famous - nct, markhyuck

♪ 35 ♪

"so, how's our new idol feeling today?"

"i'm not an idol!" donghyuck whined, trying to hit chenle's head playfully but missing him of centimetres.

"you aren't one, but you sure are getting closer to it every day." jisung pointed out.

donghyuck rolled his eyes at his friends' words before focusing back on his drink.

three days had passed since super m's concert at namsan park, and everything felt so much better now.

the hate and violence that used to be directed towards donghyuck had been transformed in desolation and friendliness, and this change was considerable in donghyuck's life. the boy didn't fear being slaughtered by a group of crazy fans in a back alley anymore, it was much more peaceful and calmer in his life. he even received long messages of apology from super m fans, and had endless conversations with people at his school who blamed themselves for judging the tanned beauty without knowing the whole story.

the hate that had been directed towards mark faded as well. in fact, all the support lucas and donghyuck had been receiving for the 'relationship' in the past transferred to mark and donghyuck, the real couple. it felt good for both boys to be able to act normal in public, and not refrain their feelings for the sake of lee sooman.

speaking of which, lee sooman was having a much more difficult time than super m or donghyuck. people obviously started blaming him for everything that happened, and his popularity among fans decreased quite a lot – reducing it to very little, considering that most fans already hated him.

despite all the new hate he received, lee sooman kept his seat as the ceo of sm entertainment. he knew that an effect of his and mark's deal would mean losing popularity, but in his scale of values, money was worth way more than popularity, so he was fine with what was happening as long as he kept earning money from very talented groups.

"so, what's the plan for the next days?" renjun asked, taking a sip of his own drink.

"go to school and do my homework." donghyuck shrugged.

"nothing involving idols?" chenle pouted.

"life doesn't always involve idols, you know?" the tanned male rolled his eyes.

"well..." jaemin snorted. "it does when your boyfriend is one."

"yeah, well, there's nothing planned with- hey! have you guys noticed that shotaro and sungchan seem awfully close?!" donghyuck cut himself in the middle of his sentence to point at his two friends who immediately flushed red.

all heads turned towards the new couple as the two boys concerned tried their best to disappear.

"yeah, they think they're discreet, but they're not." jisung nodded.

"hmm. i saw them kiss each other just before they entered the café." renjun added.

"and they were holding hands a few days ago at the mall." jaemin pointed out.

"oh, don't forget about when they- "

"stop exposing us!" sungchan exclaimed, his cheeks as red as tomatoes.

"well, then tell us the truth." jeno raised a brow as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"alright, sho and i are a couple now." sungchan admitted without much trouble. all of their friends had figured it out at that point, anyway.

"since when?" donghyuck frowned.

"that day at the mall last week. but we didn't want to announce it when donghyuck was having boyfriend problems." shotaro explained, shyly glancing at his friends.