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Chapter 31

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♡ "here's what i think..." ♡

-unknown

donghyuck was fuming.

he was fuming because based on his calculations and the way mark texted him earlier, the older shouldn't even be in his line of vision. however, mark was right there, a few feet away on the same field he had try-outs on, laughing away with some guy.

who was the guy? why was his hand on mark's shoulder? why was he both weirdly handsome and pretty? why does his hair look healthier than—

donghyuck didn't even want to think about the possibility of the last question, nor did he want to think about mark for the rest of the afternoon.

"donghyuck?"

the boy turned his head at his name being called, "hey, jeno." there was jeno again, his eyes smiling like he had won some type of grand prize. he was dressed in sportswear, indicating that he was on the field for practice....just like a certain someone. "practice?" donghyuck questioned with his head pointing to the group of football players.

"yeah," jeno smiled. "what brings you out here?"

"try outs." donghyuck stood proudly.

"for?"

"cheerleading, what else?"

jeno looked taken aback by the other's words but quickly replaced his expression with a smile as he said, "have fun with that. i'll head to practice now...let us know if you make it on the team."

yeah, he'd let them know...he'd let everyone know, especially mark. just because things were weird between them doesn't mean he'd get to miss out on one of donghyuck's accomplishments.

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maybe he should rethink his life decisions because based on the way he was about to excrete the piece of banana he ate this morning made donghyuck want to stop.

but again, donghyuck wasn't a quitter. sure he was asked to run a whole five laps around a college field as a warm up, but so what? he was capable...he was definitely capable.

"dude, you okay?" donghyuck wondered if he was hallucinating the tall man speaking to him. he couldn't quite make out his face due to the sunlight so maybe it was an angel ready to take him away from the forced misery he intentionally put his body through.

"are you an angel?" donghyuck mumbled out, putting his hand above his eye to focus his vision as much as possible. this made the male chuckle as he held his hand out for the boy to grab. donghyuck took it, lazily pulling himself up with a strained grip on the other's hand.

"oh my—shit," donghyuck sighed. " thanks for the help...."

"it's minho...you're donghyuck right?" minho smiled at the boy as he watched him struggle to catch his breath. "want some of my water?" he shook his bottle while offering it to the boy.

"i would but it'll make me so sluggish and i still have at least one more lap," donghyuck groaned, throwing his head back in regret. "wait, how did you know my name?"