Donghyuck ate the candy as Mark fell asleep beside him. He grabbed the pamphlet once again and whispered it. 

"Step 3: gain confidence. Ask the person on a date, or hide it as a hang out." Donghyuck was definitely going to call it a hangout because he was a pussy. But where? Okay, Donghyuck needs to grow up and ask Mark on a secret date. But he needs to ask someone.

That someone is none other than Uncle Google.

"What the fuck? Museum? Mini golf? FUCKING POTTERY PAINTING?" Never ask Uncle Google for dating advice ever again. He could talk to Jaehyun about date spots, but Donghyuck could come up with one. He had to be confident, like the pamphlet said.

He could not.

He had no ideal date, either. Until one thing came to his mind. Use the second link instead! 

"Meh. Could be better." He said as he reached the end, showing things about sex lives at the very bottom.  

He had to come up with one. Maybe an amusement park?  It was in town and he couldn't be more proud of himself. Now all we gotta do is ask Mark.

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"No."

"Why?" 

"Because we have practice!" 

"On Wednesday then..?" Donghyuck was hurt, even if it was just a hangout/date. Wait. But they don't have practice on Sunday or Tuesday. That was the day he asked.

"Sure." A smile lit up on his face. 

"Thank you!" The younger went to hug him, only to get pushed away. "Why don't you like hugs?"

"Because then we have to touch." 

"But you always let me hug you though..." Mark gave him one that lasted two seconds. 

"There's a hug. Now no more." All he wanted was a hug back. But he was satisfied with what he got anyway. Mark used to be fine with Donghyuck all over him. But now? Not a chance. Hell, he can't even hug the older. 

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"Ugh, Taeyong I'm starting to feel so bad." whined Mark to the black haired man washing the dishes. 

"Why? You were fine before." He kept his focus on the plate instead of the boy.

"Well, I think I like Donghyuck even more. But he asked me if I wanted to go to the amusement park on Sunday. And I said we have practice that day because I was scared a bit. So we decided on Wednesday. And he seemed hurt when I pushed him away from a hug." Taeyong sighed at the younger's words.

"Jesus Christ, just say Sunday works and give him a hug for God's sake. Why the hell were you scared, anyway?"

"Because it was Donghyuck."

"And you are scared because..?"

"I might mess things up by, like, doing something weird."

"Not accepting his hug was weird enough, now go tell him Sunday is fine." Mark wondered why Taeyong was acting like a bitch. He was no help, and neither would any other members. 

Mark needed to man the fuck up. He got this, but he doesn't at the same time. It isn't really good for his health, thinking about Donghyuck everyday. He opened the door after taking a deep breath. He noticed Donghyuck reading a book for once.

"Hey Hyuck can we change the amusement park da- the amusement park h-hangout to Sunday?" Mark gave up. He stuttered. He probably noticed the weird 'da' thing.

"Yeah sure. I don't mind." He kept his attention to his book and only that. And Mark never thought he'd be jealous of a book. He wanted Donghyuck to look at him; he just wanted his attention.

And he knew how to do exactly that. 

He jumped forward on the bed, aiming for Donghyuck. He got what he wanted as Donghyuck screamed and the book fell. "What the hell? Mark!" Mark just laughed as he got the attention he craved. And he gave him a hug.

"Hey, why are you hugging me?" It was like the roles have switched.

"Shut up and hug me back." And they did.

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Today is the day. The day of the dat- um, hangout. Yep, a hangout.

Donghyuck left early for tickets, making Mark panic on his own. 

"Um, maybe a hoodie? No, a normal shirt? Mark, it's a fucking hangout not a date. Calm down." Well, maybe Mark was right. Either way, it's a date with his currently-best-friend. He wanted to change it to boyfriend so badly.

In the end, he chose a black hoodie with a size-larger white shirt under it along with black pants. All black is fine. Donghyuck hopefully won't mind.

"Wow, emo much?" Those were the words Mark heard when he appeared.

"Shut up." Mark used that word probably too much. 

"That hurt me." The younger put his hand on his heart, sighing.

"Wow, extra much?" teased Mark as they both laughed.

They rode almost every ride. Key word: almost.  They were missing one, and yes they rode the kiddie rides too.

"I AM NOT GOING UP THERE! THAT IS SCARY!"

"Scary? Hyuck you just go high up slowly-"

"See?! Slowly!"

"Then you drop really fast." 

"THAT'S THE PROBLEM!" Mark sighed at how difficult Donghyuck was. And he was sighing from how cute he was, too.

"Let's go on it. You'll be fine." Mark hoped he would. Except he knew his eardrum wouldn't.

Before it was even going up, Donghyuck was already latched onto Mark's arm, having no intention to let go. And how scared he was. 

He was so scared he actually started to shake.

"Before we go up, you owe me a plushie for this." Mark rolled his eyes.

"And I'll pay for dinner." Donghyuck smiled at his words, making him somewhat calmer. And the ride slowly started to go up.

"Mark I can't do this. I will DIE on this ride! Do you hear me-" Mark really wanted to silence him with a kiss, buttttttt what the fuck is confidence?

"Shut up, please. I'll pay for everything you want here if you just shut up." 

"What are you? Some kind of sugar daddy? Because if so, you must be the best one yet. Buy everything!" Mark wanted to die. Everyone was going to be mad at him.

"Okay, but if I go broke it's your fault." After the last word, the ride fell down faster than ever. And Donghyuck screamed as loud as he could.

"And I'm not getting you anything." smirked Mark in victory. He wasn't going broke after all.

"But Markkkkkk"

"What?"

"I didn't say anything."

"You screamed."

"Screaming isn't talking, now is it?" 

"You're right... tell me what you want." Donghyuck's face lit up and that was all he needed in life. He could die in peace. Well, he can't until he gets Donghyuck, but....

"That! And that!" Mark regretted his words. Not words, he regretted his life.

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As they were done, Donghyuck was happily skipping as Mark held what was like 1 million stuffed animals. He really was going broke. "Thank you for this date, Markie!" A date? That's exactly what he wanted.

"A d-date?!" And Mark was panicked once again.

"I would count it as that. It would be a hangout if you didn't get me all of this." Mark drew himself into this, but do you hear him complaining?

"You little-"

"Queen. You little queen." Mark was so close to disowning this child.

"My God Donghyuck..." 

"I love annoying you."

"And I love how you annoy the fuck outta me." They walked in once Mark said that.

"Aww that's cute. So when's the wedding?" Jaehyun teased the two.

"So when are you finally going to admit to Taeyong you were the one who burnt his whole entire dinner, hm?" said Donghyuck. Taeyong heard and Jaehyun was fucked. 

"What do you mean? Johnny was the one who did it."

"What?" Johnny actually heard nothing, he just ate his sandwich in peace.

"Whatever. Jaehyun, I'm blaming you." Jaehyun scoffed at Taeyong's words. Mark liked Donghyuck just for starting this. 

"Hey! I love you, y'know!"

"I love you too, but nobody burns my things." 

The two maknaes left to their shared room. "Oh and thank you for all of the plushies." Donghyuck decided to be confident.

Swiftly, he kissed Mark's cheek.

"Goodnight!"

"Hey! It's only 5PM! Get up!" Donghyuck didn't even budge, and somehow actually fell asleep.

"I really liked the kiss, too. Do that more often, yeah?" Donghyuck should have been awake, but he sadly wasn't. If he was, he'd shower Mark in kisses.

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I'm really sorry for slow updates! I promise this will be almost finished, and I made a long chapter just for you guys to read.