Coffee Love // markjin

Chapter 5

When they both woke up the day after, things were really awkward between them. Mark's attack brought questions in Jinyoung's head but the older boy wasn't ready to answer them. They quietly cooked breakfast and ate in a complete silence the still hot pancakes, but their mind weren't really silent.

Unlike Jinyoung who was wondering the reasons of Mark's panic attack, Mark's thoughts were filled with Jackson's face, Emily's voice, and Jinyoung's presence. Everything in his was messy and he felt like he was going to explode any time soon.

It wasn't a few hours later that Jinyoung found himself suffocating in Mark's house and decided to leave without taking the time to take a shower.

"- I'm leaving, he announced to the older boy.

- Okay, I have to go to school anyway. I hope we'll see each other soon.

- I guess. Bye, Jinyoung said, stepping closer to Mark.

- What the hell do you think you're doing ?! Mark screamed as Jinyoung took him in his arms.

- Just a hug, calm down...

- Go away. Please. Go."

Jinyoung took a step back, obeying Mark's orders, and in his eyes, it seemed like something broke. He silently went away, slowly, shaking as Mark's voice echoed in his ears.

Mark sighed, hearing the door closing after Jinyoung. It was too soon, he wasn't ready, and Jinyoung's warm wasn't enough to make the ice on his heart melt. He couldn't himself explain why he reacted that way. He didn't mean to be that harsh with Jinyoung but he couldn't help but avoid him.

Shaking his head, he decided to think about that another time, and prepared to get to school. As always, Bambam welcomed him with opened arms, but everyone in his class where acting weird to him, as if he was made of glass and they didn't want to see him breaking any time soon.

Emily must have told them about their breakup, he thought, and he realized she was missing. Mark was alone, more alone than ever.

He missed him.

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"- Jinyoung ?

- Hey Jaebum.

- Did you get any sleep tonight ?! You look so bad.

- I... Mark and I fought and let's just say it was my fault."

Jinyoung then told everything that happened to his best friend, tears rolling on his cheeks. Jinyoung had his head down, and he was blind to Jaebum's expressionless face. Maybe, if he lifted his head for even a second, he could see that something was wrong with his friend.

"- I'll be right back", said Jaebum, interrupting Jinyoung in his explanation.

Jaebum got into his car as his friend stared at him in awe. This wasn't Jaebum's usual behaviour and it disturbed the younger one, who didn't need any more concerns than he already had.

Jaebum started driving and driving, until he found a red hair that could fit Jinyoung's endless descriptions of his crush.

"- Mark ?" he said, quickly parking his car and running after a young man who was approximately his age.

Turning at the voice, Mark jumped a bit when he saw a total stranger calling him.

"- Do I know you ?

- No you don't. But you know my best friend. Jinyoung ?

- Oh, Jin' ! Yes I know him. How can I help you ?"

Strangely, Mark wasn't really reassured when the guy told him he knew Jinyoung. The stranger was analyzing his face as if he was very suspicious about him. But Mark did nothing wrong, right ?

"- I'm sorry if he's bothering you. It's just that he's crushing over so many people these days. And you're his new crush. You know, he barely gets any love at home. I guess he's searching for some now.

- He's absolutely not bothering me, though."

These words escaped Mark's mouth before he could stop them. And he suddenly realized that it was the truth.

"- But I thought... Jinyoung told me...

- He told you we got into a fight ?

- Well, yeah...

- I made a mistake. He...means a lot to me."

Jaebum's eyes were confused. This conversation wasn't going the way he expected it to go. He was still doubtful about this whole thing, about a stranger becoming Jinyoung's new boyfriend, and maybe he was only scared for his best friend.

He didn't want Jinyoung to be hurt anymore, and somehow he knew Mark was going to break Jinyoung's heart.

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I'M SO DAMN SORRY ABOUT THIS LATE UPDATE AND THIS SHITTY CHAPTER but school sucks and we can't do anything to avoid it.
Sorry again.