peanut butter ⇢ markhyuck ✔

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donghyuck scooped the newly made batch of peanut butter mark made for him as he sniffled. mark was sitting adjacent to him, looking at him in worry.

"is everything fine...?" mark half-whispered to him, holding his hand gently. "tell me honestly. i'll help you in any way i can."

"i-i'm fine...i'm just...glad that asshole left for a while," donghyuck said confidently as he heaved a sigh of relief. ever since he started to talk to mark, he started to believe in himself, that all this would be over.

"that's how you should be," mark said as he placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "you shouldn't be afraid of that asshole, alright? i'm there with you, okay?"

donghyuck hummed in response, sighing in relief at the lucky window of time he just got. maybe, fate wanted him to escape this hellish problem he has been suffering for too long.

"you know one thing, i sometimes just spend way too long thinking about you," mark said in a feeble voice. "i just wish you won't suffer like this...anymore. i just wish i could bring you somewhere...away from this shit. i really, really care about you. i just love you so much to leave you alone like this..."

those words were enough to make donghyuck feel as if he was loved in this world. he creeped closer to him, as he looked in his eyes, his face screaming gratefulness to the older. the whole room went silent as they looked at each other in plain serendipity.

until their lips touched.

donghyuck wrapped his hands around the black haired man and let his weight fall onto him, making them both fall on the bed. tears were brimming his eyes as he clutched him as if his life depended on it.

mark wrapped his hands around the younger's waist out of instinct, flipped him over and then broke the kiss to look at his tear-filled face. without wasting anymore time, donghyuck pulled him into a kiss once again, forgetting everything - sejun, his wounds, him being held hostage by him for who knows how long.

he broke the kiss again. "please...don't leave m-me..."

mark sat up and pulled him onto his lap, while booping his nose. "i won't, donghyuck. that's my promise to you."

donghyuck buried his face on his neck, sniffling his nose as he felt better. mark leaned on to the bed, embracing him while whispering that he's there with him every now and then.

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"where the hell did that idiot go this time?!" renjun sighed as he continuously tried to call his cluelessly stupid friend. jaemin was slightly chuckling at what his poor boyfriend's endeavours, while jeno was cuddling with his cat.

"hey, if hyung's not even responding, let's go meet him then," the deep voice of jisung supplied. "besides, he's probably sleeping or watching porn right now."

"where the hell did you learn that word from?!" doyoung yelled, impatient about mark not responding to his calls. he and taeil had just arrived to see him, but mark couldn't bother to respond.

"that's...literally what hyung watches..." jisung replied in a feeble voice.

"no wonder why he never responds to calls," doyoung scoffed. "renjun, i'll go and meet him in person. let's see what that horny fucker is doing anyways."

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a knock on the door woke donghyuck from his sleep. he felt himself in someone's arms that is not sejun, thankfully, and this was definitely not his bed nor his room; the room is way cleaner than his.

once he realized it was mark, he wiggled out of the older's hands, and jumped out of the bed, careful to not make a sound. he opened the door to see a man he doesn't know.

"uh, hi...? isn't this mark's apartment...?" doyoung smiled awkwardly as he looked at the brown haired boy. mark was nowhere to be seen, and he was pretty sure that this is his apartment.

"oh, uh, mark's inside, i'll go call him..!" donghyuck stammered as he slammed the door on his face. he jumped on to the bed, straddling the sleeping man in the process. "hyung! wake up, someone's outside looking for you!"

"hmm...tell them to go away..." mark groaned as he tried to cover his head with a pillow. donghyuck grabbed the pillow and threw it on to the side, while he kept on nagging him to get up.

"alright, fine, fine! let me just..." mark woke up after kicking donghyuck off of him. he rubbed his eyes as he nonchalantly opened the door, the younger hiding behind him.

"oh, hyung! man, it's been way too long since i saw you!" mark exclaimed at the man in front of him. "see, i'm so sorry, i haven't sleep well in ages, i'll talk later-"

"do you know how many times renjun tried to call you, again?!" doyoung yelled at the sleepy man, startling him. "you have no idea, he was so upset..."

doyoung trailed off as he noticed the brown haired boy hiding behind him. "uh, who is he...?" he asked suspiciously, looking at donghyuck, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"uh, that's my...friend, donghyuck," mark said as he rubbed his eyes, trying to stay awake. "he's staying here for sometime."

"yeah, 'friend'," doyoung said nonchalantly as he looked at the new couple. "no one's going to believe that, mark. we all know you're gay as heck. should i remind you of the time you used to crush on renjun?"

that sentence made the younger giggle as his partner was at a loss for words. "he's just a friend, okay? nothing else. now, why'd you come here?"

"to check on you," doyoung replied. "lucas finally got himself to walk properly, and kun left this place yesterday. now, it's just me, chenle, jisung, jaemin, jeno and renjun."

"wait, what about taeil-hyung?" he asked.

"he went for doing something i forgot," doyoung rolled his eyes. "he told he would come back in a few days, but i don't know when."

"uh, can i...have a word with you...?" the feeble voice of donghyuck stopped the conversation. mark nodded in affirmation and closed the door, leaving them alone.

"i don't think...we're just 'friends' anymore..." he said nervously. "we just made out a few hours ago, if i remember correctly...right?"

mark beamed and pulled him into a small kiss, knowing clearly that he was going to ask this question. "i know. we're not telling doyoung...just yet. we both need to wait a little more until we can make our relationship official."

"are you two done with your lovey-dovey shit yet?"

mark opened the door wide open, frustrated with what his hyung just said. "yes, and we're not doing that shit! jesus christ, hyung, how many times should i say that we're just friends?"

"alright, i'll believe ya," doyoung scoffed nonchalantly at the couple. "but if i went out and came back to see you two covered head to toe in kisses, i don't think i can consider you as 'friends' anymore."

A/N: i planned this ff until chapter 15 and it looks like things are going pretty well lmao.

and yes, doil are part of this ff. jaeyong and johnten are also there, but sadly there will be no yuwin, because i have no idea if i can bring them into the ff or not.

i'll probably post the next quintuple update later when i finish all the chapters. i'm so sorry for making you all wait for who knows how long for this ff to finish. after this, i want to focus on "a firefly in the dusk" because my bestie avanthi likes that book lmao.

k bye, let me see if i can get more ideas uwu