mark's parents couldn't adopt donghyuck. it was the most life shattering news as he went into full panic mode on where would he go—

then there was jisung, whose parents could.

"chenle, if i didn't have a boyfriend, and jisung wasn't your boyfriend, i would kiss him right now," mark stated in lieu of a greeting as he arrived at jisung's house.

it was donghyuck's moving in day, but also a gathering of the friend group as winter break had finally arrived.

chenle fake wretched at that, "keep your lips away from my man."

jisung and donghyuck got along well, they had interacted within the dance clique, but not much.

but they seemed to click here, and it really seemed like they'd be fine as brothers.

and by "click" it meant that they were firing insults at each other, too fast for mark to keep up, but he knew he heard at least a few insults about jisung being an overgrown baby.

"le, tell donghyuck to shut up!"

"mark, tell jisung to shut up!"

"and you guys are gonna live together? my headache is already forming on the parents' behalf." it was taeyong.

"taeyong!" all seven of them shouted. jeno, jaemin, and renjun suddenly appearing from another room looking suspiciously disheveled.

"hey, guys!" taeyong grinned, before gesturing to the taller man behind him, "look! i brought johnny!"

"your boyfriend?" renjun asked.

"yes, his boyfriend." johnny confirmed, kissing the shorter on the cheek.

"ha! knew it!" jaemin exclaimed. chenle huffed and handed over a twenty.

taeyong blinked, grabbing johnny's hand, "did you guys... bet on my relationship?"

"i didn't think you guys would get together till after winter break. sue me." chenle shrugged, "thanks a lot for making taeyong happy, johnny."

johnny smiled sheepishly as chenle glowered.

"no need to get hostile. we're all in our own lovey dovey relationships." jisung broke the stare down, introducing himself and the others to johnny.

"jisung, as much as i love your— our home." donghyuck smiled gratefully at the taller, "i'm starving. let's go eat!" he grabbed mark's hand and started dragging him out the front door.

mark squeezed his boyfriend's hand fondly.

he never wanted to let go again.

〔 the end 〕

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