And I...: A MarkiplierxReader ✔

Chapter 22: It Was Worth It

Your POV

I awoke hours later to an empty bed. The sudden flashback to the hours prior consumed me. My immediate though was if that actually did happen. I could feel the cool wild from the open window kiss against my naked flesh and it hit me. I just committed one of the most ultimate sins by giving myself to another before marriage. However, I'd graciously accept being condemned to the 7th layer of hell, if that was the price I had to pay for my actions. It was worth it.... He is worth it.

I laid there with the my departed father's words being replayed like a broken record in the back of my mind. 'You don't lose by loving. You only lose by holding back.' Those words seemed to be permanently seeped into my very core. I did exactly what I wanted to do. Wait until I was in love before giving my body as a sacrifice. Although I wasn't religious, I felt as if various eyes from above were looking at me, judging me but, at least I didn't hold back. I rolled over and noticed the alarm clock reading 5:18PM. 'Holy Shit, I've been sleeping for like the last 3 hours!' I finally dragged myself out of the warm and comfortable bed. I found Mark's robe on the back of his bedroom door and being that my clothes were mostly downstairs, it was my only option. I made my way downstairs

"Do I hear the footsteps of my beautiful princess!?" --'oh great, yet another play through reference. Still, very sweet.' I couldn't help myself but blush. Mark sat comfortably on the couch so I snuck up behind him and drafted my arms around him from behind, gently nibbling on his earlobe. "Is someone ready for round 2, already?" I just chucked and crawled over the back of the sofa, landing on top of him. "Sorry handsome, I'm still recovering from round 1." He couldn't have possibly expected me to be ready for a second go. Of course, that's not to say I'd never sleep with him again, quite the contrary actually. It was a magical experience, and I'm so grateful to have shared it with him. "Hey, I got a surprise for you," he cried out. Mark stood up and started rustling around in his jean pockets until he found what he was looking for; a set of silver keys. "I don't get it? What are the keys for?" He placed them in my hand and explained. "Well, I was thinking about what you said... how you're here so often that you might as well have keys. I know you meant it as a joke but I actually went out and got you a set of keys made for the building and the apartment. That way, if you ever just wanted to swing by and I don't know, surprise me you can."  I didn't exactly see a need for me to have keys to his place, it's not like I'd ever show up unannounced... regardless, it was still a very sweet gesture.

Around 8:00 we had just finished dinner, nothing fancy just pizza. Mark went upstairs to start preparing for the live steam and I got dressed again. I was getting sort of nervous. Mark had told me quite a few times how great his fan base is, however I didn't know what kind of response to expect, especially when his fan girls find out he has a girlfriend. I could only hope people will be happy for us and still support him and his channel. Mark called for me from up stairs letting me know everything is good to go, so I joined him in his recording room. He signed into his twitch account and already before the stream had started there were thousand upon thousands of people already there, waiting for it to begin.

"Hello everyone, my name is Markiplier and I'm joined here with..." I was just looking at me wearing a smirk on his face. "That's your cue." He both had a good laugh "OH! Haha. Hi guys, I'm (YN.)" I flashed a sweet smile to the camera. I felt so strange, it was just me and Mark in this room but yet, there were thousands of people watching our every movement. "Well, like I put on twitter and Facebook, this won't be a regular live steam as I do have a special announcement, but that's gonna wait. I thought we could do a catch up live stream so I can touch base with you all and see your game recommendations and also tell you about special projects I'll be involved with in the near future." I couldn't believe how natural this was for Mark. I couldn't get over how ridiculous I felt to me talking to a camera, knowing there were tons of people who could see and hear me but yet there was only the two of us in the room.

He spent the next 40 minutes talking about upcoming video's he's done with other youtubers and looking into some game recommendations that were suggested by fans. He also told them about a charity event he'll be attending in 2 weeks in North Carolina. Of course I couldn't help but notice all the comments "who's she?" Or "what's her YouTube channel?" There only seemed to be 2-3 comments out of thousands made that happened to ask if we were together. I sat quietly just allowing Mark to do his thing. "Now before we end this, I'd like to share with you guys some really exciting news...." Mark leaned back in his chair and did the whole yawn and stretch, before his arm made it's final resting place on my shoulder and he pulled me in closer to him. I just turned to him and giggled, "you're such a nerd."-- "yeah, but you like it." I couldn't help but flush. Almost everything this man said or did made me blush or smile. His fans are a smart group of people, they caught on really quickly. The chat was flooded with "OMG YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!??!1!" or an endless amount of sad faces. "Some of you, if you live in the LA area anyway may have seen us around, but yes actually, this beautiful girl right her, well, she's my girlfriend. We've been seeing each other for a little over a month now, and since you are all a really big and important part of my life, I thought it best to share the news." Almost instantaneously there was a decline in the number of audience members. 'I guess the fan girls didn't take the news to well.'
With the last 5 minutes Mark did a Q&A and before he ended the broadcast we shared a kiss, live for the viewers.

"Well that went well." I said with a sigh. Mark seemed to just shrug it off but I was hoping I'd be a little more welcomed. He ran his hand softly across my leg as if to say "don't worry about it." Instead to simply said "to be honest, this is the exact reaction I expected, but don't worry. If they are real fans and not just fan girls, they'll come around. You're just as important to me as they are."
What else could I do but smile. I don't want the fact that he now has a girlfriend to hinder the bond he shares with the community. However if he isn't worried about it, I won't be either.

The rest of the evening was spend watching Mark pre-record videos. He seemed to want me to be involved but after earlier I didn't want to. This was all still so new to me but, I guess on the other hand it was no different then preforming a musical piece. Our performance just differs in terms of content. I did join Mark for one recording. We played Tug The Table which he did record but he promised he wouldn't upload it unless I gave him the go ahead.

Finally to end the night we settled down on the couch and watched another movie. To my surprise Mark actually owned Clockwork Orange, which shamelessly was another masterpiece I absolutely enjoyed, up until I fell asleep. I was awoken to Mark tucking me into bed. "I'm gonna go edit some of those videos from earlier. I'll come to bed soon." He gently placed a soft kiss on my cheek before exiting the room, leaving me to fall back asleep.