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I finally snapped out the trance his eyes trapped me in. I took a deep breath and shook my head with a small chuckle. "Ok..I-I know, I'm not the best at this because-because it's me, and I never...apologize" he chuckled a bit as he watched me slightly freak out "and this is most likely going to be...the shittiest apology ever but, I really am sorry" I finally looked back up to his eyes. He looked both shocked and relieved "I shouldn't have pushed you away, or-or kicked you out, I was just-" before I could finish his hands were cupping my face and he was pulling me to him. Our lips connected and I felt fine again.
We kissed for a while until we heard "oh, shit sorry" we pulled apart only to see Billy, "uh, my bad...I was just-I'm just gonna go...you two continue" we both laughed as he rushed back in the direction of the dorms. I turned back to Marcus with a soft smile "so, are we ok?" He nodded before pulling me closer and back into a kiss. When we pulled away again, I stepped back, looking back to the floor, nerves now running twenty time higher then before "you ok?" He said stepping forward and putting his hands on my shoulders "yea I uhm-I just need to tell you something" he dropped his hands and stared at me with confusion but also fear "are you ok?" He asked, I nodded with a small smile
"I just uh- I pushed you away because I have to do this really terrible job for my dad..." he shrugged "I know, but every job you do is terrible" I shook my head "this one...I have to kill my childhood best friend..." he looked a little more confused "why didn't you just tell me?" I shrugged, feeling the warmth of new tears starting to form "I guess, I thought I was protecting you...maybe even keeping you from thinking differently of me" he pulled me back into a hug. His arms wrapped around me, filling me with warmth, the once teary eyes were dry. His scent calmed my nerves and I was ready to tell him.
"You don't need to protect me all the time, Ona" he said with a small chuckle. I got loose from his arms, just so I could look up to him "I know" I said with the same little laugh "then why do you feel the need to?" His eyes searched me, his lips starting to curl into a small smirk, like he knew what I was thinking. I took a deep breath and looked back up to his eyes "because I love you" he looked shocked, I didn't know if I should panic or continue, I decided to go with the one I needed to do. " I love you, all of you. Your scars and-and your crazy rambles about your beautifully crazy view on this very shitty world" he laughed and I did the same "I love your laugh, and your smile, the way you say my name, how you can scream at me but not mean it one bit, I love how you love, and how you care, no matter what"
He said nothing, but he held a large smile "I love how you make me so safe with a simple hug or just holding my hand" he grabbed my hand and gave it a small kiss "and-and it's crazy because if I'm being totally honest, I've never felt this way before, for anyone" I noticed his smile was getting smaller, and his eyes began to search my face once again. Did I go over board? Maybe just a little, possibly. I had no clue why he made me feel like this, and I didn't know if I was happy it was happening or slightly annoyed, I loved being my confident self, "I love you, and if you don't feel the same, fine, I get it, I can be...a lot sometimes, but please say something before I take off and you never see me again"
