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Usually, kids that grow up together will naturally become close to each other. Having to be around each other everyday, they will have to like each other. It is just a natural reaction, two people will get close if given time.
Well that is not the case with Mark and Donghyuck. The two hate each other, and it's not love hate, it's just straight hate.From an early age, from every bone in their bodies. Ever since they first met, Mark and Donghyuck were fighting and arguing.
The day Donghyuck was born, Mark was there. Being only a year old, the boy was curious to see the small crying baby. He had reached out to, smiling happily. Unfortunately, Donghyuck was not pleased with the way the older boy was touching him. So he did what any newborn would do, he screamed at the top of his lungs. Which caused Mark to start crying as well. Which then made Donghyuck cry harder, which made Mark cry even more.
Even after that though, their parents refused to separate them.
On Donghyuck's 2nd birthday, Mark blew out his candles. On Mark's 1st day of pre-k, Donghyuck was with him since he was "advanced" for his age. When Mark had his first loose tooth, Donghyuck thought it would be fun to pull it out when Mark was sleep, causing the older boy to choke on it and had to be sent the hospital. To get back at Donghyuck, Mark pushed him off the swings and broke Donghyuck's arm.
And their parents still didn't separate them.
The two continued on like that, a deep hate forming between them.
Maybe it was because all of the time they spent together, or maybe it was boys being boys. Either way, the just couldn't get along.
They tried begging their parents, they tried killing each other, they even tried running away(but that plan was ruined when the two realised the other was also running away on the same night.) but nothing seemed to separate them. They had to face the fact; the were stuck with each other for life. Or at least until college.
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"Donghyuck, honey wake up. It's time for school." Donghyuck mother shook him awake.
"Five more minutes please." Donghyuck mumbled into his pillow.
"No Donghyuck, you're gonna be late. Get up I made you some pancakes."
At the mention of food, Donghyuck hurriedly got out of his bed and made his way to the bathroom to wash up. Throwing on his uniform, Donghyuck grabbed his backpack and flew down the stairs. His good mood however was ruined when he saw who was sitting down at the table, eating pancakes.
Mark Lee, the bastard had the nerve to actually show his face around here.
Donghyuck turned to his mother. "You didn't tell me that he would be here."
"Oh I thought you knew that already." Donghyuck's mother said a little too happily." You and he are going to be walking to school together since it's close by. Isn't that wonderful!?"
"Yeah, wonderful." Donghyuck said through clenched teeth.
After 10 minutes of Donghyuck messing around with his food, he decided it was time to leave. He said goodbye to his mother, though reluctantly, and moved to put his shoes on. He could hear in the kitchen Mark telling his mother to have a nice day, being phony as always.
When Mark made eye contact with Donghyuck, his smile turned into a scowl.
"Listen squirt, just cause we walk to school together, doesn't mean we're friends. You stay away from me, understand?"
"I couldn't agree more, dumb ass." Donghyuck said already out the door.
The walk to school was quiet, neither of them wanting to talk to the other, but was better than other days since no one got hurt.
When they made it to school, Donghyuck quickly left Mark, not wanting to be with him anymore than he had to.
He quickly found his friends, Jaemin and Jeno (who were also advanced) sitting under a tree.
"Hey guys!"
"Oh, Donghyuck! What's up?!" Jaemin asked when Donghyuck joined them under the tree.
"Nothing. I'm just so done with my mother. She really wants me to be friends with Mark, but I can't. He's so infuriating and immature. Like really, we have nothing in common."
Meanwhile Mark was on the other side of the school yard with his best friend, Jaehyun.
"Like I'm so done with my parents. They really want me to be friends with Donghyuck, but I can't. He's so infuriating and immature. Like really, we have nothing in common."
"Well maybe your parents will realise that you hate him and take pity on you." Jaehyun tried to comfort the younger.
"Nope. There's no way out of this arrangement. You won't believe some of the things I have done to get that little brat out of my life. None of them have worked. I'm stuck with him for the rest of my life. Even if I get married, he'd still probably bother me and my wife. God I hate Lee Donghyuck."
"Man, you're over reacting. It can't be that bad."
"But it is. I don't know what I did in my past life to have to live with Donghyuck in my life, but I know it was terrible."
Soon the first bell was ringing and all of the children made their way into the building. Mark got his paper out with his schedule and his locker number, he made his way to his locker, 124.
Little did he know that Donghyuck had locker 123. And also shared homeroom, and, math and, English, and science.
Yep, there was no way to avoid fate. It was set in stone, there was no way out of Lee Donghyuck.