soulmate. markhyuck

twenty-four.

dusting the bread crumbs from his hands, he fished for his phone that vibrated, indicating that he got a call. he excused himself for a second and yuna nods with a smile.

looking at the number, he furrows his brows, "oh, chenle?"

"hi mark hyung!"

"hi! why did you call?" mark asked, assuming if chenle need help with something.

the older heard a giggle from the other line, "nothing, just wanted to tease you."

tease? about what? mark asked himself, "tease?" asked mark.

"so you went out with donghyuck hyung, huh?"

chenle's statement made mark smile, as a blush made its way on the older's cheeks. so chenle had to call mark just because of this? this kid, mark thought, "y-yeah.." mark stuttered, "but it wasn't just us, jaemin took us to that place."

"i actually heard this from jaemin hyung—oh! and he also told me about you guys separating ways—i support jaemin with that decision." chenle proudly said.

"i agree." mark replied, that red tint on his cheeks are still there, "i should thank jaemin once we see each other again."

chenle nods, even though the older can't see. "and you should ask me more about advices on how to court donghyuck hyu—"

"next time, next time," mark chants, cutting chenle's sentence off. chenle's advice is good and all, but let him take this opportunity to show his feeling coming from mark himself. maybe he can take chenle's advice if he's running out of ideas. "i'm still at my work right now. we should chat more later."

"oh okay!" chenle rejoiced. he'll sure ask mark for more details on how their day went, i mean his favorite ship is sailing of course he needs mark to point out everything to him. "talk to you later! bye bye!"

placing the phone back in his pocket, he went back behind the counter to continue what he's doing and that smile on his lips is still visible, that yuna did not fail to notice. "you look happy today." yuna comments.

the older looked up and towards the younger, "just today?"

"i mean, your smile today is just... different?" yuna playfully rolled his eyes and received a small laugh from mark. "you're smiling as if your soulmate—what's his name?"

yuna's right. mark is smiling because he's thinking of his soulmate right now, donghyuck. "donghyuck. his name is donghyuck."

"him! yes, him!" yuna rapidly nods, agreeing with what the older said, while her hands are busy arranging the sweets inside the shelf. "also, how come i haven't seen him visit this coffee shop?"

"oh—you know... he's busy with... things." mark managed to reason out. but the real question is, is haechan actually busy? or he just doesn't want nor has any plans on visiting the shop?

nodding in agreement, yuna went back on doing her work. meanwhile, mark on the other side kept pacing back and forth on his spot, lightly patting his head, seems like he's also mumbling words to himself too. "you good there?"

"if i like someone, what do i have to do to show them?" he asked the younger in front of him with his index finger up while his eyes wandered all around the counter.

the older's looks like he's not even asking the question to yuna, he's basically just talking to himself. "are you talking to me or..." finally averting his gaze towards yuna, mark gave him a nod, "you like someone else?! don't you have soulmate alread—"