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They stepped out of the bath before their skin got too wrinkly, drying off. Jackson hummed softly as he dried his hair, looking over at Mark.

"So what do you wanna do today?" Jackson says, smiling.

"Hm?" Mark says, "I have to work."

Jackson pouts, "Work? Markieee," he whines, poking Mark's arm.

"I have to," Mark says, sighing softly. "I'll get fired if I don't go."

Jackson continues to pout, "Take me with you."

"I can't," Mark says, "As much as I'd like to, I can't. I'm sorry."

"What even do you do?" Jackson says, "Maybe I can just coincidentally come in and act like I'm buying something."

"Lucky you," Mark says, smiling softly as he walked out to the living room in one of Jackson's robes. "I work in retail."

"Where!" Jackson says, following him to the living room in nothing but his boxers.

"Now that I think about it," Mark says, "I think I've seen you shopping in there before."

"Seriously?!" Jackson says, jumping up and down. "I don't ever remember seeing you."

"I'm not a cashier," Mark says, "So you wouldn't have saw me. I just do stock and put out new clothes on the displays."

"The displays are always amazing," Jackson says, grinning.

"Well, I gotta get going or I'll be late." Mark says, smiling softly and changing into nice clothes.

Jackson smiles, "I'm gonna bring you lunch."

"I have a lunch break," Mark says, "Come see me then. We can have lunch together."

"It's a date!~" Jackson says, smiling as Mark gathered the things he needed and walked towards the door.

"See you later," Mark says, hugging him gently and pecking his lips.

"Bye!~" Jackson says, watching as Mark started walking down the hallway.

"I love you!" Jackson yells down the hallway, causing Mark to turn around and smile.

"I love you too!" He yells back, waving.

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Mark made his way to work, clocking in and greeting the other employees. 

"Morning," Mark says to one of his co-workers, with a smile on his face because of Jackson on his mind.

"Morning?" They say, raising an eyebrow at Mark. "You're awfully happy this morning, who put sugar in your cereal?"

That was true, Mark was usually always grumpy and irritated in the mornings when he came into work. But since things with Jackson have been going so well, he was in an amazing mood at nine in the morning.

Mark sighs happily, "My favorite person."

"Good for you," They say, walking off. The attitude didn't even seem to bother Mark, he was content.

He started working, making sure all of the clothes on the racks and displays were folded and set nicely. As he was doing so, he noticed that letters started to appear on his wrist.

Hey!!!! Have a good day!!!! Love you, see you later!!!!!

Mark smiled brightly, pulling a pen from his pocket and writing on his wrist as well.

Thank you baby, you have a good day too. ❤️ You!

He capped the pen and put it back into his pocket, finishing the display he was currently fixing.

Lunchtime finally rolled around, and Mark was excited. Any chance to see Jackson now was like Christmas to him. He just felt so genuinely happy for the first time in his life.

I'm on my way right now, see you soon!!!!!!!!

Mark smiled, waiting by the door for Jackson.

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a/n: i'm rlly sorry this is short and boring, but hey, it's an update

once again sorry for the slow updates, i'm so stressed rn LOL YAY

but anyways, i hope you enjoyed!
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-author em