Caleb tried not to let the marking bother him very much, but he would be lying if it didn't at all. A part of him was worried how it would affect their relationship. And a tiny part of him was feeling guilty for making Ashton do it. He himself wasn't sure why he requested Ashton out of the blue to mark him. But deep down he knew he did not regret it. Maybe he did it because of his unrequited feelings for Ashton.
He wanted to follow Ashton when he went back abruptly like that, but he also knew that if Ashton ran away like that maybe he didn't want to see Caleb's face anymore. He had already forced Ashton enough for the day to do something out of his comfort zone, he did not want to overstep his boundaries further.
