Mark Me

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"Hey! Jaemin!" A female voice calls out. Jaemin stops walking and turns around, fear written on his face. The girl, Park Seongji, had been coming after him for almost a month now. Jaemin thought that his beatings from classmates would stop as he and Jeno were first discovered as soulmates...and that was partially true. Mark, Jisung, and Jeno had stopped attacking him and were now part of his friend group...but the other students, not so much.

As we have stated in the first few chapters, Jeno was known as a playboy around school. No, he was not a fuckboy, but a playboy. A fuckboy is someone who takes different people into their bed almost every night; a playboy however, is someone who is your S/O for no longer than a month, maybe 2 weeks. Once you break up, they move on to the next person. Dating a playboy is never a safe bet, but everyone wants a taste of a relationship, even if it won't last long.

And Park Seongji, happens to be one of Jeno's..'exes'. For the past month, she had been beating Jaemin up after school, and the results were almost as bad as Mark's. Jaemin never understood as to why Seongji was jealous of him and Jeno being soulmates. But from what he can remember, she said it was something about her being Jeno's first real relationship.

"Jaemin, don't try and run from me, you little bitch." Seongji dragged the boy down the hall and away from the school exit. "Come on now, I need to talk to you." She smiles sickeningly at the boy whom she was pulling by the collar.

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Jaemin slumps against the wall, his lip bleeding and his stomach in pain from bruises. Seongji stands in front of him, hands on her hips.

"You know," she started. "He may be your soulmate...but is he your boyfriend?" Jaemin's eyes widen. Yes, he and Jeno agreed to take things slow and to figure things out together, but she was right. Jaemin and Jeno have been...kiss...buddies??? For almost 2 months, and yet neither has asked the other out. Jaemin looks up and shakes his head, making Seongji roll her eyes.

"I've had him as a boyfriend, and I'm not even his soulmate. Yet here you are, almost 6 months since you two were marked and you're still single. That's really sad." She pouts and crouches in front Jaemin, who was beginning to feel dizzy. "But the saddest part is..." She smiles with fake sadness in her eyes. "Is that he hasn't even said 'I love you' to you yet. He's said it to me. On our second date he said that he loved me...of course I knew it was a lie and he didn't really love me, but he said it to someone who isn't his soulmate. And yet you, his actual soulmate, hasn't had the chance to hear him say those three simple words. I..." She stands. "Love..." She begins to walk away. "You." She calls the last word from around the hall.

Jaemin sits against the wall, eyes wide and tears stinging his eyes. Seongji was right, Jeno has never said 'I love you' to Jaemin.
Jaemin has never said it either, but he's thought it. So many times. He's stopped himself from muttering those three words. Maybe Jaemin was falling in love faster than Jeno, or maybe Jeno wasn't ready yet. But it still hurt...Jeno's never said it to him, to his soulmate. Yet he's said it to countless other boys and girls...even if those were lies, he still fucking said it. Jeno still said it. He still said the words that Jaemin had to stop himself from speaking. The three words that Jeno hasn't said at all. And it hurt Jaemin. It really hurt his heart...it just...hurt.

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"Hyung!?" Jaemin walks out of the school building, eyes widening when he sees his friend.

Tan waves his hand and smiles. "Nana! What's good?" Jaemin smiles and runs to hug his friend. They haven't met up in almost a year, and Jaemin missed Ten. Phone calls just weren't the same.

"I missed you oh my god. What are you doing here?" Jaemin asks as the two begin walking towards Ten's car.

"Me and the dance team came down here for a competition. So I decided to drop by and pick you up from school. Don't worry, I cleared it with Taeyong." The two climb into the car and Ten begins driving.

"Is Johnny hyung here?"

"Yeah, he's back at the hotel. He missed you a ton." Ten pouts, making Jaemin laugh. The two boys spend the car ride laughing and catching up. Jaemin updated Ten on his soulmate situation, and Ten told him about the dance team and his latest competitions. Ten parks the car and gets out, Jaemin follows suit. "Well, here's the hotel." Ten smiles before opening the door and shouting, "BABE LOOK WHO I FOUND!" soon enough, a giant *cough* sorry, Johnny, came from the bedroom and brought Jaemin into a rib crushing hug. Jaemin laughs and greets his friends, happy to see them again. Jaemin really missed the JohnTen couple, they always made him feel at home and cared for him. Heck, they practically adopted him.

Jaemin spends the rest of the evening with his two friends before Johnny drove him back home. "See you soon kid." Was the last thing he said before driving off again.

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Jeno sits down next to Jaemin tiredly. His mom had passed out on the floor in a pool of alcohol. It took a good few hours to clean her and the floor up. And he still had to finish his homework, so he was up till the early hours of the morning.

"Alright class, I haven't actually finished grading your tests, so you can use this period as a study hall." Doyoung says as he walks into the classroom. The teens all let out a sigh of relief and begin to take out their work.

Jeno puts his head on his desk, in between his arms, hoping to catch up on his sleep. He suddenly feels a hand running through his hair, and sighs contently knowing it's just Jaemin. He soon falls asleep to the gentle feeling of Jaemin's fingers, and the quiet bustle of the classroom.

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Jaemin looks at the sleeping boy next to him, smiling sadly. Jaemin still hadn't told Jeno about Seongji, or the beatings after school, or the taunting from her. He hadn't told anyone. Not even Donghyuk. Jaemin was finally happy again, and it was making everyone around him happy as well; he didn't want to ruin that. He didn't want to worry them. He just wanted his friends to be happy, even though his stomach was constantly covered in bruises, and his head was swimming with fear of Seongji hurting him everyday after school, Jaemin kept his smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. Because he may be hurt physically, but as long as his friends were happy- then he could stand a few more punches.

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<The plot is back :)) I'm making Jaemin such a victim im sorry but wh0ops oh well lmao see you soon my Lovelies>