Youngjae sat on the floor, playing with Coco as Mark sat on his couch and watched.

The younger boy held a dog toy, teasing Coco with it by making her run back and forth to chase it. Mark laughed. The way Youngjae played with his dog was just enticing to watch. The way he laughed and talked to the dog was cute. And Mark felt his heart flutter just a little.

"Coco-yah~!" Youngjae cooed, lifting the dog up and holding her over his head. He kicked his feet up, causing Mark to notice scarred, bruised, calloused skin on the bottoms of his feet.

"Youngjae?" He said softly, but still catching the youngers attention.

"Hmm?" Youngjae replied, setting Coco down beside him.

"Your feet..." That's all he had to say for Youngjae to understand what he wanted to talk about.

The boy spread his legs out toward Mark and curled his toes, causing the knuckles to turn white.

"It doesn't hurt," Youngjae stated, "if that's what you're wondering."

He took Coco into his lap as he continued.

"I have shoes, I just don't like wearing them. I don't go to school because I graduated early. I have parents, but I live on my own. I don't know where they went, but the grocery delivery man says that they were the ones who payed for my food. I like the outside because it's pretty. And no, I'm not reading your mind. I'm just answering the questions that everyone I've met has asked me."

Mark sat wide eyed. He'd never heard Youngjae speak this much before.
It's like he knew everything that was running through his head but, I guess everyone who knows Youngjae has those things running through their head. He was speechless.

Youngjae yawed and rubbed his eyes with his uninjured hand and moved to sit on the couch next to Mark.

"Is it okay if I take a nap here?" The boy said. He looked at Mark with big and innocent brown eyes. Mark laughed and nodded, a cue for Youngjae to curl up and rest his head on a small pillow.

Mark stood and found a blanket to lay across him as Youngjae seemed to fall asleep almost instantly. Mark stared at his soft features as he slept.

"Thank you for taking care of me hyung," the supposedly sleeping Youngjae said, pressing his face into the pillow.

And Mark blushed furiously as he walked into his kitchen, leaving the not-so-mysterious barefooted boy to sleep on his couch.

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Double update woo!

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