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"The nurse isn't in?" Mark looked around the office,

Donghyuck rolled his eyes as he rested his chin on Mark's shoulders. He couldn't believe he let Mark carry him, he only prayed that Renjun didn't see them.

"Wow! I definitely didn't know that," Donghyuck replied,

Mark set Donghyuck onto the bed, he looked at the wound carefully.

"Woah! What are you doing?" Donghyuck asked, trying to stop himself from kicking Mark.

"I'm just looking at it?" Mark replied, unsure if that was the mistake he was making at made Donghyuck angry.

"Stay away from it!" He commanded, shooing Mark away.

Mark raises a brow and did as he was told. He turned away from the male and searched for the first aid kit.

"W-What are you looking for?" Donghyuck asked in fear,

"A first aid kit," Mark replied, pulling it out from the cabinet. He walked towards Donghyuck and set the kit by his side.

"What for..?" Donghyuck asked, not realising he had made himself sound stupid due to the overwhelming horror of having to treat his injury.

"I'm going to treat your injury? What's wrong with you? Did you hit your head as well?" Mark asked, washing his hands before he sat down on the ground.

As soon as he realised what Mark was planning, fear was installed in Donghyuck.

"No!" Donghyuck kicked Mark's chest, causing Mark to lose his balance.

"What the fuck?!" Mark exclaimed, picking himself up from the ground, the pain still stinging his chest.

"You're not touching it! You're just going to make it worse!" Donghyuck exclaimed, not sorry for what he had done.

"I've done this before and I'm not an idiot like you! Just trust me!" Mark maintained his distance from the brat, not wanting another kick.

"Trust and you don't belong in one sentence!" Donghyuck crosses his arms, pouting in anger.

"Well, are you just going to wait for the nurse then?" Mark asked

Donghyuck thought about it, was it better than trusting Mark? "No!" Donghyuck said, trying to get off the bed.

"Where are you going?" Mark hurried by Donghyuck's side.

"Back to class! I don't want to treat it!" Donghyuck tried to lift himself up from the bed but the pain in his knee restrained him from doing so.

"Have you lost your mind? You need to treat it or it'll get worse!" Mark forced Donghyuck to sit down but it wasn't like he was actually going to go anywhere.

"So? I don't care!"
"Why don't you want to treat it?"
"Because I say so!"
"If it's me-"
"It's not because of you!"
"Then why?!"

"Because I'm scared!" Donghyuck finally told the truth,

Mark fell silent, "Of what?" He asked,

"I'm scared that it'll hurt," Donghyuck pouted, staring at his wound, he didn't want to look at Mark to protect his pride.

Mark formed a smile, trying not to burst into laughter but he gave in,

"Hey! Stop laughing!" Donghyuck scolded, throwing the pillow at Mark.

Mark didn't care. He found it absolutely ridiculous and somehow, adorable that someone like Donghyuck was so scared of something so small.

"Are you serious?" Mark asked, his laughter not giving him the time to even breathe.

"Y-Yes!" Donghyuck stuttered, he felt his cheeks heating up in embarrassment.

Mark finally calmed down after almost dying of laughter. He knelt down again, close to the wound.

"Donghyuck, if you don't get this treated, it'll get worse and rot," Mark scared the younger male, watching as Donghyuck got frightened at his words.

"That won't happen!" Donghyuck tried to remain tough but his fears were beginning to fill him,

"Will it..?" Donghyuck asked, looking at Mark for confirmation.

Mark nodded, pulling out all the necessary tools to treat Donghyuck's injury.

"Just believe in me, I'll make sure to keep you safe, okay?" Mark reassure the younger one gently,

Donghyuck nodded, finally letting Mark treat his injury. Mark extended his hand to Donghyuck, "It'll hurt just a bit," He smiled,

Donghyuck reluctantly took Mark's hand, squeezing it whenever the process got painful.

Mark looked up at Donghyuck while treating his injury, he could see the tears welling up in the younger's eyes who was trying to hold them back.

"And we're done!" Mark said after laying the bandage onto Donghyuck's knee.

Donghyuck let out a sigh of relief, wiping his unshed tears. Mark tidied up the items and walked over to the sink to clean up.

Donghyuck sat there, thinking through about his actions. He wanted to protect his pride but..

"Hey, Mark?" Donghyuck called out,

"Hm?" Mark hummed, wiping his hands dry with a towel.

"T-Thank you," Donghyuck stuttered, avoiding eye contact with Mark as his cheeks grew warmer.

Mark smiled, the two words were music to his ears. "Yup, no problem!" He walked over to Donghyuck who was hiding his face.

"And I'm sorry for kicking you earlier," Donghyuck added, before he peeked at Mark to see him smiling like the idiot he is.

"Stop smiling or I'll kick you again," Donghyuck scolded, he stood up with the help of Mark.

"You're way too stubborn for your own good," Mark giggled, helping Donghyuck leave the nurse's office.

"Shut up,"