SUDDEN MARRIAGE

Fourty five

No words were exchanged between us but I can hear our hearts beating loud and crashing. My love is crying and I've never seen him cry like this.

Mark slowly grabbed my hands, lifted it and let it wrap around his nape before proceeding to hold me softly as if I'll break anytime soon if he does anything wrong. His tight hug suffocated me but that's just the fucking way I like it.

In ever minute that passes by, I felt Mark's hug becoming tighter and tighter. His heavy breathings and vibrations engulfed me.

For minutes, we were just crying while holding each other. Literally no words. Just sobs, tears and flying words that filled the air.

Damn, he's really here.

"C-Come home…" Weakly, he says while crying. "Home, love, please?"

"Mark—"

"D-Don't leave me, please? Let's go home." His endless sobs were heard all over this room.

"Love, stop crying…" I said, but I know for myself that I am crying too. I just want him to calm down because I think anytime now, he might pass out.

Hiccuping, he shook his head and held me tight again. "I'm so scared. I want you home again. I-I'm so afraid, that you'll leave… D-Don't leave—"

"Calm down, calm down…" I shush him.

"Home." He hisses softly. "N-Not until you tell me, we'll go back home. I don't want this anymore, love, please—"

"Mark Lee…" I cup his cheeks and huffed. "Calm down, please? I'm not gonna leave. Don't cry anymore…"

Now I feel like he's the real baby that I'm soothing, now and not the other way around.

"I'm so scared." His eyes releases tears and it trailed on my hands which were on his cheeks. He held my waist tight before kissing my palm. "Home, please?"

"F-Fine…" I bit my lip as I sob. "I will come home, okay? I will go back. J-Just please, love? Stop crying."

"You will?" Using his small voice, he answered.

I was caught off guard when he scooped me and carried me into his arms while crying. It's like all his remaining strength were thrown into this. He flipped the door open, probably to go to his car but then we forgot the rain is still hardly pouring.

"Mark, put me down…" I tap him weakly and discouragingly, he did. "Come inside, you'll get wet—"

"No! I need to bring you home now!" He argues, panicking over bringing me home in which I'll willfully do.

"Mark—"

"No!" He sobbed when I closed the door. "Please? You're gonna stay here again! You'll leave me! You won't come with me! I need to bring you home—"

Groaning, I tiptoe and shut his mouth using mine. He even tried to escape but I lock his neck in my arms. My tears fell at this sight of weak Mark, even though my eyes are shut tight.

As soon as I let go, Mark collapsed on my neck. "I miss you… So much… And it hurts me that we're still here and not at home…"

"Mark, look at me. Look at me, please?" I lift his face up.

"Fuck… I-I want us to go back home. Let's talk, please? I feel like everyone's gonna steal you away from me again."

"Stop panicking." I hiss on his lips. "No one's stealing me away from you, Mark Lee. I'm yours."

"You hate me…" He huffed with eyes burning in pain, released through tears and with his shaking lips.

I may hate him at that time because I knew that he had a child with someone else, but all I just want to do right now is to forget about it.