Eight (1/1)

'Mark~’ Mark opened his eyes, shooting straight up in bed and looking around, confused. He blinked and ruffled his hair, wondering where the voice came from. He listened for it again, but when he didn't hear it, he grumbled to himself and looked at the clock on his phone. 6:44am. Groaning, he flopped back down and grabbed his pillow, placing it over his face. “Mark.” “What the hell.” Mark exclaimed, throwing the pillow to the side and sitting up, raking his fingers through his hair. “Hyung?” Jackson mumbled, voice raspy from sleep. “Sorry for waking you, Jackson. Go back to sleep.” Mark smiled at his friend, who in turn nodded and laid his head back down. Mark stood up once he was sure the younger was fully asleep and pulled on some shoes, slipping out of the room and heading down the empty hallway. He rubbed at his eyes tiredly, sighing to himself. That female voice that had called out to him was familiar sounding, but he didn't know exactly who it was, which bothered him. 'Mark Tuan.’ Mark glanced up, looking out the window in time to see a mist like figure disappear behind the other school building. “Oh hell no.” Mark muttered, turning and walking back towards his room. He was not going to be dealing with ghosts or whatever that was. This school was just getting stranger and stranger. Once he was back to the room, he slipped inside quietly and glanced over at Jackson, who was now on his stomach sleeping soundly. Mark smiled gently as he took his shoes off and placed them by the door before getting back into his bed. Now that the voice hadn't come back, he happily fell back to sleep. ~“What happened to you this morning by the way? You just disappeared and I meant to go find you, but then I fell asleep.” Jackson wondered when they were on their way to class. “Oh, sorry for worrying you. It was nothing really, just wanted to take a bit of a walk.” Mark shrugged, smiling reassuringly at the younger. Jackson looked at him with narrowed eyes, seemingly not believing him, but he only nodded and walked into the classroom along with Mark, sitting down in their seats. Mark sat there quietly for a few minutes while the class waited for Prof Kim, who usually arrived around ten minutes or so. Mark used this time to observe the classroom like he usually did. He turned his gaze to Jackson, eyeing his handsome features quietly. The more he got to know the blonde, the more he enjoyed being around him. The two were exact opposites. Jackson was loud and really friendly while Mark was quiet and kept most to himself. And Jackson was an amazing friend to have. He listened when needed and gave great advice. For Mark, that meant that he really did start to cherish Jackson's friendship. But he couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his stomach when he looked at Jackson. He just didn't know what it was. Mark looked away when Jackson turned to look at him, slightly embarrassed at almost getting caught staring at his best friend. He was saved when Jonghyun walked into the room a second later. “Hello everyone, hope you got enough sleep. We won't really get to the gifts today because it's an important day. You'll be talking to the God and Goddesses that you've been descended from. I know that some of you may have already met, but now that you fully know of your history, they want to meet you again.” Jonghyun explained, an excited smile on his face. Mark sighed to himself, hoping he wouldn't ever have to see Aphrodite again. Being her descendant was terrible, especially when all she was, was a person of lust. And he had unfortunately was a product of that. He glanced at Jackson again, who looked neutral to the situation. So he didn't really like it either. Mark shook himself out of his thoughts and paid attention when a classmate of his raised their hand and asked Jonghyun who he was descended from. “Ah, I guess I never did tell you that, did I?” Jonghyun chuckled, smiling. “I'm descended from Hermes. You'll go over him in Mythology I'm sure.” He explained. Mark looked towards the windows again, raising an eyebrow when he noticed the sky getting increasingly darker. As he watched, there was a strike of lightning from above while the ground seemed to flicker like fire. Everyone else seemed to have noticed because they all got up to look while Jonghyun stayed up front calmly, having already knew about it. “Zeus and Hades. They always do like to make a grand entrance.” Jonghyun laughed softly. “Will we see them?” Another classmate asked. “You'll see them in a bit, yes. They go one by one with everyone by age order, so it'll most likely be an all day thing.” Jonghyun responded, smiling when some of Mark's classmates groaned. Mark stayed quiet as everyone started talking amongst themselves, half the room excited while the other half wasn't so excited. “Mark?” Jackson asked, nudging him gently. Mark looked up and smiled at the younger, nudging him back playfully. “I'm fine. Just not really keen on meeting Aphrodite again.” He sighed. “You'll do fine, trust me. I'm not really into it either but who knows, maybe you'll learn more.” Jackson reassured. Mark chuckled softly, forever thankful that he met Jackson. He was just so calming. He looked up when the lightning strike hit the gro