--= Jack's + POV =--

Felix left after a while, wanting to bring the dog with him but we refused. Sulking his way out, he closed the door behind him and I stared out the window watching him go. Silence filling the room, Chica padded up to me looking out the window, seeming somewhat sad that Felix was leaving. It was almost touching, until she let out a small burp and ran towards her food bowl. Snickering, I turned away from the window and my eyes met with Mark's.

 "Hey." Mark waved, a smile growing on his face, he waved his arms around and looked throughout the house, checking to see if there was anything to do but, we already cleaned pretty much everything.

 "Hey." Walking up towards him, Mark stayed where he was, his eyes fixated on me.

"Guess it's just the two of us now huh?" I grinned as it slipped out of my mouth, and it just made Mark's face light up as he closed the distance between us and brought me into a hug.

"Yeah, I don't mind that though. I like spending time with you."

 "Yeah?" Grinning widely as he had his arms around me, swaying us, I rested my head on his chest after he responded, closing my eyes and sighed in the serenity of the house.

 "Yeah." Silence flooded through this time, but I felt something hanging in the air that didn't seem normal. Staring Mark up and down, I noticed he had curiosity in his eyes but his lips were holding it back. 

"What is it?" Mark surprised that I caught on, his face flushed pink as he looked away. Gazing at the wall for a while, his forehead creased as he thought about it.

"I don't know if I should say..." Cupping his face in my hand, I led his gaze back towards me and smiled at him soothingly.

"Mark, you can tell me anything." Mark opening his mouth to argue with that, he lowered his head and stared at me, his hazel eyes looked so meaningful.

"...It's about your expiration date."

 "Oh..." 

"I-I don't have to ask if you don't want! I-It was a silly idea anyways-" 

"No no! It's fine it just...caught me off guard." Raising my hand and scratching the back of my head, I saw Mark looking at me with a worried face.

 "Are you sure?" He pressed, nodding my head and plastering the smile back on my face, I reassured him.

 "yeah, positive." Mark nodding once, he looked around the room again. It's like he's afraid something is listening, and it scares me but, I guess this is a private matter.

"..When is it?"  Flinching internally, it was my turn to look away and take a small step back. Head facing the floor, I stared at the clean floorboards, and how nice and pretty they looked. They were white, not like it changes what's happening right now. 

"I...uh...I don't know." 

"Don't know what?" Mark questioned, confusion in his voice, he reached out a hand for me but I pulled away slowly. Biting my lip, I looked back up at him, tears watering in my eyes as I answered.

"If I should say..." Mark's face sinking as he looked at me, he seemed like he was about to press a small bit more but before he could I had already opened my mouth spurting out what I thought. 

"I just...I don't want you dreading the hours and days, getting ready for something no one is ready for. I-It's not fair to you and, besides I'm not even sure of the date myself. I still think I should be in the asylum when it happens and, I just don't want to go off and hurt y-" 

"Jack...." a tear rolling down my face, I looked Mark straight in the face, my body shaking.

 ".....I just wanna make sure you end up alright.." 

A small, warm smile flooding his face, he raised his hand and cleaned the tears off of my face that fell down one at a time, sliding down my cheeks and dripping off the sides of my jaw. Placing my hand on top of his, I leaned onto it and sighed, eyes closing. 

"I'll always be alright as long as you are." Eyes snapping open, I looked up at him, my vision blurring I scrunched my eyes closed as the tears began to speed up. Pouring down my face I thudded my head against his chest and felt his arms gently wrap around me. 

Soothing me, he rubbed my back and pulled me in closer, as close as we could be and swayed us softly. My hiccups and sniffles filling the room, they slowly paused after a while as Mark continued swaying us, wiping away the frequent tears that kept falling.

Comfort clouded the room, leaving us in it. Closing my eyes fully, my breathing slowed and I felt him place his head on mine as he continued swaying us.

"You don't have to be afraid of hurting me, if I cry it's because I care about you, a lot, don't ever think differently. You don't have to tell me the date, I shouldn't have even asked and I'm sorry about that, but don't ever think that you're the one who hurt me." 

Nodding quickly, I sniffled and buried my face into his chest, hiccuping. Mark sighing, I noticed his breath was shaky too. Opening my mouth to speak, a tear splashed onto my cheek.

But it wasn't mine....

Closing my mouth, I raised a hand to where the tear had fell and looked up to see Mark crying too, a smile on his face as the tears fell, I wiped them away and pressed my lips against his gently.

Mark pressing back, I pulled away slowly and motioned up the stairs, Mark nodding and smiling as he hurriedly wiped away his tears, we began making our way up the stairs slowly hand in hand, I opened Mark's door and we got into bed. Slinging our arms around each other, our foreheads pressed together we soon fell asleep in each others embrace.

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I swear to god the music I'm listening to while I write this is killing me Q.Q If you wanna sob listen to it it hurts me. Anyways, my heart is melting and I have the fuzziest feeling in my chest. I'm happy I wrote this chapter, I missed writing this and, I'm really proud of this chapter ;-; so beautiful.

Umm, I didn't give the expiration date because 

A) I didn't want you guys to think it was the end of the book the date I gave (I mean it would be but ;D I'm not gonna give it away that easily!(( Plus I think I would be a complete dork and forget to update on that day knowing me O-O))

and

B) It made for a beautiful chapter ;-;

Anyways, I have a question for you gorgeous people, do you want me to post the fanart here or in a different book? I'm assuming it would be a different book but, I wanted to make sure just in case you guys are like

OUDHUENNBCUIEBB jfghirofh34hf08'2rhfurwefhidoqjdnefuhfi3hrf SEPTIPLIER FANART WITH SEPTIPLIER BOOKS EQUALS JESUS" HONEY! DAS DA GOOD SHIT! 

Ya get what I'm saying? ;)

XD Anyways, that's all I wanted to say :3 I feel really touched, and I'm going to go hug my dog because...This chapter took a lot out of me, it actually made me feel things ;-;

The things Septiplier does to a person...

Anyways, that's all guys! I love you all so so much :3 Hope to see you soon in the next chapter.

-> This is what made me cry by the way: LISTEN WHILE READING TO IT: