"I'm fine." You said. His eyes widened a bit at you r tone and he nodded slowly. "Calm down, Expo Marker."

"Expo Marker? Is that what you're calling me now?" He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah. You can give me a nickname too, if you want."

"I already call you like fifty pet names, though." He said, leaning in to kiss your lips. You smiled, but pushed him away after.

"You're gonna get sick now."

"I don't care. I wanna kiss my beautiful princess." He smiled. You rolled your eyes grabbing him by the collar and kissing him instead.

I guess she wanted to kiss me instead.

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"So how'd it go?" Sori asked as you came back with Mark. He sighed, plopping down on the couch, letting you sit on his lap. You sighed, rubbing your face as he sighed as well.

"Good and bad." Mark mumbled out.

"If you guys are still being all clingy together, then I'm guessing the good news is that you're staying together." Da Eun said, seeing how Mark stroked your hair. You leaned back on his chest, feeling him wrap his arms around you.

"Yes, for starters." He said.

"We been knew, now what the hell happened?" Aira said, leaning on June as the older girl let out a breath of air, feeling crushed under Aira's giant stature. The girl was tall, way taller than you and June who were the shortest members.

June had regained the air back in her lungs as she started to run her fingers through Aira's hair. The taller girl hummed and gave June a hair tie so she could braid her hair.

"Well, that depends how our comebacks end up." Mark said. You nestled into his embrace, feeling at peace and wanting a little more of his touch. You wanted a kiss, but you would do that privately, where your members wouldn't see you. It was still embarrassing.

"How so?" Sori asked. She was indeed curious as to what your guys' bosses were planning.

"I'm coming back soon with NCT Dream. If we do well, then it'll be fine." He explained. "If you guys do well, then you'll also be fine since that means the fans still love you guys."

"But you're staying together anyways so...?" Da Eun was still kind of confused as to what they had planned.

"I'm not sure either." He trailed off with a sigh, caressing your hair as you fell asleep in his arms. You were sick, tired and stressed out, all you wanted to do was sleep, cuddled up against him and worry about nothing.

"I should go." He said, realizing you were asleep.

"Good luck with that." June laughed, seeing how you were sleeping peacefully on his lap. Mark sighed, picking you up in his arms and taking you over to your room. He opens the door with his foot, sneaking over to your bed.

He places you down perfectly, taking off your sports jacket for you. He hangs it up in your closet, going back to check on you.

"Markie?" You called out for him. He hums and you slowly open up your eyes. "Baby, can you sleep over with me?"

"I dunno. I'll have to ask my manager." He said, kissing your forehead.

"While you wait for his response, at least cuddle me." You mumbled, sleepily. He chuckled, going to the other side of your bed and hugging you under the covers. You smiled, kissing his lips softly.

"You know I love you, right?" He said. You nodded and hummed, kissing his lips in a fast peck. He chuckled, hearing your giggled. He checked his phone's notifications seeing how yes, he could stay the night with you.

He smiled, knowing that he was in his pajamas anyways when he went to pick you up, he brought you close, leaving a hot trail with his mouth on your sun-kissed skin. You shuddered at the feeling of his cushiony, pink lips on your neck, liking the sensation.

"Mark, don't leave any evidence." You warned him, knowing the kind of response you would get if your stylists saw a hickey on your neck.

"I won't, don't worry." He whispered in your ear, continuing to leave the warm trail of kisses on your neck.

"Are you staying the night?" You asked him. He hummed, his hot breath tickling the shell of your ear. You shivered under his touch, hands up in his hair. They twirled around tufts of his hair, hearing another small hum come from his vocal cords.

"I could cuddle you all day long if I wanted to. I could at least spend the night with you." He smiled, planting a sweet kiss on your lips. You giggled, pressing him closer to you until he was laying on top of you. When his lips separated from yours, he was hovering over you.

There was an evident blush on your cheeks, feeling embarrassed to even be in a situation like this with him. He smirked, leaning down for more affection, hearing your unsteady breathing.

"Mark..." You breathlessly said out. He hummed caressing your face. You giggled and he rolled around, letting you rest on top of him. You raised your head, looking at his eyes. The duvet covered both of your bodies while he wrapped his arms around your waist.

"I love you so much." He admitted. You giggled, feeling giddy inside and just freaking out because he was so damn cute. You didn't say anything back and only pecked his lips quickly. "And you were freaking out because I would catch your cold."

"Shut up!" You giggled. He started laughing with you, smiling as he heard your beautiful laugh. He stopped just to stare at you, a cute smile on his face. "You know, I sometimes can't stop thinking about Renjun's voice crack, and then it reminds me when you tried to sing me to sleep that one time."

"Oh be quiet. Renjun's was funnier." He pouted.

"I saw an aNgEl-" You mocked him, seeing him roll over, laying on top of you. You giggled and pet his hair, seeing him burrow his face by your shoulder. "What's your comeback theme for this song?" You asked him.

"Which song?" He asked. You laughed at his joke, even though it was pretty much a cruel reality joke.

"For the Dream song." You said. His eyebrows cocked up quickly, understanding what you meant.

"Go." He said. You tilted your head, not hearing right.

"Eh? Low?" You repeated.

"No~ it's called Go." He repeated. You nodded, finally understanding what he said.

"Ah~ Go. What concept is it?" You asked.

"It's kind of sexy. Jeno keeps saying it's not sexy and that it's an angry concept, but he's weird." He giggled. You laughed, understanding what he meant. You sighed, thinking about the meeting again.

"Are you still mad at Haechan?" You asked him.

"Pissed." He frowned. You sighed, kissing him quickly.

"Don't be so mad. This was gonna happen eventually, and we both know it." You said, pressing your index finger to his forehead.

"Yeah but..." He trailed off, sighing. He couldn't really form any words to describe what he wanted to say.

"But what, mi amor?"

"Mi amor?" He giggled, liking the name. You rolled your eyes and translated it for him.

"It means 'my love'." You replied. He smiled brightly kissing your lips.

"I like that name. Call me it more often." He said. You rolled your eyes, knowing he liked it when you spoke your native language.

"Fine. Now what were you so worked up about with Haechan?" You said, switching back the topic.

Mark frowned immediately and sighed. He rested his head back on your shoulder, pecking your neck.

"(Y/N) he makes me so mad." He sighed. "He kept away secrets from me and you, and I had to find out through a third party."

"Like what?" You asked him.

"(Y/N) he had a cru-"

"Crush on me? I know. He told me." You smiled. Mark swallowed his words, shocked to hear this.

"H-he did?" He asked. You nodded.

"He decided to tell me because he felt too guilty about it. He said he felt like the worst friend ever for liking me. I told him it was alright. I mean, I've been dating you for so long, I wouldn't just drop you." You said.

Mark felt like a horrible person now. His best friend admitted to you that he felt bad about liking you. You were reassuring Mark that you were in love with him and wouldn't just leave him.

"Mi amor, he's not as bad as you think. He put the picture on his spam snapchat account. It was on his privates as well! He didn't expose us out in the open. I guess he might have had one friend who sent it to everyone else. He tried his very best to keep it a secret. He's not a monster."

"I feel like shit now." He sighed, laying his head down once again. You giggled and laid your head down on his chest, waiting for what was to come.

Whatever happens, happens.

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yes indeed im aware its monday

its just that tomorrow i'll be traveling back home from spain

im kinda sad since i got to do a lot of pretty photography and wont be able to take some of these pictures anymore :(

im so happy with these pics omg 🥺💕