The past five months had been extremely difficult and volatile for Derek. He and Mark had been in each other's lives since their school days, been a part of each other's major moments and sad events. And Derek couldn't help but miss the void that was there. Of course, he wasn't like this immediately post their fight. He had gone through a whirlpool of emotions - being pissed off at him initially, finding ways to hurt him, basically trying to get back at him as his words echoed in his mind - "I will woo Arya, and date her too. Hopefully have a future with her. Stop me if you have the balls to." His mom was also constantly asking him to mend ties with Mark, and that pissed him off more, making him vengeful. Yes, he did think of confessing his feelings to Arya but thought otherwise as he knew
