"come on jackson, you've asked someone out before, though not as beautiful as mark, but you did it. you can do it." jackson told him to mentally prepare himself.
he didn't know that mark was doing it as well.
"mark don't stutter on your words. be confident. it's not that hard to say eight words. so what if he rejects you haha, you just have to hang up and cry."
jackson and mark both took a deep breath in.
"1, 2, 2 and half, 3," jackson counted down, then pressed the call button.
mark jumped up, the ring of his phone frightened him.
he was shocked to see that jackson was calling him.
he did a quick prayer and then answered the phone.
"hi jia-er," he said into the phone.
"hey yi-en," jackson greeted back.
awkward silence bestowed them.
here goes nothing the both thought.
"do you want to-"
"are you free tomo-"
"you go first," they both said after cutting each other off.
"it's ok mark, you can go first," jackson told him.
fuck, mark thought.
"would you like to uhm go on a you know, with me tomorrow," mark nervously said, messing up his words.
jackson laughed loudly and teased mark, "depends on what a you know is."
mark's face grew red,"a date," he whispered.
"i would love too," jackson replied, "but im going to pick what we do ok?"
mark pinched himself so that he wouldn't start freaking out that jackson wanted to go out on a date with him too.
"deal!"
"i'll pick you up around 6, is that ok?"
"sounds perfect," mark replied, while nodding his head.
"see you tomorrow yi-en."
"see you gaga."
after the two got off the phone with each other, one began to freak out and scream excitedly, while the other began to freak out and worry about where he was going to take out the boy.
"oh my god, what should i wear," mark thought.
it was now the next day and mark just finished his shower.
he was now at the point where he had to choose his outfit which was his hardest task.
mark had no clue where jackson was taking him so he didn't know what type of style to choose.
jackson was in front of the mirror, trying to figure out what to wear.
he put up the shirt in front of him, shook his head in distaste, and threw it on the ground with the other pile of rejected clothes he didn't want.
everywhere around him was a huge disaster.
for their date, he planned to take mark roller skating, then to the arcade, and finally dinner.
jackson was definitely nervous for the date. if everything goes perfectly as planned, he planned to ask mark to be his boyfriend because he couldn't wait any longer.
back to mark, he finally decided to go safe and choose a casual style.
he found some white skinny jeans and decided to choose his outfit based on that.
he rustled through his closet and found a striped colored long sleeve.
he put it in front of his chest to see if it looked good.
"seems good enough," he said then put the shirt on.
he looked at his collection of shoes to see which ones he should wear.
mark then decided to go with a pair of gray converse.
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he went back to the bathroom to style his hair.
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jackson was finally able to find a shirt he liked with denim washed pants.
a black graphic tee paired with a red jacket.
he decided to style his outfit with his white low top vans.
"looking good," he said, appreciating his outfit.
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he screamed as he read the clock and hurriedly grabbed the things he needed.
