Gangsta ~ Markhyuck

chapter 22

the overwhelming guilt consuming mark had finally taken over. he stared blankly at the front of the classroom, ignoring jeno's confused gaze

for the past week he watched the boy break down slowly, becoming a shell of himself and jeno had had enough

suddenly the voice that started it all drifted into the classroom through an open window, mark flinched and whipped his head at an inhumane speed and stared out the window

his eyes were locked on donghyuck and chenle frolicking around the school garden, emitting heavenly vocals

he felt tears well up in his eyes, when he heard jeno sigh sympathetically he brushed at his eyes hastily. tearing his eyes away from the boys 

jeno grabbed marks arm harshly and dragged him out of the classroom, earning a defeated sigh from mr kim 

mark shrugged jeno off him "what are you doing?" he hissed

jeno stared into marks eyes with a determination mark had rarely seen. "you are going to sort your shit out and talk to donghyuck. i can see how it's hurting both of your stubborn asses"

mark opened his mouth but was cut off by jeno "and bullshit mark, i have two boyfriends and i'm part of the gang as well. if i can make it work you sure as hell can" he said sternly

letting the frown on his face relax he stepped forward and hugged mark, shocking the elder who awkwardly returned it "i don't want you to be sad hyung. and hyuck makes you happy" he whispered

mark felt another spike of guilt, he hadn't realised how it might have affected other people as well

he nodded and stood straight "i'll do it when we get home after this period finishes" he stated

jeno smiled, glad that his friend was finally regaining his senses 

he reached out and slapped mark's surprisingly firm butt

"that's what i like to hear" he grinned at his friend, "now let's get back before kim blows his head off"

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mark groaned and slumped against his seat as the slow-moving traffic seemed to be moving at a sloth's pace. he was already nervous enough as it was but the wait was killing him. he wanted nothing more than to apologise and to be able to hold the beautiful boy in his arms again

jeno had stayed behind at school, deciding to spend some study time in the library with renjun and jaemin sine he insisted that the smart pair tutor him. mark had made a comment about being surprised at jaemin's intellect which earned him a stab in the side with jeno's chopsticks

it was already 4 pm, kun had picked donghyuck up from school as soon as the bell rang, so mark's plan of offering him a drive home had been discarded

he went over the words in his head and breathed a sigh of a relief as the road cleared up, allowing him to speed dangerously fast down the narrow and windy road home

he rushed out of his car, not bothering to lock it as he ran up the stairs to the front door and burst into the house

the sight that he was met with made him freeze

taeil was sobbing in johnny's arms, red-faced and puffy-eyed he sniffled into the giant's shoulders as johnny held him

ten sat solemnly beside kun, whispering something to him as he rubbed his back

mark had only ever seen taeil cry once

seeing the man who was always strong and never showed any fear so vulnerable and broken scared mark, something bad must have happened

mark could only think of one thing that could be the cause and his blood ran cold

he ran up the stairs and flew into donghyuck's room

there wasn't a sign of life anywhere, the red velvet posters that had adorned the walls were nowhere to be seen. the lazily placed clothes vanished and most importantly the radiant boy who inhabited the place nowhere to be seen

a small pink sticky note lay on the bedside table

mark felt himself drop to his knees after reading the message

i'm sorry for the burden i caused, maybe we were never meant to be. i'll be out of your way now so you won't have to worry about protecting me anymore. i was foolish to think we could be something, it had only been a few days since we properly met. now you can continue with your life as you please

—❂

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A/N: lol here's a short ass shitty chapter

i'm sorry, i wish i could have written more but life's a bit hectic right now for me. hopefully my updates will be more frequent after this week

and what the fuck 

10k

i cant

that's such a big number, one that i never thought i would reach but here you guys are proving me wrong. before this story i had lost motivation for writing. it used to be something i enjoyed and this story really helped me lift it. ocassionally it goes down but i always try my best to get a chapter out. recently updates have been lacking but i hope to change that soon. the support that's been shown through this story is absolutely incredible and i cannot stress enough how grateful i am for it. especially to yx for being the best bitch and editing my stuff. ily ♡♡♡

(aw you're doing great sis,, ily too ♡ —yx :>)