04

GOT7’s dorm. Jackson is back home and he feels lightheaded, confused and lost. The tests showed the plant—er, tumour— is locate in his left lung, quite big with proper thorns buried in the walls of the organ, threading to break through it. Based on the petals he throws up, the flower inside must be a rose.

The doctor had asked Jackson when he wanted the surgery, but instead of an approximate date, the young boy only asked for some time to think about it. It’s too hard for Jackson to actually accept he’s sick for loving Mark, that he developed a tumour that is becoming a proper plant inside and he’s coughing blood and petals… just because Mark doesn’t love him back.

Jackson read online his illness would be cured if he was loved back, but his mind can’t wrap around that option.

Mark… ah, Mark. Jackson’s loved him probably since the beginning. The first time he saw Mark Jackson was gone, and he has no way to explain what happened to him. Perhaps, it was Mark’s smile, all sharp teeth and honest glee, maybe it was the chiming sound of his laughter, contagious and sweet. Maybe it was the fierce need to protect the skinny and fragile boy in front of him that overwhelmed him, even if soon he learned Mark needn’t protection at all. Regardless the reason, Jackson was infatuated since they first met and his feelings only grew deeper and stronger as they spent more and more time together, being roommates and best friends.

It’s been so many