"i can't believe you're going to the united states when we all have to go to class..." jaemin pouted, clinging onto his best friend's arm in the middle of the airport when all eyes were on them.

"can't you fit me into your suitcase? i'm super tiny..." renjun added, clinging onto donghyuck's other arm.

"i thought we couldn't talk about how small you were?" lucas raised a brow, making renjun glare at him.

"do you want a repeat of last week's events?" the younger chinese growled, making lucas lift both hands in surrender.

"nope, thanks. i'm good." he replied.

"donghyuck... i want to go to the united states with you..." renjun got back to begging his friend.

"yeah, trust me, i'd rather go to class than go to the united states just to make myself more famous..."the tanned male explained, glancing at lucas who had started chatting with kai.

"boarding passes!" baekhyun declared, as the members of super m rushed to his side. "so... taeyong... lucas... taemin... kai... ten... mark... and donghyuck."

donghyuck took his boarding pass, opening his passport to slide the pass inside, but the little piece of paper was snatched from his hand before he could close the passport.

"oh my hell, that's a super expensive private jet company!" chenle exclaimed, his eyes widening as he caught a glimpse of the ticket.

"what did you expect?" shotaro huffed.

"damn, lee sooman is rich." chenle ignored shotaro.

"yeah. and he's getting even richer with our fake relationship." donghyuck rolled his eyes before snatching the boarding pass from chenle's grip. "i don't want to go..."

seeing that donghyuck was – once again – on the verge of tears, the boys all wrapped donghyuck in a giant group hug to comfort him.

"come on, hyuck. it's going to be amazing..." jeno reassured him.

"i'm going to be used as a way to make money." donghyuck replied.

"you're going to make an appearance on stage ten times." jisung explained. "and not even for the whole concert. just for a while."

"jisung is right, for once." chenle nodded. "the rest of the time, you'll just be able to enjoy the united stated with cool people."

"but you guys are the cool people i want to go to the united states with..." donghyuck sighed, making his friends coo.

"we want to go to the united states with you too, hyuckie." sungchan ruffled the boy's hair. "we'll go with you next time, okay?"

"we better." donghyuck smiled sadly cuddling back into his friend's embrace.

"donghyuck?" lucas' voice interrupted their group moment. "i'm sorry but... we have to go..."

"okay..." the tanned male nodded.

donghyuck pulled out of the giant hug, approaching each of his friends and hugging them one after the other.

"i'm going to miss you, guys." he said, wiping a stray tear that had left his eye.

"we are too." jaemin smiled.

"don't have too much fun without us!" chenle declared.

"and send us pictures!" jeno added.

"i will." donghyuck chuckled as lucas' hand intertwined with his to pull him towards the first control point of this long journey.

♪

flying 40 000 feet above the pacific ocean, donghyuck had his head leaning against the airplane window, his eyes running over the fluffy clouds that made it seem like he had reached heaven.

they had been driving for a few hours already, but they still had a long way to go considering the united stated were on the other side of the world for south korean people.

donghyuck was very intrigued by the plane they had taken.

from the outside, it looked like any other plane, except for the fact it was a bit small. however, as soon as donghyuck had set a foot inside, he understood that this was no regular plane.

the space was arranged completely differently from other planes. everything was coloured beige, from the carpeted floor to the leather seats, and there were hints of marbled brown, making everything look so classy and expensive.

instead of having endless rows of uncomfortable seats, this plane had only around 15 large leather seats, that looked even more comfortable than donghyuck's bed. there were also sofas and tables where people could sit and eat or simply have a talk. there was even something that could be identified as a kitchen, with a giant fridge, a microwave and utensils as well as two bathrooms, one of them having a shower inside.

needless to say, this super expensive jet had everything needed to spend the best moment high above the clouds.

"donghyuck?"

donghyuck drifted his eyes from the white view outside to mark who was standing in the alleyway of the plane.

"yes?" donghyuck whispered, not wanting to wake lucas up as the boy was snoring loudly in the seat next to donghyuck's, his eyes closed and his mouth open.

"were you going to sleep?" mark asked, wanting to make sure he wasn't disturbing the boy.

"no, not at all." donghyuck shook his head.

"would you like to... come with me, then?"

the tanned male smiled, nodding his head quickly as his heart missed a beat at the idea of mark wanting to spend some time with him.

after unbuckling his seatbelt, donghyuck stood up slowly, blinking in confusion when he realised the sleeping lucas had his giant legs in front of him, preventing donghyuck to slide out of the row of two seats.

"pass over him." mark signalled, making donghyuck nod.

the tanned male sat back down on his seat, kicking his shoes off before standing up on the seat to climb over lucas – judging by the comfort and quality of the jet, donghyuck assumed that this all cost more than anything he could ever earn, and so, to prevent damaging this luxury vessel, donghyuck imagined it was best for him not to walk everywhere with his dirty and old shoes.

"give me your hand." mark said, holding his hand out so that donghyuck had something to hold on while walking over lucas.

donghyuck obliged, sliding his hand into mark's slightly bigger one as he lifted a foot to place it on the arm rest on the other side of lucas. inevitably, lucas chose this very moment to move in his sleep, causing him to place his arm on the arm rest and preventing donghyuck to set his foot here without crushing lucas' arm.

"what do i do?" donghyuck whispered, his foot still in the air above lucas' arm on the armrest.

"don't move." mark informed.

"what? why- ahh!" donghyuck yelped as mark pulled him forwards by his hand and soon wrapped his arms around his waist to carry him and place him on the floor, just by his side.

"here you are." mark smiled, letting go donghyuck's waist and placing a hand on his shoulder to pat it.

"you scared me!" donghyuck whined, still whispering.

"sorry." mark chuckled. "but i had to do something."

"mmh..." donghyuck hummed. "what do you want us to do, now?"

"would you like something to drink?"

"okay, i guess." donghyuck shrugged.

mark smiled again, his hand sliding down donghyuck's arm until it reached his hand. his fingers wrapped around donghyuck's palm carefully before he pulled the boy with him towards the kitchen area of the plane, just behind the cockpit.

donghyuck tried ignoring the racing of his heart cause by mark's fingers intertwined with his by busying his mind with something else. while walking across the plane, donghyuck stared at each of the other super m members who were all sitting on their seat, either watching something on their phone or sleeping as soundly as lucas. none of them seemed to care about the fact they were in a luxurious place as they acted as if everything was normal, their shoes dirtying the beige leather of the plane and crumbs of food everywhere on the floor.

"what would you like to drink?" mark asked as he slipped both of them inside the kitchen area.

"h-huh... i don't know... what do you have?" donghyuck asked with red cheeks as mark let go his hand to open the door of the cupboard.

"so... we have a variety of sodas and juices as you can see..." he told before opening another cupboard. "and different types of water and sirups..." he continued. "and finally... lots of alcohols. but i don't think you drink, am i wrong?"

donghyuck stared in awe at the compartment of alcohol which was full of bottles form different brands and colours.

"huh... i don't drink, no." donghyuck shook his head. he had never really tried drinking, but he was sure that the results would be catastrophic if no one was there to stop him on time.

"yeah, me neither." mark shook his head. "at least, not when the others aren't drinking. so, what would you like?"

"a grenadine diabolo." donghyuck replied, making mark chuckle. "what?" the younger boy asked with a frown as mark's laughter died down.

"nothing. it's cute." mark replied before pulling a bottle of lemonade out of the cupboard. "but you're cute too, so it fits." he added, taking the grenadine out as well before making the drink.

donghyuck stayed silent, trying to calm his heart and make his cheeks go back to their normal colour as mark finished preparing his diabolo and pouring himself a glass of dr.pepper.

"here." mark handed donghyuck his glass as he leaned against the counter to take a sip of his drink.

"thanks." donghyuck smiled, taking the glass with two hands before bringing it to his lips and humming at the sweet taste of the perfectly dosed grenadine diabolo. donghyuck usually liked very sweet drinks. when he had a cup of tea, he would always put two cubes of sugar in it otherwise he wouldn't be able to taste the sweetness. and it was the same with diabolos and sirups. donghyuck liked it when there was a lot of syrup.

"so? did i dose it well?" mark asked, smiling at the younger's cuteness.

"perfectly." donghyuck replied, amazed by how good the diabolo tasted. people usually never put enough sirup for his taste, boy for once, it had the right amount. "do you drink your diabolos like that too?"

"i don't drink diabolos." mark replied, taking another sip of dr.pepper.

"then... how did you dose it perfectly?"

"well..." mark approached donghyuck until he was standing in front of him. "don't you remember that time you were rambling on how the waiter from that restaurant didn't know how to dose diabolos? that's when you explained that you liked your diabolo with one fourth of sirup and three fourth of water." he finished, taking the glass from donghyuck's hand and taking a sip out of it before coughing violently.  "fuck! that's super sweet!" he exclaimed, handing donghyuck his glass back while he coughed his lungs out while making silly faces.

donghyuck chuckled at mark's goofiness.

"you know why i like my drinks this sweet?" donghyuck raised a brow as mark's coughing fit died down.

"because you're so sweet yourself that you need something even sweeter to feel the sweetness?"mark asked, making donghyuck shy once again.

"it's because this way, no one comes and takes sips from my drink." donghyuck replied, lightly punching mark's shoulder.

"oh, yeah. i won't take a sip of your drinks ever again. you do this mistake once, not twice." mark nodded as him and donghyuck laughed together at their silliness.

"and... what are you drinking?" donghyuck asked, pointing at the caramel-coloured carbonated drink mark had in his glass.

"it's my favourite drink. it's called dr.pepper." mark explained. "it's an american drink that tastes a bit like cherry coke, but better. do you want to taste?"

"sure." donghyuck nodded, taking the glass from mark's hand and taking a small sip. "mmh... it tastes good!" he exclaimed before taking another sip, a bigger one this time.

"hey! it's my drink! you have your diabolo!" mark whined as he saw more and more dr.pepper disappearing in donghyuck's mouth.

"you can have my diabolo, i prefer dr.pepper now." donghyuck replied handing mark his half-full glass of diabolo while flashing him an angelic smile.

let's be honest, mark couldn't resist donghyuck's beautiful charms, and so, he inevitably gave in. "fine, you can have my dr.pepper." he rolled his eyes as he took the grenadine diabolo from donghyuck's hand and added more lemonade to reduce the sweet taste of grenadine.

in a matter of minutes, donghyuck had finished mark's glass of dr.pepper fully, and mark was almost done with the grenadine diabolo – in which he had had to add lemonade a few times.

"do you guys always take this plane when you go on tour?" donghyuck asked as he placed his empty glass in the small sink.

"not necessarily this plane, but it's always this company." mark replied.

"why this company?"

"i think lee sooman has shares of the company, so he has the right to use some of the planes for his groups when they're having tours." mark explained.

"it seems so expensive..." donghyuck let out, his eyes wandering around the room and taking noted of the glass chandelier dangling from the ceiling as well as the assorted glass handles of the marbled cupboards.

"it is. but when you're famous, you're expected to use expensive and inaccessible things." mark told, smiling at the younger boy who was in awe at the luxury surrounding him.

"so, just because you are famous, you have access to all of those expensive things?" he asked.

mark sighed. "you know, sometimes, being famous is great..."

"it is." donghyuck nodded, looking back at mark. "when you're not surrounded by fans."

♪

"new york city here we are!!" lucas screamed as soon as the minivan they were in dropped them in front of their hotel.

they had landed around an hour and a half ago, and once they had grabbed their luggage, they were driven to their hotel in a minivan. during the whole car ride, donghyuck had his face glued to the window, looking at the beautiful american city in astonishment. it was his first time ever out of south korea, and he couldn't imagine a first experience to be better than that.

"lucas, calm the fuck down." taeyong said through gritted teeth as they entered the luxurious hotel.

"okay, mark, time to act like the canadian you are." baekhyun declared. "can you ask for our rooms?"

mark nodded before walking to the front desk with the manager by their side.

"hello, sir. we're super m, i think we have a reservation for three nights." mark told the receptionist in english.

"sure. welcome to our hotel. you have the three top suites. you needed nine rooms, right?"

mark turned around to look at the manager. "we needed nine rooms, right?"

"yes, exactly." the manager nodded.

"yes, nine rooms." mark switched to english again.

"perfect. so, each suite has three independent bedrooms and bathrooms and one shared living room and kitchen. here are the keys to each suite, they're on the top floor. room service is available 24/7, and you can reach us using the phones in each of the rooms. if you have any other question don't hesitate to call us or come and ask us."

"no, thanks, we don't have any other questions for the moment." mark replied.

"then i'll have someone bringing your luggage to your rooms." the receptionist said. "have a nice stay."

mark took the three golden keys as he turned around to face his members and manager.

"so, here are the keys, were have three suites on the top floor, and each suite has three bedrooms."mark explained. "who sleeps with who?"

"let's not take hours, mark, lucas and donghyuck, you're the youngest, you take a room. baekhyun, taemin and i are the oldest we share a room, and ten, taeyong and kai, you guys can have the last room." the manager spoke. "any objections?"

no one argued.

"great. let's go then. you guys can go visit and do whatever you'd like as long as you keep your phones switched on and wear something to hide your identity. and be all back by 8pm, local time, okay?" the manager continued.

once the manager had finished his speech, the boys all headed to their rooms to leave their luggage and change in more fitted clothes.

"i think i'm going to sleep a bit. the jet lag got the best of me." lucas declared as he pushed the door of the suite open.

"sure. i'm going to walk around i guess." mark replied, entering just behind him and not paying attention to his surroundings. "what do you want to do donghyuck?"

there was no verbal answer.

only the slamming of the door, the sound of a phone falling to the floor, and a strangled noise.

"donghyuck?" mark asked, turning around immediately to see if there was a problem, only to find the younger frozen in the middle of the room, his hand opened and his phone on the floor while his eyes ran over every corner of the room. mark smiled at the boy's astonishment, crouching to pick donghyuck's phone. "everything alright?"

"m-mark... t-that's o-our room...?!" he exclaimed?

"it is." mark nodded.

"actually, it's called a suite, but, yeah." lucas' voice resonated across the suite.

donghyuck's eyes stopped on each of the pieces of furniture around the room, examining the golden chandeliers, the glass table, the velvet couches, the embroidered rug, the expensive armchair and basically everything around the room that screamed luxury.

his eyes then fell on the giant windows which extended from the floor to the ceiling and that offered a wonderful view of new york city from the top of a building.

the tanned male took small steps towards the window until he was standing only centimetres away from it, admiring the most beautiful landscape he had ever seen.

"see?" mark chuckled, standing beside donghyuck and ruffling his hair adoringly. "being famous is a good thing."