the teachers son | markhyuck

eight

mark boringly stared out of the window, allowing the blue sky to catch his full on attention as he waited for the rest of the class to arrive. it was only him and about 4 other students inside of the classroom. ever since mr.lee warned him about not graduating, he's been on time to class and taking the material more seriously. especially now that haechan has been tutoring him, it's become more easier for him to keep up with and understand.

"mark, may i speak to you for a minute before the bell rings?" mr.lee interrupts, making mark just a little nervous since it was so out of the blue.

he walks up to mr.lee followed by softly smiling at the older, letting him know that he was listening. "i have been meaning to ask you how have the sessions been going? haechan says you've been doing really great and i have seen so much progress so far. but i want to know what are you feeling? what are your thoughts? do you feel more confident and prepared?"

"honestly, i feel so much more prepared. haechan has been doing an amazing job with helping me understand everything ."

"that's really great to hear. i also noticed that the two of you hit it off really well." he smiles at mark.

"yeah well, he's really a cool person. i have been enjoying his company."

"that's great. i am really happy to see you doing better mark. i am rooting for you to graduate, you just have to believe in yourself. it's good that my son is helping you but don't forget to give yourself some credit to. you're doing good."

"thanks mr.lee."

mr.lee smiles and nods, then dismisses him to his seat.

*

"mork! tae!" johnny greets as he walks into the cafeteria, earning a glare from mark and a wave from taeyong.

"so mark, you haven't really filled us in on your little cafe date with mr.lee's son."

"yes, do tell." johnny adds, rubbing his hands together out of excitement.

"it wasn't a date."

"yeah, yeah. so, how was it?"

"it was good actually. i mean except for the fact that he's crushing on someone but that's cool right? i can't expect him to like me just because i like him."

"a crush on someone? how do you know?"

"he said it."

"ouch, you good man?"

"yeah, why wouldn't i be?"

"well, maybe because you like him. no one wants their crush to be crushing on someone else."

"do you want me to beat him up for you?" johnny asks.

mark let's out a small laugh while shaking his head. "what is that going to do?"

"maybe if i hit him hard enough it'll knock some sense into him."

"no, it's all good. besides, he's my tutor and mr.lee's son. i think it's best that he crushes on someone else and never finds out about the tiny crush that i have on him. i am sure it'll go away in no time. it's not like i am in love with him or anything. i'll be good."

"seeing him practically every day and texting him now won't really help. are you sure you're really going to be good?"

"i am positive." mark responds, even though he knew that he wasn't positive at all. but a little white lie won't hurt anyone, except for himself of course. but his friends didn't need to know that.

"i don't know man, it just doesn't seem possible. especially because it isn't just a tiny crush. but if you say you'll be good, I'll try to take your word for it."

"yes please. let's just drop this and eat our lunch. there's also much better things to talk about. for starters, how are you and jaehyun?"

"we're really good actually. i applied to the college that he goes to. it was my top choice and i am really hopeful about it. being able to see him every day would be so great."

"really tae? that's great, i hope that you get in."

"yeah, even though i thought we were all supposed to go to the same college but that's cool too. i knew you were dick whipped but not this bad."

"shut up johnny and be happy for me will you?" taeyong rolls his eyes.

"i am happy for you just saying you're dick whipped is all."

mark's phone vibrated in his pocket leaving him to tune out his friends as he checked to see who texted him. their bickers became complete background noise and his cheeks instantly heated up as he saw who it was from. he was sure that his face was as red as a cherry, but he knew that his friends were too engulfed in their own world to notice.

from haechan:
..hi mark. have you started reading
chemical hearts?