The time was now 6:36PM as everyone was eating dinner that Taeyong spent over an hour on. "Mark." whispered Donghyuck as Mark glared at him.

"What? I'm trying to eat." Mark said, mouth full of food.

"First of all, that's fucking disgusting-"

"Like you."

"Hey! And can you sleep somewhere else? You always take up the blankets!"

"But don't you cling onto me because I'm 'warm' or something when we sleep together?"

"And because you steal all the blankets so you leave me out in the cold. How dare you." Mark looked at the younger dead in the eyes and smacked his arm, "asshole." Donghyuck mumbled.

"I heard that. Anyways, I'll go to bed on the couch or something. I'll blame you if I feel bad." pouted Mark as Donghyuck smiled because he won. 

"Yay!" Now, everything was planned. And maybe, just maybe he can ask Mark out. Or maybe the other way around..? Nah, Donghyuck will do it. Mark's a total pussy, so...

"I need to get some blankets for you. I get the whole queen bed to myself~" Donghyuck walked away as Mark chuckled. 

"You can't fool me, I know what you are doing."

❦❦❦

Mark made his way in his room, looking for a wallet. "God Jesus where did it go?" Mark was looking everywhere, surprised he never saw it. But before he checked the last cabinet, there was a pamphlet in the corner of his eyes. More notably, on Donghyuck's nightstand.

"Grow your boyfriend, huh? Let's see this." Mark locked the door so nobody would see what he was doing. 

"Step 1... take a shower. You need to look clean for your new boyfriend! There is a check beside it. What?" Mark looked at the next step.

"Step 2...get water. Another check... wait there is something underneath it... I threw it at Mark, I hope it works." That was in Donghyuck's handwriting. Mark smiled as he remembered getting soaked from the younger.

"Step 3: gain confidence. Ask the person on a date, or hide it as a hang out. He really was scared of a rejection, huh? He could call it a date, and I would still say yes." Another check. Mark was really happy of how hard he tried to call Mark his boyfriend. Wait... his boyfriend?

"Yo Mark! We need to go!" Johnny yelled from the other side. 

"Okay, calm your tits, I'm coming." Mark couldn't even read the last steps, but he knew what to do. And he never got his wallet, which was weird since that's what he went in there for; but he realized something.

He could just confess, and not face any rejection.

❦❦❦

Donghyuck came back holding 2 blankets. "Here you go Mark!"

"Donghyuck, it's 7:48PM. What made you think I was going to sleep yet?"

"Well, I just wanted to give you blankets." The younger made his voice go smaller with every word he spoke. 

"Well, you can't exactly just bring them here now. But I guess I'll take them." Donghyuck's face lit up at Mark's words. He was easily excited, and he loved Mark probably too much. He got up and placed the two softest blankets they own on the couch.

"Finally I will get sleep at least." lied Donghyuck, he was actually planning how to confess.

"Hey! Not my fault your feet are cold except they're literally wrapped around me, with your long legs." Donghyuck scrunched his nose at the older.

"I know I got good legs, better than yours at least." Mark looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Say that again and I will steal your blankets."

"...fine." Mark smiled, knowing he won the short (and stupid) argument. 

❦❦❦

It turned night as Mark lay on the couch. He occasionally peeked into Donghyuck's room, looking to see if he is asleep. Luckily, he was. Mark moved and grabbed the pamphlet and quickly ran away. 

He pulled out his phone. "He bought flowers for me? So sweet of that little cute brat." Mark was thinking of what room to raid first. And he didn't want to die, so he chose Yuwin's room. He opened the door only to see Yuta and Sicheng close to each other watching a show on his computer. 

"The hell do you want?"

"Did somebody put flowers in here?"

"Well, yeah but-" Sicheng smacked his arm.

"N-Nope! None here!" Yuta looked at Sicheng with a weird expression.

"But didn't Donghyuck come in here and place some flowers in the corne-" Mark thanked Yuta as Sicheng sighed, his boyfriend really was an idiot. Before the youngest of the two left, he said something.

"Don't you dare tell anyone I took the flowers, okay? If you do, you will be dead."

Yuta nodded and Sicheng rolled his eyes, but just let it happen.

He found the flowers and left immediately. The time was 2:48AM as Mark turned on the lights. Nice pink carnations... Mark thought, noticing the name tag

To : Mark Lee
From: Donghyuck Beloved♥

Mark smiled at the name Donghyuck wrote. I guess he did like him. Except, Mark was one step ahead. He grabbed the pen on the island.

To: M̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶L̶e̶e̶  Lee Donghyuck
From: D̶o̶n̶g̶h̶y̶u̶c̶k̶ ̶B̶e̶l̶o̶v̶e̶d̶  Mark Lee
^Just so you know you made some mistakes 

Mark smiled to himself. Screw the steps, he managed to do it himself. He hid the carnations under the couch (a not so safe place, but the time was 3AM, so) as he decided to get some sleep.

❦❦❦ 

Donghyuck woke up, going to Sicheng and Yuta's room. "Why the hell do people keep coming in!" groaned Sicheng. Instead of answering, Donghyuck ran straight towards the flowers. Except, they were missing.

"I-WHERE ARE THE FLOWERS?!" Yuta and Sicheng looked at each other.

"I didn't do anything. Check somewhere else." 

"Ughhhh I lost the flowers! I can't do this!"

"Wait for Taeyong to be finished cooking. Then come back to look, okay?" Donghyuck mumbled cuss words on his way out.

And for Mark, the boy was wide awake, flowers in his hand. All he needed to do was find Donghyuck. "Hey Hyuck!" Donghyuck turned to see Mark smiling. 

"Hey Mark... how was the couch?"

"Fine, actually. But can we talk in our room? Privately?" asked Mark, Donghyuck slowly nodding because of fear.

"Meet you there, I guess." As soon as Donghyuck reached the door, he went to go after the younger.

He opened the door, seeing Donghyuck's soft eyes meet his. "You were missing something today, right? I heard your conversation with Yuta and Sicheng." Donghyuck nodded.

"Well, I already got it. And I... I like you, Donghyuck. I mean, you're pretty funny and nice to hang around with. I was actually jealous when you mentioned Jay, believe it or not. And it's because everytime I see you, my heart just does it's own thing. So, will you be my boyfriend?" Mark handed Donghyuck the flowers.

"Of course, idiot! You even changed the tag too! And I thought this all through, y'know. How dare you." Donghyuck threw himself into Mark's arms, happiness filling his body.

"I kinda knew you liked me too."

"How? Was it that obvious?"

"Thank that little pamphlet. I loved you ever since we were trainees, and just to know that you liked me too... made me cry." Mark wiped a fake tear off of his face.

"It did not! You're too strong!"

"But, I hope this isn't a dream. You actually like me, right?" asked Donghyuck, looking directly into his new boyfriend's eyes.

"I don't like you," Mark said looking at Donghyuck's glassy eyes, "I love you." Mark kissed him. And finally, he was happy.

They were happy.

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FINALLY DONE JESUS THAT TOOK AROUND 2 MONTHS! I had writer's block too, so I am sorry. I said around yesterday if possible or in the middle of the night, but currently it is 1:33PM so I kinda lied lmao

But now I will be working on my new book, Hanahaki. It is a Jaeyong fanfic, and if you end up reading it (you dont even have to) it could make me somewhat happy. But I really enjoyed writing this book, even if I didn't update much. 

Once again, I am very sorry for the delay but I finally finished it, and maybe when Hanahaki is done, I can release my Binwoo (astro eunwoo x moonbin) and another Markhyuck??? It's a possibility. 

Thank you for reading and supporting this book. I really like writing these types of stories, and I really like just getting views and votes, because it reminds me people actually read (and possibly like) my books. I hope you enjoyed, thank you so much

- Alexus❤

(1440 words yes)