small warning: it gets a bit heated at the end

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the next morning, chenle was rather happy to be allowed to talk again, and the boys were painfully aware of it: the chinese had been yelling around mark's room as soon as he woke up, making all the other boys wake up as well.

not seeing mark nor donghyuck in the room, they walked down, cooing at the sight before them.

the two boys were laying on the couch, mark still bare chested, head on the arm rest and arms embracing the younger boy who had his head against mark's chest and his small arms curled up against the other's body. they were still sleeping, snoring not too loudly and legs entangled.

even though the boys tried to be the most silent possible, chenle was among them, making it impossible for anyone to continue sleeping with this much noise.

jeno and jaemin shooed the youngers away as mark was starting to wake up. once his two eyes were totally opened, he was surprised to meet jeno's dark orbs.

"tell us mark... are you sure you don't like him?" jeno asked with a head motion towards donghyuck.

mark looked at the boy between his arms and smiled. donghyuck was the cutest creature ever. his flawless skin, his flaming red hair, his button nose, his moles, his pretty lips, his tiny hands, his thin waist, his elegant red tail... everything about this being made mark crazy.

he didn't intend at all to fall for the merman, but let's be real, he couldn't resist his charms.

donghyuck, in his way to be, mesmerized mark. wasn't it normal when a mermaid met a human?

well, mark didn't care. the creature he had found in his pool had taken a big place in his heart, and he wasn't against it.

"i like him." mark blurted out, taking aback his two friends.

he liked donghyuck. he may have admitted it just now, but he was sure about it.

"you're cute together." jaemin said after a while. "you'll make a cute couple."

mark sighed, lowering his head. "i doubt we'll ever be a couple..."

"mark." jeno put his hand on his shoulder. "we're not blind. we see the way he looks at you. he surely likes you back."

"jeno's right. you're the only one he trusts here. he looks like a fish out of water when you're not around..."

mark smiled. that's what he is after all...

"we'll let you wake him up. we'll go cook breakfast before chensung burns the kitchen." jaemin said before pulling his boyfriend towards the kitchen leaving mark and donghyuck alone.

mark gently shook the boy awake, but donghyuck didn't intend to wake up any time soon. he mumbled incoherent words, snuggling deeper into mark's chest and tickling him with his hair.

mark passed a hand in the bright red hair, caressing donghyuck's scalp.

"you need to wake up princess..." he whispered in the merman's ear, making him pout in his sleep. mark planted a kiss on the mermaid's temple, and tightened his embrace around the younger's waist.

as mark was falling asleep again with the boy in his arms, he was startled by a sudden noise. donghyuck had sneezed cutely, like a kitten, and it had woken him up.

"hello princess." mark tucked donghyuck's hair behind his ear.

"p-princess...?" the merman asked blushing.

mark chuckled. "yes. you are a merman and you have red hair, like in the little mermaid. you're my princess."

donghyuck got even redder.

"so cute." mark blurted out before kissing donghyuck's nose. "let's have breakfast, okay?"

mark detangled himself from donghyuck's grip and headed towards the kitchen. however, a hand prevented him to do so.

he turned around to see donghyuck making grabby hands at him.

mark chuckled before carrying the boy like a baby and going to the kitchen with him.

"i see someone had a pleasant awakening." jisung stated as mark sat on the chair next to him with donghyuck straddling him.

"we did." mark smiled at a shy donghyuck.

"well lucky you. this morning, chenle decided to be a bitch and wake all of us up with his dolphin-like voice." jaemin rolled his eyes.

"yeah. don't get me wrong lele, i love your voice, but early in the morning is not the time to use it this loud..." jisung told.

chenle raised his brows at the younger. "was that a confession that you like my voice?"

"hum... well, no? i mean... yes?" jisung panicked flushing red.

"cutie." chenle pinched his cheek. "i'll cover your ears next time."

the breakfast went on with the boys talking about random things, making jokes and watching videos on their phones. donghyuck was still on mark's lap, happy to feel his arm around his waist. however, one thing got his attention: the hickey on jaemin's neck. he remembered it was a dare given to jeno, but he couldn't help but admiring the mark, and imagining having one himself.

"it's cool what jeno did to jaemin yesterday." donghyuck said pointing to jaemin's neck. "can you do that to me as well?" he added looking at mark.

let's say mark wasn't expecting such a question, which caused him to choke on the juice he was drinking and spit everything out. even though mark tried to push donghyuck away not to have him all wet, donghyuck still got touched by the liquid. mark reacted quickly once again, blurting out a small 'sorry' before carrying him to his uncle's room as the others were laughing.

mark locked the door before donghyuck transformed and mark fell on the bed with donghyuck in his arms because of the sudden weight.

donghyuck's tail was way longer than his legs and way thicker as well, so, it's normal that it weighted more.

well, that's why mark was currently laying on his back on the bed, donghyuck on top of him, an arm on each side of his head and his tail between mark's legs.

"i'm sorry." mark said, not moving.

donghyuck chuckled and raised his hand to brush off the remaining liquid that had dripped out of mark's mouth. "it's okay. you're always here to save me."

both boys stayed in this position, not daring to move a muscle, and not breaking their eye-contact. they weren't that comfortable in that position, but they both enjoyed their close proximity.

"so... are you going to do it to me?" donghyuck asked innocently, brushing his fingers against mark's neck.

out of context, this question would have sounded way dirtier than it actually was. but it still turned mark on. don't blame him. the boy above him was the most perfect being in the universe, and he was asking mark such intimate things in an innocent way... mark was going crazy.

"a-are you sure you want it?" mark asked, his voice low and his aura becoming intimidating.

donghyuck nodded, bitting his bottom lip.

he didn't know what was happening to him. the human under him was making him feel strange, not a bad strange, a good one actually.

was that what renjun was referring to when he told him about feeling 'shrimps in your stomach' when you like someone? because that's what donghyuck was feeling right now.

mark slid one arm around donghyuck's waist and exchanged their positions, pulling himself on top of donghyuck. he tugged on the hem of donghyuck's shirt, pulling it off his head and pressing their bare-chested bodies together. one of his hands passed behind donghyuck's neck, approaching it dangerously from his mouth.

"can i, princess?" mark asked huskily.

as donghyuck nodded gulping, mark dove on his neck, sucking on the skin between his ear and his shoulder in such a soothing manner. sometimes adding teeth, sometimes adding tongue, mark was doing wonders to donghyuck, and the merman couldn't help but let an unholy sound leave his mouth, immediately slamming his hand on his mouth to prevent from letting out other sounds. however, that's not what mark wanted...

"don't cover your mouth, you're beautiful making these noises." mark whispered in his ear, using one of his hands to place donghyuck's around his neck.

mark got back to his previous activity, kissing and nibbling the skin of his neck and collarbones, as his hands were roaming on the merman's body, caressing his bare waist and the beginning of his tail.

mark stopped his actions when he felt donghyuck's tail disappearing. he looked at the boy on the bed, almost drooling at his beauty.

his face was all red, and he was panting, lips parted. the skin of his neck and his collarbones was filled with reddish love bites.

"thank you." donghyuck whispered before kissing mark's cheek.

"i-i'm sorry, you asked for one... i did plenty of them..." mark excused himself sitting on the bed.

donghyuck passed a hand over his neck. "stop saying sorry. i love them." he smiled, making the older smile as well.

"let's go. they might be wondering what we are doing..." mark said before rising to his feet and making donghuck wear his shirt, which was actually one of mark's.

mark unlocked and opened the door, jumping when he was met with four pairs of eyes glued on the boy behind him.

"MARK! LOOK AT HIS NECK!" jaemin yelled.

"YOU GUYS HAD SEX?!" chenle screamed.

"so, that is sex..." donghyuck mumbled.