"What in the hell is that?" Mark stared at Jaehyun outside his apartment door, along with his slightly tall companion.

The cold air was slipping past them and caressing Mark's face, sending a chill down his spine, but Mark didn't let them in.

He glanced from Johnny and then back to Jaehyun. Jaehyun was holding two brown bags, one that looked like it was about to burst with what seemed like food and another that was small and undoubtedly held some form of alcohol.

"Oh, just a little Chinese food and some good ol' Jack" Jaehyun grinned as he tried to push past him to set the bags down.

He got a foot over the threshold before Mark tried to close the door in his face. Instead his attempt was cut short by Jaehyun's foot and a loud yelp.

"Go away. I didn't say you could come over, eat, and drink. I said you could come over and give Myong a check-up" Mark glared at him through the crack in the door created by his unmoving foot.

Jaehyun let out a big sigh and shrugged his shoulders.

"But, Mark, we barely hang out anymore and Johnny keeps mentioning how it's been awhile since we've all been together" Jaehyun tried to smile sweetly at him, but Mark wasn't buying it.

He knew exactly what Jaehyun was trying to do, because he's done it every time.

"That's all good and dandy, but I didn't invite you over to hang out" Mark was slowly losing the battle of the door and finally just stepped back, causing Jaehyun to stumble forward into the apartment.

Johnny stepped into the apartment and gave Mark an unapologetic smile before taking his jacket off and hanging it up on the hooks next to the door.

He passed Mark and joined Jaehyun, who was already in the kitchen, getting out plates and silverware.

Mark closed the door and glared down at Myong, who decided to come see what all of the racket was about. Mark decided that blaming the cat for this intrusion was pointless, so he settled for standing in the kitchen with his arms crossed.

"So, I was thinking we could eat this food, drink a little like old times, and maybe watch some movies" Jaehyun grinned at Mark and pulled him into a bear hug, almost effectively squeezing out all of Mark's organs.

Mark groaned in protest and tried to weakly get out of his tight grip.

"Yeah, whatever" Mark grumbled as he finally released him.

Even though it seems like it, Mark doesn't hate Jaehyun at all. Mark is just the type of person who likes to be alone, because social interactions take up too much energy.

Despite knowing how he is, Jaehyun and Johnny always made a point to hang out with him once a month whether he invited them or not.

Even though he acted like it was the worst thing in the world, he was secretly glad that he had such understanding friends who continued to care for him even though he was a bag of dicks.

Mark looked over the menu and had to hold back a smile as he saw all of his favorite items from their favorite Chinese place. Lo Mein, Crab Rangoon, General Tso's, fried rice, and egg rolls.

If he wasn't such a cold asshole, he would've given them both a hug. Instead, he just gave an appreciative grunt and started to pile the food onto his plate.

They settled down in his living room in front of his big tv and watched some documentaries about serial killers while silently enjoying their food.

The two lovebirds were curled up on his love seat, Jaehyun leaning against Johnny to the point that he might as well just have crawled into his lap.

Mark wondered how Johnny could even eat being so crowded like that, but he figured the taller was used to it by now.

Mark met them both in his junior year of high school when he transferred to their school. Back then Johnny and Jaehyun were just friends before Mark joined.

Seulgi and her husband, Yunho, became part of the group too, but they didn't interact with Mark as much as Jaehyun and Johnny did.

The trio was literally inseparable and if someone fucked with any of them, the others would jump in and set that person straight. At that time, Mark learned that not everyone was an asshole and he began to actually trust them with his personal life.

Mark finished his food and offered to take their plates, so that he could make sure they were rinsed off properly.

He stood at the kitchen sink, rinsing off the plates, and thinking about the two in the living room. They didn't get together until the middle of senior year, which didn't surprise Mark in the least.

Johnny was the only one who could actually sit and listen to Jaehyun. Johnny was the only one who could actually retain the information he would throw at them and he was the only one who took him seriously most of the time.

Now they were together and nothing could really separate them. The trio all went to different colleges, because of their different fields.

Mark attended the best medical school in the area, Jaehyun the best veterinarian school, and Johnny went to the closest college to Jaehyun that provided the best Secondary Education degree. 

Even though they attended different schools, they still managed to meet once a month to relax and catch up.

"Hey, do you guys want to start drinking this shit?" Mark called out to the two, leaning out of the kitchen to wave the bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey at them.

"Yes!" Jaehyun leaped up excitedly and dashed into the kitchen, almost knocking Mark over. He took the bottle from him and grabbed three glasses.

Mark watched as he poured a little into each glass before getting a bottle of Coca cola out of the fridge and filling the glasses the rest of the way.

Mark had a glass shoved into his hand and ushered out of the kitchen by Jaehyun with his hands full with the other two glasses.

~

After several glasses, Jaehyun was laying on Johnny's lap with flushed cheeks. Mark was laying on his couch, his drink resting on his sternum as he listened to Jaehyun giggling about the past.

They had been discussing their college lives and the various things that they did that surprisingly didn't kill them.

Mark grumbled occasionally about how the past should stay in the past for a reason. He didn't need to be reminded of all the stupid things he did.

"Oh my god, Mark, you need to get laid. When was the last time you had sex? Whatever happened to that Lucas guy?" Jaehyun rolled over onto his side, his head still resting in Johnny's lap, as he looked at him expectantly.

Somehow, this topic always came up when Jaehyun visited. Mark didn't understand why he was so obsessed with his sex life, but Johnny would just shrug his shoulders and tell Mark to amuse his curiosity.

Mark rolled his eyes and sighed in frustration, "The last time I had sex is none of your business. And Lucas broke up with me because he couldn't handle me being more focused on school than him. I haven't dated anyone since, before you ask"

He sat up and finished his drink while looking at his friends. Johnny was playing with Jaehyun's hair, much to his delight.

Jaehyun was like a dog being petted and if he had a tail Mark would've swore that he'd be wagging it. Sometimes when Mark saw them together, he would catch himself wishing he had someone that would dote on him.

Only sometimes, though. Other times he wondered why anyone would put up with another person's shit.

"So, Mark, I heard from Johnny that there's a boy at the school who seems to have caught your attention"

Mark snapped his gaze to Johnny, who was smirking a little, and glared at him with the intent to kill.

It was bad enough that Johnny knew that Mark showed a little interest in a student, but now Mark would never hear the end of it. Jaehyun couldn't seem to let things stay buried.

"Keyword is boy. Just some brat and he hasn't caught my attention. I just noted that he looked 20 and had nice eyes" Mark gritted out and gave Johnny the finger, which was ignored.

"Oooh. The taboo teacher and student relationship. I love those stories the best" Jaehyun acted like he was looking off into the distance with awe.

Mark threw a pillow from the couch at him and hit him square in the face, making Jaehyun let out a loud squeak.

"First, I'm a school nurse, not a teacher. Second, there is no relationship. Third, you should really stop reading those fucking manga"

Jaehyun snorted at Mark's obvious frustration and had to hide behind Johnny to protect himself from the onslaught of throw pillows.

Mark finally gave up and took his glass to the kitchen while calling out behind him,

"You two can crash here on my bed, because you're both too drunk to drive. I swear to god if you have sex on my bed, the police will never find your bodies"

Once the couple left to go to sleep on his bed, Mark flopped onto his couch. He was going to regret drinking that much in the morning. Good thing it was only a saturday and he didn't have to deal with brats until the day after.

Speaking of brats, Mark recalled yesterday when Donghyuck came to the office at the end of the day.

He couldn't figure out if the boy was just plain bold or if he was really that stupid. Hopefully the kid gets the clue and doesn't continue to come around him, so that rumors don't get started.

That's the last thing Mark needs, it's bad enough that he already fucked things up. Plus, if questions start coming up, what if Donghyuck does tell someone about the kiss?

Mark would be shit out of luck and that's why he doesn't trust anyone nowadays. There would be no benefit for the boy to keep it a secret and if Mark knew people, just about anyone loves getting things in return for secrets.

Mark rubbed at his face to try to get rid of the negativity encompassing his mind. There was no use in stressing about the 'what ifs' right now and Mark wasn't about to let it ruin a good night.

Turning off the tv, he curled up on his couch with his favorite fleece blanket and Myong before he let the alcohol-induced sleep claim him.