NEIGHBOR: MARK LEE

13 | borrowing

SOHEE

i stuffed popcorn inside my mouth, and blankly watched adventure time that was on the screen. what to do? i have nothing to do. i miss those dorks already: chenle, ten, jungwoo and the others. especially yukhei.

knock knock knock.

someone banged on the door, making me flinch as flying popcorn fell down the floor. i sighed, scratching my head and made my way to the main door.

once i opened it, i saw mark jumping up and down while holding his spot. "let me borrow your toilet, please let me borrow!" he squealed, like a girl.

i furrowed my eyebrows, but at the same time i blushed, standing in front of him while i only had pajamas on. it made me embarrassed a bit.

"why don't you use your own toilet?" i asked, he frowned and puppy faced me. "come on, it's a long story, now will you?"

i rolled my eyes, and stepped aside to make way for him. he ran upstairs, as if someone was catching him. "yah! it's downstairs next to my kitchen!" i shouted, he awkwardly laughed and ran downstairs again.

i really don't want people using my room toilet, so i let them use the toilet i don't use. i mean like, it's still clean.

after minutes, he finally went out while buckling his belt. "why'd you use my toilet?" i asked, crossing my arms.

"locked myself outside, couldn't find the key." he simply replied, as he started roaming around my house without my permission.

"so, can i see your room?" he slowly walked upstairs, making my eyes widened. "hey! you can't just go in my room."

then he unluckily opened a door, that led to my room. my eyes widened, as soon as he stepped in. ugh this boy.

we both entered my room, i could see a small smile on his lips. his eyes scanned every small details in my room. "woah, you must really love drawing!" he said, grabbing my sketch book and flipping the pages.

"mhm, actually what i want to do after school is something about drawing." i said, and stood behind him, watching every movement he did.

i didn't really mind, and sat on my bed, let him do whatever he want. "you should try going to art college thingy, you are incredible!" mark complimented.

"t-thank you." i stuttered, looked so surprised yet happy at the same time. mark eyed me. "why do you sound so surprised?"

i bit my lips, and played with my finger, letting my face hang. "it's been a really long time, hearing someone liking my drawings....."

"my parents were never proud of me, they wanted me to become someone more bigger than drawing, and do sketches."

but yukhei loved my drawings too, but he's not here to support me anymore, maybe even never.

mark smiled warmly at me. "don't worry, im here to support you, always." he said, my heart melted and to be honest i miss this feeling so damn much.

it's like being with wong yukhei.

"thank you." i simply thanked him, and laid on my bed, there were thoughts inside my head that i forgot mark was inside my room.

i closed my eyes, slowly hugging my pillow. loving mark's company, till he spoke mentioned him, that made my lips curve into a frown.

"who is this?" mark asked, i opened my eyes and sat up, he was holding a picture of my best friend.

my best friend.

no, not yukhei.

"m-mark...." i stuttered, biting my lips and standing up, reaching for that frame.

"w-where'd you found this?" i asked, and looked up at him with furrowed eyebrows. mark was suddenly shocked at my reaction, and became speechless for some few seconds.

"mark, i asked you a question!" i felt my throat shaking.

mark cluelessly pointed at my bottom drawer. "found it there." he answered with a scared tone.

after all these years, i tried finding this picture, this frame and it was just hiding on that drawer? how come i not find this real early, is because i am a lazy person? or is it because i don't want to remember him?

i want to remember you, but i feel pain inside me too when i think of you.

i felt my eyes getting hot, and mark realized what was happening and decided to leave.

"sohee, thanks for letting me borrow your toilet. i-i, i'll see you soon." he cupped my cheeks, rubbed circles with his thumb and left me, as he closed the door.

note: there's going to be a real shocking guys!