A Husband, A Stranger

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Marco's POV

"Achoo!", I sneezed, "Excuse me", I muttered, "Are you alright this is the fifth time now", coach asked handing me a tissue. "I'm fine", I said blowing my nose, I feel a little cold, my throat hurts, I'll just drink some water and it'll be fine. "Marco, boss wants you back to the company", coach said, "What why?", I asked, "She just wants to see you, she've already send someone to come and get you", he said.

(In Mrs Ackerman's office)

"Marco, I want to talk to you about the shooting you did a month ago", she said. "Is there something wrong?", I asked, I'm starting to feel hot, "I had a lot of interviews and they- Marco are you okay?", she asked. "I'm fine why?", I asked, I'm feeling a little woozy, "Your face is red, are you feeling hot?", she stand up and walk to me. She placed her hand on my forehead, "You're burning up Marco, I'll get you some water", she said pouring some water into a glass. "Here", I chunk it down, "Go home, I'll call your coach and tell him about it", I picked up my bag, I feel like everything's heavy, I got to the stairs, I slap my face, I take a deep breath, okay all I need is to sweat, I take out my jacket from my bag. I put it on and zip it, I started running down the stairs, 43th, 42th, 41th...
I've arrived at 28th floor, I can't take it anymore, I push open the door, I'll just take the lift. I didn't even sweat that much, how long is this going to take?! I'm feeling so dizzy, "Ding!", finally, I walk to it, wait, Jean? The blonde man standing in front of him... Armin? What is going on?

Jean's POV

(3 hours ago)

Is Marco still mad at me? Is he doing okay now? I can't ask him, I've said already after that one kiss I'll leave him alone. His momma? No, that's bad. Mom? No she's too disappointed to face me right now. Who else? I don't even know his friends, I know nothing about him, or anyone he knows, wait, there's one.

"So you want to order a few clothes for your commercial?", Mrs Ackerman asked. "Mhm", I nodded my head, "Write down what you need", she gave me a piece of paper. I name the clothes I could think of and simply write the sizes of it. "Here", I hand it to her. Should I ask now? No, what if it came out wrong? She take a look at it, she tear it to shreds, "You're not here to order clothes are you? You're here for Marco", she said throwing the paper shreds away. "You don't dare to make eye contact with me and you keep picking on your nails, which means you're trying to get something out but you can't, so my guess is that you want to ask about Marco", she said. How could she guess? "Yes...how is he now?", I asked, "He's been acting strange, what did you do to him?", she asked leaning forward. "How strange?", I asked, "Okay firsts of all, he's been spacing out a lot in class, second of all he keeps touching his lips and keeps muttering something, what have you done? Did you do something to him? Did you hit him again?", she asked standing up. "I didn't hit him! I would never-" "On the news when he came out of that mansion, his face was bruised", she cut me off. That was true, I did hit him, "Ring! Ring!", the phone started ringing. She pick up, "This is Mrs Ackerman speaking, oh you want to interview Marco Bodt? Alright, alright", she hung up. "I don't know what did you do to Marco, but if you try any funny business, you'll get it, now I have work to do, you may go", she said picking up her phone. "Marco's here? Okay good", she said, "Mrs Ackerman, I know you wouldn't believe me but I didn't hit him that day", I said standing up. "Get out quick, Marco's coming soon, I'm sure he doesn't want to see you", I take my leave. "Ding!", I got into the lift, I take out my phone and started going through my messages. "Ding!" "Me and Eren will grab some lunch for you at the nearby cafe, you stay here and wait", someone said, I look up, what? He stand there, take a look at me, he press the floor he needs to get to and stand in front of me. Armin...he must be visiting Mikasa, I feel like this lift is slowing down, why the hell can't this thing get any faster? I want to get out, "Ding!", the lift stop at the 28th floor, the door open and revealed Marco, he looks like he's out of breath, god this couldn't get any worse! Armin sense something, he clear his throat and walk out the lift, Marco straighten himself up and walked in and stand a front of me, he keeps coughing is he okay? "Marco, do you need some water?", I asked placing my hand my his shoulder. He slapped away my hand again, "Fuck off". Ouch. Hearing this from your own husband kinda hurts, we've reach the ground floor. He walked out, he's walking weirdly, he fell, "Oh my goodness are you alright?", a woman asked trying to help him up. I walked up to them, "Oh I'm sorry it's just that he's feeling a bit unwell", I said grabbing Marco's hand and help him up. They seem a bit shocked to see me, "Can you stand up?", I whispered to Marco, "I've told you to fuck off", he said, he sound like he's on his last breath, his whole body is burning up. I carry him up in bridal style, "We'll be taking our leave now", I smile at them. "Let go of me", he said hitting my chest, "How can I let you go when you're like this, you're coming home with me", I said. "No...", he tried to push me off, "Hold onto me or you'll fall, freckles", I said, "What do you just call me?" "Freckles, it suits you a lot, honey", I said. There's a group of people walk by us and laughed, he covered his face in embarrassment. People that walk by look at us and laughed, seriously what's so funny? I unlock my car, I sit him down on the passenger and put in the seatbelt for him. I got to the driver seat and started driving, "Rest while you can", I said. I stopped by a pharmacy and a porridge restaurant to get some medicine and obviously porridge. He fell asleep already, he's shivering, I started to speed up.

I parked my car in the parking lot, I open the door for Marco, I slowly picked him up, I woke him up by accident. "Have you drop off at my home?", he looked around, I carry him up back in bridal style. I take the porridge and medicines, "Jean put me down", he said, I didn't say anything I just kept walking. "Put me down!", he started hitting me real hard, I didn't care, I waited for the lift, he push me away and he fell down on the ground. He tried to stand up, but well it was unsuccessful, "Ding!", I grab his arm to help him up. He follow me into the lift, "Let me go...", he said quietly, I didn't say anything. I pull him out of the lift, he got out out of my grip and ran away, I grab him by his waist, "Let me go! What was that kiss for?! You've told me you would leave me alone!", his elbow hit my face.

Marco's POV

I used my elbow to hit his face, I stopped struggling and slowly looked back. He's glaring at me, I'm fucked up.

Jean's POV

I drag him into my apartment, "Jean! S-stop! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't hit me", I threw him onto the bed, I take off my jacket and threw it on the floor. He tried to get up but I pinned him down, "Please don't hit me...", he said quietly, I lower my head down. He turn his head and shut his eyes tightly, I place my hand on his face, he's cold, first his burning up and now he's cold. I got off of him, I unbuttoned my shirt and threw in on the floor. "Keep your boxers on if you're uncomfortable", I said going into the bathroom.

I sit in the bathtub, waiting for Marco to get done with showering. He walk out of the the shower, "Get in", I said, he put his feet in the water first, "It's cold", he said, "We need to bring down your fever", he listened to me and got in. "It's cold, it's cold, it's cold", he keeps saying, "Come here", I pull him into me, I hugged him. "Better?", I looked at him smiling, "I hate you", he said not wanting to look at me, "Oh, I'm not even getting a thank you?", I teased him. "You scared me just now there's nothing I should be thanking about", he said hugging his legs. He's shivering, I didn't noticed that his neck is also covered with freckles, he obviously got the freckles from his momma. "I think that's enough, you need to rest", I said getting out of the tub, "I want to stay", he said. "I'm starting to feel hot", he said, "Get up its bad for you", he stood up, I wrapped the towel around him. I dressed him up and let him lie in bed, I prepare the porridge for him, I blow it for him. "Eat", I said, he tried it, "It's still hot", he said drinking the water, I blow it again and feed him. He finished the porridge, I gave him the medicine and some water. "Will you accept this as an apology?", I moved the hair out of his face, he lay down, "I'm tired I want to sleep", he said. I put a wet cloth on his forehead, I turn off the air conditioner, I tucked him in and got under the cover with him. "Give me your left hand", I said, he handed me his left hand under the blanket, I put on the ring on his finger, he took off the ring to take a look at it, it has my name carved in it, "What are you trying to do Jean?", he asked holding into the ring. "I'm trying to win back your heart", I said, "You've won mine, but I've never got to win yours, because of what I did", I sleep closer to him. "How did I won your heart? By cooking meals everyday?", he asked, "There's so many things you did that won my heart, I just didn't tell you about it", he turn to face the other way. I hugged him from behind, "I love you."

A/N: About Marco accidentally hitting Jean wasn't planned, I added it in last minute.