It's Always You | MarkHyuck | Currently Updating

#21: Holy moly.

Chapter Twenty-One: "Holy moly."

Haechan never wore make up in the dorm. It was too much work and honestly there was no need. He looked real cute bare faced.

But today, he had on concealer. All thanks to Mark Lee's extraordinary love bite skills that had formed a purple bruise on his neck.

The colour was so dark that it took a serious amount of concealer for it to be fully hidden.

"Good afternoon," Jeno commented when Haechan walked into the living room, pointing out the fact that it was almost noon.

"Your sleep schedule is going to be messed up if you keep this up," Renjun scolded, "It's not good for you."

"And my food. I made this in the morning. You're having it for lunch!" Jaemin complained as he piled the food onto a plate.

Haechan put his hands up in surrender, overwhelmed by all the scolding. "Geez, I'm sorry."

"When did you come back last night?" Jeno asked, sitting at the dining table to give him company while Renjun and Haechan sat on the couch.

"Past midnight? I don't know, I fell asleep on the way back," Haechan answered as he stuffed himself with Jaemin's homemade dish. Jaemin was a seriously good cook.

"That late?" Renjun asked, shocked. "Mark hyung left so early this morning. Did he get enough sleep?"

Renjun was very particular about getting enough rest and it was helpful for the rest because he constantly reminded them to take care of themselves.

"It's Mark hyung, he can manage," Haechan said nonchalantly even though he was worried about Mark's health. Even when Mark kept up with Haechan's energy last night, Haechan noticed that he was trying to keep his tiredness at bay.

"Why did y'all go out so late and so sudden anyway," Jeno asked and Haechan sensed his suspicion. "I wanted to ask yesterday when he told me you two were going out but I didn't want to stand in the way right when you were leaving."

"Umm..." Haechan cleared his throat to stall as he thought about what to say. "We thought we'd check out the cosmic bowling place. It's really nice. We should go together."

None of them were swayed by Haechan's smart diversion of topic at the end. "At night? You could have gone on his day off that was literally a day before," Renjun jumped on Jeno's suspicion train.

Haechan had nothing to say to that.

But Jaemin came to his rescue. "This childish idiot probably just whined till Mark hyung gave in. Y'all are reading too much into this."

It was an excuse. From the way Jaemin said it, Haechan was sure Jaemin did not believe his own words. But Jeno and Renjun seemed to think it was a plausible explanation.

"Okay fair enough." Jeno had shrugged.

Haechan could not tell if Jaemin knew something but he sure as hell was grateful that the man had came to his aid. He had not even told anyone about Mark and Haechan's sleeping situation because if he had, the other members would not have kept quiet about it.

Not knowing whether Jaemin had helped intentionally or not, Haechan wondered whether he should confide in Jaemin.

The opportunity presented itself when Jaemin walked into Mark and Haechan's shared room where the latter was alone and gaming.