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七 ; Qī

"Johnny!" Mark exclaimed in fear, terrified to see what was sitting on his head.

He looked into the mirror, there was a bump there a week or so ago but now it's a whole seedling!

His brother rushed to his younger's brother room, "What's wrong, Mark?" He asked, all ready for work.

"This! This is wrong!" Mark pointed at the green seedling sitting on his head.

Johnny tilted his head, squinting despite wearing glasses for he was uncertain of what he was looking at.

"What on Earth?" Johnny asked himself, walking towards Mark and inspecting the seedling that has grown on his head.

"What should I do?" Mark asked, worrying for his life it could be deadly.

"Pluck it out..?" Johnny replied, unsure of this advise himself. He slowly grabbed the seedling and pulled it,

"Ow! Stop!" Mark exclaimed, Johnny immediately released the seedling from his hands.

"Should we go see a doctor?" Johnny asked, lowering himself to Mark's height,

"I don't know if this even exists in their field," Mark replied, touching the seedling with care in case he would harm the fragile plant.

"So you want to see a gardener?" Johnny laughed, ruffling his little brother's hair.

"N-No!" Mark pouted, using his fingers to comb his hair.

"Just hide it with a cap or a hood and we'll see what we can do later, okay? We're going to be late," Johnny walked out of Mark's room and down the stairs.

"Fine.."

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"Hey, loser!" Mark was on his way to class when he was greeted by Donghyuck,

"The name is Mark Lee," Mark corrected, scrunching his nose at that younger male.

"Yeah, that translates to loser, idiot, dumbass and many more in my language but don't expect anything good," Donghyuck smiled as he teased the older one.

Mark smiled back as well. Lately , he and Donghyuck were getting much friendlier.

They were able to speak with each other without arguing or at least, not all the time.

That didn't mean they liked each other though, they absolutely despised each other but that was what the forced themselves to believe.

"Lovebirds walked together, huh?" Jaemin smiled in his seat as he kicked his feet in the air, absolutely adoring Mark and Donghyuck together.

"Sure, say that to you and Jeno," Donghyuck walked passed Jaemin and dumped his bag onto his seat.

"Jeno doesn't mind, right?" Jaemin leaned close to Jeno, causing him to be flustered.

"M-Maybe a l-little bit.." He muttered but Jaemin paid no attention to his words.

Mark was far too busy worrying about the small bulge on his cap due to the seedling, although it was almost unnoticeable, it definitely made Mark feel unsafe.

Donghyuck noticed how quiet Mark was and was concerned, strangely, "Why are you so quiet?" He asked in a harsh tone,

Mark snapped out of his insecurities, "Isn't that what you like?" Mark asked,

Donghyuck was confused himself, why was he worried? Didn't he enjoy the silence that came from Mark?

"Of course, I do!" Donghyuck smacked Mark's head before heading towards his seat.

"Tch, just when I thought he was tolerable," Mark said to himself, putting his bag down onto his chair.

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"Pass the ball!" Chenle exclaimed, throwing his hands into the air.

Jisung did as he was told and passed the ball, having the opposite team chasing after Chenle to retrieve the ball.

Chenle threw the ball into the goal but disappointingly, it missed and fell back to the ground,

Mark snatched the ball and ran towards the opposite goal, imagining his sweet victory as he gets closer to the goal.

"Oh! Mark might actually win?!" Renjun exclaimed, he was the referee for the basketball match after bringing loses to his team for the past 3 rounds.

"What's that suppose to mean?!" Mark heard Renjun's comment, losing his focus from the hoop.

"Means you're about to lose!" Donghyuck took his chance as Mark was distracted by Renjun, he dived towards the older male, trying to reach for the ball.

Mark was caught off guard and tried to run away but he began to lose his balance, "Shit!" He cussed,

He grabbed Donghyuck's collar in an attempt to prevent himself from falling but he had only dragged both of them down,

Renjun blew the whistle, "Injury! Injury!" He exclaimed like an alarm,

Mark raised his head up from the ground to only have it clashing into Donghyuck's. "Ow!" The two yelled in unison.

"Sorry.." Mark rubbed his forehead, looking at Donghyuck who had fallen onto him.

His heart skipped a beat at how close both of them were yet he didn't push Donghyuck away or at least, he didn't want to.

Donghyuck only stared at the male, a word not being able to escape his lips as he looked at him.

Mark felt a strange feeling in his heart, it was simply indescribable yet it felt somehow refreshing and nostalgic?
It was new to him and he didn't understand a single bit of it.

It has only been a month but Mark felt.. something, strange.

Donghyuck gulped, wondering why Mark hasn't said anything or even moved. Why wasn't he, himself, doing anything?

"Wow! Mark and Donghyuck!" Jaemin sang, teasingly. He smiled to himself watching the two.

The two snapped out of their thoughts. "Tch! Get away!" Donghyuck stood onto his feet and patted the dirt off his clothes.

"S-Sorry," Mark stuttered, he picked himself up and patted the dirt off as well. "Are you.. okay?"

Donghyuck fell silent, seeing the seedling that was on Mark's head.

"Woah, what is that?!" Chenle rushes towards Mark, staring at the seedling.

"What?" Mark asked, he reached for his head and felt the seedling exposed from the cap. All the life drained from his face,

"Oh no,"