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"Are you okay? Are you injured? Did something happen on the way?"
"Jackson, I was gone for literally twenty minutes. It's not like I stopped on the way to hang out with some strange people."
Mark had gone to the shop to buy something small for the group to eat since they had a very stressful morning and therefore didn't have a lot of time to eat properly. As the oldest, Mark felt responsible for making sure his younger friends were doing well.
"Anything could've happened! The thought of you being in danger while on your own with no one around is enough to make my heart beat out of my chest."
"...Jackson, it's a Tuesday afternoon. The streets are filled with ordinary people where at least one or two people would step up in case something happened."
"Don't scare me like this again."
Jackson kissed Mark's forehead. Mark smiled softly at the younger and flung his arms around the younger's shoulders.
"I was fine all along, if I felt as if it would be dangerous I would've brought you to protect me like the knight in armor you are."

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