"You're going to fail." Jaehyun commented, rolling his eyes and then scoffing as Mark dropped onto Donghyuck's bed. Ever since Donghyuck had disappeared to the dream dorm, Mark had started sleeping in Donghyuck's bed, mostly because it was much more comfortable than his own, and because he read in some book that by sleeping in someone else's bed, you fall asleep quicker. It was definitely not because he was missing Donghyuck.

"How are you so sure?" Mark asked, stuffing his face into the pillow and spreading his limbs across the bed, tangling himself with the sheets. "I'm confident."

"Ha ha, so funny!" Jaehyun laughed sarcastically, and then looked back down to his phone. Mark was annoyed, because Jaehyun didn't believe in him. After Mark told him that he was going to try his best and fluster Donghyuck in public, Jaehyun only laughed, like the other members, and shrugged the idea off. Mark didn't understand what was so funny, all he was going to do was be all lovey with Donghyuck to see him blush for once.

"I'll show you." Mark grumbled, shutting his eyes and then immediately falling asleep, thankfully managing to not hear the taunts Jaehyun gave from across the room.

-☀️-

"Just be lovey." Mark mumbled to himself as he watched Donghyuck tighten the tie on his suit. It was finally ISAC again, and as much as Mark had hoped that Donghyuck would be on the archery team with him, resulting in more time spending with him, he wasn't. Instead he was a floor MC, and Mark didn't understand how he got the role but didn't really care because he was so proud of him, which meant that they won't be able to spend much time together.

Before Mark could do anything, like go up to Donghyuck and greet him properly, Donghyuck yawned and hurried out of the door, holding a few pieces of card with script written over then. Mark internally groaned as he realised he missed his first chance, but believed he could redeem himself sometime throughout the day.

The group got called out, and Mark glanced down at the paper attached to him which read 'NCT 127'. He chuckled to himself as he remembered how people kept joking around about the way he shot the arrows last time. Truth be told, Mark had his contact lenses in, but could still not see anything, so shot with guesswork and actually managed to get a decent score.

He also remembered how Donghyuck had called him up the next morning and laughed at the top of his lungs at the expression Mark had made. He didn't understand what was funny, but if it made Donghyuck gasp for air because of laughter, he was glad he did that.

"Haechanie!" Johnny yelled from besides Mark as Donghyuck appeared on the large screen. The cameraman clearly liked Donghyuck, since he zoomed into his face, and Mark couldn't help but smile at the confused and nervous expression Donghyuck had. As much as Donghyuck boasted around and said that he was confident, he got nervous quickly.

"Whoo!" Mark cheered Donghyuck up as he stuttered through some speech and then laughed it off. Mark raised his hands and then wiggled them, his smile got even wider as he locked eyes with Donghyuck, who quickly looked away to stop himself from smiling as well.

"He looks good in a suit." Jaehyun commented, nodding his head as Doyoung agreed with him and then Johnny joined them. Mark shot them a look, to which they replied with a, 'not in that way dude'.

After a while, Donghyuck walked out of the cameras view and jogged down the area, making his way to the members who were seated on the floor. They weren't tired, just bored and looking for a way to pass time quickly.

"Hey." Donghyuck said as he passed by Mark and then stood next to Jaehyun. The members quickly shuffled closer to him and then bombarded him with questions. "Woah guys calm down, one question at a time."

"Where are you going now?" Doyoung asked, seeing how a member of staff had gestured for Donghyuck to quickly join them.

"Changing my script and then back out of speak again." Donghyuck replied, and then turned to Mark. "Good luck with archery by the way." He winked before jumping back to leave again.

As he waved at them, he definitely saw the way Mark heated up by the action, and Jaehyun elbowed him, laughing about how his plan had already failed. Mark huffed before bringing his hand up to his cheek, scratching it as he thought of different ways to approach Donghyuck.

-🍉-

Mark watched as Donghyuck waved at the fans, feeling a smile creep up to his face. He walked forwards and then raised his foot, hitting Donghyuck's butt with it and then proceeding to act as if he wasn't the one to do it. The way Donghyuck's lips parted and a small gasp escaped them made Mark's heart do flips like they've never done before.

"You're needing unusually clingy." Donghyuck pointed out as Mark chose to stay next to him whilst the others walked around, trying to find a new place to sit as their previous one had been taken.

"Is it weird?" Mark asked, glancing at Donghyuck and then at the camera filming them from a few feet away. Donghyuck laughed before shaking his head and holding his hand out, signalling for Mark to do their handshake. As they did it, the screams from the fans were enough to encourage them into doing more. "Let's do the choreography you taught me."

Mark enthusiasm caused Donghyuck to just smile even wider, and quickly turned to the fans, who were already watching them with anticipation. Donghyuck started the count to dance and they went along to Mark's voice, humming the tune.

"Well done child." Donghyuck praised, patting Mark's arm and then sitting down. "Come on, sit down."

Mark dropped to the floor almost immediately after Donghyuck said that and folded his legs, looking around. Donghyuck stared at Mark as he spoke about how boring things were at the dorm without him, so he leaned forwards. Only when Donghyuck was a few inches away from him did Mark realise what he was going to do.

"We're in public!" Mark squeaked, moving back and falling onto the ground. Donghyuck laughed and pulled away, helping Mark up as well.

"I wasn't going to kiss you." Donghyuck said, and he moved closer, bringing his hand up to whisper in his ear. "Unless you want me to."

As soon as Donghyuck said that, he made noises with his mouth and closed his eyes. Mark panicked even more and chose to just move on the floor and sit in front of Donghyuck rather than besides him.

"Stop doing that..." Mark said, feeling embarrassed when one of the guys he knows from school locked eyes with him and then laughed.

"Alright alright Mark hyung."

Donghyuck got up after a while and disappeared for a few more minutes until he finally came back and stood in front of Mark, who moved forwards and attached himself to Donghyuck's back. A reaction. All Mark wanted was a reaction. But instead, Donghyuck only yawned and continued to listen to what the announcers were saying, not even bothering to tease Mark about what he was doing.

Mark huffed and then pulled away, ignoring the way Yuta snickered and poked Jaehyun to laugh with him. Mark wanted to make Donghyuck flustered. Why? Because he wanted to get revenge for all the times Donghyuck had made Mark get embarrassed in front of cameras and unable to speak. Mark sighed and then looked up at Donghyuck, who was looking at him strangely.

"You know," Mark said, putting a hand on Donghyuck's shoulder. "I'm gonna get a gold medal for you."

And without looking back, Mark let go of Donghyuck's shoulder and began to walk towards the equipment place. Somehow Mark managed to miss the stuttering mess Donghyuck had become.

-🐻🦁-

Surprisingly, yet not quite surprisingly since they had worked their butts off for this, but Mark had managed to win a gold medal, with the help of his teammates. He held it in shock, mostly because he was only joking when he said he'll get gold, and because he was actually pretty proud of himself.

Mark and the others went into the waiting rooms where they would be photographed and then sent to cool down, and saw Donghyuck walk into one of the dressing rooms. As soon as his picture was taken, Mark pushed past everyone and went into the room he saw Donghyuck go into.

"Hyuck!" Mark said, running into the room with his arms up. Donghyuck turned around, halfway through taking his shirt off and squeaked in surprise when Mark pulled the medal over his head. Without any warning, Mark cupped Donghyuck's cheeks and leaned forwards, already eye closed. Donghyuck's breath hitched as he realised what Mark was going to do and shut his eyes tightly.

Mark gently placed his lips on Donghyuck's and pushed softly. Donghyuck unconsciously moved backwards until his back was against the table. Although it was their second kiss, it felt a lot more better than their first, which was pretty much just a peck. Mark dropped his hand from Donghyuck's cheek and slipped it down to his waist, pulling him closer. They parted for a few seconds, both forgetting to breathe because of how in the moment they were, before leaning forwards again and connecting their lips once again.

Before they could do anything else, Johnny knocked on the door and entered, immediately yelling out loud how he had joined Jaehyun in the cockblock list.

"Sorry but we have to give out food." Johnny said to Mark, who was still holding Donghyuck (who was currently hiding his head in Mark's chest).

"See you later." Mark said, waving at Donghyuck before leaving. A large grin was plastered over his face, and many fans mistook it for the fact that he had just won gold (and it was partially because of that), but more because of the fact that he managed to get Donghyuck flustered in a span of 5 seconds.