Donghyuck heard a few knocks on the front door and he groaned at the thought of standing up.
Mark had walked out of the apartment a couple hours ago, leaving Donghyuck to his thoughts about what the hell was going on between them.
"Jeno?" Donghyuck furrowed his brows at the boy standing at the door. He was holding a black helmet in his hands and he looked a bit nervous.
"Oh uh hey," Jeno smiled politely at him. "I came to talk to Mark."
"Uh Mark's not here right now," Donghyuck fumbled with confusion. Mark didn't say anything about Jeno coming over.
"What do you mean he's not here?" Jeno's face dropped at that. Something appearing in his eyes that Donghyuck couldn't interpret.
"He's not here? Why is something-" Donghyuck began to tilt his head. Did Mark get himself into something?
"No I gotta find him-" Jeno turned to leave but Donghyuck grabbed onto his shoulder.
"I'll go with you," Donghyuck said while putting on his shoes. Why did he care? He didn't know but he felt a bit of a burn in his heart at the thought of Mark in danger.
"No, you really shouldn't...it could be dangerous and it would be best if i handled it alone-" Jeno tried to make the brunette stay but Donghyuck was having none of it as he threw on a hoodie.
"I'm going," Donghyuck pulled Jeno out of the building. Jeno just sighed and led them out to his motorcycle.
Jeno felt a bit grateful that he wasn't the only one that cared about Mark.
At least not anymore.
Mark was so confused.
He knows why he said that to Donghyuck but he also doesn't at the same time.
He kicked a rock across the street on his walk.
He remembered to how pretty Donghyuck looked. His neck bared to him and him only. He remembered the other night when his lips met Donghyucks smooth full ones. The way they seemed to collide perfectly. The sparks he felt when he kissed him.
Mark kicked the rock aggressively again, hearing the way it broke when it hit one of the brick walls of a building.
He stopped when he heard a motor running. His defenses turned on and he clenched his fists before glancing behind him.
He relaxed when he saw Jeno's bike making a stop towards him.
"Geez Jen-" Mark raised a hand to pinch his nose bridge but froze when he saw another body get off Jeno's bike.
"Hyung are you crazy," Jeno gritted his teeth towards his older brother, worry sinking hard onto his face. "Do you not know the date today?"
Shit.
Mark's eyes widened as he looked around them in caution.
Today was deal day.
His gang had tricked another smaller gang into a sketchy deal of drugs. They cheated the other gang out of the drugs and the money.
You never stayed out on deal day.
You could be killed on deal day.
"You shouldn't even know about that," Mark hissed in a whisper at his younger brother. "And now that you do, why the fuck did you bring him with you?"
Mark peered behind Jeno to the worried locking brunette. Donghyucks eyes were turned towards the ground, trying to give the brothers space.
"He didnt give me a choice," Jeno shrugged his shoulders. "He came because he cares Mark."
Mark's heart thumped a bit at the words before shaking his head.
"Alright. I'm fine, ill go straight back home but you need to take him back home as quickly as possible-" Mark was cut of when he heard a small ping of metal hit the ground.
Fuck.
"Well look who it is," A voice made both of them spin around. "Your shitty little gang fucked us over today."
There were four rough looking men making their way towards them. The one who was speaking wore a smirk on his face that made Mark want to punch his eyes out.
"That's between our leaders," Mark said smartly. "It has nothing to do with us and you know that."
"Yeah," The guy laughed. "Well you know gangs...not all of them play by the rules."
The one man came closer to Donghyuck, who was still frozen in fear by Jeno's motorcycle.
"Donghyuck," Mark took a step forward, a warning in his tone.
Donghyuck snapped out of it when he felt a hand on his chin, turning his face towards one of the older men.
"Don't touch him," Jeno took a step forwards this time, a feeling of guilt trailing up because he brought Donghyuck here.
"Look at this pretty thing," The man laughed and dragged his thumb across Donghyucks bottom lip.
Donghyuck scrunched his face up at the smell of alcohol. The rough finger on his mouth making him want to gag.
Donghyuck was irritated.
Donghyuck made let out an angry sound before biting down harshly on the finger.
"That bitch-" The man cried out and cradled his hand to his chest. "Kill this fuckers."
"Donghyuck run," Mark yelled to him before jumping forward and fighting the men who began to assault him.
Donghyuck watched over, unsure of whether to run and leave the boys behind or to try and help them.
He didnt get much of a choice though because one of the men began to chase him.
Donghyuck ran as fast as he could in any direction.
One leading him down an alleyway.
Donghyuck panicked when he saw a brick wall at the end of it.
Dead end.
"You fucked up this time," The man laughed and came towards him, cornering Donghyuck with his back against the wall.
Donghyuck cowered against the wall, looking for any chance of escape.
There wasn't one.
Mark and Jeno continued to fight the men, their combined strength making it easier to finish them off.
Jeno stood up and spit blood out of his mouth when one of them men finally passed out on the ground.
Mark got up with a huff before looking towards his brother: "You really shouldn't be here. You shouldn't be-"
Jeno ignored his brother when he realized only 3 men were lying on the ground.
Three.
Not four.
"Mark," Jeno looked towards his older brother, catching the pissed off boy off guard. "There's only three."
Marks eyes widened as he looked at the bloody bodies on the ground.
Donghyuck ran.
He saw Donghyuck run.
There was only 3 bodies.
Mark's heart rate picked up when he heard a yell.
Mark ran with Jeno hot on his heels.
"Get the fuck off me," Donghyuck tried to shove the man who had a harsh grip on his wrists.
Mark watched Donghyuck struggle to push the man off him. His blood boiling at the struggle on the brunettes face.
"You bitch too much," The man leaned in and roughly captured Donghyucks lips.
Mark fucking lost it.
He snapped harder than anybody knew to be possible.
Mark ripped the man back by his coat and began to pound his fist into face.
Mark felt all the weight of his screw ups take form onto his fists.
He punched harder.
He felt many cracks and crunches from under his fists but they didn't feel satisfying enough.
His brain playing images in his head.
Donghyuck smiling.
Donghyuck crying.
The marks on Donghyucks neck.
The fear in his eyes.
The yells he had let out.
Donghyuck.
Mark saw the the way the man's eyes rolled back into his head but he kept going.
"Mark stop! You'll kill him," He heard a voice yell to him but he kept going. He kept going like his life depended on it.
"Mark!" Another voice yelled to him and the next thing he knew he was being ripped off the man.
He glared in an almost animalistic way towards the person who was holding him back.
The redness cleared out of his eyes.
It was just Jeno.
He heard small sniffles in his ears and his head shot towards the maker of the sound.
Donghyuck had soft tears on his face and he was sniffling quietly, his eyes locked on Marks.
Mark pushed himself out of Jeno's hold and rushed towards the small brunette.
He looked over him in worry. He grabbed planted his hands on each side of the youngers face. He scanned over his body to check for any other injuries.
Mark was worried.
Donghyuck stared at Mark's trembling gaze and felt his stomach flip.
Maybe it was the worry in Mark's eyes or the shakey fingers on his face or maybe it was his own heart beating in his ears that drove him to do it.
Donghyuck leaned in a pecked Mark's lips softly.
It was so short and small that it was like they were almost never there. Mark not even given a chance to close his wide eyes or kiss back.
But it held reassurance when Donghyuck pulled away with soft eyes and leaned into one of Marks palms.
"I'm ok."