Pure~Markson

Awake

Mark woke up that morning, and he felt terrible. Not only had he been woken up by BamBam suddenly leaving, he had only gotten a couple hours of sleep, on and off. Last night came in a blur, but he knew what he said.

Today, he had to face it.

He walked into the living room and Jackson was asleep on the couch, looking very peaceful and comfortable. But, the closer he got, the more he saw.

The rims of his eyes were red and irritated, crusty with dry tears. He hugged one of the throw pillows tight to his chest. Whenever he was upset in any way, Jackson would bite his lips. At the moment, they were scabbing over, beginning to heal from a night of constant irritation.

The sight once again brought tears to his eyes. He'd never seen Jackson in such a vulnerable state.

Jackson heard the older crying and opened his eyes. Out of instinct, he got up and held him in his arms. The rush of emotions overcame him, and his knees gave out.

"Mark? What's wrong? What happened?" Then he remembered what happened the night before.

"I don't want you to leave me," He whimpered into Jackson's shoulder. He clung tight to him and wrapped his tail around his waist.

"Mark...I know what you said last night, I'm not leaving you. I won't ever leave you. I love you with all my heart...It hurt me to know that you would say something like that."

"It's just, I never ask you for things and when I started asking you, you ignored me and...Everything I feared came true. I was being too needy and you were going to leave me because of it."

Jackson took Mark's face in his hands and looked into his teary, red eyes. "I love you, Mark Yien Tuan. I won't ever leave you, and I definitely won't ever stop loving you."

"I love you, too Jackson KaYee Wang," He smiled.

They kissed sweetly, washing away their tears and worries.