Hate Me

스물 하나

it was when they were both on the stage, with the bright lights pointing at both of them, jackson was able to finally get a good look of the person he chose.

and damn, was jackson lucky that he saw the dark haired male pointing at mark.

plump lips. smooth, silky skin. innocent looking brown eyes.

it seemed like mark tuan had it all.

god, it also seems like jackson just fell in love at first sight.

but you see, jackson knew falling in love was no easy task at all, but at this moment, jackson somehow believed it was.

getting out of his dazed state, he finally greeted mark.

"well mark, thank you so much for coming to my concert to support me, i appreciate it so much," jackson told him.

mark laughed nervously, sweat dripping down his face quickly. he was handed a mic earlier, so he used that to respond back to jackson.

"of course, no problem. i even paid $300+ just to see you up close," mark said, half-lying.

jinyoung could obviously tell he was half-lying, but the rest of the jackys cheered happily because they felt the same way.

it was official. jackson thought after hearing mark's voice, he could listen to his voice forever.

jackson gave him a bright smile, which mark was certain was brighter than the spotlight pointing down at him.

"well mark, the game is that we, as a team together, have to pop 10 balloons in under 1 minute using only our bodies, no hands," jackson explained.

mark nodded, feeling uncomfortable that he had to play a game with the person he hated and also had to play it in front of his fans.

"ok we'll stand on each side of the stage and you guys will count down from three, and the timer will start. mark and i will run to the middle and we'll do whatever it takes to pop the ten balloons," jackson explained.

"ok!" the jackys yelled out.

mark headed to the right side of the stage, while jackson walked to the left side.

"ready mark?" jackson asked.

mark looked at him and nodded.

"alright! count down jackys."

"1
2
3!"

jackson and mark began running to the center of the stage. mark almost grabbed the balloon with his hands until he remembered that he couldn't use his hands so he used his elbows to grab it.

he could hear all the jackys yelling to hurry.

not knowing what to do, he just began squeezing the balloon with his elbows.

pop!

mark yelled out a loud "yes," the fans yelling with him.

pop!

pop!

pop!

mark's eyes widened at the popping sounds.

the fans screamed even louder.

"jackson! jackson! jackson!" they cheered.

he looked to his right and saw jackson sitting on the floor.

he was popping them with his butt!

mark grabbed a balloon with his elbows, placed it below him, and dropped to the floor hard.

pop!

mark heard two more balloons popping.

"10!"

mark could feel someone pull him up.

"im going to put a balloons in between us and we're going to hug each other really hard to pop it, ok?" jackson asked him.

"9!"

"alright!" mark replied back.

hugging jackson didn't sound too great but he just really wanted to win this challenge, his competitive side getting the best of him.

"8!"

jackson quickly leaned down and grabbed a balloon with his elbows. he went closer to mark and placed the balloon in between them.

jackson pulled mark closer and wrapped his bulky arms around mark's thin waist.

mark did the same, wrapping his skinny arms around jackson's hard body.

"7!"

jackson and mark began hugging each other.

pop!

mark grabbed a balloon that was near them with his elbows and placed in between them.

they repeated the same process.

"6!"

pop!

"5!"

jackson scanned for the last balloon. it was all the way to the back of the stage.

"4!"

jackson began running, grabbed the balloon with his elbows and ran back to mark.

"3!"

along the way, jackson realized that he could've just popped it from there, but he loved the feeling of having mark in his arms. even if it's only for a short while.

"2!"

jackson quickly placed it in between them and hugged mark hard.

pop!

"1!"

the fans screamed.

jackson and mark cheered.

both of them were panting heavily.

jackson grabbed his and mark's mic and handed mark's mic to him.

"we did it mark!" jackson said while turning to look at mark.

"yeah we did," mark said, speaking into the mic.

jackson gave him a big smile and put his hand up in the air for a high-five.

mark high-fived jackson, not wanting to embarrass him for rejecting his high-five.

"thank you so much for joining me on stage and doing a challenge with me mark. i hope to see you again," jackson told him, and he meant it.

"thank you for choosing me, i had a lot of fun," mark responded back, and he meant it.

fans screamed, jinyoung screaming louder than all of them.

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heh, i actually like this chapter