𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 ➪ 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙝𝙮𝙪𝙘𝙠

36

mark walked out with his parents, suitcase in hand as he looked around the bustling and crowded airport.

"grandpa!"

the said boy turned his head to see jeno in front of six others with his infamous eye smile showing. leaving his suitcase behind, mark ran to his 'son' and enveloped him in the biggest hug he could muster. a handful of hello's were sent his way and it only made mark feel more welcome.

"i'm so happy to finally see you," jeno laughed, overjoyed that his best friend was finally here. as the two let go, mark saw someone he'd been awaiting to see for so long.

"sunshine." donghyuck had the biggest grin on his face before he practically jumped into mark's arms. the canadian was taken back for a second before gladly returning the tight embrace. with his arms secured around donghyuck's waist, he was reduced to tears. "i was so scared you'd be different than how i imagined." mark sniffled out, clearly overwhelmed.

"me too." and with that, donghyuck nuzzled his head into mark's neck. everyone was saying about how cute it was, chenle screeching loudly, jisung trying to settle him down, jaemin and renjun jumping around crazily, and jeno fake dying.

in this moment, the black haired boy wanted nothing more than to never let go. donghyuck was cuter then he thought he'd be, everything about him exceeding his expectations completely. he showed how exuberant he was to mark and he hadn't seen anybody this perfect his whole life.

donghyuck left mark's warmth and blushed like crazy. he was not supposed to be this flustered over some stupid white boy who used to have ramen hair. their eyes locked before chenle attacked mark with a back hug, pouncing onto him like he was prey. yeah, maybe he was supposed to feel this way. everything was going well, dramatic conversations and giggles with huge smiles.

jeno's mom was talking to mark's parents and sooner than later she ushered everyone out of the airport and into the lines of vehicles. there was a van for the seven children (yes, jeno's mother considers them to be two year olds) and a car for the guardians since she was sure that they'd be jet lagged. nobody would want to be stuck in a van with chatterboxes. who knows when there would ever be even a second of silence in there.

"i call shotgun!" jeno shrieked, not wanting to sit with overprotective guys named jaemin and renjun. he didn't know what was up with them lately, it seemed like they were begging for his attention.

"i wanna sit with mark, don't tell me not to, or i'll shave your hair off in your sleep." donghyuck announced and everyone took it seriously. that one time he shaved a little hair off the back of jisung's head didn't end well for any of them, so they agreed and took it as a menacing threat.

"i could care less because i'm sitting with jisung, you losers." chenle blew a raspberry and sat down on his boyfriend's lap.

"i guess i'll sit with this bitch then." renjun muttered before sitting down beside jaemin.

"hey! it's not like i want to sit with you either." jaemin exclaimed before hitting the chinese male on the arm.

everyone got into the black van, jeno's mom feeling at peace since she didn't have to yell like when they were going to the airport.

"so hubby," donghyuck said lovingly, sending mark's head and heart into a frenzy. his voice was so sweet and velvety, like his favourite dessert.

"yeah hubby." jisung mocked from the other side of him, making chenle's classic dolphin laughter fill the vehicle.

"oh shut up, let me have my moment here." mark's forearm was then snatched up and the sun kissed boy took his hand and placed it in mark's bigger one. his fingertips were warm in contrast to his own cold ones and it made mark feel giddy.

"do i have a say in this or," he scanned both jisung and donghyuck's faces before realizing he probably shouldn't have said that. "never mind then."

"you know i was so excited that you were coming this morning and now it's already evening. you're here with me now and i want to prance around like a pony while crying rainbow tears, but only because i've been so nervous about it. i don't even know what i was nervous for, i knew you were going to be an angel from the start." donghyuck rejoiced about mark and it made him feel at home, the feeling being something totally new to him. he finished his little speech and let out a sigh before leaving a peck on mark's cheek and resting his head on the older's shoulder. mark felt all tingly and fuzzy on the inside and couldn't contain the smile overspreading his face. he looked down at the boy who made him feel all these things, his eyes shut and appearing pacific.

this was definitely something he'd miss when he left back for canada. shaking the thought off entirely, he listened into the chatter in the two seats in front of him, renjun and jaemin bickering about something quietly.

"he has his airpods in, say you like him and he won't hear you hoe."

this immediately sparked interest in mark. so jaemin liked jeno, not the biggest shocker.

"well fuck you too huang. you say you like him and he won't hear you either!"

that explained a lot. a love triangle between his son, jaemin and renjun. jeno was one of the most dense people mark knew, he was sure he wouldn't notice shit.

"you're a bigger bully then mr. byun, you rude ugly."

"that doesn't even make sense."

mark took note that jaemin used overly exaggerated hand movements to try and get his point across.

"does it look like i care?" renjun scoffed and turned away from jaemin.

"i know you care." the latter remarked, smirking playfully.

"you're a complete bitch when it comes to this topic."

"yeah well maybe if you didn't like him too, we could get along nicely."

"i'm sorry who liked him first? oh that's right, me." renjun pointed to himself aggressively, shoving his finger onto his chest.

"what in the world are you two going on about?" jeno's mom said out of nowhere, making both the lovestruck boys shut up. not because she asked that, but because jeno took his airpods out and they freaked.

"nothing.. we're talking about moomin." renjun grinned as if she could see him and jeno's mom just went along with it. why the hell would two kids talk in such a hostile manner about a cartoon?

jeno glanced back at them and smiled before turning back around and putting his beloved airpods back in. jaemin and renjun were suddenly gushing about what he just did, talking as if they were in love with each other and him at the same time. compliments came flowing in while they spoke about how cute his smile was.

"that was so cute!" renjun swooned, clutching his chest where his heart is.

"aw, you're cute too."

"no, you are."

"no, jeno is." jaemin hummed dreamily and mark was nothing but amused. this situation couldn't get any more hilarious.

"you're right."

with around an hour left until they reached their destination, mark was sure the drive back from the airport was going to be a long ass ride.