Letter 2 U

Part 22 - The Brother

Everything was happening too fast. Their kiss was getting needier and their touches even more desperate. When Mark's hands moved to the other's crotch, a phone started ringing. That moment Jackson seemed to recover his senses, so he immediately let go of Mark's waist and avoided his ex's wanton lips. Mark frowned at that gesture but moved forward to kiss him again, and he was rejected one more time.

"Hey, I need to get this, okay? Go back to your seat, will you?" the rapper whispered, putting a hand on the American's chest in order to establish a safe distance between their faces. Mark sighed a bit disappointed but complied with his request.

"Your loss." The older pouted, but obediently moved to his seat and fastened his seat belt. He observed how Jackson's expression turned dark when he said 'hello' to whoever was speaking him on the phone. The rapper didn't say much, he seemed to be just listening for long minutes whatever that person had to say.

"Okay, we'll be there." The Chinese said as he finished the call.

"Is something wrong?" Mark asked curiously, as he turned to him.

"Your boyfriend found out you've been discharged from the hospital. I wonder if he bribed a nurse or something. Man, he's so neurotic." Jackson commented, obviously displeased.

"Stop saying that. He's not my boyfriend. I don't even like him in that way, or at least I don't remember liking him to the point of loving him. I love you, Gaga, only you! And that will never change." Mark spoke with such a fire in his eyes that Jackson couldn't help but tighten his hands around the driving wheel in order to keep himself from kissing him again.

"Yien, I believe that's how you felt 7 months ago." Jackson exhaled as he looked away.

"Don't you love me anymore?!" the American asked impatiently.

"Of course I do! Major shit happened between us, but I still feel the same!" the rapper retorted with utter conviction.

"Then there's no reason for us to be apart." The elder concluded, unable to understand Jackson's resistance.

"You don't mean that. The real you, the one who was not absent for 7 months, couldn't even stand being inside a car alone with me. Trust me when I tell you this, deep down, you abhor my very existence." The Chinese's tone was bleak.

"Why?! Because you slept with Jinyoung? Because you lied about sleeping with Youngjae? Because you left me to go to Hong Kong when I most needed you here? Or perhaps, because you supposedly beat me up during a trip to Macau?! What the hell was that about anyways?" Mark inquired impatiently as he stared hard at the Chinese.

"We'll talk about it when we get to Jinyoung's apartment." He told him wearily. The rapper was afraid of answering that question. He didn't know how that information could affect the present Mark and he would hate to see that deadly angst back in his eyes, the cinnamon eyes he loved so much.

"Does he speak for you now? As far as I know he wasn't even at the fucking brothel, was he?!" Mark sounded mad now, he wanted to know what kind of disaster caused their irreversible break up.

"Who told you about that, huh? Yugyeom?" Jackson nervously asked, realizing that his ex was too close to find out the whole truth. He then remembered the stupid game JB made them play at JYPE practice room and how his ex himself told the group about where they went during that trip to Macau. However, not even the other members knew the whole story, except for Jinyoung, who simply guessed what happened.

"Did you really hit me?" Mark asked as he stared hard at his ex. The rapper shut his eyes tightly and then opened them again.

"Yes, I did. There's so much more you don't remember. Listen, Yien, Jinyoung treats you better than I ever did, I know that now. He even wanted to get engaged to you! MarkJin prevailed over Markson for real! You two belong together, I cannot, and I will not, come between you two." Jackson tried to reason with him as his eyes brimmed with tears. Remorse hit him like a ton of bricks. He saw the disappointment in the American's eyes when he mentioned Jinyoung again and before he could say anything else, his ex grabbed the disguise he was wearing earlier from the backseat, put it on, opened the door of the car and ran away from him. The rapper screamed his name and begged him to come back, but when other cars behind him started to honk their horns, he was forced to move his vehicle. His heart was in his mouth when he watched his beloved disappear into the heavy rain.