For: AhnXion

Partner: GOT7's Mark

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Jiae hesitantly walked through the hospital doors and glanced around the tall white interior. She took a deep breath and went to the front desk.

"Hello, why are you here today?" The nurse was typing away on her computer.

Jiae bit her lip. "I came to see..." The nurse looked at her and urged her to go on. "I'm here to see Mark Tuan."

The nurse typed his name onto the computer and her face darkened right away. "He's on the seventh floor. Room ten." She gave Jiae a sympathetic look that Jiae hated.

"Thank you."

Jiae rode the elevator up to the seventh floor. She looked at all the floors through the glass walls of the elevator and shuddered. Hospitals are where Jiae experienced her most painful memories, and she might experience one more today.

Jiae took heavy steps down the hall and stopped in front of room ten. Her heart dropped when she saw the name next to her door. It was officially telling her that her ex-boyfriend was stuck in the room right behind the door. She took a deep breath and used all her strength to slide the door open.

Jiae stepped inside and almost collapsed to the floor when she saw Mark sitting on the hospital bed. He looked terrible. His skin was wrinkly and pale, his eyes were sunken and bloodshot, and his hair was a mess. Jiae's lips trembled and her vision blurred at the sight of her ex. 

I should've never left him. If only I didn't go to Paris to study fashion and stayed by his side.... He wouldn't have done anything. He would have been the same, lovable, handsome Mark. Where is he now? 

Mark slowly turned his gaze from the window to her. He smirked, "Now you come back."

He saw the tears in her eyes and scoffed. "You feel bad for me, huh? Feel like it's all your fault?"

"Mark..."

"Ah, it's nice finally hearing your voice again." He said in sarcasm.

Jiae walked closer to the bed and her heart cracked each step she took. She could now clearly see Mark's poor condition. He had machines connected to his body. He couldn't even sit up properly and was leaning to the side.

"I don't need your pity." Mark scowled.

A tear dropped onto the bed. Jiae held his hand and gasped at how bony and cold he was. "Mark...why?"

Mark scoffed and glared at her with a grim smirk, "Why? Why do you think this happened? You, of all people, should know best."

Jiae shook her head. "No, I don't know. I don't understand why..." She sniffled and wiped another tear that fell down. "I'm not here to pity you, Mark."

Mark's stern glare disappeared and became soft. "Then are you here to love me again?", he whispered.

Jiae's breath hitched. He sounded so broken. His cold demeanor was gone and he looked like the old Mark she used to know.

"I never stopped loving you."

"Than why did you leave? You left me behind with nothing, Jiae. We had everything planned out. I thought about my future with you every single ing day but," he scoffed and shook his head. "You just left."

Jiae choked on her tears and held his hands again. "I'm sorry."

"Apologizing doesn't make a difference anymore. You're too late. I waited for you everyday, Jiae. I lived, hoping that it was all a dream and that I'd wake up with you by my side but you never came back. Until now. Only because you heard that I was dying because I became a junkie. A freak."

"No, you're not Mark. And it's not too late for anything. You can change. You're not dying, not yet. I'm not letting you. I'll stay with you Mark, so please-"

"Look at me! I look terrible! I'm dying, and you know that."

Mark stared at her with empty, helpless eyes. "What was I supposed to do? You left me to suffer all by myself, with no job and money, and you all of a sudden come back and hope that everything is okay?!" Mark raised his voice, making Jiae step back in shock. "Mark..."

"You made me like this, Lee Jiae. After you left, I became a nobody. All I did was stay home and get drunk and abuse myself with pills so that I could at least fantasize about you being right next to me." His voice started to crack as his heart rate sped up along with the monitor that was attached to his body.

"I tried rehab again and again but it didn't work. You were the only drug I needed. What was I supposed to do?" Mark barely whispered.

"What was I supposed to do?!" Mark lunged for her. Jiae screamed and fell back onto the ground. Nurses and doctors rushed in and tied him down to bed. Mark yelled and fought to get out of their grasp as Jiae gaped at the scene in horror.

The beeping of the monitor rapidly beeped as Mark's body started to shake. One of the nurses shoved a needle into his arm, making him calm down. Jiae was told that visiting hours were over and was pushed out of the hospital.

Jiae sat down on the steps of the hospital with her face in the palm of her hands. She sobbed and sobbed for hours, not caring who saw her. What have I done? I only left to study so that I could become successful and make more money to live with Mark but I guess I was wrong to do that. I should have listened to him. I wish I could turn back time. 

"Stop working so much. I don't want your hands to get dirty."

Mark put his chin on her shoulder as he hugged her from behind as she washed the dishes.

"I'm going to have to get my hands dirty anyway. If not, how would I make money for the both of us?"

Mark pouted and turned her around. "I don't care about the money. All I need is you, Jiae." He kissed her nose, making her giggle. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. "Is that so? So you don't mind if I don't become a famous fashion designer? You're okay with me staying at home?"

Mark cutely nodded and put his forehead on hers. "Like I said, all I need is you. Without you, I'd go crazy. Always stay by my side, alright?"

Jiae nodded and kissed his lips. "Always."