double, double, toil and trouble

Chapter 14

With a sigh, which again causes him to pull a face due to the pain, Donghyuck looks at him with an 'I told you' expression and Mark already knows that he's going to the Hospital Wing whether he wants to or not.

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Nurse Moon gives Mark a potion for the pain and requests that although all he needs now is rest, he'd like for him to stay in the Hospital Wing for the rest of the day, just to make sure that he is healing well, to which Donghyuck has no objections to.

Since it was the weekend still, there were no classes, and Donghyuck begged Mark to just do his studying here as opposed to the library, to which the older gives in to, of course he does, because it's Donghyuck.

The rest of the Hospital Wing was empty, luckily, and so Donghyuck perched himself onto the side of the bed that Mark was directed to and laced their fingers together.

"You can't stay with me all day, you know", Mark points out, looking at Donghyuck, who has made himself comfortable on Mark's bed.

"Of course not", The Slytherin answers, to which Mark then nods, "I have Quidditch training later, but then I'll be back. You should be able to be discharged then."

And although a smile spreads wide across Mark's face at the knowledge that Donghyuck wants to stay by his side, he wouldn't wish to become a burden- even though Donghyuck's counter curse was part of the reason as to why he was here.

"You don't have to stay. I'm sure you've got some prank ready to terrorise someone with."

"I wouldn't want to cause you any more harm", He confesses, leaning over to plant a soft kiss on Mark's forehead. When he pulls back though, Mark can see a question written all over his face, "But Mark, why didn't you use a counter curse yourself?"

At the question, Mark's eyebrows furrow as he thinks through his response, "It all happened too quickly, I suppose", Mark admits with a shrug, "Plus, what kind of Head Boy would I be if I cursed a student?"

At the rhetoric, Donghyuck tilts his head to the side, "You've cursed me before."

Just a few days ago, he sent a leg locker curse flying his way. But to that, Mark just smiles.

"That's because it was you."

"Oh", Donghyuck exclaims, putting his elbows on Mark's bed and leaning forwards so that he can rest his chin on his hands, staring up at his boyfriend as he looks at him with big eyes, "you really know the way to a man's heart."

At his teasing, Mark just pushes Donghyuck's arm gently, causing the boy's chin to slip from his hand, and him to stumble, to which he throws a mean glance Mark's way.

"Besides..." Mark continues with a chuckle, "We're not allowed to use that kind of magic against one another outside of classes and with no professor supervision... you shouldn't have jinxed him, Hyuck."

"But he deserved it!" The Slytherin shouts, "How dare he point his wand at you?"

And although the whole of Mark's body goes fuzzy and warm as he knows Donghyuck will do absolutely anything for him, he has to remind himself that he is there to enforce rules and safety- to which Donghyuck has always been such a liability.

"You're better than that- than him", Mark replies softly, and at the low bow of his head, Mark takes Donghyuck's hands in his own, kissing it gently, "But thank you."

Turning away from Mark as Donghyuck's cheeks stain pink, he rolls his bottom lip between his teeth, shrugging passively, "Yeah, well, you're welcome, I guess."

And at that, Mark kisses the back of Donghyuck's hand again, giving it a little squeeze in his own.

"Not that I don't love that you want to stay..." Mark speaks up, "But what if someone comes in? I know that you're not quite ready for our relationship to go public..."

Mark knew that Donghyuck was afraid of what his parents might do if they find out, and with everything with his older brother, Mark could only imagine how afraid his boyfriend must be. To be walking on eggshells around people who are meant to make you feel safe- he couldn't imagine it.

And yet, in all his fear and uncertainty, Donghyuck never once gave Mark a reason to doubt him. Mark always felt loved and secure in his relationship, despite the secrecy. If anything, Mark appreciated the privacy.

"In addition to my extra potion classes, I'm also going to be shadowing Nurse Moon to get some more hands-on experience", The Slytherin explains with a proud grin, "So I can use that as my cover."

At the news of his work experience, Mark also breaks out into another grin, "Hyuck, that's great that-"

"Yes, yes, it truly is" He cuts off with a devilish smile, shuffling closer to Mark as the Gryffindor braces himself for the unpredictability of his boyfriend, "But do you know what is also great... us, here, alone..."

As soon as his cheeks flared up, Mark wanted to facepalm, "I thought you wanted me to rest?"

However, in response, Donghyuck just grabs hold of Mark's robes, tugging him closer with a smile, "Just kiss me, Golden Boy."

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Notes-

so hello future era comes to an end 😭
hopefully it's not another year till we get the dreamies again but as least we've got some action coming from the other units soon

also how we feeling about this story??