ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴀʏ ʏᴇs | ᴍᴀʀᴋʜʏᴜᴄᴋ [ᴇᴅɪᴛɪɴɢ]

6.

Mark stared at the ceiling as he remembered what happened the day before. Why was he the person who found out about people's secrets? He closed his eyes and thought about what Jungwoo said to him.

Can you please not tell anyone about this?

Mark had obviously agreed to not telling. After they spoke about it, Mark and Jungwoo walked back to the arcade where they met up with the others. Somehow, Donghyuck knew something was wrong, and kept asking Mark. But obviously, Mark kept denying any problem. Once they got back to their rooms, everyone decided to relax and not do any other activities. But Donghyuck had other plans.

"Mark hyung." Donghyuck tugged on Mark's sleeve, causing the older to look over at him. "Let's go to the nearby mall, I've heard they sell really good ice cream."

"Why don't you take someone else with you?" Mark said, pulling his sleeve back, and turning around in the bed. He needed time to relax and understand what was going in with Jungwoo.

"But I want to go with you." Donghyuck insisted, pulling Mark's arm again. "Plus, no one would want to go with me right now, they're all so tired."

"I'm tired as well." Mark mumbled, closing his eyes but then reopening them when he saw Jungwoo and Lucas in his mind.

Donghyuck huffed and then got off the bed. He quickly changed his clothes, whilst Mark was looking away and then picked up his camera.

"I'll do the filming alone, and tell the fans that you were too lazy to come out." Donghyuck stuck his tongue at Mark, who looked over and rolled his eyes. As he slowly fell off the bed, Mark called out at Donghyuck, who stopped in the middle of the door and gave Mark a big smile.

"Wait for me, I'm gonna change." Mark shut the door on Donghyuck and then quickly changed. When he reopened the door, he saw that Donghyuck had already started to talk to the camera. He put his arm around his shoulder and then the two walked out of the building and towards the mall.

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Surprisingly, no one recognised them. Not even one person knew they were NCT. They didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but whatever made their lives easier, they were happy with it.

"So Mark hyung, being the generous hyung he is, bought me some new things!" Donghyuck laughed as he showed the camera a couple of new hoodies that he bought.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm amazing, I know." Mark sighed, looking down at his nearly empty wallet, before stuffing it in his pocket and walked past Donghyuck. "let's get ice cream."

"Yes!" Donghyuck excitedly caught up with Mark, and the two walked around the mall, searching for a specific ice cream store.

After walking for what seemed like hours, the two finally found the store they were searching for.

Mark's jaw dropped at the name of the store. He was shocked this even existed, and why someone would even want to name it that.

"Whiplash." Donghyuck read out. "A fan of ours wanted to make an ice cream store and she didn't know what to name it, so she created a poll with our song names in it, and this one won."

Mark shook his head at Donghyuck's explanation. The fact that a fan did this was funny but also disappointing. Out of all the songs they had...

"Come on, let's get some ice cream." Donghyuck said, as he pulled Mark's arm. The two entered the store and were immediately recognised by the lady behind the counter. She let out a squeal and then covered her face in embarrassment.

"H-hello! How can I help you?" She asked, still covering her face with her hands. Mark and Donghyuck quickly gave their order and then got stopped by the lady. She held out two pieces of tissue and was asking for an autograph. The two awkwardly signed it, knowing it wasn't allowed by their manager, and then quickly took their ice creams and left the store.

"That couldn't have gotten more awkward." Mark face palmed, as he held his watermelon flavoured ice cream in one of his hands. They had met many fans before, and had been asked many times to sign autographs, but this was just too awkward for them, since other people in the store were staring at them with confusion.

"Well, at least she served our favourite flavours." Donghyuck said, as he took a bite from his ice cream. Mark cringed at the sight.

"Who the hell eats their ice cream like that?" Mark looked away in disgust and then licked his ice cream, making sure to not drop it.

"I do." Donghyuck said, taking another bite into his ice cream. He continued to do so, as he loved watching Mark's face scrunch up.

The two walked out of the mall and began to make their way back to the hotel. They stopped by a nearby park and sat down at the swings.

Mark looked over at Donghyuck, who had finished his ice cream and was now staring at a cat that wasn't that far away. He watched as Donghyuck's face lit up when he saw the cat climb up the tree and successfully reunite with its parents. The wind then blew into Donghyucks face and he closed his eyes, avoiding the cool air. He then opened them again and slowly turned to Mark, making eye contact with him.

"Mark hyung." He said softly, "What do you think about Yuta hyung and Winwin Hyung?"

"I think... that they're really cute" Mark said, as a small smile crept up to his face. He remembered how Yuta had been trying so hard to make Sicheng like him, and now that he had, they were happily together, and they didn't care about what others thought. Jungwoo and Lucas were most probably going to become like them. Must be nice.

"Yeah..." Donghyuck whispered, turning away from Mark, focusing on the cat again. He pushed himself off the swing and then pointed at Mark. "Last one to the hotel has to take a shower with his clothes on!"

Mark squinted his eyes in confusion. Shower with clothes on? He then quickly jumped off the swing, finally realising what that meant, and tried to catch up with Donghyuck. The younger, who was nearly out of his sight, turned around to give Mark a big heart with his arms. Then Donghyuck turned the corner and continued his run.

"That kid..." Mark chuckled as he slowed down and began to jog, watching Donghyuck reach the hotel doors and wait for him.

"He's annoying

But he's still kind of cute."