never not | markhyuck

five ♣

   the sound of the rain against the window is what woke donghyuck up. he groaned as all the sleepiness in his body left him. the feeling was all too familiar. now he was wide awake.

   donghyuck sat up in bed, pulling the bed covers up to his waist and staring in the direction of the window. it was too dark to see much of anything, but donghyuck could already guess that the rain had shifted and was pouring down at an angle. 

   "donghyuck," a soft voice called, barely above a whisper. at first, the young boy wasn't even sure if it had happened or if he had simple imagined it. then, it came again, "donghyuck."

   this time the voice was clearer and donghyuck recognized the voice to be mark's. carefully, he scooted to the side of his bed and leaned over the rail, looking down at the bunk under him. "mark?" he whispered back, meeting the older's eyes despite the darkness.

   sure enough, mark laid on his bed, hands behind his head and eyes staring straight into donghyuck's. his blonde hair was slightly messy but it didn't look bad at all. in fact, it only made donghyuck have the sudden urge to run his hands through it.

   "did the rain wake you?" donghyuck asked, the few moments of silence that they shared before didn't sit well with him, and he wanted to fill up the quiet atmosphere. mark shook his head though, changing his position so that he was sitting up. "you have to sleep to wake up." donghyuck wanted to respond to him, but he didn't know what to say. luckily he didn't have to as mark spoke again, "get back in bed. what you're doing right now isn't safe."

   mark wasn't wrong as donghyuck was literally hanging over the bar which kept him from falling. he settled back into the warmth of his bed but didn't try to sleep. there were just too many things to think about.

   "you should sleep, we have class tomorrow," mark said, no longer whispering as he spoke in a low and quiet tone instead. "i could say the same to you," donghyuck slightly sassed back. when there was no response, he panicked, thinking that he had crossed the line of the strange friendship that he and mark had created.

   he didn't have much time to dwell on the thought as the next thing he knew, mark's head popped up from the bunk bed ladder. "come down," mark ordered, giving donghyuck a better view of his face that soaked in the moonlight. 

   while donghyuck was usually a playful and sassy person who would deny someone's request just for the fun of it, none of those thoughts crossed his mind as he gulped, nodded, and came down the ladder as mark said to. he hissed when his first barefoot touched the cold hardwood floor. down the second foot went, a chill running up his spine at the coldness.

   once steady on his feet, donghyuck pulled his sleeves over his hands, put on socks and spun on his heel, heading towards the door where mark was already waiting. "where are we going?" he asked when mark successfully closed the door shut with an almost silent 'click'. mark turned to him and shrugged, "anywhere." —and that's exactly where they went. everywhere and anywhere.

   the two walked around the empty and dark corridors of the school. it was mostly quiet, but now and then, donghyuck would ask a question about something and mark would answer as well as he could. as subtle as it was, donghyuck enjoyed it.

   he enjoyed the feeling of their bodies brushing past eachother as they walked, he enjoyed the sound of the rain, and he enjoyed the amount of light that the moon shone for them. he enjoyed listening to mark speak, and he enjoyed learning the history of the aging school that he enrolled in.

   when mark suddenly led them to a door that had a 'do not enter' sign on it, donghyuck was slightly concerned but didn't ask any questions. the loud creaking and remains of rust on donghyuck's hands as he pushed the door open behind mark was enough to make him cringe. "is it okay for us to—" donghyuck felt a finger pressed against his lips while mark held both his wrists with one hand and looked at him seriously. "just follow me," he whispered.