letters to lee donghyuck | markhyuck

five

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Mark got ready for school that Monday, the day that the newspaper would finally go out. Their publishing dates were the same as the magazines so they definitely weren't gonna get much attention. In the future he would have to put out some work that he genuinely put his heart in to, maybe a poem, maybe a short story.

Mark walked out of his house with a cup of coffee in hand, listening to his new playlist. Mark could sense it was gonna be a good day and better yet, he was able to see Donghyuck at school. He'd missed him more than he'd like to admit over the weekend.

Mark entered the school and went straight to the table where all the newspapers and magazines were placed. Mark noticed the visibly smaller stack of newspapers and wondered if they had trouble printing them out.

Mark shrugged and took a newspaper, opening it up to see his own article in the front. He walked to the engineering room but noticed an abundant of people in the hallways reading the school newspaper.

Mark felt a warm feeling of satisfaction in his tummy, they were a hit!

"Hey guys!" Mark greeted Renjun and Jeno happily.

"Good job on the article Mark!"

"Yeah, thank you for the spotlight!"

"Nice job!"

"Thank you." Mark took all the compliments shyly and smiled at his two friends.

"The newspaper's a hit! We're even more popular than the magazine." Jeno took his eyes off his project to look at Renjun. Renjun looked back at him with a mutual understanding in their eyes.

"Did y'all read it?" Mark asked, ignoring their weird stares.

"Yeah it was great!" Renjun cheered.

"Did you happen to..... read it. Like the entire thing." Jeno asked, abandoning his project and sitting next to Renjun.

"Not yet. I just got here but the rest has to be pretty good if people like it that much." Mark watched as the two stared at each other again. It was a battling kind of stare, kind of like Renjun was forcing Jeno to say something but Jeno definitely didn't want to.

"Ok, what's wrong." Mark asked, he did a quick flip through the paper.

"Jeno just tell him!" Renjun slapped him on the arm.

"Tell me what?" Mark tried to look for anything in the paper that would be worrying to him but the longer he flipped and didn't find anything made him anxious, his stomach unsettled from the warmth it was previously feeling.

"Mark Lee!" Mark heard Na Jaemin's loud voice and his loud footsteps heading towards him.

"Dude....I never thought you'd have the courage." Mark raised a brow in confusion, Jaemin put his own copy of the newspaper in front of him and Mark's heart sank at as he saw the familiar heading.

To Lee Donghyuck

Mark's eyes widened in panic as he read the rest of his own writing.

I could describe you with so many words but Radiant would be the most fitting. You walk with the upmost of confidence, your new honey brown hair suits you so well but when does anything not suit you, the way you flick it back with one finger when it gets in your eyes never fails to make my heart race. The imagery of the way you laugh with your whole body makes me smile to myself at night stupidly. The fact that you don't know I exist is more than okay because just having the privilege of seeing you happy and smiling brings me more joy than you could ever imagine. I would do anything just so you could stay that way, just so you could stay radiant. It's odd to say I love you when I've never had the chance to speak to you or even make direct eye contact with you but I do. I love you.