Since Mark and Donghyuck had met each other, they always thought that spending a day without the other one was impossible, so impossible that they couldn't even imagine doing so. But, after what happened Mark woke up to an empty bed and an even emptier heart.
Now,nearly one month went by since Mark saw his bestfriend and he couldn't help but feel empty. It was like his body was physically there but his mind wasn't, he couldn't feel anything besides lonelyness and sadness slowly winning over his bright personnality and it drove him mad. The fact that he last saw Donghyuck with salty tears running down his face, because of him, was what killed him the most.
But there he was, sitting with Lucas and Jungwoo at a coffee shop, sipping the hot liquid that was filling his cup with a blank stare. His friends were talking together but Mark couldn't actually pay attention as his mind was a complete mess. In fact, he actually enjoyed his friend's company, because he felt a little less lonely with them around. He tried to act as if he was alright, casually trying to take part in the conversation but in vain. His friends could see that something was missing in his eyes, Mark was not as bright as he used to, and even if he tried to act it off with lame jokes and a loud laugh, it just did not felt right. But everytime his friends asked him if he wanted to talk about Hyuck and what actually happened, they could see the light of his brown orbs fading away a little bit more. And they couldn't stand watching Mark slowly drift away, but they knew he felt the need to keep things like this private and they respected that.
All of he could think about was the honey skinned boy and how he could've missed the fact that his soulmate was suffering so much. Throughout these few weeks Mark tried multiple times to see and talk to Donghyuck but how could he when the younger would block Mark from all social medias, reject his phone calls and hide from what he used to call his Best Friend?
Mark could hear the echo of his heart shattering into pieces a little bit louder inside of his chest. He tortured himself to actually understand what was Donghyuck thinking, but he would alwas end up crying and hating himself a little bit more. Did Donghyuck actally believed that by blocking and avoiding the older , a miracle will happend and the holes inside both of their chests will be filled again? Did he really think that it was the right thing to do? Leaving Mark behind without even thinking of what he could've done to the poor boy's heart?
It was driving Mark's mind crazy. He secretly hoped his head would explode from overthinking so he wouldn't wake up every morning to this huge, burning and empty hole inside his chest, that was slowly consuming him. He actually lost some weight and became so light that Lucas became afraid that "if the wind blowed hard his friend would fly away, and he would never see Mark again." This thought made a small smile appear on Mark's face.
- "Mark you okay bro? You've been starring and smiling at the table for probably two minutes straight, and I don't even know if i've seen you fucking blink even once. " Lucas said bringing the younger to reality. "What are you thinking about?"
- "You." Mark said making the boy choke on his drink as Jungwoo glared at him with that "Bitch did you just-" look . "Oh come on Hyung-ie don't look at me with that face !" Mark said in an innocent tone, smiling brightly. Wich made the three of them laugh softly. It felt great to see that Mark could still have times where his laughs and smiles were genuine.
Jungwoo leaned over the table to put his hand on Mark's fore arm squeezing it lightly "Hearing you laugh like this, truly heals my heart Mark" he let out in a sweet tone and sat back to put his hand on Lucas's thigh "But next time you flirt with my man, I'll beat the shit out of you." he said with a wink and brang the hot mug to his lips.
- "As if you didn't flirt with all of the boys right in front of my eyes huh?" Lucas whispered loud enough for the two other boys hear.
At that, Mark took a sip of his drink and lifted his eyebrows, looking away, trying not to laugh. As Jungwoo gasped and turned to his boyfriend with wide opened eyes and he put hand on his heart " Oh Lucas, shut the hell up, and stop trying to change the topic Mhh? I was trying to be the possesive and cold boyfriend here." he said rolling his eyes and hitting Lucas's torso.
