"I...I do like you." Even though the members and Joey have told him so, hearing it from you .made his heart flutter, pulsating every inch of his body. And even with all the clutter that was going on near the door, he could care less. He just wanted to see your face, hear your soft gentle voice, and just to be near you. He just wanted you to be by his side.   "What are we?" Mark uttered uncertain of where this relationship stands now. He knew that he didn't really say he liked you but he knew that you understood his feelings.   "Friends, let's just be friends for now and see where it leads us."   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Your Side:   "Friends." To say such a word, it literally took all the strength within you. You really didn't want to be "just friends" but somehow it just had to be this way, for now. There are still so many things that you needed to know about one another and as cliche as it may sound, you were still a girl, a girl who honestly believed that there is a knight in shining armor, a prince who will sweep you off your feet and ask you to be his and not the other way around. Even though Mark had professed his feelings towards you, those feelings could also describe a bond of "friendship". As much as you wanted to say that you wanted to be with him, it just didn't feel right at that moment.   *STARE* The atmosphere became a bit awkward as Mark and you were engulfed in silence, a world of your own.   "How can you guys just be friends, when you're practically "DATING" eachother already?" Hearing a familiar voice enter the frame as Joey appeared out of nowhere making you look down, flushed with embarrassment. Not realizing that there was another presence that had just entered the house at that very moment.   "You're dating someone??!!" That voice, that voice that you've heard everyday since your existence; the nurturing voice that came crashing at you at that very second nearly made you dig your own grave.   "M...m...mom!!!?" You uttered as she suspiciously eyed you....wondering what was going on.   "Oh my.What do we have here? who are you talking to? *squint eyes* Is that *moves closer to the screen*...Mark...JOEY?!"   "HI AUNTIE~~" Joey smiled brightly while waving to your mom, taking over the entire screen from Mark's seated position. Your mom happily waved back but then realized something.   "Wait a second, are you...*Turns to look at you*...DATING JOEY?!!!!" Your mom shrieked as you nearly fell out of your seat. Your eyes doubled in size, not believing the words that just came out of your own mom's mouth!   "OH MY GOD MOM!! I'M NOT DATING ANYone..." You nearly had another heart attack when Mark spoke up, smirking like there's no tomorrow.   "Auntie, she's not dating Joey. She's DATING ME!" Mark calmly stated and stared at you while you nearly keeled over. Joey moved back to the side and was chuckling to himself as you clearly heard the members in the background; FANBOYING like CRAZY!   "Ommona ommona OmMoNnA~"   "Hyung~YOU'RE JJANG!"   "NOON...wait, scratch that!  mean, HYUNGSOO-NIM!!! WAH~~"   "TEAM HYUNGSO0-NIM! We upgraded, by the way~"    Even though it was rowdy on that side; on your side, it was a different type of vibe. Dead silent, SCARY SILENT! You desperately wanted to crawl in a hole and die, your mom was not even remotely UPSET. No no NO, she looked like she was about to EXPLODE from being OVER DELIGHTED.   **GLARE** You avoided your mom's cheerful gaze and diverted your attention to the ONE person that you wanted to MURDER at that moment and oh he knew, he KNEW you were about ready to SLAUGHTER HIM TO DEATH!   "I'll talk to you later then. Bye AUNTIE~~~" That's right, he LEFT YOU without even saying another word! He left you hanging with the statement that was about to END YOUR LIFE as you know it. "MARK TUAN WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!!", you mentally shouted and strangled the living daylights out of him in your head.    Mark's Side:   "Took you long enough~" Joey peered at his brother. who couldn't seem to stop laughing.   "Huh?" Mark loved to make you pissed off and he started to realize it too. The fact that he loved how cute you look, only made him want to provoke you even more.    "What do you mean, "Huh"?!! You just said, SHE'S DATING YOU!! If mom finds out, she's gonna FLIP!" Joey teased Mark while the other members came charging towards the bed chaotically plopping down.   "I was just..." The reason why he had blurted those words out to your mom, he wasn't entirely sure but for some reason when you had said you wanted to just be "friends". He didn't like the sound of it; not that he was expecting you to say something else or was he?   "DO WE NEED TO BEAT YOU AGAIN, you do know her mom, is probably flipping out at her right now, right!!!??" Jackson for once was being serious but his seriousness just made everyone laugh as he eyed Mark while zooming in on him.   "So wait, I'm CONFUSED. Didn't you just profess your dying love for her?!!" Joey stated while the other members were kind of lost as they were still speaking in English.   "My what?!! What are you talking about?"   "Wait, do you still like STEPHANIE?!!!" Joey finally drew a connection as he questioned his idiot brother.   *Silence* The air became chilled as no one dared to budge or utter a word as all eyes were glued on Mark. Without having to say anything, everyone seemed to know what his answer would be.   "I don't know. I can't say no, but I can't say yes either." Mark didn't know whether he was making any sense but honestly that's how he felt. He did like her but as for now, his heart was tugged in another directiom; towards you. Liking you, made sense but what type of like? he still wasn't sure.   "So, what happened with Stephanie the other night, did she confess to you?" Joey knew that Stephanie liked Mark and that was the reason why you had wanted her to come see him. It wasn't that he didn't like Stephanie with his brother, but they just weren't RIGHT for each other.   "You knew?!" Mark eyed his brother a bit displeased but none the less he kinda already had a feeling that Joey knew everything and seeing that he was the MIDDLE MAN in everything.   "Yeah, she told me after you left, she wished she could have seen you that day that you were supposed to have breakfast together. he wanted to tell you then..." Joey finally revealed the missing pieces of the puzzle.   "So she told you about her studying abroad in Seoul too?"   *whisper* "What are they saying Jackson?" JB, Jr, Youngjae and Yugyeom all scooted closer to BamBam and Jackson wanting to know the details.    "OH HECK NO!!! SHE AINT COMING NEAR US!!!" Jackson blurted out as he whipped his head to face Mark.   "What about Noona!?!" BamBam cried out disappointingly looking at no one in particular.   "What's going on?" Jr. and the others were still lost, catchin