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Mari's heart was beating hard against her chest. Her hands were fumbling with the fabric of her shirt, while she looked into Mark's face. The boy was taller than her and had a cute half-smile on his lips. He moved his hands through his hair, while he looked at the girl.
"I'll soon go to the states." Mark suddenly started to break the silence. "SM wants us to have a US-debut with 127's next comeback so I'll be in the states for a few weeks. The boys are all super excited. Especially Johnny." Mark laughed and Mari caught a pink hint on his cheeks.
He was rambling to make sure this situation won't be too awkward for both of them.
"You didn't change much," Mari said and gently lifted her hand to stroke over Mark's cheek. "You're still rambling when you're embarrassed." She whispered and went to take her hand away, but Mark held her hand to his cheek. "Don't let go. I like that." He whispered and Mari took her other hand and held his cheeks, locking her brown eyes with his ones.
They were looking at each other as if they were the only people in the universe. Mari's heart tripped over a few beats when she opened her mouth to confess that she liked him, but Mark gave her no chance. In the quiet second and the dark night that was wrapped around them, he leaned down and pressed his lips into hers.
Mari tasted like peppermint and her lips were warm and soft. Mark pressed his body against her thin frame and held her close. Almost automatically Mari's hand went into his hair and held tight to the black strands. She was on clouds. Keeping her true feelings hidden for so long had hurt her more than she would expect it to hurt. She bit her lip when Mark let go of her.
They were quietly panting until Mark locked his eyes with the singer who grinned like a teenage girl that just sneakingly kissed under the rostrum. Mark chuckled. "I never thought my childhood friend would be the one that would steal my very first kiss." He grinned and ruffled his own hair.
"Steal your first kiss?!" Mari asked and pointed at her forehead. "Are you shitting me? YOU stole my first kiss." She pouted and Mark grinned. "So you didn't kiss any of our sleazy classmates?" - "No, why would I? Back then I was already in love with you." She rolled her eyes and Mark poked her cheek.
"Already in love with me?" Mark asked and Mari gulped. "Well, you know..." She rambled and sighed. "Yes! I like you. What now, Mark?" She crossed her arms in front of her chest and Mark cocked an eyebrow. "What now you ask?" He walked up to her and threw an arm around her waist.
"I would say we start dating... Secretly of course." He winked and started caressing Mari's hand. "Do you think that'll work out? If my company finds out... Phew... I don't want to know how Go Juyeon will punish me." She made a whiny sound and Mark laughed. "What's this Go Juyeon dude about? I heard Subin talk about him when she helped us record our latest album." Mark led Mari to a bench and the couple sat down.
Mark leaned back and looked at the night sky while holding Mari's hand who quietly told Mark about their substitute CEO and personal Assitant of Ok Taecyeon. Mark laughed hearing the hilarious stories how the Trainees had snuck out to visit a Simon Dominic concert or how Mari got punished by running 150 laps around the company building for overrunning the company credit card.
"I only bought a bunch of Hoodies and Dresses for me and the girls. Also, a bunch of instant Ramyeon since the Trainees are on strict diets! I was worried about them, they're still young." Mari pouted and Mark laughed. "Did you seriously run 150 laps?" - "No, I collapsed after 72 laps because I was also on a diet and didn't eat much that day. My manager was furious with Juyeon."
Mari laughed and looked at Mark. "I feel like we haven't been talking like this for ages..." She said and the boy nodded when his phone buzzed. Mark quickly checked his display and sighed. "I'm sorry Mari, but I have to go. This was my manager. I have a schedule tomorrow morning. I need to head home." Mark quickly leaned forward and pressed a butterfly kiss to her cheek.
"We'll definitely see each other at one of the music festivals, right?" She asked and Mark nodded. "If not, I make sure that we'll meet again in person as soon as possible!" He stood up and blew a kiss in Mari's direction. She giggled and blushed, before leaning back into the bench and playing with the ends of her hair.
She couldn't believe how lucky she suddenly became. All of a sudden her secret crush on the cute and cheeky Mark Lee was accepted and she was in a relationship with him. She sighed. She knew how hard relationships of Idols could be. She sighed and hid her face behind her hands.
How was she supposed to hide her relationship, yet be happy about it?
Mari shook her head and stood up. A quick glance to her phone screen told her, that it was already past midnight and she quickly headed back to the next best road to catch a cab to her home.
Once she was home, she sat down on her bed and it finally dawned on her, that she was really in a relationship with none other than Mark Lee, her cute and innocent best friend.
"I saw him an hour ago, how can I miss him already?" She said and quietly walked up and down her apartment. "It would be SO weird if I would call him just to tell him that I miss him, right?" She asked no one in particular and sighed once again before falling into her bed.
"I have a boyfriend..." She then whispered and quietly yelled into her pillow.
