𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 | 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝗲

𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢

third person:

"ah we're finally home. i'm gonna go shower." irene told the girls as they entered the busy home.

"hi girls!" johnny greeted with a smile across his face. the girls greeted back noticing some of the other boys didn't notice their presence since they were playing video games.

"hey johnny, after dinner can we have another movie night?" yeri asked with a pout as she pulled on johnny's long sleeve sweater. johnny patted yeri's head softly as he brought his attention back to helping taeil cook.

"sure, i'll tell the boys. you girls can go freshen up. by the time you all come back, the food should be ready. " johnny said while taeil agreed along. with that, the girls went to go shower and get into some comfortable clothes.

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"thank you for the food!" haechan yelled cutely before immediately cooking. right before hana digged in she said a quick prayer to herself.

"thank you god for the food and bringing us all here safely as a family." hana said quickly touching her left shoulder and her right. mark looked over next to him to see her deep into her prayer with her eyes closed right after he finished his own quick prayer. while she prayers, mark reached over to the serving plate in front of him and put some black bean noodles into her bowl. after hana finished she noticed food already placed on her bowl. she looks to her right to see mark cheekily smiled at her before putting a big scoop of noodles into his mouth. hana smiled at mark's kind gesture before giving a thumbs up and eating. she looked up while she chewed to see everyone speaking amongst themselves.

"are you guys not on a strict diet anymore?" yuta asked noticing the girls seemed more at ease during the meal.

"well, we'll always be, but considering our comeback isn't planned any time close right now, we deserve to enjoy for a bit. in the end, we'll end up working it off." irene said as the girls agreed.

"that's good you think like that. you guys deserve to enjoy the meals like any other human." jaehyun said putting a big pieces samgyupsal on hana's bowl.

a/n: samgyupsal is grilled pork belly :)

"thank you. you guys should eat to, don't worry about me. i'm a big girl." hana stuck her tongue out at both mark and jaehyun and grabbed some food and put it on both of their plates. the girls laughed at their youngest's actions.

"yeah, sure. says the one who cries watching every single movie!" soyeon said back pointing her chopsticks at hana across the table while the boys added some dramatic background sounds.

"hahahah" haechan laughed as he put his hand up for soyeon to high-five him. hana smirked knowing what she should say in response.

"says the one who plays video games all night with haechan and forces us to watch moomin with you." hana said back as she smirked knowing she exposed her.

"h-how do you know about us playing games?" soyeon shockily replied thinking her and haechan kept it on the down low.

"i have my sources." hana said crossing her arms and smirking. as the other boys and girls tried to calm themselves from the chaotic chat, hana gave a small wink over to mark. while mark saluted her knowing they found out when they we're eating late night snacks. they heard talking from haechan's room and heard them giggling with background video game sounds.

"oh yeah, before we start watching movies, the girls and i have something to show you all." yeri said as she noticed the girls looking back at her. they were all feeling mixed emotions. what if they didn't see them as family? what if we said the wrong things? with that the girls had doubts but each tried to push the negative possibilities away.

"well everyone's basically done eating so let's clean up." taeyong said as he began collecting the plates while irene began washing them. yuta and doyoung went off to set up the living room. the others began to sit down after wiping down the table waiting for their two leaders.

"who would've thought taeyong would accept help? especially from a girl. he definitely warmed-up to irene." mark said as everyone turned back to see irene and taeyong passing each other plates used to their shoulders brushing and their fingers touching every so often.

"well, irene eonni is also super persistent, so it makes sense why he just allows her to help. i do agree though, i remember the first couple days we stayed here, he always refused when we offered to assist." hana said before sitting on the couch with soyeon on her right with haechan beside her. mark came to see jaehyun walking to the open spot next to hana, before yuta pulled him to the other couch.

"let mark sit here." yuta whispered to jaehyun before he quietly nodded and glanced at hana again. after a couple seconds, he felt the need to push a feeling out of his mind. the feeling of, knowing that he didn't have much of a chance. almost as if, he knew he wasn't hers to begin with, but stayed focused on her. mark felt something as well as he watched jaehyun intensely watch hana. he felt not only jealously, but guilt. almost as if he might've stepped on his toes. he took a mental note to speak to him soon, hoping their friendship wouldn't tarnish because of a girl. hana looked around to find mark standing awkwardly in the back of the living room, deep into thought.

"mark, come sit here. it's open" hana said waving at him and pointing to her left. hearing hana's voice brought him out of his deep thoughts. he nodded quietly and sat next to her, feeling eyes watching him. he seemed uncomfortable, which everyone was confused about because he normally is fine with hana.

"are you okay? we don't have to watch movies if you don't want to. we can go in the room and talk." hana quietly offered touching his hand and giving a gentle squeeze. mark took a deep breath before trying to find the correct words.

"we can talk about it after. let's just enjoy." mark said dodging the question, knowing that his true response was no. he wasn't okay. he was overwhelmed. the boys had a talk during their schedule today, that left specific boys worried for not only their career, but the entirety of nct. mark was truly very affected from the conversation. he found it somewhat harder to enjoy his time with hana, especially in public due to being in the public's eyes 24/7. trying to live in the moment and take a break from worrying he leaned back grabbing a bit of the blanket from hana's lap as he covered himself too.

"ah sorry." hana noticed that mark only had a small section of the blanket. she readjusted her posture closer to mark so that the tiny blanket could cover the both of them.

"okay, let's get started. can i connect my phone to the tv?" irene asked entering the living room and sitting on the floor with taeyong following her actions.

"yeah, go ahead." johnny said while the boys anticipated the surprise.

"know that everything done in this video is heartfelt." yeri said right before irene nodded and pressed play. the boys felt excitement bubbling as the girls unknowingly took a deep breath before looking back at the tv.

a/n: hi everyone! once again, here's a longer chapter :) i hope you enjoyed it!