nct oneshots / imagine

work - mark

914 words.

you slowly opened your eyes, as the sun ray
touches your face.

once you woke up, your hands naturally grabbed your phone, to see what time is it.

7:35am

"shit." you mumbled. you rolled out the bed and before you know it, you already fell on your bum.

"fuck!" you yelled and despite the ache from your ass, you quickly got up to take a shower and get ready.

you're late for your work. you need to be there at 8am and you don't have time to complain about your broken ass.

you did your best to finish getting ready early, and as you look to your phone, you realized that it's already 7:51am.

you exited the room and in the living area you saw haechan, eating cereal while watching the tv. he turned to you and furrowed as you seemed in a hurry.

"why the hurry, y/n?" haechan says between his chewing.

"late for work." you said as you struggled to put on your jacket.

haechan widen is eyes, "does mark-hyung knows you're still working?"

you shrugged your shoulders.

you left him and ran towards the main door. as you were reaching for the door knob, it suddenly opened, revealing your boyfriend, mark standing holding a bag of food.

"goodmorning?" he confusedly said to you as he looked you up and down.

"morning babe." you were shocked but you still managed to smile at him.

"i bought us some pancakes." he raised the brown bag and smiled at you.

"sorry babe, gotta work." you kissed his cheeks and attempted to run, but he caught your elbow and dragged you back inside the dorm.

"told 'ya." you heard haechan from the kitchen.

"you know how i feel about you working, babe." mark softly said at he put down the bag to the table.

"i need to work, mark." you strongly stated.

"you don't. you have me." he seriously said as he faces you. and he's a lot taller than you so he had you looking up to him.

"you're my boyfriend, not my bank account."

"i know, but some fans might attack you while working and i'm not having that. now, i'll get us some plates and---"

"mark lee, i'm working for my expenses, whether you like it or not. i'm your girlfriend, not your sugar baby." you walked out again, leaving your boyfriend behind.

--

"ice tea for.. hoyeon?" you read the name on the cup.

a girl went near the counter and you gave her a big smile as you offered her drink.

she smiled back but as soon as she grabbed it, she took off the lid and threw the drink on your face.

"that's for dating mark lee, bitch." the girl said and walked out the cafe.

you stood still, shocked, dripping in ice tea. your whole uniform is soaked, and everybody is looking at you.

you gulped hard, and slowly walked off the counter.

"fuck, this is my only uniform." you whispered to yourself, as you enter the employee room looking like a wet dog.

---

you went inside the dorm, expecting no one since you knew they all had practice today.

as soon as you opened the door,

"god damn, is it raining?" jaehyun asked as he looked at you.

you slowly looked around, seeing the whole squad in the living room looking at you.

"not funny." you heard mark said as he stood up and walked towards you.

"a customer accidentally pour--"

mark suddenly pulled his phone out and showed a video to you.

there, it showed the whole incident earlier from the cafe.

'that's for dating mark lee, bitch!"

you squeezed your eyes shut and slowly opened it to see mark's face.

"this is exactly what i was afraid of, y/n." mark said in a stern voice.

you just shut your mouth, knowing that he's right. that there could be some psycho fans that would attack you on your work.

"you're quitting your job." he stated strongly.

"what, no?! you don't get to make decisions?" you complained to him.

"okay then would you prefer getting treated like that?" he's still calm, but you know he's getting frustrated.

"i need a job, mark. i don't want to live off of you." you sincerely said to him.

"then i'll give you a job." he offered. you raised your brow.

"what?"

"i'll pay you." he said to you.

"for what?"

"just stand there, be cute and be my girlfriend. i'll give you 500 bucks a day--"

"mark you just described what a sugar baby is. and i'm not your sugar baby." you stated and rolled your eyes.

"hey how about sm? they hire people." taeyong suggested from the living area.

you looked back at mark, waiting for his reaction.

"yeah. you could work with me. that way you have a proper job and be with me, always." mark smiled as if he got a genius idea.

"they don't hire that easily, i need experience--"

"fuck them, i'm in 4 groups in sm selling millions each, do you think they're gonna say no to me?" he got a bit cocky as he raises his eyebrows.

you grinned, "calm down, mark lee. alright. i'll work with you." you sat in his lap and hugged his neck.

"do we get quickies in work?" he whispers.

you chuckled and slightly hit him in his chest.

"shut it." you whispered back.

he just laughed and carried you to you guys' room.