Two words that caused a whirlwind of emotions inside of her.
Childhood friends. Her longtime crush.
Sometimes, she imagined him confessing. She imagined what their lives could be like. Sometimes she wondered if maybe, just maybe, he liked her too, but was too scared to say anything. Maybe he was waiting for her to make the first move.
But she was also waiting.
He was sweet to her, yes, but he was sweet to everyone. It was just his personality.
"Sunhee, you ready?"
She looked up, Mark's voice jolting her out of her thoughts. He held out his arm, waiting for her to take it, waiting to escort her inside.
"This is so strange," she whispered, taking hold of his arm. "It's your birthday, and the party started without you."
"And it's all your fault," Mark teased. "I could be partying already if I didn't have to go pick you up."
"Well it's not my fault our car broke down," she retorted, laughing. "Besides, I didn't really have to come. I wouldn't mind. It can be kind of uncomfortable..." she murmured, trailing off.
Mark used to be her neighbor, until his parents got rich and he moved. Now all of his friends were the rich kids from his new neighborhood... except her.
"Is it selfish that I want you to come anyway, even if it's uncomfortable?" he asked, looking at her apologetically. "I can't imagine my birthday without you," he admitted, laughing. "You've been at my parties since I was in diapers."
Sunhee couldn't help laughing too, picturing the two of them as babies, crawling around in their diapers. "It's okay," she assured him. "Just... let's go. Before I chicken out. Okay?"
"You better not chicken out on me," he told her, pretending to be scolding.
"I make no promises."
"Hey!" he said, his eyes lightening up as he seemed to suddenly remember something. "I have a present for you. It's in my room, so let's go straight there, okay?"
"A present for me?" she asked, laughing and shaking her head at him. "You're the one who's supposed to be getting presents, silly," she said, gesturing to the gift bag she had on her other arm.
"Trust me, you'll love it," he assured her. "Ready to go?"
She took a deep breath, looked forward, and nodded.
"Ready."
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A/N
Hi!!
It's kinda funny to me that the first two words in this Kevin fic are "Mark Lee"
Yes, this IS a Kevin fic but... I love Mark.
Which is why he's included in this fanfic.
I love Mark, I love NCT.
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Anyone else stan NCT? I feel like when you stan The Boyz, you also stan Golden Child and Stray Kids. And if you stan Stray Kids, you stan ATEEZ and NCT too😂 Idk maybe I'm wrong but I feel like a lot of people stan all 5 groups lol.
