It's Raining Somewhere Else | A Subnautica FF (Markiplier x Reader) {EDITING}

Chapter Nine: Trust

We got back fairly quickly, even though Mark had gotten lost about a dozen times and I had to get up and help him, even though he demanded I didn't.
It's been a week since we got back, and I'd never felt better. Even though, my stomach does burn from time to time, it's fine. Mark had taken the kids out to go scavenging, while I tried to fix the lighting problem; some of our lights were broken, and I couldn't fix them from the outside with my repair tool. So I was on the ladder, singing along to what I programmed into the PDA to play, my music playlist from when I was a young teenager. Don't get me wrong, I did grow out of them, but it's still good to hear something familiar on an unforgiving planet.
"I found you, something told me to stay. And how I miss someone to hold, when hope begins to fade...A lonely road, crossed another cold state line. Miles away from those I love, purpose hard to find. Dear God, the only thing I ask of you..." I keep singing along to the country-like song from my old favorite band, Avenged Sevenfold. It was an old band, since we are in the late 22nd century. It was one of my favorites, and the one I listened most of all when I would go on trips for my father. The music echoed throughout the empty base, and I loved it.
The song ended as I opened a ceiling panel, seeing the broken wires. They were tangled and looked like they weren't built correctly. I squint, and roll my eyes. Faulty manufacturing.
"Lost the meaning of our stay, learn to live another day." I recognized the voice of the band, then began to sing along. The wires slightly sparked, as I began to repair them with my repair tool. "Doubt the choices that we've made, I know that we can't hide our shame. It's only in disguise."
    I keep repairing until one wire, which had been cut in half and wasn't repairing, had to be manually be fixed. I took it, and twist the wires together, which made the light beside me flash on, causing the hall to turn whiter. I slide down the ladder, continuing to sing along. "Drowning in our own debris, fool our thoughts as though we're free. Close our eyes so we can see, the depth of all we mean to be. If only in my eyes." I fold up the ladder, put it away, then begin down to the Moonpool. "I don't mind, read the writing on the wall. Mother cries, tortured voices as we crawl. Find me on my better days, to lose it once again, in a way." I walk into the Moonpool, and to the status panel, and begin to tinker with the settings with it.
"So try and love me while you can and take the time to understand. As long as I can touch your face, you know I'll never leave this place, if only in my mind." I sing the chorus again, and keep going, enjoying myself as I dove into my favorite depressing song. I kept pushing buttons and researching about the PRAWN Suits and the Seamoths. "But I seem to find no better ways to consciously pretend...Silence, all I want to say with tendencies to run away. I'll run away, with you tonight. Launder all my sins away and just like that mistakes are made, you know...Tonight the world dies-"
"You have a beautiful voice, sugar." I jump and screech at Mark's voice, and clutch my heart as I look towards the entrance way, where Mark was leaning against it. His hair was floofy and wet, and his suit clung to his body. The music pauses, I press a button on the Moonpool control panel, as I blush and look away.
    "How long have you been here?"
"Before the last song."
My stomach lurched, and then it began to burn again.
"You aren't supposed to be out of bed, baby." Just hearing his voice made me melt. God Dammit, why does he make me feel this way? The fucker!
"And I like being out of bed, you know, pretending I didn't get thrown against a wall by a Leviathan." I growl back, my mood was turning slightly sour. I was sitting on the ground, back against the control panel. My eyes were sealed shut. "You know, you could've told me you were here."
"Yeah, but I couldn't interrupt your beautiful singing-"
"Stop it." I snap.
"Stop what?" He asks, and I clench my teeth tightly.
"I'm not beautiful, no matter what you think or say. I'm a spoiled little brat who should've stayed behind on the Aurora instead of be selfish and save myself-"
    I could hear his footsteps towards me, and I look away. He places a hand on my cheek and pulls my head towards his face.
"Open your eyes."
I didn't.
"Why do you love me?" I ask out of the blue, and I could hear him take in a sharp breath of confusion.
"Why would you ask a question like that?" He says, then places a kiss on my forehead.
I repeat my question.
He doesn't say a word, but picks me up anyway. He holds me, burying his face into my neck, as he whispered sweet nothings, trying to calm me. He holds me tightly as we sat on the floor, and all I could do was try to get out of his grasp.
"Mark," I sigh, and pull out of his grip, then stand up. I start towards the hallway, and Mark scrambles after me. "I need sometime to think."
He pauses, then slumps back.