Dark Secret

Chapter 2

Jack opened his eyes, trying to adjust them to the sunlight glaring through the window. He rolled over to find Mark absent, which he found a little strange as Mark would usually wake him. He sat up and called his name a couple times before noticing the a little piece of paper with Jack written across it. Jack put on his glasses and read it.

Dear Jacki,
I am really sorry about last night, I don't know what came over me. I haven't been feeling like myself recently. Anyways I've popped into town to grab some stuff, should be back about 5-6 o'clock.
I called the doctors office and I got you an appointment for 12:10pm. Hope thats alright it was the only one available today.
See you later, Mark x

Jack glanced over at his bedside and turned on the lock screen on his phone - 11:48am. "SHIT!" Jack jumped out of bed, trying to pull on some pants as he ran down the stairs, somehow managing not to fall down them. He ran down to the main bathroom, put on a shirt, sorted his hair and brushed his teeth. He looks at his watch- 12:01, the shower can wait he thought. He grabbed his hoodie an sprinted down the sidewalk, there was no time to call for a taxi and Mark had the car. He sprinted across the road and down the street towards the doctors. He ran in through the door and almost collapsed when he stopped because he was so exhausted, the receptionist looked at him with a small smile forming in the corner of her mouth. "Did we have a bit of a lie in Mr. Mcloughlin?", he looked up to look at the humored receptionist who appeared to be looking down at his feet. He had put on Mark's fluffy bunny slippers by mistake. He looked back up at the receptionist and went red in the face.
"Would you believe me if I said it was a new trend?" She shook her head, a large grin still stuck on his face.
"No, then again who am I to say? You can head through if you want."
"Thanks... Could you you possibly look after these?" He pulled the slippers off his feet and held them out across the desk. She hid them behind the desk and he made his way to the doctors office.

"Everything looks fine Mr. Mcloughlin, however I'm still slightly confused as to how this came about."
"Mark- ", suddenly Jack stopped. He didn't want to get Mark in any trouble but he could think of a good excuse that wouldn't get someone in trouble and he was running out of time to answer.
"It's a kink...". Jack went bright red as the words left his mouth.

'Fer fuck sake Jack a kink thing???' He thought to himself.
'So instead of making people think Mark just got a little too rough, you made him seem like a PERVERTED WEIRDO??? Might as well have told him he is a fucking furry! Good job Jack...'

Dr. Hanson cocked his head slightly as if trying to work out how to react. He decided to just ignore it completely and handed Jack some tablets.
"Take these three times a day, it should help with the shoulder pains which I imagine shouldn't take more than two maybe three weeks to heal. There may be small amount of scaring left however." Jack had no complaints, it just meant he had permanent love bite from Mark which he didn't sound all that bad.
"You remember how to bandage it correctly or would you like another demonstration?" Dr. Hanson asked, still slightly amused by Jack's pathetic attempt at bandaging it himself.
"I'm good thanks" Jack replied with a smirk, "I'll see you soon to get it checked."
Jack left, nearly forgetting the bunny slippers on the way out and decided that it was warm enough to walk back bare foot without seeming weird whilst hiding the slippers under his hoodie.

It would still be a few hours before Mark got back so Jack decided he would do some live streaming to pass the time. He announced it on Twitter and Facebook and started streaming some more Kerbal Space Program. A lot of the fans noticed the bandages under Jack's hoodie. He obviously wasn't going to tell them what actually happened so he just said he had a bit of an accident and it was nothing serious. He must have been streaming for about four and a half hours before he finished up the stream and said goodbye to the viewers. He decided that he was going to be productive before Mark got back and edited some videos so he didn't have to record or edit on his birthday. He got about an hour of editing done before he hearing:
"Honey I'm home!" The voice deep and soothing to hear... it was definitely Mark.

Jack came downstairs to find Mark putting away groceries in the fridge and cupboards and a small fancy looking off-white gift bag with black ribbon handles sitting on the bench beside him. Jack snuck down the stairs while Mark's back was turned, he tiptoed down until the second step from the bottom creaked, as it always does and Mark nearly jumped out his skin and spun to face Jack who looked slightly startled by his reaction.
"Oh- Jack- hi! I didn't think you'd be home!" Jack had a confused look on his face.
"You realize my doctors appointment finished hours ago right?" Mark frowned slightly.
"I thought you were going to meet up with Ryan and Matt at their place to do some games for their channel?"
Jack's mind suddenly clicked and remembered he should have left for their apartment about half an hour prior.
"Shit I forgot, I should probably call them and tell them I'll be there soon." Jack rushed off, scrolling through his contacts for Matt's number while Mark continued to unpack the shopping.

After Mark was sure Jack wasn't looking, he removed the small box from the small gift bag and opened in. Inside was a silver chain bracelet with a silver tag, engraved on it: Booper Dooper written in a fancy handwritten font with a single small emerald studded into the corner of the tag. He smiled as he closed the lid again gently and placing it back in it's bag. He knew that Jack would love it and seeing Jack smile made his life that little bit more bearable.

Without Jack, he would have given up a long time ago.