After the funeral, all the boys, including Hoseok, had decided that it would be fun for them to eat at the diner they always go to. Youngjae hadn't smiled throughout the whole service and when they walked in to the restaurant, only acknowledging Jinyoung who had a protective arm around his body.

Jackson made jokes in attempt to let Youngjae laugh but it wasn't successful. Either a frown would be plastered on his lips or he would just look at Jinyoung instead. It hurt Jackson in a way because before every time he made a stupid joke Youngjae was the first to laugh, now it was Bambam and Yugyeom. Just not the same, it was strange for him.

All eight of the males situated themselves in the corner booth, which wasn't sketchy at all due from them separating themselves as well as wearing tuxedos. The order it went in when they were sitting down was; Hoseok, Youngjae, Jinyoung, Jaebeom, Jackson, Yugyeom, Bambam, and Mark on the end. Their had been a tension between the two the entire night, all of them noticing but too afraid to speak up.

The waitress strutted over with a flirtatious smile, staring at Jackson a little longer than she had expected. "How can I help you today?" She asks winking at Jackson.

He blushes looking away from her, shifting his gaze down onto his lap making Mark scoff under his breath. Jaebeom spoke up to the woman, saying they all wanted pancakes.

"Pancakes...?" She repeated. "It's 5:23pm."

"We would like pancakes, get to it." Jaebeom deadpans rolling his eyes at her logical reasoning.

She huffs trotting away to the kitchen. Yugyeom giggles quietly at Jaebeom's attitude, Bambam making air horn noise to announce that Jaebeom is a savage. Jinyoung smiles softly, nudging Jaebeom's shoulder in a joking manner resulting in the other male to plant a peck on Jinyoung's cheek.

Hoseok notices how uncomfortable Youngjae looks, he links their fingers together under the table trying to ease his nervousness. Youngjae's eyes shoot up to Hoseok wide and full of shock, Hoseok just flashes a big smile winking at him happily. Youngjae blushes darkly, biting his lip to hide to smile that was about to appear on his face.

The table falls back into silence until Yugyeom abruptly speaks up. "Can we leave? I wanna play hide and seek in the park."

The seven stare at him for a few minutes in process to what he had blurted out randomly. Hoseok stands, making Youngjae stand due from them hiding hands.

"That's sounds fun, better than pancakes at 5:32pm." Hoseok mimics the waitress making all the boys laugh.

Yugyeom cheers pushes all of them out the booth, leading them to the door and outside the diner. They stood in the car park, while Yugyeom stood in the middle explaining the rules.

"There are eight of us, so-"

"Nice job, Yugyeom! You can count!" Jinyoung praises clapping sarcastically which he responds by bowing at Jinyoung.

"Anyway, I think we should be in pairs during the game. And no, you won't be with your partner." He explains pointing at Jaebeom who had his hand up. "It will be a random pick."

"How will we do a random pick?" Jackson asks nervous all of a sudden.

"Random name simulator duh!" Bambam answers while Yugyeom pulls out his phone going on the app.

He types everyone's names, smirking at the boys around him. "The first pair is..."

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Jackson knew karma was gonna come around and bite him in the ass, he just didn't know it would be so soon. But nether less, Mark and Jackson were in the process of finding a hiding spot or mainly walking around not saying anything to each other.

"How about here?" Mark asks speaking to him for the first time today.

Jackson observes where he was pointing shaking his head. "Yugyeom and Jaebeom will be focusing on the trees and bushes the most."

Mark just sighed loudly placing his hands on his hips. "We are in a fucking park, where else do we hide?"

"I don't know just keep looking for somewhere." Jackson responds not wanting to further to conversation with him.

Mark rolls his eyes deciding to climb a tree despite Jackson's protests. The younger male stood at the bottom of the stairs watching Mark annoyed that he wasn't listening.

"Why aren't you listening to me?" Jackson asks.

"That's rich coming from you." Marks scoffs sitting on a branch that started shaking when he crawled along it.

"Mark get down, you're gonna fall." He warns waking the branch shake while Mark sat on it.

"Get up here and make me."

Jackson sighs jumping into the tree, climbing quickly to Mark but also making sure he was on a steady branch to hold his weight. Once he makes it to the branch Mark was on, he stares at him annoyed.

"Give me your hand." Jackson taking a deep breath making sire not to look down while reaching a shaky hand out to the older.

Mark grabs it after a few more of Jackson's pleas, both men standing on a secure branch that will hold both of them. Mark stands with his arms folded, a scowl present on his face. Jackson sighs once more looking at Mark.

"Why are you upset?" He asks.

"Oh my gosh." Mark whispers laughing bitterly. "Why do you think Jackson?"

"That's why I asked..." He answers.

Mark groans pushing Jackson backwards. "You! I'm upset because of you! You've made my life miserable Jackson, I've tried so many times to give you chances to be with me but I'm always the one night stand you never let go! I try to act like I'm okay, but it's becoming harder when you only hit me up when you need me!"

Every sentence Mark pushes Jackson's chest making stumble backwards, not towards the inside of the tree instead going to the edge of the branch. Jackson tries to grab Mark's hands but he shakes them away.

"I'm done with you, I hate you." He muttered hatefully tears filling his vision making it hard to see where he was pushing Jackson.

The last push he did wasn't good, it explained how far he had pushed the younger. Mark gasps wiping his eyes, only making more tears escape his eyes. A loud thud was heard by how hard Jackson had landed on the ground, Mark quickly climbing down the tree to see if he was alright.

"Jackson?!" He calls out sliding to his body.

Mark gently lifts Jackson's head up feeling a liquid on the back of his head. He brings his head up showing blood on his finger tips, making him sob louder than before.

"Please wake up...I d-didn't mean it, Jackson..." His voice breaking at the end.

He hears footsteps rushing towards them, making him look up to see Yugyeom. He had his eyes close and was cheering loudly, Jaebeom, Jinyoung and Youngjae soon appeared his eyes widening after seeing the scene in front of him.

"I found you!" Yugyeom cheers jumping in circles. "I foun- holy shit..." He mumbles looking at the unconscious man and a crying Mark.

"What did you do?!" Youngjae yells angrily.

"J-jae this wasn't supposed to happen..." Mark started looking down knowing he had said the same thing when Youngjae caught the two making out.

Jinyoung grabs Youngjae turning him around, whispering something to him in order to calm him down. Jaebeom pulls out his phone dialling the paramedics, while Yugyeom stands there frozen in his spot. Mark looked at Yugyeom, his eyes were begging him to forgive him but the tall male shook his head glancing down at Jackson's unconscious body.

His eyes flutter open a bit, and he groans from how much his head hurt. Mark gasps watching Jackson roll out of his arms and prop himself onto his knees. The boys around him watch with wide eyes, shocked that he woke up from such a fall. Jackson blankly stares at all of them, turning to Mark then smiling at him.

"Why are y-you smiling at me?" Mark asks sniffing softly.

"Because I'm stupid." Jackson replies shrugging.

Youngjae runs to Jackson hugging him tightly. Jackson hugs back, confused by why he attach himself to him. Youngjae turns to Mark tackling him forcefully to the ground, swinging his arms in punches. Mark starts punching back, the sound of both boys groaning and skin making contact with their fists were heard. They were broken apart by Jaebeom who had pulled Youngjae off Mark who started screaming cursing nonstop at the male who now had a busted lip and a bloody nose.

"This needs to stop!" Jaebeom roars shutting them both up. "You guys are best friends, why are you even arguing?"

"Mark you have to calm down sometimes, you think the worse of everyone that's how you push people away!" Youngjae answers.

Mark just sighs not caring what his friend was saying to him. "You don't care enough for my feelings to ask if I'm alright. I always ask you and I listen to you, but I don't get anything back."

"I'm going through things Mark! How am I supposed to focus on others when I have to try to get back onto my feet?"

Mark just groans, standing up. "We need time apart, when you wanna talk to me I'll be there waiting. I'm not gonna be the first to apologise."

And with that last sentence he walks away leaving his best friend, a potential lover, and three of his university friends. Not even glancing back at them, he kept his head forward stumbling all the way home.

It isn't just one person who has to apologise all the time, it's the others persons fault as well. After all, it takes two to tango.

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That's tea sis.