pulling donghyuck with him towards the booths, they stopped not too far from the center. "where should we go?" looking back at the younger behind him, he just saw the donghyuck spacing out while looking at who's observing the place with wide eyes.

the booths that the school installed never fail to amaze donghyuck, it was the barest minimum to other people but it was the opposite for donghyuck.

"who's that?"

"is that his date?"

the whispers besides donghyuck made him snap from his thoughts. looking around, he saw a lot of people looking at him, confused, several are looking at him with mad stares.

 finally realizing who's he's standing with, "oh i forgot you're famous here," said donghyuck, taking his hand out of the older.

mark then looked around the place and, yes. he is receiving a  lot of stares from other people and so as donghyuck. "just ignore them," the older rolled his eyes, "i asked, where do you want to go."

"there!" the younger excitedly pointed at a specific booth, the booth has a lot of mini-games, where you can shoot the cans in front with a small ball, but what caught donghyuck's attention the most is the large plushie you'll get when you won the game.

pulling mark towards it, he looked at the person behind the booth. "are we supposed to pay?" donghyuck asked the person, and he received a nod,. he looked back at the older behind him but mark only avoided his gaze looking around, he tries to give mark puppy eyes.

"what do you want?"  he asked, raising his brows, is this annoying kid really asking him to pay for this booth? really asking the famous boy? mark scoffed.

clicking his tongue, donghyuck released a sigh, "fine, i'll pay then."

after paying he gave both mark and donghyuck four small balls each, and then they started to play. mark successfully managed to knock down all the cans in front of him without trying, after that he received the plushie that donghyuck has been wanting to have.

he looked over the younger beside him missing the cans with the first two balls, sighing, he walked behind the younger, reaching for his hand, "this is how you do it," mark told.

donghyuck jumped slightly from his place when he saw mark's face just an inch away from his, "raise your arm like this, then throw." donghyuck did as what told, but his arm is being controlled by the older.

donghyuck saw the cans knocked down in front of his eyes then he lets out a cheer. "woah!" donghyuck screamed, jumping up from his place. he then turned around to look at mark but only see the older's face a few inches away from him.

his eyes widened and quickly walk back, towards the plushie, claiming it as his prize.

the awkward air between them didn't last long when donghyuck's eyes lit up again, another booth has caught his eyes. "ice cream!" the younger squealed.

he was about to run towards it but mark doesn't look like he's coming to donghyuck any second. so the younger's only option is to hold mark's hand, locking their fingers together, there, donghyuck's sure that mark's not going anywhere.

"one cookies and cream... and," donghyuck paused and look over to mark waiting for his answer, "yours?"

"just the same as you." mark simply said, his brows furrowed when donghyuck's stare didn't left him, looks like he's waiting for something, "i said the same as yo—"

"oh mark lee!" someone called out just behind the booth grabbing both mark and donghyuck's attention, "our famous boy here in this school—and oh, your boyfriend?"

donghyuck looked at the person with wide eyes, and quickly denied, "ah! no, we're just—"

"oh yeah, he's my boyfriend." the older cut off donghyuck's words, and looked over to the taller standing in front of them, "how about you, jungwoo hyung?"

"you see, i'm just serving ice cream here not that special."

as jungwoo continues to talk donghyuck on the other hand looked up to mark with wide and confused eyes, "what did you say?" whispered donghyuck, then he felt the older's grip on his hand tighten.

"just go with it," mark whispered, rolling his eyes, "i know he's going to ask more questions if i said no."

oh... so he didn't mean it.

"woah, that's mark!" johnny said, pointing at a particular booth as ten looked in the direction, "who's that beside him?" johnny proceeds to ask when he saw an unfamiliar figure beside mark.

jaehyun and taeyong that are walking behind the couple, examined where johnny is pointing at. just then the person they're talking about looked back giving them a better view of who he is.

"oh donghyuck?!" jaehyun and johnny both said in chorus. so yangyang is right, donghyuck is mark's date all along they just don't believe him. "damn if yangyang's here to see this he'll probably not be surprised." ten comments and all of them let out a laugh.

jaehyun tilted his head, still observing them from away. "mark doesn't look like he's enjoying it though."

"what do you mean," johnny laughed, "mark's holding donghyuck's hand like he's afraid to lose him or something."

meanwhile, taeyong stood beside jaehyun dumbfounded, not really knowing what they're talking about.

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"you really hate me that much, huh?" donghyuck asked, munching on his ice cream.

the question made mark scoff, "why wouldn't i?" he asked and donghyuck just looked at him confused. "you spilled your water on me and then bumped on me without saying sorry—" 

"that wasn't even my fault!" donghyuck argued, whining like a kid, "you keep walking behind my back—like do you not see that someone is clearly walking in front of you?" the more donghyuck talks the more ice creams drips down on his mouth.

this kid, mark thought. "and your attitude is bad, it's—" the younger paused when he felt mark his grabbed his chins, lifting it, as he wipes the ice cream on the corner of donghyuck's lip.

he doesn't get it, he thought he has this hatred building inside him for mark but why does every time mark does the littlest thing to him his heart immediately pounds twice as fast. he's not falling for mark right?

no definitely not. why would he?

"so you're saying it's my fault now?" mark lets out a breathy chuckle, looking away with a sarcastic smile, completely ignoring how he made the younger's heart beats faster.

"w-well... yeah?" donghyuck's answer came out more like a question, "m-maybe if you look to where you're going then i wouldn't have spilled the water on you!"

"whatever." mark mumbles. this annoying kid, the older thought.