donghyuck smiled brightly as his boyfriend entered the classroom shyly, immediately heading to his seat on the first row without looking at his surroundings.

standing up and sneaking behind mark in silence, donghyuck poked mark's sides, making the older boy let out a squeaky yelp and catch the attention of other students that were around.

"donghyuck!" mark exclaimed, turning his head to the side with flushed cheeks as his boyfriend's hands rested on his waist.

"hello, baby..." donghyuck whispered in the crook of mark's neck before pecking the smooth skin. "what are you doing here?"

"we have classes." mark giggled because donghyuck's breath fanning over his sensitive skin was tickling him.

"no, i mean, what are you doing sitting on the front row...?" donghyuck specified.

"well... it's my seat." mark shrugged.

"not anymore."

before mark could ask what donghyuck meant, he was lifted from the ground bridal style and brought to the very back of the class under the eyes of other students.

"donghyuck!" mark whined, struggling in his boyfriend's hold.

"from now on, this is your seat. right next to me." donghyuck explained, placing mark on the chair next to his and pecking the boy's lips while he was at it.

"aww..." the whole class exclaimed, looking at their interaction, making mark flush beet red.

donghyuck and mark had gotten together under the eyes of the whole canteen the day before.

and since then, it seemed like everybody had forgotten about what had been happening before.

it was as if the fact mark had cheated on dahyun didn't matter anymore.

it was as if donghyuck's wicked plan didn't matter anymore.

it was as if everything wrong that had happened didn't matter anymore.

in fact, everybody was just too obsessed by the way donghyuck had opened himself and spitted the whole truth out loud, ending his whole speech with a huge confession to mark that had been accepted.

now, the power couple wasn't mark and dahyun anymore. it was mark and donghyuck.

and they were pretty happy about it.

"donghyuck..." the teacher sighed, raising a brow at the young student.

"yes?"

"as much as you and mark are cute together, i'd like this class to stay pg13." she explained.

"sure." donghyuck nodded, placing his hand on mark's thigh and squeezing it lightly. "we'll make sure to get out if we feel the urge to make out."

mark's whole body flushed again as the whole classroom started to laugh loudly.

the teacher chuckled too, rolling her eyes as she pulled out the documents for their class.

"stop saying such things!" mark whisper-shouted, allowing donghyuck to see his red cheeks.

the tanned male smiled, pinching the tip of mark's nose. "never." he whispered. "i love it too much when you're shy and flustered because of me."

"but we're at school..." mark pouted, blinking a few times.

"that's why it's even more important for me to do that." donghyuck winked at mark.

"why?"

"because..." donghyuck leant forwards, pulling mark's chair closer to his with one of his hands as the other wrapped around his boyfriend's nape so that he could pull him closer and whisper in his ear. "...i want the whole school to know who you belong to."

mark's body tensed as he felt donghyuck's lips brushing against his ear, and he became once again redder than a tomato when donghyuck bit his earlobe, causing mark's insides to crumble.

donghyuck chuckled at mark's shyness.

"i love you, baby..." he added, pecking mark's flushed cheek.

＃

"lee donghyuck?"

the tanned male diverted his attention from his boyfriend to the adult that had called his name while both him and mark were heading towards the basketball courts.

"yes, coach?" he asked, his arm unwrapping from around mark's shoulders so that he could face the soccer coach.

"i wanted to have a talk with you, again."

donghyuck looked at mark, silently asking for his approval.

"go talk with him." he smiled. "i'll be waiting for you in the gymnasium."

"okay." donghyuck nodded. "see you, baby."

the tanned male cupped mark's cheeks as he kissed his lips fully before allowing a flustered mark to walk away quickly.

"i see everything finally got back to normal." the coach declared, making donghyuck – who had been staring at mark's butt as the boy left – turn around to look at him.

"it's better than normal." donghyuck smiled.

"and i hope i can make it even better with my next proposition."

crossing his arms over his chest, donghyuck raised a brow at his coach.

"you have a proposition?" he asked.

"i had a talk with the principal. we discussed about... everything that happened with you, and then with chunho. as you know, he has been kicked out from the team..." the coach explained.

"oh." donghyuck let out. "so... you have two players less on the team now. and chunho was a good player, so it must be hard for the team..."

"well, you see..." the coach rubbed his nape. "i wanted to ask you if you wanted to come back, in the team, and... as our team's captain."

donghyuck was hit by a wave of shock.

his coach wanted him back in the team?

and more than that, he wanted him to be the captain again?

even after everything that had happened?

"i'm not asking you because chunho was kicked out, and i need someone as good as him, or better, to replace him. don't doubt that." the coach explained. "i'm asking you, because i absolutely hated having to kick you away from your captain duties, and then from the team. i have always believed that you were an amazing player, and that even if you are human and you can do bad things, it doesn't change the fact that you were our best element. and... well, now that we all know the whole truth, i'm sure everyone would agree that you're not tarnishing the team's reputation."

the former soccer captain stayed silent.

he had barely heard the words that had been pronounced by his coach anyway.

he was too focused on the decision process in his mind.

this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

normally, when you were kicked out from a sports team, there was no way back in, in your previous sports team, and in any other sport team.

coaches were like teenage girls: they couldn't keep their mouth shut, and needed to gossip around.

so, this was donghyuck's only chance to be part of a sports team...

"so, donghyuck... will you accept becoming our soccer team captain again?"

＃

"your boyfriend's here."

"huh?" mark asked, internally cheering as the basketball ball entered into the loop perfectly. he turned towards his teammate with a smile. "what did you say?"

his fellow basketball player passed his arm around mark's shoulder. "i said that your boyfriend was here."he explained, glancing at the tanned male that was glaring at him. "and he's the jealous type, so you should go and tell him that i have a girlfriend before he kills me for touching you."

mark turned around, a huge smile appearing on his face when he noticed donghyuck standing next to the door. the canadian immediately ran towards his boyfriend.

"so, how did it- "

"who was that?" donghyuck cut mark's question, his eyes fixed on the male that had been touchy with his boyfriend.

"he's one of my teammates, and he's pretty good at basketball."

"good for him, but he should learn to keep his hands to himself." donghyuck growled. "i am the only one who can touch you."

"come on, he was just being friendly." mark rolled his eyes at donghyuck's jealousy.

"well, he can be friendly with whoever he wants, but not with you, or i'm going to be less friendly with him." donghyuck declared, wrapping his arms protectively around mark's body.

the canadian flushed at those words, cuddling into donghyuck's heavenly embrace.

his heart still missed beats every time donghyuck acted sweet with him, even if almost one week had passed since him and donghyuck had officially gotten together.

being able to call donghyuck his boyfriend was the best thing in the world for mark, and knowing that the younger boy would always take care of him warmed his heart so much.

"so, what did the coach tell you?" mark asked, his body still glued to donghyuck.

"he said he wanted me back as team captain." donghyuck informed, making mark gasp.

"for real?!" mark pulled out from donghyuck's embrace, gripping on donghyuck's sleeve as he bounced cutely. "so, you're in the soccer team again! and you are team captain! chunho didn't deserve to take your spot on the team. and i really hope he was fired for the team after what he did. but i'm so happy for you, because you're captain again and- "

"mark." donghyuck spoke, stopping his boyfriend from being overexcited. "i didn't accept his offer."

"y-you... what?! why?!" mark's eyes widened.

"because i don't want to lead a team of guys who insulted me for doing things when they didn't even know the truth." donghyuck explained. "i don't want to have them being part of my life anymore."

"b-but... you love soccer... and being the captain..." mark stuttered, his lips forming a pout because of how sad he was for his boyfriend.

"baby, i love you more than i love soccer." donghyuck sighed, cupping mark's cheeks. "i quit the team for good, and this will be better for us."

"but you won't play soccer anymore..." mark whined.

"and i don't care as long as i can be with you."

with that said, donghyuck leant forwards placing his lips on mark's pouty ones.

the tanned male slid his hands around mark's waist, rubbing comforting circles there with his thumbs, while mark tiptoed and wrapped his arms around donghyuck's neck, his fingers entangling with donghyuck's brown hair.

"mark! we're waiting for you to start again!"

mark pulled away from the kiss, looking at his teammate with flushed cheeks.

"sorry i'm coming right- "

he was cut by donghyuck pulling him close again and kissing him under the other players' eyes. donghyuck had so much fun kissing his boyfriend in front of them while he glanced at the boy that had touched his mark a few minutes ago. now, with that, he would surely understand that mark wasn't available.

donghyuck finally detached his lips from mark's staring for long seconds into mark's glistening orbs.

god, how beautiful his boyfriend was...

he couldn't believe mark was finally his...

after all this rivalry... after all these problems... he could finally call him his.

and he really hoped this would never change.

"great, now that you two are done can mark- "

"sorry, but mark won't be available for the rest of practice." donghyuck declared, cutting the player's sentence as he slid his hands under mark's butt and lifted him with ease, making mark wrap his arms and legs around his boyfriend. "we have important things to discuss about."

and with that said, donghyuck ran away with mark in his arms as mark's team sighed.

"are we waiting for them to finish talking?" one player asked.

"bold of you to assume they are going to have a talk." another one snorted.

"but- "

"mark won't be able to stand anyway. let's just go back to practice." the second in command declared, making whines erupt in the group.

"it's not fair! i could ask my girlfriend to come and pull me away too!"

"yeah, that's cheating!" another groaned.

"yeah, well, mark is a cheater, and you all know that now." the second in command told. "but more than being a cheater, he's our team captain, and after being ridiculed in front of a whole stadium and living hell for more than a week, i think we can allow him to have a bit of rest."