I Scored Myself A Mate

Mark never really thought that he might be impatient. Nothing really important had happened in his life that he should be worried about having to find out what happened so his limits hadn't been tested before. 

As time passed though, with every ticking of some invisible clock in his mind all he could think about was that he couldn't really wait. He had been pacing back and forth, playing with his fingers and even daring to slightly explore the place, like taking twenty steps away from the door and the comfort that if someone attacked him his screams could be heard and the others would run to save him.

He had also stuck his ear on the cold door, concentrating, hoping he would get to hear something, even a word would be okay to calm him down a bit but it was pointless since this door too felt like it was previously on a fortress. If they caught a fire here and the doors were locked most of them would end up dying. He thought and shock his head wanting to kick away his dark thoughts. 

There wasn't long though that finally the door moved and an unfamiliar figure appeared. Mark caught a glimpse of the inside where everyone was and saw his friend sleeping in the medical room. Anxious and without even thinking about it twice he literally jumped in front of the stranger, stopping him.

"What did they say? Is Alex okay?" he asked and looked at the scary figure. The huge mark on his face while the ginger was looking at him created many different stories of torment and he soon regretted his decision. 

"Who are you?" he asked him back, puckering his face at his sight. 

"I…um…I'm Alex's friend" he said and averted his gaze. 

The man looked at him for a second and then suddenly dove into his eye level and moved his face close to his neck. Mark froze and didn't even dare to blink as he heard the man sniffing on him! After a few whiffs he moved away from him and without saying anything he left mumbling something he couldn't hear very well. He thought he understood the word familiar though. 

While Mark was left questioning the sanity of that man the two best friends inside the infirmary were having a heated argument about honor. 

"What you want to do is cowardly." Mikael told his friend. Luke had moved at Alex's side and gently turned him around so he could sleep comfortably at his back. 

"This is what I chose though and I will not change my mind about. He will know nothing of this. We will tell him it's a mate bond mark." Luke said.

Once he had heard that Alex was a suppressed soul he had felt tremendous fear. Even though he tried not to show it to his father every single scenario he could write on his mind about what would happen if Alex remembered had a very tragic and bad ending. Especially if his biggest fear came true. A though that he would never phrase out loud. As long as he didn't acknowledge it would not become real. He tried to encourage himself that way but honestly he was just avoiding his problems. 

"You shouldn't leave him in the dark like that. What will we tell Mark? We already told him that he possibly is not a human. Will we lie to him too?" 

"Yes. We will tell him that it was a rare mark we didn't know about. We will make him believe it and if he doesn't we will find a way so that he disappears without Alex knowing!"

"Are you seriously suggesting that we kill your mates best friend? What about his mother huh? Are you going to hide what your father probably did to her too?"

"Yes. I will do anything to make him happy. Even lie."

"Luke that's toxic. You shouldn't be thinking like that. Your bond with Alex is strong but if you treat him like that it will sure weaken." Mikael warned him. He was concerned about his friend. He could see the worry coated with sweet madness on his eyes. 

"He will never know about this lie. It will be the only one that I will tell. The only one I need to tell. Please understand. You know that if he's…"

"Yeah how about when he finds out you intended to kill his best friend if he is a threat to you? Do you think he will be okay with that?"

"I didn't mean it like that! I would never want to hurt him" Luke said and played with a few stay hairs that were falling into his closed eyelids. He looked so peaceful like had forgotten all the pain and anguish he had felt the last few days. His fingertips pressed a bit too hard on the delicate skin and the sleeping boy flinched slightly, letting out a sleepy groan. 

"He will wake up soon." Samantha said. Luke looked at her like she had appeared from thin smoke. With all the commotion he hadn't noticed that she was still in the room, observing the two friends. "Don't worry I won't say anything. I understand how painful it must be to be scared of losing someone that important but if you want my advice at some point he will have to find out because if by accident he gets to realize and he finds out you didn't tell him; he will hate you."

"Thanks for the advice but he won't know." He said and looked at her with an aggressive look. He wanted to state that he was seeing her as a threat and if she ever tried to speak she would be doomed but there was no fear eminent in her eyes. She smiled slightly and grabbed some paperwork from her desk, hugging it close to her chest. 

"I will be going now then, I wouldn't want to ruin your reunion. Have a nice day." She simply said and walked away, her heels marking her way as she headed to the door.

"Are you sure about this?" Mikael asked one final time.

"Yes. Now shut up because he will wake up soon."

And he did. Not even five minutes had passed after the doctor left that Alex opened his eyes. At first he didn't move, he just looked around a bit disoriented trying to make out the person that was sitting next to him. He felt a slight chill and he realized that he was still shirtless and exposed. The person in front of him smiled and Alex recognized him as Luke.

"What happened? Is everything okay? My mark….your father…" Alex tried to express himself but he still felt a bit dizzy. He wasn't in the state of even sitting up on the bed and his words somehow got twisted on his tongue and got swallowed down is throat. 

"It's fine don't pressure yourself." Luke said and caressed his cheek gently. That was the most shocking thing to Alex and for a second wondered if maybe he was still under that weird anesthesia and he had been watching a weird dream where Luke was actually nice to him. A fantasy.

Noticing his surprised expression Luke laughed and got up. He had a rhythmic laugh and to Alex it almost sounded like a song. Yeah, he was definitely dreaming all this after all.

"Do you want me to call Mark in? I will go get you some warmer clothes and prepare a room for you guys. There are a few things we need to talk about actually" Mikael told him slowly, making sure that Alex could understand. When the green eyed boy nodded in agreement he rushed off somewhere leaving the infirmary door open for a furiously excited ginger head to ran in and slide through the polished, shiny floors to his bed. He was smiling widely as he watched his best friend be alive and well. He would probably have been very worried and Alex felt slightly guilty for that. 

"I'm so happy you are okay!" he cheered and Alex laughed. He tried to sit up but sadly he instantly felt dizzy and plopped back to the soft pillow.

"Thanks" he whispered since he felt tired to even speak.

"So what happened with his mark? What's going on?" Mark asked Luke. 

"It's nothing after all. Alex actually after you feel better I want to talk. About us" Luke said and the drugged boy looked at him confused. He wanted to pinch himself to see if this was real but his numb body was not offering that many functions at the moment. 

"What do you mean it was nothing? Everyone raised an uproar and they were running around for nothing?" Mark asked suspicious.

"I said it was nothing!" Luke shouted feeling already like his secret was in danger. Mark flinched and took a step back astonished by his sudden burst of anger out of nowhere. It was nothing he wouldn't react like that. He was sure by now that they were definitely hiding something, knowing though that he was at a disadvantage he just gave him an awkward smile.

"Oh, okay I guess. I'm glad it wasn't anything that important" 

Luke completely ignored him though and turned his eyes on Alex. He had so much he wanted to say and he wasn't sure how to express himself. To him it had always been difficult, expressing how he felt, especially at important situations such as this but he was sure that he wanted to do it. 

"Alex, I have something important I need to tell you but I don't know how you will take it." Luke began talking.