one month since mark and donghyuck officially started dating passed. everytime they were seen together by johnny, jaehyun, or taeyong, they would recieve endless teasing. if other members were there they would tone it down a little, but the teasing didn't stop. while it was embarrassing, mark and donghyuck were happy that they had three people who supported them that they could also trust.

   to put things simply, their relationship was going pretty well. the only thing that donghyuck didn't like about it, was how mark treated him exactly the same as he did before. he would push donghyuck away and hardly spend time with him during group activities. on top of that, donghyuck wanted more affection but there was no hugging, no hand holding, and no kisses either.

   it was starting to feel like nothing about their relationship changed at all, and donghyuck hated it. yet, whenever he tried to bring it up and talk it over with mark, the ravenette would change the topic or suddenly claim that he had something to do. of course having not many options to go to, donghyuck decided to share his concerns with jaehyun. even though the problems couldn't be solved, it felt nice to rant about it with someone he could trust. just like that, donghyuck talked with jaehyun everyday while his stress went away little by little.

   now, as donghyuck laid on his stomach while resting his head on a pillow, he faced jaehyun and whined about how mark wasn't giving him attention. with donghyuck's luck, at that exact moment mark happened to walk by. jaehyun and donghyuck usually closed the door but for some reason, they just didn't this time. as mark walked by, he narrowed his eyes and jaehyun and shot a glare at donghyuck. the brunette groaned, that look couldn't mean anything good.

   when mark was out of sight an ear shot jaehyun chuckled. "why are you laughing? he's going to ignore me for the rest of the day now," donghyuck said, rolling onto his side. "he's just jealous," jaehyun shrugged, a smile tugging at his lips. 

   mark was jealous? no, that didn't make sense. he had nothing to be jealous of anyway... right? the older male took notice of the way donghyuck seemed to be lost in thought. "have you ever asked mark how he felt about you sharing a room with me?" he asked. donghyuck shook his head, "there was never a reason to. why?" jaehyun smirked, "how would you fell if mark shared a room with someone else for a long time?"

   donghyuck rolled his eyes, not getting the point. "we're all members, it's expected," he said. jaehyun tsked and shook his head. "think about it like this," he began, listing things on his fingers, "someone else has access to mark and his bed at all times, they constantly have private time behind closed doors, even if they aren't doing anything physical, no one knows what's going on. they have late night talks. they're the first person that mark sees when he wakes up and the last one he sees before going to sleep..., should i say more?"

   the younger shook his head, finally getting it. "he's never mentioned being jealous before," donghyuck chewed on the inside of his cheek. "of course he wouldn't do that," jaehyun said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. donghyuck remained in his laying position as his eyes followed jaehyun who was walking around the room. "what should i do about it?" donghyuck finally asked.

   jaehyun turned to him with a smile, "i was waiting for this question." with quick strides, he took a seat on donghyuck's bed. "you've been wanting to talk to him about your problem, right?" he asked, not waiting for an answer. "you can easily catch his attention if you bring up the topic about him being jealous. it should trigger his defensive instincts and that should give you time to really talk to him," the older male said, dimples showing as he spoke.

   donghyuck stared in awe, surprised that jaehyu had such great relationship advice. "as expected of valentine boy," donghyuck sat up, thankful for the instructions. "you aren't in a relationship too, right?" he joked. jaehyun simply chuckled without responding and picked up his phone, busying himself with it.

   "is our conversation over now?" donghyuck asked, noticing how jaehyun put his full concentration onto the device in his hands. jaehyun nodded, "this is the part where you go talk to mark..."

   hearing that, the obedient maknae jumped up and thanked jaehyun once more before leaving their bedroom and walking down the hall to mark's. as he stood before the familiar door, he couldn't help but feel nervous. what if mark refused to talk with him or the conversation didn't go well?;;

   his hand was held up to the door awkwardly midway. he couldn't bring himself to knock. "come on, you've got this," he muttered, hyping himself up. right when he had gathered the courage to knock, a voice sounded behind him.

"what are you doing?"

   for sure, the voice could only belong to mark. donghyuck nervously sucked in a breath and spun on his heel. the slightly cold voice was matched well with a rather stern expression. since mark and donghyuck started going out, he hadn't seen that face from mark often. seeing it infront of him them made him worried. maybe confronting him had been a bad idea. maybe he shouldn't go through with the plan after all. "haha.. i suddenly forgot why i came here. i'm gonna go now," donghyuck laughed through the thick tension.

   he tried to briefly walk past the older male, but mark had other plans. he took hold of donghyuck's wrist. the feeling of mark's touch sent goosebumps all across his skin. if mark noticed them, he didn't comment on it.

   "why did you come here?" mark asked, voice tone the same as before. it's now or never, donghyuck told himself.

   "i came to talk to you...," there was a loud silence as he tried to search mark's unreadable eyes. the feeling of the ravenette's hand on his wrist was still there, making him even more nervous. "can we talk?" he asked, voice growing timid  while he nodded his head towards mark's room.

   mark seemed to debate it before agreeing and bringing donghyuck to his bedroom. memories of the past few months flooded donghyuck as he entered. be it the time mark let him sleep with him in his bed, or the time they argued before mark confessed. even memories of the night donghyuck lost his virginity flashed across his mind. everything that happened in that room seemed to have a big effect in their relationship.

   "what do you want to talk about?" mark asked, pushing the door closed behind him. the brunette figured that it was best to be straight-forward and not hold anything back. with that in mind, that's exactly what he did. 

"are you jealous?"

   seeing mark's eyes widen in surprise, donghyuck knew that he had been taken aback. but whether it was a good or bad thing, he still had no clue. "what makes you say that?" mark asked. it was frustrating to donghyuck how he couldn't tell what mark was feeling and how he himself was like an open book to mark when it came to emotions.

   he sighed, "jaehyun hyung said that you might be." after seeing mark's jaw clench at the mention of another member, donghyuck felt somewhat satisfied. at least there was some progress. "why would i be jealous?" mark crossed his arms, eyes piercing into donghyuck's. donghyuck shrugged, getting amused at the thought of teasing mark with this new kind of information that he had.

   "we share a room," donghyuck shrugged. "we can see eachother all the time, sleep in eachother's beds, and do so many other things and no one would ever know. that's why jaehyun hyung said that you might be jealous." mark rolled his eyes, "no. i'm not jealous." donghyuck stuck out his lips, "are you sure? i would be jealous if you were sharing a room with someone else though."

   mark raised his eyebrows, the sudden action confused donghyuck. mark looked so much more relaxed now as he inched over to donghyuck, backing him into a corner. "do you want to know why i'm not jealous?" he asked, breath fanning donghyuck's cheek. the younger was too surprised to speak as mark leaned in closer. "hmm?" mark asked with a sly smirk. "w-why?" donghyuck managed to get out. his cheeks were flushed and he was wondering how he happened to get himself in such a position.

   "because...," mark drawled each word as he placed a soft kiss against donghyuck's jawline, trailing kisses down his neck. "you're weak for me," he bit down softly on donghyuck tan skin, "and you're too much of a good boy to do anything with jaehyun that i wouldn't allow you to do."

   before donghyuck realized it, he was too far into the pleasure and moaned. immediately, he covered his mouth with a hand, completely and utterly embarrassed. mark took a step back and chuckled. "you're really cute, you know that?"

   donghyuck pouted, avoiding eye contact as he was still embarrassed. "this isn't how i wanted our conversation to go," he frowned with a quiet voice. mark being the whipped man that he is, couldn't help but fall soft at the sight before him.

   "come here," he waved donghyuck over who took small steps but still listened to him. mark pulled donghyuck to his chest and wrapped his arms around donghyuck's waist. the action caught the smaller male off gaurd but he enjoyed the affection nonetheless. "what was is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" mark asked against donghyuck's soft hair.

   this was it. finally donghyuck had the perfect chace to express his feelings. although reluctant, he pulled out of mark's chest while still being in his embrace. "i wish i could feel more like your boyfriend than i do now. i only feel like we're really dating when we're in private, but you're supposed to be my boyfriend all the time," he admitted shyly. "god, i sound clingy," donghyuck mumbled after a moment passed.

      the anxiety of waiting for mark's reply was slowly killing donghyuck as mark didn't do anything but rock them back and forth. when the canadian finally replied, it definitely wasn't what donghyuck was expecting. "you don't sound clingy, you sound resonable... and i'm sorry for making you feel that way."

   donghyuck decided to patiently wait for mark to continue rather than letting the silence get to him. this time when mark spoke, he pulled them away slightly so that he could look donghyuck in the eye. "i want to treat you like my boyfriend all the time, i really do. but i'm worried that it'll be too obvious in front of the other members or that i'll make a habit of it and do it on camera too."

   with those words, donghyuck began to feel guilty. he should've known that there was a perfectly explainable reason behind all of mark's actions, yet, he had to go and be annoyingly petty while bringing up something that wasn't even a big deal.

   "sorry for wasting your time, this was stupid," he said, eyes falling to floor as his cheeks heated up. "it's not," mark protested, lifting donghyuck's chin so that their eyes could meet again. "if you want, i can start acting like your boyfriend all the time, like i should've been doing since the beginning."

   donghyuck shook his head, eyes widening in panic. "no you were right about what you said earlier. we should keep it as it is now," he said. without warning, mark's lips met his and before he could even process what was happening, their lips moved against eachother slowly and passonately. when mark pulled away, he rested his forhead against donghyuck's so they could both catch their breath.

   "fuck everything," mark muttered in english before returning to korean. "let's tell them," he said. donghyuck furrowed his eyebrows and opened his eyes to look at mark who was already staring at him. "tell who what?" mark brought their lips together briefly again before smiling softly. 

"let's tell everyone that we're dating."

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word count: 2054

yay finally i updated. i can't believe it's almost been two weeks since the last update

school started again and i'm in the making of becoming and exo-l so forgive me

it's 5:50 am and i have school... fml

✎ ---- dreaminghyuck⤾