donghyuck sighed loudly as the door of the car opened, allowing him to get off the vehicle.

"thanks." he mumbled to lucas who had opened the door for him, like a gentleman would have.

the idol slammed the car's door shut before holding his hand out for donghyuck to take. the tanned male reluctantly intertwined his fingers with lucas', knowing that they had to make their fake-relationship believable.

donghyuck wasn't against the idea of skinship or being clingy to your boyfriend. he didn't mind public display of affection at all, and he even found it cute. however, it bothered him a bit more to know that he had to do it for fake with lucas, and that whenever both of them would show any type of attention for the other, fans or paparazzi would always make sure to capture every moment of it. at that point, it seemed like all those people were part of lucas and donghyuck's relationship.

"hyuckie!"

the tanned male lifted his head just in time to see his best friend running in his direction and jumping on top of him.

"jaemin, you saw me two days ago..." donghyuck rolled his eyes playfully as he hugged his best friend while his hand was still interlaced with lucas'.

"i know. but i missed you." jaemin pouted. "you're at the super m dorm most of the time now, and i don't even see you at home..."

it is true that these past weeks, donghyuck had spent more and more time at the super m dorm. at first, it hadn't been by choice; super m had such a tight schedule, and donghyuck had slowly being included in it, meaning he needed to follow them around seoul from interview to interview and from stage to stage. he had to come to each and every schedule they had, even though he wasn't part of the shows. he was just there to show that he was supportive of his boyfriend, and that he was ready to sacrifice some of his time for love.

and as time went on, interviewers slowly decided to include donghyuck in the shows, asking him to come on stage and talk a bit. at first it was just calling him from backstage and asking him to make an appearance, and at some point, they started inviting him as a guest, as if he was super m's eighth member.

and so, because donghyuck was now almost part of super m, it was much simpler to have him staying at the super m dorm most of the time.

the boy hardly slept at the super m dorm, though. donghyuck would be picked up by a manager early in the morning, and he would be brought back there at night, when everything was done. the only things he did at his and jaemin's shared house were brushing his teeth, having showers and sleeping. most of the time, he was so tired that he didn't even have time to see his best friend as he would fall asleep on top of his covers before finishing his night routine.

this fake-dating took all of his time and energy, and sadly, it wasn't about to end so soon...

"i can ask the manager to give donghyuck a break if you'd like. maybe this weekend, it would be great if donghyuck could stay with you, without having to follow us to our schedules." lucas proposed as jaemin's eyes lit-up.

"you would do that for me?!" he exclaimed.

"sure." lucas smiled in amusement.

"oh my god, thank you!" jaemin let go donghyuck to hug lucas tight. "donghyuck, i love your boyfriend!"

"huh... no, you don't."

jaemin suddenly pulled out of lucas' embrace, turning around in a snap of fingers as his eyes fell on two males, staring at him with a brow raised and their hands on their hips.

"hey guys." jaemin smiled sheepishly, waving at his boyfriends.

"don't 'hey guys' us." renjun said sternly. "we see you've found yourself an idol and you're ready to abandon the loves of your life just for fame."

"oh, no! it's not like that! he was just- "

"they're joking, don't worry." donghyuck nudged lucas' shoulder to inform him that he shouldn't feel bad for hugging jaemin. "they always are."

"oh, i got scared for a second." lucas placed a hand on his heart. "the little one is lowkey scaring me."

"YOU SAID WHAT?!" renjun suddenly exclaimed, bolting in lucas' direction and tackling him to the floor. thankfully, donghyuck had slid his hand out of lucas' just in time not to fall with them.

donghyuck, jaemin and jeno didn't intervene, having a lot of fun seeing renjun keeping lucas against the ground as he tickled him everywhere, making the older boy roar in laugher and squirm.

"what is happening here?" chenle asked, appearing by donghyuck's side with jisung, shotaro and sungchan.

"lucas called renjun little." jaemin explained.

"oh, yeah, i should have guessed." chenle shrugged.

the six boys stared at lucas and renjun fighting on the floor for a few more seconds, finding the way lucas was begging to be saved from the tickle monster that was renjun somehow funny.

"shouldn't we intervene? lucas' crying." shotaro declared.

"yeah. but at least, he'll know talking about renjun's height is a taboo." jisung nodded.

"babe? let's go?" jeno asked, looking at his younger boyfriend.

"sure."

both jeno and jaemin approached the two boys on the floor before each of them grabbed one of renjun's arm and wrapped their other hand around his waist, lifting him with ease before making him stand between them.

donghyuck croutched by his fake-boyfriend's side and he held a hand out to help him stand up again.

"renjun is kind of violent when his height is mentioned." donghyuck giggled as he pulled lucas up.

"y-yeah... i noticed..." lucas said between pants as he caught his breath from the intense laughing session. "he's strong for a... for a renjun." lucas continued, making sure not to mention renjun's height anymore.

"he is." jeno replied, ruffling renjun's hair teasingly as his shorter boyfriend growled.

before any of them could argue further, the bell rang, signalling that they had five minutes left only before classes started.

"i guess it's your time to go." lucas spoke, looking at donghyuck.

"sadly." donghyuck shrugged.

"the manager and i will pick you up tonight. apparently, we have a surprise meeting, and they asked for you to be there." lucas explained. "you go out of class at 4pm, right?"

"yeah." donghyuck nodded.

"so... have a nice day, i guess." lucas told, smiling at the beautiful male.

"have a nice day too." donghyuck nodded.

after checking his surrounding and realising all eyes were on them, lucas placed a hand on donghyuck's neck and bent forward, dropping a sweet kiss on donghyuck's cheek before pulling back.

"bye, donghyuck." he said with a smile as he waved at his boyfriend while walking back to the car where his manager was waiting for him.

donghyuck stood frozen on his spot for long seconds. lucas had kissed his cheek, almost lovingly, and he had done so in front of a crowd of students who were all cheering loudly at the moment.

this sweet and innocent kiss was the first kiss donghyuck had received from lucas publicly.

usually, when they appeared together on screen or in public, him and lucas would hold hands or hug, but their gestures stayed innocent and could be mistaken for friendship.

they weren't actually a couple, so him and lucas had never kissed, and they obviously didn't plan on doing it in front of cameras. for the moment, fans were perfectly fine with their minimal display of affection, and this was all that mattered for donghyuck.

but now, that cheek kiss... donghyuck had his insides all jittery and his cheeks burning. what had crossed lucas' mind when he had decided to kiss donghyuck's cheek?

had he done it intentionally? or had he felt obliged to do so because of all the people around?

donghyuck wasn't complaining about the kiss. in fact, he had liked it very much.

he wasn't used to receiving such sweet attentions. unlike jaemin, jeno, renjun, chenle or jisung, donghyuck didn't have a boyfriend nor someone to kiss him lovingly, and he had never had one. but this sweet gesture that lucas had just done had completely messed up with donghyuck's mind, and he had found himself wondering what it would feel like to have someone to kiss him like this on a regular basis. and judging by the rush of feelings he had lived when lucas, someone he liked platonically, had kissed him, he couldn't even imagine how powerful this same kiss would have been if it had been performed by someone donghyuck did love.

"woah... donghyuck is really far away right now..." sungchan declared, looking at their friend who was still day dreaming, his heart beating fast inside his chest.

"who has class with him right now?" chenle asked. "i don't think he'll be able to go there on his own."

"i do." jeno replied. "you guys go, i'll drag him to class. see you at noon." he added, pecking his boyfriend's lips and waving at his friends before they all walked away.

jeno sighed as he grabbed donghyuck's arm, slowly pulling him towards the school's entrance and then across the corridors towards their classroom.

"are you sure he's just your fake-boyfriend?" jeno whispered on his way to class.

"yeah..." donghyuck replied.

"you look like you're lovestruck." jeno informed.

"i'm not." donghyuck shook his head. "but he just kissed my cheek..."

jeno raised a brow. "and?"

"and no one kisses my cheeks."

jeno rolled his eyes before quickly pecking donghyuck's cheek, making the tanned male abruptly wake up from his dazed state and flush red.

"y-you kissed m-my cheek..." donghyuck stuttered, his eyes widened.

"yes. it's normal between friends. it's a loving gesture." jeno explained. "but it can also mean more. if you like the person for example."

"oh..." donghyuck mumbled, thinking about the kiss lucas had dropped on his cheek a few seconds prior.

"so, do you like lucas?" jeno asked. "i know he's your favourite member of super m. but do you like him like that?"

donghyuck thought for a while. "no." he shook his head.

he liked lucas as an idol, as a singer, as a rapper, as a dancer. but he didn't like him romantically.

sure, he idolised him, but there was a huge difference between liking someone and liking what they did.

donghyuck liked what lucas did; he was handsome, rapped and danced well, and he was very funny. donghyuck had even found out he was funnier and goofier in person. but despite all of that, donghyuck hadn't developed loving feelings for lucas.

lucas wasn't as romantic as donghyuck wished his boyfriend to be. he had lots of qualities, but not those donghyuck was searching for his boyfriend. and he couldn't force himself to love someone he didn't like romantically.

"no?" jeno frowned. "have you seen how you were after that kiss? i seemed like your crush had just asked you to go out with him."

"no... it's not like that..." donghyuck shook his head. "i was just surprised. but i don't like him. it was the first time he kissed my cheek, and i didn't expect him. but honestly, i was the same seconds ago when you kissed my cheek." he continued. "no one kisses my cheeks, that's why it feels weirdly good. but it would feel that way if any of my friends did so."

jeno rolled his eyes. "so much not to say you're falling for him..."

"i'm not." donghyuck assured. "he's not my type..."

"oh, really?" jeno scoffed. "now, how's your type? i'm curious about it."

"my type is..."

before he could continue his sentence, a vibration in his pocket startled him, making him pull his phone out immediately to see who had sent him a message.

mark lee

hey donghyuck

we have a meeting tonight

and the manager wants you here

i'll come pick you up from school with lucas

have a wonderful and happy day

and text me if something is wrong

i'm always there for you

"...mark." donghyuck finished as his heart skipped a dozen beats while re-reading the messages mark had just sent him.

"your type is mark?!" jeno frowned.

"yeah... what?! no!" donghyuck shook his head violently when he realised what he had just said out loud.

"god, donghyuck... you're so confusing..." jeno rolled his eyes again. "you know what? just ask him to kiss you, and see how you feel after that. and then you'll see if he's really your type or not." he finished before walking inside the classroom leaving donghyuck outside, alone with his thoughts.

but, thinking further about him, mark had kissed donghyuck's cheek a few weeks ago, just after donghyuck had been badmouthed by this group of girls.

donghyuck could remember the scene as clear as day.

and he could never forget the state he was in right after the kiss had occurred... he had spent the whole interview with his heart beating abnormally fast, and his mind elsewhere.

and even if mark's lips are barely brushed against his skin, the feeling in the pit of his stomach had been thousand times more powerful than the one he had just lived, after lucas' and jeno's kisses.

"yeah... my type is mark..." he murmured, his cheeks flushing as his lips curved upwards, already looking forward to finishing his classes so that he could spend some time with mark.

♪

"stop laughing! it's not funny!" mark whined, reaching over donghyuck to hit lucas' arm as the older male laughed his ass out.

"it is!" lucas continued laughing loudly, letting mark hit him all he wanted.

donghyuck – who was sitting between them in the meeting room – was chuckling as well, both because of the funny story lucas had just shared, and also because of the two idols' behaviour.

lucas may or may not have exposed how mark didn't know how to cook, and how he had almost burned the dorm down once, causing the canadian male to blush of embarrassment and hit his older member for exposing him in front of his crush.

"i see depressing hours are over." baekhyun declared as he walked inside the room, followed by the remaining members of super m.

"you have no idea." the manager sighed. "they've been bickering like five years old and laughing loudly since i picked donghyuck up."

"at least they're happy. this is all that matters." taeyong shrugged, taking a sit around the table.

"yeah, seeing donghyuck being so sad in the beginning really pained me." taemin nodded.

"is everyone here?" the manager asked, counting the boys.

"yeah. we're missing lee sooman now." ten replied.

"i'm calling him."

in a matter of minutes, the noise in the meeting room had died down, and lee sooman entered, taking a sit next to the manager at the head of the table.

"boys, hello." he said with a smile. "i have a pleasant surprise for all of you."

a chorus of 'hello' resonated through the room as all the boys concentrated on the ceo.

"today, we will be announcing to the world a super m us tour!" he exclaimed, opening his arms wide and smiling brightly.

"a us tour?!" kai exclaimed. "that's so cool!"

"right! it's been long since we haven't been on tour!" lucas nodded.

"it won't be a very long tour, don't worry. it will last between one month and one month and a half, and you will have a total of 10 concerts all over the united states." the ceo of sm entertainment declared, looking at his portfolio. "this includes cities like new york city, washington, atlanta, miami, new orleans, houston, chicago, seattle, san fransisco and los angeles. and you'll have around three days in each city to enjoy your lives!"

"that's so freaking cool!" lucas clapped in his hands loudly as all of the boys happily discussed of everything they would be doing.

"well." lee sooman spoke after a while, disturbing their conversations and causing them to stop. "i'm glad you like this project, because you gys are leaving for the us on saturday. your first concert is in new york city, next monday."

"next monday?!" the boys all exclaimed. "but it's only one week away!"

"it is. so get ready because it's going to be a long ass ride."

"sir...?"

the powerful ceo blinked a few times, looking at lucas' fake boyfriend, who was shyly raising his hand.

"yes, dongsun?" he asked.

"donghyuck." mark corrected the man.

"donghyuck, yes?" sooman repeated.

"h-huh... i was wondering why i needed to participate to this... huh... meeting?"

the ceo snorted, looking at donghyuck as if he was the most stupid being on this planet for not understanding such a clear hint.

"you're obviously going with them. that's more visibility for you and lucas, and more money for us."