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warning: a little bit of homophobic language

the next day, mark didn't see donghyuck at school. he didn't show up when the teacher was calling attendance and he didn't show up at recess either. he didn't show up at lunch or at the end of the day.

"where's donghyuck, mark?" a voice said, getting closer to the little boy sitting on the side of the basketball court.

mark looked up at a tall boy named jeno. he frowned up at him and focused his gaze elsewhere. he was already having a hard time since the conversation he had with his mom. many hours after she left, she came home drunk and neglected mark, leaving him to cry alone in his room.

jeno was known as a bully and he often bullied kids like mark. quiet and peaceful kids that didn't have many friends were always bullied, left to fend for themselves. luckily, mark had donghyuck to protect him from people like jeno. it was a shame that donghyuck was gone today.

"i asked you a question." jeno snarled as he grabbed the collar of mark's shirt, yanking him from the ground and forcing him to stand. jeno was nearly a whole foot taller than mark.

"i don't know where he is." mark mumbled. he wanted to get away from jeno as fast as possible, but he didn't know where to go. no one could protect him today.

"tell me," jeno stepped closer to the shorter boy. "do you like donghyuck?"

"well, yeah. of course i like him, he's my best friend."

jeno let out an exasperated sigh and hit himself lightly in the face. mark tilted his head in confusion, not knowing why jeno seemed mad at him.

"no, you know what kind of 'like' i mean. do you want to kiss donghyuck?" jeno had a small smirk growing on his lips.

mark said nothing and just blushed as he remembered the previous day's events. he did want to kiss his friend again, it felt nice to him. he gave jeno a small nod.

"fag."

mark felt a sharp pain in his stomach and he fell backwards onto the ground. jeno had knocked the wind out of mark by punching him in the stomach. the fallen boy felt the cold concrete beneath his now scraped hands and he felt himself shaking as he started to sob.

"not so tough while donghyuck's gone, huh?" jeno sneered as he bent down and got up in mark's face. he gave him one last disgusted glance before walking away.

no one paid attention to the little boy lying on the ground with his elbows and knees all scraped up. his quiet wails were drowned out by the laughter and chatter of the other children around him. his thoughts wondered to donghyuck's whereabouts and why donghyuck would leave him alone.

hi this is the author here and i'm gonna be camping for the next few days so i'm publishing a bunch of chapters rn in advance so y'all get three chapters at once yay

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