Prostitutes,Money And Love

Chapter 15 /More Than A Tradition/

Without a second thought,I grabbed his head and smashed my lips against his. He kissed me back and our lips moved in sync passionately. I could already feel people staring right at us.I grabbed a fistful of his hair,pushing him towards mewhile he pulled my waist nearer to him.Wait...what the fuck are we doing?

I pushed him away and stared at him in horror. I tucked my hair behind my ears,not knowing what to do. Why,Hyun,why would you do that? Out of all the people,you had to pick Mark,the mysterious cold one?! Just great!

"I'm sorry. I-I just...I was just really over-overwhelmed and I saw you...and because you-you-you...know did the same when I was the mascot...so I just-"I stuttered like a complete idiot.

"It's a tradition."he cut me off. "It's a tradition for the last person in the team with mascot to kiss the mascot head after every match for good luck the next time round. If you had alighted first,everyone in the team would have done the same. It's just a tradition,and NOTHING but a tradition."he explained,stressing on the 'nothing'. Well the last guy I thought that might have a crush on me just utterly destroyed everything. Maybe I do need some help in my love life because it's pathetic.

I started sobbing,burying my face in my already moist palms. I've been in a wreck this whole fucking month. I get fired,work as beer girl almost get raped then start to work as an unlicensed councillour. As for my love life,right as I'm about to confess,my crush gets a girlfriend and I just forcefully kissed a guy who kissed me purely for tradition.

I could feel Mark leaning closer to me. He put my hood over my head and patted my shoulder awkwardly. "I don't know what happened but hang on."he encouraged and planted kiss on my hands. I removed them from my face.

"This is more than a tradition."he added and smirked before walking off...

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Jaebum's POV

"You crazy jerk!"Jackson laughed loudly and ruffled Mark's hair. The boys were over at my house and Jaejoong was bugging me all the day long so I decided to leave him be and let him play with his toy cars at the corner.

"You guys have already done the..."Bambam paused and puckered his lips while Jackson made kissy sounds. "What's next? Y'all going steady?"he asked,wriggling his eyebrows.

"You brat,where did you learn that from?"Jr teased and knuckled his head. Bambam groaned in pain,pouting as he rubbed his hands.

"So whatcha gonna do?"I asked.

Mark shrugged. "I'll go with the flow."he answered casually.

"Won't it be weird?"Yugyeom asked. "If we go out and she tags along,what if she becomes super nanny on Jaebum,won't that be funny?"the maknae chuckled and I gave him the straight face which meant that I was totally done with him.

"But back to the topic,she likes you I guess since Yoongi is out of the picture already."Youngjae said.

"She's pretty barbaric when it comes to her brother but I think she's fine other than that. Just a little quiet without her brother and a whole lot of sass."Jackson shrugged.

"She's really loud when excited. She's the mascot and we had a game and she was threatening to kill Kris. No one dares to do that."Mark chuckled.

"You know what,I say you chat her up."BamBam suggested. Jackson snatched Mark's phone from his hands and quickly typed a 'hey' to Hyun.

"Dude!"Mark groaned.

What?

She replied instantly. "Wow she got no chill. She replied you right away."

"That's a plus so she won't ignore you and you don't have to wait!"Yugyeom exclaimed.

(italics is Mark's message and bold is Hyun.)

Are you okay?

Better than ever.

"She's so cold~~"BamBam commented.

"What now?"Mark asked. "I've never talked that much to a girl in text other than my mum."

"DUDE!"Jackson facepalmed,giving him the '-.-"' face. "That was like 2 sentences from you and another 2 from her."

Mark shrugged.

"Pass it to me."I demanded and Mark passed his phone to him.

Remember what I said that day?

No.

Let me remind you then. It's more than just a tradition. Remember that now.

Why are you even talking to me?

Just wanted to let you know about what I said.

I don't feel like knowing. Bye.

You know that kiss was more than a tradition and you liked it.

Seen.

"YOU MADE ME SOUND LIKE A FUCKBOY!"Mark exclaimed.

"You're the supposed cool mysterious kungfu guy,being a little fuckboy won't harm."I shrugged.

"Nononono!"Mark exclaimed and took the phone.

Sorry that wasn't me. It was my friends.

So you told everyone what happened??

You jerk.

Don't talk to me.

I'm sorry!

Seen.