Everything's Alright

Chapter Five

After about half an hour of walking filled with jokes and me being the biggest dork on the planet, we finally arrived at the hotel. We rode the hotel up to the sixth floor, singing along to the Aerosmith that played on the way up.

We walked through the hallways until we arrived at the room Kenna and I were splitting for the weekend.  I knocked and she opened the door. She had just come from the shower.

"Hey, Kenna. You remember Mark from earlier, right?" I asked her awkwardly, motioning to the man next to me.

"Yeah." She stuck out her hand. "How do you do?"

He shook it and smiled. "I'm well, how about yourself?"

"Just experienced the best con EVER!" She exclaimed. A bunch of others down our hall hooted and hollered.

"Uh, would it be possible if he-?" I started.

"Of course!" She said, opening the door for us. We walked in, thanking her.

She had hooked up my Xbox all ready and we were streaming anime. I plopped down on my bed, and saw that it was FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, my favorite anime.

"Oh, we gotta start at the beginning! Let's show Mark how similar he and Maes look." I said, grabbing the controller and going back.

We watched a few episodes. Mark fell in love with Maes Hughes and Roy Mustang. I decided to take a shower and get all the dirt off. As I did so, I thought about my day and how insane it had been. I got out and put on a tank top and pajama shorts. I walked out just before Maes was killed.

"No!" Mark exclaimed as the gun went off and he fell to the ground of the telephone booth. I saw a tear fall down his cheek as the character spoke his final words. I wrapped my arms around him until the episode ended.

"Well, I think I need to go drown my feels down the drain." He said. I smiled and nodded. Then he did something unexpected; he kissed my cheek. My face turned a deep shade of red as he got up and walked over to his bag, then the bathroom.

"Are you two-?" Kenna asked.

"I'm not sure....I mean, he told me he had a crush on me."

"He what?!?"

"Yeah." My face burned again. "And it isn't like my feelings for him have been any secret, so...."

"I don't want to hear any hanky-panky tonight."

"Oh, my God, Kenna!" I exclaimed and threw a pillow at her. We laughed.

We turned on How I Met Your Mother. I took out my contacts and put on my glasses. I was brushing out my long blonde hair when Mark stepped out of the bathroom. He was wearing his Markiplier pajama pants with his logo. And only that. Seeing his chest made me blush and I had to bite my lip to keep from squealing or making an inhuman sound.

He looked over and we made eye contact, making both of us blush and look away.  He ran a towel through his floof of hair, then walked over to my bed and lied down. Since he was in the side closer to the middle, and the TV, I scooted over and snuggled up close to him. He didn't seem to mind. He even wrapped an arm around me. I put my head on his chest as well as one hand. We would lay like that for an hour or so, then I took off my glasses and decided to go to sleep, which pretty much killed the TV.

"Seriously, guys. No hanky-panky." Kenna said in the darkness after the lights were turned off.

"Shut up, Kenna." I said and placed my chin on Mark's chest so that I could look at him. He was looking over my own face. He moved a stray hair. I lifted myself and brought my face close to his. I leaned in and our lips met so tentatively.

We broke apart after a moment, just looking at each other. Then we smiled. I knew my face was a deep shade of red and I had the feeling that he was the same way. I adjusted myself and lied my head back in his chest, listening to his heartbeat until sleep took over me.