{50} You Tried

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A/N: 50th chapter! I'm really proud of this story so far, honestly! I want to thank Luckycloud148 for giving me this idea a while back. But thanks to everyone for reading this story so far, I really appreciate it. If anyone has any more ideas or suggestions for this story, please let me know! (: 

It was December and Clifton's front yard was still covered with brown leaves. He wasn't necessarily too lazy to rake them up, he just didn't have the time to do it when he should have. It was a good thing it was still yet to snow very much in Ohio. Of course, he could be doing it now, but it was Sunday, which meant no school for Mark and Jack.

He made them do it.

Mark shrieked, covering his eyes from the small pile of leaves his boyfriend had just thrown at him.  "I don't wanna get ticks in my eyes!"

Jack chuckled, attempting to twirl his rake like a baton, it flying a few feet in the air before falling to the ground, slightly bouncing of the toe of his shoe.

"There're no ticks in the leaves, Mark, don't be a puss-puss! It's fun!" He picked up another handful of leaves from the pile, throwing them in Mark's direction once again.

Shaking his head, Mark smirked, "I have to pee, I'll be back."

Jack watched Mark walk toward the front door. He blushed, admiring how good the older boy looked today. He felt so lucky to have him

He inhaled the cold, December air. glancing up at the cloudy sky as he plopped down in the large leaf pile they'd just made. Jack buried himself in the leaves, giggling at the thought of jumping out and scaring Mark when he returned.

10 minutes had passed before he heard the front door open, footsteps trudging through the leaves and getting closer with every second.

His head quickly emerged from the leaves as he let out a high pitched scream, a few leaves still sitting on top of his burgundy colored hair.

He made eye contact with Mark, who wasn't startled at all.

"Aww, that was so cute!" Mark cooed and lay down on top of Jack, brushing the leaves off his head.

Jack stuck out his bottom lip, "I was supposed to scare you, but it didn't work and now I'm sa-"

He was caught off guard by Mark pressing a sweet kiss to the back of his hand and pulling him onto his lap.

"At least you tried." He stood up, carrying Jack in his arms and starting toward the house. "Just know that I'll get you back someday."












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