Anthropophobia

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Jack's POV:

I grinned as Mark sighed. "But you don't have a camera here." I laughed. "Nice try, but I have." His jaw fell open. "You...WHAT? Why?" "My mom told me to do a 'video diary' and some stuff like that. Like those vlogs." "You gotta be kidding me." He raised one eyebrow and I shook my head. "There's no way, I'm getting out of this, right?" I nodded. "Right."

He sighed again and I ran into our - I prefer to call it our bedroom now - bedroom, grabbing the camera. "You're shaking. Everything okay?" "I'm just nervous." I slightly rubbed his shoulder. "Hey. It's gonna be okay." I kissed his cheek and he nodded. "You're probably right."

He adjusted the camera in front of us and took two chairs. We sat down and he turned on the camera.
"Ready to do this?", I asked.
"Maybe..." He just shrugged.

"Hello everybody! My name is...is...this is...I can't! I fucking can't!" "Mark. You can!" "No!" I began tearing up. "Yes! I mean, I'm in sitting in front of you now! Making a coming out video with you! I know you less than a month! And I have...this thing. I wanted to kill you...but...but you made me...", a tear rolled down my cheek, "you made me love you. If you can do that, this video will be easy. So let's do it!" I managed a little smile. "You can." I rested my head on his shoulder. He smiled. "Jack, I know that but...but..."
"But?" He sighed and looked to the ground. "You're just afraid, aren't you?" He nodded slowly.

I chewed on my lower lip and looked at the camera, as a totally dumb idea came in my mind.

"Top o' the morning to ya' laddies! My name is Jack...uuumm...yeah. Jack.", I shouted and gave the camera a 'high five'. Mark winced at my movements. "And this,", I pointed at the totally confused Mark, "is my boyfriend, Mark." I grinned from ear to ear, while Mark seemed trying to understand what was going on.

"Yes, you heard right. This is my boyfriend Mark." "I...I,I...I...Can I do it now?" I grinned, as I realized, that my plan has worked out. Mark was doing this video now on his own. He took a deep breath and nodded.

"Hello everybody! My name is Markiplier and this is...", he pecked my cheek. "Hi, I'm Jack." I waved at the camera. "Today's video, is going to be a very serious video, because we'll talk about what 'happened' between us." He pointed at both of us. "And that's a lot." I rolled my eyes and grinned. "Not that much." "Hey, that's my video!" He pecked my cheek again and I slightly blushed. "As you may can see, Jack and I are together. Or you think that a man pecking another mans cheek is normal. Hey, that's okay!" He shrugged.

"Anyways..." and finally smiled." We love each other in a way we thought, we could never do, but here we are. Yeah, big shock! Oooh! It's gay! Kill it with fire! No seriously: If you're homophobic or some shit like that, don't watch this video or write a hate comment, because we don't need people like that on this channel." He sighed. "I mean,", he looked to the ground, "I knew that I was gay since I was, how old was I? Maybe fifteen or sixteen. But feeling so much love for one person is crazy!"

"And,", I began, "as I met Mark, I was flashed by his appearance. The way he looked, he sounded, he felt, when I hugged him. The way he smelled. And jup, last part sounds kinda creepy", I grinned, "but is onehundred percent true. But I didn't knew from the beginning that I loved Mark, I had a feeling of being home and save, but love the word 'love' never came in my mind."

I looked at Mark. "Should I?" He gave me a confused look. "You know...that..." I made some strange movements and he raised one eyebrow. "You knooowww...thaat..."
"Jack, what are you-" "Thiiiiiiing..." He obviously realized, what was going on and simply nodded.
"The whole 'love' thing is new for me." I swallowed a big lump in my throat. "I have something called Antropophobia. It's a mental disease, which causes the people who have it, to be afraid of other persons or groups of people. And..." I sighed. "I was in this apartment now for...now...19 years."

I began tearing up again. "You know...it's like...well, you actually don't know, but...it's...it's like...you are a freak. You feel like a freak. Locked away from the world behind the window. But...you are the one, that is afraid to go outside and..." Mark softly caressed my back. "His mom died and he was helpless. I was a good friend of her and she asked me, to do her a favor: if she'd die eventually, I should look after her son. And so did I." I buried my face in his shoulder.
"At first, it was a little strange, but Jack is no freak. He's a wonderful person, my friend. My boyfriend. And if you're asking - Mark, why are you making a video about this? We know Jack for less than two minutes!: It was Jack's idea. Yup. All him. All his fault!" He grinned and pointed at me. "I've made everything right!"

I smiled. "You're such a doofbag!" "I know." He winked at me. "Oh. Totally forgot." He looked into the camera. "Thank you everybody so much for watching! And as always, I will see YOU in the next video! Buh-Bye!" I turned the camera off. "Buh-Bye?" "Don't ask..." He pecked my lips. "Ok.", I said laughing.

Le 'after a long time finally a new chapter'-Author's note. Yup. A new chapter. You happy now? You are? Great! Have a nice day everyone! ^^