The New Teacher (Teacher!Markiplier x Reader)

Chapter 23

"Is she going to be okay?" you heard Mark say, it sounded as though he was standing just outside of a room and you were listening in.

"We're not sure, the bullet was dangerously close to the main artery in her leg" another male voice said, he sounded out of breath or nervous, "She also lost a lot of blood".

You tried to open your eyes but you couldn't, or you had opened your eyes and you were in complete darkness. You couldn't quite tell.

"What is your relation to the patient?" another voice said, this time it was female, she sounded gentle and kind.

"I'm her teacher" Mark said, if you could move your face you would have cringed but you couldn't, you couldn't move anything. 

"And what were you doing in the forest so late at night?" a man with a deep voice said, it wasn't as deep as Mark's but it was getting there, "I'd had a bad day and I needed to relax, so I went for a walk" Mark explained to the man.

"When did you come upon Mrs [L/N]?" he pushed, "I saw her walking and some guys approaching her, I saw the knife and had a bad feeling so I followed them" Mark sighed, he sounded tired.

"Sorry to bother you again Mr Fischbach but I have some more questions" the man said, "I've already answered every question you've thrown at me, what else could you possibly want to know?" Mark muttered back, sounding agitated.

"The police found someone unconscious near where you said the shooting happened, he was in a pretty bad shape" he guy said, "Good" Mark muttered to himself, "Do you know who could have done that to someone?" the man, who you guessed was a police officer, asked.

"I did" Mark said, sounding reluctant, "You? Why?" the officer seemed to ask in disbelief.

No, you're going to get yourself in trouble!

"He was going to throw Y/N off of a cliff, what else was I supposed to do?" Mark snapped.

"Do you realise that I can arrest you for assault battery?" the officer said getting angry, "Go ahead, all I care about is that Y/N is in a hospital bed because of those dicks, he got what was coming to him" Mark shouted back to the officer.

"We'll continue this conversation another time" the officer said.

"Is she going to be okay?" you heard an Irish accent say.

Jack! Oh God, I hope he's okay.

"Yup" Mark said back, his answer was short and snappy.

Now, now Mark. Play nice!

"What are you doing here anyway?" you heard Jack ask Mark, annoyed, "I could ask you the same question, I'm here because I found her and I think it's my duty to make sure she wakes up" Mark grumbled to him.

"If she wakes up" Jack commented.

"She will wake up" Mark shouted back at him, there was an awkward silence after that.

"Where were you anyway? I thought you were one of her friends? Why was she alone?" Mark shot questions at Jack, each one more aggressive than the last.

"I was on my way home from meeting her actually" Jack snapped back at him, "Why was she meeting you?" Mark said back with disgust.

"Why's that any of your business?" Jack remarked, again there was silence.

"I haven't seen Nancy, it's been two days" Mark stated, "Nancy?" there was a pause "Oh, you mean Nova? She's been with Jesse" Jack scoffed, it seemed like the Jesse-Nova relationship was getting to him too.

"Some friend" Mark muttered.

"Haven't you got a lesson to plan?" Jack spat at Mark to which he responded "Haven't you got someone else to annoy?".

"It's been three days Y/N, you've got to wake up" Mark said to you, he sounded like he was closer to you now, you could concentrate on his voice more.

"I'm supposed to be teaching but I called in sick, just so I could be here with you" he sounded broken and even more tired than before.

"Please, Y/N. You have to wake up, you just have to" his voice wavered and broke, he sounded like he was going to cry.

"We can't leave things the way we have, if you wake up-" he stopped himself "When you wake up, I'm going to treat you like royalty, the way you deserve to be treated. I'm just so scared of putting you in danger, you've paid a lot for your course and I've trained hard to be where I am now" he whispered to you.

"We will work it out, we will work out a way" he sounded so desperate.

Your eyes slowly opened and was greeted by the harsh stab of sunlight, you immediately closed them again and brought your hands up to shield them.

Bravely you opened your eyes again, allowing them to adjust to the bright room, you didn't need to ask where you were because you already knew.

When you could cope with the harshness that was the light reflecting off the walls of your room, you glanced down at your hand.

You almost jumped when you saw the tube sticking out of it, you were attached to a drip.

You looked around the room and stopped when your eyes fell on Mark, he was fast asleep on the chair beside your bed, his head was slumped to the side and gave him a double chin. This made you lightly laugh.

Almost immediately you noticed his hair, it was no longer red just completely brown. It made him look more mature but not older, it was weird, you already missed the colour hair that somewhat matched his unique personality.

He was still extremely attractive.

The way the morning sunlight shone on his face highlighted the golden tones in his skin, what you would give to see the sun reflect in his syrup brown orbs.

You put your hands either side of you and tried to push yourself into a more comfortable position, you gasped when pain shot through your leg.

Mark stirred and woke up almost instantly, his hair was a mess but still somehow managed to look great.

"Sorry I woke you" you mumbled, crinkling your nose at the pain that was surging from your leg.

"Don't be stupid, I'm just happy you're awake" he beamed, pulling his chair closer to the bed so he could lean on the rail.

You looked over his features again, that's when you noticed the bags under his eyes that were forming.

"How long have you been here?" you asked shakily, you hoped it wasn't long. He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, "Three days" he said as he put his glasses back on the end of his nose.

"Three days?!" you exclaimed, "You must be exhausted, go home Mark, get some sleep" you said giving him puppy dog eyes.

"I'm not leaving here without you" he smiled, putting his hand over yours.