BIRTHDAY.

5

[ MARKDY ]

"finally, our suffering has ended." jaebeom exclaimed as him and mark walked out of the detention room. the two had cuts and bruises on their faces but still laughed as they walked side by side.

the two stopped when they saw two familiar figures standing in front of them, blocking their way. mark mentally cursed when he saw how pissed off his girlfriend is right now. she had her arms crossed and kept a straight face, she was known for her bright and beautiful smile in school so seeing her emotionless face scared mark so much.

"we have to talk, mister." seulgi said and held jaebeom's arm, "goodbye, wends! see you on monday. and goodbye, mark... goodluck." seulgi said before dragging jaebeom away.

"babe-"

"don't." wendy said coldly and turned her back towards him, "i was worried so i waited for you. now that i know you're fine, i'm going home now." she said and started walking away from him.

mark jogged to catch with her, "baby, look... i know i promised to stop starting troubles but it wasn't even our fault earlier! we didn't start the fight!" mark explained himself. he held her hand to make her stop walking, for them to talk this through properly.

"but you still fought back, mark! how can you avoid a fight if you return their punches and kicks!?" wendy yelled as she turned to face him, "it's not about who started first! you had the choice to just step away from the situation!"

mark lets go of her hand, "those assholes talked shit about you and seulgi! what do you expect us to do? just leave and let them keep doing it? nope, we're not that letting them do that to you and to seulgi."

wendy closed her eyes and sighed, "mark... i just want to go home... let me go home..." she whispered.

"let's talk about this first... i won't be able to breathe well if we're in bad terms... please baby..." mark pleaded as he held her hand again. he caressed her hand with his thumb to calm the both of them down, he could hear his heart beat crazily through his ears.

silence surrounds them as they stood at the middle of the hallway. mark didn't like it but they both needed to calm down, they needed the silence.

"babe..." mark called when he noticed her lifting her head up, the thing she does to avoid tears from falling.

"i'm just tired of seeing you hurt. i'm tired of seeing you getting into trouble. i'm tired, mark..." she whispered, tears pooling in her eyes. mark felt his heart broke inside him, it felt as if he's world was falling apart.

"w-what do you m-mean y-you're t-tired?" mark asked, his voice cracking on the last part, "you m-mean..."

wendy lets the tears fall from her eyes as she placed both of her hands on his cheeks, "n-no! that's not what i meant... i'm sorry for yelling, baby." wendy apologized, which shocks mark.

"don't feel sorry, babe. you have every right to yell at me, to get mad at me. what i did was stupid and wrong... i promise, i won't get into fights anymore." mark promised, holding her hands on his cheeks. wendy smiled as she sniffed and that's when it finally hits him, "oh... you had a bad day..."

mark is proud that his girlfriend was a very active student. there hasn't been a day where he wasn't proud. she always has good grades, always participates in school activities, and has a good reputation with all teachers. but her reaching to that level was hard for her.

wendy nodded and continued caressing his cheeks with her thumb, "i'm sorry for yelling. i'm sorry for throwing my frustrations at you..." wendy apologized over and over again.

mark place both of his hands on her waist, "do you want to talk about it?" he asked and wendy just nodded as response, "at our usual spot?"

wendy placed a short kiss on his lips, "yes, please."

mark smiled widely and tighten the grip he has on her waist, "i need another one, baby." he said with a smile.

"we're still in school, babe." wendy said as she lets go of his cheeks. she

mark pouted and placed his head on her shoulder, "pretty please, baby?" he asked one more time, making wendy roll her eyes at him.

she held his cheeks again and brought his lips to hers. the kiss was longer than earlier and it surely left a wide smile on both of their faces.

"can we go now, baby?" wendy asked when she finally lets go, giggling at how adorable mark looked in front of her.

"yup! we absolutely can!"