Coming Home | mark lee.

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tiffany_moon 26 min

"Oh my God, Mark, wait, I need to scream."

Tiffany stopped in the middle of the elevator and grabbed his arm.

"Yo, what?" Mark asked, tearing his attention away from his reflection in the mirror.

"I'm literally going to meet my ults in a few minutes," she stared at him like he was stupid. "Is Haechan going to be there?"

"No," he chuckled. "He's with 127 right now. But Sungchan and Shotaro will be."

She squealed softly and bounced on her feet.

"You really haven't changed," Mark laughed. "Still the same energetic person I knew back then."

The elevator doors slid open.

Mark stepped out first and bowed slightly to a man walking past.

"Hello."

"That was Dream's manager," he explained.

She nodded like she understood, even though her brain was short-circuiting.

He walked up to a door and typed in the passcode.

"I hope it's clean," he muttered. "I told them you were coming but they all left me on read."

She smiled. "It's fine."

"No, I mean...you always liked things neat and organized, so..."

"Mark," she cut in, laughing. "That was literally years ago. Why do you still remember that?"

"I don't know," he shrugged. "Come on."

She took a deep breath and ran her fingers through her hair.

"You better not embarrass me," he warned.

She giggled.

*

"I want a baguette!"

"You have ramen!"

The voices echoed through the dorm.

Mark cleared his throat.

"Oh, Mark's here," Renjun said. "Oh-"

"Hi," Tiffany said softly, bowing. "I'm Tiffany...Mark's friend."

"You don't need to introduce yourselves," Mark laughed. "She's an NCTzen too."

"Oh," Jeno bowed. "Hello."

"You're actually prettier in real life," Jaemin blurted.

"Oh, thank you," she smiled shyly. "You've seen me before?"

"Yeah," Shotaro said innocently. "Mark hyung shows us your pictures."

She slowly turned to Mark.

"Oh? Is that so, Markus?"

He scratched the back of his neck.

"Not gonna lie, you look really good, noona," Sungchan said shyly.

"Thank you," she bowed again.

"My mom's calling," Mark said. "Dinner's ready."

"You just got here," Chenle protested.

"I know," Mark sighed. "I just wanted them to meet you before the Christmas party."

"We're having a Christmas party?" Tiffany whispered, horrified.

"Yeah. All the members."

"Oh," she nodded nervously. "Then I'll see you all on Christmas."

"It was nice meeting you, Tiffany noona," Jisung smiled.

"You too."

Mark gently nudged her.

"Ready?"

She nodded.