mark stayed glued inside the doorway, donghyuck hidden behind his back, as renjun was asking tons of questions about haechan at first and then, the boy he didn't know that mark had brought back home.

mark had completely forgotten that renjun would be back to their house. he thought that he would have been going to jaemin's or jeno's house after their date or whatever it was. but now that he thought about it, renjun had told him he would be back around five. and it was close to seven right now, and mark was back, as if nothing had happened, with a boy they didn't know, and haechan wasn't home. well, he couldn't be! he was with mark...

"mark!" renjun snapped his fingers in front of mark's eyes. "i'm talking to you."

"huh... yeah?" mark blinked nervously. behind him, donghyuck was gripping on his shirt, his little fists trembling in fear. he couldn't disappear miraculously and transform into a cat right now. that wasn't possible...

"i see you were at the mall." renjun pointed at the many shopping bags inside mark's hands. "who is that cute boy behind you?" he asked, peeking behind mark.

mark stepped aside to reveal a shy and trembling donghyuck, making renjun coo.

"aww...  he's wearing your clothes..." renjun clasped his hands together, looking at the boy with heart eyes.

mark put the shopping bags to the side before standing in front of his best friend.

"renjun, promise me you won't freak out and be mad, please." mark looked at his best friend with pleading eyes.

renjun looked at donghyuck before diverting his eyes to his best friend. "don't tell me he's some kid you found on the streets."

"what?" mark raised a brow. "no!"

"you kidnapped him?"

"are you crazy? i didn't!"

"your son?"

mark stayed silent, glaring at renjun.

"yeah, forget that."

"junnie, what's taking you so- oh! hi mark." jaemin said arriving in the room with jeno.

"i see you brought the boy..." jeno smirked at mark.

"aww! he's cute! who is he?" a third person arrived.

"chenle, lower your volume a bit please." renjun warned the boy.

chenle rolled his eyes. "sorry. who is this cute boy?" he whispered.

donghyuck was not beet red due to all the unwanted attention he was receiving.

mark gave him an apologetic look before glancing at his four friends.

"please, don't kill me when i'll tell you..." mark stared at his feet.

"i don't see what would make us want to kill you." jaemin shrugged.

mark took a deep breath. "this is donghyuck. my boyfriend."

"yOuR wHaT?!" the four boys yelled at the same time, making both mark and donghyuck flinch.

"please, don't make a fuss out of it. don't make donghyuck uncomfortable on his first night with us." mark said, wrapping his arm around donghyuck's waist.

jaemin coughed. "you're right. congratulations." jaemin smiled.

renjun glared at mark. "i'm still mad you didn't tell me about you having someone you loved."

mark smiled sheepishly.

"and i still have a question." he added.

"yeah?" mark raised a brow.

"where is haechan?"

mark and donghyuck exchanged a scared look.

"huh... donghyuck and i spent majority of the afternoon here, and since donghyuck has this huge cat allergy, we let haechan go out of the house..." mark explained.

"oh... you're allergic to cats..." chenle pouted. "that's so sad! you would have been too cute with haechan in your arms! you too look alike! two cuties."

"will you stop flirting with my boyfriend?" mark glared at the chinese while pulling his boyfriend towards his chest.

^.^

dinner time came pretty quickly.

the table had been set and it was time to sit around the table. but there was one major problem.

one chair was missing.

"mark have you taken your desk chair?" renjun asked.

"it's already here."

renjun thought for a second.

"don't we have a garden chair or anything that could help?" renjun questioned.

mark was about to answer but was interrupted by a loud bark coming from the neighbour's house which made donghyuck flinch. and this gave him an idea...

"i know. sit down guys. i'll get a chair." mark said. "stay with them for a minute kitten, i'll be right back." he whispered in his boyfriend's human ear, raising the beanie a slight bit. he was wearing a beanie inside, but the boys didn't question it because mark had explained donghyuck had caught a big otitis a few days before and his ears needed to be covered.

mark left the house after pecking donghyuck's forehead and earning a chorus of 'oohs'. he crossed the road and knocked at the door in front of his house.

a lady in her late forties opened. "hello."

"good evening. i'm mark, a friend of jisung." mark smiled. "i wanted to know if he was home."

"oh, yes." she smiled back. "ji!" she yelled. "someone for you!"

in an instant, she left letting jisung replace her.

"hey mark. what are you doing here?"

"so... my friedns and i are having a dinner and we're six and we have only five chairs. so, i was wondering if you could lend us two chairs..." mark raised a brow.

jisung chuckled. "no problem. but two? wouldn't that be for seven people then?"

"well... i was hoping you could come and have dinner with us as well." mark patted the boy's shoulder.

jisung looked at the boy with wide eyes. "r-really?"

"yep."

"but, i don't know your friends."

"you know donghyuck." mark raised a finger making jisung gasp.

"you're telling me donghyuck is alone with them right now?"

"yes. and they don't know about him. so, we better hurry." mark clapped his hands.

"mom!" jisung yelled. "i'm eating at mark's. he's living across the street."

"okay!"

"i'm taking two chairs also!"

and with that, the two boys hurried towards mark's house, not wanting to leave the hybrid alone much longer.