- special chapter -

                                    

                                          


                          
"mark." donghyuck's honey voice could be heard inside the earpiece he was wearing. 
                          
"what is it?" 
                          
"i love you." 
                          
"i love you too, baby." 
                          


                          
donghyuck and him had been together for a couple of months now. the son of lee sooman lived with nct full-time, and some members had even asked for him to join the gang.
                          
but mark wouldn't let that happen.
                          
his little baby would get hurt, and that was unthinkable. 
                          


                          
"maaaaaark?" donghyuck asked again. 
                          
"yes?"
                          
"i love you!!" 
                          
"baby... i'm on a mission right now." mark replied, keeping his eyes focused on the door he was guarding, one hand over his gun.
                          


                          
"you don't love me anymore...?" donghyuck asked, and mark could hear him pout on the other side of the line. 
                          
"what? of course i love you, baby. i love you more than anything else, you know that." 
                          
"mark, lower your damn voice, they're going to hear you." ten yelled in his earpiece, making mark groan. 
                          
"jesus, you're loud."
                          
"yeah, be quick to tell your boyfriend to leave the basement, you need to concentrate, and him talking to you is more distracting than anything else." 
                          
"can't i stay here?!" donghyuck's voice squeaked.
                          
"not if you're disturbing mark."
                          
"come on, ten. he's not disturbing me." mark rolled his eyes, checking that his gun was loaded. 
                          
"but is he able to do that?" ten asked, rather harshly. 
                          
"i'm sure he is." mark replied, imagining his boyfriend's pretty face. 
                          
"alright. but no disturbing." ten said sternly before a small cheer was heard, meaning donghyuck was happy to stay. 
                          


                          
nobody talked for a few long seconds. 
                          
mark almost believed that time had stopped considering that there was absolutely no noise. 
                          


                          
"something moved over there." lucas' voice spoke in mark's earpiece.
                          
"great. everyone, stay in place. and remember, just shooting, no killing. we need him alive." ten spoke, the sound of his hands typing on his keyboard echoing in the background.
                          


                          
"i reached my spot." sicheng told after a few seconds. 
                          
"perfect. you shoot only if mark and jungwoo miss their shots." 
                          


                          
mark swallowed his saliva, breathing out slowly as he was getting ready to jump on the man that would surely come out in a few seconds. 
                          
he tensed immediately when he heard a voice behind the door he was guarding, the grip on his gun tightening immediately. 
                          
"he's coming." he said low, keeping his eyes on the handle that moved to signal someone was opening the door.