cheater - nct, markhyuck

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mark's eyes fluttered open, the boy groaning at the soreness of his body.

"hello, mark."

the boy turned his head slowly, seeing the nurse smiling at him.

"hello..." he mumbled, sitting up on the bed while holding his head. "what happened...?"

"you were beaten by someone, so you have bruises a bit everywhere, and your head was wounded too. you passed out earlier, but donghyuck brought you here and i could treat your wounds." the nurse explained, staying by mark's side to help him if he ever felt lightheaded.

"donghyuck...?" mark whispered, his heart breaking at the name that slipped past his lips.

"yes, he was really worried about you." the nurse nodded.

"he was acting. he doesn't care about me." mark told, making the nurse sigh.

"you guys should talk. it would solve lots of your problems..."

"i'm not so sure about that..."

the nurse stayed silent for a while.

"i'll call your mother for her to pick you up, is that okay?" she asked.

"i can go back home on my own."

"donghyuck told me not to let you do that." the nurse explained, making mark snort again.

"i told you he was- "

"mark?"

both mark and the nurse turned around to face the person that had entered the infirmary.

the nurse gasped as mark's eyes closed in despair.

what the hell was dahyun doing there, looking so fucking calm?

"i... i'll let you two have a conversation..." the nurse explained, looking between the two before walking away. she was there during the basketball game, and she knew that they really needed to figure things out.

mark sighed, keeping his eyes away from his girlfriend – well, probably ex-girlfriend by now.

"mark, are you... are you okay?"

"dahyun, you don't have to pretend pitying me..." mark told. "just yell at me, scream at me, hit me, do whatever you want. i know i deserve it. but, please, don't make it look like you pity me..."

the canadian dreaded this conversation.

he knew it was bound to happen, but he couldn't help wanting to push it away as much as possible.

he was sure nothing good would get out of this conversation.

in mark's mind, he was already single, and he had been since the second dahyun had learned about her boyfriend and her brother having an affair.

"mark, i'm not going to yell or scream at you, and i won't hit you either." dahyun sighed, approaching the boy sitting on the infirmary's bed. "i came here because i needed to talk to you."

"dahyun, we're not together anymore, i know it. you don't need to tell me once again. i figured it out."mark told.

"please, listen to me." dahyun begged. "i'll try my best to be quick, but i really need to tell you something."

mark gulped, his head pounding because of tiredness, and his wounds.

his heart was already aching more than his body, and he didn't need dahyun to make it ache more.