At the End of Summer || Mark Lee (NCT)

Special Chapter. Sweet Dreams

Mark was under an office table full of stuffed toys and a string of Christmas lights, eating an ice cream.

Seductively.

He was wearing this blue office attire, complete with a neck tie and a wristwatch that looks real expensive. He was looking at me while he was eating his ice cream.

I tried to speak, but no words came out.

After a few more licks from his ice cream, he dropped the half-empty cone on the floor and stood up, then he slowly walked closer to me.

I backed away a few steps but I reached a dead end, touching a wall.

He kept walking towards me, while I just stood there leaning against the wall, frozen and not knowing what to do.

I was quite panicking. He had this look in his eyes that I couldn't explain.

When he was standing just right in front of me, he put up his left arm against the wall and looked straight into my eyes.

"Uh... What are you doing?" I asked uneasily, and it surprised me that my voice decided to come back so conveniently at this moment.

I was looking anywhere but his eyes because he was making me feel uncomfortable.

"Look at me." He said, then he held my chin between his forefinger and thumb.

I closed my eyes, so as not to see his. I didn't like where this is going.

"Look at me, Areum."

That's when I woke up. Panting heavily, heart racing rapidly.

What the heck, Mark. Why did you have to waste the ice cream?

I stood up from my bed, then went out of my room, going down to the kitchen to drink some water.

I couldn't believe I just had a dream about Mark eating an ice cream. Seductively.

Of all the things I could've dreamed of, why that? I don't think I could ever see him eating ice cream in any other way now.

And I don't even think of him in such way. Even if I wanted to, I knew the chances of me and him are pretty low.

He was way too out of my league, and I'm just his best friend. Other best friend because, well, Donghyuck. Not to mention, he already has a crush.

Crush. I think I owe Hyuck a thousand Won.

I remembered my bet with Donghyuck, knowing full well that he won't let that go.

And I think he was right. Mark doesn't have a crush on Seoyeon.

I think I know who it is.

It can't be possible, though... But I know what I saw. I know he was gonna kiss me that time on the playground—No. Stop thinking like that, idiot. You're just his best friend. That he seems very fond of.

I just sighed as I went back to my room.

I really need to stop thinking about him too much.

I laid on my bed and shut my eyes, trying to go back to sleep. But every passing second, Mark keeps flashing on my mind. I couldn't forget that look he gave me.

It was too... seductive.

Argh! Stop it, Elizabeth. You're going insane.

I still wanted to sleep, but I couldn't because every time I close my eyes, Mark kept appearing. I kept turning around on my bed, feeling more and more awake.