candy | markhyuck

eleven

[ third pov ]

mark desperately wanted to leave before it escalated to something worse but he couldn't.

taeyong had left earlier for an urgent meeting and jisung and chenle left for school. it was only mark and haechan sitting across each other in the empty dinning room.

his leg hurt from the hard kick the younger inflicted upon him earlier and it didn't help when chenle accidentally pushed his chair into his foot when he left for school.

despite that, mark could tell something was off about haechan. he wasn't resisting from anything and ate breakfast quietly.

"what did hyung tell you?" mark broke the silence; his voice echoed throughout the big room. haechan was playing around with his food while he used his fork to circle around the blueberries.

"he told me a lot of things. but i figured some out by myself." the younger looked up from his plate, staring directly at the older. he pointed to the portrait that hung on the other side of the wall.

it was a picture of his father.

he was dressed in a nice suit and sitting in a big chair. surrounding him was a couple of other boys around haechan's age. mark stood on the very left and taeyong was beside him.

"taeyong told me everything. how my father was a mafia leader and how he kicked me out for my own safety..." he paused as he slowly leaned back into his chair, admiring the portrait.

"and how much he loved me."

silence filled the air as his own words soaked into his skin. even if he now knows the real reason for why his father abandoned him, it would never justify it.

"he looks pretty nice. i mean his suit was definitely better than the clothes i saw him wear." haechan smiled, clearly trying to hide the fact that he was hurt. mark gulped as he turned back around.

"it's not what you think-"

"it's exactly what i think. he left me for another family. i was never his first choice." the younger's words were bitter, making a pit of guilt stir in the older's stomach.

"he wouldn't have told us to find you if he didn't care." mark argued back, clearly offended by the way haechan insulted his boss.

"he did it for his own closure." were haechan's last words before he left the dinning room, leaving mark all alone.