these chapters are sucking rip, this might be the last chapter i'll update as i dont want to finish the whole story in one sitting😂
instead, i'll just release a coming soon story ;)

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Mark laughs out loudly and gets up from his chair to greet the pair.

"Thanks."

He greets Jaebum first and then stops in front of Jackson.

Mark gives him a huge smile that makes Jackson's heart stop.

Mark sticks out his hand, "Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Mark Tuan."

Jackson began to see black dots in his vision.

He immediately shook his head. He was not about to faint in front of Mark Tuan.

He took Mark's hand and shook it, "Jackson Wang."

I'm holding Mark's hand. I'm holding Mark's hand. IM. HOLDING. MARK. FUCKING. TUAN'S. HAND.

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Jackson's head bopped as Jaebum played the song.

"This is for my dream, this is for my love," He sang under his breath.

"And this is the part we're stuck on," Mark warns.

Jackson nods and listens carefully to Mark's voice.

"Believe it I can make it yeah
Spotlight shining at me one day yeah
Ambition be my compass
I row, row
Like no, tomorrow"

Jaebum's pauses it after the last word.

Jackson's eyebrows come together and he thinks in concentration.

"Play it again."

"Believe it I can make it yeah
Spotlight shining at me one day yeah
Ambition be my compass
I row, row
Like no, tomorrow"

Jaebum pauses again.

Jackson immediately takes a piece of paper and a pencil.

He writes down the words: walking, d-day, and pace.

"We'll work with these," he says.

Mark and Jaebum look at the words and nod approvingly.

Jackson sits down and stares at the notebook.

He begins writing.

Getting ready for the D-day

And crosses it out.

I'm waiting for the D-day

crosses it out again.

Been waiting for the D-day.

He likes how it sounded.

(All the while, Mark admires Jackson who works diligently)

He moves on to the next word.

Walking down my pathway

nope.

Walking down the road

no.

I'm walking down the way

Yikes.

I'm walking down the hallway

Yes.

He writes what he has so far together and says it out loud.

"I'm walking down the hallway. Been waiting for the D-day."

Jaebum speaks up first, "I like it so far."

Mark grins, "It's great."

Jackson looks down quickly to hide his red cheeks.

No matter what they say, go at my own pace, hey

Jackson puts his pencil down.

"I'm gonna say what I wrote and immediately after, play that part of the song again," he tells Jb.

Jaebum nods and waits for his friend to start rapping.

"I'm walking down the hallway
Been waiting for the D-day
No matter what they say
Go at my own pace, hey."

Mark's voice sounded through the room.

"Believe it I can make it yeah
Spotlight shining at me one day yeah
Ambition be my compass
I row, row
Like no, tomorrow"

Mark claps excitedly, "It's perfect! Thank you"

He gets up and wraps his arms around Jackson.

This time, Jackson could not hide his tomato red cheeks.