haechan heard a knock on his door startling him. who would come to his house at this hour? he thought, "jaemin, just come inside!" donghyuck's voice lingered inside his house.

yes, jaemin's the first person that came into donghyuck's mind. i mean the younger always comes over to his house at random hours, and every time he wants so this is not a surprise anymore.  

he heard knocking once again, groaning, "jaemin, just come inside!" the tanned male thought, "you literally know my password."

to think that the knocking will stop, well donghyuck thought wrong. the knocking on the door continues, he forced himself out of his comfy and thick blankets, as he made his way towards his door.

why would jaemin come over at this hour? donghyuck thought. this is not the first time the younger's comes to his house around this time though but donghyuck just couldn't help but think about, what does the younger want from him.

finally reaching his door, "jaemin, i already told you my password, why can you just walk i—"

the younger's eyes widened as he met eyes with the person in front of him. he doesn't look close to jaemin. "m-mark...?" the younger stuttered, "how did you—"

"why didn't you answered my calls?" mark asked, completely ignoring whatever donghyuck's going to say. just when donghyuck's about to reply, he threw another question, "and why did you not let me in? it's freezing cold outside."

after hearing the older's last sentence, donghyuck quickly pulled mark inside his apartment, and closing the door, "oh sorry," the younger looked down, "i thought you were jaemin."

finally looking up, his eyes immediately met with mark's, only to avoid his stare afterward, "w-well.. how did y-you know where i live anyway..."

mark didn't say anything, he just stared at donghyuck for the whole time with a smile on his face, "i have a question, cmon and answer it—" mark threw his body on the younger, as donghyuck lets out a gasp. "mark?"

the older only buried his face on donghyuck's neck. "i thought you were ignoring me."

the younger furrowed his brows. is this real? is he not dreaming? is mark lee, the well known famous student in dreams academy, actually hugging him?

"i'm sorry." said mark, the only word that came into his mouth.

donghyuck doesn't what mark's sorry for, he doesn't know why mark's suddenly apologizing to him. "i'm sorry for calling you annoying."

after hearing the older, donghyuck lets out a breathy chuckle, "you dummy," said donghyuck as he gripped on mark's shirt, "it's not that deep, i always get called like that, i'm used to it by no—"

"no." mark simply said, his face started to form a frown, "i'm still sorry, and you don't have to get used to people calling you that."

donghyuck slightly pulled away from the hug so he can see a clearer view of the older's face, with mark's hands not leaving donghyuck's waist, "why do you feel sorry all of a sudden though?"

he's right. why does mark have the urge to say sorry to donghyuck as if he did something worst to the younger.

"j-just because." mark said, shrugging his shoulders, as he looks away trying his best to avoid the younger's stare.

"just because...?" donghyuck questioned, looking deep inside mark's eyes as if he's reading what's on the older's head right now.

completely pulling away from the hug, mark started to fiddle with his hands, tapping his foot on the floor, "because..." said mark, almost like mumbling, "b-because i feel b-bad."

"oh?" is the only word that came out of the younger's mouth. that's it? did he felt bad just because of that? he doesn't what he's expecting the older to say but it was definitely not that.

donghyuck gave mark a smile, but mark knows it was a forced one. "that's fine! yeah—completely fine!"

mark only nods, as he rubbed his palms. just right now, a thick of awkwardness is started to build in between them, looking around the donghyuck's apartment, trying to avoid each other's gaze.

"well..." donghyuck started, finally breaking the ice between them, "it's getting late now, you should proba—"

"oh... yeah..." mark rubbed his nape, looking down. cmon mark just say it, say it right now, mark chanted inside his head as donghyuck started to lead him outside his apartment.

standing just inside donghyuck's door, they stared at each other once again for the last time, "call me when you get to your house," donghyuck told, releasing a giggle, "i still want to hear you call me annoying."

damn that smile... mark thought. he wasn't even paying attention to what donghyuck is saying, he simply got lost inside the younger's eyes.

"i'll go inside now! bye-bye!" donghyuck tiptoed, reaching for mark's hair, ruffling it.

as donghyuck turns around, mark, on the other hand, stayed frozen on his spot. he's still hasn't said goodbye ye—the sound of a doorknob twisting snapped him from his thoughts.

his eyes widened, and his first instinct is to grab the younger's arm, "wait!"

surprising donghyuck for a second, "mark?" he questioned when he felt mark pulling him closer.

"i need to tell you something..." he pulled donghyuck closer and closer until they're a few inches apart, "the reason why i got here is because i just wanted to say sorry..."

"silly, you already told me tha—"

"i'm sorry for ruining your valentine's day..." mark cut him off, eyes observing every part of donghyuck's face, "i know you were expecting it to be good and wonderful but no, i just had to ruin it." the older continues, "you weren't annoying, i take that back! please forget that i ever said to you... because the time i was spending with you that day—you actually made me feel a lot of things..."

donghyuck's brows furrowed when he saw mark looking down to his lips.

"things that you can only make me feel..." trailing his words, he snaked his arms donghyuck's waist. here he is, there's no going back now, "donghyuck... i-i like you."

the moment those words came out of mark's mouth, the older immediately closed his eyes tight as he waits for the younger's to say something.

here it is, he can already feel the rejection coming. i mean, he called donghyuck annoying when clearly, he is far from that, of course, donghyuck would hate him, reject him... right?

he placed his forehead on the younger's shoulder, "please say something..." mark whispered, eyes still closed. does donghyuck doesn't feel the same way?

the younger reached for the hands that are wrapped around his waist, not thinking twice, and pulled mark inside his apartment. "cmon, it's cold outside."

did he not hear what mark said? or is he completely ignoring it, donghyuck reached behind mark's back, closing the door behind him, "what i said earlier—"

"i like you, too." donghyuck simply said, looking up at the older with a smile.

mark's mouth fell open trying to say whatever he's supposed to say but his mind went black, and the only thing he knew is donghyuck pulling his hoodie strings so they could match height as he pressed their lips together.

it took mark seconds to respond but as soon as he was about to make a move, the younger pulled away. "i-it's getting late n-now..." donghyuck doesn't know what went through his head and why he did that. can you blame him though, mark's lips look inviting right now, "you should—"

mark chased donghyuck's lips for the last time, pressing their lips longer as his hands travels back on the younger's waist, breaking the invisible gap between them.