Limitless (NCT one shots)

Hate to love Pt.2 (MarkNo)

So this is really long, enjoy!

Jeno had Renjun drive him to the game. They sat together watching from the bench on the sidelines. Renjun was so excited to be there.
"Hey Jen? Did I tell you that my new roommate is really nice?" Jeno chuckles.
"Oh yeah? How nice?" Renjun blushes.
"He asked me on a date." He says as Jeno smiles brightly at him.
"That's great, see everyone thinks you are pretty." Renjun blushes again and leans on his shoulder.
"What's his name? Tell me about him?" Renjun smiles brightly.
"Well, you know him already, it's Na Jaemin." Jeno's jaw drops.
"Really? That's cool. He's a really nice guy. He volunteers all the time and is studying to be a doctor." He says with the tone of approval Renjun was looking for.
"That's so good to hear, I was worried you'd tell me he's an asshole or something." Jeno laughs.
"His name isn't Mark." Renjun frowns as he puts his hands on his hips.
"I thought you two were getting along now? Did he do something? Did he hurt you? I'll end him." Jeno laughs.
"I have no doubt you would, he's just an asshole in general, he didn't do anything."

Jaemin runs up to Mark who is standing frozen in the middle of the field after the half time whistle blew. He's going through an internal crisis as he sees Jeno smiling with Renjun.
"Hey, why are they cuddling? Is Jeno trying to steal my man?" He asks as they finally start walking to the benches. Mark shakes his head.
"They are just really close friends, very cuddly." Jaemin hums.
"I never would have taken Jeno to be the cuddly type." Mark sighs.
"You and me both." He says as he grabs a bottle of water.

"Hi Renjun, are you enjoying the game?" Jaemin asks causing Renjun's cheeks to heat up.
"Hi Jaem, yes I am. It's nice sitting so close." Jaemin smiles.
"Just be careful, ok." Renjun nods with a shy smile.
"How's the knee Jen?" He nods to Jaemin.
"It's ok, im getting a little sore sitting here though." Jaemin ruffles his hair.
"Heal quickly man, we need you." He says before running out to the field.

Jeno chuckles as Renjun watches his new roommate walk away.
"So I'm guessing this room switch wasn't so bad for you after all?" He asks in his ear.
"I don't know, I guess. I'm happy I finally met Jaemin but I'm still sad I don't get to be with you." Jeno hugs him warmly.
"Me too, I miss you."

After halftime ends with Mark sitting on a different bench the entire time, Jeno has had enough. He's in pain and needs to ice his knee.
"Renjun I want to go back. Can you drive me?" Renjun pouts.
"Ok, I'll watch Jaemin's next game." Jeno shakes his head.
"Maybe I can make it for a little longer." Renjun smiles brightly.
"Are you sure? I'm ok if we leave?" He shakes his head.
"I'm good, don't worry." Renjun hugs him and just as he cups his cheeks to kiss his nose, they hear someone scream out Jeno's name.
He turns his head just in time to get hit in the face with a ball traveling at a really high speed.
He falls back onto the ground while the crowd goes silent.

He lies there looking up to the sky wondering why he's been so unlucky with soccer lately. The coach runs over to check him over while Renjun sits beside him, holding his hand. The rest of his team has surrounded him as well, he makes a small eye contact with Mark before he jogs back onto the field.
As soon as the medics give him the ok, Renjun helps him up.
"Come on, let's get you home." He says softly.
"But what about the game?" Jeno asks as the team who was previously standing there with concern is now being ushered back to the field.
"You need to rest, I can watch Jaemin another time."

Jeno finally concedes and they leave the game. He's actually quite relieved because it's so hard to watch your team play when you can't.

When Mark gets back to their dorm it's almost midnight. He decided rather than face Jeno after saying such hurtful words to him, he would go to the team celebration. After their win there was a party planned and while he really didn't feel up to it, he went anyway. He may have drank a bit too much to drown his nagging voice in his head that keeps telling him to apologize but he's still aware of everything that happened that day. He walks into their small bathroom and stares at his face in the mirror.
"I should have iced it." He whispers to himself as he inspects his own bulging black eye. He washes his face and brushes his teeth before going out to change.