Savior

Chapter 12

Tuesday
i hadn't set an alarm since i usually just wake up to the sun in my eyes on my days off anyway.. i looked at my phone seeing text messages from mark.

(M) Good Morning Beautiful.
i blushed and started to reply
(Y) Good morning Handsome
(M) you almost ready for our date?
(Y) yea just gotta shower and change besides it's only 11:30 :-P
(M) I know sweetheart take your time :-)
(Y) alright i will txt as soon as i am ready :-)

i ran to the bathroom stripping as fast as i could. i jumped into the shower forgetting cold water comes out first! i squealed and cowered in the corner of the shower. soon the water became tolerable as i washed i thought about what mark could possibly have planned for today. getting dried off i brushed my teeth and got dressed. i couldn't wipe the smile off my face remembering what (b/f/n) had said Sunday when i told her mark and i were now a thing.

****Flash Back****
"NO WAY!!" she practically deafened me through the phone. "i know i couldn't breathe when it happened it was like he was able to read my thoughts but he wanted me to Actually speak words!" "Girl i am so proud of you! you bagged not only your Hero, Mr. Mystery but also such a looker!" "i know i feel like i am dreaming right now" "Girlie i promise you. you are NOT dreaming. make sure you two have a hell of a time Tuesday alright?" "will do Captain~"

i sighed squeezing my pillow excitedly. "hurry up 2 o'clock"

****time skip****
we had pulled into the parking lot for the zoo. Mark had walked around to my side of the car and opened the door. "My'lady" he said "such a gentleman" i joked with him and hugged him. he led the way. the first exhibit we went to was the aquarium. inside was so beautiful everything was painted different hues of blue and the lighting made it seem as if we were under water. we walked around enjoying every sight till we got to the touch tank.

"(y/n) look you can pet a shark!" mark exclaimed like a child finding his favorite candy in a bowl of veggies. i couldn't help but smile and almost double over laughing. "what?" he looked as if i had just taken that candy away from him which caused me to laugh harder. "mark you-you are perfect don't ever change please" i wiped my eyes tears had formed with how hard i was laughing. "Nah sweetheart not ever" he finger gunned at me then grabbed hold of my hand and led me to the shark portion of the touch tank.

****time skip****
a few days later
i laid on my bed thinking back to everything we had done at the zoo. we had done a kayaking tour around the zoo. mark pretty much did everything because i have never kayaked in my life before so i wasn't very good. the giraffe part was one of my favorites too. mark had shown me a funny video of a skier who photobombed a video screaming that he was a giraffe because of his costume.

i remembered how i almost died laughing at Mark's excitement over the sharks. realizing i probably reacted like that because i have never seen his goofy side.. but i LOVED every second of it. i am so happy that i met him not just because he saved me but.. because he has continued to make my life 100% better. i turned off my light and drifted off to sleep. Tomorrow would be another great date with mark. i just know it.

(Dark's POV)
'today is gonna be great' i sipped my coffee finding my mind shifting to what i had in store for (y/n). we would go to the beach after dinner and star gaze. my phone buzzed and i looked down.

(Y) Morning sunshine!
(M) Good morning i see you are happy this morning Sweetheart
(Y) of course, i can't wait to see you after work
(M) and I you Beautiful

'i'm sure she is smiling ear to ear right now' "𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖕 𝖎𝖙!" '𝚃𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝚃𝔬 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱 ℌ𝔢𝔯 𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 ℌ𝔦𝔪! 𝐈 𝔞𝔪 𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔓𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔶!' i heard the cup shatter and looked down to see blood slowly oozing out of the cuts it created. i sighed grabbing a few napkins and cleaning the rest of my coffee and throwing out the shards. rinsing my hand off, the cuts were already healed so there was no need to do anything else but get ready for the evening.

****time skip****
we laid on the picnic blanket i had packed for us. a glass of wine each. we studied the sky for what seemed like hours. all of a sudden her phone had started to ring with (000)-000-0000 she had tried to answer but there was only static... i closed my eyes and thought i should pry a little. "have you had that happen before?" she had to think. "yea actually a couple of nights ago...that's not the only thing though... my alarm clock has been acting funky lately." "really how so?" i asked.

my thoughts instantly screaming this has Anti written all over it. "it randomly goes off and takes a second to shut down after being unplugged. weird right? i think honestly i broke it punching it too many times" she laughed. "any other strange issues?" "no i don't think so. why?" "just wondering cause that is very odd." 'does he already know who she is? that fast?' she leaned her head on my shoulder and sighed. "what's the matter (y/n)?" "i-i know this is a little early but Mark i-i think i have fallen for you..." "am i really just that good babe?" i finger gunned at her she laughed and did something i didn't expect.

she leaned forward and kissed me. her lips were so soft... i couldn't resist i pulled her closer deepening the kiss. 'what is this feeling? i am happy but it's a different type of happy. like i just want to hold her like this forever.' we parted and she hugged me. i hugged her back my mind racing with different possibilities. 'can i really be in Love? is that why i have this strong desire to protect something so Frail?'