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Mk hid away in his apartment scared of what the others would think about his new.. problem. He had recently gone to the dentist to get his teeth looked at and he found out he needed.. braces.

His teeth weren't the best to look at but they weren't terrible, but he had to get them. He was going to work extra hard to pay for them, maybe even get another job. One thing he knows for sure is he can't show anyone, what if they make fun of him! The only people Mk has ever shown was wukong, tang and pigsy.

"Tang I don't like them." Mk looked down on the ground and held his arms. "They look fine Mk don't worry about what other people are gonna think." Tang put a hand on his shoulder. Pigsy ruffled his hair "yeah don't worry about it kiddo you can't even tell!" Pigsy gave a comforting smile. " Thanks guys.." Mk looked up and gave a weak smile.

"Heeey they look great bud! It's gonna hurt so just take it easy these couple of days, don't worry about people judging you, lots of people get em'! It's no big deal" wukong side hugged him. It made Mk feel a bit better.

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Right now Mk was in his apartment sitting on his bed looking up at the ceiling. 'What do I do..' Mk thought, he frowned and got up from his bed and groaned at the pain in his mouth. Mk was hungry but knew he couldn't really eat anything, heck even eating a marshmallow hurts! (It's true y'all I have braces 😧) so he figured he could eat some soup and just chill inside of his apartment.

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A few days had passed and Mk hadn't come out of his apartment. People like mei and pigsy tried to reach out to him but Mk wouldn't budge. "Man I wonder why Mk is so bummed, I'm so worried but I'll give him some space." Mei frowned. Tang and pigsy forgot that mei and Sandy didn't know about Mk having braces. Heck not even red son knew, but tang and pigsy came up with a plan.

Tang sat at the counter-bar.. thingy, and turned towards mei "hey you have red sons number right?"

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Tang took Mei's phone and called him up, the phone rung..and rung. Until finally red son picked up with an annoyed tone "what do you want dragon girl?" Red sons voice came from the other side of the phone. Instead of hearing Mei's voice red son heard tang which caught him off guard. "Hey red son do you think you could stop by? Mk has been acting a bit weird lately.. and some things definitely wrong." Tang said acting like he had no idea what could be up with him.

as soon as tang finished that sentence the phone abruptly hung up and a new presence suddenly appeared into the room. Little bits of flames disappearing as he teleported into the shop. "Red son!" Tang greeted. "Hello Mr. Tang" red son stiffened up, still feeling like he has to be formal around Mk's 'dads'. "Oh drop the formalities red son I'm not that old" Tang laughed. Pigsy gave him a side eye as if saying 'yes you are' Tang glared at him the quickly turned over to red son. "Anyway you need to find a way to get through to Mk he's really banged up about the whole thing.." Tang put his hands on his hips. "Wait do you know what's going on?" Red son questioned.

Pigsy facepalmed when both him and tang realized he had slipped up. "The whole thing, that I do ! know about! Heheheh so- go find out!!" Tang gave a nervous laugh and pushed him towards the stairs.

Red son got towards the door and there, he stood in front of it giving a faint knock. "Mk? Hey it's me red son... Please open the door. I want to know what's wrong, we're all so worried about you." Red said. He could hear shuffling from the other side of the door, he then heard a creak and Mk opened the door so it would crack a bit. Mk looked at red son, his eyes lit up. He hadn't seen his boyfriend for a few days so he was pretty excited!

Mk gave a closed mouth smile then hugged him. Not talking much, red noticed and asked about it "hey Mk you alright? Tang told me whats been going on." Mk nodded then his heart dropped at the other sentence. Mk looked down so red son couldn't see his mouth, "what do you mean told you what's going on?" Mk looked back up at him. "He told me you hadn't come out of your room in days.." Red son gave a concerned look. Mk's eyes went wide and looked down again.

All of a sudden red son pushed himself into the apartment and closed the door shut, cupping Mk's face. "Please hun.. Tell me what's wrong. You can tell me anything." Red son stood there still cupping his face. Mk winced in pain and grabbed red sons arms and slowly pulled them off of his face. Mk looked down again "you.. promise not to laugh..? you promise to not make fun of me..? You promise to.. still love me...?" Mk said still looking down now holding reds hands instead of his arms.

Red son was bamboozled (😭) where was he getting all this from? "Mk.... Why would I do any of that? It's obvious what you're going through is serious. I'm your boyfriend and will love you till the ends of the earth." Mk has unlocked the soft side of red. His favorite side of him.

Mk looked up at red son and gave him a hesitant smile. Showing his braces, red and shiny due to them being new. Reds eyes had stars in them, he had never seen something so adorable in his entire life. He gave a long gasp.

"Mk.. Why didnt you tell me! These are so adorable especially on you! Is this what you were worried about? You look so cute." Red softly cupped his face so he didn't hurt Mk. "R-really..? You don't think they look... " Mk said in a shaky voice, tearing up a bit. He was so worried over nothing! "What? Of course I don't think they 'look stupid' they suit you so well." Red son planted soft kisses around Mk's face. Mk laughed a little as hot tears rolled down his face. Red son panicked "hey hey hey! No no don't cry you have nothing to cry about Mk" red son had his hands on his shoulders "sorry sorry.. It's just- I shut myself out all this time when I was worried over nothing, I just made everyone worried sick." Mk stopped crying.

"Hey.. It's okay no need to be sorry..also how are you going to pay for them?" He kissed Mk's forehead. "I'll work an extra job so I can pay for them nothing huge." Mk said. "Well allow me to help pay for them. You won't need a second job, trust me it won't make a dent in my wallet. I promise." Red son kissed his hand. "W-what? Oh red son you don't have to.." Mk again teared up. "Trust me it's no problem, please let me do this for you." Mk smiled a kissed him on the cheek, "thank you so much. I'll make it up to you, promise."

"You don't have to hun, now let's go see the others, I'm sure they'd love to see your new braces." Red son suggested. "Alright but ya wanna know something?" Mk took his hand again. "It's kinda dumb but uh..hehe I got the color red for you. Because you know of your red color scheme, but it's funny because I wasn't even planning on showing you.." Mk gripped red sons hands. Reds eyes when wide and lit up once again who knew his boyfriend could be so adorable. "Holy shit Mk you're so cute..." Red flushed a deep red, his hair sparking.

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They go down stairs and the gang tackles Mk in a tight group hug. Mk flashing them a big smile, making the braces visible. Tang and pigsy smiled at Mk then turned over to red son. He stiffened up again, "we can't thank you enough for helping out Mk, how can we repay you." Tang smiled, pigsys hand on his shoulder. "It's okay! Just you letting me have Mk is enough of a thanks." Red son smiled.

"Woah Mk, sick braces!" Mei commented taking out her phone and taking a selfie with him. "Yeah they look really cool!" Sandy said, mo meowed in agreement.

"Thank you guys! It means a lot.." Mk had gone back to his old bubbly self.

Mk was going to smile a lot more now.

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(Alright guys I was ALMOST gonna scrap this idea but I decided I wrote this much might as well finish it so I hope you liked this one

I'm going to write a request next so stay tuned for that!)