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"Johnny seriously, why are we doing this again?" Mark sighs, watching the older man dig through his closet. "I'm perfectly fine with staying home."

"Nope! It's tradition, and you have to respect it." Johnny says, laughing. He smiles, pulling out an over-sized (faux?) velvet sweater with stripes. He tosses it, smirking when it lands right on Mark's head.

"Why though?" Mark groans, "gently" ripping the sweater off his face.

"Why not?"

Mark rolls his eyes. "Why though?"

"Why not?" Johnny chuckles at his friend's annoyed face.

Mark takes a big sigh and shakes his head. "Just find some pants."

"Sir yes sir!"

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"AISH OW! Hyung let go!" Donghyuk whines, trying to pry Jungwoo's fingers from his ear. "I'm following you aren't I?"

"Yes yes and that's all good but," The older man pauses to smile at the teen behind him. "It's more fun this way. Now come, we need to formally introduce you to the other members, you can't hang around me and Doyoung hyung all day." Jungwoo states as he enters the crash room, only finally letting Donghyuk go when the door is closed behind them. "Come on kid, open up a bit! Drink something!"

Donghyuk quickly shakes his head, his eyes widening in fear. "N-no.." he brings his voice to a whisper. "I don't care about getting to know the team, but once someone gets drunk, I'm leaving..."

Nodding slowly, Jungwoo sits on one of the couches, bringing Donghyuk next to him. "Ok, the last thing I want is for you to be uncomfortable."

"Thank you." Donghyuk sighs out in relief. He really didn't want to deal with alcohol if he didn't have to.

"Aight hoes! Let's get this started!" Ten shouts, walking into the crash room with Doyoung groaning right behind him.

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Mark sighs, glaring at Johnny from across the room. He didn't know why he had to be here. He already knew the team, he had done some background research on each member so he could prepare himself for their introductions. Call him creepy, but he was just being cautious. It was a new country, could you blame him?

Ten was the ace, able to pull all the stops, and his charisma added to their fan base and popularity. Also a major thot, but only for Johnny as far as Mark knew or cared to know.

Jungwoo was the reliable one, pretty average in all departments but he was a "veteran" and knew the rules and tracks like the back of his head; he was more of an inside guy to Mark.

Johnny was...intimidating...Well- he was good at scaring the opponents, and his flips were even scarier.

Taeil, as Mark soon found out, was steady. It was the best way Mark could put it- the guy was just an all-rounder. He wasn't outstanding in anything, but he wasn't bad either. But he was really good for extra practice or tips.

Doyoung was by far the best when it came to half-pipes. The guy would practically fly across the snow, his board surfing against the flurries of ice and water and his body swishing side-to-side as he spun and jumped.

Sicheng, although quiet, had a strong steez [style], and you could easily point him out in a crowd. His style and power wasn't like anyone else's and was quite unique.

Lucas was...Lucas was powerful to put it simply. Mark wasn't really sure what the boy was doing half the time, but he did it well no matter what and was always having fun. His biggest job, according to himself, was to bring the team's spirits up.

But Lee Donghyuk. Holy shit he was fast. Mark wasn't sure how else to put it but the kid was easily, by far, the fastest player he's ever seen. The guy would be racing down the hill like Sonic, all that would be left in his wake was pow [snow powder] and the shocked faces of everyone else. And if Mark was being honest, it scared him the first time he saw Donghyuk cruise down the hill. The boy was ungodly fast- it half made Mark worry that he was using steroids or something, but no. Lee Donghyuk was just fast. Simple as that.

And this was proven to him fully when he saw the boy race out of the crash room once Ten got drunk. It was strange, but Mark didn't care enough about Lee Donghyuk to question it. And it totally wasn't the reason he left only 3 minutes later. Nope. Not at all. He obviously left because Yuta's company was better. Yeah. We'll go with that.

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