𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟑𝟗

jihyun was on her way to the bathroom, a towel in her hand, early in the morning. she hadn't expected anyone else to be awake so when she opened the bathroom door and was met with the sight of a boys muscular back, she was incredibly shocked and flustered.

mark turned around at the sound of the door opening, his shirt in his hands and his eyes wide.

"i'm so sorry!" jihyun yelled, slamming the door shut. she stood with her back against the wall, processing what had happened.

she had never seen a boy shirtless especially one that happened to be her extremely attractive friend with a nice—

jihyun, no.

she mentally slapped herself then picked herself up from the wall. she was about to head downstairs when something else registered in her mind. she had nearly missed the scar on his shoulder. it looked painful and she could've sworn he winced when moving. quickly, she slammed the door open again. this time, he had his shirt on.

"what are you doing?" he asked, his ears slightly red as he stared at her confused.

"take your shirt off."

"w-what?!"

"i need to see something." she told him, her neck growing red after realising how weird what she said sounded.

"you already saw me half naked! what else do you need to see?"

"i saw the scar on your shoulder."

"it's nothing." he replied, grabbing a jumper to throw on top.

"mark." she said, stepping closer and taking the jumper out of his hands. "you said your injury wasn't that bad and it'll heal but it's been two months. that's not a small injury. from what i saw, it looks like a gunshot wound."

"i'm sorry i lied... i didn't want any of you to worry. the pain isn't that bad anymore." he sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to get out of this now that she knew.

"did you get it looked at properly?"  

"taeil checked it, but there wasn't much to do with the limited resources we have in our district."

"can i see it?" she asked and he nodded.

he pulled the shirt off and jihyun noticed the way he grimaced when he moved his shoulder too much. he turned around so that she could see the back of his shoulder and the gunshot wound that looked to be healing but still painful. her fingers lightly traced around it and he flinched away from her touch. 

"it's still very sore and hasn't healed properly." she said. "but i'm sure with the correct treatment it'll be fine. my mother has a lot of medicine because of her health and my brother has ointments that i can give you."

"you don't have to. i don't mean to be a bother." he said as he put on his shirt.

"mark lee, you will never be a bother to me. i'd give you my kidney if yours was failing." she said then took his wrist to pull him out the bathroom. "now come on. let's get you some breakfast."

they entered the dining room where renjun, jeno, jihyun's mum and iseul were sat. she passed by haechan who was laying on his stomach on the floor with yejun and yeun sitting on his back.

"so you're just going to leave me to die?" he cried out.

"aw but the twins love you. you don't need saving." jihyun replied, taking a seat at the table. "i wonder what miyoung is making today."

"your sister isn't here. she went out with her boyfriend." jeno told her.

"then who's cooking...?"

as if on cue, chenle, jaemin and jisung walked out with two plates each. they placed them down on the table and haechan managed to escape the twins and join everyone at the table. they followed, taking the seats on either side of him. they definitely loved him.