What if...? || Markhyuck

-80-

[october 2021]

[minhyung]

"What?" I asked, slightly surprised. Donghyuck stared at me for a long time but didn't say anything at all. My first instinct was to think I had done something wrong today and should have figured out what it was. The henpecked husband syndrome did not leave me at all as the relationship continued. 

They say moving in together is a big test for a relationship - it's all unpacking boxes, assembling furniture. We haven't done anything else for several days, just cardboard boxes and furniture but we haven't quarreled once. It is true that we often teased each other, mainly Donghyuck teased me, but we managed to turn it into a joke. We persistently avoided arguing, so maybe that was also the aftermath of those little annoyances.

"Nothing." Donghyuck shrugged.

"You're staring," I muttered, tapping him lightly on the tip of nose with index finger. Boy smiled.

"I'm excited," Hyuck said with a smile, moving closer. I started laughing and welcomed him on my chest. Brunet swung a leg over me contentedly and rested head on palm

"About what?" I asked with amusement and tightened fingers on Donghyuck's thigh. I loved those legs. If I had to pick a part of Donghyuck's body that I like the most, it would be those intimidating legs right after his ass.

"That now I will fall asleep and wake up next to you every day" he revealed the cliché always declared by people in movies, newly married couples or other magical combinations of lovers. I didn't believe much of it. It didn't change the fact that I just felt the need for Hyuck to be by my side.

"Mhm, give us a month and I'll end up on the couch," I muttered, knowing from experience how Donghyuck's over-enthusiasm about being optimistic about us sharing one space ended.

"If you're a good Hyungie, you won't end up anywhere," boy muttered, slightly offended. I started laughing. I hugged Hyuck tightly to me and kissed his warm, soft cheek with all strength.

"I'm glad to have you with me all the time too," and it was a painfully honest confession. I was tormented by ignorance and anxiety related to the fact that something could happen and I would not be with him. "Be a good Hyuckie so I don't have to sleep on that hard couch" I asked half jokingly half seriously.

"I'll try to clean up after myself, not to throw things around..." boy muttered softly, as if in thought. His finger slowly traced circles on my chest.

"You'll be neatly putting things back in their place in the kitchen. Dairy to dairy, meat to..."

"Meats. Vegetables to vegetables, I know," he finished quickly for me, cutting the earlier statement.

"You won't throw your shoes at the entrance either, you'll just put them on the shelf where they belong," I said with a slight smile, because I could already see that boy was getting a little annoyed. Still, he pretended to be above what I was saying.

"Okay..." he sighed heavily

"What else?" I thought with feigned earnestness. When Donghyuck got angry at me under controlled conditions, he was really cute. Sometimes I liked to give him a little pressure if I knew it wouldn't escalate in a direction we both didn't want.

"Nothing, I'm going back to my mom," he finally muttered and pulled away from me, then turned his back. "I've had enough," announced theatrically and moved to the other half of the bed. I chuckled under breath and followed him.