Limitless (NCT one shots)

Love always Pt 2 (MarkHyuck)

Possible triggers?

"Hey, Mark?" His closest friend Johnny is over after their other friend and coworker, Jaehyun said he was being a bear and it's been going on for too long.
"Yeah?" He questions with his eyes glued to the paper in front of him. They are sitting in his office because that is the only place Mark is found these days.
"Where's Hyuckie?" He asks watching Mark's shoulders stiffen at the name.
"Gone." Is all he says.
"What do you mean gone?" He scoffs.
"Gone as in, he fucking left. He broke the contract so he left." He says angrily.
"How did he break it?" Johnny asks, getting kind of annoyed at his lack of response.
"He fell in love." Johnny gasps.
"What? Who with? I thought the contract stated that he had to exclusively see you?" Mark pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs.
"Me, he fell in love with me." He says trying not to choke up.
"But thats great! You are in love with him too so it's perfect, I don't understand." Mark sighs again.
"He loves me but doesn't know I love him. I would have told him but he wrote a letter and left. That's that." Johnny rolls his eyes.
"So call him, go to him and tell him how you feel. Fuck, you guys are perfect together. I've never seen you as happy as you were with him." Johnny nags.
"DONT YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?" He yells as the tears fall rapidly down his face. Johnny is quick to comfort him with a hug.
"I tried calling but his phone was a company issued cell and since he left the company he had to turn it in. Yes I've contacted the company and they couldn't tell me his whereabouts even if they knew. So there it is. I'm stuck, miserable for the rest of my fucking life because the one chance I had at love, I blew because I was too scared that if I told him he would leave." Johnny shakes his head.
"Bullshit! You are a self made multibillion dollar business man. You built your company from the ground up and made a fucking fortune for yourself. The only reason you needed him in the first place was because you were too busy working to date. You have the means and the fucking tenacity to find him now get off your pouty little ass and do it. For once put your life ahead of your business and do it for you." Mark stands shocked, he didn't know Johnny would lay into him this way but he knows he's telling the truth and figures he is right. He sighs and sits on the chair.
"I know, I'm just scared." Johnny pats him on the back and walks to the door.
"Just get busy, and I'll see what I can do." Mark smiles a little before standing and going to his room. He grabs the letter that he had pulled out of the garbage multiple times that night and ended up sleeping with and rereads it again. It's been two weeks and he misses him so much. He figures tomorrow he will dig his heels in and search.

Two months later...

"Hyuck, what's the problem?" His friend Renjun asks as he pats his back and looks around his dirty little one room apartment. He's too sad to clean.
"I just miss him today. Fuck, why is love so painful?" He asks between sniffles.
"It's not painful all the time. Maybe if you told him how you feel? Maybe he would feel the same?" Donghyuck shakes his head no.
"You know my situation, I couldn't." Renjun sighs.
"Now you can. You no longer work there, you are no longer under a contract." He rubs his back.
"It's not that easy, I just leave him with no notice whatsoever and leave a note because I'm too much of a coward to face him then just walk back into his life to ask how he feels about me?" Renjun nods with a big smile.
"It's that easy." Donghyuck shakes his head.
"I have a class now." He says as he sits up.

When Donghyuck was only seventeen, he was homeless. He had started selling himself as means to make money. It wasn't much, the pimp always took a majority of his earnings and he wasn't even allowed to keep tips. He once got beaten within inches of his life for trying to hide it and keep it for himself. He quickly
Learned to keep his head down and follow the rules. He only did that for a few months when he was approached by a man that worked for an escort company. He saw him as a young handsome asset and the added benefit is that it gets another young person off the streets. They bought out his pimp and he signed up with them. The best part of this was that he wasn't a slave to them, he can quit any time. Of course they had to make some money off him but only ten percent, and since he would be working with the upper class, he would make more money. Donghyuck appreciated this so much. They give him a phone and an apartment. It was small but nice. After an extensive physical and his tests all came back clean he was added to the catalogue.
He had a couple of clients before Mark and one of them didn't even want sex. They just wanted a date to a wedding.
When Mark went to the agency, his request was different than most people's. He wanted someone long term that would sign a contract to only be his and not see anyone else. He offered more than what they were asking. He went on their website and looked through their catalog and saw him. He thought he looked angelic, he knew he was the one. Everyone involved had to sign a confidentiality clause. It's not that he wasn't handsome or even kind enough to find someone to love, he just didn't have time. So he decided to at least help tame his sex drive and have someone he can count on. Of course they signed the contract together and one of his stupid clauses was no feelings. He regrets that deeply but he just figured it would make sense to keep it professional. The only thing he wanted from him was to dress cutely and be available for sex. He figured he would only use him a couple times and after that it would be few and far between but that changed quickly. They met up a few times to get to know each other then they had sex for the first time. It was a little awkward at first but Hyuck is a professional. He took control of the situation. They quickly became addicted to each other. Not just the sex, they would sometimes talk all night long. Of course Donghyuck wouldn't charge for that, even when Mark would try to insist. It didn't take long for either to develop feelings, they just work so well together and despite their differences in backgrounds and professions, it was perfect. Mark never cared that Hyuck was an escort and he was even told about his life on the streets. He loves him still.
Hyuck of course never thought he would measure up for someone like Mark. For sex? Sure. To look cute on his arm as a date? Of course. The thought of Mark actually having feelings for him? Laughable. He sells himself for money, who in their right mind would fall in love with someone like this?
Of course for someone struggling with literally everything in life, knowing the reality that there is someone out there that is meant for them and that will love them despite everything is a hard pill to swallow.
For some, it may happen right away and for others it may be when they are older but everyone deserves love even him.

"I found him." Mark exclaims to Johnny as he walks in his door.
"Really? great! Now maybe you can sleep again? Maybe shave? Shower?" He asks playfully.
"Shut it." Mark says.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go get him." Mark sighs.
"Maybe he don't want me too, maybe he doesn't love me? He changed his name. That's why it took so long. He goes by Haechan, he's been going to school. If he loves me still, wouldn't he have come back?" Johnny sighs.
"Put yourself in his shoes, everything he's been through, everything he's done just to have food and a place to sleep. Could you come back?" Mark sits at his desk with his head in his hands. He cries, his heart aches for his Hyuckie and he hopes that he had saved enough money so he's been living a nice life.
"Do you think if I want to give him everything he's ever wanted, that he would let me?" Johnny chuckles.
"I don't think he needs all that, I think he only needs you." Mark nods with a small smile.
"Thank you for always being my voice of reason." He says as he walks out of his office mid day. He is starting to feel alive again, almost as alive as he felt whenever he was with Hyuck.