mark couldn't contain his smile as he swiped through his picture gallery on his phone, studying in detail each and every picture he had taken with donghyuck. there weren't many of them, but mark didn't mind watching the same pictures over and over again.

"what has you smiling like a lovestruck girl?" lucas' voice made mark jump on his seat and throw his phone in the air.

with his fast reflexes, lucas caught the phone mid-air effortlessly.

"n-nothing!" mark shook his head, holding his hand out for lucas to hand him back his phone.

sadly, the older idol peeked at mark's phone, his eyes widening when he saw a picture of mark and donghyuck side by side in a park, both smiling at the camera.

"you were looking at a picture of donghyuck and yourself?!" lucas gasped. "when did you even take this picture?"

"t-the 'one day with super m' thing." mark stuttered, his cheeks burning as he was exposed.

"oh, you were with him for the two hours." lucas nodded, studying the picture more in detail; mark even noticed him zooming on donghyuck's face. "lucky you." he added, locking the phone and giving it back to mark.

"yeah..." mark nodded.

a silence took place between the two boys for a while until a red-faced mark coughed, catching lucas' attention.

"say... would you like to... huh... hang out with donghyuck...?" mark hesitated, side glancing at his member.

yeah, asking this question hurt mark – quite a lot – considering he had developed a crush on the golden fanboy. but mark knew very well that donghyuck's favourite member was lucas, and that he was sad that he couldn't spend some time with his bias during the 'one day with super m' program because ryuwon had been chosen to be with lucas. and as all mark wanted was to make donghyuck happy, he imagined allowing lucas and him to hang out together would be a great thing to do – even if it pained him.

"hang out with donghyuck?" lucas repeated with a brow raised.

"yeah, like... spending some time together, just chilling in a café or something like that." mark specified.

"i mean... yes, i'd love that!" lucas nodded with a smile. "donghyuck is really cute, and he's a sweetheart, that's for sure."

mark hummed in approval.

"wait, why are you asking?" the chinese male frowned.

"well..." mark rubbed his nape. "you're his favourite member so... i guessed he would be ecstatic if he could spend an afternoon with you."

"oh, yeah." lucas nodded. "but this doesn't mean i'll actually be able to spend an afternoon with him."

"you never know." mark shrugged.

"huh... i don't see how this can be possible considering that i'm an idol, he's a fan, and we have absolutely no ways of communicating together to set up a meeting."

mark kept his head low at those words.

yeah, of course. they had no way of communicating together.

he wasn't going to tell lucas that he had asked donghyuck for his number and that they had been talking daily ever since. and he would never mention that he bought donghyuck a v.i.p. ticket to their concert a few days ago. definitely not. who knew what the managers could do if they came to learn about it?

"yeah, you're right." mark nodded. "it will be hard. but sometimes, life offers you opportunities and... yeah..."

"what kind opportunity could life offer me to allow donghyuck and i to spend a great afternoon together?" lucas raised a brow.

"maybe... maybe meeting somewhere around seoul. completely accidentally. and then spending the rest of the day together." mark explained, glancing at lucas.

"oh my god, you're right!" the giant gasped, a bright smile apprearing on his face. "let's go out! what if we meet him?!"

"right now?!" mark squeaked, not expecting lucas to be this enthusiastic.

"yeah! let's not miss a second!"

"wait, but... he might be at school right now." mark informed.

lucas pulled his phone out, switching it on to look at the time before sighing loudly.

"yeah, he's probably at school..." he pouted. "what time does he finish?"

"4:40pm." mark answered immediately, earning a confused stare from lucas. "h-huh... i guess it's around 4:40pm since it's the time school ends here...?" he tried lying to cover his mistake.

"fuck, we have practice at 4pm..." the taller boy sighed again.

"well, it's fine. we'll go out another day. he'll probably have homework to do after school, so he'll surely head directly home." mark reassured him.

"you're right. we'll try finding him this weekend then. we don't have anything this weekend, right? just practice." lucas questioned.

"yeah, just practice." mark nodded.

"perfect then."

mark heaved a sigh, looking down at his phone and smiling again at the sight of his and donghyuck's picture.

he hoped donghyuck would be happy when mark will tell him lucas wants to see him.

♪

"i still can't believe this was a real ticket..." jaemin sighed, lifting his head from his books and catching the attention of his friends with whom he was studying on the large wooden tables in the school's gardens.

"jaemin, you are aware that you've been repeating this approximately ten times a day for the past week, right?" sungchan raised a brow.

"i was certain it was a scam!" jaemin continued.

"yeah, well, i was certain it wasn't, and i was right." donghyuck shrugged. "now can you shut up because we're all trying to work."

there was a long silence after donghyuck's words, allowing the eight boys to go back to studying – well seven, because jaemin was still staring at nothing and reflecting about his life.

"how can you be so lucky...?" jaemin spoke again, making a few boys around the table groan.

"jaemin, i love you, but seriously?" renjun asked, sending his boyfriend a glare.

"yeah, and i don't love you, but can't you stop bothering us with that?!" chenle added on the same tone as renjun.

"but guys! how can donghyuck get a v.i.p. ticket to a super m concert for the price of a regular ticket?!" jaemin exclaimed.

"jaemin, i beg you to stop!" shotaro groaned.

"yeah, i'd prefer studying the insects' reproductive system rather than hearing your theories on about how donghyuck got himself a ticket." jeno nodded.

"you can't be unbothered by this! it's impossible! something has to- "

"jaemin!" donghyuck cut his best friend's rambling, making him look up at donghyuck. "do you want to accompany me to the bathroom?"

"this conversation isn't finished." jaemin crossed his arms over his chest.

"get your ass off that bench and come with me to the bathroom right now." donghyuck growled, standing up and snatching his phone on the table.

"alright." jaemin rolled his eyes before standing up as well.

"we'll be back shortly." donghyuck informed before gripping jaemin's arm and pulling the boy away.

donghyuck dragged his best friend across the school's gardens until they reached a spot where no one else could see or hear them.

"you're going to pee there?" jaemin raised a confused brow.

"oh my god, jaemin, shut the fuck up for a second." donghyuck groaned in annoyance.

he wasn't the type of guy to get easily angry or annoyed.

donghyuck was a sweetheart, and other's well-being always came first in his mind. he would keep trying to make others happy and to do things as they wanted.

but jaemin had gone overbroad.

it had been one week since the concert. and jaemin had been speculating every day on how and why donghyuck could have had his ticket this cheap. of course, he had never imagined donghyuck could have gotten the ticket from one of the super m members, and donghyuck was quite happy with that, because he didn't want anyone to know; but at that point, donghyuck couldn't bear jaemin's nagging and rambling because he wanted to know the truth.

actually, he didn't even suspect donghyuck to lie. jaemin knew that donghyuck could be naïve at times, and in his mind, he surely had purchased the ticket because it was a v.i.p. one and that it was super cheap. and this is mainly why he was trying to find a reason why this ticket was this cheap. because he wanted to show donghyuck that he had been lucky, but that bad things could have happened.

"okay, i had promised myself that i wouldn't tell you, but i can't deal with your shit anymore!"donghyuck exclaimed through gritted teeth.

"that you wouldn't tell me?" jaemin frowned. "is there something i should know you didn't tell me."

"yes." donghyuck spat. "actually, i didn't get the ticket for 100,000 won."

"ha! i knew it!" jaemin clapped his hands loudly. "i told you ti was impossible to have a v.i.p. ticket this cheap even on- "

"yeah, i got it for free." donghyuck stated unphased, making jaemin stop speaking for a second.

"f-for... free?" he repeated confusedly. "w-what?"

donghyuck sighed, rubbing his temples.

"do you remember that mark gave me his number?" donghyuck asked.

"mark?" jaemin frowned.

"mark lee. from super m." donghyuck explained. "well, we've been talking over the phone for a few weeks, and he got me a ticket for the concert."

"y-you... m-mark lee... h-he..." jaemin stuttered.

"jaemin." donghyuck placed both of his hands on jaemin's shoulders to have his full attention.

"yeah...?"

"i didn't want to tell people that i had an idol's number and that we were talking quite a lot. and i definitely didn't want to tell people that this idol got me a v.i.p. ticket to their concert because they wanted to see me again." donghyuck explained, making jaemin's eyes widen.

"he wanted to see you again?!" he gasped.

"y-yeah..." donghyuck's cheeks became crimson. "i wanted to see super m again too, so.... yeah."

jaemin didn't answer for a few seconds, his face displaying a blank expression as he stared at nothing.

"a-are you... mad at me...?" donghyuck asked timidly. "i'm so sorry i didn't tell you the truth, but- "

"oh, no!" jaemin shook his head. "i'm not mad at all!"

"really?" donghyuck tilted his head to the side.

"yeah, yeah." jaemin nodded. "i understand why you couldn't tell me. i mean, yeah, you cannot go around saying that you have mark lee's number, because if you do, you'll end up getting a lot more attention from all the stupid fans who would do anything to talk to their idols." he continued. "who knows, one of them may even murder you to get his number. they can be full crazy sometimes!"

"yeah, huh... let's not start thinking like that." donghyuck smiled sheepishly. "i'm fine without any attention."

"yeah, i know." jaemin nodded. "and don't worry, your secrets are safe with me."

"yes, thank you."

jaemin opened his arms, allowing donghyuck to give him a brotherly hug.

"you know..." jaemin started, while he still had his arms around donghyuck. "i had said it was impossible for you to get a v.i.p. ticket for 100,000 won."

donghyuck pulled away from jaemin's chest, hitting his best friend playfully as jaemin laughed on his own. "oh my god, you're impossible!"

♪

mark lee

hey

i have a question

would you be interested

to spend an afternoon with lucas??

like hanging out

donghyuck silently gasped as he read mark's message. would mark agree for donghyuck and lucas to meet?!

this would definitely be the best day of donghyuck's life. he couldn't even imagine how amazing an afternoon by lucas' side could be.

me

wait what??

of course

i would love that

why are you asking?

mark

great

lucas would want to hang out

with you too

so i could arrange a meeting

between both of you

it took all of donghyuck's self-control not to let out a scream of joy before fainting.

instead, the tanned male kept all of his emotions bloated in, his eyes tearing up because of the sudden rush of feelings that ran through his body.

lucas wanted to hang out with him?!

wong yukhei, from super m, a worldwide-known idol... he wanted to spend some time with donghyuck?! the most normal and boring boy to exist.

this was even better than any dream...

"donghyuck?! are you listening to me?!" chenle's angry voice woke donghyuck up from his daze.

"h-huh... sorry?" donghyuck blinked quickly to get rid of the tears of joy that were threatening to roll down his cheeks.

"you didn't listen..." chenle sighed.

"w-what were we talking about again?" donghyuck coughed, his mind still shocked because of mark's messages.

"you asked me how it was to be jisung's boyfriend." chenle rolled his eyes.

the tanned male looked at him confusedly. "how could i know? he's not my boyfriend. you are supposed to know since- "

"okay, so you definitely didn't listen to anything at all, and your mind is too focused on whatever to even understand what i'm saying." chenle sighed.

"s-sorry..." donghyuck lowered in head in shame.

"it's fine." chenle shook his head while shrugging.

"so... can you repeat, please? how is jisung as a boyfriend?" donghyuck asked again.

"well, he's amazing. he so tall, so each time he pulls me in a hug i can burry my face in his neck and he kisses my temples which makes me so soft... and he's always looking out for me, opening the doors, pulling the chair for me before i sit and he just does everything like the perfect gentleman... oh and..."

chenle went on and on, talking about jisung as if they had been married for the past 20 years when they had started dating only two weeks ago.

but at that point, donghyuck wasn't listening anymore. he had once again fallen into his daze when his phone had lit up, displaying a new message from mark.

mark lee

so let me explain what we could do

i'll go out with lucas as a friendly hangout

and we'll go somewhere where you'll already be

and when lucas will see you he'll want to talk to you

and so, i'll leave you two alone for the rest of the day

this way lucas will think your meeting is a coincidence

and you'll be able to spend your afternoon with lucas

and our secrets are still safe

is that fine with you?

the tanned male smiled at his phone, his fingers trembling in anticipation.

he couldn't believe mark would do all of this for him.

and so, he didn't hesitate a second before typing back his answer and telling mark how thankful he was to him.