Childhood friends // Mark Lee

• Ch 5

Eunji closed the café and walked home slowly.

Out of all the times...all these years...you wanted to appear in front of me now?

As Eunji was walking home, she passed an alley way.

"Hey pretty lady, what are you doing alone at this time?" The drunk man said as he made his way up to her.

"Please leave me alone..." Eunji picked up her pace.

"Hey now~ why don't you come chill with me." He touched her shoulder.

At that moment Eunji was freaking out. She smacked his hand away. "P-please go away!" She was on the verge of tears.

The man walked right infront of her and faced her.

"Don't be like that girly. You don't want me to hurt you do you?" He stroked her hair.

Eunji was frozen. She couldn't move. She didn't like him touching her and she just wanted to get out of there.

The old man was gonna touch someplace else, but then someone grabbed his arm.

"Hey man, didn't you hear her? Leave her alone."

The old man spat on the ground before walking away cursing at him.

The guy then turned around to Eunji.

"Are you okay?" He was gonna gently grab her arms to make her stop shaking.

"Stop! D-don't touch me!" Eunji backed away before more tears fell down her face.

"Hey, it's okay now. Remember me? I was with Ma- Minhyung at the café a few hours ago." He gave her a smile.

Eunji slowly looked up and recognized his face. She then nodded.

"I-I'm going to head home..." she started walking while wiping her face.

The guy stood there watching her walk away.

I don't get a thank you?

He then walked up to her and started walking with her side by side.

Eunji flinched when she felt his presence near her.

"Are you okay? Why don't I walk you home?" He said to her gently.

She shook her head. "It's okay..."

What's her deal?

"What's your name? I don't think I got it." He gave her a soft smile.

"I'm pretty sure Minhyung told you guys..." she was looking at the ground while walking.

"Right...Well I never got to introduce myself. My name is Lee Donghyuck, but my friends call me Haechan." He said with a smile.

She looked at him for a few seconds and looked at the ground again. Her shoulders were tense and she was shaking a bit.

"Do I scare you?" He asked her.

She didn't wanna answer him. It's not that he scares her or anything like that. She's just uncomfortable around guys close to her because of her dads friends. But she wouldn't dare tell anyone why.

She continued to walk.

"Okay...I'll just accompany you until you reach home." He said. "Why don't I tell you about how I met minhyung?" He looked at her to see if she was fine with him talking. Eunji wasn't saying anything so Haechan talked anyways.

"People call him mark, but I call him marker. I met him in our first year of middle school. That's when we met jeno, Jaemin and Renjun actually." He chuckled.

"He used to be quiet, it's weird now that I think about it. Marker quiet? Ew." Haechan shivered. "Anyways, in our second year, that's when we meet chenle and Jisung. Those two were friends since elementary. It's crazy." Haechan nodded his head.

"We've been friends ever since then and now here we are. I can't believe I'm still friends with those dorks, but honestly? I wouldn't have it any other away. But don't tell them that. it'll be our little secret that I actually care about them." Haechan put his index finger up to his mouth.

"So how about you? When did you first met marker?"

Eunji looked at Haechan and then looked back at the ground, once again.

Haechan shrugged his shoulders. "It's fine if you don't wanna talk to me. But trust me, you will someday."

For the rest of the walk it was quiet and silent. But Haechan didn't mind.

Eunji stopped at her house. "This is my stop." She said softly.

"Okay. Oh-!" Haechan grabbed a pen from his front pocket and a ripped piece of paper.

"Here. If anyone tries to mess with you again just give me a call." He gave her a smile before walking away.

He's weird...

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"Yo. Marker. Guess who I bumped into." Haechan said as he walked into the house.

"Who?" Renjun said.

"Eunji. Marks beloved." Haechan chuckled as he sat down next to mark and the others on the couch.

"She's not my beloved." Mark rolled his eyes. "What was she doing anyways."

"Some old dude was trying to hit on her. She seemed uncomfortable so I just gave her a hand of course." Haechan said.

"What was she doing out this late anyways?" Jaemin asked.

"I'm pretty sure she was walking home from her job at the café." Mark said as he laid his head back on the couch.

Park Eunji. What happened to you in the past 10 years? And why do you hate me so much?

"Ima head to bed marker. See ya." Haechan got off the couch and headed to his room.

"Yea same, jeno is already sleeping so ima go sleep too." Jaemin said.

"Jisung and chenle are sleeping already, just an FYI." Renjun said as he walked to the room he shared with Haechan.

Mark stayed sitting on the couch thinking about Eunji.

Park Eunji...what happened to you during these past 10 years?

This was a bit on the short side :p