li(n)ked | markhyuck ; jaeyong ; jaeno

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donghyuck was walking at a slow pace on the sidewalk, his hands in his uniform pants pockets, he was going to the nearest bus stop to his educational establishment. he had to leave without his friends this time, promising he had an appointment with the modeling agency, he couldn't tell them he was going to meet a much older man, especially when this guy wanted to tell him something important face to face. to tell the truth, he was getting distressed, in the end, what did this stranger really want from him? what did he want to talk about with a 17 years old student?

when he arrived at the bus stop he took his phone and earphones out of his jacket pocket before playing a random music and shaking his leg to follow the pulse and also to relieve his stress.

he took a deep breath and as he was watching the white smoke coming out of his mouth, the bus pulled up to the curb beside him. it was really cold outside and he still managed to forget to buy a new scarf, the last year one was itchy and caused irritation to his soft skin. he was shivering so he gladly got on the bus and showed his bus pass to the driver. as he was trying to find a good seat without really looking at its passengers, a hand grabbed his wrist and violently pulled him, making him sit on a seat he obviously didn't choose. he almost cursed and whined but when he saw the person's smiling face right next to him he only said :

"mark?"

the canadian man's blond curls were disheveled and were covering his forehead, he looked like he just woke up from a good night's sleep and didn't look at himself in the mirror before going out, and when the korean teenager looked down, he saw that he was still wearing what seemed to be his pajamas with a pair of converse and a big and soft looking black wool scarf that was hiding half of his face :

"never saw you on this bus, what are you doing here?"

donghyuck started to fidget with his hands, asking himself if he should and could tell him or not. after all, mark knew who minseok was but the teenager remembered that his oldest advised him not to meet him. looking deep into his sunken eyes, he answered in a small voice :

"i'm going to see xiumin, face to face."

the adult turned around to look at him for a moment, the high school student couldn't believe his eyes as he saw mark's stern look. but it quickly softened and he hummed in response as if he was telling him "warned you". donghyuck didn't dare try to chat with mark when he saw him watching the landscape while he was lost in his thoughts, so he took his cell phone and noticed he received a message from minhyuck a while ago :

m1004

jan.23 18:02

🔼hey

🔽hi minhyungie 🙂

the boy felt a vibration in the seat next to his the instant he touched the send button. he smiled at the coincidence and decided to check his instagram's timeline while waiting for an answer. in the corner of his eyes he saw mark trying to hide his phone and what he was doing on it from him, every so often he'd sneak a look at the youngest as he believed he was discreet :

m1004

jan.23 18:04

🔼what are you doing?

🔽nothing, i'm home 😊 left school at 17:00

his new friend cleared his throat and started to talk in a shaky voice and unsure tone: