cheater - nct, markhyuck

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donghyuck lifted his head when he heard someone entering the classroom, lowering it immediately when he realised who it was.

mark and him had kissed two days ago.

and let's say things were... awkward.

donghyuck had been avoiding mark like the plague, and mark was doing his best to never cross paths with the younger boy as well.

but it was quite impossible considering they were living together for the moment, because mark was still dahyun's girlfriend and their parents were still away.

the boys hadn't talked for two days now, and didn't even dare glancing at each other, which had been noticed by dahyun who was curious to why her boyfriend and her brother – who seemed to be just fine together – had suddenly stopped being friendly.

but there was no way mark and donghyuck would explain to her what had really happened.

so, things were awkward.

the fact is, donghyuck was seriously starting to wonder when this awkwardness would disappear.

as much as he hated himself for letting his instincts take over him and literally devour mark, he still had a mission to complete and he needed to speak to mark for that.

of course, he didn't want to get rid of this awkwardness because he missed mark. of course not!

there was no way in hell he had taken a liking to the movie nights they had with mark and his sister.

there was no way in hell he had taken a liking to the moment dahyun would be having a shower, and it would be just him and mark, talking about whatever.

there was no way in hell he had taken a liking to all those times he felt superior to mark whenever the older would ask him advice about love.

there was no way in hell he had taken a liking to mark fucking lee, the annoyingly perfect boy whom he was supposed to destroy.

of course not. donghyuck and mark weren't friends. they were rivals.

"okay, so we can start class!" the teacher declared, making the loud chatter of the classroom die down slowly. donghyuck sighed, giving a last glance to the back of mark's head before concentrating on the teacher again. "we'll be working on group assignments today. go back into the pairs of last time and start working. you have quite a lot to do!"

donghyuck was currently debating if he should slam his head against the table for having to work with mark, or jump in excitement, because it meant they would need to talk and solve this awkward phase.

in the end, he simply raised his head, his eyes falling into mark's confused ones.

with a head motion, he silently asked mark to come to him, which the older immediately did, sitting down in front of donghyuck with red cheeks.

"h-hey..." mark stuttered, looking at his hands.

"hi." donghyuck replied, keeping his eyes on mark.

the two boys stayed silent after that, waiting for the teacher to hand them the assignment.

she eventually did, smiling brightly at the two boys and encouraging them to finish the bonus exercise she had put at the very bottom of the page.

thankfully, she walked away quickly, leaving behind her a long silence.

both mark and donghyuck kept their heads lowered as second passed.