chips? check. chocolate? check. a video game that jisung would like? check.

jamie took a deep breath before knocking on his door.

the door opened quickly, surprising her.

jisung stood there, hair messy, dark circles under his eyes, a wife beater on and a pair of baggy grey sweatpants and matching slippers.

jamie was shocked at the sight of the bruises on his expose arms and at how skinny he really was, barely any muscle on his arms.

he was shocked at the sight of her, instantly grabbing a hoodie next to him and pulling it on.

"i, uh, thought i would come keep you company since i know your sister works today and chenle said he was busy and jaemin finally left you alone because he has a family gathering today and i know you're house ridden-"

"hi," he smiled sheepishly, cutting her off, "it's okay, i'm okay being alone."

jamie frowned, "okay... well at least take what i brought over then. i thought you'd like this game, it's one of my favorites, i've finished it three times already."

jisung took the game, flipping it over in his hands and reading the back.

"i've heard a lot about this game.. thank you," he awkwardly grinned.

jamie regretting going there and after she awkwardly left, a bag of chips still in her hand and chocolates she was popping in her mouth every time she had finished one.

jisung looked so uncomfortable at the thought of even talking to her. what had she done wrong? they were fine last tome they hung out, weren't they? he didn't act that way then. was it all her fault? did she bring the wrong chocolate? chips? did he even like the game she brought? she just wanted to hide under the covers in her bed and scream until she died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

sadly, that was not possible because a jaemin was already asleep on her bed when she had gotten there, still in a nice polo and slacks, his hair styled and his earrings not in. he hadn't even bothered to take off his outside shoes and put on a pair of his three slippers sitting at their entryway.

"he showed up an hour ago," lucas said, scaring her as he took the bag of chips from her and opened it. jun xue was in a special dog duffle bag lucas had brought especially for jun xue, his little white head poking out and taking the chip lucas had handed him.

"king really suits this spoiled dog," jamie mumbled angrily as the dog yapped and lucas gave it another chip, "anyway, wasn't jaemin supposed to be at a family gathering?"

lucas shrugged, walking away and into the living room to resume the movie he was watching instead of doing his homework.

jamie shook her head and walked in, closing the door behind her.

she took jaemin's shoes off and pulled the covers over him, sitting at the foot of the bed and turning on a show, eating the chocolate she still had.

she ended up falling asleep too, laying on top of jaemin as the two slept soundly

"holy shit!"

jaemin's scream led jamie to tumble off the bed, looking up in alarm, "what? what is it?"

mark was standing in the doorway, confused out of his mind.

jaemin was also confused, looking around, "how long was i out for?"

jamie looked at the clock, "oh my god, i forgot mark was coming over."

"hi, i'm here," mark giggled softly, walking over and placing a soft kiss on the top of jamie's head.

"how long was i out for?" jaemin asked again.

"i got here at like, one," jamie shrugged, "and you were asleep."

"one? i thought you were supposed to be with jisung until mark came over at five and i was supposed to be out of here by four," jaemin furrowed his eyebrows, "what happened?"

"you were with jisung today?" mark asked as he sat next to jamie and shyly placer his hand on top of hers.

"supposed to," jamie sighed, "he kicked he out as soon was he saw me. weren't you supposed to be at a family gathering na jaemin?"

jaemin groaned, laying back down on jamie's bed, "i stayed for thirty minutes before saying i had to go to the bathroom and left. you weren't supposed to be here so i decided to come here and nap so my aunt didn't know i was home. her cameras are creepy man, she says she watching the dogs but i am dead serious when i say that she stalks me."

"it was that bad?" jamie frowned.

"oh jaemin, i'm so sorry i didn't notice earlier. i never really liked him, he did bad things to your mom. look at what he made her do, i bet he bribed her," jaemin's voice went up as he mocked someone, rolling his eyes, "i hate them."

"you're almost there, you can move out soon," jamie assured.

mark nodded, "the same thing happened to me with a different context, it's so much better when you move out."

"i forget you don't live with your parents or with taeyong sometimes," jaemin mumbled.

"dorm life sucks but it's so much better than listening to everyone fawn over jeno," mark mumbled, rubbing his thumb against the back of jamie's hand, "they're trying to make up the years they missed with him, even my mom who isn't even his biological mother."

jaemin sighed, "my graduation is so close."

"then you'll leave me though," jamie frowned, "i'll be alone in sopa."

"you'll have mingi and them," jaemin said, "and it's not like we'll go far away."

jamie didn't look convinced and mark intertwined their fingers instead of just leaving his hand on hers.

"well, i guess i'll go home," jaemin yawned, standing up, "thanks for letting me crash here."

"jaemin, you practically live here anyway," jamie rolled her eyes, "you can still stay, lucas is watching some drama with jun xue out in the living room."

"maybe," jaemin shrugged, "actually, yeah, i'm not in the mood to go home yet."

jaemin opened jamie's closet and took out a pair of sweatpants and a shirt he had left there before walking out of the room, yawning again, "have fun lovebirds, don't do anything, lucas and i are still here and there is a baby."

"jun xue is a dog!" jamie yelled back as jaemin laughed and closed the door.

as soon as he was gone, mark scooted closer and brought jamie in between his legs, leaning his head on her shoulder and wrapping his arms around her stomach.

she laughed and leaned her head back against his chest, "hi fork."

"hi love."

his english made her heart soar and she smiled contently, closing her eyes, "i was expecting apple jam."

mark giggled, "i'm hungry, i don't want to talk about food."

"want to go out?" jamie asked and mark shook his head.

"can we cook here? i haven't had a homemade meal in a while."

jamie smiled, patting his head, "i think you mean i'll cook, i'm not even letting you near the toaster."

mark was quiet for a second, "good point, i'll watch."

"jamie?" mark called after a few minutes of silence as they sat there, "chenle texted me today."

"yeah? what about?" jamie asked.

"he asked me to meet up with him and i have never seen him this way before," mark admitted, allowing her to turn around so they were face to face, "he was so stressed out, he said he didn't want to worry jisung so he thought he would come to me."

jamie nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"he said that a group of guys had been bothering him, trying to get his autograph or pieces of his hair to sell."

jamie was confused, "why though?"

"apparently chenle is some celebrity back in china. like, had his own fan-meeting type of famous."

jamie gasped, "seriously?"

mark nodded, leaning his head against hers, "yeah, and apparently this girl exposed him to his class even after he tried to start over and be a normal person and that's why he left yongsan."

"his penpal i'm assuming," jamie mumbled, mark letting out a hum.

"can we do something for him?" jamie asked, "i want to make him happy again."

"maybe... you should suggest he go to sopa too, and jisung," mark suggested, "jaemin, donghyuck, and jeno are leaving so you'll be alone and the two could possibly thrive much better if they were at sopa."

jamie hummed, moving her head and leaving a kiss on his lips and then letting her head rest on his chest, wrapping her arms around his torso and hugging him, "i'll ask, thanks markie."

"of course love, i want the best for everyone too," he sighed contently, wrapping his arms around her too and putting his chin on the crown of her head.

"mark, do you think renjun will ever come to his senses?" jamie asked.

mark moved his hand up and played with her hair, "i hope so."

mark's stomach growled and he turned red in embarrassment, jamie laughing and moving her head so she could see his face again.

"we should go make food," she said and he nodded, sheepishly smiling.

he left a short kiss on her lips before standing up and helping her up as well, making sure to have her hand in his before they left the room and went into the kitchen, having lucas and jaemin yelling at them what they wanted for dinner.