it's been a few days since mark and jackson became official, and they told nobody except mark's parents who talked to jackson multiple times whenever he picked up mark for a date.

however, it was the day of mark's departure to go back to los angeles and the couple could not be even more sadder.

"i can not believe you have to go back," jackson whispered while holding on to mark's hand.

at the moment, jackson was driving mark to the airport.

the both were really tired after spending the entire night talking to each other on the phone.

the two tried to get the thought of mark leaving out of their heads.

mark was worried that jackson would soon forget about him while jackson was worried that mark will continue to be tough on himself when jackson is not there.

then the dreaded moment became a reality when jackson parked his car in front of the airport's curb.

he stopped the car and the two sat their staring outside the window, both not moving and just cherishing their last moment together before mark had to go.

jackson was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard sniffles.

he turned his head to look at mark who was trying to secretly wipe his tears with his other hand.

jackson's heart broke.

he turned his body on his seat to face mark and wrapped his arms around him.

mark immediately sobbed on his neck.

"i don't want to leave," mark cried out.

jackson could feel his own eyes getting wet.

"i know," he whispered.

"i'm afraid you're gonna forget about me," mark voiced out his worries.

a piece of jackson's heart fell after hearing his boyfriend's confession.

jackson voiced out his own worries, "this is what im worried about," he started off, "when we're not together physically anymore, you're going to start becoming tough on yourself again. i will never forget you mark. even if we break up which we will not because im not going to let you go. i will always be here for you to remind you how much you mean to me and how much you're worth. you're one in a million and im honored to be your boyfriend."

mark cried even more after jackson's words but for a good reason.

tears of happiness and love for jackson.

jackson lifted up mark's face from his shoulder to wipe mark's tears away.

they stared right into each other's eyes before leaning in.

jackson brushed his lips slowly on mark's, feeling him shudder.

he smiled before he closed the gap and placed his lips on top of mark's.

their lips moved in synchronization, every feeling they felt poured into the kiss.

sadness, euphoric, relief, love.

they kissed slowly at first until they kissed more faster, wanting to taste every inch of each other.

the two felt as if a missing piece of them came back and they knew that they completed each other.

unfortunately, they had to full apart for a breath.

"i love you," mark whispered against jackson's lips.

getting closer to the end (':