"i'm sorry, i'm sorry!" mark exclaimed, rushing to the table on the side of the room where a few bottles of water had been placed in case one of them needed one. the canadian then ran back to his table where donghyuck was still choking loudly. "please, don't die!" he added, twisting the bottle open and handing it to donghyuck immediately.

the tips of his ears became red as donghyuck gulped down the water while he looked around, realising everybody had their eyes on them. well, donghyuck had almost died there, so of course, the others were watching what was happening.

"i'm so sorry, i didn't mean to say that." mark spoke once donghyuck had gulped half the bottle of water. the tanned male was now panting, catching his breath after all of this coughing.

"i-it's okay..." donghyuck declared. "i... i was just a bit surprised." he admitted, his head lowered and his cheeks red at mark's previous words.

mark hummed, lowering his head in shyness as well.

what the hell had gone through his mind when he had said that?!

i'm sure you look beautiful even without anything.

how could he have let those words go out of his mouth without thinking?

it was so messy and embarrassing...

and now because of this ambiguous sentence, donghyuck might think he was a creep for imagining him totally bare – not that the thought repelled mark but-

"no! stop that!" mark scolded himself for thinking unholily, not realising that he had done it loudly, and that donghyuck had heard him.

"h-huh... stop what...?" he asked, tilting his head to the side as he looked at mark confusedly.

"o-oh! nothing!" mark shook his head, flashing donghyuck an awkward smile, but donghyuck was too shy to realise it.

"o-okay... i thought that... never mind." donghyuck shrugged it off, going back to fidgeting with his fingers under the table as his eyes diverted to the tables around him where the other members of super m were having conversations with the other fans.

mark took – once again – this opportunity to stare at the tanned male.

when sm had announced them that super m would participate in this innovative program, it never crossed mark's mind that the participants could be males. he was aware that – just like any other group – they had fangirls and fanboys even if there were considerably more girls than boys. but he never imagined that out of the seven lucky fans that would be selected, one of them would be a boy. mark had never realised that boys could be this interested in kpop boy groups and spend this much money to participate in such a thing. but it seemed like donghyuck was like that, and he had even been supporting them since their very debut.

this fanboy thing wasn't a bad thing in mark's opinion.

well, he was a bit confused at first, but now that he had seen donghyuck from up close and that he had been able to see him interacting with his members and himself, he had somehow changed his mind.

donghyuck looked absolutely gorgeous, his tight jeans hugging his legs nicely and making them look long and slim, yet not feminine. and his silk shirt that had been loosely tucked in his trousers, with his first button opened revealing his tanned skin littered with moles was just too much to handle for mark. and let's not start about his gorgeous face. mark could definitely see him as a visual. his fluffy light-brown hair was bouncing with every move he made, and whenever he was staying still, his curls would slightly hide those beautifully deep eyes of his that he had decorated impressively with glitters. had had slightly chubby cheeks, that mark wanted to reach for and to squish between his palms as well as a cute button nose that mark imagined himself bopping repeatedly. and his lips... heart shaped and glossy, surely because he had covered them in a thin layer of chapstick... so yeah, he looked absolutely gorgeous.

but it was more than just physical.

donghyuck's personality seemed to be as perfect as the boy's looks. mark had found him adorable from the second he had seen the look of shock and excitement on his face when he had been watching them dance to 'we do' a few hours prior. he could still picture how his mouth was hanging open and his eyes widened because of how close he was standing to super m.

and during breakfast... he was so cute, speaking in a low voice and flushing red every time one of the members would talk to him. and whenever mark and him had an eye-contact, the golden boy would immediately turn into a shy mess and try to look away, which had resulted in donghyuck falling from his chair and embarrassing himself even more...

donghyuck seemed so simple and lovely that mark couldn't help but get interested by the beautiful male.

after a few years of hanging out mostly with guys, mark had somehow figured out that he wasn't 100% heterosexual. sure, he had already found boys hot or attractive, but he had never actually liked a boy. but it seemed like this was about to change soon, because he could already feel his heart beating madly in his chest whenever he was next to donghyuck. i mean, hwo could blame him? donghyuck was so adorable...

"okay! that's the end! let's go on with our next activity." the staff announced, making the people around the room stand up and follow them.

"hey, donghyuck!"

mark and donghyuck both lifted their heads as they heard lucas calling the fan's name. donghyuck flushed immediately as he approached the taller male.

"yes?"

"are you still okay?" lucas asked. "i though you were going to die a few minutes ago."

"y-yeah, it's okay, it just went down the wrong way..." donghyuck replied, glancing quickly at mark before concentrating on the giant again as they were following the staff.

mark followed them; a few steps behind.

"so, how have you been liking all of this so far?"

the canadian lifted his head, meeting eyes with baekhyun.

"it's great. i never imagined the fans to behave this calmly. like, i thought they would have more security around to prevent them from going wild, you know?" mark spoke.

"those seven fans were chosen wisely. sm didn't take anyone that was ready to give money." baekhyun explained. "but i'm not complaining, they all are very cool to hang around."

"they are." mark nodded, following his members and fans towards the recording studios.

baekhyun was still walking by his side as the two of them were a bit behind the others who seemed to be having a funny conversation.

"i saw that one of them had caught your eye..." the older member grinned, making mark tense immediately.

"n-no." he denied very poorly.

"liar." baekhyun poked his cheek. "but i imagined you to be more of a eunjin kind of guy."

mark blushed. "what does that even mean?"

"that i didn't know you swinged for fanboys..." baekhyun wiggled his brows teasingly.

"i don't- "

"yes, you do." baekhyun insisted. "each time i looked at you, you were staring at him. at that point you may have watched his face more than he ever watched our mvs."

mark rolled his eyes, his cheeks still slightly red because of embarrassment.

"stop exaggerating." he tsked.

"aw... you're shy... isn't that cute?" baekhyun cooed. "you haven't even spent a day with him and you're already so deep..."

"i'm just looking at him, it means nothing." mark shook his head making baekhyun snort.

"oh sure, act as if it didn't mean you had just fallen in love at first sight."

mark abruptly stopped, his eyes falling on donghyuck's figure that was walking a few steps away from him, his head turned to the side as he stared at lucas.

"mark!" baekhyun yelled, catching the attention of a few other people – including donghyuck, of course.

mark's heart missed a beat as donghyuck turned around, meeting eyes with him.

and if this wasn't already enough for mark's heart, he flashed him a shy smile that lit all of mark's world up before concentrating on lucas again.

fighting the urge to place his hand over his fast-beating heart, mark sighed loudly.

it had to be love at first sight...