With a name like that their food had to be great!

Chenle had me sit down near the curb, saying he would get the food. Rejecting my offer to pay, saying he could get it for free from his friend with his amazing persuasion skills (his words not mine.) Fifteen minutes later Chenle came back with what looked to be like a pancake and some bread with colorful frosting on it. “Okay so this is hotteok, it’s kinda like a pancake but better! And this right here is korean sweet bread, but the icing is from a mexican dessert called a… concha??? I hope I’m pronouncing it correctly.” His little nose scrunch as he tried to pronounce the foreign word had to have been the cutest thing I’ve seen. “ That sounds amazing, I can’t wait to try it!”

We both split the desserts between the two of us and ate as we observed the people walking down the streets this time of day. Although, I couldn’t stop my mind from wandering to other things. What prompted Chenle to take me out on this spontaneous adventure? Why would he be so kind to me when our past meeting ended badly? I turned to look at him as he took another bite out of the sweet bread.

“Is there something on my face? You keep staring on awful lot.”

I pointed towards his cheek, “ You’ve got a bit of the filling on your face.” With widened eyes he hurriedly wiped off his face with his sleeve. “ Okay I didn’t think there’d actually be something on my face, but you’ve obviously got something on your mind. Mind sharing a bit?” I sighed before making eye contact with him. “ It’s just- Why are you being so nice to me? My mom was nothing but rude to you last time we spoke. I don’t deserve your kindness, Chenle. I’m sorry for the way she spoke about you. I know you aren’t a terrible person, I should’ve stood up for you more than that measly attempt from the party. “ I looked down at the hotteok suddenly not feeling as hungry as I was a few minutes ago

“It’s cause you tried. Even before that, I just kinda knew that you were someone I wanted to hang out with. Just because your parents don’t like me doesn’t mean that it’s your fault. You were kind to me even when you had no reason to be. So enough of your pouting. Cause this is our first date and I want both of us to enjoy it.”

At that my ears perked up. “ Date, huh? I don’t really remember you asking me out for a date?” Chenle suddenly tensed up and started stuttering over his words. “ Well- I -uh umm wow. I mean if you’re not interested in me like that it’s fine or whatever I just hope I haven’t made things awkward now ohmygod I totally did I’m so sorr-” With a quick peck to his cheek he stopped talking and shyly hid his face in the sleeves of his sweater. “ I never said I didn’t like it.”

The sweet moment was interrupted by loud whistles and screaming from near the truck. “ I HOPE YOU DON’T MIND BUT I CALLED THE REST OF THE BOYS HERE TO COME SEE YOUR LITTLE DATE.” Yelled Hyuck. Groaning Chenle buried his face even further into his hands. “That’s it, I’m getting new friends.” A tall lanky boy with blue hair hollered a “ SHUT UP YOU LOVE US!”

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After our date, me and Chenle took the bus back to my house. The entire way he held my hand, leaving behind butterflies and a racing pulse. The bus stopped a couple blocks from my house and we walked the rest of the way up together. Instead of just leaving there, Chenle walked me all the way up to my door. “ I had a lot of fun today, thank you for dragging me out of school. I’m hoping maybe we can do this again sometime in the future?” In response he smiled with a slight nod of his head. “ Of course.” Then there was a small yet powerful voice coming from the speaker near my front door.

“Y/N!!!!! THE DIRECTOR CALLED ME I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU SKIPPED CLASS!! YOU ARE NEVER STEPPING FOOT OUT OF THIS HOUSE AGAIN. AND IS THAT THE ZHONG KID? WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT HIM!“

“ Or whenever you’re not,,, grounded ???”

With the hand closest to the door I covered the little speaker. In a small whisper I told Chenle ” ...Or I can just sneak out, gotta live a little right?” Copying him from earlier today I threw him a wink. “ See you around Chenle.”

He laughed at how his words from earlier were thrown back into conversation. “See you around Y/N.”

[honeyboyfelix]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: NCT (Band) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Huang Ren Jun/Lee Jeno Characters: Lee Jeno, Huang Ren Jun Additional Tags: sorry its so short omg, I wrote this months ago, NCT Dream - Freeform, this is also kinda not shippy it could be looked at like a friendship (not that i do), cursing Summary:

renjun gives jeno a little rain soaked late night visit

[smileyjeno]

so for @rxnjuns urbanct this is what I think their colleges are 

mark - NYU

renjun - brown or yale (his protesting and art turned into a movement and now he’s going to one of the hippie ivy leagues or at least you know the most hippie of the ivys)

jeno - sports scholarship to the big state university where they live 

hyuck - juliard (edit: seeing the anons making markhyuck a nonchalant ship, hyuck goes to juliard not only bc its juliard but bc it’s also in NYC)

jaemin - local city college

chenle - mit, maybe stanford (probably got accepted everywhere bc he’s a genius but settles on probably mit for the hacks)

jisung - taking a gap year to figure things out and focus on his competitive dancing career and see how far it takes him

basically the dreamies rebelled too much in high school so now their parents are making them go to college (except for mark and maybe jeno who wanted to anyways)

[gyuprint]

honestly something about nct 2020 is a little disappointing (aside from the obvious ca issue 😐) like it feels more like nct u units promoting cuz they’re has been little to no vlives and no concept videos (other than one at the beginning) and no group promotions (probably just due to covid) idk i think it was a little rushed or it feels like it 😕😣

[wishgirls-archive]

okay who's writing the urbanct au on ao3

[chanheegf]

i think we all peaked during empathy era we deserve that energy back where did it go 😔 and oh......... chanhees pink hair really gave deobis the will 2 live we really deserve

it was so fun empathy era really hit different 😔😔 also chanhees got one more comeback w brown hair until he changes it again it better be blue or im suing

[haiikyuus-remade]

"...his family owns a food truck and he spends most of his nights working there, often being bothered by his friends (read: renjun) for free food."

[lovelyvitamin]

❝sleepless city❞ ➳ nct

► summary: never, in your 19 years of living, would you have thought to see the day you actually moved out of your parents’ house. so when you’re going to attend college in the city, your friend yeri suggests for you to live with her. things are definitely going to get quite hectic, especially if you live in a sleepless city due to the people residing there.

► genre: comedy, fluff

► parts: prologue — ???

► status: ongoing; series

► note: ok so originally this was gonna be posted on my other blog @lovelymoonflwer where i’ve written some things but i decided to post on this blog because it’s my main. also this au is pretty much dead already but i’ve been wanting to write for a pretty long time now so @rcnjun thank you for this amazing au

The smell of cigarettes filled your senses and almost immediately you covered your nose with your hand. The train station was fairly nice but once outside it was different. Different not because you didn’t expect to be greeted by an old man smoking but because the city looked so much better than what you had imagined. Your eyes wandered in astonishment as you soaked in your surroundings, making sure to remember every curve and edge of the buildings around you.

You walked around for a bit before deciding to go into a bookstore. Inside it had a nice cozy feeling and although it wasn’t as large as other bookstores, it wasn’t as small either. There were various books of many genres, some by well known authors and some by authors that you’ve never heard of before. Skimming through titles, you picked up one that looked interesting.

“You have good taste.” You jumped at the sudden voice that came from behind you. Turning around you eyes met with a tall man that seemed to be in his early 20’s. He had wide black eyes that anyone could be able to see themselves in. On top of that he was fairly handsome too.

“Oh, I was just skimming through and this one happened to look interesting.”

“I’ve read it before and let me just tell you that it was amazing. The characters are realistic and the way some develop is amazing. If you decide to buy this book I promise you that you won’t regret it.” You bit your lip and thought for a minute. A handsome man who you’ve never seen before is telling you to buy this one book in particular because he read it himself and from the looks of it, he actually enjoyed it. Yeah, you’ll definitely buy it.

“From the look on your face, it seems that you will buy it. Correct me if I’m wrong.”

“No, you’re most definitely right.”

“Let me scan that for you then, you know, since I work here and all,” he said with a smile before plucking the book out of your hands. You followed behind him as he went to the front. “Almost forgot, I’m Minho.”

“Y/N.”

You’re definitely going to enjoy your time here.

“This is it,” said Yeri as she showed you her place. “It’s not big but it’s definitely good for both of us.”

“It’s perfect Yeri, thanks for letting me live with you.” She smiled at you before placing your things down.

“You can get settled in later, right now you have to settle in the city. Come, I’ll show you around.” She motioned for you to follow which you happily obliged because who could say no to Yeri?

As you both stepped out into the hall you couldn’t help but hear the commotion coming from the dorm across from you. You looked towards Yeri to see her reaction only to be met with her checking the time on her phone.

“OK, so we have about 4 hours for you to know the area. We can go to the subway station and from there head to Lionheart Salon. Afterwards we can get something to eat at Haechan’s food truck since you’ve probably haven’t eaten anything as usual. Then we’ll see where to go from there since we probably won’t have enough time to visit everything, right?”

“That’s sounds about right. One question though,” you pointed towards the dorm across from you both. “Is that normal or do we have to call the police?”

“Leave it. It’s probably just Mark and Lucas’ shenanigans. You can meet them later, unless you want to wait an hour and a half for the next subway.” You both hurried towards the subway station and thankfully you didn’t miss it.

[royalrosiedraws]

I’m bored... Send me sketch requests?

Just name someone (or someones) for me to draw. It doesn’t have to be just NCT! But preferably NCT, Up10tion, Weki Meki, EXO, BTS, or Astro, put simply, bands i’ve drawn on this blog before and throw in an AU that you’d like me to draw them in, or a concept, or a colour, or submit a photo of an outfit or something and I’ll sketch and (probably) colour it!

[djharden]

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[angeltoren]

📊BACKCHROME📊 At the #URBANCT festival in #cartagena Thanks to @hamgeo for the invitation🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 (en Cartagena, Murcia)

[yongakgae]

jeno and his plants

welcome back to neo city! today we’ll look at jeno lee in his natural habitat: surrounded by plants. 

read it on ao3 here!

written for @rxnjuns urbanct au!

[honeyboyfelix]

au masterpost

all the aus that I've participated in cause I have a god complex apparently

(these aren't all links its just an info page)

 stray kids

ghost hunter au

percy jackson au

fantasy au

catholic boarding school au

NCT

killjoy au

catholic boarding school au

urbanct 1

loona

game au

if you have any questions about any of these I’d be happy to answer them and I'm open to suggestions  about them as well since almost none of these are actually written and are currently all stuck in outline form

[skratchsociety]

🌬✂⚡⚡☠@Regrann from @skratchelementz - Opentable Scratch session in Cartagena Gracias a todos los Dj's, Que se pasaron x el #UrbanCT y a @dj_bigbro x la acogida #culturaurbana #cartagena #juventud #turntable #realdjing #dj #scratching #scratchvideo #djing #vinyl #skratchemementz #skratcher #tablebeatsapp #elementz #comunidad #looper #colectivo #scratchloopers #rascaypica #opentable #Freestyle #skratchsociety #practice #scratchdj #hiphop - #regrann

[gyuprint]

today i am missing empathy era nct. urbanct au nights and when i was parkandzhong and people interacted with me. winwin still recognized as part of 127 .. 00 line, 96 line, 99 line, chensung, taeten vlives.

[haiikyuus-remade]

if i post this really shitty drawinf of hyuck are you guys gonna support me or are you gonna let me flop🕴🕴