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The ringing of the doorbell echoed through the apartment, reminding Lee Donghyuck about their relationship breakup is yet to come. He will face him, he needs to know. What should he do now? Will he acts like he does not know anything or square up and attack the man for everything he has done? The boy takes a long, deep breath to calm himself down before opening the door for Mark Lee.

Cold wind got through the window and makes Donghyuck shivers. Though, he does not sure if it's the temperature that cause him to do so or the cold is from seeing the liar standing in front of him being so chill. But it could also be the raging fear that he needs to bring the conversation about MK up sooner or later.

"You look pale, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?", the senior asked, hands cupping the younger's face, "I know I'm a little late, sorry for making you worried. I was on my way home did I realized that there is nothing in the fridge so I stopped by to grab us some delicious takeouts. Oh and also, I bought you some bubble tea, Jeno told me that you love it"

Donghyuck fake a cough and shakes himself to try and stay composed. He takes the cup from the older's hand and say softly, "Thank you, hyung"; "It's nothingc, you're my v.i.p guest. Come on, let's put the food out on plate. I have Netflix, is there anything you want to watch?"

Mark always act like an older brother to him. He always treat him so nice, even better than his best friend. His family is staying in Jeju island, he goes here in the hope of better study condition and having Mark backing him up since freshman year is a true magic. He protects him, give him tips and tricks to survive in the horrifying city, ask Jeno to live with him to reduce loneliness and many things more. And that's the reason why he fell in love. Even when he became a camboy and shamelessly used the man as his inspiration, his feelings is still there. And even if Mark is MK, he is still the person who has helped him throughout the years.

"How about...How I Met Your Mother, is that okay?", he asked, cheeks heating up when his eyes meet the older's, "I know that you're a Christian and that is probably too—"

"I do watch that show", the other smile sheepishly, one of his hand ruffles the boy's hair, "You need to have a bigger vision to us Christian. We're the new generation, we know what is right and what stepped over the boundary of being a normal, life enjoying person. We don't follow anything the Bible said, you know"

Donghyuck scratches the back of his nape, awkwardly, "Sorry, I really did not mean to"

Two human beings. One big and one tiny, all squeeze on the couch. The grilled chicken smells crazily delicious have the senior cutting out and the younger munching on happily.

"Hyung", he called, bringing the cup close to te other person's mouth, "Have a taste too"

Mark does not hesitated and take a sip but his facve scrunched right after, "Oh, that's too sweet!"

"..."

"Oh you can't eat sweets?"; "My tongue handles 'em badly"

"So....it must be hard for Mark hyung to handle me?", Donghyuck jokes; "I don't know. How about you give me a taste and I could decide, huh?"

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Not until when Mark was washing dishes did Donghyuck answer his question. "But you tasted me before MK, can you handle me?"

The plate Mark was holding slipped and dropped onto the ground, smashed into pieces....

"What...what are you talking anout?", Mark asked, back still facing him.

"I said...can you handle me MK?", Donghyuck voiced up again. He seemed so confident but his hands are shaking, gripping hardly on his hoodie.

"How could you..?", Mark turned around, "Donghyuck..."

"Yeah, I thought so too", he answered coldly, "I'lle be in the guest room. I think we both need time to function this. But probably just me, you know who I am... How stupid of me, you're nothing like I imagined you to be? Yeah, he would have thought the Mark Lee is a fucking filthy bastard!?"

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the calm before the storm...also, stream "un village" of king byun baekhyun