Got7 at 27

8 Waking up with Mark

Ruffling sounds, shingling accessories, and movements around the house.

You were awake but some part of you just couldn’t open your eyes yet, you must have been so tired to be unable to jerk awake as usual.
With eyes closed, you feel a slight warmth under the blanket, almost like there was a heating pad somewhere. Strange, you don’t remember putting heating pads in your bed yet since the weather hadn’t gone that cold.
As the ruffling sounds grew louder, you struggled to pry your eyes open.

Instantly, your eyes saw something unusual. It was your room, no doubt about that, but some one else was there and not just anywhere else, but lying beside you, under the covers.
Blinking rapidly to make sense of the situation, you realise it was Mark.

MARK?? What was he doing sleeping with you? Gosh, it’s the 2nd time this had happened - the first being falling asleep on the couch and now in your room. You saw where this was going and quickly sat up trying to get down from your bed.

"Babe…" you heard a dreamy voice that you instantly recognized.
"uh…hey…. Mark.. do you know where you are right now?" you whispered back while trying to move with the least movement possible.
"Yes. I do." he replied still with his eyes closed. "Don’t worry."

Worry? What was your worry? You looked and knew you were fully clothed and so was he, in what you guys were in last night.
"But Mark, I think my Chelsea’s back… it wouldn’t be too nice for her to see us here like this…..erm…I’ll just head outside first okay?" You quickly flipped the covers off your feet to get moving but his long arms found yours even without flinching.

"Stay. Just for awhile." He mumbled, but audibly and in an irresistible firm tone that just made you weak. With that he pulled you back into the covers and wrapped his arms around your waist easily.
"But Mark…. she —- " you protested

At this time, you heard the door knob turn and stared hard at it. But it stopped before it could open. Staring at it for a few more seconds, you wondered why Chelsea hadn’t barged in.

He snuggled closer to you to bury his face in the back of your hair.

"I locked it….." you heard a hushed whisper.
"You locked it??? Oh goodness how could you — what if she —" you reached to pull his arms apart from your waist but his grip only grew firmer.

"Kidding. I just told her that I was staying over to accompany you and stuck a note outside. She probably read it." He took one arm out of his embrace and turned you to face him.

Seeing Mark at such close proximity, you were more shy and embarrassed, not to mention taken aback at his sudden aggressive nature. He usually didn’t take the lead much in things but somehow, when it came to matters of skinship, he never hesitated or felt shy.

You looked at his eyes as they opened, and smiled.

"Aren’t you taking things a little too fast, Mark? Although there isn’t one bit of this I dislike but, wouldn’t it be better if we took things slowly….you know…."
He blinked a few times and leaned nearer while you pressed your lips tightly together, a little apprehensive at what he was going to do.
"Are you really gonna be going like ’ Mark, this … and Mark, that..?" He let out a soft chuckle, “I know that’s my name but isn’t there something else you could address me with? Like, jagiya or…yeobo… or.. darling.. I’d really prefer hearing that..”  he smiles.
You really did not believe what the reserved and tender gentleman had just outrightly requested of you - a term of endearment, a nickname, a loving call, a cheesy cringeworthy request basically. Your heart instantly beat faster at the thought with sheer nerves.
Seeing your astonishment, he found it just too cute. Closing you into his embrace again he said "It’s okay, I’ll wait… Until the day comes that you can no longer stand how sweet I am to you, I’ll make do with just ‘Mark’.”
"Ok, that’s better, now Mark….. let’s get up cos I think I’m gonna be late for work, it’s almost 9am…”
Hearing that he immediately sprang up and got all worried that he had forgotten it was a work day for you. You headed to get ready for work while he straightened out his clothes and got changed to go.