"see?" said yangyang, throwing his hands in the air while looking at his friends with his gummy smile, "i've been telling you guys that it's actually donghyuck and ya'll don't want to believe me."

yangyang has been telling the same thing to his friends this whole hour and he just looks like a kid telling a story to his mom.

"okay, yangyang we get it." ten said, releasing a chuckle.

mark on the other side, sat there, eyes wandering around the cafeteria. something feels missing inside here, and he can't just pinpoint what it is.

"johnny hyung, jaehyun hyung..." mark started to list all of the people in the table with him, "ten hyung, and yangyang—"

"cmon mark, tell us the details on how your valentine's day went." johnny told, as he pats the younger's shoulder. everyone has been dying to know how the famous boy mark lee's valentine's day went.

"well uh..." mark rubbed his nape, finally averting his attention to his friends, "good, i guess?"

with mark's simple answer they immediately let out teasing noises once again as johnny playfully slapped his arms, "so did you guys... you know?" johnny stick his lips out while nodding his head.

"no johnny hyung!" mark almost shouted, thankfully it's not that loud or they could gain attention to other students, "no. we did not kiss." mark quickly denied, shaking his head.

"where is he anyway?" ten asked, looking around the cafeteria, his eyes landed towards a specific table and saw familiar faces, "isn't that donghyuck's friends?"

ten is right. where is donghyuck? is he the one that mark has looking for this whole time? he looked over to donghyuck's friends' table and didn't see a single sign of the younger.

this morning too, he tried calling the younger, but donghyuck isn't picking up.

brushing those thoughts away, he shook his head as he stood up, "whatever." said mark, and grabbed his water bottle, "i'm refiling my bottle."

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"but where is donghyuck?" jaemin managed to squeeze in the question between their conversation, "did he not come to school today?"

"i called him earlier and he's not picking up my call." renjun replied, mouth fills with rice, as he nods.

"try calling him again." jeno comments and received a nod from jaemin.

clicking the call button, jaemin layed his phone flat on the table, putting the call on speaker, hopefully, donghyuck will pick up. a few seconds later, they heard a hoarse voice coming from the other side of the line, "hello?"

"donghyuck!" all three of them said in unison. "where are you? why aren't you in school today?" jaemin almost yelled on his phone.

"i'm in my bed."

"we can tell, donghyuck." renjun told, "did you just woke up?"

"yeah..." donghyuck paused for a hot second, feeling the sleepiness take over him, "i'm too lazy to go to school today."

"understandable." said jaemin, nodding, although donghyuck couldn't see it, "anyway, how did your valentine's day go? i heard that famous boy is your date."

they heard donghyuck sighed on the other side of the phone, "well uh... i enjoyed it, i guess."

"details! details!" jaemin chanted, "we need details lee donghyuck." donghyuck knew they're going to ask this, i mean donghyuck dated the famous student that every girls and even boys have been going crazy to, of course, they're curious.

"long-story-short, he has a little tiny bit of hate for me, and uh..." donghyuck told, trailing his words, "he didn't really enjoy it... well for me—i kinda did."

"no but the real question is..." renjun spoke, looking up to jeno and jaemin with a smirk. oh only if donghyuck can see renjun's face right now, "what is your real  feelings about the famous mark lee?"

jeno's eyes widened at renjun's questions meanwhile jaemin lets out inhuman noise, excitedly clapping his hands together.

they heard donghyuck click his tongue on the other of the line, "oh wait i think i have to go now—"

"donghyuck!!!" all of them said in unison, catching other people's attention but they don't really care about them right now, "cmon just tell us!" jaemin begged.

"okay! okay!" donghyuck grinned, "we um played games, hold hands, and uh... oh and we also had couple bracelets."

three of them clapped in victory, as if like someone's performing in front of them when in reality, they're just staring at jaemin's phone right now, but hey, at least they convinced donghyuck on telling how his valentine's day went.

"i wish you're in school right now so we could tease you more." renjun told, as jeno and jaemin laughed. "but oh well, we'll hang up now."

"y'all are so mean, i swear," donghyuck playfully rolled his eyes, "alright, goodbye now."

they said goodbye for the last time and went back on eating their food, still had donghyuck as the main topic in their conversation.

finally filling his water bottle, mark walked towards the opposite where their table is located. he looked around the students who's eating their lunch and sneakily walked in front of a specific table.

he secretly observed it, trying hard not to look obvious that he's clearly looking for something... or should we say someone.

"hey," someone spoke, breaking the older's thoughts away, "do you need something?"

mark's eyes only curved up, looking around, checking if the person is actually talking to him, "me?"

"yes, you." the person nods, "you look like you're lost." he adds, and mark just shyly rubbed his nape. was he that obvious? "i'm jaemin, by the way." he reached his hands towards the famous boy and mark gladly accepted it.

so jaemin is donghyuck's friend, mark thought, "are you looking for something?"

"well um..." the older trailed his words when he saw jaemin started giving him one scary stare. "i was looking for—"

"donghyuck?"

"yes." mark mindlessly replied, nodding his head, but soon the reality hits him, "wait what—no... i mean yes b-but not really—"

"he's not in school today." jaemin simply said, cutting mark's words once again.

on the other hand, mark just sighed in defeat. so they caught him, "b-but... do you know w-where he is?" mark continues to ask, he has no point in hiding this anyway.

"you mean where he lives?" someone asked, just sitting in front of jaemin, giving him an eye smile. "oh! i'm jeno by the way!"

mark gave him a bow, out of all of the people sitting in front of him, he's the least scary, mark thought. "and if we tell you where he lives, what are you going to do to him?" someone asked again, squinting his eyes towards mark.

the older's eyes immediately widened, shaking his hands, "no! no! it's not like that!" he was about to blame donghyuck's friends for their dirty minds, but mark here is thinking the exact same thing.

pushing those thoughts away, "he lives just a few blocks away from school," said jaemin, as he pats the seat beside him, "sit here."

mark hesitantly sat beside the younger. he doesn't know but jaemin's aura seems so intimidating and he just can't help but feel smaller beside jaemin.

"but what if you do something to my donghyuck-ie?"

donghyuck-ie? mark asked himself, he looked over to jaemin, only to see the younger giving him a pout, "nah, i won't do that." mark assured, "i just want to tell my feelings to him."

the older's last statement, made all of them let out the loudest gasp, slapping their palms on their mouth. "so you like donghyuck?!"

dammit, that was supposed to be a secret. mark pressed his lips into a thin line, as he rubbed his nape. "y-yeah basically—"

"so you see... this is where donghyuck lives."