*Mark POV*

Jackson was finally coming home after a couple of hours and to be honest I needed to talk to him

His arrival time finally came around and of course as his best friend I went with our manager to welcome him back

Jackson spotted our manager and walked towards the car until I suddenly jumped out. He stopped. We looked at each other and like the mature adults we are, we started sprinting towards each other to close our long country wide gap with a hug. It felt like seeing a family member, in fact he is more than any family member, he’s like a brother. I wouldn't know what to do without him. After the hugging and him latching his legs to my waist, making me carry him to the car (not embarrassing at all right?), we finally got home. On the way to the dorm I told Jackson that I wanted to talk about what happened with Bam last night

After arriving and helping him unpack we took a moment to just talk about everything that went on with his promotion and talk about life in general

Jackson: “...so you said you wanted to talk about Bam”

Mark: “umm..well...yeah. Something happened last night and...honestly I don't know how to feel”

Jackson: “Ok, so what did he do?”

*flaskback*

“...the problem is that you like her!” Bam yelled

I was furious at this point because he wouldn't just say what was bothering him. Why didn't he just spit it out! Without realizing it all my anger and confusion came out as yelling

“What do you mean? What? I can't like Rosé now?! And why can't I? You need to stop acting like you are a jealous boy-”

“A jealous what Mark? A boyfriend? I knew it, you’re not completely oblivious yet you still choose her!”

“I didn't...I mean...you didn't...Why didn't you say anything! You never told me how you felt? Am I supposed to figure everything out and run towards you?”

“That's what you did with her”

“Because she told me how she felt without being passive aggressive and being straightforward!” I was yelling at the top of lungs at this point. He just looked at me and we stayed like that for a while. I guess he was waiting for me to cool down while I saw tears b on the edge of his eyes. He lowered his gaze along with his voice

“You're right. I am jealous and at this point I don't care who knows ok! I'm sick and tired of her having your attention, getting to be with you on your days off, getting to be close to you…” he cut himself trying to catch his breath and hold back the tears he was fighting “...I like you Mark, the problem I have now is that I didn't realize soon enough that I love you”

*end of flashback*

Jackson just looked at the ground trying to take in and analyze everything

“After that I just left. I needed time to think”

“Well...do you like Rosé?” asked Jackson

“Of course, we’ve been dating for a while”

“So you don’t like her?”

“I just sai--”

“I know what you just said but you didn’t give me a reason why you like her, you just told me what you guys do...it almost sounded like a hobby...like you do that to avoid something…”

I got what his point was but I wish he would have said something else because...him putting things like that made me feel like I was avoiding something. Before meeting anyone me and Bam were always close, we were extremely close. Sometimes I thought as a joke that any contact, any skinship could mean something more. I sometimes thought it meant more than just goofing around with a simple friend but I would push any feeling toward him aside because I guess I was afraid of being rejected. I never even thought of the possibility of him feeling the same way

After he confessed yesterday I wasn't sure how to feel about him admitting that he gets jealous, that he wants me to be near him...that he wants me

“Mark!” said Jackson snapping his fingers in my face trying to literally snap me out of it. “I asked you something, did you hear me?”

“wha-, n-no. Sorry you were saying?”

“Do you like Bam Bam”

“Of course I love Bam”

“I asked if you liked him...I guess your deep thoughts are taking control of what say huh?” he smirked

“Wha-. I…” I started to get lost in my thoughts again and I came to a conclusion. I managed a “I gotta go, thanks Jackson” and I bolted out to find Bam Bam

I found him at the front of the building sitting on the stairs at the entrance. He didn’t look up but I could tell that he knew that I was there

“Can I sit?”

He just nodded

There was a moment of silence and I could feel the awkwardness I hated having with him so, I spoke up

“I'm sorry! Wait, what?” we both said in unison making us both laugh a little despite the serious atmosphere

He spoke up “Listen I'm sorry for dropping that confession bomb on you, you don't have to feel pressured to like me or pretend to like me. I know that it won't be the same as before so if you don't see me or treat me the same, I'm prepared to deal with that and I don't blame you for anything”

“No, Bam I'm sorry I should have been true to my feelings since the beginning, if I would have told you that I liked yo--”

“You like me?” he cut me off, face beaming, full of hope

“no…”

His grin turned into a frown

“...I love you. I’m sorry it took me this long to realize it bu-” he cut me off when his lips smashed into mine

*the next week*

I explained to Rosé that I just didn't feel comfortable dating her anymore because of stuff I had to deal with, she was surprisingly cool with it. She even said that she had her own situation with Lisa and that she had to deal with that which made me feel a little less guilty. We still had a lot in common so we decided that the “friends” title fits us better.

As for me and Bam well...let's just say that we are eager to catch up on all the time we weren't together...as a couple


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Ahhhhh it's finally complete 🎉
Ugh I felt so cheesy writing the end 🙈
It’s a little short so hopefully the end was ok for you guys

Possibly I'll be making an alternate version of this story just for Mark and Rosé~
Until next story ^-^