"wake up guys!" mark and donghyuck were woken with a start, surprised to see renjun and chenle staring down at them. as if on cue, the two realized how they were sleeping so cozily and pulled away from eachother immediately.

   mark scrathed the back of his head awkwardly, "did we reach the filming sight?" chenle nodded and pet his head, "you're all red, you're so cute." mark's face heated up even more at the comments that he was used to hearing from the younger.

   donghyuck cleared his thoat, suddenly feeling slightly annoyed with the young chinese boy. "don't we have to shoot a music video?" he winced at the harsh tone in his voice, adding a smile and hoping that no one really noticed.

   the second oldest nodded his head, "yeah, c'mon." the four piled out of the car, closing the door behind them. "manager-nim," donghyuck called, noting that jisung, jeno, and jaemin, weren't there, "where are the others?" their manager walked over, nodding his head towards the set. 

   "they're inside. jisung's getting his hair and make up done while the other two are talking with the directors," he explained. "should we go inside?" chenle asked, curious as to how their set would look.

   their manager nodded and waved them inside. donghyuck looked around the set, finding everything interesting. no matter how many times he shot a music video, seeing the set for the first time was always memorable. mark smiled fondly, not missing the way the younger's eyes would glimmer with curiosity as he too, inspected the set.

   the wall in the far back was covered with green screen, table's chairs and other details placed around it. "can we go in here?" mark asked his manger, pointing towards a closed off room. "sure," he began looking through some files, "that room is for a duo shot later on."

   mark nodded, thanking him for the information. donghyuck appeared behind him, clearly curious about the closed off room too. "can we go in here?" he asked mark. the ravenette nodded, ruffling the younger's hair. 

   donghyuck opened the door slowly, a quiet gasp escaped his lips. the room was dark aside from the fairly lights hanging. there was a green screen behind an old swing set and other props set up in the corner of the room. donghyuck couldn't stop staring at the huge teddy bear in the opposite side of the room, it remeinded him of the teddy bear that mark gifted him with a couple of days ago.

   mark pulled a piece of paper off the door, reading it carefully, "this is our filming set," he smiled, showing donghyuck the same paper with clear intructions. donghyuck blushed, he had felt a stongly romantic feeling ever since he opened the door. 

   the wheels turned in his head as he thought about what part of the song they would be fiming here. "oh," realization hit him, "this must be our hamonizing part. then you rap and i sing the adlibs," he explained.

   "czennie like it when we sing together," mark said, staring down at the younger with unreadble eyes. under the older's gaze, donghyuck grew shy as he shoved the other away. "i-i think it's time we do hair and makeup," he walked out the room with the canadian-korean laughing behind him.

   mark quickly caught up from behind and they walked to the makeup set together. "there you are," renjun looked stressed. "what's wrong?" mark pet renjun's head. donghyuck turned away from the sight, forcing himself to look at something else, anything else.

why can't mark treat me like that too?

   "we're already an hour late," he sighed. "what are the others doing right now?" donghyuck asked, trying to keep it professional, despite his growing feelings towards mark.

   "chenle and jisung are going through the details with the director, and jeno's shooting. jaemin's waiting for his turn over there," renjun pointed at the scattered males. "seems like everything is going fine to me," mark shrugged. renjun's frown only deepened. 

   "this shot was supposed to take three days, but now it might take four," he pulled out his phone to show the time. "shit, it's already eight?" mark cursed. 

   "we're either going to take a break from shooting soon or we'll have a super late lunch," renjun whined. "let's just pick up the pace then," donghyuck suggested. "we still might not have enough time," renjun sighed. mark massaged his shoulder blades gently, "relax, we'll finish in time."

   renjun smiled though he seemed unconvinced. "mark-ssi, haechan-ssi," two stylists waved the two over. "gotta go, good luck injunnie," mark waved and walked with donghyuck to their seats. 

   donghyuck loved renjun, don't get him wrong. but watching mark treat him like that while he never got that kind of attention from the older kind of hurt. he knew he was being selfish for thinking like that, but he wanted mark all to himself.

   "hyuck?" mark tilted his head, worried for the younger who's mood seemed to have dropped. "oh, sorry i just blanked out for a second," he fibbed. mark nodded and pulled the younger's arm.

   they sat side by side, while getting their make up done. mark wanted to ask if donghyuck was okay but he didn't want to make it worse. plus, he knew how much the younger hated telling people about his problems. instead of using words, he oulled out his phone and played music, setting it on the counter in the empty space between them.

   it took a while, but donghyuck visibly relaxed, getting lost in the music while he hummed along. the stylists were working hard, highlighting their best features and matching colors with the outfits. "haechan-ssi, would you like a lighter foundation to make your skin whiter?"

   donghyuck debated over it while he saw mark tense in the corner of his eye. it was true that he had been thinking about bleaching his skin over the past few days after suddenly feeling self concious about it. 

   the brunette opened his mouth to speak but the male next to him beat him to it. "no, he's fine." mark gripped the chair arm tightly. 

   donghyuck was puzzled but just smiled at the confused stylist showing that he agreed with mark. the stylist bowed slight before putting away the light foundation and applying the regular instead.

   after the makeup was done, the sylists worked on their hair. donghyuck's brown bangs were brushed down and he realized how long it had gotten. the hair poked at his eyelashes almost blocking his vision. 

   mark's hair was very much the opposite. one side was brushed to the side while the other sidecovered his forehead. it was pretty similar to the hair he had for 'we go up'.

   donghyuck tried to hide the blush that he got when he looked at the older. when both of them were done, they left to change into their clothes for the main sets. donghyuck walked into his changing room and carefully put on the ripped jeans prepared for him.

   next he pulled of his hoodie and replaced it with a white, dress shirt. a light blue, denim jacket was put on top of it. "haechan-ssi," a knock came at the door. "come in," he called. his main stylist walked in to adjust the outfit. "looks good," she complimented, handing him some accesories. 

   donghyuck kept on the dream friendship ring, meanwhile adding a black choker and stud earrings. the stylist undid the top two buttons and the bottom button on his shirt, exposing part of his collar bone. "alright, i think you're ready," the stylist opened the door for him. he bowed and walked out at almost the exact same time as mark.

   donghyuck felt butterflies in his stomache as he looked at the older from head to toe. he had on tight, black leather pants, with a matching white, dress shirt. the dress shirt's top three buttons were undone and the dress shirt was tight on his chest.

   the black leather jacket that mark wore made donghyuck's mouth go dry as he tried not to drool. while donghyuck wore classic white converse, mark had on a sleek black. 

mark looks sexy.

"thanks, you too hyuck."

   donghyuck tinted red as he realized that he had accidently said his thought out loud. he wasn't fully sure if it was him saying the words out loud that made him blush or if it was hearing mark return the comment to him.

   "mark-ssi, haechan-ssi," their director called, breaking donghyuck out of his mental meltdown. "it's time for the group dance!" he announced. the two rushed over and got into position as the director explained a few things.

   after getting clear instructions, the shoot began and they danced with every muscle in their body, giving it everything they had to offer. 

"...and cut! one more time from the third verse!"

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   it was finally their lunch break at the clock's hands reached half past four. "i'm starving," jeno sat down next to donghyuck, holding a take out bowl of beef bulgogi. "yeah, i can tell, you eat like a pig," renjun snorted.

   jeno tried to come up with something to get back at him but failed miserably. "you're never gonna get rid of your name; jeno-jams, at this rate," jaemin took a seat next to renjun.

   jeno frowned, " have time to talk with you guys anyway, i gotta go shoot," he shot them a look before throwing away his empty bowl. renjun and jaemin laughed at how easy jeno was while donghyuck continued to sit there without a word. 

   "what's wrong haechan? you aren't usually this quiet," jaemin asked. donghyuck was slightly surprised that they noticed. "sorry, i was bringing down the mood, wasn't i?" he asked, guiltyly.

   renjun waved his hand in the air, "not really. you're just acting weird today." "i'm tired?" donghyuck shrugged. renjun and jaemin were both clearly unconvinced but they could tell that donghyuck wasn't in the mood to talk about it.

   "haechan-ssi! it's time for your solo shoot," donghyuck's manager waved him over. donghyuck nodded, throwing his almost full box in the trash. "see ya," he waved.

   a couple minutes later, mark sat down with renjun and jaemin. he went to the trash to throw away some tissues when he saw an almost full box of food in the trash. "did someone throw their food away?" he asked the two that were close to done eating. 

   renjun frowned. "i guess it was haechan. i didn't really see him eating, it was more like he was just picking at his food," he told their leader honestly. mark furrowed his eyebrows in concern. "was he not hungry?"

   "i don't know, but his mood was kind of out of it," jaemin began to worry about donghyuck. mark nodded and watched the younger who was working hard smiling and making expression in front of the camera as he shot his solo scene. 

i don't know what it is but if you're hurting, i wish you would tell me...

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✎ ---- dreaminghyuck⤾