Mea Culpa (Mark x Reader) Pt.2
mea cul·pa : a formal acknowledgement of personal fault or error
You rolled your eyes before grabbing your purse and following after your best friend. You didn’t know Mark was waiting for you, but then again, you didn't know much of the future. No one did. It was unpredictable.
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The living room was spacious, meaning you didn’t have to physically mingle with other sweaty body's to get to a place, however, you still smelled the sweat in the air and the humidity making your skin sticky. You wrinkled your nose.
You saw Amy walk over to the drinks while you wandered around the place. You didn't want to admit it but it was almost as if you were looking for Mark, but you convinced yourself you weren't and were just trying to see who attended.
You turned around to see the school's star, Jaebum. He was another boy who was prized by many girls, but he wasn't soft like Mark. Jaebum was known for his dominance whether it was in bed or not. His physical frame drew attention to him in the sense of attractiveness and authority and his mentality only portrayed maturity and slight mischief.
"Oh, Jaebum. Hey". You tucked your hair behind your ear and watched as he approached you. The disbelief that he was actually coming to talk to you was the only thing you could think about. Why was he coming to talk to a nobody like you? Perhaps Mark had said something? The two boys were close, along with 5 other boys you hadn't met yet.
The group of boys were infamously adored and hard to miss, they were also one of the closest friendship groups you had ever known of so it wouldn't surprise you if Mark had told Jaebum about you.
"It's nice to see you here, you look .. different. It's a good look on you"
You smiled at his shallow compliment and glanced down at his outstretched hand holding a cup, you raised a brow.
"I promise there's nothing in it, I thought I would give you a drink since it isn't really a party without one" he explained
"Jaebum, that's kind of you but I think I'll stay cautious and get my own drink". You walked off towards the table with drinks with him following you like a lost child.
"Alright, I understand. You seem like a smart girl Y/N" he said as he leant against the table watching you pour out your own drink from an unopened bottle.
You sighed and looked up at him. If he was insisting to remain in your company you may as well accept him since you had nothing better to do. You could also use a distraction to prevent you from seeing a certain someone.
You didn’t know how much time had passed or how many drinks you had taken but you found yourself pressed up against the wall with Jaebum against you. His hand holding your leg up next to him while his other hand held the nape of your neck making sure to be able to have proper access to your mouth.
Jaebum felt nice against you. His mouth felt soft and his broad frame towered over you, making you feel small and protected, however, he didn’t feel as nice as Mark. Mark’s body felt like home to you in every way. The way his lips seemed to fit perfectly with yours, the way his body pressed against yours and moulded to your curves like a puzzle.
Your eyes snapped open and you set your hands on his chest, pushing him away. Even if he was just kissing you it felt, really wrong.
“Y/N what’s wrong? Did I hurt you?” he questioned.
You smiled, “No everything is fine, you’re fine. It’s just I feel like I’m only using you for revenge or even a distraction even though that doesn’t make much sense”. You looked up at him before he pressed his forehead your own.
“I’m fine being your distraction, or your object of revenge sex” he replied, “I know your whole situation with Mark”.
You raised your brows waiting for him to further explain.
“He..” Jaebum cocked his head as if trying to choose his words carefully. “He was somewhat stressed and told me about it, stayed in his room most of the time and other times he was.. yelling at me”
“So you guys fought?” you concluded.
“Well I guess you could call it that”
You shook your head and were about to ask another question before Jaebum was torn away from you and Mark stood in front of you instead.
“Y/N, what are you doing with Jaebum? You didn’t want to be with me so you could be with him I’m guessing?”
“What? Mark, why do you even care? I don’t really owe you an explanation”.
He scoffed and grabbed your wrist pulling you upstairs, the eyes on you making you want to shrivel up and die. It wasn’t every day the most popular boy in school angrily pulled a quiet girl behind him.
He pulled you into a random room, shut and locked the door.
“Mark what the actual fuck are you doing”. You walked towards the door, but he stepped in the way and leant against the door.
Your fingers shook as you sighed and went to sit on the bed, it was getting scary and you didn’t know how to handle this.
“What were you doing with him?” He questioned.
You turned to look up at him in disbelief. “Why do you need to know Mark I really don’t understand”.
“Just fucking tell me Y/N”
“Why are you being like this? First a prude and then a liar? I should have listened to everyone who said you were probably a prude because of your typical good girl image”
A lump formed in your throat as you sat there and listened, but then it quickly turned into anger and before you could stop yourself, you stood up and opened your mouth.
“How the fuck am I a liar Mark, I’ve just decided that you didn’t need to know. Why would you need to know anyway? I’m just your ‘good, casual fuck’ remember? No feelings involved” you walked up to him and poked his chest, “It’s as if you think you own my body, that I’m not to be anyone else’s but yours, It’s as if you’re jealous you know? Isn’t being jealous something a lover would do?”.
You took a step back and took a breath in, his eyes were widened as he gazed at you. The silence made it seem like nothing else existed but you two, but you weren’t done.
“And to call me a fucking prude is ridiculous, you knew I was a virgin when you first came to me and I fucking gave myself to you!” the lump in your throat had dissolved and now your eyes were tearing up.
Mark stood there silently in front of you. It was like that for almost a minute before he said three words that shook your nerves.
You were about to accuse him of lying until he kept talking.
“I’ve loved you ever since I set my eyes on you. Watching you walk in the hallways was like a hobby to me, I- fuck I know I went about this the wrong way but I wasn’t known for having relationships and more for a hit and ditch. At first, I thought I was just attracted to you but, once I was finally with you I knew I was wrong. I should have stopped it then and there but I was so greedy for you”
“Mark I - “. Before you continued talking you looked at him. He was holding onto your arms and looking down at you with hopeful eyes.
“I love you too”. As soon as the words left your lips his arms came around you and pulled you towards him into a hug.
You could practically hear his smile before you replied. “Ever since I moved to this stupid uni, but I don’t think I want to see you again for a while”
Mark tensed and slowly let go, immediately you missed the warmth and scent of him but then scolded yourself since you couldn’t let yourself be putty just from a simple hug.
“W-why? Y/N I swear I’ll make it up to you somehow”
“No Mark please, this relationship is already ruined and I don’t think we’re healthy for each other I mean, look where we are now and we’re not even in a relationship”
“Baby please, we can do this together. I love you and you love me, you bring the best out of me and I’m already ready to lay my entire life to support you. Please trust me, please trust us. I want to erase any doubts you have”
Your heart fluttered at his pet name but you calmly removed his hands and walked towards the door before he could grab you. You threw the door open and stepped out, however, you were yanked back and roughly pushed against the once again closed door.
“Y/N, if you think I'm going to let you go like that then please think again. I’m never going to let you go”
You shivered as his hand softly pulled your chin up to look at him. His eyes looked so warm up close that you wanted to melt then and there.
“I really want to show you how much I love you, how much I do value you and show you how much I want to change from being a player and someone who was too chicken to admit their love to someone who cherishes only you. Please let me show you”.
You looked down and thought about it. You knew you loved Mark so much, but you didn’t know if you could trust him to treat you right, you didn’t know if you two would continue to have fights as toxic as this, but then again, you didn’t know much of the future. So when he went down to reach your lips to kiss you, you let him. You were going to let him redeem himself to you.
You woke up in Mark’s bed the next morning, with his arm wrapped around you and your face on his chest. The two of you went back to his dorm after the situation had calmed down, he didn’t make any moves to have sex with you because he thought it would only prove himself wrong.
It was nice to just stay like this, the two of you sleeping together in bed after the two of you had become official, like the two of you had never experienced any hardships.
“Good morning Y/N”. Mark said, “that was the best sleep I’ve ever had in awhile”
You smiled and looked up. He looked so beautiful in the morning, with his hair a mess, voice rough and face lazy. It was a nice scene to see first thing in the morning.
“So what’s the plan for today Mark,” you said as you went to get up but found you couldn’t due to him holding you down close to him. Then he started tickling you and laughter dangerously bubbled up and erupted from your mouth. The more you thrashed around to get him off of you to more pressure he put on your body with his to hold you down. He finally stopped tickling you and answered your question.
“I was thinking of spending the day together and watching movies, what do you think?”
“That sounds perfect to me, now will you let me go”
“Hmmm, give me a kiss first”
You rolled your eyes pushed yourself so you were able to meet his lips and ended the kiss short to quickly get out of his grip once it loosened.
“Hey! That's cheating!” he exclaimed.
You giggled and went into his bathroom to freshen up. When you were done you opened the door to the scent of cooking pancakes. Mark stood there in front of the stove with his flannel cooking pancakes, while you stood around the corner watching him in his shirt.
The sight scared you to a certain extent, was it possible to adore someone so much just after they used you and then confessed so suddenly? Was it possible for everything to just fall into place after enduring the game of who could hide their feelings the best and who could jump the farthest when assuming each other's motives? You weren’t experienced in things like this, however, you were sure that time would solve everything.
“Breakfast is ready,” Mark told you as he turned around to see you watching, a small smirk on his face.
AND CUE MY APOLOGY FOR BEING LITERALLY A YEAR LATE LMAOOO im terribly sorry school kinda kicked my ass during my absence :( I hope you liked it i love you all