Flourishing |Lumark|

01

"Daniel will you go out with m- no that's too simple."

Mark mumbled to himself as he stood in front of the bathroom. He had been in there for 20 minutes practicing and checking his outfit. It was much different to the sweatshirts, sweaters and ripped jeans that overrun his closet. He was wearing a blue long-sleeved (too long since he stole it from Jungwoo) and some black skinny jeans. He didn't feel too sure about the choice but hopefully it worked. He even tried to style his hair.

"Neil we've been best friends for year-"

"mARK HURRY UP I HAVE TO SHOWER!"

"Coming Jungwoo!"

~

"Good morning Mar-"

Mark switched his gaze to his dad, Taeyong, who seemed to have paused in whatever he was doing to stare at Mark. His Appa (aPpAbOdAnEuN EOmmA, stan stray kids lol), Johnny, looked over from where he was cooking eggs to stare at Mark too.

He stared at them in confusion, giving an awkward wave as he sat down at the dining room table. Taeyong unfroze from cutting up some fruits and placed it in front of Mark.

"So, what's got you all dolled up today?" Taeyong asked with a cheeky grin.

"dAd!" Mark yelled trying to cover his flushed face. The one time his parents cared to ask about something, it had to be his love life.

Jungwoo flounced downstairs just in time before Johnny could say anything.

"Good Morning!" Jungwoo announced as he bounced into the kitchen for cereal.

"Morning Woo." Taeyong said as he pulled on his son's shoulders to grant him a kiss on the forehead.

"Well I'm off to work now everyone!" Taeyong exclaimed as pulled his husband down for a quick peck on the lips. He bustled over to Mark and gave him a kiss on the forehead before rushing out the front door.

"Alright, you boys ready to go?" Johnny asked as soon as the brothers had dropped their plates in the sink. They both nodded before rushing up the stairs for their bags.

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As soon as he stepped out of his Appa's car Mark knew he was now totally and inevitably invisible. Or so he thought. His new attire brought a good few stares to him (all unwanted).

As he approached his locker he could hear murmurs coming from literally every where. He could barely hear what they were talking about nor did he care.

He spotted Daehwi and Seungwoo in the distance. He grabbed their attention immediately since they've never seen him dressed up like this.

Daehwi let out a long drawn out whistle as he looked Mark up and down causing the latter to flush a bright red.

"Damn Mark you really went off today, huh?" Daehwi teased.

"Fuck off Hwi." Mark snorted his cheeks still tinted red. Truthfully he was closest with Daehwi out of all of Daniel's friends (not like any of them other than Daehwi and Seungwoo talked to him) due to their shared hobby of songwriting. They talked often and Mark considered the younger boy basically his best friend.

Seungwoo rolled his eyes at the two's antics and told Mark he looked good.

"See Daehwi, Seungwoo can give me a normal compliment unlike sOmEboDY!"

"Yeah, yeah whatever," Daehwi scoffed, "Daniel wants tell us all something important during Lunch today by the way."

To Mark that was a bit odd since Daniel usually just texted anything he deemed important. Well his confession to Daniel would probably have to wait a bit longer. Just his luck.