bite me | markhyuck

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— Chapter Sixteen —

Donghyuck felt it hurting. Not just his wound but his whole body. He laid in bed, not having any motivation to get up whatsoever.

He let out a whimper, opening his eyes to total darkness. Next to him he felt something or rather someone shift. It was Mark. Donghyuck's heart started beating rapidly. Why the fuck was Mark laying next to him?

Donghyuck remembered very well what happened, his body, especially his stinging ass, being a constant reminder. But he also remembered how their plan was to stay away from one another. Or else they would fight again. And Donghyuck didn't want that to happen again. He didn't want to go, didn't want to leave the safety of this place once more just to get traumatised by zombies hunting him down. So why was Mark laying next to him?

He let out another groan which had Mark stirred once again. Donghyuck held his breath, scared if he did as much as breath loudly now, it would wake Mark up. But apparently it was too late already as he could feel the mattress underneath him shift under Mark's weight, making it obvious that the man had sit up.

"Donghyuck?" he croaked out. His voice was incredibly deep, Donghyuck must have really woken him up. The younger couldn't help but feel incredibly guilty because the pyrenees, the actual worry in Mark's voice that Donghyuck only got to hear so rarely, it sounded so sincere.

"Yeah?" he whispered, not daring to raise his voice.

"Are you alright? Do you need me to change your bandages?"

Something in the way Mark's voice was caring and yet so sleepy made Donghyuck's insides twist. He had no doubt that Mark still deeply disliked him, that yesterday was just a big mistake that they would never dare to mention again but yet the fact that Mark cared regardless felt so comforting.

"I think so." Donghyuck told him. He didn't want to admit it but the bandages were feeling icky and they were too lose on him, the knot barely holding the fabric together. Maybe they shouldn't have had sex while Donghyuck was still wounded like this.

"Alright. Give me a second." Mark replied, standing up. Donghyuck wanted to tell him to be careful in the darkness but then he remembered that this was literally Mark's apartment and he surely knew how to navigate through it blindly.

Indeed Mark opened the door and exited the room. Donghyuck exhaled, not knowing why his body was so tense. His eyes shifted to the windows. He could see Seoul's skyline, most of the nearest buildings in total darkness. Only further out, in other districts the skyscrapers were lit up. Donghyuck wondered what it would be like to be in one of those buildings. Surely, he would still be worried but he wouldn't have to see zombies whenever he looked down on the streets.

The night was clouded, the moon only barely breaking through the thick wall of clouds. Donghyuck leaned back, looking straight forward into the mirror. The dim outline of his own naked chest was moving with each one of his breaths and suddenly Donghyuck felt so alive. Of course he knew how deadly this whole zombie apocalypse was but to realise that he had escaped just that exact death quite a few times sent shivers down his spine.

Mark returned, quiet but his footsteps were still audible on the hardwood floor. He sat down on the edge of the bed and Donghyuck scooted over to him, a small whimper escaping his lips as he dragged his body across the bed.

It was dark. Very dark. Mark had turned on a lamp in the corner in the room but the warm light remained quite dim and barely reached their bodies. It was enough to see one another though and Donghyuck gulped when he realised that Mark too was only wearing some sweatpants. His upper body was completely exposed and Donghyuck's eyes flickered over the many bruises from yesterday. When Mark turned to open the first aid kit he had brought with him, Donghyuck could see the scratches of fingernails on Mark's back, his fingernails to be exact. It shouldn't fluster him. He was a grown man and had sex with Mark in full consent and consciousness but still a heat rose in his cheeks when he could see the pink stripes that acted as evidence of just how much Donghyuck had gotten satisfied by Mark last night.