"wong yukhei, what the hell?!" baekhyun yelled for the nth time in the past minute, his eyes glaring at lucas who was sitting on one of the couches.

"what the fuck went through your mind when you brought donghyuck here?!" taemin continued on the same tone.

"this is like the 1st rule they gave us: never bring someone to the dorm!" taeyong sighed. "and not only did you bring someone, but you brought a fan!"

"what did you expect me to do? to leave him outside on his own?!" lucas yelled back at his members, now getting frustrated at how mad they were getting for something that wasn't worth it.

"i don't care! but you shouldn't have brought him here!" baekhyun screamed exasperatedly.

"and leave him to those crazy fans, freezing under the pouring rain?!" lucas huffed. "we were followed by a herd of fans, hell, maybe sassengs! if i had left donghyuck behind, they would have interrogated him, and they could have hurt him!"

the boys around the living room sighed collectively, glancing at each other and then at lucas.

they were all aware that fans and sassengs were somehow crazy, and ready to do many things to have even a small interaction with their idol or to get to know them more.

"look, what you did was... was nice and probably the best solution for donghyuck..." taemin spoke. "but it's against the rules of our contracts."

"i had no other choice!" lucas rolled his eyes.

"yeah, it's okay, we understand." taeyong passed a hand through his hair. "it's done now, we can't do anything about it..."

"at least no other fan followed you..." ten shrugged.

"i made sure to lose them before entering in the dorm." lucas replied. "i'm not dumb."

"yeah." kai nodded at lucas before turning to face his other members. "but what are we doing now?"

"what do you mean?" taemin raised a brow.

"well... donghyuck knows where we live now." kai explained. "he could tell other people about it, or even sell the information. and if he came to post anything on social media, we're screwed. and i can't imagine what would happen if he- "

"donghyuck won't do any of that."

the six super m members turned around to stare at mark who had cut kai's rambling short.

the youngest super m member was standing in the corridor, walking towards the living room where the other members had been having a talk with lucas.

"how can you know this?" ten scoffed. "he's a fan."

"yeah, how do you know he isn't calling half of the world to tell them where we are right now?" taeyong crossed his arms over his chest.

"because donghyuck is not like that." mark replied sincerely.

him and donghyuck had been talking over the phone for a few weeks.

they had already met in person three times, and every single time, their interactions had been amazing – from mark's point of view at least.

mark had gotten to know donghyuck much more than his other members, and he even knew things about the boys that even donghyuck's friends didn't know, like for example the fact that he had had a crush on his best friend for a while when they were younger, but he never told him because he didn't want to ruin their friendship.

anyway, mark could say he knew donghyuck now. and he had realised that – more than being simply a good person – donghyuck was a pure angel that would give everything he had to make others happy, even if it compromised his own happiness.

so, yeah, mark was certain that donghyuck would never tell other fans where the super m dorms were located.

"how can you even say that?" taeyong snorted. "it's not by meeting someone twice that you get to understand perfectly how their mind work."

"plus, we're idols, and he's just... just a normal boy." ten added. "he doesn't act the same in front of us and with his friends."

"ten is right, we can't know what he's really like." baekhyun nodded.

"i swear he's someone good, he could never do that!" mark groaned frustratedly. "w-when we were in my room a while ago, he was almost crying because he knew lucas shouldn't have brought him here. he felt so guilty even though he hadn't done anything!"

"and how can you explain he didn't refuse to come with lucas when he told him they would go to the super m dorm?" taemin crossed his arms, raising a brow at mark.

"well... about that..." lucas coughed nervously. "i kind of... didn't tell him where i was bringing him..."

"oh my god..." taeyong slapped his forehead, closing his eyes in despair. "lucas, what are we going to do with you?!"

"i'm sorry!" lucas lifted both hands in the air.

"okay, let's just stop getting stressed and everything." baekhyun interrupted the bickering. "if what mark said is true, then we have nothing to worry about with donghyuck."

"but what if- "

"but!" baekhyun started speaking again, cutting taemin. "we're still going to have a talk with donghyuck when he'll be out of the bathroom."

there was a silence between the seven super m members, none of them knowing what to say next.

inevitably, lucas was the first to break it.

"huh... can i go shower now?" he asked.

"yeah, go." taeyong nodded.

"cool! thanks!" lucas exclaimed excitedly before jumping off the couch and running towards the corridor. of course, since his socks were wet, he slipped on the hardwood floor and fell in a loud thud under his members' eyes. "i'm fine!" he screamed before hopping on his feet again and rushing to the bathroom, almost slipping for a second time.

"oh my god... i can't believe he's still alive and without a serious injury with all the shit he does day and night..." taeyong sighed.

"oh, he's a wild one. a rare species." baekhyun nodded.

"but definitely not endangered." ten shook his head. "he's endangering the life of other species instead."

the six boys that were still in the living room started laughing together at ten's joke.

their laughing session prolonged as kai reminded them of another stupid thing that lucas had done, resulting them in recalling this good memory and bursting out laughing again.

lucas sure did stupid things, but it never failed to make the group laugh with him and brighten the mood of the band.

the laughter died down as the member's eyes successfully fell on mark who had stopped laughing and seemed to be staring at something with his mouth open.

soon, the boys all turned their heads to look at what had caught mark's eyes, all smirking collectively when they understood what was happening.

donghyuck had appeared in the living room, and all the boys around the room could agree on one thing: he looked so cute. he was barefoot wearing a pair of mark's sweatpants that had been rolled up at his ankles but still looked a bit big on him, and a sweatshirt that swallowed him whole. his hair was still damp and slightly falling in front of his doe eyes which had been wiped of any makeup.

the tanned male suddenly felt shy because of the gazes of the six hot men on him, causing him to fidget with the sweater paws of mark's sweater.

"h-hum..." donghyuck let out, nervously looking down at his hands.

"please, come and sit, donghyuck." baekhyun said, patting the sofa he was sitting on. "we would like to talk with you for a bit if that's okay with you?"

"y-yes, sure." donghyuck nodded as he walked to the sofa to sit down.

"d-did you put your clothes in the sink?" mark asked after waking up from his day dream.

"yes." the tanned male nodded.

"i'll put them in the dryer, then."

mark left the living room to head to his bedroom, a few of his members wiggling their brows at him as he passed in front of them.

"so, donghyuck..." baekhyun spoke, making donghyuck divert his attention from mark to the oldest member.

"y-yes...?" the boy replied, looking at baekhyun worriedly.

"well... huh..." baekhyun hesitated, searching for the perfect way to phrase his words. he may not know donghyuck that well, but he could tell that he was someone delicate, kind and sensitive. and let's say he didn't want to scold him or to threaten him. he simply wanted them to have a friendly talk, without donghyuck needing to fear him. but, well, the words were hard to find...

"i'm so sorry." donghyuck blurted out before baekhyun could say anyhing, looking at his hands on his lap. "i-i... i didn't know lucas would bring me to your dorm... i-if... if i knew, i wouldn't have accepted, i promise..."

the five super m members present around him started panicking when they noticed tears forming into his beautiful eyes.

"oh, god... donghyuck, don't cry..." baekhyun was quick to react, wrapping an arm around the boy to reassure him as the first tears left his eyes, wetting mark's sweatpants.

"i-i'm sorry..." donghyuck continued, his voice shaky.

"donghyuck, you don't have to apologise." taeyong stood up from his couch to approach the young boy. "we're not mad at you, we're mad at lucas."

"p-please, don't be mad at him..." donghyuck sniffed, looking up into taeyong's eyes. "h-he... he only did that because i-i was cold and... and we were followed by your fans... but he wouldn't have done that if... if he hadn't seen i was shivering..."

taeyong and baekhyun exchanged a glance after donghyuck's words. yeah, it was probably unlikely for donghyuck to share the location of their dorm, judging by how he felt regarding to what happened.

he had even tried defending lucas when he had obviously messed up completely. damn... he was indeed a good person.

"donghyuck, you have to promise us something.... it's very important..." baekhyun spoke gently, pulling donghyuck tighter against him to console him.

"h-hmm...?"

"you cannot tell anyone else where the dorm is, okay?" baekhyun asked. "fans aren't supposed to know where their idols live, and even less to be allowed inside. if one of those things come to happen, we are supposed to move out in another place so that our location stays unknown. but this process is long and tiring, and we obviously don't want that."

"we won't say anything about you coming to the dorm, don't worry about that." taeyong nodded. "but if a manager comes to hear about it, you and us are both going to be in a serious mess, so it's in all of our interests that you don't say anything about this."

"y-yes, i i-imagine..." donghyuck nodded. "i would n-never have t-told anyone about it, anyway..."

"thank you, donghyuck." taeyong smiled sincerely.

this is the instant mark chose to walk back in the living room.

"everything alright?" he frowned. "why is donghyuck crying?"

"i-it's nothing." donghyuck coughed, sitting up properly and wiping his eyes with the sweater paws. baekhyun pulled his arm away from around donghyuck's body.

"did one of them talk bad to you? were they rude? did they threaten- "

"jeez, mark!" baekhyun scoffed. "i see you trust us."

"i mean... he's crying..." mark blinked a few times, his pained eyes falling back on donghyuck.

"no, they were very comprehensive, don't worry." donghyuck told mark. "i was just overwhelmed."

"oh, okay." he nodded. "your clothes are in the dryer. they should be completely dry in an hour and a half."

"thank you." donghyuck smiled sincerely at the youngest super m member which returned his smile.

"you're welcome."

the older members smiled at their interaction, all noticing how mark had turned completely soft and gentle when he had noticed tears rolling down donghyuck's cheeks.

it seemed like mark had a weak point, and it was none other than the tanned beauty that was sitting in his clothes on the couch inside their dorm.

"so... huh... not to ruin the mood but... how will donghyuck go back to his place...?" taemin asked carefully.

"oh... i didn't really think about that..." mark bit his bottom lip.

"can't we ask for a manager to bring a car and give him a lift to his house?" kai frowned.

"so that he learns that donghyuck has been at the dorm? let me remind you that's he wearing mark's clothes! and accessorily that he isn't allowed to be there." baekhyun snorted.

"yeah, true." kai nodded.

"i-i can go by foot..." donghyuck interrupted, making the idols look at him.

"under the pouring rain? absolutely not." mark shook his head. "you're going to get sick."

"b-but- "

"no. plus, it's almost night, and it's dangerous for you to be alone in the streets in the dark." mark continued.

donghyuck sighed. jaemin had a car, but he had warned donghyuck that he would be heading to jeno's house because his parents weren't over. and since him, jeno and renjun had had a date this afternoon – date that had surely ended early at jeno's house because of the rain – jaemin had left his car home, and so, he didn't even have the car with him to come and fetch donghyuck.

"but really... i don't mind walking..." donghyuck repeated.

"oh, you surely don't, but we do." ten informed.

"yeah, we're not going to let you walk outside in the cold on your own. and the weather is super bad, so there is no way we'll change our mind." taeyong nodded.

before another member could intervene, lucas walked inside the living room, wearing nothing but a towel that he had wrapped around his waist after his shower. his whole body seemed to be still wet, causing him to put water everywhere on the floor – almost as much as he had wet the floor minutes ago, when he was soaked because of the rain.

"oh, donghyuck is still here!" he exclaimed, looking at donghyuck – who was bright red at that point because of seeing his bias half-naked. "does that mean he's sleeping here?!"

"well..." baekhyun chuckled at donghyuck's shocked face. "this could be a solution..."