The Isle - A Mark Tuan and Renesmee Fanfiction

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The boys look at Renesmee with awe. I know she has that charm in her that enchants everybody who sees her. There mouths are agape, there eyes falling out from their sockets. 

She inches closer to me, squeezing my hand. I can feel her tension. She cowers behind me and tries to hide her face by pulling my shirt from my shoulder. 

"Ok," I break her uneasiness by pulling her towards the chair and I sit on the armrest, putting my arm around her shoulder, "let's continue."

With my voice, the boys break free from their spell and look at me. 

"Yeah," JB is still uneasy but manages to speak, "what do you want to know?"

"What happened to me?" 

They all look at Jackson, it seems he's the one who knows the story. "Alright, so I took you to the airport," he clears his throat and glances at Renesmee, "with...with Ann." 

Upon mentioning the girl's name, Renesmee bows her head and looks at her hands. I take them and hold them on my lap. I want her to know I don't want to keep things from her and that whatever we hear now wouldn't change what I feel for her. I nod at Jackson to continue. 

"You took the plane to Rio. You were supposed to stay there for a week then go to your parents place in LA." I can see the other boys shift uneasily on their chairs. Jackson, too, gazed up at me but continues, "a day after I took you to the airport, our manager receives a phone call. He was informed that the plane you were in crashed somewhere near Rio."

"The boss, JYP, immediately sent some people to look for you," JB continues for him. "They saw Ann, but you were nowhere to be found." 

"JYP managed to take Ann to one of the hospitals in Brazil." Now, Junior talks. "She is still there, from what I heard. Hyung, she's still in a coma." He looks at me with sorry eyes then looks at Renesmee. 

JB speaks again, "we thought..." he runs his hand over his face, "we thought you were dead." 

Silence. 

"This girl," I look through their eyes, "Ann.."

"This girl?" Jackson jumps off his seat, "This girl? Hyung, Ann is not JUST a girl. She's...." he pauses to look at Renesmee, I know what is coming but I don't falter. "She's your girlfriend," Jackson says what everybody has been hesitating to say. "She's been your girlfriend for 2 years. For god's sake, man." He paces the room and stops just in front of me, "you can't even imagine what you and that girl, who is in a coma right now, have been through just to get your relationship going." 

Renesmee stands and I can see she's about to cry, "I don't think I can listen to this," she runs up to her room. I reach her door just before she could close it. 

"Ren," I hug her tight, "I'm sorry. I just wanted you to hear the whole story with me." 

"I know!" Her voice becomes louder. "But, have you thought of what I would feel?" She breaks free from my arms. She walks to the other side of the room and faces me. "Have you? Mark?" The tears she's been keeping in finally comes out and she collapses to the floor, holding her knees to her body. 

"I'm..." I only thought of myself, "I'm sorry, babe," I run to her and wrap my arms around her. Her sobbing becomes louder and I try to console her, stroking her hair and kissing the top of her head. How can I be so stupid?

I carry her to the bed, letting her head rest on my arm. My other arm goes around her waist and I pull her closer. The only sound I hear from her is her weeping. "I'm sorry," I say again. 

The sobbing stops and I feel her relax in my arms. Her breathing becomes even. I gently pull out my arm under her and put the blanket over her. I kiss her forehead and slowly go down to the living room where the other boys are still discussing. 

They all look up at me with questioning eyes.

"She's asleep," I say and regain my spot on the chair. 

"Hyung," Yugyeom's voice is full of concer, "why...who is she? And, why did you bring her here?"

"I told you, her name's Renesmee. She's with me. I was drifted to her island, she took me in and tended to my injuries. She saved my life." 

"And you think you have obligation over her just because she saved you?", I swear Jackson has some issues. 

"No," I try not to yell, "of course not." How could they think that? "I like her. Wait...I don't need to explain this to you." 

"You think?" Jackson's still onto me, JB tries to pull him back to his seat but Jackson pushes him away. "How about Ann? Ha? What are you going to do with her? Just because you can't remember doesn't mean she can forget."

"Jackson, tone down," Junior tries to calm this guy down. 

"This is bullcrap!" Jackson stomps in one of the rooms near the living room. "You shouldn't have come back," he shouts before slamming the door behind him. 

"Let's just rest for now," JB stands up from his chair. "Let's continue when we're all level headed." 

I go up the stairs and into Renesmee's room, hoping she's still asleep and didn't hear any of the words Jackson said earlier. I quietly open the door and peep in. She's not on her bed. I get in and look around, she's not in the room. I go to my room, but she's not there either. The bathroom's also empty. I go down to the living room where some of the guys are still talking. 

"Have you seen Renesmee?" I ask them in a panic. 

"No, I thought you said she was sleeping," Youngjae answers.

Shit! Where is she? 

I go back to her room and notice one of her windows is open. She couldn't have, could she? I go to the open window and look down at the ground. Our apartment is on the sixth floor, she would have injured herself seriously, if not died. She couldn't. 

I run down and get out the door. Yugyeom follows me out. 

"Hyung, where are you going?" 

I don't answer him. I need to find her. I run down the flight of stairs and out the building to the street.

Where could she be? 

I take out my phone and pressed 1. She answers on the 5th ring. 

"Where are you?" I ask  as soon as I hear the sound of her breathing. 

"I'm sorry, Mark. I shouldn't have come." 

"No...No, Ren. Don't do this. Where are you?" I run down the sidewalk, looking at both sides of the street. "Come on, Babe. Please...Don't do this." 

She doesn't answer, but she doesn't hang up. I can only hear her sobbing.

"Tell me where you are," I run to the road. I don't see the speeding car coming from my left. I shield myself with my hands. Oh Shit!