NCT Oneshots {ot23} | open

Believe Me: Mark + Taeyong {Request}

▹request acc: Ummu1110
▹prompt: Taeyong gets in a scandal and even when the other members deceive him, Mark stays with him despite all the hate
▹word count: 1955
▹warnings: bad rumours, members say nasty things to Taeyong :c

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Mark's on his way to the kitchen to grab a glass of water when Johnny barrels out of his room, clutching his phone and swearing under his breath. He's staring so intensely at the screen that he doesn't even notice the younger's presence until Mark clears his throat to speak.

"Is everything okay?" Mark asks. Johnny grunts, then shakes his head and finally looks up to stare at Mark, whose mouth drops open at the sight of the darkness in the man's eyes and the pure fury etched into his features.

"No." Johnny snaps. 

"What's the matter?" Mark presses. His insides are quivering but he does his best to not show his fear. He's known his bandmate for nearly a decade and still hasn't got used to just how terrifying he is when something pisses him off.

"Taeyong just had to go and mess it up for all of us, didn't he?" Johnny snarls. He pockets his phone, shoves his feet into his shoes and slams the front door behind him, leaving a rather stunned Mark in his wake. 

Silence falls back over the dorm. Haechan pokes his head out of the room he shares with Johnny. His hair is still tousled from sleep and his nose twitches with apprehension. 

"Markie?" He calls out. The Canadian flicks his eyes to his best friend.

"What's up with him today?" Mark mutters. He walks over to Haechan and wraps his arms around him, letting the younger bury his head in the crook of his neck. "What's Taeyong done wrong?"

"He hooked up with a fan and now the media are jumping on him. So of course, Johnny's mad." Haechan explains. Mark's eyebrows fall into a deep frown.

"Did he really? Or is it just a rumour?" He pulls away from Haechan and ignores the quiet whimper the other lets out. Mark knows how much he hates it when Johnny gets angry, but he doesn't fancy taking sides in the situation. Not until he's got the full story about what exactly is going on. 

"The evidence is all there. Just take a look at twitter." Haechan waves his arms around. Mark searches his face for any sign of this being a sick prank, then bites the inside of his cheek when he finds nothing but exasperation and annoyance. He adjusts his glasses to take another look. There's a hint of disgust in there, too. 

"Most of the things on twitter are utter rubbish. Come on, Hyuck. You should know that by now." Mark looks his friend up and down, eyebrows now raised with a hint of disappointment.

"Go and see for yourself." Haechan sneers. "Or go and speak to Taeyong. See what he has to say." He turns around to disappear back into his bedroom and for the second time today, Mark gets a door slammed in his face.

His stomach boils with irritation. As much as he loves both Haechan and Johnny, the two of them can really be insufferable at times. He doesn't want to come to conclusions, but every time a member is caught up in a scandal it's always proven to be fake and forgotten about after two weeks. Glass of water no longer at the top of his priorities, he knocks on Taeyong's bedroom door. 

There's no response. No light sneaks under the door, and there's no quiet haze of music from his speakers either. Mark knocks with more urgency this time.

"Come in." The leader croaks out. The exhaustion behind his voice halts Mark's breathing for a second as he pushes the door open and carefully shuts it behind him again.