BIRTHDAY.

3

[ MARKDY ]

a sophomore student, wendy, skipped with a bright smile on her face, going to someone's classroom. the hallways were filled with red hearts dangling on the ceiling, couples and friends were exchanging gifts and affection to one another. it was finally valentine's day and it was also the day wendy promised to give a little something for her crush, who was a senior in school.

she frowns when she noticed a long line when she finally reached his classroom on the fourth floor. wendy got really tired since her classroom was on the second floor but she didn't mind, she worked hard on her homemade cookies to give to him.

"huh? why is there a line?" wendy asked herself as she peeped through the window. everyone was right, their class was filled with good looking students, both males and females. the line outside was the line of people who had something to give to each student inside.

she scanned through the window to find one particular person and she smiled when she saw him, playing games on his phone with his friends.

"oh shit! i didn't expect to have this many people on valentine's day!" someone exclaimed by the door, "uhm... one person at a time, i guess?" the person said and one by one, each student on the line started entering their classroom, leaving their gifts on the table of their crushes.

wendy went in line, feeling excited to place hers on mark's desk. it took about five minutes before it was finally her turn, she entered the classroom and instantly felt shy when almost everyone's attention fell on her, except for one person.

"oh? wendy?" one called and wendy bowed as a greeting. wendy wasn't new to all of them, she liked mark for the longest time. ever since she was a freshman and has been giving gifts ever since, "are you giving tuan another batch of your cookies? can we have some too?" jaebeom asked wendy, making her blush and laughed.

"if you go to my classroom on the second floor, then i might give you some." wendy said with a smile.

"i still can't believe you're a sophomore now, wendy! it feels like it was only yesterday you accidentally bumped into mark and instantly fell in love with him." jinyoung joked and wendy just laughed at him. she went to mark's desk and noticed how many gifts he received, making her frown.

"cheer up, wend-" jackson wasn't able to finish his sentence when a girl suddenly yelled by the door.

"mark!" she called and immediately ran towards mark and hugged him tightly. she was obviously a senior too and she held a bouquet of roses in her arms as she hugged mark. mark, on the other hand, just stared at wendy before back looking at the girl. there was something about his stare but wendy couldn't put her finger around it and she prefers not to.

"o-oh..." wendy whispered and smiled at the three boys who stared at her in shock, "you know what? these are for you, jaebeom. my best friend just asked me to give it to you. happy valentine's day and goodbye!" wendy spoke quickly.

"wendy, it's not-" the three boys weren't able to finish their sentence because wendy ran out of the room.

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"shit." mark whispered when he saw wendy ran out of the room. he stared back at the girl in front of him and sighed in disbelief.

"excuse me? are you even listening to me?" she asked, "why is everyone staring at me weirdly?"

"suzy..." jinyoung called and facepalmed.

"why did you have to hug your cousin like that?" jackson asked again with a frown.

"remember the guy i have a crush on? look! he gave me a bouquet of roses... i have to tell him this! he's practically my brother at this point!" suzy mentioned with a smile, making mark roll his eyes.

mark stood from his seat and went to his best friend's seat, "jaebeom, give me those cookies." he said but jaebeom shook his head.

"wendy gave me these." jaebeom exclaimed as he chewed a cookie.

"but they were meant to be mine!" mark replied right back.

"why don't you give her the letter you wrote? you have to let her know that you like her too before it's too late." jinyoung said and threw mark's backpack at him, telling him to get the handwritten letter he initially wrote for wendy.

"but-"

"no buts, cousin mark! i'm happy this valentine's day, you have to be happy too! come on!" suzy exclaimed and pulled mark on the arm. the three boys also followed them and continuously pushed mark to keep walking until they reached wendy's classroom.

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"oh my! cute boys alert!" joy exclaimed and nudged wendy who had her head on her desk, feeling sad and defeated after what she just witnessed earlier.

"just because i told you i want to 'uncrush' mark, doesn't mean i'll immediately do it..." wendy said, not looking up even though joy has been shaking her to look up for a few seconds now.

"for the love of god, wendy!" joy exclaimed and that was when wendy had enough.

she rose her head and looked at joy with annoyance, "what?" she asked but joy just pointed upfront. wendy rolled her eyes and shift her attention to where joy was pointing and her eyes immediately widened when she saw who it was.

"hi?" mark greeted with a smile, wendy noticed his ears turning red as he searched for something inside his bag. wendy's heart skipped a beat as she waited, "happy valentine's day, wendy..." he said and passed her a blue envelope with heart stickers.

"i t-thought..."

"that was my cousin. if you're gonna say about the girl earlier." mark explained himself, instantly making wendy smile widely.

"okay! me uncrushing you is canceled!" wendy exclaimed, making mark laughed along with with her.