10. Cotton Candy

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Mark, usually doesn't like skinship. He isn't hate, just doesn't like. And since noone dare to get close to him because his cold behaviour, he doesn't like being close with anybody else, physicly. Even with Finn, his bestfriend.

But miraculous, Mark okay with Neil's habit, which is skinship interaction with people who close with him. He adjust himself to Neil's behaviour in short time, without he realize that.

Mark feel warm in Neil's embrace. Yeah, he's a head shorter than him. But Mark can feel the warm of Neil's body around him when Neil hug him.

Neil's habit is kiss him, too. Mark still isn't clear about this one. Is that that shorty's habit or just his affection to him. Because he sees Neil doing skinship with others, too, but not kiss them on cheek or neck, like he usually do to him.

Of course, Mark startled when Neil pecked his cheek out of the blue for the first time, while he hug him from behind. But then he looked a bright smile drew on Neil's lips, he found him become cuter, and he feel better somehow when he saw that smile.

Sometimes Neil come and hug him from behind then kiss his neck.
Sometimes he sit on Mark's lap and put his arm around Mark neck and lay his head around Mark's shoulder. Sometimes he just tiptoes, hang on Mark's shoulder then peck his cheek. Sometimes he just shrug his head on Mark's shoulder just to smell Mark's scent. Sometimes he just .......

Amazingly, Mark okay with all of that. He can't find any reason to reject that. And in couple of months, he's being bold to accept that habit in public. Not just in club's room. But he put the condition, that Neil doesn't do that to other people. And Neil nods strongly when Mark put the rule to him. Nods with big smile, which Mark can resist from heart melt.

Wait.. What??

"Hey, Mark," Finn sits beside Mark. "Really?"

Mark look at Finn and raise his eyebrow.
"What?"

"What's goin' on with you lately? You become soft. Especially when that junior around," Finn points Neil, who sit on the couch in the corner with other juniors.

"What do you mean?" Mark back to his papers.

"Hey, Mark? Really?"

"Oh... He sometimes so clingy just like that. I think that's his nature. So I let him being himself," Mark answer while he arrange papers on the table. He needs to finish the preparation for competition.

"Sometimes my ass. Your sometimes is usually. Everyday, for exact. And that's near everytime. Everytime you meet him here, or somewhere."
Finn spill his words while turn on the computer.

Finn's word suddenly hit his head. He himself doesngt notice that situation. Never. Never cross in his mind, too. All he know that he just follow what Neil does. Without thinking too much.

Finn takes Mark's mood. No words, no voice, no answes. But something strange there. He doesn't feel cold, or annoying feeling from Mark like he usually get when he teases Mark.

Yes, Finn likes to tease sleeping lion put his soul in danger. He's ignorant as that. But he's the one and only, who can get closed with Mark. Naturally.

Like Neil does.

Naturally...

Finn drawn in silent, too. While he looks photos which taken by his juniors, his brain, amazingly, works. He think about Mark and Neil, too. Wondering what's goin' on with both of them. What are the reason why Mark changes so much.

Yeah, it's true that Mark become soften after Neil comes to their life.
It's true that Mark never argue with Neil anymore. Not like first weeks he joined the club.
It's true that Mark gives up in the end when Neil whines about something.
It's true that only Neil who can come closer to Mark without any doubt from the first time... And hug him like koala.
It's true that only Neil who can change Mark, the coldness one.

Only Neil

Only..... Neil...

And that 2 words suddenly hit Finn head. Then his eyes find something interesting. Some B/W pictures about forest, sunlight, thin mist, and......

Finn zoom in the picture to see closer. He find some shadow there. A person silhouette. He zoom in more, and in a view second some smile appear on his lips. The big one....

Mark still in deep thinking about Finn words. Then he hears some voice behind him.
"Mark, still doing your paper?"
"Oh, Fang," Mark moves his bag. The girl sits beside him. Chair where Neil usually sit, close to him. "Nothing. Just arrange this and that for the competition."
"Let's have a lunch. There's a new food place across the street." She taps mark shoulder.
Mark looks to Neil for a moment and see that boy still talk and laugh with other members cheerfully.
"Ok. But we must back in hour, cz I still have many things to do."

Mark grabs his bag and leave the room. While Fang walk besides him, she hold his arm.

"I think he'll be okay if I leave for a while,"Mark whisper to himself.

But Mark doesn't know
That Neil saw Fang sat on "his" chair.
Neil saw Fang lean closer to Mark.
Neil saw when Mark left without say anything to him.
Neil saw when Fang's hold Mark's arm.
Neil saw that Mark let all that happened without saying a words to say "no".

Mark didn't see what Finn saw.
Pain of some heart which broke in silent.

Mark didn't hear what Finn heard.
Sad laugh from the sorrow heart.

Mark didn't what Finn knew,
Someone fall to his boyfriend's heart and get bruishes everywere.

Finn shakes his head, take a deep sigh,
"Well...... This is the begining... Finally...."

And sadly ............

And sadly

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