Fix My Mechanical Heart

[IceQueen]

Kiora soon finished, crying in triumph as they where mostly not burnt. "Success!!" She yelled at the food.

 

[grey987]

Mark was startled by Kiora's voice, nearly falling off the couch as he looked over to the kitchen with a laugh. "You did it, huh? Congratulations!" he told her, standing up off the couch. "It's a good thing that you didn't burn anything."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and nodded, taking the stuff off the stove top and onto a plate. There where a few black marks here and there on the bacon and a few darker eggs but that was beside the point.

 

[grey987]

Mark went to go and fix some of his own breakfast, scooping a few strips of bacon and one egg onto a plate of his own before taking it to the counter, waiting for Kiora to join him.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora took the rest of the food, putting it on a plate, and sitting down next to him.

 

[grey987]

Mark took a bite into the bacon, humming contently and smiling at Kiora as he chewed on the piece in his mouth. Once he swallowed it, he commented, "This is pretty good."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Thank you." she whispered, taking a strip of his bacon.

 

[grey987]

"Hey!" Mark exclaimed, laughing before spearing one of Kiora's strips of bacon with his fork and biting into it with a satisfied grin.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and took the end of his bacon strip and taking his also. She smiled and stuck on of his strips between her teeth, wiggling her eyebrows.

 

[grey987]

Mark raised an eyebrow, grinning at Kiora before leaning in and meeting with her lips while his teeth closed in around part of the strip, chewing it off and taking it in his mouth as he pulled away from her. He continued to smile at her while he chewed.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and chewed her part of the strip, laughing a bit.

 

[grey987]

"That was an interesting challenge," Mark smirked after swallowing his part of the strip.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora laughed. "Yeah. Just came up with it on the spot."

 

[grey987]

Mark chuckled. "Is that so?" he asked, before leaning in to briefly kiss her lips.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora nodded, kissing back for a moment, before letting out a giggle.

 

[grey987]

Mark smiled at Kiora, shaking his head. "You're a sly girl," he whispered before cupping her cheek and leaning back in to press his lips against hers.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and leaned in, pressing her lips back against his, feeling a wave of happiness wash over her.

 

[grey987]

Mark held the kiss for a while, moving his lips gently against hers before pulling away and slowly opening his eyes. However, what he saw was not what he expected to see. Instead of Kiora, a pale-skinned Shirley was now sitting in front of him, two bruises on either side of her face with blood running down the bridge and opposite sides of her nose from a gash on her forehead. Widening his eyes in horror, Mark backed away from the image in front of him as two words passed through its lips in a whisper:


"Help me."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora blinked at him. "Mark?" she said, getting up and walking towards him. She placed her hands on his shoulders and shook him. "Mark!" She said again.

 

[grey987]

Feeling himself being shaken by the shoulders, Mark blinked and Kiora came into focus once more, breathing heavily through his nose while he put a hand up to his head, looked at the floor and tried to figure out what the hell had just happened.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora looked at him. 'Are you ok?" She asked softly, looking at him.

 

[grey987]

Slowly dropping his hand and calming his breathing, Mark looked back up at Kiora and nodded once. "Fine. I'm fine," he told her quietly.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed, looking at him. "You don't look fine." She said.

 

[grey987]

Mark shook his head dismissively. "It was nothing. I'm alright." He didn't want Kiora worrying about him, at least not like this.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed and cupped his cheeks. "You can tell me if you want to." She whispered, kissing his forehead.