Hello, Children :)
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Donghyuck sat on his bed and held his face between his palms. His elbows rested upon his knees and his eyes were fixed on the small bit of dust in the corner of the room yet his mind was wandering off. It had been a while since he had last kissed Mark, not that he had been keeping in check when they kissed or how many times they did, but it was just a little surprising for him. A whole week had gone by and although Donghyuck had experienced many days without Mark (since he had been in America with superm) he had never exactly been away from him despite the older living only a few rooms down the hallway.
Mark was exhausted from all the travelling and Donghyuck knew best than to go and disturb him. It was almost like a repeat of 2018, when Mark would barely get home from recording the Music Video of Boss before he disappeared with Dream to practice for Go. At that time, as Mark and Donghyuck weren't dating yet, or hadn't even acknowledged each others feelings, the only thing Donghyuck did for Mark was cook food for him. It was the least he could do. Mark wasn't the greatest at cooking (which Donghyuck thinks has greatly changed over the previous year), so Donghyuck would wake up at odd hours during the night to make food for him.
"Donghyuck?" Johnny's voice snapped him out of his thoughts and he looked up in surprise. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," He quickly answered and then eyed Johnny's body. "Wow, hyung. Really showing off, aren't you."
"Shut up," Johnny laughed at his comment and threw his wet towel at him. "Also, I know somethings wrong. Come on, tell me."
"I miss, Mark hyung," Donghyuck pouted and Johnny immediately lost interest in the conversation.
"He's just next door, go to him," Johnny rolled his eyes and took out some clothes. Donghyuck whined loudly and collapsed onto his bed. "Donghyuck, come on. What's the real problem?"
Donghyuck stared at the ceiling and wondered if he should tell Johnny. It wasn't anything big but it was on his mind. He saw the older move across the room, fully clothed, and sat beside him.
"Come on, tell father number one your problem," Johnny ran his hand through Donghyuck's hair.
"Father number one?" Donghyuck raised his head a little to shoot Johnny a confused look.
"Taeil hyung is father number two," Johnny explained and then shook his head. "Anyways, talk to me."
"I really do miss, Mark hyung," Donghyuck groaned and threw his head back in frustration. "It's so weird, before it didn't affect me as much but now it does? And now when he playfully avoids my kisses on camera or anything that I do it annoys me even more than it did before. It's strange. I know he loves me and you know, we're dating but on stage it's something else."
"On-stage he's your best friend," Johnny spoke quietly, resuming to brush Donghyuck's hair. "Off-stage he's your best friend and boyfriend."
"I know!" Donghyuck muffled his scream with his hand before jumping up from his bed, startling Johnny, who fell back a little.
"Where are you going?" Johnny asked as Donghyuck made his way to the door.
"To, Mark hyung," Donghyuck answered and waved him goodbye. He didn't want to disturb Mark but that didn't mean he couldn't cuddle with him as the older slept.
Donghyuck tip-toed across the living room and hurried into Mark's room. Their manager and Mark were both fast asleep on their own respective beds. Donghyuck slowly climbed into Mark's bed and pulled the blanket back over them. To his delight, Mark hadn't woken up but instead shuffled closer to Donghyuck and into his embrace. A small smile came onto Donghyuck's face and he looked down at the way Mark had thrown his limbs over him and covered the entire bed like a starfish.
He really loved him.
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"Yo," Mark sat next to Donghyuck as they waited for the concert to begin. Donghyuck glanced at Mark and then back at the screen, which was displaying some of their previous performances.
"What's up?" Donghyuck squinted at the screen and watched his own dancing. Mark awkwardly shifted next beside him and Donghyuck was forced to tear his eyes away from the screen. "Mark hyung, what's wrong?"
"Nothing," Mark murmured and then took Donghyuck's hand in his own, despite there being a whole group of staff surrounding them (none of them said anything since they already knew — Mark and Donghyuck weren't exactly the most subtle couple). "You know when we perform heartbreaker?"
"Yeah?" Donghyuck urged him to continue.
"And how we always side hug and stuff," Mark's grip tightened around Donghyuck's hands and he looked up at him with wide, pleading eyes. "How about we hold each others shoulders?"
"Shoulders?" Donghyuck questioned in surprise. What did he mean by that? Were they going to be holding each others shoulders like they once did accidentally?
"Yeah, like—" Mark got up from his seat and pulled Donghyuck up with him. Mark lead Donghyuck's hand to his shoulders and then placed his over Donghyuck's. "Like this."
"This is awkward," Donghyuck muttered as Mark stared at him with a heavy gaze. "What if I accidentally kiss you on stage?"
"Then—" Mark cleared his throat, hoping his blush wouldn't show too much, but Donghyuck had already caught sight of it. "Then you would accidentally kiss me on stage."
"Like this?" Donghyuck said and leaned forward, pecking Mark's lips all of a sudden.
"Ah! Hyuck!" Mark covered his lips and glanced around the room, checking to see if anyone had seen what they had done. "Donghyuck…"
"So what," Donghyuck shrugged his shoulders with a proud look on his face. He felt great being able to make Mark that flustered. "Let's go."
The members took once last deep breath before hurrying onto the stage.
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Donghyuck held his hands up to make a heart, his own fluttering as the fans all screamed at how happy they were. It was always great to be appreciated by people. Donghyuck enjoyed this.
From the corner of his eye, Donghyuck saw Mark approaching him. He felt a smile creep up his face as he realised it was time. Donghyuck turned to his right and held his arms out, waiting for Mark to come and join him. Normally, when Mark made plans to do something in front of fans, Donghyuck would see a glint of hesitation pass through him before he went along with it.
This time, however, Mark grabbed his shoulders and pulled him close, placing his forehead against Donghyuck's and closed his eyes. Donghyuck looked down at the floor and watched as Mark's feet started moving slowly. He felt himself start to sway a little and confusion filled him.
Was Mark...slow dancing with him to heartbreaker?
Donghyuck wanted to laugh but he also felt his face heating up at the thought. As cheesy as it seemed and felt, Donghyuck couldn't help but get embarrassed. The conversation he had had with Johnny was remembered and Donghyuck wondered if the older had some involvement in this slow dancing.
The screams of the fans were loud enough to tune themselves out and all Donghyuck could think about was Mark and how Mark was standing opposite him with the cutest little smile ever. No matter how much Mark pushed him away, Donghyuck knew he loved him.
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"What was that?" Jaemin teased Donghyuck as he walked past the living room. Donghyuck paused and backtracked to see what the Dreamies had been laughing at. He glanced at the TV and groaned once he realised it was a video of him and Mark, holding each others shoulders with their heads aligned whilst swaying slowly.
"You guys are embarrassing," Jeno snickered, holding back Chenle, who was cringing at the video.
"Embarrassingly cute," Renju muttered and shot Donghyuck a smile, which he returned. Donghyuck flipped the rest of them off before making his way to the spare bedroom they had. Mark was on his way to London to perform with Superm so Donghyuck thought he might as well talk to him now.
"It's funny," Donghyuck said as soon as the call connected.
"What is, Duckie?" Mark asked, shuffling around in his bed to be able to get comfortable and talk to him.
"The fact that as soon as we began to date we got separated," Donghyuck laughed to himself and Mark sighed.
"It's pretty sad," Mark said after a while. "Just as we came to terms with our feelings, put all the awkward stuff aside we got sent to different units."
"Didn't even get to enjoy our little honeymoon period," Donghyuck grumbled and held the phone close to his ear as Mark laughed.
"We will," Mark answered and Donghyuck smiled to himself. "Someday."
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Okay, but seriously, what were Mark and Haechan doing on stage?