Safe place (Markhyuck)

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The following week for Mark was busy, he's had late shifts at the cafe all week and he's exhausted. He of course stops by every night and cuddles Haechan as much as he can. Haechan is of course understanding and has a couple of papers to write to keep him occupied. On Friday they had planned to go out to the cafe for coffee but Haechan can see just how tired Mark is.

"Let's stay in tonight and cuddle? Watch a movie? Or just sleep." Mark sighs.
"But if you want to go out, I want to take you." He pouts and Haechan kisses his lips.
"How about tomorrow? We can go out and get coffee and maybe go to the park or something too? I'm excited to try to fit more into one day you know?" Mark smiles and pulls Haechan into his lap.
"Love you." He says cutely, putting his head on the others shoulder. Haechan loves how cute he is being right now and figures the fact that he's so tired is probably playing a role.
They stay snuggled in this spot for quite a while because Mark fell asleep and Haechan can't bring himself to move, only when the doorbell rings out of nowhere.

It's late at night so he's a little nervous but he knows Mark is here with him. He starts to get up and wakes Mark in the process.
"I have to get the door." He whispers to a confused Mark. He watches Haechan get up and check the peephole cautiously before sighing and opening it quickly.
"I thought I said call first in case Mark is here!" He whispers but Mark could hear and of course his interest is peaked but when the door opens fully and his dad walks through he wants to hide.
He sits up quickly, trying to look presentable.
"Hi Mark, sorry for intruding on your time." He smiles nicely at a nervous Mark.
"I just wanted to tell you in person Haechan, that I have a last minute business trip that just came up and I will be out of town for like three weeks so if you need anything at all you can call me? But also you can call me just to talk too, when I'm not in meetings I will certainly answer right away." Haechan hugs him softly.
"Thanks for letting me know, have a safe flight." His dad sighs.
"I'm sorry, I just had to see you in person and I know it's late and you are obviously busy but.." Haechan squeezes him again.
"It's ok dad. You are welcome whenever, Mark is ok with it anyway, right Mark?" He looks up quickly.
"Yeah, of course." Mr Lee smiles then winks at Haechan who follows him out the door.

"We are dating now, thank you for talking to me and helping me through that whole stupid thing." He says looking down.
"Hey now, there is nothing stupid about it. You didn't know how you felt and it scared you and I just want you to be happy and if he does that for you then great." Haechan smiles big.
"He does, so much. I love him dad, I just want you to know that." Mr Lee smiles softly.
"I can tell he loves you too." He says happily. Haechan nods.
"He does, he is so great. I really want you to spend some time with him, maybe when you get back you could come for dinner?" Mr Lee almost tears up.
"I would love that so much." Haechan hugs him and says goodbye again.

He sits by Mark who is now fully awake and leans on his shoulder.
"I'm glad he came but when I see him it reminds me how much I miss him, the old times, my mother." Mark holds him and pulls him into his chest, playing with his hair.
"I want to surprise him!" Haechan says excitedly.
"I have three weeks, I want to go to his office building and see him for lunch. Can you help me?" He turns and looks at Mark's shocked face and starts to deflate.
"You don't think I can do it?" He asks quietly. Mark is quickly brought back to the situation.
"No, I mean yes of course, I think you can. But it will be a lot of work and there are a lot of people there so you are going to have to get used to large crowds." He smiles brightly.
"Oh and Haechan remember you don't have to get it done in three weeks, but that is a great goal. We aim for that and get as far as we can ok?" Haechan smiles softly and kisses Mark's cheek.
"Thank you Markie, you are always supportive even when you are being realistic. I love it, I love you!" Mark kisses his face multiple times making him squirm and giggle.

"Let's go to bed, we have a big couple weeks ahead of us and a coffee date tomorrow." Mark says sweetly. Haechan sleeps on Mark's chest while Mark holds him tightly. One of the nice things about not being a secret is that he can sleep at Haechan's whenever he wants and doesn't have to lie.

When morning comes Haechan wakes first and watches Mark sleep, he could do this everyday. He lays perfectly still with a smile on his face until there is a knock at his door. Mark wakes up and looks at him, caught in the act.
"You like what you see?" Haechan chuckles and touches his cheek.
"Very much." He says before rolling his eyes at the second knock.
"What's with all of these surprise visits?" Mark asks as Haechan just shrugs.
Mark groggily gets up and follows him to the door.
"Renjunie?" He happily unlocks the door and swings it open.
He pulls him into his arms and squeezes him.
"I'm sorry, I should have called but I kind of wanted to surprise you." Haechan looks behind him for the other two but doesn't see them.
"I just wanted to come and say thank you for being there for me when I called, even though you didn't know me that well and even though you were jealous of me at one point, you were such a good friend." Haechan's cheeks burn as he sees Mark stare at him.
"What are you jealous of, hmm? You would rather be with Jaemin and Jeno?" Mark asks faking sadness. Haechan rolls his eyes.

"Yeah, Mark that is exactly it." Mark pouts as Renjun has a good laugh.
"I was jealous that you let him sleep in your room and brought him home. You know this." Mark smiles softly.
"I mean I kind of suspected it but I wasn't sure. I'm sorry." He kisses his pouty lips and Renjun gags.
"Hey this is nothing compared to what I've had to witness since living with those other two monsters and I only fear that now it will be three times as bad." Renjun just laughs as Haechan drags him in.
"What are you guys doing today?" Renjun asks as he sits on the couch.
"We have a coffee date and then later we might go to the park, I'm not sure." Haechan says holding Renjun's arm and leaning on his side cutely.
"Well I was going to ask if you guys were up for kind of a double date, maybe we could plan a picnic at the park? I would like to try to hang out with all of you again since I kind of ruined last time." He says kind of sadly.

"That sounds amazing right Mark?" He looks at Mark who is staring at the way they are snuggled together with a frown and his arms crossed.
"Sure yeah, that sounds great but are you sure I shouldn't be the jealous one?" Haechan makes an oh face and eases back on his clingy ness with Renjun.
"Sorry, I love you Markie!" He says cutely making Mark chuckle.
"It's ok, I trust you both so you can be clingy just maybe not in front of Jeno." Haechan scoffs.
So they plan an outing and Haechan calls Jeno to confirm they will be there too and Renjun leaves so they can still go on there coffee date.

They sit in a booth in the cafe because it makes Haechan feel safer. They watch as Lucas leans on the counter flirting with Jungwoo. When he has their order done he happily takes it to them personally.
"Mark, ever since you brought him here the other night he won't stop coming in and asking me on a date!" He whispers, Mark just laughs, to his horror.
"He's a big teddy bear and he's handsome, just say yes." Jungwoo looks over at him and sighs.
"A teddy bear you say?" Mark nods and Jungwoo walks over saying something they can't hear but when they see Lucas excitedly mouth "yes" they know exactly what happened.
They have a nice date and Haechan does really well, so well he decides to go to the corner market to pick up a few things with Mark. He holds his arm tightly but makes it through fine earning a celebratory kiss on the way home.