Jackson laid on his side with his head propped up on his hand, a gentle smile on his face as he looked down at Mark sleeping by his side with the morning sun casting a golden light on his beautiful features, he pushed a lock of ginger hair away from Mark's face and tucked it behind his ear. He listened to his slow heavy breathing and his eyes strayed away from his face  settling on his chiseled chest rising and falling, he saw the red bruises on his chest, arms and neck. He gently traced the marks with his fingers as he remembered the previous night, it had been wild, he was sure they would have covered the entire house if it wasn't so big, they just couldn't get enough of eachother. A small laugh escaped his lips as he recalled how they had tried to get to the bedroom after making love on the couch, and ended up making love on the stairs because it was taking too long to get to the bed. He felt himself getting hard just thinking about last night, he decided to take a shower and get breakfast ready, and probably give Mark some time to sleep, it was five a.m before they had finally slept.

He pulled the covers up to Mark's neck and lifted himself up from the bed to get out, Mark caught his hand "Stay here" he drawled without opening his eyes, his bass voice deeper from sleep, Jackson layed back down and pulled the covers over himself, Mark snuggled closer wrapping his legs and arms around Jackson and burrying his face in the crook of his neck " just a little bit longer" he whispered. Jackson wrapped his arms around Mark and held him close, their bodies so tight together not even air could pass through, he placed a kiss on top of Mark's head and closed his eyes, slowly falling back to sleep.They woke up a while later made love and went back to sleeping, the sun was almost setting when they finally crawled out of bed, taking a shower turned into another round of love making, dressing up turned into love making, Mark just needed to blink and Jackson was hard, grinding at which ever part of his body was closest. They lay in eachother's arms sweaty and panting, Mark's stomach growled from hunger and they laughed "ok,ok i'll feed you" Jackson laughed getting up to his feet and pulling Mark up. 

It was already dark outside when they finally strolled into the kitchen, Jackson's arms around Mark's waist "What do you want to eat?" Jackson opened the fridge and reluctantly took his hand off Mark's waist. 

"What is the fastest thing you can make?...god, i'm so hungry i could eat a whole cow right now" Mark leaned against Jackson as they both stared into the fridge coming up with nothing.

"Ramen?" Jackson suggested.

"No way...i've eaten enough ramen to last me a lifetime"

"Ok, i'll make soup then" Jackson pulled out a frozen piece of whole chicken.

"really, you'll do that for me?" Mark clasped his hands together and bashed his eyes playfully at Jackson.

"Ofcourse!! for you, i'll do anything" Jackson played along. They continued talking as they made the food together, Mark having to end up doing the most work after all. Watching Mark bring the soup to his mouth and taste it, and the way he had one hand on his waist as he stirred it, and the arch of his back when he bent over to turn down the fire, made Jackson's heart flutter, there was just something in the way he moved. He crept up behind him and wrapped his hands around his waist, resting his chin on his shoulder. Mark jumped a little and laughed when he felt Jackson behind him, making him laugh too, Jackson thought as their laughter died down and he just held Mark in his arms that he wanted this to be forever.

"Promise me something" he said quietly

"hmm" Mark hummed

"That this will never end"

"What"

"Us...that we'll always be together"

"ok"

"Say it,Mark...if you should ever leave me i'll die...so say it...promise me that this love that we share will never end" Jackson's voice was low and quiet when he spoke. Mark stopped stirring the soup and turned around in Jackson's arms as he sensed the seriousness in his voice, he searched his eyes trying to figure out why he was talking like that all of a sudden and was taken aback by the fear he saw in his eyes.

"I promise" he assured him firmly, he wrapped his arms around his neck "Our love will always be, even in death we will continue...for all eternity" 

"I love you" Jackson said in Mandarin and kissed Mark before he could say it back because he didn't need to hear it, he already knew it, he already felt loved. Mark grabbed Jackson by the collar of his shirt and deepened the kiss as their passion began to rise again, he moaned as he felt Jackson's hand under his shirt and moaned even louder as he felt his other hand reach into his shorts and cup his buttocks, they were so engrossed in eachother that they didn't hear when the door opened nor did they notice the two sets of eyes staring at them.

"Ga Ji!!!" the yell, almost growl, of the deep male voice echoed through the halls, vibrating the walls of the mansion. You could literally hear the sound of velcro being ripped when they jumped apart, that was how tight they were holding on to each other. Jackson instinctively held onto Mark's hand and pulled him behind him, holding on tight even when Mark tried to pull his hand away, Jackson's mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water as he stared at the people infront of him who stared back at him.

"So it's true" a crisp, sharp yet soft female voice asked in shock, the elderly female sat in the couch shaking, as she tried to recover from the shock.

"m-m-mommy....da---da--" Jackson stuttered still clutching Mark's hand tight behind his back "w-what are y-you doing here?"

"Do i need your permission to come to my own house?" the elderly man sat down crossing his legs and staring at his son with no emotion on his face, he had learned a long itme ago in his line of business never to let his feelings show on his face, that's the way to remain unpredictable "We heard you've been galavanting around town with a good for nothing boy, i didn't act on it because i thought it was a fling that was going to pass soon but from what i hear you seem pretty serious" the man said inspecting his shoes as he spoke. 

Jackson blinked hard and long rubbing his temples between his thumb and forefinger with his free hand, how could he have forgotten the kind of man his dad was, how foolish of him to think that he had stopped keepping tabs on him. He and his dad had a sour relationship, they had become enstranged after he refused to join the family business and came to Korea to do music. He feared for what his dad might do but he didn't show it on his face, he learned from the best after all, he knew his dad made his plays by reading people's reactions and body language, that was what years of being a mobster did to you.

"We made a deal, i got you what you wanted...you stay out of my business"Jackson said not breaking eye contact with his dad, breaking eye contact first meant submitting and he wasn't going to give him that.

"The deal was to allow you to pursue music not to waste your life away on some good for nothing boy"

"Stop calling him names!" Jackson was beggining to lose his cool "and i am not that little boy who used to do everything you said, i'm my own man now and you don't have a say in what i choose to do with my life..it's none of your business"

"You made it my business when you got together with him" the elderly man pointed at Mark "I will not allow this!!!"

Mark's Mandarin was rusty and he could barely understand cantonese but he understood enough to know what was going on, he forcefully snatched his hand away from Jackson causing him to turn around "I think i should leave" he said his voice tight from the lump forming in his throat and his eyes glassy as he fought back the tears.

"yeah, let's get out of here" Jackson started to walk away.

"Wait" Mark grabbed his hand and let it go quickly " I'll go alone, you stay here with your parents" Mark avoided jackson's eyes. Jackson didn't want to let Mark off by himself but he realized it will be worst if he left, so he decided to stay and deal with his dad. Mark walked to the door, Jackson following closely behind him, he didn't have anything to take with him because they had their things at eachother's places. He turned and bowed to Jackson's parents and forced a smile for Jackson who leaned in to kiss him, he turned away avoiding the kiss, but Jackson placed it on his cheek instead and lingered for a bit before pulling back hesitant to let Mark go "I'll see you later" Jackson forced a smile too, Mark nodded and walked out. As, he walked the long drive way to the gate his tears fell, he felt like he had just been punched in the stomach, he felt scared, afraid, was this going to be the end of his happiness. He knew Jackson loved him but he just had a feeling like his whole world was about to be turned upside down. 

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Mark sat in a booth at a cafe in the mall with Jinyoung sitting accross from him, they both had their heads propped on their hands looking at the back of their boyfriends as they stood behind the counter odering their lunch. They had come to the mall to get Jackson new clothes, he had refused to go home for a change of clothes because his parents were still in town, they both hated doing laundry and Mark's clothes were too small for Jackson so they had come to the conclusion to go shopping. Jackson hadn't been home the entire two weeks his parents had been in Korea, everything was quiet, too quiet, it felt ominous like the calm before the storm, maybe he was just being paranoid, there was just something about Jackson's dad that gave him the chills. Jackson hadn't said a word about what happened with his parents after he left, but he could sense there was something wrong, he just couldn't shake the feeling. 

Mark and Jinyoung sighed at the same time, and laughed when they realized it.

"We are so hopeless" Jinyoung said turning to face Mark who was still looking at Jackson "what's eating you up?"

"You first" Mark finally took his eyes off his lover.

Jinyoung took a deep breath and covered his face in both hands " I'm just so confused" he said into his hand.

"Why do i think this has something to do with Bambam" 

"god! no!" Jinyoung dropped his hand and looked genuinly hurt that Mark would think like that "believe me that ship sailed a long time ago...it may surprise you but i haven't been with a