donghyuck eyes the glass of red wine infront of him warily. with everything going on, he wanted nothing more than to get drunk. everyone at the table was already chatting and drinking as the steak was served. the brunette lifted his glass and tipped it, preparing to down the whole thing in one go when he felt someone's hand gripping his wrist tightly.

   the male rolled his eyes as he lowered the glass and followed the hand up to the person's face. "what?" donghyuck glared at mark as he tried to pull away. mark kept a tight grip on him, keeping his face stern. "don't drink that, you'll get drunk tonight, i just know it," mark said.

   donghyuck finally managed to yank his arm away and rubbed his wrist. mark's grip had been really tight. "so what? what if i want to get drunk?" he challenged. mark stared at him silently for a minute before sighing. "fine, but whatever happens is on you." donghyuck shrugged and quickly drank the glass of red wine which had been waiting patiently infront of him.

   he couldn't ignore the feeling of mark's eye on him so just to annoy mark as much as he was annoying donghyuck, he poured another glass and drank it at once. he met eyes with mark as he was licking his lips, temporarily staining them with the red wine. mark's eye were cold and donghyuck knew he had set him off.

   "how come you allow yourself to drink so easily but tried to keep me from drinking?" donghyuck asked after many more glasses. his words were slightly slurred but he was almost completely sober. most of the other members were already drunk or on the way. mark chuckled, swishing his glass around before setting it onto the table.

   "because i know when to stop and you don't," he said calmly. donghyuck laughed dryly and drank another glass, refilling it immediately. "i think i deserve to get drunk," he watched the wine slosh around in his glass cup. mark said nothing and continued to eat while watching donghyuck closely. 

   he knew that donghyuck had a really high tolerance but based off of how tired he had been over the course of a few days, he didn't think it would be a good idea to let him get drunk. donghyuck rarely allowed himself to get drunk, but when he did, he was bolder and acted without thinking. mark didn't want that to happen but the younger didn't listen when he warned him anyways.

   donghyuck lifted the glass to his lips, over and over again. the flavor of the red wine was constantly on his tongue. he knew he had crossed the line when his vision had started to blur and he had the urge to act impulsively. despite the fact that he knew he should stop, he couldn't. he was too prideful to let mark win and he really wanted to get drunk. after everything that had happened, all he wanted was to let loose and forget about his problems. he thought about how annoyed mark would be and he giggled to himself, drinking his wine and refilling it automatically.

   mark looked at him bitterly but held back the urge to stop him. if donghyuck wanted to get drunk enough to argue with him about it like they had earlier, who was he to stop him? 

   after about another hour of talking and eating, all of the dream members sat around their table pretty much completely wasted. renjun was singing loudly in the noisy restaurant and luckily, no one seemed to notice. it was obvious that a few of them drank too many glasses of wine and jeno singing along to renjun proved it. while chenle and donghyuck laughed hard together, jaemin dozed off in his seat and jisung and mark sighed at everyone's state.

   jisung drank only a couple of glasses, worried about getting drunk. the first and last time he had gotten drunk, he ended up kissing jeno's feet and he was worried about it happening again. possibly going even further thank kissing jeno's feet.

   mark drank a few glasses as well but he knew better than to get drunk and leave jisung as the only sober one from the team. besides, he could easily get drunk once they were safely back in their dorm rooms in seoul. donghyuck raised his glass to his lips once more and mark couldn't help it but stop him. he had sat through the entire dinner watching donghyuck drink without a word but he couldn't do it anymore.

   "haechan, stop," he placed his hand over his thigh and gripped it hard enough to catch his attention without it hurting. "no," donghyuck slurred, removing mark's hand off of his thigh. mark's blood boiled but he kept a hold of his temper. "you drank too much, i think it's time to go home," he pulled at his arm. just as the younger was preparing to speak, their manager stood up from the next table and pointed at his watch while looking at mark. it meant that it was time to go. 

   "renjun and jeno, wake up jaemin. jisung, can you take chenle with you to the car? we're going back to the hotel now," he instucted. the three nodded and did as they were told while he tried to deal with donghyuck. "come on, it's time to go," he pulled his arm. although mark was trying to get him to stand up out of his chair, his only goal was to piss off mark and drink more wine. he brought the glass to his lips again, preparing to taste the same red wine that he had been drinking all evening. 

   "enough," mark spoke. he pried donghyuck's desperate fingers off of the glass, taking it into his own hand. "give it back," the shorter fought. donghyuck stole the glass from mark and spilled it's contents onto his white dress shirt. in his drunken state, he looked down confused at what had just happened. mark sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "come on," he pulled donghyuck up who finally followed willingly. 

   their manager looked at them concerned. "go ahead and get in the car, we'll be there in a second," mark decided to say. the manager nodded and grouped everyone together to sort them in their respective cars. meanwhile, mark was bringing donghyuck to the men's bathroom.

   he opened the door and locked it closed behind them. he took off his black jean jacket and removed his button up shirt. when he was wearing just his undershirt, he put the jacket back on, leaving it unbottoned. "donghyuck, take off your shirt," he ordered. the other whined and leaned against the tiled wall. clearly, the alcohol had gotten to him. with no better idea, mark peeled off donghyuck's shirt, revealing his pretty sunkissed skin underneath. he knew he shouldn't have, but his eyes couldn't help but rake his body up and down.

   his body wasn't muscular but lean and mark had the sudden urge to touch him. he refrained from doing so and was extremely relieved that he hadn't drunked any glasses more than he had. if he had drunk even two more, he might not have been able to keep his hands to himself. he took a deep breath before proceeding.

   "this might be cold," the older held up a wet paper towel to wipe the wine that had gotten on his body. donghyuck whimpered as mark began to wipe him clean. he dried him afterwards before putting his own shirt on donghyuck. "all better?" he asked donghyuck softly. he nodded, eyes fluttering shut. "stay with me for just a bit longer," he unlocked the door and supportively walked with donghyuck to their car. he knocked on the car window and their driver unlocked the door.

   mark opened the door and carefully slid donghyuck in, telling him to sit up if he could. donghyuck listened as well as he could and soon after, mark slid into the seat next to him. mark buckled both of their seatbelts and told their driver that they were ready to go. 

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   within the first five minutes of the ride, donghyuck fell asleep on mark's shoulder. even after annoying mark so much, he couldn't stay mad at the younger and tried to help him sleep as comfortably as possible. when they arrived at their destination, he carefully woke donghyuck up. "can you walk?" he asked. donghyuck shook his head, barely staying awake. 

   mark took it upon him to make sure donghyuck could safely reach his hotel room. he unbuckled his seatbelt and picked up donghyuck's body into his arms. seeing that donghyuck was falling back to sleep, he continued to carry him bridal style. he walked into the hotel's lobby room with his managers trailing behind. "where's everyone else?" he asked. "they're already up in their rooms. also, jisung decided to let chenle stay in his room because he wanted to be able to take care of him," his manager explained. the younger nodded and went over to the elevators. 

   once he made it to his room, he pushed the door open and laid donghyuck onto chenle's bed. he looked at donghyuck's black leather pants and knew that there was no way that it was comfortable to sleep in. while trying to keep his better sense in the lead, he took off the belt that donghyuck had been using and unzipped his pants.

   he took off his pants carefully and sucked in a breath when he saw donghyuck's long tan legs. donghyuck's legs had always been especially pretty to him and honestly, they were a turn on. reminding himself of what was more important, he found some sweat pants that would fit donghyuck and put them on him. he liked the sight of donghyuck fully dressed in his clothes as he tucked him into the bed.

   before turning off the light, he changed clothes as well and slid into bed. just as his sleepiness was catching up to him, he heard donghyuck's sleepy voice calling out to him. "mark?" "yeah," mark breathed through the dark. he didn't recieve a response. instead, donghyuck got under the covers with him, leaving chenle's bed empty.

   mark stiffened when donghyuck wrapped his arms around mark's waist and snuggled his head in his chest just as he had done before only a few nights ago. when donghyuck's breathing slowed and he stopped moving, mark fingured he was asleep. he planted a kiss on the crown of his head mumbling before he fell asleep. "good night, hyuck."

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word count: 1772

sorry for not updating every other day. i ran out of already written chapters a little bit ago and i forgot how hard it was to update when things weren't already written. i decided that from now on, i don't have a specific posting schedule for this book but i will update at least once a week and as much as i can. thank you for understanding. also, i kind of feel like this chapter was boring so sorry for that :))

✎ ---- dreaminghyuck⤾