Mark, Jackson & I // markson

S1 E2

BamBam and I took the popcorn, lemonade and candies before following Mark.

"Hey you guys!", I said with a happy voice.

"Hey Y/N!", JB, Youngjae and Yugyeom said at the same time.

"So, what are we watching?", I asked as I sat down between Jinyoung and Jackson.

"In time", BamBam said and continued: "I heard that it's a great movie".

The movie started and everyone was paying attention to it. Jackson put a blanket over me and him. His hand traveled up and down towards my thigh. The movie was about halfway in when Mark stood up.
"I'll go get more drinks, does anyone want anything?"
*silence*
"Okay I think you're good".

He went to the kitchen and stayed there for a while. I was a little worried. He had been pretty quiet the whole night. I looked at Jackson and just like he could read my thoughts, he nodded at me. I stood up.

I found Mark daydreaming by the window. Slowly I made my way to him and wrapped my arms around him.

"Are you okay dear?", I whispered and kissed the back of his neck and kept him close to me.

"I'm fine, don't worry. Just lost in my thoughts", he said and turned around to kiss me.

"EWWW THEY'RE KISSING", BamBam yelled and scared the both of us. Mark accidentally bit my lower lip.

"Aish B you're such an asshole", I laughed.

"Whatever sis I was gonna get more chocolate", he said and grinned.

"YOU ALL ARE MISSING THE ENDING COME ON", Youngjae yelled and the three of us almost ran back to the living room.

...Time skip...

The movie ended.

"It's only 7.30 PM what do you wanna do?", Yugyeom asked.

"I actually asked one more friend to come over", Jackson replied and took his phone from his back pocket.

"Huh? Who?", Jaebum asked.

"Baekhyun".

"OH, MY HOMIE", BamBam yelled and clapped his hands together.

"Do you seriously always have to yell?", I punched his shoulder.

"Oh well, it looks like Baekhyun canceled plans. I'm not even surprised, he's been pretty busy with work lately", Jackson said while texting him.

"Ok well I think we're going to leave you three alone. We have other things to do", Jinyoung said and grabbed his jacket.

"Yeah, see ya around!" The others said too and left.

I felt relieved to be with my guys, since I was still worried about Mark. I kept on thinking why he had been oddly distant for the entire evening. Jackson and I walked into the living room from the lobby. Mark was sitting on the couch, his face buried in his hands. Jackson and I approached him slowly and sat beside him.

"Mark wh-", Jackson started speaking and that's when Mark stood up and yelled: "I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THIS ANYMORE", and wiped a few tears away from his cheeks. I stood in place and watched him with wide eyes, not really understanding where all of this was coming from. Jackson stood up and reached over to hold Mark's hand. "Mark?"

"No. Don't", Mark took a few steps behind, shaking his head.

"What is- When- Why do-..", Jackson stumbled and tried to figure out how to react.

"I just can't take it anymore. The hate. I just- I just can't. When the movie started I was texting with Sam. He asked me to hop in the studio quickly. I told him I was busy with you all and he started stating nasty comments about us. He meant them as a joke but it wasn't funny. Not at all. You know, I've been thinking about this a lot. I get anxious every single time the three of us walk in a street and a paparazzi catches us. Have you ever read about the crap the media is writing about us, huh?", Mark's voice was getting quieter when he tried not to cry. Mark had always been the one from us three who would let the hate comments get under his skin a bit too much.

"Why do you care about what others think? As long as you have us, everything is okay, right? Where is this suddenly coming from? We all talked this through when we decided to go public", Jackson said and walked slowly beside him.

Mark looked at him for a moment and then burst into tears. "I'm so sorry, I think I've been dwelling in these thoughts for a few days now because someone always says something stupid and I-", he sniffed and ran the back of his hand across his face.

"It's alright, calm down", Jackson pulled him into a soft warm hug.

Mark's POV
After I let all the tears come out, I started to feel a bit better. Jackson held me the whole time, whispering sweet things into my ear. It felt like we stayed there for hours. Eventually he broke the hug and kissed me. I wiped my cheeks one more time when I noticed Y/N still sitting on the couch. Still not moving. Still shocked. Crap. I walked to her.
"Y/N, I'm so sorry".

She didn't even raise her head to look at me when she spoke: "You have to promise me you'll never say anything like that again. You shouldn't doubt what we have. We all knew what we were signing up to, and I don't think we would get through it if some of us broke because of some idiotic comments", Y/N whispered with tears in her eyes.

"I won't. I promise", I said and bent over to kiss her head and then her lips.
The kiss broke because of Jackson. He took my waist and started dragging me off of her.

"YAH what are you doing?", I yelled.

"Tonight we're going to show you that you don't need other people. Just us. Fuck the rest of the world", he answered and grinned. All three of us went to our shared bedroom.

"Mark can be in the middle", Y/N announced and climbed to the right side of our king sized bed. I did as asked and laid in the middle of the bed. Jackson climbed in last and immediately wrapped his arms around my torso, being the bigger spoon. I was facing Y/N, who was still a bit stiff.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry", I whispered and pecked her lips after every sorry.

"It's ok", she aswered and finally gave me a sweet little smile.

"Let's just go to sleep ok?", Jackson said and bent over me to kiss Y/N.
"Good night princess".

Then he grabbed my chin with his other hand and turned my head a little to kiss me too. "Good night hyung".

"Good night my loves".