donghyuck slammed his textbook down as their teacher exited the room. the older flinched at the spot, "why?" the older chuckled looking back at his own book.

"my throat hurts." the tanned males said, caressing his throat.

"what did you do?" renjun jolted his head back at the younger and looking at him with wide eyes, as if he saw a ghost.

"i ate too much candy." the younger male whined with renjun sighing, and begin blaming his dirty mind. of course why would he do that? renjun thought.

same routine again, the school bell rang and all of the students quickly got out off the class. the two boys are already out of the classroom, when ding! renjun fished for his phone and saw a notification.

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message from mom
open or ignore

renjun honey, we'll be having
dinner with you tonight!

-

mom
renjun honey, we'll be having
dinner with you tonight!

renjun
like tonight Tonight?

mom
yes

mom
so, please come home
early

renjun
okay, mom.

-

"who's that?" donghyuck asked and tried to peek at the older's phone. sighing, renjun slipped his phone back to his pocket.

"mom and dad are having dinner tonight and i still haven't clean my dorm, i'll be leaving first." renjun said.

donghyuck chuckled and nod as he watch the older's figure run away from the building.

he started walking out of the building too, when a person grabbed his shoulder.

"i'm guessing you're donghyuck."

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mark sighed for the tenth time as the papers continued to stack up on his desk. "they always give me the harder ones." mark complained as drinks his third coffee for the past hour.

he grabbed another file from the top and begin typing whatever is to type.

ding!

he stopped typing and saw a notification from his phone, he ignored it first but when he saw a name 'donghyuck' he swift his hands from the keyboard to his phone.

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message from mom🍉
open or ignore
mark where's donghyuck?

-

mom🍉
mark, where's donghyuck?

mark
he's in his school, why?

mom🍉
check him.

mark
it's still too early

mom🍉
i need you to know this because hyejin is coming at his school

-

and without a reply he quickly shut his laptop off, and grabbed all his stuffs stuffing it messily inside his bag.

"you're out already?" one of his friends asked that made all of their heads turn towards the older. for them it seems like mark is just leaving them alone with this project to handle.

mark nodded, "there's an emergency." he calmly said but with a tone of annoyance.

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donghyuck hesitantly nodded as recognize the person in front of him. she fake a smile while rolling her eyes. "you know?" hyejin started and pushed the tanned male's shoulder.

"mark is mine, you know that?" she pushed donghyuck's another shoulder making him almost lose balance. "he just felt bad for you, he can't reject you because you're just a child!" she pushed donghyuck a little more harsh, making him fall on the ground.

donghyuck is really close to tearing up, he tried to stood up but he felt a sting on his shoulder. "stop acting like a baby and grow up!" hyejin slapped donghyuck with his sling bag making him hissed in pain.

"you're an ugly piece of shi—"

mark gasp as he entered the building, he saw donghyuck on the ground and a figure slapping him, he run as fast as he could until he reached the end of the hallway.

the last thing the two heard is a loud thump as mark aggressively pushed hyein towards a wall and quickly crouched down at the younger.

they both stood up and donghyuck immediately wrapped his arms at the older. "what's this?" mark turned to look at her.

"mark, no." her voice immediately softened unlike earlier. "it's not what it looks like." she defend and tried getting closer to mark.

the older hid donghyuck behind him once he saw her walking dangerously close to them, "shut up, i saw what i saw. you're so embarrassing." the male said making hyein shake his head in shock.

without saying a word, mark already picked the younger up, and out of the building leaving herin shock. "how could he." hyejin snorted, rolling an eye, there he goes again with his so called boyfriend treating him as if he's fragile.

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"that's all?" the older asked and tried to search for more scars on the younger arm.

donghyuck shake his head as a yes and without saying anything he already got inside the thick covers, and made sure that his back is facing mark. 

mark frowned at the younger's behavior, "is my baby upset?" he did the same and got inside the covers before making the younger look at him. "why?"

"is it true?" the younger male asked out of nowhere, making mark even more confused. donghyuck saw the older's  brows furrowed, "you can't reject me because you just feel bad for me."

"who said that?"

"her." donghyuck simply told and is clearly talking about the words that has been throw to him.

"she said that to you?" the older gasped and snake his hands on the boys waist. "that's not true." that's the only reply donghyuck got.

donghyuck expression immediately change and just smiled. "ouch." the older accidentally brushed his hands at the donghyuck's arm.

donghyuck really couldn't bare the pain and wants something to do with it. he also can't sleep. "does it really hurts?"

the younger boy nodded and mark let out a 'tsk' as he brushed a hand through his hair. he surely wouldn't let this pass.

"i'm just going to buy some ointments." donghyuck said and grabbed his phone.

"then i'm going with you." the older shut his laptop off and also grabbed his phone. "but you're busy." the younger stopped. it's true though, mark is bombarded with a lot of emails and a lot of files are on his side table.

"it's just at the end of the street, it's fine." donghyuck said as he shoots the older a small smile. but seems like mark won't take no as an answer.

mark shake his head as a no and just grabbed donghyuck out of the house, locking it.

he slipped his hand on the younger's waist as they reached the nearest pharmacy. they both entered and went searching for an ointment. "is it really that serious." the older asked and tried to slipped donghyuck sleeve, while doing it donghyuck moan at pain.

"a metal thingy hit me." donghyuck replied and tried to detached the older's hand off him.

"thank you." donghyuck bowed and they both exited the place. "i want food." the younger male suggested, looking at the convinience store beside.

mark agreed and both of them walked inside as they searched for something appetizing. "this..?" donghyuck question to himself while holding a bag of chips on both his hands. "..or this..?"

the taller smiled as he look at the younger with hearts in his eyes. "this is actually good." mark pointed at the chips in donghyuck's left hand.

he put the one of the bag back at the shelf and payed for the chips.

"hyung, stop pulling it down." donghyuck whined as the older keep pulling his shorts down. "the waistband is literally the half of my butt."

"maybe if they stop looking at your thighs then i won't be so protective right now." the younger just shrug realizing they are in front of his house anyways.