[6:02PM] - Youâd just come home from the third blind date that your best friend mark had set up from you, dumping your bag on the ground you see Mark already on your sofa, looking at you expectantly for the details as to how it went.
Youâd decided on the way home youâd had enough, you entertained Markâs idea at the start, he wanted to see you happy and with someone which was a bit difficult for you as prior to the dates, youâd come to the conclusion you were in love with him. You thought that seeing other people would help erase your growing feelings for him when in actual fact itâd helped you to solidify how youâd felt for him. Great.Â
You know that thereâs a lot of better, more thoughtful ways to confess to someone than what you were about to do but you were past the point of frustration, at both yourself and him for being so oblivious.Â
Mark smiled, unaware of the total hellfire that was about to be unleashed with the next sentence. âSooo, Howâd it go?âÂ
You picked up the nearest cushion and aimed for his body.Â
âYo what the fuck? That bad?âÂ
âYes that fucking bad Mark lee because youâre trying to set me up with people, you want me to to be happy and in a relationship when the only person I want to be happy with is you!â You know you should have probably stopped there but you were on too much of a roll to care.Â
âWhy canât you see that? Iâm so painfully in love with you and I just go on these dates to get over you! I canât fucking lie to myself or you anymore, I love you!â You panted, struggling to breathe, not entirely sure if it was from the shouting or sheer panic.Â
He continued to stare at you as if youâd grown three heads, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.Â
âYeah, I kind of expected that, can you leave?âÂ
âUhhh? No. No I donât think I can, what the fuck was I meant to do with that information? Youâve never said anything thatâs even in the same stratosphere as I love you before.âÂ
You groaned, knowing you shouldâve just said âIt was great! Weâre planning to go out next Thursdayâ not âIâm fucking in love with youâÂ
âI know but I really just needed to say it, at this point I donât even care if you donât love me I just. had. to. say. it. , itâs been eating away at me for the past couple weeksâÂ
He leaped over the back of the sofa, eyes meeting yours trying to catch up with you as you walked away from the conversation.Â
âHey I never said that I wasnât willing to give this a shot? I canât say this was the response I was expecting when talking about a date you went one with someone else but why donât we try us? I canât promise weâll work out but Iâm willing to see where things go. I need time though, to process this, to process usâÂ
You finally exhaled, nodding âYeah- I,I can do that. Iâm sorry, I shouldâve told you differentlyâÂ
Mark laughed âNot at all, if you did it any differently it wouldnât have been you. I promise Iâll give this a shot but can we make a pact right now? If it doesnât work out weâll go back to friends?âÂ
The words probably shouldnât have hit you as hard as they did, making you that bit more desperate for you two to work out as a couple, but Mark in your life was better than no Mark at all so you agree.Â