love maze - nct, marknohyuck

➶ 11 ➶

jeno gulped, trying his best not to chicken out and look away from his boyfriend.

it was very difficult though.

"answer me, jeno."

"y-yeah..." he stuttered.

mark sighed deeply.

"why didn't you tell me?" he asked.

"i-i... i don't know..."

"don't you think you've lied enough?" mark raised a brow.

jeno gulped once again. "i didn't want you to get worried." jeno replied.

mark scoffed. "worried?" he spoke.

"yeah..."

"the only thing i'm worried about at the moment is my boyfriend falling for someone else!" mark yelled.

jeno's eyes widened.

"n-no!" he said. "i'm not falling for him."

"really now?" mark asked harshly. "the softest and cutest boy to exist? so precious? you being drawn to him?"

jeno stayed silent after hearing the things his boyfriend had listed.

he didn't even remember saying all those things.

they surely had slipped, because jeno had spoken with his heart.

"i don't like him..." jeno said.

"stop lying to me, jeno." mark cut him.

"i-it's true..."

tears started falling from jeno's eyes.

he tried wiping them off, but there were too much for his thin sleeves to handle.

"i trusted you, jeno." mark spoke, obviously angry.

"mark, i'm sorry. i was scared."

"i am your boyfriend."

"you are. my one and only love." jeno insisted.

"and here you go, lying again..." mark sighed.

"i'm not lying!"

mark looked away, trying to ignore his boyfriend's cries.

inside of him, he wanted to wrap his arms around jeno's body and hold him close, whispering soothing words inside his ear.

but he couldn't do that.

not when he just had learnt that jeno had been lying to him.

"why did you tell me this now?" mark asked.

jeno didn't answer.

he didn't want to tell mark the true reason.

but he didn't want to lie to him either.

"donghyuck told me that we wouldn't see each other as long as i hadn't told you." jeno told silently.

mark snorted loudly.

he stood up from the bed, heading towards jeno's door.

"mark!" jeno cried, grabbing his wrist, the one which had his name on it.

mark felt butterflies in his stomach, but he ignored them. "so, you're this desperate to see him?" he asked.

"no! it's for our project!"

"liar!" mark screamed at him, making jeno back away.

mark could be scary sometimes, and this was a perfect example.

jeno was trembling on the bed under mark's glare.

he felt so bad.

"m-mark..." he mumbled.

"i need some time to think." mark let out.

"you've never been around him..." jeno told.

"and i don't want to." mark spat.

"he isn't someone bad. he is lovable." jeno cried.

"i can see that. but i'm loyal to my boyfriend."

jeno choked on a sob, his glossy eyes looking at mark.

"goodbye jeno." mark told before heading out.

jeno cried loudly on his bed, pushing his head under his pillow to muffle his loud screams.

life was so unfair.

why did he have to meet this boy?

why did he have to feel like this?

he was at his worst now.

he couldn't bring himself to imagine his life without mark.

mark was his everything.

there was no jeno without mark. and no mark without jeno.

and now that jeno had fucked up with mark, the older boy wouldn't be here to calm his tears.

so, jeno did something he hoped he wouldn't regret.

"hello?"

"h-hello..." jeno spoke, choking on a sob once again.

"jeno? what's happening? are you crying?"

"i-i-i... told him..." jeno replied.

"he didn't take it well?"

"no..."

jeno heard a sigh on the other side of the line.

"c-can you come over...?" he asked.

"are you sure it's a good idea?"

"i n-need you..." jeno sniffed.

"send me your address. i'm coming."

jeno hung up and typed his address immediately, sending his location to someone who could hopefully help him.