Lover | 3 [Mark Got7]

여덟 | E I G H T

It was quiet on our way back home. I kept on observing Mark's expression to see if he was really fine and so far, I think he wasn't lying.

Once we arrived at my grandparent's hanok, it was already dark. Mark instantly went into his room which made me feel even more worried.

I knocked on Mark's door while holding a cup of hot chocolate in my left hand but it was just quiet.

I knocked on the door again and slowly opened it. I peeked inside and Mark was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"Mark," I called.

"Hmm?"he responded and sat up to face me.

I approached him and handed him the hot chocolate that I have been holding. "Are you okay? I knocked on the door but you didn't say anything."

"What? Wait, wait," he said and plucked the earpieces from his ears which I had not realised he was wearing.

No wonder. I chuckled.

"What, is there something on my face?"

"No. I was just worried when you didn't respond to my knocking just now. I thought something was wrong but yeah. You were actually listening to something," I explained.

"Oh, sorry I didn't hear you. Yeah, I was listening to music and I'm fine by the way. Anyway, thanks for the drink."

"Good to know, you're welcome."

"Where are your grandparents though?"he asked.

"They went to sleep early today," I answered. The room became quiet again as Mark sipped on his drink.

I was sitting at the edge of his bed and I started to become nervous as Mark was wearing a white t-shirt and his hair was a little messy.

I turned away and cleared my throat when Mark caught me staring.

"What song were you - "I started to ask to break the tension.

"I feel great how we're alone here,"he cut me off.

My heartbeat was racing and I could feel that my face suddenly felt warm. "W-what do you mean?"

Until I realised it, both of us were looking at each other without a word in between.

He coughed and he put his hand in front of him as a sign to tell me to wait. Mark took a sip of his drink while he kept his eyes on me. "The lyrics of the song. It's quite nice, you should listen to it someday."

"Oh - okay," I giggled nervously. "I should probably listen to it next time since you're recommending it to me."

After a short conversation that followed after, we bid our goodnights and I found myself running in tiptoes to my bedroom.

"Now that I think of it, it's quite embarassing when I thought that he really meant his words about us being alone there," I said to myself.

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[Mark's PoV]
I woke up to the sound of laughter. I took my towel to take a shower. On the way to the toilet, I stopped by the door to the kitchen to see where the laughter was coming from.

Kiera and her grandmother were busy chopping ingredients for which I guess was for breakfast.

"And then she fell. Can you believe it?"her grandmother laughed.

Meanwhile, Kiera laughed along with her. "Seriously? I didn't know she was like that!"

"Me too," her grandmother said.

They continued telling each other stories about her parents and they were making jokes at the same time.

I smiled as I continued my journey to take a shower.

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[Mark's PoV]
Once I was done, I instantly went to the kitchen as I was starting to feel hungry.

I stood by the door and observed Kiera and her grandmother from far.

Her grandmother was putting rice into bowls while Kiera poured soup. Kiera was smiling so brightly as she hummed to Forever Young which made me happier with the fact that I had a fan like her.

"Mark, what are you doing there? Come here. We're almost done," Kiera's grandmother called.

"Okay, Kiera's grandmother." I went into the kitchen and sat down.

"Just call me Grandma," she insisted.

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[Mark's PoV]
I went out to get some fresh air when I saw Kiera who was hanging the clothes she just washed to dry them. I approached her as she was at the fence by the river. The hanok was located close to water so it was a very scenery place.

"Hey, what have you been thinking about?" I started.

"Nothing," she breathed. "Just thinking about my parents."

It hit me how much she was suffering and I felt bad that I couldn't do anything for her. I was about to comfort her with a back hug but then she turned around to face me.

"Let's go somewhere," she said, tilting her head to the right.

"Where to, Ms. Han?" I questioned jokingly.

She giggled which means that she was okay and I felt much better now.

"Ice cream?" she asked, squinting her eyes.

I playfully squinted my eyes at her as I lower down my head to meet her height. "Should we?"

I grabbed her arms and pulled her, running to the road right in front of Kiera's hanok. She then giggled which I found cute.

"Why did we run?"she laughed.

I laughed along with her as we walked down the street to the ice cream place.

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[Kiera's PoV]
The smell of vanilla filled up my nose as we entered the place. The familiar bell sound of our entrance made the place felt cosier.

Just then, a young women who was about the age of twenty passed by us while she flipped her brown hair to the back. She was wearing a floral dress with flats and a simple but fashinable sun hat. Her visual was quite stunning as well.

At the corner of my eyes, I saw Mark staring at her. Until I realised it, we were standing in front of the entrance, dazed by the young women. I coughed to get Mark to stop looking at her.

"Hey, Kiera, you should buy the ice cream first. Buy me chocolate, I'll go to you later," Mark said without even facing me. He then trailed the young women from the back and I observed them as he tapped her back gently.

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Guys, so so sorry for the late update. I'm also sorry that I didn't leave you guys a note in advance.

I am having an upcoming exam and it's very important so I've been revising a lot these past few days so that's why I haven't been updating. I have a three day holiday starting from today so I'll try to update as much as I can before I go to 'rarely updating' mode. Since the exam is not to soon, I'll spare some time updating :)

Thank you guys for all the reads and votes. You guys are wonderful people <3

Side note : Please bear with me if I rarely update from these few days until the first few days of August :/

Oh, right! I just remembered that JJ Project might be having their comeback early August instead of this July :D I can't wait AJWHSKAAKSJAKPAJDH

Friday, 14/07/17