instead of going straight into his classroom, donghyuck made his way towards the school janitor's room and collected all he need to clean the hallway.
the teacher made him come early—seven in the morning to be exact—so there are still no students.
donghyuck managed to huum a song as he finally made his way at the end of the hallway. sighing, he unplugged his earphones, stuffing it inside his pocket.
he checked the time, 8:30, exactly by that the school bell rings, signalling that class has finally start. he collected his the cleaning products, placing it back at the janitor's room.
walking out, he walk towards the bathroom to wash his hands, a few pupils entered the bathroom giggling. their small laughs didn't last long when they made eye contact with donghyuck though the mirror.
"oh, look who's here." one of the boys snorted and all of his friends gave the tanned male a disgust look. "he still came to school today, what a surprise!"
donghyuck immediately turned the tap off, wiping his hands on the sides of his pants and hurriedly walk out of the bathroom.
he let out a deep sigh, once again, before grabbing the classrooms knob, but before he could twist it all the way, he heard someone shouting, "donghyuck!" donghyuck looked at the side confused, and got attacked by a hug.
"are you okay?" renjun said, swiping donghyuck's bangs away, lifting his arms up and placing his hand on both sides of the tanned male's cheeks. "did they hurt you? let's find out who did this to you—"
ding!
a notification popped up from the younger's phone, cutting renjun on his sentence. donghyuck smiled as he saw the id.
mark streched out his arms out as he let out a loud yawn, feeling the sides of his bed, he immediately jolt his head up from the pillow and panicked when he didn't feel donghyuck's presence beside him, "baby?" the older said, searching around the room.
he rushed downstairs, towards the living room and into the kitchen but still didn't found the younger, a pink sticky note is stuck at the fridge, immediately grabbing mark's attention.
[daddy, i need to go to school early today, like six in the morning, cause u know what happened right? i'm fine! i also made you breakfast! eat well!]
mark sighed in relief and a smile crept up on his face, god, you don't know how much butterflies he got whenever donghyuck calls him daddy.
he walked back upstairs and grabbed his phone.
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mark
baby?
mark
donghyuck?
mark
lee donghyuck?
baby
why? what's wrong?
baby
i suddenly got nervous.
mark
you should have wake me up.
mark
i didn't even got a morning kiss.
baby
i did gave you one though, in fact, i gave you so many! on your nose, your eyelids, your cheeks, and your lips!
baby
but you're asleep so you couldn't tell, but still, that's not my problem.
mark
you're so fucking cute|
you're so fucking cu|
you're so fucki|
you're so fu|
yo|
mark
you're so cute i'm gonna die.
baby
don't! i still have to marry you!
baby
anyways i'm late for class, good bye! luv u markie💓💞
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mark's smile grew bigger as he saw the last words the younger told him, he threw his samsung across the room and buried his face in the pillows as he let out a muffled scream, throwing his legs in the air, squealing like a 15 year old girl.
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the younger boy smiled as he slid back his phone into his back pocket, "let's go?" donghyuck asked, looking at the smaller male, renjun nodded and he twisted the nob.
as they open the door, they are both greeted by their class teacher. "oh, mr. lee?" she smiled, she signalled for the chinese male to sit but refuse, and walked closer to the younger, "who told you, you were done? you still have to clean the garden."
"that's a bit harsh." renjun butt in. at this point, he just want to doghyuck to get behind him but he knows the younger is a little bigger than him.
"the garden?" donghyuck asked again, looking at her with widened eyes.
"you heard me."
"but you told me to only clean the first floor." donghyuck said, his tone getting a bit too high.
"so now you're talking back?"
"that's how conversations works, ma'am." renjun interrupted.
"congratulations, mr. huang renjun, now go back to your seat and donghyuck go clean the garden." she instructed, as the tanned male was about to rant more, the teacher shot him a glare.
sighing was the thing donghyuck could do. he walked to his locker, placing his bag there and walked towards the garden, which made donghyuck confused.
looking at the school garden, it doesn't look that dirty, but still has trash here and there. he grabbed a large plastic bag, picking all the trash that doesn't belong inside the garden. he placed back some garden tools where it belongs and grabbed the watering can, filling it with water. he walked at the bushes when he felt someone threw something on his head.
looking up, "oops, look a trash!" she shouted, as her and her friends threw more paper from the second floor. "wait, which one?" her friend laughed.
they both ran away, lauging, causing the male to the groan, he threw the watering can, didn't even care if there's still water inside.
that's it, he's going to speak the up, he's going straight at the principal office.
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the teacher has been noticing one of his pupils, jihoon, fiddling nervously at his fingers and can sit straight at his seat. "jihoon, are you okay?" she spoke.
"umm.. can i go to the bathroom? like for an hour?" he asked and the teacher suspect that he'll do more than just taking a pee.
she immediately nodded, and the taller male dashed out of the room, leaving her teacher and classmates confused, once again.
he searched for donghyuck at the first floor, and even tried to peek at his classroom but didn't find him. he stumbled in front of the principal's office but didn't bother to look inside, not until he heard tone of voice being high.
"please, that's not me! you didn't even have the proof yet!"
"and you have your proof?"
donghyuck walked towards the principal's office, barging himself in, making everyone in the room flinch. "can you please let me explain?"
"explain what mr. lee donghyuck?" one of the teacher said, standing up.
"i didn't do that." the younger male defended. "please let me explain."
"look kid, we all know you did that, even other school knew about it and you made our school feel bad."
"that's not me! you didn't have the proof yet!"
all the teachers look at the student and all of them snickered. "and you have yours?"
they made donghyuck speechless again, he looked at the ground, defeated. out of the sudden, someone barged in the room again, making the teacher and donghyuck flinch because of how loud the door opened. "jihoon..?"
"yes, i'm the proof."
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mark walked out of the bus and walked straight at the school gate, and walked straight at the school's office. renjun had called him saying he needed mark in the school and already got the hint because of what happened last night.
walking straight at the principal's office, he saw the sight of students cramped in front of the room, all of them trying to peek inside.
he also peeked inside and saw donghyuck with another male with his hands on his shoulders, he's so tall, the older thought.
"mark!" renjun said, placing a hand on the older's shoulder. "he said he's the proof!" renjun excitedly said.
"i don't even care, why is his arm on top of donghyuck." mark said, rolling his eyes as he look back at the room.
"what do you mean mr. park?" the principal stood up, putting his hand on his hips.
"i said i am the proof did i not said it clear or something?" he raised his brows, causing the smaller male to look at hin with widened eyes. "how?"
"i sent donghyuck home that day and saw him walked inside his own house and not only that.. i know who did that." lucas innocently smiled as he unnecessarily place a hand on the tanned male's shoulder.
"and you really think we should believe you?"
"well i think this school is rich enough to have a surveillance camera right?" lucas said and made himself walked at teacher's computer.
after a lot of fiddling at the computer here and there, and replaying over and over, jihoon finally managed to show them he was responsible for all of this.
jihoon smiled as he finally got a clearer view of the person, "you see this?" he questioned, pointing at the person who had a very long hair. "does donghyuck have long hair?"
all of them shook their head as a no, including donghyuck. "and look at this," jihoon pointed at the screen again. "does donghyuck have a chest?"
all of them gasp, as the person accidentally looked up at the surveillance camera, giving them a better look on who it is.
"and does donghyuck look like a girl?" all of them shook their head, but donghyuck remained frozen. "think a little more."
jihoon looked at donghyuck beside him, who only reamined frozen, "hyejin?!"
both renjun and mark jolted thier head inside as the head donghyuck shouted. "hyejin?!" the older mouth fell open and so as renjun.
all of the students furrowed their brows at the mentioned name, "who is she?" one of them whispered. "that's so embarrassing," "we even accused donghyuck, this is so embarrassing."
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hyejin flopped herself on her bed, as he let out a sigh. "i still haven't heard about donghyuck, should we check him?"
yuna groaned as she changed her gaze from her phone and to her best friend, "i really think we should stop."
"do you really think i would listen to you?" hyejin snorted and grabbed her phone from the side table.
"hyejin," yuna stood up, and walked in front of the door. "you really should wake up, mark's not going to like you and never will." she said as she twisted the knob.
"he doesn't care about you, he doesn't think about you, he doesn't talk about you about how much he misses you, and even after all the times you spend together. don't put a lot of meaning into it, he did not give a single damn about you. he just sees you as a friend." yuna cries out, as she opened the door.
"and i noticed all of that." and with that she closed the door.
those words made hyejin snapped, she froze on her spot, looking at the closed door. without realizing a tear escaped her eyes.