"so leader, what's the plan for today?"

mark sighed, already annoyed with the grinning student next to him.

"it's national leave mark alone day," mark grumbled, half-asleep.

"darn, i thought that was tomorrow, guess i got my schedule wrong," donghyuck sighed, a teasing grin on his lips.

"good one," yangyang chirped.

donghyuck raised his hand for a high-five and yangyang went to high-five him back, but right before they did, donghyuck moved his hand away from yangyang's and made a peace sign.

yangyang stared at donghyuck in shock and betrayal, making donghyuck laugh.

mark let out a loud sigh, looking around and feeling relieved when he saw jaemin at his locker.

"i'll be back," the oldest said before taking off in the direction of jaemin.

"mornin'," jaemin grinned at mark when he noticed the male. "man, you already look dead. well, you always do, so i guess it would be you look more dead than normal."

mark laughed, shaking his head. "yangyang and donghyuck are now best friends and their favorite thing is annoying me. it starts as soon as i walk in the door."

"feels bad man," jaemin snickered, closing his locker door. "though i guess chenji is kind of the same way. speaking of, those two idiots got detention again."

"what for this time?" mark asked, the two walking towards his locker.

"what else? stealing snacks from the teachers' lounge again."

"you would think they would stop."

"they're not that smart."

mark chuckled, shaking his head and opening his locker.

"guys!" renjun's voice from behind mark scared him. "guess what!"

"an alien landed in your backyard?" jaemin teased.

"i wish- but no!" renjun sighed before going back to beaming at them. "try again!"

"you aced your art exam?" mark took a guess this time.

"yes, but that's not what i'm talking about," renjun replied.

"you seem energetic this morning," jeno commented, walking over to the group with his hands in his pockets.

"he's telling us to guess something that happened," jaemin informed.

"oh? what's up?" jeno asked the chinese male.

"i asked mei out and she said yes," renjun grinned.

mark let out a light laugh. that was not what he was expecting to come from the boy, but reminded him that dream was still a group of teenagers.

"no way," jaemin immediately shut down. "you're a pussy, how could you ask her?"

renjun grit his teeth and raised his fist, silently threatening to hit jaemin.

"okay, well, i asked mei out to work on our project together," renjun clarified. "it's for art! man, this afternoon couldn't come any slower."

"i knew you couldn't ask her out on an actual date," jaemin laughed.

mark held renjun back from hitting a still laughing jaemin. "easy there lover boy."

that made renjun switch his attack from jaemin to mark, everyone but renjun laughing.

"we're meeting tonight, right?" mark asked.

"no, we have to switch to tomorrow," jeno yawned. "chenle has some fancy-smancy dinner to attend for his family's company."

"poor chenle, he has no interest in that company," renjun sighed.

the other three hummed in agreement.

the group split up going to their respective classrooms, mark listening to jaemin rant about the newest girl that was bothering him.

"why don't you just, i don't know, reject her?" mark asked. "like ripping off a bandaid- just do it."

jaemin shrugged, "it's kind of fun to tease her. besides, it makes jeno angry that the girl that used to like him likes me now and it's fun pissing him off."

mark laughed, "okay, fair enough i guess."

"good luck on the test today," mark said, tapping jaemin's desk as the male sat down.

"test? what test?" jaemin asked, confused.

"in math?" mark questioned. "don't tell me you didn't know."

"fuck," jaemin groaned. "go so i can study."

mark laughed, walking away from the boy who was getting his notebooks out.

"sup bro," yangyang greeted mark as he came over and sat down.

"there's no dream meeting today so we can introduce donghyuck," mark got straight to the point, talking to yangyang quietly.

"cool," yangyang nodded, taking his phone out. "i'll tell dejun."

mark nodded, dreading the end of the day.

"good luck on your date renjun," jaemin teased the male as dream all gathered around him.

"i don't need luck- i'm huang renjun," renjun scoffed.

"you got a little something," chenle said, "fixing" renjun's hair.

jisung snorted, rolling his eyes.

"here she comes," jeno pointed out, pushing renjun out of the circle.

renjun sent jeno a look before going over to mei, greeting her shyly.

"he's such a pussy," chenle snickered. "look at the way he's acting. it's like she'll bite him."

"just be happy renjun is finally getting a chance at love," jeno said. "now he won't complain about being single."

"ten bucks renjun fucks something up," jaemin said to mark.

"bet," mark grinned.

"fuck, i have to go," chenle sighed. "mother dearest is calling me."

"don't die," jisung said when the others said goodbye.

chenle hit jisung in the head with his phone before answering the call, walking towards the entrance of the school.

"your puppy is standing there mark," jaemin pointed out, nodding his head in the direction of where yangyang was waiting, playing a game on his phone with his airpods in.

"he's not my puppy," mark sighed. "if anyone is anyone else's puppy, jeno is your puppy."

the two males hit mark simultaneously.

"and there is your other puppy," jisung said, directly pointing to where donghyuck was next to yangyang, watching yangyang play his game.

"i have to go then," mark kicked off the locker he was leaning against. "see you guys tomorrow."

"good luck with them," jaemin giggled.

mark flipped jaemin off which made the younger laugh harder.

"leggo children," mark said to the two younger boys as he walked by.

"since when was mark our dad?" mark heard donghyuck ask yangyang as they walked behind the oldest.

"since we joined him," yangyang answered before catching up to mark.

"why are you in such a rush?" donghyuck whined, easily matching the older's pace, but complaining nonetheless.

"i want to see ten," mark sighed. "i wasn't exactly the nicest to him last night... or this morning."

flashbacks to mark running around to get ready because he was late that morning went through the oldest's mind. no one was safe with the whirlwind that was late mark lee.

"you know, ten always talked about you," yangyang said. "he talks about you like you are his son."

"i kind of am," mark giggled. "ten taught me a lot growing up- him and johnny were the two around me the most."

"ew, i don't want ten to be my grandpa," yangyang gagged.

mark and donghyuck laughed at yangyang's reaction.

"woah, this is your house?" donghyuck asked in shock as the three made their way down the driveway to the large house.

"yeah," mark hummed. "the upper ranks all live here and a good amount of mini meetings are done here. our actual office is a couple streets down in the middle of nct territory."

mark stopped before they got to the doors, turning to the two boys. "listen... be yourselves, no one will care if you are, but don't talk like we have been to me or jaehyun might beat your ass. he's really into the whole hierarchy thing and doyoung and taeyong can be strict too so just- be careful."

after seeing them both nod, mark flashed a smile and turned around, unlocking the door and entering.

"i'm home!" mark yelled. "can everyone come to the living room?"

"already way ahead of you," jungwoo's face popped in the entryway, a bright smile on his lips. "welcome back."

donghyuck was about to open his mouth, but mark motioned for him to not.

"no need to introduce yourself now to just jungwoo- you can to everyone in a minute," mark said before turning back to jungwoo. "wow, you guys actually listened to me for once."

"of course, you are the boss," jungwoo teased.

mark giggled in response, walking over to the male who threw his arm over mark's shoulders as soon as he could.

"let's go guys," mark smiled at the two.

yangyang walked in like he owned the place, immediately finding the other members of wayv and going over, sitting on top of dejun and ten.

as soon as they were in the living room, jungwoo let go of mark and went over to yuta, sitting with his capo.

donghyuck didn't seem nervous at all which almost made mark laugh.

"go ahead," taeyong, who was in the middle, said to donghyuck, smiling at the boy.

"my name is lee donghyuck," donghyuck introduced himself. "i'm eighteen and i'm a hacker... i previously worked with dream."

taeyong looked at the group who all grinned back at him.

"welcome!" they all screamed, popping confetti and making noise.

donghyuck was in shock and looked at mark who was laughing, looking at the rest of the mafia fondly.

mark met donghyuck's eyes and beamed at him, "welcome to nct donghyuck."

"okay, we should introduce ourselves now," doyoung said, but it was barely heard over all the noise.

"guys!" doyoung tried louder.

"quiet!" jaehyun yelled and everyone shut up immediately.

"thank you," doyoung sighed. "let's introduce ourselves from the lowest in power to the highest."

"wayv, go ahead," taeyong said to the chinese males who were all sitting in the same spot.

"hey, we're wayv," kun beamed. "i'm the capo and this is my capo wayv. i know it's confusing that i'm the capo and this is my capo but i promise it'll make more sense later. anyway, i'm qian kun and i'm twenty-two."

"i'm chittaphon leechaiyapornkul," ten beamed after, excitedly leaning forward in his seat. "but that's a pain in the ass, so call me ten. i'm the same age as kun."

"winwin isn't here and neither is lucas, so dejun, you're next," kun said, nudging the male next to him.

"oh- uh- hi, i'm xiao dejun," dejun smiled awkwardly. "i'm nineteen and welcome to the cult- i mean mafia."

the room erupted into laughter at dejun's joke, even taeyong and jaehyun laughing.

"i'm wong kunhang and i'm nineteen as well!" the last unknown male next to kun grinned.

"you already know me, but i'm liu yangyang," yangyang introduced, smiling brightly. "i'm the baby of nct."

donghyuck looked to mark who nodded. "yeah, yangyang is the youngest."

"out of everyone?" donghyuck asked, still shocked.

"yup," mark giggled.

"next is johnny!" yuta grinned, pushing the male next to him.

johnny laughed and pushed yuta away before smiling at donghyuck, "i'm johnny seo and i'm one of the resident dads. i'm twenty-three and from the united states if you couldn't tell from my name and accent. i'm the second highest capo."

"no one else from johnny's capo is in the family," mark told donghyuck.

"oh! i guess i'm next," jungwoo beamed. "hello! i'm kim jungwoo and i'm in yuta's capo against my own will-"

yuta put jungwoo in a chokehold, stopping the male's introduction.

"why can't we do things peacefully ever," doyoung sighed, watching as jungwoo tried to get out of yuta's grip.

"yuta, down," johnny joked, helping jungwoo.

yuta grinned and bit the air before letting go of jungwoo who dramatically gasped for air.

"where was i," jungwoo mumbled. "oh! i'm twenty and i'm the guy for explosives and stuff like that."

donghyuck looked confused for jungwoo continued. "i'm an engineer major and i minor in chemistry so making things that explode is like my favorite thing."

donghyuck nodded, impressed.

"anyway!" yuta said, keeping a straight face. "nakamoto yuta, twenty-three, highest capo, undefeated combat champion-"

"lies mark beat you once," ten called out.

"i was sick!" yuta retorted before clearing his throat. "i'll probably be your trainer for a while so hope you like running."

"if we're doing what we're experts at i guess i should say i'm the weapons guy," johnny said when yuta was done.

"johnny is our best sharpshooter," taeyong praised making johnny pretend to be touched.

"who's next?" mark asked.

"mark," everyone collectively sighed.

"what?" mark questioned.

"you're next idiot," johnny sighed.

"oh... oh!" mark nervously laughed before turning to donghyuck who was quietly snickering.

"i'm mark lee or minhyung but if you call me minhyung i'll skin you alive. i'm the heir and taeyong's younger brother. i also have a small capo that you are lucky enough to be apart of-"

"i wasn't put in it even though i pleaded," jungwoo mumbled angrily.

"i'm the ace but i don't go into the field often," mark continued, ignoring jungwoo. "i'm also nineteen."

"then it's me," doyoung cleared his throat.

"oh, we've met before," donghyuck commented.

doyoung pursed his lips, trying not to yell at the child. "yeah. we have."

"doyoung looks so butthurt," yuta snickered.

doyoung threw a pillow at yuta who caught it and grinned, winking at the younger male.

doyoung, internally screaming, forced a smile and turned to donghyuck. "my name is kim dongyoung, but i go by doyoung. i'm the consligere and am twenty-two as well. i used to do security and internet stuff as well but thank fuck finally we have someone else to do that. i have a photographic memory and test me again and i'll break your fingers."

"woah there doyo," taeyong said, putting his hand on the male next to him's shoulder. "it's his first day- don't threaten him yet."

doyoung mocked taeyong which earned him a smack on the head.

"i'm jung jaehyun," jaehyun interrupted the quarrel, showing no emotion. "twenty-one and the underboss. i used to be the ace, but now that i'm the underboss i don't go out on missions as often."

"jaehyun's actually a softie once you get to know him and he's one of the other resident dads of the group other than kun... although kun is called momma kun," johnny exposed his fellow members. "doyoung is also one of the two resident moms."

"i am not a resident mom!" doyoung cried.

the group laughed and when everyone quieted down, taeyong looked at donghyuck with a smile on his lips.

"welcome to nct donghyuck. i'm the don, lee taeyong, and i'm positive we've met before. i'm twenty-three. i know, i'm young, but when my father died a year ago, he gave nct to me and since then i've grown nct even more. i'm mark's older brother and the other resident mom of the group."

"am i forgetting anything?" taeyong then asked doyoung who shook his head.

"taeyong is also an ace!" jungwoo chirped, proud of the don.

"i used to be," taeyong humbly shut down. "i haven't done anything really in the past year other than paperwork and meetings."

"he lies," mark said, earning a playful glare.

"i didn't expect you guys to be so friendly," donghyuck bluntly said, earning laughs from the mafia.

"we're not your average mafia family," johnny answered. "most of us have been friends since we were young, and involved in the mafia for a long time, so we're all really one family."

"how do you choose who is in the family?" donghyuck wondered.

"how long they've been with us, how reliable they are, how useful they are, how close their family's relations are to ours, etcetera," doyoung listed off.

"wait, why am i only being introduced to the family?" donghyuck shot another question.

everyone turned to taeyong who was grinning.

"you are in the family."

"i'm what?" donghyuck asked in shock, looking at mark.

"yeah," mark spoke softly, smiling at the younger male. "you're in the family. congrats, you're one of fifteen."

"sixteen now," doyoung corrected.

"mark, give donghyuck a tour," taeyong commanded, standing up. "everyone else back to work."

"let's go then," mark nodded to donghyuck, walking out of the living room.

donghyuck followed behind him, observing everything that mark pointed out from the kitchen to the bathrooms to where each of them sleeps.

"this place is cool," donghyuck commented. "i want to live here."

mark shrugged, "we have the room... don't know how your family would feel about that."

"i live with my aunt, uncle, and five cousins i'm sure they won't mind," donghyuck answered.

mark looked at donghyuck curiously, but didn't push. "we can ask taeyong when we get to his office."

"office? where is his office?" donghyuck wondered. "i swear we've been to every part of this house. my legs are aching, i know i've walked every inch."

mark just laughed, walking back into the living room.

"sup," yuta greeted them, also walking into the living room. "where are you going?"

"downstairs," mark chirped, pulling a book down in the bookcase and scanning his finger.

"woah, that's so fucking cool," donghyuck said in awe as a door opened to an elevator.

yuta laughed, putting his arm around donghyuck's shoulder. "right? i had the same reaction when it was built."

the three went into the elevator, mark pressing the "2" button.

"there are three floors?" donghyuck asked in shock.

"yup," yuta laughed. "mark will probably take you to see them all- right mark?"

mark hummed, nodding his head.

"where are you going yuta?" mark asked.

"oh shit, right," yuta hit the button that said "3". "i have to go get jungwoo because we have to go get his new materials but surprise! the idiot forgot!"

mark laughed, "jungwoo only ever has explosives on his brain."

yuta nodded, laughing as well.

"have fun yuta," mark said when the doors opened to the second floor.

"have fun," donghyuck repeated, giving yuta a small smile.

yuta ruffled donghyuck's hair. "you guys as well."

donghyuck and mark walked out of the elevator. this floor was nothing like the clean, homey main house. it was really just a hallway with a small sitting area in the front where kunhang was laying, airpods in his ears as he played a game.

mark kicked the couch, making kunhang jump and look at him, taking out an airpod.

"why are you here?" mark questioned.

"bored," kunhang shrugged. "everyone else isn't doing fun stuff or at least what i want to do and i was too lazy to go upstairs so... here i am."

a distant scream as heard and mark sighed as kunhang laughed.

"who was that?" donghyuck questioned.

"ten," mark replied. "who knows why."

"he's in the ring with yangyang and johnny i think," kunhang said. "dejun is downstairs with jungwoo, kun is with taeyong and doyoung, jaehyun... i think is in his office, anyone else i have no idea."

"i think that's everyone but yuta who we just passed," mark continued, nodding. "cool, everyone is here that'll be helpful."

"what are you planning," kunhang asked, confused.

"you'll see. wanna come?" mark grinned.

"why are you doing that," donghyuck looked at mark, concerned.

mark ignored donghyuck, smiling at kunhang as the male got up and stretched, walking over to mark.

"where to first?" kunhang questioned.

"the ring," mark answered, walking down the hallway to the end.

"bite me one more time yangyang i swear i will fucking obliterate you!" ten was yelling as mark opened the door.

"hey guys!" johnny excitedly chirped, standing in the ring in between ten and yangyang. one of his hands was on ten's head and the other was on yangyang's, holding them apart.

the three newcomers laughed, greeting johnny back.

"how do you like the ring?" mark asked donghyuck.

"this is so cool," donghyuck said in awe, looking around at the boxing equipment and fake knives on the walls and the boxing ring in the middle of the room. "how did you guys do this?"

"honestly, i don't remember," mark laughed awkwardly. "this was here before the elevator was. there used to be stairs but they were taken down."

"it was here when i joined and i've been here for like thirteen years," johnny added, letting go of the two boys who had finally stopped fighting.

"yo, can i be the one to fight him?" kunhang asked mark, realizing what was going on.

"if you want. i thought you didn't like hand to hand?" mark responded.

kunhang looked at donghyuck and then back at mark. "yeah, but look at him."

johnny let out loud laughs, "those might be your famous last words kunhang."

kunhang shrugged, "oh well."

"i'm fighting him?" donghyuck asked mark, in shock. "i'm in my uniform-"

"there's a bathroom right there. i've already gotten clothes that will fit you and they're in there," ten said, cutting donghyuck off. "i kind of wanted to fight him. he's probably more fun than this annoying orange here."

"hey!" yangyang yelled, throwing his fake knife at ten.

ten caught it in between his fingers in front of his face, "that was weak. at least your aim was actually okay this time."

yangyang just stared at ten in shock.

"man ten is good," donghyuck mumbled to mark.

"he's the second best in the mafia," mark responded.

"third best!" ten corrected. "you won against me three times, remember?"

mark nodded, "okay third best, i forgot about that. ten's beat both jaehyun and taeyong so many times- he's really good."

"you flatter me, say more," ten giggled, walking over to the edge of the ring and laying against the ropes.

mark pushed donghyuck in the direction of the bathroom and the younger male took a hint and left.

"i like him, he's cool," johnny immediately said when the door closed.

"i agree," ten nodded. "even though he's friends with yangyang."

yangyang gapped at ten who stuck his tongue out at the younger.

donghyuck came out of the bathroom and quickly went over to the ring, very obviously excited.

"good luck," mark said to kunhang, patting the boy's shoulder.

kunhang sent mark a smile before getting into the ring, ten and yangyang leaving.

"who do you think will win?" ten asked as johnny told the rules to the two boys and handed them the fake knives.

"my bet is on donghyuck," yangyang answered. "he caught mark's punch yesterday."

ten looked at mark surprised. mark nodded his head in confirmation.

"but kunhang is pretty good himself," ten mumbled when the shock wore off.

"i guess we'll see," mark chirped, very excited for the fight.

"you guys ready?" johnny asked to which the two others in the ring nodded. "then go ahead. first one down with the knife to their neck loses."

kunhang immediately went over to donghyuck to try and end the fight quickly.

"aw why isn't there anything happening?" ten whined seeing donghyuck dodge everything kunhang threw at him.

"donghyuck is observing him," mark said, crossing his arms over his chest. "he's very analytical."

"reminds me of you," ten giggled, throwing his arm around mark.

suddenly, kunhang finally landed a hit on donghyuck's face.

donghyuck flinched, "fuck! don't make my nose bleed again please, mark already did that yesterday."

"you have to control your anger my child," ten teased, squeezing mark tight.

mark hit ten's arm, trying to get out of the hold while still watching the fight.

next punch kunhang sent to donghyuck's face, the younger caught. he twisted kunhang's arm around and behind his back.

kunhang was shocked but quickly recovered and kicked donghyuck in the side.

donghyuck grabbed kunhang's leg and pulled the male onto the floor.

before kunhang could even react, donghyuck's knife was against the order's neck.

"woah," everyone was in shock.

"donghyuck wins," johnny said.

"my turn! my turn!" ten excitedly said, letting go of mark.

"no, not right now," mark shut down. "we have other stuff to do and it's getting late."

ten pouted and donghyuck made his way over to mark.

"no blood, right? can't have my handsome face looking ugly with a bruise," donghyuck asked mark. "although i guess having a bruise makes me look more badass."

mark laughed, "don't worry the only thing there is the bruise i left yesterday."

"oh thank god," donghyuck let out a dramatic breath.

"you're pretty good you know," mark complimented donghyuck.

"wow, a compliment from mark lee? i'll take it thank you," donghyuck teased.

mark rolled his eyes, a smile on his face nonetheless, "come on, let's go."

"where are you off to next?" ten asked.

"weapons room," mark replied. "then we'll see doyoung, jaehyun, and taeyong then go downstairs."

"have fun!" the other boys in the room said.

"weapons room? is that what i think it is?" donghyuck questioned, excitedly walking to the next door with mark.

it was right across the hall from the boxing room and it was exactly what donghyuck thought it was when mark opened the door.

"this is so cool!" donghyuck chirped, going over to the weapons hanging on the walls.

"do you know how to shoot a gun?" mark asked, following donghyuck.

"actually no," donghyuck honestly said. "i've always wanted to learn though."

"well, johnny is always looking for a new student, so i'm sure he'd be happy to teach you."

mark picked up a pistol, looked at it, and then at donghyuck who hesitantly picked up a bat.

"why is there a bat?"

"johnny and yuta go and break the windows of stores as warnings," mark answered. "that's johnny's. yuta's broke last time they went out, so he's waiting for his new one to be done because taeyong personalizes stuff as stress relief."

donghyuck hummed, "you know taeyong doesn't seem that scary."

"he's just being nice today," mark sighed. "he's in a good mood for once."

donghyuck glanced at mark before putting the bat down.

"where to next leader?"

"to see doyoung," mark replied, putting down the pistol he held.

"cool," donghyuck mumbled, following mark out and down the hall to a door that was closed and had a sign on it that said "genius at work do not disturb".

"doyoung!" mark called knocking on the door. "can we come in?"

"yeah!" doyoung's voice replied, so mark opened the door.

doyoung's office was unsurprisingly clean and the male sat behind a computer, glasses on the bridge of his nose and stacks of paperwork next to him.

"oh hey guys," doyoung smiled, pushing his glasses up. "what's up?"

"just giving him a tour still," mark. answered. "he just won in the ring against kunhang."

doyoung looked impressed, looking at donghyuck, "congrats you brat."

donghyuck pursed his lips. "thanks."

"anyway, this is doyoung's office," mark turned to donghyuck. "he spends the majority of his time here so if you ever need him, your best bet is to find him here."

donghyuck nodded, glancing at doyoung who nodded as well.

"on to jaehyun," mark said with a sigh.

"he's in a good mood today- don't piss him off," doyoung warned mark.

"my face pisses him off," mark retorted,  leaving the room.

donghyuck closed the door behind him and looked at mark who was rolling his eyes. "you and jaehyun don't get along?"

"yeah," mark mumbled, walking down the hallway to jaehyun's office. "he doesn't like me."

"understandable," donghyuck teased, watching as mark knocked on a door.

"come in," jaehyun's voice came from inside and mark and donghyuck did just that.

jaehyun's office was the opposite of doyoung's. it was messy and full of stuff everywhere with jaehyun in the middle of it behind a desk.

"you're still on your tour?" jaehyun asked donghyuck, cutting mark off who had opened his mouth to talk.

donghyuck nodded, glancing at mark who seemed angry.

"well this is my office, come here whenever you need me, but i spend most of my time at the company building," jaehyun said.

"okay thank you," donghyuck mumbled.

"let's go hyuck," mark said quickly after, looking at jaehyun. "goodbye."

jaehyun didn't say anything, going back to his work.

once the door was closed, donghyuck started to snicker. "man, you two really don't like each other."

"yup," mark sighed. "let's go see taeyong now."

donghyuck nodded, following the older male who walked across the hall and knocked on a door that had drawings all over it.

"who is it?" taeyong's voice yelled from inside.

"mark and donghyuck," mark replied.

"okay, come in!"

mark opened the door and the two saw taeyong sitting behind a desk with kun in front of him. taeyong's office had drawings all over and a fish tank against one wall. there was also a sofa opposite the fish tank and the bat mark had mentioned laying next to it.

"welcome," taeyong smiled lightly. "this is my office and i spend all of my time here, so if you ever need anything this is where you will find me. what have you guys seen so far?"

"all of upstairs and you're our last stop on this floor," mark answered. "donghyuck won against kunhang in the ring."

taeyong was surprised, "oh? really? i didn't know you could fight."

donghyuck shrugged, "a little."

taeyong laughed lightly, leaning back in his chair. "well, have fun with the rest of your tour."

"thank you," the two younger males chirped, waving to kun before leaving.

"i'm excited to see what's downstairs since jungwoo is down there," donghyuck said his thoughts aloud, following mark over to the elevator.

"it's pretty cool down there, you'll like it," mark smiled.

donghyuck excitedly rocked back and forth until the elevator doors opened.

"woah is this like those rooms you go in before you go to chemical labs and stuff?" donghyuck asked when the doors opened and they were in a room full of safety stuff with three doors around them.

"yes, jungwoo takes his lab very seriously," mark nodded. "if you aren't wearing this stuff and decontaminated and stuff, he gets pissed and you have to clean the lab."

"remind me to always wear this stuff," donghyuck mumbled.

"let's go," mark smiled.

the two got dressed in what was there and mark entered the code to the right door, making it open.

dejun was in there, building something in the corner of the room away from all the chemicals.

"hey guys," he smiled at the two.

the two waved back before donghyuck excitedly ran around, looking at all the chemicals, building materials, and already built explosives in the room.

"please be careful," mark pleaded. "jungwoo has already exploded his lab once, we don't need it to happen again."

donghyuck mockingly answered, "yes sir!"

mark laughed and rolled his eyes, "come on, we have more to see."

"bye dejun!" mark waved to the male who waved back before mark and donghyuck left.

the two got changed again and mark led donghyuck to the door to the left this time, entering the same code and opening it.

"this is where any medical stuff that needs to be done happens," mark explained as they entered what looked like a nurses room with another room in the back. "pretty much anyone here knows first aid and ten and kun are both pretty good doctors- especially kun. jungwoo can do some medical stuff, but... we learned the hard way to not let him do anything anymore."

"why? did he almost kill someone?"

"something like that," mark mumbled, shivering. "poor johnny."

"last room for our tour that will probably be your favorite," mark smiled at the younger boy, leading him out of the medical room and to the one in the middle.

this door had a fingerprint scan, a retina scan, and a code.

"is this what i think it is," donghyuck asked, excitement radiating off of him.

"maybe," mark teased, opening the door.

"holy shit," donghyuck cursed in awe. "this is so fucking cool."

"it needs to be updated," mark said as donghyuck ran around, looking at all the computers and technology in the room. "since it hasn't been used in a while, but it's all yours now."

"really?" donghyuck asked, looking at mark with sparkles in his eyes.

mark smiled, nodding. "yeah. taeyong will give you a budget and allow you to buy anything you need to upgrade anything and personalize it- this room is all yours."

donghyuck, without warning, walked up to mark and pulled him into a tight hug. "thank you!"

"why are you thanking me?" mark asked, awkwardly trying to move his arms from donghyuck's tight grip around him.

"well, you're the one that made it so i can be here," donghyuck happily said. "so thank you! i love it here already."

mark softened and patted donghyuck's head. "yeah, of course."

"now," donghyuck let go of mark, turning back to the main set of computers. "let's see what this can do!"