mark walked to school the next day groggily, and with heavy eyebags.

it was obvious he had been partying all night.

but did he care?

absolutely not.

it was 8a.m., and mark never got to school at that time of the day, mostly if he had been partying the night before.

but he had an appointment with a teacher.

and as much as mark didn't want to have this appointment, he needed to go there.

the appointment had already been postponed four times, and the teacher wasn't ready to do it a fifth time.

mark dragged his feet across the main hall, placing his half-empty pack of cigarettes in the back pocket of his jeans.

he didn't pay much attention to his surroundings.

actually, he was high most of the time, making it impossible for him to do so.

but today, something caught his attention.

well, someone actually.

a boy was standing in front of his locker, pulling a few copybooks out while yawning.

when he closed his locker and turned around to head back to class, an image of the brunette in his dinosaur pattern pyjamas flashing in his mind.

and it seemed like it truly was the brunette of the night before, because when the boy met eyes with mark, his mouth opened slightly as his eyes widened on their own.

another staring contest started between the two boys, this time very awkward, in the middle of a busy school corridor.

it was cut after a few seconds that felt like minutes by a teacher.

"what are you doing here?!" the teacher yelled. "in my office, right now!" she yelled pushing mark away. 

mark walked in the direction of her office, rolling his eyes as she followed him closely.

and he didn't miss the brunette's eyes that started at him all the way to the end of the corridor.

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donghyuck leaned his back against his locker, taking a deep breath.

had he just met the boy he had had a staring contest with the night before?

were they in the same school?

had they just had another staring contest?

dongyuck's heart was a mess in his chest.

he didn't understand what was happening to him.

he didn't know this boy.

and this boy screamed problems.

he smoked.

he partied.

and judging by the way the teacher had yelled at him, he was bad at school.

but despite all of this, something in this boy intrigued donghyuck.

donghyuck glanced at his watch. 8:04.

his classes didn't start before 9.

he had come one hour before to work at the school library.

but a little bit of spying wouldn't hurt.

plus, not revising once wouldn't make him the worst student out here.

heck, it wouldn't even make donghyuck lose his place as top of the class.

and so, donghyuck decided to head towards mrs oh's office.

he slalomed inside the school corridors, marching along the wall when mrs oh's classroom came into view.

he stood with his back leaning against the wall, less than a meter away from the door, to listen to what she was saying.

she seemed to be angry.

donghyuck could hear her screaming a lot.

and she often ended her sentences with 'mark'.

that was surely the boy's name.

if it was, donghyuck thought that it fitted very well with the boy.

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mark got out of the classroom after a whole 30 minutes of scolding.

not that he really minded.

he closed the door behind his back, leaving the angry teacher alone inside her office, and ready to head to the back of the school where he would be able to smoke freely.

however, something made him think against it.

the brunette of the day before, the same that he had had a staring contest with in front of the lockers, was sitting on the floor, his head leaning back against the wall, and soft almost inaudible snores leaving his mouth.

mark chuckled at the sight, crouching in front of the boy and ruffling his hair gently.

this made the brunette flutter his eyes open.

"had a rough night?" mark asked with a smirk, making the brunette gasp at their proximity.

donghyuck was quick to stand up, bumping his forehead with mark's before mumbling an apology.

"it's okay." mark stood up as well. "i'm mark lee."

donghyuck looked at the boy in the eyes.

his voice was deep, sending shivers through donghyuck's spine.

"d-donghyuck." he replied, slightly impressed by the bad boy standing in front of him.

"well, donghyuck, let me be honest with you." mark said, eying him up and down. "you look even better in everyday clothes."

a smirk, a wink, and that's all that was needed for donghyuck to flush red and run away as fast as possible.