Angel's Voice; NCT Markhyuck FF

VIII

3rd POV

Chenle was skipping school since days.
He didn't feel like school. The most important for him was to regain Mark's memories.
Every time he had to go, to give Mark some rest, he came back with things to help Mark remembering.

And it helped.

As time went by Mark was able to remember the most days and he was really happy about it, since he already was in hospital since weeks.
Everything that was missing was the last week.

Chenle told him every single detail, that he knew.

And it worked.

It was already July but still school wasn't over.
Mark was released from the hospital. His family welcomed him wholeheartedly since they started to visit him less the last few weeks.
Chenle was also welcomed and thanked for taking care of Mark. But there was one difference as they walked towards the house.
Their hands.

They were holding hands.

But nobody was complaining about it. They were just all happy that Mark had recovered completely, the only thing that lasted was a small scar on the back of his head, which was so small, it would be barely seeable when Mark would have no hair.
So nobody complained about it.

It was just a sorrow free moment in their life.

Inside of the building the Park-Lee family had prepared a big meal to celebrate Mark's recovering. With a big smile on both their lips they sat beside each other finally letting go of their hands. Everybody was excited to see Mark again and they asked him a lot of questions, as example how he was doing, if he still has any injuries or anything.

Chenle on the other side sat beside the older boy with a smile, even tho he still looked worried and sorry. In the end it was his father who did that to Mark.

"Mark?", the blonde spoke up, his eyes staring at the ground.
"What's wrong, LeLe?"
"Can I stay for today? I don't want to go home"
"Huh? Sure, you can, we have another room, where you can sleep if you want", the latter smiled brightly and took Chenle's hand again.
A slight pressure grew up in their grip and they looked at each other.

"Aw, so Chenle, I was surprised when I heard that you two went on a date.", Mrs Lee threw in with curiosity in her eyes.
"O-oh, yeah... I've asked him and he-"
"I hadn't got any deeper feelings for him, I thought at first. But I seem to like him more than I planned.", Mark cut off the other boy and chuckled apologizing afterwards.

Chenle at the other hand pouted playfully and tried to not smile as the other boy ruffled his hair with a big smile. "Aaaawweee, don't be sad little boy", he teased and the blonde reacted with a gasp. "You didn't dare"
Mark gasped too, "I did dare"
They looked at each other like that for a few seconds.

Then they laughed genuine: "Idiot" "You are"
Again they teased each other.
"Hyungie? I'm really happy, you regained your memories. I felt lost when you didn't.", Chenle suddenly admitted making Mark become silent immediately, but still he quietly pulled the younger into his embrace, causing everyone to at least think 'Awww' in their mind.

All of a sudden a knocking came from the door and the room became silent.
A slim, tall woman walked into the room and smiled shyly.
"Mom?", Chenle spoke up as the first and pulled away from Mark's hug.

"Chenle...", she replied with a soft smile. "And Mark", her voice was as soft as a fluffy cloud on a sunny day, her smile as apologizing as it could get. With slow steps she walked over to them and bowed deeply in front of them. The room was completely silent, the only noise where the women's high-heels.

"I'm sorry for what he did to you Mark... I should have stopped him right away...", she spoke still bowing her head low as her voice started to fill with sadness.
Mark stood up, a soft smile drawing on his face.
"Please don't be sorry, Mrs Zhong.", he smiled brightly and helped the female to stand upright.

"Aish, Chenle got it from you", he gave her a tissue,"It looks terrible if you cry. So don't."
The adult had to laugh a bit. "Really? Thank you", she smiled and took the tissue gratefully.
Then her gaze fell to her son. "Dear, you are alright~ I was worried since you didn't came home often", she opened her arms and a second later Chenle already hugged her tight.

"Thank you for coming, Mom"
"Of course~ I would never miss to see my baby with his love"

Even though it may seemed confusing, but it was clear that Mrs Zhong was a nice mother.
Mark looked at them both with a soft smile as he sat back down drinking something from his glass before he was hugged by Chenle. "Thank you for being so nice to my mom", the younger whispered under his breath causing Mark to smile more.

They talked some more and laughed a lot and people started to leave and after some more hours Chenle was the only one who was left at Mark's.
"Markie, I'm hungry~", he whined and looked up from the table. The said boy chuckled and thought a second before replying. "I can make you some ramen, if you want"
"Yes, ramyeon!!", Chenle shouted cheerfully all of a sudden and almost fell from his seat.

"Careful, silly head!", Mark immediately scolded him, while he already was on, doing the instant noodles. With two bowls of hot water he nodded to the door. "Let's go upstairs and watch some Netflix"

Together they headed to the older's room, Chenle extremely excited. "You got Netflix?! Woah!~"

But in the dark of the room beside the stairs two eyes were watching them.
They shimmered slightly as the two walked upstairs.

A shimmer of jealousy.

"Tch-", was the only sound that came from the blue haired as he walked back into his room.