never be the same • markhyuck/nahyuck

17

He wants to skip school so badly. He can't stand to see Mark again. But as the student body president, he needs to fulfill his duties.

This morning is the worst that he had in quite a while. He couldn't sleep at all. Baekhyun got home this morning though, they both eat their breakfast together.

"Why are you so silent Hyuck? Did something happen? Your eyes are a little puffy too.", he says worriedly.

Donghyuck smiles sadly.
„You were right, Hyung. About Mark. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you.", he feels a tear rolling down his cheeks again.

"Oh no, Hyuckie, don't apologize for that! I guess you needed to experience it for yourself, I'm sorry it didn't work out. What happened?", he asks, hugging him.

"He took his Ex on one last date. Before you know, wanting to confess to me I guess", he sulks.

"What a douchebag, he better not show his face around here again", he says angrily.

"It's fine Hyung, I'm okay I guess. It was too good to be true anyway.", with that he takes his bag and opens the door. "Goodbye Hyung! I love you!". He really doesn't want to go to school.

He steps outside and the first thing he sees is a black Audi blocking their entrance. 

After his drunk slip up he knows well enough whose car it is. It's Jaemin's black Audi.

Jaemin rolls his window down. "Get in, my love.". Donghyuck can only sigh.

He opens the car door, sits down, and puts on the seat belt before turning to Jaemin.

"Why did you pick me up?", he asks, avoiding Jaemin's eyes. He remembers the night again.

"Can't let you walk all the way to school in your state now, can I?", he asks back.

Donghyuck smiles. "Thank you."

"I got you a caramel macchiato", he says and gives it to Donghyuck.

Donghyuck was taken aback. He remembers their coffee dates. He always pretended to love coffee, even though he despises it to this day.

"You remembered my order?", he asks surprised.

"How could I ever forget? You literally hate coffee, and that's the only thing close to coffee that will do the job for you. I would've gotten you a hot chocolate but since I knew you'd be tired, I got you this!", he beams at Donghyuck.

"You knew? All the time you knew how much I hated it?", Donghyuck scoffs.

"Of course, as someone that drinks four Americanos a day, I'd know best. I knew the minute you asked me which coffee at Starbucks had the most milk in it", he laughs.

Donghyuck feels so warm, Jaemin is being so considerate.

"Thank you, Jaemin. I really appreciate it!", he smiles as he takes a sip from his drink. His face scrunches but he knows he needs to have a little caffeine in his system if he wants to survive this day.

"Seriously, how can you drink coffee without anything? Are your tastebuds dead?"

Jaemin just laughs at that, appreciating their little moment. It feels good to talk to Donghyuck again, he thinks.

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He tries to avoid Mark as best as possible, so when he is not in class, he hides in his mini-office. Jaemin isn't there too, so he estimates that he has a few hours to sort out what's going on in his head. So many things happened last week, and he feels so lost. He likes Mark a lot, but he broke his heart even though he knew about everything Donghyuck's been through. Jaemin broke his heart once, but he somehow wants to talk with him about it. But what's left to say? 

He starts reminiscing.

He remembers the day that he realized his feelings for Jaemin, it was on a sunny day in June. They were out for a picnic and Jaemin was watching some bunnies that were hopping in the grass. It wasn't the first time that his heart went all soft at Jaemin, but that time the butterflies in his stomach were just overwhelming. He felt as though he was looking at his whole world. Jaemin looked like an angel to him, with his fluffy hair, his cute chubby cheeks, his beautiful eyes. That's when he knew that he was totally gone for him. 

He smiles.

He remembers their first kiss as well. They weren't a thing when it happened, but they knew they shared a special connection. It was raining and Jaemin was over at Donghyuck's house to watch a movie. Jaemin talked a lot about his new friend Jisung that day, and Donghyuck got more jealous with each word Jaemin spoke. He pouted and Jaemin asked him what was wrong but Donghyuck just brushed it off. Both of them were silently watching the movie until Jaemin took the bowl of Popcorn away from Donghyuck. He was such a tease back then. Donghyuck started tickling him and they both were laughing crazily. And before Jaemin knew, Donghyuck was hovering over the boy. He was staring at his lips and Jaemin felt his cheeks heat up. They were inching closer and closer until Donghyuck's breath tickled Jaemin's lips. Donghyuck looked into Jaemin's eyes, asking for his consent and Jaemin signaled him that he wanted it too. And just like that Donghyuck connected their lips. So many butterflies were dancing in his stomach, he never felt anything like that. It felt right, so right. Like he was meant to be kissing Jaemin, only Jaemin. Their lips were fitting perfectly. Jaemin kissed him right back and they were just laying there, kissing each other for most of the night. 

Donghyuck kissed a few boys before Jaemin, but not one kiss could compare to the firework he feels when Jaemin's lips were on his.

A week later they were making out non-stop. Their friends were a little concerned because neither of them confessed to their feelings. It was just another week later when Jaemin started feeling unsure about it. He confronted Donghyuck after school.

 "What are we?", he asked Donghyuck. Donghyuck didn't have an answer to that. 

"What do you want us to be?", he asked Jaemin instead. Jaemin didn't answer for a while. 

"I'm not one of the boys you can just fool around with, Donghyuck, I hope you know that. I know you would never play around with me and I know you care deeply for me but friends don't kiss. Or do you kiss Jeno too, huh?", Jaemin was bothered, Donghyuck felt that.

"You're right, friends don't kiss", he starts and looks into Jaemin's eyes.

"I don't want to be just friends, Jaemin, I'm sure you can feel my heartbeat whenever you lay in my arms. I like you a lot.", Donghyuck didn't just like him back then, he was head over heels in love with Jaemin.

"I like you too", Jaemin said in a small voice, blushing. 

Donghyuck never felt happier. 

A/N: uni got me stressed but I promise there will be more updates in the following days!