𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 | 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝗲

𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔰

hana's pov:

a/n: continuation of the same day

i was bored and i saw haechan and soyeon talking to johnny and yeri in the front. something about choosing who gets to play music with the singular aux cord. irene was talking to taeyong about upcoming schedules that left mark and i was just sitting. since the car was still a bit tight considering there were eight of us, i was concerned if i was squishing mark. i looked at him looking down at his nails. he was weirdly quiet so i started a conversation after noticing. "hey mark, you good?" i brought my head down trying to get a better look at his face. he came closer and i didn't mind. i thought that he probably wanted to ask me a serious question so i braced myself for moment.

"mark look at me, what's wrong?" i said concerned as we looked at each other.

"hana, do i look like a kid?" mark questioned as a displeased frown was seen slowly arising. he looked down at himself while fidgeting with his nails and back at me.

"what makes you think that mark?" i said, not quite ready to answer his question without background information.

"i feel like in comparison to the others, i look kid-like." mark slowly admitted while looking at me frustratedly. i didn't quite know what to say honestly. while looking at him when he confessed his insecurities, i realized. he was truly naturally good-looking. my eyes struggled to peel my eyes away from him that mark started to get worried at the fact he even brought it up.

"ah, sorry i probably ruined your moo-" mark ruffled his hair while trying to fix his gaze on something other than my face. i pulled my thoughts together and made my move. i didn't like seeing mark insecure. it broke my heart and pulled on emotions. i grabbed his arm and wrapped my body around it, basically snuggling close to it and looked up at him.

"mark, everyone has their charms. not everyone can be naturally cute like you. just because you think that, it doesn't mean others see you any less of a man. if it makes you feel better, i see you as both manly and cute, so calm down so we can enjoy our meal, okay?" i comforted him while looking at his face. i was embarrassed like usual at the fact that i poured my soul into my response.

"ah hana, thank you. that helped me a bit, '' mark awkwardly said while grabbing his discarded black denim jacket i was wearing and spreaded it out to cover my bare legs. i was still snuggled with him, but i grabbed my phone from my lap and started playing games on my phone.

after five minutes, i heard johnny yell at us, "we're here guys! it's crowded so don't get lost" announced in the car while everyone nodded and said yes. we all put on our masks and headed inside, the waiter brought us to a private room with one long table and all the way at the end of the table, we saw the rest of the nct 127 boys.

"hey guys!" i said waving at them and sitting by jaehyun. mark sat across me which left jaehyun on my right and irene to my left.

the waiter came to drop off the menus, "here, hana let's share one of these desserts later. which one do you like?" jaehyun scooted his chair closer to me as i leaned in to get a better view of the menu he was holding.

"maybe the caramel sundae? what do you want?" i looked up at him after pointing at what i was interested in on the menu. jaehyun gently smiles, i excitedly nodded and gave him a big kid-like smile. we continued discussing what we wanted to order but little did i notice mark and irene intensely watching me talk to jaehyun.

mark pov:

hana quickly walked over to jaehyun and sat by him as soon as she saw him. i decided to sit right in front of hana to see how they act together. to the right of me was taeyong and yuta. i constantly glanced as we were ordering to see hana and jaehyun-hyung sitting closely looking at the menu and talking. "since when did they get so close, taeyong?" i leaned to my right hoping no one else could hear.