NCT One-Shots

Don't Lose Hope|YuHyuck ft. JohnMark

Yuta x Donghyuck ft. Johnny x Mark

"We kissed again", Yuta mumbles shamefully.

Taeyong sighs. "How long are you gonna do this? I know you like him but he's using you."

"How would you be if your person flirted with you and made you feel like you actually matter to them?"

Taeyongs eyes soften. "Yuta-"

The boy shakes his head and stands up. "Nope, I'm gonna go."

"What happened?" Jungwoo asks.

"I struck a nerve."

"Donghyuck again?"

"I just don't know how he can't see that he's bad for him."

"Yuta knows. He's just hoping that he's wrong. He's waiting for the day Donghyuck tells him he likes him back and that he wants something serious."

"How do you know that?"

"Because that's how it is. In toxic relationships, you're just hoping that all these good things you see are reality and the bad parts were just a fluke. And if Donghyuck makes him feel like he cares about him, then he'll have an even harder time letting go."

Taeyong slumps back in his seat, unhappy with the information. "I hate this."

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The bad thing about leaving Taeyong and Jungwoo is that Yuta feels like he has a target on his back, walking down the hall. He's not sure where Hyuck is or if he'll run into any of his friends (he hopes he doesn't).

He finds himself wandering around upstairs, being careful of where he goes, not wanting to walk straight in Hyuck. He passes by classroom after classroom, only stopping when he sees one with the door open and two boys inside.

Hesitantly, he walks in. "Hey guys."

Mark looks up from his phone and nods. "Hi Yuta. Where's Taeyong and Jungwoo?"

Yuta shakes his head as he seats himself in the desk in front of them.

"Do you wanna talk about?" Johnny asks gently.

"You know how I...have a thing with Donghyuck?" Johnny and Mark exchange the look, their reactions being what Yuta was afraid of. He groans. "I know it's bad."

"If you know it's bad, then why are you doing it?" It's not judgemental, just a question, which Yuta appreciates Johnny for.

"Because I like him too much and I stupidly have hope."

"Having hope isn't stupid."

"For a toxic person, it is."

"Does you knowing that he's toxic have any effect on your feelings?"

"I don't want them. I don't wanna like him or feel unable to resist him when he's right in front of me but I do like him and I can't. And I know it's on purpose to draw me in but when he kisses me, it feels like he means it. And he holds me. He treats me like I'm something to him."