𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 | markhyuck

17 ❥ a little bit of distance

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donghyuck knew he wouldn't be able to bring himself to look mark in the eye.

at the moment, it seemed to him that everything their friendship was built on—

the exhausting, endless hours of training,

the deep, late night conversations,

the impromptu trips to mcdonalds at two in the morning,

it felt like all of it, all of it,

had become nothing.

obsolete.

meaningless.

things will never be the same,
he knows.

the stirring image of mark's pale face, dark brown eyes wide as saucers, and his shaky hand reaching out towards him was now burned into his retinas. it was the last time that hyuck had seen him, and he had no desire to go back for a while.

was it me?
did i do something wrong? he thought, clutching renjun's teddy brown bear to his chest as his lower lip trembled uncontrollably. he bit down onto it for the sake of the other boys, who were sleeping peacefully.

usually he wouldn't let them sleep like this so that he could continue on with his rant, but tonight he let them slide.

them being renjun, jeno, and jaemin.

the four were obviously very close, closer than the other members might have believed.

for the moments they were unable to share together, they explained with passion through text late at night in their '00 line group chat.

donghyuck would do this more often than the others due to being in more subunits, which always left mark, who usually shared hotel rooms with him while on tour, wondering why the younger was trying his damn well best to suppress his laughter at three in the morning.

the quartet shared a bond like no other.

hyuck had no idea what he would have done without them last night.
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"..renjun. jeno.. nana.. please." donghyuck cried, desperation taking over him as he struggled to open the door.

he heard the sudden sound of rushed footsteps padding against the carpeted floors he wished to be standing on.

jeno opened the door. his face immediately showed worry at the sight before him, and he took the younger in with open arms.

renjun heard a muffled sob, and he dropped everything and ran straight towards the two boys.

"hyuck, don't cry baby, it's okay." he mumbled, running his hands through donghyuck's hair as jeno whispered words of reassurance to him.

jaemin rushed out of the bathroom, hair sopping wet.

"haechannie hyung! what happened, oh no.."

—

although he didn't feel in the mood to talk, donghyuck told them everything.

he mentioned to the boys that he had a crush on the mark when they were at the convenience store the other day.

—

"guys," he swallowed, sweaty hands fumbling with the plastic wrapper covering the hard green apple candy he had bought at the last second.

they were now sitting outside on a bench, enjoying their slushees that they made on a whim after running into the store like a bunch of five year olds.

"what is it?" jeno asked.

"i have a confession."

renjun, who usually didn't give a shit, was suddenly paying attention.

"oh, do tell." he answered, turning to face towards the tanned male.

jaemin grinned. "are you finally willing to confess your undying love for mark lee?"

donghyuck gave him a mini death glare, jaw clenching in slight annoyance. "wow. took the words right out of my mouth."

renjun made a sound of disappointment, "oh."

"what?" donghyuck asked, confused. "don't 'oh.' me," he mocked.

"what was i supposed to say? saw it coming from a mile away, this is old news."

the younger looked at jeno with hopeful eyes, expecting him to be just as shocked as he had anticipated them to be.

but to no avail, jeno only shrugged at that.

"..are you telling me that—

all

of you guys knew?" donghyuck laughed nervously.

"as if it couldn't get any more obvious," renjun sighed, wiping his blue raspberry slushy-stained lips, "i think everyone knows except for mark."

donghyuck gulped. "even the hyungs?"

"i said everyone, and that includes them."

jaemin, who had been trying his hardest to contain his laughter, had now officially lost it. "you really weren't able to tell? oh my god, haechan hyung, and i thought you were good with things like this!"

"i am, i am! it's just that— do you think he'll like me back?"

"why is that even a question anymore?" jeno interrupted, "of course he likes you back!"

hyuck had an idea, but he was hesitant about it.

"should i.. should i confess to him?"

"totally." jaemin replied.

"go for it!" said jeno.

renjun hid his smile behind his styrofoam cup, trying not to laugh at how absorbed in thought hyuck looked. "duh."

—

he awoke to nearly a hundred missed calls and double the amount of unread messages.

18 calls from taeyong.
16 from johnny.
15 from jaehyun.
13 from taeil.
12 from jungwoo.
11 from doyoung.
11 from yuta.

most of the messages were
"did something happen between you and mark?"
"where are you?"
"are you with the dreamies?"

"why is mark crying?"

wait

mark's crying?

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hi babes
sorry for not updating this for a while— online school tingz 😫😫

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