Tidal Wave ✔️

18

Mark left the orphanage at five, after he asked Haechan where he were. Haechan said he was still on his way to the dorm. Mark thought they should take a break from the train, so he picked the guy up with his Mustang.

He stepped out of his car and locked the door, before entering the cafeteria while informing Haechan through text that he had arrived.

"Yo, man!" A voice boomed through the crowded area. Mark looked up from his phone and waved politely to Yukhei. The tall guy was having dinner with a bunch of other guys, including Huang Renjun whom Mark had met that morning.

Mark had no option but to approach him. Besides, he didn't want to look like a loner.

"Hi, Yukhei, Renjun." Mark greeted. "Hi... Guys."

Yukhei laughed. "These are my friends, Mark. That's Kun, Yangyang, Dejun, and that idiot right there is my cousin Kunhang. He prefers his English name, though. Yah! Hendery, stop picking on your nose, yah!"

The guy who sat next to Kun laughed. "It's stuck."

"Yuck." Renjun rolled his eyes, and was ready to leave if Yukhei didn't pull him back to his seat.

"Have another date night with Haechannie?" Yukhei asked.

"Not a date night, seriously." Mark chuckled.

"Oh, so this is the guy Haechan has been going out with?" Yangyang raised an eyebrow. "Thanks, dude. He doesn't usually go out with people, he rarely goes out with us. It's great, he needs a change of surroundings."

"You guys are in the same year as Haechan?"

"No, no. Renjun, Dejun, Yangyang, and Hendery are. Kun and I are a year older." Yukhei explained, "Haechan is smarter than me, though."

"You even forget the multiplication table from elementary school." Renjun rolled his eyes.

"But you love me." Yukhei retorted.

"Did I hear it wrong? You are the one who's in love with me, just because I helped you when you're struggling Math." Renjun clicked his tongue.

"Okay, so what? It doesn't matter if I can't do a whole lot of the complicated multiplication, I study Mass Communication here. Are your parents going to ask me what's twenty eight times twelve when I come to Jilin to propose you later?"

The table went "Oooh", while Renjun's face became as red as a strawberry. Mark laughed with the other when Renjun suddenly choke Yukhei. His laughter died away when he saw Haechan came out of the elevator, wearing his sweatshirt, eyes searching for him.

When their gazes met, the time stopped. Mark couldn't look away anywhere, because Haechan was, indeed, pretty. His eyes were, at least. A warm feeling washed over him, and Mark's lips curved up into a smile.

Haechan smiled back and walked to their table.

"Hello, guys." He greeted Yukhei and his friends.

"Your date is here." Hendery announced with mouth full of rice.

Haechan rolled his eyes. "Mark is not my date."

"I'm hurt."

Mark received a slap on the upper arm from the tanned guy and laughed. "Right, come on let's go. See you guys later, I'll make sure Haechan will be back tonight."

"Just get him out of here, Mark. Renjun and I are going to hang out at my room, which is Haechan's too. In case you want your precious Haechannie to be contaminated with..."

"YAH!"

Renjun and Yukhei got back into a fight again, Renjun's hands around Yukhei's neck, Yukhei's hands went south to grope Renjun's bum.