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A sigh left Marks lips as he watched a clip on his phone. His headphones were blocking the noise of the 127 members out and he could concentrate on nothing but the clip. He bit his lip while he watched his girlfriend sang into the microphone with an intensity.
The fans were commenting on the craziest things on the side, while Ahn Mari sang a re-modelled version of senior singer Pixie Lott's Cry Me Out.
It's been only a month since Mark and Mari started dating. They met a lot backstage during the summer festivals all around Korea and took every chance they got to sneak out in the middle of the night to make-out in odd-looking Noraebangs. It became a rhythm.
Whenever Mark felt lonely, he sent a voicemail to his girlfriend to which she replied with a big sigh. 'Can you stop sounding so sexy when you send me voicemails at 2 AM?' She would ask and make Mark chuckle. 'It's just that I miss you the most at these hours of the day.' He would answer and get a big and needy sigh from his girlfriend, which makes him attack her with a big fat smooch.
Mark was on clouds and his good mood was portraying itself on his work. He wrote raps, faster than anyone else would thought he could do and he was always messing with his members. Sometimes Taeyong would slap him on the head, asking him to calm down. But Mark was too in love to calm down.
Only that no one knew about him dating Ahn Mari.
Another sigh left Marks lips as he took off his headphones and turned off the V-Live of Ahn Mari. He leaned his head back and was confronted with a pair of brown eyes that belonged to no one other but Donghyuck. "Why are you sighing like that? You seem out of your mind, Hyung." Donghyuck said and set his phone away, letting himself sit down on the couch next to Mark,
"Ehm, nothing." Mark lied and Donghyuck cocked an eyebrow. "You're acting weird, Hyung. And sooner or later I'll find out why." Donghyuck pressed his finger into Mark's chest and stood up. Mark cocked his eyebrow and watched the younger lad leave the room. "He gets weirder with each day," Mark said and rolled his eyes.
The promotions for "Regular" were on full speed. After promoting the song in America for a few weeks they returned to Korea and promote the Korean version of the song here. The fans were reacting differently than the international ones.
Mark was aware of this since "Regular" was something really different.
After all, they had their third win today and while their staff was busy tidying up the dressing room, Mark continued to re-watch old V-Lives of his girlfriend. He was counting the days until he would be able to see her again. But with his exploding schedule, he couldn't do anything spectacular about it.
Mari was also busy with work. She was currently travelling the country with a non-profit foundation that helped suicidal teenagers. She was visiting schools, giving speeches and explained why it's important to open up about any problems the teenagers were having.
Mark was super proud of his girlfriend, even though he had to hear the news from none other than Park Jisung that had stormed into the breakroom in SM's communication centre telling everyone his number one Idol has been chosen as the representative for the Basket Case Foundation.
"What is the Basket Case Foundation?" Jaehyun had asked, who was also in the room, playing on his phone. Jisung had dramatically laid his cellphone on the table and explained it was a non-profit organisation by a group of college students dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for teenagers struggling with suicide, self-injury and depression.
That day Mark had called Mari, asking her about the Basket Case foundation and she told him a group of college freshman had started the organisation in order to help struggling youths to overcome hard times and find help in a crisis. "It's a great organisation, Mark!" Mari had said with a big smile on her lips, "The four guys that had started the organisation were struggling with suicidal thoughts, depression and self-injury when they were still teens so they want to help others get the same help they have gotten! You would like the four, they're super nice!"
Mark had to admit he was a little bit jealous that Mari was hanging out with four men, but he was still proud of her to go to schools and talk about topics that were usually a no-go and kept quiet about.
The young man quickly shook his head when he heard their manager call him. He sends one quick glance through the dressing room and then followed his staff and band members to their car. Jaehyun was constantly turning around to Mark. "You're kinda off today, Mark. Are you alright?" The older man asked and threw his arm around Mark. Mark chuckled slightly.
"What do you mean, Hyung?" Mark asked and flinched when Jaehyun leaned down to him. "Doyoung-hyung said he saw a picture of a girl on your phone. Are you keeping a secret from us all?" The vocal whispered and Mark let out a hiss. "P-Picture? Girl? I have NO idea what you're talking about." Mark looked away from the older male and held tightly on to his phone.
Sadly, he had sweaty hands and wasn't concentrating on Jaehyun at all, so the vocal grabbed Mark's phone with a swift motion and had pushed the rapper a few inches away from himself. "Let's see..." Jaehyun smiled and kept pushing Mark away, that tried to grab his phone.
"You're so lame, Mark Lee. Your password is still our debut date." Jaehyun chuckled but immediately stopped laughing once he saw Marks home screen. Mark knew what the picture was and pressed his lips together. Jaehyun slowly turned to Mark and opened his mouth.
"I think you need to explain this," Jaehyun said and pointed at the home screen.
