What if...? || Markhyuck

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[december 2020]

[minhyung]

After an after-dinner nap, I was greeted by the muffled rays of the setting sun. I stretched, loosening my sleep-frozen muscles. Donghyuck was on his side of bed with back to me and sniffling gently. I knitted eyebrows as leaned closer to him under the blanket. He was watching a movie on his phone. A guy in a white t-shirt and jeans was running behind a black car with a crying girl in it. I smiled under breath and put arm around Hyuck. I pulled him tightly against me, shifting one earphone from his ear to mine. When I rested lips on the brunet's shoulder, the moving car stopped and the crying girl got out of it. Hyuck grabbed my hands clasped over his stomach with free hand.

"Look, speed limit to 30 and he ran almost 100," I muttered mockingly.

"Shut up," Hyuck whispered under breath, thrusting hand blindly in my face for a mouth to gag it. I grabbed his fingers and moved them to the place they were looking for before he would poke my eyes out.

"I love you, Misu," the boy gasped, hugging a girl who didn't look so happy anymore. I began to wonder if my confession should also be so dramatic? Should I run around the estate twice and fall all sweaty at Hyuck's feet in imminent myocardial infarction?

"Please don't run," the girl said with tears in eyes and Donghyuck sniffed again, wiping wet cheek with the back of hand. "Something can happen to you," she added after a moment, turning and walking away.

"Why are they crying after such silly dialogue?" I asked in amazement. Nothing had actually happened here to justify such bleating. I didn't understand.

"Shh, that's almost the end," Hyuck muttered under breath, putting my hand to his mouth. This movie definitely made him more emotional than it should.

The next minutes of the film passed rather quietly. Not much happened. The main character was walking around the city and looked as if she was about to cry. The Coldplay's song started playing in the background, the action moved to the radio that this love confession chick was listening to, so of course she started to cry because tears were probably the leitmotif of the plot in general. The girl left work and started to run, which is probably also quite popular with the director. And while that didn't bother me, when she finally ran into the studio and saw the boy she had banned from running, Hyuck was a crying mess. I rolled eyes, tossing the earphone aside.

"And what are you crying about when in the end they are still together?" yawned as I stretched sluggishly. Suddenly I felt a punch hit my stomach. Instinctively, I bent over and laughed at the boy's annoyed expression.

"If you weren't such a lazy asshole and watched with me from the beginning instead of sleeping, you would know how much they've gone through before to finally be able to be together," he said, hitting me for good measure with his open hand on the shoulder.

"I was insensitive?" asked with a smile as I ran hand through his hair. Hyuck stared at me for a moment and shook head from side to side with tears in his eyes. "Honey, what are you..." I muttered, seeing his chin shake.

"I love you so much, Minhyung," he suddenly said, hugging my neck violently. I froze for a moment in a strange pose with my arms spread to the side before the first shock passed and I managed to embrace the brunet with them. "You are the best boyfriend in the world," he added after a moment, bringing a smile to my lips. He was talking nonsense. I wasn't even a tenth of what he deserved.

"It's just a movie, baby," I assured, rubbing his back with open palm.

"And what?" he grunted indignantly as if I didn't understand anything. That was the truth. I really didn't understand how a single movie could trigger such a strong emotional response in him, since in real life he didn't even cry when he was dying of pain.