Both of the boys walked off in opposite direction. Both of them having a smile on their face, they had a pleasant conversation and they're both happy that they talked.

Jackson looks at his watch, the time 3:45pm, which means he still had quite some time left before dinner and after that his fencing practice. He decides to stop by Yugyeom's house to see if one of the boys or maybe both of them are at home, since until his practice he has nothing to do.

Mark goes back to the grocery store to check how things are with Jaebum and Youngjae probably would be there aswell now.

He walks in and is greeted by a smiling Youngjae standing behind the counter.

"Hyung, you're here!"

"Hi Youngjae-ah."

The younger gets away from his place behind the counter and walks up to the older. He pulls him in for a hug and Mark gladly accepts it. After a few seconds they pull away.

"How was your 'meeting' with Jackson?" Youngjae asks, making airquotes with his fingers for the word meeting.

"Youngjae-ah, it was just coffee. And it went well, he's nice."

"How nice is nice exactly?" Jaebum says as he walks up to them.

"Where did you come from?" Mark asks.

"I was just in your office to make the order as you told me to. But you didn't answer my question." He says with a smirk on his face.

"He's just nice okay? Like friendly. He's very loud though, I have to admit."

"I bet that in bed he's no different."

"Jaebum! There are kids here, stop that!" Mark exclaims pointing to Youngjae.

Jaebum wraps his arm around Youngjae's waist. "It's okay, he's not that innocent anymore."

"I don't want to know about you guys' sex life thanks."

"It's a bit late for that now, isn't it."

"Just don't mention it next time."

Jaebum chuckles. "I won't, I get it's uncomfortable if you have none."

"Yah! Jaebum-ah stop that!" Mark tries to protest but he knows his attempt to let Jaebum shut up failed as he had nothing to say as a comeback.

All this time Youngjae just stands there, smiling lightly as he watches his two hyungs. He enjoys the warmth of Jaebum's hand on his waist and leans in lightly to lay his head on the elder's shoulder.

"Okay anyw-" Mark tries to continue, not wanting to continue the discussion with Jaebum.

"Hyung, you didn't even tell the full story yet, please continue." Youngjae whines tugging on the older's sweater.

"There's nothing more to tell Youngjae-ah. It wasn't that special, we just drank coffee and talked."

"Talked about what?"

"Just ourselves, we were just getting to know each other."

"So when's your next date?" Jaebum says trying to strike up the discussion again.

"Jaebum! There will be no next date!"

"Ahw, is the poor boy not good looking enough?"

"I never said that."

"So he's not ugly?"

"I don't want to comment on that."

"Hyung, please. You haven't even showed us a picture of him before, we can't judge it ourselves. How else are we supposed to know if he'd be a good match for you."

"Yah! Stop all of this." Mark slapped Jaebum's arms.

"Ouch, why did you do that?" Jaebum says rubbing his arms lightly but placing his arm back around Youngjae's waist after.

"You're crossing a line."

Youngjae joins the conversation aswell, "come on hyung, just one picture and then we'll shut up."

Mark sighs, getting his phone from his pocket and opening the messaging app he's been texting Jackson with. He opens his profile and clicks on the profile picture, once it's loaded he turns his phone around and holds it in front of Jaebum's and Youngjae's face.

"Hyung, he's totally a match for you. He's so handsome, you two would totally be one of those super good looking couples."

"Thank you Youngjae-ah, but that's not going to happen."

Before Youngjae can continue to argue with Mark, a costumer walks in. And not just any costumer, but Yugyeom and BamBam.

Mark stares at them wide eyed, he did not expect to see them this soon again. He momentarily forgot that Jackson and him talked about the two and doesn't know what to do. He just decides to do what he always does when he's uncomfortable, walk away and get even more silent.

Mark quickly walks to the back of the store to his office. The others stare at him as he walks off, all with a puzzled look on their faces.

Jaebum removes his hand from Youngjae's side and walks up to the two boys.

"Hello boys, how can I help you?" He asks with a smile on his face.

"Hello, this morning we bought some dried and sugared mango and we were wondering if we could have some more?" Yugyeom says.

"Yeah sure, let me grab it for you." Jaebum says and walks off to the stock room. Youngjae walks back to the counter as some other costumers walk in aswell.

Mark on the other hand was still in the office, not wanting to face the other boys. They probably don't even know that he met up with Jackson, but Mark doesn't want to take any risks.

He's afraid that he'll make it awkward and he doesn't want that. It's too soon for a confrontation with them. He still has to process his meeting with Jackson.

The brown haired boy can barely believe he met the blonde haired boy. He was loud, but nice. It catched Mark off guard first, but he quickly got used to it. The Chinese male talked a lot but Mark didn't mind it one bit he loved listening to others.

Mark listens if he can hear voices but it was quiet. He sits down on the chair in his office and takes a deep breath. He puts his hands on his knees and cups his face with his hands. He looks around the office and his eyes land on a stack of paper that still has to be taken care off. He could do it tomorrow, but he needs something to get his mind off of everything.

He grabs the stack of paper and a pen and starts working through the paper.

After a while Jaebum walks in.

"Are you okay? You seemed a bit weirded out when those boys came walking in."

"It's nothing."

"Don't lie to me, tell me what's up."

"Well they're regular customers. But I found out today that they're Jackson's friends. It was just all a bit too much to process all at once."

"I understand, it's okay." Jaebum places a hand on Mark's back and rubs it softly.

Mark always needs some time to process new things like this. It's a chance and he didn't mind them but does need some time to adjust to them.

"I'll leave you alone now, if you need anything you can ask me okay?"

"Yes of course, thanks Jaebum-ah."

"It's nothing Mark hyung."

Jaebum walks away to his boyfriend and explains to him what's up with Mark. The younger understands and they continue their work as promised.

~*~

Jackson arrives at his apartment. He went by Yugyeom's house but neither of the boys were home, they were probably at school or somewhere else so he decided to contact them later on.

Jackson sits down on his couch and grabs his phone, checking all his social media. Suddenly a face time request pops up, from his mom. He accepts it, wondering why she's calling.

"Mommy! Why did you call?"

"Jackson! I just called because I remembered you said something about meeting Mark?"

'Oh right.' Jackson thinks, he messaged his mom after he talked to Mark to set a date for their meeting.

"Yes, that's right! I met him today indeed."

"How did it go?"

"He's really nice, he's quiet but I guess that might be his charm. He told me about his life and how he works at a grocery store and has two best friends. And apparently BamBam and Yugyeom go to his store a lot for foreign fruits and stuff like that."

"Oh really? What a coincidence!"

After 25 minutes of talking to his mom, Jackson hangs up and goes back to playing on his phone for a while.

Not long after Jinyoung comes home, bags with food from the supermarket in his hands. Jackson gets up and helps him to move the stuff to the kitchen so he can put everything away.

Jinyoung joined him with putting away the stuff and it was silent between the two of them. No words, just putting the groceries away.

Jinyoung wants to start about how the meeting with Mark went but he feels like Jackson should tell him himself instead of the younger completely interrogating the other.

After they put everything away, they both head towards the couch, taking a seat on it. Jinyoung pulls out his phone to check his messages while Jackson is in deep thought about how to start telling about the meeting he had today.

When Jinyoung is done he can't hold it anymore and asks the boy himself, his curiosity takes over for a moment because he wants to know about the new friend his best friend made.

"So, when exactly were you going to tell me?"

"Right now."

Jinyoung turns himself to Jackson and stares at the boy, waiting for him to begin his story. His elbow on the top of the back of the couch. His head resting in his hand, all his attention on the boy.

And so Jackson started to talk, shifting on the couch so he could look Jinyoung in the eye as he talks to the boy.

"Well so I walked in and he sat there. I greeted him and he needed some time to recognize me but he greeted me soon after. I sat down and we ordered, we talked about our lives and just getting to know each other. He seems really nice, he's a bit quiet and somehow reminded me of you a bit. He also has a very laidback and calm aura, I like that. He talked when he needed too, but it wasn't too much nor too little."

"It seems like they're will be a friendship coming from this."

Jackson sighs, looking around the room. "I guess we'll see for now we only just met and I don't even know what he thinks off me."

"Oh come on Jackson, it's you. Everyone who meets you is positive of you, you have a chatty and very friendly aura. I bet this is no different. Give it some time, maybe he'll contact you in the future again and if not, you can always ask him. If he's a bit like me like you said he'll probably need some time to process everything, as we both know you can also be a bit overwhelming."

"I know, I just hope to have made a new friend because he seems so nice, gentle and laidback."

"Calm down Jacks, don't be so insecure I'm sure you guys will be fine. Besides you just got to know him and it's just a friend not an intimate relationship, please calm down a bit and don't stress it so much already. I know you think it's important to you that people think you're a good person but they should find that out themselves and you shouldn't force yourself too much on them, it might make some uncomfortable."

"Jinyoungie, you sound like you're giving relationship advice."

"That's what it feels like."

"I was just kidding, I know how to handle this. I'll just let him be for a while."

"Good, now let's make dinner."

"Sounds like a plan."

After dinner Jackson goes to fencing practice. He is currently practicing for the upcoming winter competition, starting the end of November.

Jackson is determined to win first place and gives everything during practices, he usually stays till after practice is over until he is satisfied with himself. Which he was never fully because he feels like he can always do better.

Around 10.30pm he decides to call it a day and went home. When he gets home it is 11.25pm and he is dead tired. His whole body is aching from the exhausting practice he did. He has to get up early tomorrow for his morning classes and after that he has internship, luckily after he can stay at his dad's fencing school to practice some more for the competition.

Jackson quickly takes a shower, careful not to wake Jinyoung up when he did. He lays down on his soft mattress and closes his eyes.

'Today was an eventful day.' He says to himself.

Mark lingers his mind, but he decides this is not the time to think about him. He turns around and sleep takes over him.

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A/N: Hello!! I hope you enjoyed! I've decided to make all of the chapters a bit shorter, so around 2000 words now. I will see you the next update ^_^

~Jacksonsidiot ❤