Mark E. Fishbach (Demons Can't Love Prequel)

PAX!!

Two Day Time Skip

It was the day before Pax and I was getting on a flight at 7pm. I already talked it through with Felix, and he very aggressively insisted on not going. As I finished packing my bags, I decided to call up Ethan and Tyler.
Mark👍🏼 is calling...
"Heyo!" A happy Ethan replied.
"He-hey! You guys wanna meet me at the airport at 6:30?" I asked.
"Dude! We were just gonna call you up and ask that!" Ethan said.
"How weird, well see you soon?" I asked.
"Will do!" I heard Tyler yell from the other end.
"Later Mark!" Ethan said.
"Later bros." I said before ending the call.

Time skip an hour: 5:30pm

I was just chilling on my bed when I heard a familiar noise come from my laptop. It was Jack trying to Skype me.
'Oh hell yeah, I look bomb." I said, smiling widely
I clicked answer on my computer to be greeted with a smiling Jack.
"Who's ready for SEAAATLE!!!" Jack said like his happy wheels intro. I couldn't help but laugh and say,
"I AM!" Loudly.
"Hey keep it down up there!" Felix yelled from downstairs.
"Might wanna lower the volume dude." I said to Jack.
"Why?" He asked.
"Felix doesn't like it." I said. Jack just had a look of concern and disappointment on his face.
"It's fine, don't worry about it." I said. Jack nodded and continues to talk about pax west. Soon enough, a half hour passed and I had to go.
"Hey Jack, I'm gonna head to the airport now, I'll see you tomorrow!" I said.
"Man, my flight isn't until 8. When's yours, 7?" He asked.
"Yeah, I meeting Tyler and Ethan there at 6:30." I explained.
"Have a safe flight my dude, see ya tomorrow."
"See ya!"

Time Skip to next day

Ahh finally, I'm in my hotel room and out of those crammed plane seats. I decided to check up on Jacks channel and see if he landed safely based on if he uploaded or not. Turns out, he did upload exactly on time. It was a video called, "Life Is Strange: Before The Storm EP1 (Awake)" it was an hour long, and I didn't have that much time before the convention.
Shit! I don't have much time before the convention!
I quickly picked up the first suitable thing I saw to wear and threw it on. I grabbed my keys, phone, wallet, and room keys. I rushed out my door, locking it behind me. I rushed out of the hotel room and outside to my Taxi. I jumped in quite literally, it got started up. I rolled down the windows, asked to turn on the radio, and they started driving down the road. The sun sitting beautifully in the middle of the sky, and the wind blowing through my hair and caressing my face. The feeling was so calming. The song was perfect, the inspirational feel, the fee spirited feel to the moment was incredible. For once, I didn't know the name of the song. (Song above!) As the song ended, they pulled up to the venue and I hopped out. I double checked for my things, and walked inside the venue. It included screams of fan girls and loud booming screams from the boys. I checked my phone to see if I was on time for my panel, and turns out I was just a second early. I ran inside the room, and ran backstage where I found Wade and Tyler ready for the Markiplier and Friends panel. The pax workers started letting people into the room, and were preparing us to go on stage with our mics and such. The room filled quickly and we were able to go on. The panel was going smoothly, everything working out fantastically. We got all sorts of questions like, "where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?" And "does pineapple belong on pizza?"
When I said no, Jack smiled that, "I knew you were gonna say that" smile. I got flustered and almost blushed. Well... I did. But it was only a pigs shade of pink. It was time to continue the panel and do our improv segment. Every time it was my turn, I looked at Jack to see if he was paying attention. I don't know why, but it gave me the best feeling to see him laugh at our jokes. It felt amazing to see Jack belting out to a spur of the moment joke. I couldn't help but eye him the entire show. The whole show was about an hour and a half, and it was now time to sign off.
"Thank you everybody for coming, and thanks to Wade and Tyler for joining me, bye bye!" I said, and started to walk backstage.
"I'm gonna go find Molly, see you later guys." Wade said.
"later dude." I said as Tyler waved.
"Sooo.. I saw you eyeing up Jack today." Tyler said with a devious wink and smile.
"What do you mean? I wasn't eyeing him up."
"Pssht, yeah right." Tyler scoffed playfully.
"Heyo, What we talking about!" Ethan said running backstage.
"They let you back here?" Tyler asked.
"Hehe, yeah! Only because you're my boyfriend, Tyler." Ethan said.
"Oh, right. Anyway, I was talking to Mark about how much he was eyeing up Jack at the panel." Tyler said.
"Ohhh! Yeah I could notice it too. Jack was totally looking at you the whole time too!" Ethan said excitedly. I blushed, and gathered my stuff to travel around Pax. I left backstage as Tyler and Ethan were chatting it up. As I closed the door behind me, I could hear a familiar voice.
"Top of the mornin'" Jack said. I turned around and placed my phone in my pocket.
"Hey Jack." I said.
"The panel was really funny, I liked it a lot!" He said.
"I'm glad you liked it, that was sweet of you to say." I replied.
"Uhmm.." Jack hummed. I could tell he was getting flustered. He shook it off though, and continued his sentence.
"My panels starting in 15 Minutes, I can get you in when I get in." He said.
"Oh, umm.. sure." I said.
"Is it gonna be like the q&a fan thing?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's hope we don't get criers or dabbers." He laughed.
"Agreed." I said.
In our spare time, Jack and I decided to explore pax. We played some VR games and some new games to come. We walked around the convention together until it was time for Jacks panel. We made our way to the entrance where Jack would make his way backstage.
"Front seats are open, take the one in the middle." Jack said, smiling. I nodded and took my seat. Soon people filed in, and Jack came out from backstage, before he answered any questions he talked about his channel and his fans and how glad he is to be here.
"And I wouldn't have made it here if I didn't have such amazing people alongside me such as Signe, who unfortunately couldn't be here today, Mark, Felix, Bob, Wade, Ethan, and more." When he said my name he looked at me and smiled serenely. I could feel a chill go up my spine. Tyler, who was sitting next to me, elbowed me twice in the arm and I pushed him away. Many fans went up to the mic and asked questions like, "what's your favorite game soundtrack?", and "if you had to switch intros with any of your friends, who's would you choose?", etc. but one question stuck with me. A short fan, very short teal hair in a warfestache shirt and a septiceye Sam hat asked; "septiplier?"
The whole crowed laughed and playfully booed at the girl. Jack chuckled too, and you could tell it was awkward.
"I mean, we both have relationships we're committed to and I don't think either of us are ready to give them up just yet." He said with a chuckle.
A wave of realization washed over me when I noticed...
He didn't straight up deny it. We looked at each other and playfully did the "oh, stop it you😊" Hand motion.

Time skip end of panel

Since Jack waited for me, I decided to wait for him backstage. It took him a while, but eventually he left backstage.
"Hello." I said.
"Hey, Mark." He replied, walking closer.
"I loved the panel, you're so caring to your fans." I said.
"Thank you, they're all so sweet." Jack said, smiling.
Our conversation paused as I got a text from someone. I took my phone out to see who it was.

It was Felix, and he wasn't happy.