FOR THE FUTURE ⋮ nohyuck/markhyuck/markhyuckno

Chapter Three

Donghyuck could've never thought he would have to share his bed with a kid who claimed to be his kid from the future. But here he was, lying on his back when Noram was sleeping peacefully next to him.

It all happened when Donghyuck understood that his brain would melt if won't get sleep soon. He changed into his pajamas and was ready to go to bed when he saw that Noram was already there.

"Sleep time!" the boy chirped and tugged himself inside.

"That's my bed," Donghyuck groaned.

"Yes!"

"That doesn't mean you can sleep here!"

"But where else should I sleep?"

Donghyuck didn't even need to look around. He knew that his room had only one bed as he had never planned to have a kid around.

The student thought for a minute or two about what to do. But then he gave up and went to sleep. If that was his kid, he shouldn't mind sleeping together as long as Noram won't wet the bed.

Just as Donghyuck closed his eyes, he felt how the boy dropped to his side and stared at his future papa.

"Can you read me the book?"

Donghyuck ignored him, expecting the kid to fall for his trick and believe that he had already fallen asleep. Noram just talked about "the book." Which book? Some book that isn't even published?

It seemed to work, and Noram didn't ask any other questions, though he shifted closer and hugged his papa before drifting to sleep.

The student then opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling until he started feeling sleepy too. He fell asleep then, but all night he was always in tension. He couldn't move freely in his bed as he feared forgetting about Noram. He didn't want to make a pancake out of his future kid...

The morning was the best, in his opinion. He got up and... Noram wasn't there! Donghyuck then loudly laughed at himself for dreaming something so realistic. What an interesting dream! Almost worth writing a book.

But then it got stressful when he saw the kid leaving the bathroom. Donghyuck's mood dropped as he faced the reality very early in the morning. He got a headache right after and couldn't help but dive his fingers into his hair.

"I'm hungry, Papa."

Donghyuck had to take a deep breath if he didn't want the tension to take over his body.

"I want to eaaat."

"I know, I know," Donghyuck tried hard not to groan, therefore he sighed instead.

He got up and walked towards the mini-fridge he had inside his room. There he found three eggs and two slices of bread.

"There's nothing much I can offer," he said, feeling bad.

"Yay, eggs!"

Donghyuck, although agitated by this whole situation, found himself chuckling. How poor they were that this kid got happy about already cheap breakfast.

"Oh, you have tomatoes!"

"Do you want some?"

"Can I?"

"Sure," Donghyuck shrugged, frowning a little.

"This day is the best!" the boy said as he walked to Donghyuck, who was getting ready to prepare breakfast. "Eggs and tomatoes are my favorites!"

Hearing such enthusiasm from the boy, Donghyuck guessed that this combination wasn't very common for Noram. Considering that the future Donghyuck was the exotic dancer, which was still hard to believe, there was a high chance that he wasn't making breakfast after his night shift.