I punched Mr Popular (Mark X Seulgi )- Slow updates

Chapter 20

Mark's POV

"Oh my gosh Mark, get over it and quit whining. You had no chance at all." Jackson complained. I've been going on about how I was rejected and basically weeping.

"Well Jackson, this is my first time I've asked someone out and first time to be rejected! What should I do now?? I've done everything you told me to do, and things that I've learnt from my admirers! I know she disliked me, but shouldn't she fall for my charms? Especially, me! Mark Tuan. No one ever deny me." Jackson looked at me like I've grown two heads with a horn on my forehead.

"I'm hurt Jackson. Now, I can kind of relate how the girls I've rejected feels. Gosh they must have felt worse than me being rejected and humiliated. I can't imagine someone witnessing what just happened between me and Seulgi."

He got up from the computer and walked towards me getting cheese from my bed stand.

"And your timing was soo wrong." Jackson said stuffing cheese in his mouth. I sat up on my bed and turned to him. "What do you mean? Don't you confess straight away if you're feeling brave and think it's the right time? It felt like the right time for me. You know the sooner the better, or else we'll never be able to do it, and regret it later."

Jackson gestures his hands to calm me down, "Yes yes whatever. But the timing though. Dude, you used to bully Lay and even now, I think... and Lay is friends with Seulgi. And Seulgi doesn't like our gang at all. And you're technically the leader. Do you get the picture?? She. Hates. You!"

"But I can change that right? I mean, everyone makes mistakes, and it's just that she just has to meet me in my bad moment because Fate got drunk or something." I glanced at Jackson and he had stopped eating half way of his small cylinder cheese staring at me.

"Mark...", He said after chewing for a while, "Are you for real?"

Now that got me thinking. Am I really in love with her? Or am I jumping to conclusion too quick? I mean, for all I know it could just be a faint crush that will disappear after a few days. I mean, this is too real to be true. I can't just fall for a girl I just met like what? 2 days ago.

Those are bullshits you can find in books and dramas like Romeo and Juliet! Love at first sight my arse. Arghh!! But I can't deny this familiar feeling I've felt before. And I don't want to repeat history... Suddenly I see a hand waving in front of me. Why is it so close to my face? "Oi! Mark! Earth to Mark!" Jackson snapped his fingers in front of me.

"Huh? What?" I looked up at him. Jackson sighed and sat down on a chair. "I know you're afraid. But like you said, do it or else you'll regret if later and have to carry the feelings forever. So I just want to let you know that, I'm here for you. From now on, whatever you're going to do, you'll have my support."

I smiled at him feeling quite emotional, "Thanks Jackson." He has been with me at the start of our high school, and has seen why I changed. My freshman year is a topic we both don't want to talk about and both avoid talking about it. And Jackson know it's a very sensitive topic for me so he'll always be careful when we talk about the past. My past.

"To be honest I'm glad you're starting to change...I mean, back at the court when you side with Lay, I must say, I was surprised because you just betrayed Chanyeol. Your closest friend Chanyeol! And I think I might need to change as well. I mean, you've clearly changed since last year by getting your grade high up, so I will too. Or else by the end of the year, you'll be off to college and I'll have to repeat and be left alone in this hellhole."

"Yeah..." I chuckled. I think back to the way I confessed to Seulgi...okay, I'm going to be embarrassed to death for the rest of my life for that.

"I might have come off so harsh and so sudden that I didn't seem sincere. I mean, I definitely annoyed her, sticking into her personal life and bullied on her friends. But God will give me another chance right? This time, I'll forgot everything that has happen from the moment I met Seulgi and up to now.

I'm going to prove to her that I'm not as bad as she sees me. That I'm not a bad person...anymore. I'm going to prove to everyone that I'm going for a new start and become a better person. And I'm not changing myself for only her...I'm changing for myself as well."

Jackson stood up and walked towards me before putting his hands on both of my shoulders. "Man, you are totally......whipped for her."