-ˏˋ GOODNIGHT KISS ˎˊ-

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"why are you two still awake?" donghyuck asked, coming home to see his son and mark cuddled up together watching something on mark's laptop. "daddy!" the baby jumped in mark's arms excitedly, making grabby hands towards his father. donghyuck put his stuff down at the entrance of the door and walked over to the bed, sitting down next to mark as minki climbed onto him.

"it's the weekend. no school tomorrow, right baby?" mark told playfully. the baby nodded and nuzzled himself into donghyuck, taking his warmth. he was truthfully only waiting for his father to return so he could go to sleep, because he felt uneasy if he wasn't there. donghyuck kissed the baby's forehead sweetly, wrapping his arms around his little body. he then cuddled up next to mark, who draped the blanket over him and minki. mark softly placed his arm around donghyuck's torso, lowering it down slowly until it reached his waist.

"how was work today?" mark asked silently, feeing donghyuck rest his head on his shoulder. "it was fine. normal as usual." the boy responded, keeping his gaze on the movie playing in front of them. mark placed a loving kiss on the top of his head and pull him in closer, making a little smile play on his lips. "i'm glad."

it went quiet after this for a little while, the two boys watching the movie together before minki abruptly yawned in donghyuck arms, definitely ready to sleep now. the baby lifted his head up from his father's chest, revealing messy dark hair that looked so adorable on him. he realized he didn't get his goodnight kiss from either parent, which was probably why he felt off. minki turned and tilted his head up slightly, "goodnight kiss daddy," he requested, donghyuck smiling at his cute behavior and sweetly kissing his cheek. the baby leaned over to mark, doing the same action. "goodnight kiss papa."

and donghyuck's eyes widened.

"papa?" the boy mouthed slightly to himself. since when did minki call mark papa? how come he hadn't heard it before? what happened to 'mister lion'? donghyuck kept his gaze down at his son, mouth moving like he wanted to say something yet in the end he didn't. minki was smart enough to know that not just anybody could be his papa, which made him even more confused. he hadn't ever called any other person his papa.

mark watched the look of confusion on donghyuck's face, and how it stayed there for the rest of the movie. minki was already fast asleep just a little bit before the half of it, so neither boy really talked out of thinking they would wake the baby up. mark could feel tension coming from the younger, and as much as he wanted to address it, he kept quiet. 

the movie eventually ended, but nobody moved. mark was still wide awake, staring at the end credits, debating if he should turn to check if donghyuck was awake as well. his head was still resting on his shoulder, so if was sleeping maybe he would disrupt him. it remained this way until the laptop turned off on its own after a while of nobody touching it. mark suddenly heard donghyuck's whimper and felt him move so that his face was hidden in his shoulder.

that was when mark realized and remembered that the boy was afraid of the dark. the room became shrouded in darkness since only light in it had cut off, and it slightly startled him.

"i'm sorry." mark apologized, moving swiftly to grab the laptop that rested on top of his legs and swiping on the touchpad. the computer turned on and the room had some type of light in it again. donghyuck usually was able to adjust to the darkness after some time in being in it, but the abruptness of it had scared him a little bit more than it should've. the boy slowly lifted his head up, yet lowered it when he felt mark looking at him. how was mark going to react to his son calling him papa? what if he didn't want to have that connection with the baby? what if all he wanted to do what just help the poor family, and nothing more?