Poppies (A Septiplier AU)✔

~21

Jack's POV

I woke up to the sound of Mark's sweet voice singing as he packed a bag, a hot-pocket in his hand.

"Morning sunshine." he said jokingly. I blinked as the bright sunlight of dawn broke through our window. I stretched my arms out, yawning as I did so.

"Good morning handsome."

"Name calling are we?" he joked. "Get up. I have a surprise for you." I stood up, my feet numb for some odd reason. I got dressed for a regular day, a pair of ripped skinny jeans and a hoodie. My maroon one today.

"No need for your hoodie Jack. Trust me, you're not going to need it where we're going." he said with a smirk as he continued to pack the mysterious bag . I couldn't see what he was putting in the bag, it was hidden behind him just enough so I couldn't see it.

"What's in the bag?" I asked teasingly.

"Part of your surprise." he said not giving off any clue as to what it was.

"Wow what a response."

"Only for the best." Why was he so cute? Wit his smile and the way he teased me. You'd think he'd hate me, especially after what I've done to him. I know he loves me and he doesn't want to lose me, but what if, I want to lose myself? Perhaps that's why I love him so much, because I lose myself in him. He covers my sad excuse of a shadow with his sweet embrace, coating my heart with joy before it dissolves to my despair and pain of a life.

Being with him helps me to forget who I used to be. The Jack that used to drink and party until dawn, the Jack who slept with girls, the Jack who didn't know what love was. That Jack goes away when I'm with him. He is everything to me and I hope I am to him too.

"You ready?"

"Yeah! Let's see what you got."

We left the dorm, holding hands as we walked down the hallway. Signs for summer were blooming across the dark dorm walls, adding more vibes of sadness to my heart. I didn't want to leave him. Not for a whole summer. Maybe, just maybe he'll ask me to spend the summer with him. Oh please let it be.

We walked outside, in the direction of our little paradise, but we walked past it. We soon approached the pool attached to the gym. I realized what the surprise was. Earlier in the year when we first met, I told him I didn't really know how to swim. He was going to teach me.

"Wait, you're going to teach me to swim aren't you?"

He grinned at me and pulled me close to whisper in my ear. "How did you come up with that? Maybe I was going to do something... else." shivers ran down my back as I realized what he was hinting at.

"Mark..."

"I'm kidding! Let's go!"

We stepped into the empty boy's locker room, Mark set down the bag he was carrying and unzipped it, grabbing his suit out of it.

"Umm, what am I going to wear?" he leaned over and grabbed my suit out of the bag. My mom had bought it for me before I came to LA. I took it from him, with a confused look on my face.

"Thanks."

"Go get dressed. We have an hour and a half before the girl's swim team practices."

I went around the corner and threw on my suit. It oddly fit me perfectly.

I waited for Mark then we walked into the pool area. Mark had both of our towels in his hand. I got in the pool and shortly after, so did Mark.

"You ready?" he grabbed my hands and pulled me deeper into the pool.

"I guess."

"Good." he smiled at me making me blush a lot. He let go of my hands and let me stand on my own. He dove under the water, his shoulder blades popping out with his biceps as he glided through the water. He swam back to me and grabbed my hands again.

"It's easy. Trust me, I believe you can do this. Use your hands and feet to propel yourself through the water."

After practicing for a while, I dove into the water, feeling Mark's strong hands hold on to me as we glided through the water. Probably not as graceful as Mark had previously, but I did it!

"Yes! You did it!" he grabbed onto my shoulders, pulling me closer to him in the water. "I told you you could do it." I grabbed the back of his head and kissed him.

He pulled away a smirk on his face. He pulled me out of the pool and into the locker room, kissing me the whole time. We stopped to get dressed and go back to the dorm. We walked as normally as we could, considering what we were going back to the dorm to do. I could feel the tension growing between us, all I wanted to do was everything, to him.

SMALL SMUTT WARNING

We crashed through the door, Mark shoving me on his bed, unbuttoning the flannel he just put on minutes ago. He pinned me down to the bed with a strong kiss. He stood up and locked the door then came over and helped me get my jeans off.

His lips moved from my mouth to my neck, making me moan a bit. I leaned down and took off Mark's shorts, struggling a bit. Mark kept nibbling my collarbone, making me moan more. He pinned my arms above my head as another moan escaped my mouth. He placed his hands around my waist once more, the same way he had in the pool. I turned over, letting his hands slide up to meet with mine. His still dripping wet hair, dripping onto my shoulder as he whispered in my ear.

"Are you ready?"