"mark, my friend, we have things to talk about." jaehyun declared as soon as he spotted mark entering school grounds.

the smaller male was immediately dragged away by jaehyun without he could even mutter a word.

"tell me about your boy." jaehyun said, smiling brightly at mark.

"stop calling him that way..." mark rolled his eyes.

"your donghyuck, sorry." jaehyun corrected himself.

mark sighed. "he's not mine." technically this wasn't false. donghyuck was acutally maria's doll, so he wasn't mark's property.

"he isn't yet." jaehyun added. "admit you'd like that to happen."

"i don't like him jae... i barely know him." mark explained.

"let me read your text message of yesterday again..." jaehyun pulled his phone out and unlocked it, opening his and mark's conversation. "sorry, i'm busy getting closer with donghyuck as you want me to do, i won't be able to talk anymore. happy?"

jaehyun lifted his head to look at mark who had his cheeks redder than a tomato.

"now, i am happy." jaehyun smiled brightly. "who thought you would grow some balls and text the boy?"

"hey! i'm not a coward!" mark protested, his cheeks remaining a red colour.

"not anymore." jaehyun nodded. "so, how did your conversation go?"

"great." mark told simply.

next to him, jaehyun raised a brow, waiting for mark to develop a bit more.

however, mark stayed silent, now typing something on his phone.

"great? is that all?" he asked, confused.

"yeah. we had a great conversation." mark nodded. "what else do you want me to say?"

"i want every and any detail of your conversation with him." jaehyun told, making the smaller boy roll his eyes.

"i don't think it's absolutely necessary..."

"well, i am sure it is." jaehyun patted mark's back. "so, how did the conversation start?" jaehyun asked with a beaming smile.

mark sighed, placing his phone back in his pocket before lifting his head to look at jaehyun in the eye, recalling the events of the night before.

he took a few seconds to find a good lie that wouldn't let jaehyun know that he didn't actually send donghyuck a text, but that he was actually with him.

"i sent him a text saying that i was the guy of the gay bar, and that i found him really cool, and that i would have liked to meet him again, or get to know him better." mark said calmly.

"lame. no one uses the word 'cool' nowadays. anyway. what did he answer?" jaehyun questioned, looking at mark with a growing smile.

"he said that he had found my company very pleasing the other night, and that he would like to get to know me better too." mark continued lying.

"he's sweet. prepare your dick mark, because you're going to get some." jaehyun playfully punched mark's shoulder.

"will you stop saying this?!" mark tsked.

"yeah, yeah." jaehyun shrugged it off. "anyway, what did you say next?"

"i don't remember, we just talked about our lives and everything." mark said in a desperate sight.

"show me the conversations if you don't remember." jaehyun stated, making mark choke on his saliva.

the conversations.

yeah, those that didn't exist because they didn't happen.

"no! they're private!" mark exclaimed, his cheeks becoming red once again.

"oooh!" jaehyun smirked. "did you send each other sexy pics? is that why i can't see the conversations?"

"of course not!" mark slapped jaehyun. "are you out of your mind?!"

"come on! i'm just teasing..." jaehyun rolled his eyes playfully. "so, tell me how he is. what do you think of him?"

mark allowed flashes of the night before to appear in his mind.

he recalled their pleasant time, seating crossed-legs facing each other on mark's bed, and ending up with donghyuck lying on his back with his head on mark's lap.

he recalled their conversations, about mark's life mostly because donghyuck didn't seem to have an active life as mark had.

he recalled the beautiful face of donghyuck when the boy dozed to sleep while mark was explaining how he lost his first milk tooth.

he recalled donghyuck turning back into a doll again, later than night, and how mark brought him back to maria's bedroom after whispering a 'good night' to the doll.

he recalled it all. but jaehyun didn't need to know all of that.

"he's someone really unique. being with him truly is refreshing. first of all because he's one year younger than me, when i'm only hanging out with older people. and also, because he's absolutely not like all of you..." mark explained dreamily.

"not like all of us?" jaehyun raised a brow as a small smirked appeared on his face when he noticed mark's dazed state.

"yeah... you guys are loud, making fun of each other, always teasing me, sexually perverted, and yeah, i love all of you guys, i really do, but you're a lot to deal with sometimes." mark told, looking at jaehyun in the eye to make sure he wasn't taking offense.

"and what about donghyuck?" jaehyun asked, now smirking fully.

"well... donghyuck is so soft and cute... he's loud sometimes too, but as soon as he realises it, he shuts up and looks at me with puppy eyes as if he had done a huge mistake... and he's so innocent, god... when he tilts his head to the side because he doesn't understand something i said... he's just so adorable when he does that..."

"i see that you're whipped for him..." jaehyun chuckled.

mark blinked a few times, thinking again about what he had just said.

had he just mentioned how cute he thought the younger was?

had he just developed the things he did that made mark go crazy?

had he just openly voiced out what he liked about him?

the answer was yes.

yes, he had just mentioned how cute he thought the younger was.

yes, he had just developed the things he did that made mark go crazy.

yes, he had just openly voiced out what he liked about him.

god, could that mean he had developed feelings for this doll boy?

"n-no!" he protested; his cheeks red again.

"you're in denial..." jaehyun sighed. "i can see you're into him."

"i-i'm not. we're just talking. there's nothing going on." mark told.

"yet." jaehyun specified. "don't lie to yourself, you would like something to happen."

mark looked down at his feet, his cheeks still red.

he knew very well that jaehyun was right.

in fact, he had started growing feelings for the little sunshine that was donghyuck.

he couldn't say he liked him yet, but he could see that he was getting there.

and yes, denying that he would like something to happen was a lie, and jaehyun could read him so well for that.

"y-yeah..." mark stuttered, his cheeks getting even redder as he exposed himself.

"aww, little mark has a crush!" jaehyun exclaimed, pinching mark's cheek. "that's so cute!"

"jaehyun, stop!" mark pushed jaehyun's hand away.

"no, seriously, i'm glad you found someone." jaehyun told. "tell me more about him. i know you're dying to tell me more."

mark gave jaehyun a small smile. "i feel like i could talk about him all day to explain how cute he is. i'm not even sure he's doing this on purpose, but he does things that make me go crazy... like, the head tilts, and the puppy eyes, oh god, the puppy eyes when he listens to me talking... his giggles are adorable and they make me want to make him laugh more... and he's so soft... like, in his personality, but himself too... when i slid my hand through his fluffy hair, i felt like caressing a cloud... and i- "

"WAIT A DAMN MINUTE!" jaehyun interrupted mark loudly.

this sudden interjection made mark realise that he had fucked up.

how was he supposed to hear donghyuck giggle when they were texting?

how was he supposed to see his puppy eyes when they were texting?

how was he supposed to feel his fluffy hair when they were texting?

right, he couldn't.

and this necessary meant that mark was with donghyuck yesterday night. physically.

"YOU WEREN'T TEXTING YESTERDAY, YOU WERE TOGETHER."