>I should follow him..< Mark thought, staring at his laptop.
"Nah.."
>But he wrote down his username for me to follow ?!<
"Fuck.."
He didn't really knew why he was so nervous.
He just was.
"Okay." He said and clicked the follow button.
"Fuck no." He said and instantly unfollowed.
He stood up and walked away from his laptop, trying to figure out what to do.
"He wrote it down for me to follow but I'm sure he found my account days ago and he would've followed me if he wanted me to follow him." He said to himself.
"That's it yeah, I'm sure he-"
He turned around and stopped talking when he heard a ringing coming from his laptop.
"He followed me ?!" He said once he saw the name on his screen.
He clicked on the button to follow him back again and looked through the others pictures.
"He's half chinese? I didn't knew that.."
VtheVee
You finally followed me !
Well...
I'm sorry I got nervous
so I unfollowed you.
It's fine. I thought
It's weird if I follow you
after I gave you my name.
No, no. Sorry
I actually planned
on following you the day
you gave me the napkin.
I was just busy overthinking
the whole situation so I didn't.
Well, now you are sooo..
Welcome :)
Thank you :)
Mark stared at the screen, smiling like a little kid.
"I can't wait to see him again. He reminds me a lot of you Nuea." He said directed at the picture of his boyfriend but suddenly a wave of sadness took over again.
He couldn't control it, he just began to sob again.
"I'm sorry Nuea.. I'm sure I'm making you feel like I'm about to forget you." He said.
"I'm not, I promise."
...
Mark didn't knew why, but thinking of Vee and how happy he was the times they've met made him feel guilty.
He and the older one met about five to six times since that one night Vee took care of him.
They grabbed lunch together, went to the cinema, walked through the mall..
Mark even thought of using the phone his mom bought him just to facetime the older one.
They had great chemistry and trusted each other.
Mark listened when Vee told him stories about his time at university, his work life and about his ex that cheated on him.
Vee listened when Mark told him about his hobbies. Playing guitar for example. He listened when he told him about his day at school and he encourages the younger one to follow his heart and dreams.
Mark felt safe with Vee being around and he was sure that Vee felt good about him aswell.
But this thought in particular made him nervous.
Mark was afraid that this could be a sign.
His sign.
He felt like he would betray Nuea.
He was afraid that getting closer to Vee, even if it's just as friends, would make him forget Nuea or his scent, his voice or even the way his boyfriend acted.
He was afraid that Nuea could think that Mark was trying to replace him.
>Maybe it was Nuea who send him to me ?<
...
"That's bullshit Mark.. pull yourself together." He said out loud.
>Maybe I should tell him that we're just friends. Nothing more.. But, no. I'm sure Vee knows that. I'm sure it's just a P'nong relationship for him anyways.<
Mark was going crazy but got interrupted by the Sound of another message.
VtheVee
I really hope to see
you again soon.
Do you wanna go to
karaoke with me ?
I'll let you know
if I'm free in the next
few days. Gotta go now.
>I don't know what to do..<
Mark stared at the picture he posted two hours ago.
"I'm sure you would've wanted me to be happy, right ? I can't even keep my promise of not crying."
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"What are you looking at ?"
"Nothing Yoo. Mind your own business."
"Why are you so mean to your little brother ?"
"Yeah, Mina's right. Why are you so mean to me ?"
Vee looked up into his brothers eyes as if he was about to punch him.
"Why are you siding with my brother Mina ? I thought we're friends."
"As long as Yoo and I have the same shift - he's my bestie."
"Come on, my shift begins in like ten minutes."
"I don't care." Mina said and turned to leave into another room.
"Yeah, she doesn't care." Yoo said and laughed.
Vee looked down at his phone again.
"Hey Yoo, can I ask you something?"
"Sure. What's up ?"
"You remember what you told me a few days ago ? About Marks boyfriend."
"Yeah, of course I remember."
"How.. Do you know about that ?"
"Nuea was a friend of a friend. I didn't really knew him, I just knew that my friend lost a friend and that this said friend came here a lot. I saw a picture of them and this Mark boy was on it as well and I remembered that I've seen him here before."
"That's it ? You remembered them ?"
"Yeah, basically. What ? Did you expect a dramatic back story?"
"No, it's just.."
"Vee, what's wrong ?"
"Nothing, just didn't get much sleep."
"You know that I know when you lie, right ?"
"Yoo, I'm fine. Really."
"Did you have a fight with Mark ?"
"We didn't fight.. He just.. Answered weirdly."
"Let me see." Yoo said and grabbed his brothers phone.
"He normally wouldn't write like that."
Yoo looked at his brother and raised his eyebrow.
"Why do you care so much about how he normally would've wrote that ?"
"I don't.. I just .. stated that because I noticed."
"Yeah sure." The little brother answered and suddenly winced when the phone in his hands began to vibrate.
"It's Mark." Yoo said.
"Give it to me !" Vee said and grabbed his phone in a hurry.
"Hello ?" He said after picking up, acting as if nothing happened.
"Yeah, sure. I'm free."
"You're not!" Yoo said but Vee shushed him.
"Yes, of course. See you."
The older one hung up and turned to look at his little brother.
"Don't even dare to ask what I think you wanna ask.."
"Yoo.. Would you take over my shift today ?"
"Maaaan.."
"Please.."
"Come on Vee.."
"Mark asked me to meet up today."
Yoo thought for a few seconds but eventually gave in and nodded.
"Only this time." He said.
"Thank you !" Vee answered happily and grabbed his jacket before he left the bar and ran to his bike.
Mark send him some adress and so he drove off.
Nearly thirty minutes passed as he finally arrived at the small restaurant.
He parked his bike and looked around only to find Mark standing in front of the building.
"Did you wait for long ?"
"No, I just arrived." Mark said.
"Good !" The older answered with a smile.
"Are you hungry ?"
"Yes I am."
"Let's go inside then." Mark smiled.
Vee held open the door but the second Mark walked inside, some lady began to literally scream his name.
"Mark my lovely boy ! Oh I missed you so much, come on in ! Sit down."
"Hello P'Love. Thank you."
"Oh who's this good looking young man ?"
"This is P'Vee. A good friend. P'Vee, this is P'Love. She's a friend of my family."
"A pleasure to meet you P'Love."
"Oh I love to get to know the friend of my Mark."
"Mark, do you want the usual ?" She asked while handing Vee the menu.
"Yes please."
"What is the usual ?"
"Mark normally gets chocolate pie with cherries and whipped cream."
"Okay, I'll take the same."
The woman nodded with a big smile and left, leaving the two boys alone.
"This place looks nice."
"It is nice. Love makes sure that this is a safe place for everyone."
"She's really sweet." Vee answered and both smiled at each other.
Minutes later, Love served them their cakes and they ate them enjoying each others company.
"You have some whipped cream in your face." The older one giggled.
"Let me..."
He cleaned Marks face with a napkin while jokingly calling the other a toddler.
Mark just giggled and so Vee tilted his head.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing. You just reminded me of someone who's really important to me."
Vee's heart skipped a beat.
>I know Mark..< he thought, feeling sad for the other boy.
"Are they like me a lot ?"
"Yes. He's a lot like you."
They smiled at each other and felt at ease.
Even tho Vee was afraid he might hurt Mark by saying anything about Nuea, he was relieved that he saw the other smile while saying these words.
The older one stared deeply into Marks eyes and finally put up all his courage to ask..
"Who do I remind you of ?"
The young boy didn't broke the eye contact.
"You remind me of someone who I truly love. With all my heart."
"You do?"
"Eat up, or else we're going to be too late for karaoke."
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Hey guys:)
A new chapter 👀
Did one of y'all see the little 'easter egg' ?
Guess Vee's friends with Chay and Tay haha !
Hope you liked this one :)
-Jessy