☦︎︎ 𝘿𝙀𝙄𝙏𝙔 [𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙃𝙔𝙐𝘾𝙆]☦︎︎

☦︎︎ 24 ☦︎︎

Mark wakes up as the blinding sun peeks through a gap in the curtains, hitting him straight in the face. He stretches sleepily and yawns before turning over to see he's alone in the bed.

Mark sighed. "I almost forgot you were leaving, Haechan," he says to the gap next to him.

He gets out of bed and trudges to the living room. It felt really weird being alone in Haechan's house, it wasn't a feeling he wanted to get used to.

As Mark rubs his eyes he looks at the lamp next to him and turns it on. He remembered what Haechan said once and begins to speak to it. "Haechan, I miss you already. Please come back quickly."

Suddenly Mark hears scratching coming from another room.

"Haechan?!" Mark quickly jumps up and runs to the room to see no sign of Haechan. However, he does see a hole in the wall and two small mice running into it, one white and one grey.

Mark looks at the mice in fear and shock and rubs his head. "Haechan really does have a mouse problem..."

~

University was boring today because he was by himself. He couldn't believe how much he missed Haechan already considering he had only been gone not even a day. But he just couldn't stop thinking and worrying that Haechan may never return.

As he walks out of the University he sees someone waiting for him at the gates.

"Mom?" Mark walks over to his mom and she hugs him - he doesn't hug her back. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry Markmark, please come back home. I miss my baby so much," she says, sounding like she might cry.

"I don't want to come home. Sorry."

"Where are you living right now? Please tell me you're not out on the streets."

Mark shakes his head. "I'm living with Haechan."

"Oh," Mark's mom peers around, "is he with you today? I wanted to apologise to the both of you."

"No, he has stuff to do. He's not here."

"Oh..." Mark's mother reaches her hands out and holds Mark's hands. "Well can you tell him I'm sorry, please?"

Mark nods with a little smile. "Okay, I'll tell him."

"Mark, I never thought you would be a gay. It really surprised me. But, at the end of the day, you're still my son and I love you no matter what."

Mark's eyes begin to get glossy as he engulfs his mom into a hug. They both cry quietly into each other, not caring that they're still out in public.

"Th-thank you, mom," Mark sniffs.

"I'm really sorry, Mark. I feel like I've failed you. No mother should have to see their own son get kicked out like that. I've been worrying all this time about you," she sobs gently.

Mark comforts his mom, "it's okay, mom, it's in the past now. No worries."

She sobs more at the fact that Mark is being so kind to her. "I'm sorry about your father too. He can't accept something like this even though it's his own son. It makes me so mad but, what can I do?"

"It's okay, you've done everything you can," says Mark as the two break their hug. "I never told you guys because I knew how dad would react. What does Lucas think?"

Mark's mom laughs, "Lucas surprised me the other day, he told me he missed you."

"Lucas missed me?!"

Mark's mom nods. "You should see him sometime."

"Okay," Mark said with a small smile.

"I've brought some of your stuff with me," Mark hadn't even noticed the suitcase his mom had with her. "It's got a lot of your things in it. Got some clothes in there, and some toiletries, and your electronics and some other random stuff. Oh yeah," Mark's mom gets some money out of her pocket, "buy some food with it. Make sure you are eating well and getting enough sleep, please. And you can spend some of that on Haechan as well."

Mark didn't know what to say, he was completely in shock by his mom's actions. Then again, his mom has always been so kind to him and always worried about him. He was so grateful to have a mother like his.

Mark takes the items and thanks her. He hugs his mom goodbye before leaving.

"Remember to apologise to Haechan for me, Mark."

Mark laughs, "Okay, I'll tell him when he gets back. See you later mom."

~

As Mark gets back to the apartment he feels so relieved, like a massive weight has been lifted off his shoulders. He's so grateful for his mom, and he can't wait to tell Haechan.

He's so excited to see Haechan that he goes to bed early, hoping to see him even sooner.

When Mark wakes up, he rubs his eyes before remembering that Haechan is back! He turns next to him to see... no one. Haechan wasn't back yet. When was he going to get back?

Mark's mood turns more sour and he forces himself to get up and get dressed. He decides now is a good time to go food shopping and takes the money that his mom had given him.

After an hour or so, Mark returns with the shopping. The bags were so heavy and he was grateful that there was a bus route leading pretty much from the supermarket to right near Haechan's house.

He puts the heavy bags down and fumbles in his pocket trying to get the key out. He unlocks the door and picks the bags back up again before almost stumbling into the house.

As he gets in, he looks up to see a certain someone smiling at him.

"Haechan!!" Mark drops the bags and runs over to Haechan, engulfing him in a big hug.

"Hi, Mark," Haechan hugs back, "what are those bags?"

Mark holds Haechan for a little longer before releasing him. "Oh, I bought some food for us. We didn't have any."

"Wow, you carried all them?!" Haechan says in shock.

Mark nods proudly before noticing a cut on the side of Haechan's face, "What happened?!" He says, gently holding Haechan's face to examine the wound.

Haechan brushes Mark's hands off him and smiles, "It's nothing really, I'll explain it to you later."

Mark nods and smiles back. "Come on, you can help me unpack."

The two take the food to the kitchen and start to unpack.

"So, how did your trip go?"

"Well..."

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~ Hi! Thanks for reading!

~ aw Marks mom is so sweet. She felt so guilty for what happened. Bless. And lucas misses Mark too!!!!! omgggg they're so cute <33

~ thank u thank uuuu !!  here's a pic of jisung 🥺🥺🥺