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Mark couldn’t believe it. He was going to debut in only two weeks. He felt like he was flouting threw life the last few days. Like he was unbeatable.
Even when the already excruciating training lessons he and the others received got harder and harder and the sweat, ran down his back and face, he couldn’t help but grin, like a manic serial killer. His dream was finally going to become true.
All his hard work was going to pay off. Going to Korea, the years of training, and uncertainty, if he will ever debut, the never stopping stress. It was all going to be worth it.
Now he only had one Problem. He basically knew and liked all of his soon-to-be Group-Members. Youngjae, who was so nice he could basically be an angel. Jaebum, who had great leading Qualities, and was going o become a great leader, they all could relie on.
Jinyoung, who seemed strict and unapproachable, but was actually quiet nice, and funny. BamBam, who was always game for fun, as well as Yugyeom, who seemed timid and shy, until he felt comfortable with you.
And then of course there was Jackson. The person who was going to be his Roommate, in the new dorm.
Mark already dreaded the days he had to endure Jacksons constant blabbering. He clearly remembered he first met the eccentric Chinese boy. On his fist day, in the company, he introduced himself to the whole class shouting, that he was Jackson Wang from China, and that he was going to be the best fucking Idol there ever was. And now Mark, who was a quiet introvert himself, had to share a room with the loudest out of all the people in their whole trainee group.
But like all the things you dread, the day of their move came faster, than Mark expected. A deep sigh escaped Marks lips as he climbed the last flight of stairs, with the first moving box in his arms. Not longer wanting to delay the unavoidable, he put the box on the ground and started searching for his brand new key.
After he opened the door he was already greeted with the biggest chaos he ever saw. Well he also never saw 7 people moving at once. He greeted everyone politely, and let out a relieved sigh, when he noticed, that Jackson appeared to be late. Jaebum already feeling responsible, showed him the room he and Jackson were going to share, from today on.
Luckily the dorm was already fully furnished. He couldn’t imagine what he would have done if he would have had to build up his furniture himself. He wasn’t really technically gifted, and it would have ended in disaster.
One time he had to build a new bed he got, and somehow he managed to do it, but in the end it crumbled as soon as they tried to put the mattress on it. While shaking his head, thinking back to that embarrassing incident, he went out of his room to get the rest of his stuff, that was waiting for him downstairs in a company Van.
Marks boxes were quickly in his room, thanks to Youngjae, who generously offered his help, because he was already almost done with his own stuff. They chatted excitedly about their upcoming debut, imagining their first show, their first fan sign, as well as their worries. Will they even make it and get enough fans?
While talking the time just flew by, and soon they had stored all of Marks boxes in his room. Now he only had to unpack everything. Mark was just done with his first moving box, when he heard the loud voice of Jackson. Mark had to swallow another sigh. It seemed like Jackson was often going to be the cause of Marks sighing. He had hoped to get done with unpacking before Jackson arrived, but unfortunately, that wasn’t possible anymore.
And like Mark expected, after Jackson greeted everyone, and held Smalltalk, he started talking to mark non-stop. He talked about everything, that went through his head, from how his day was today to how he grew up.
At first Jackson could tickle one or two chuckles out of mark, with some of his more funny anecdotes and adventures, but the more time went by, and Jackson still talked and talked, the more Mark felt how he started to get exhausted and annoyed. Until at one point he just couldn’t stand it anymore, and went to look for his headphones with a short I’m sorry, in Jacksons direction, he put them in and started hearing music as loudly as possible.
When he turned around and saw Jacksons Face he felt immediately bad. Jackson looked like a kicked puppy, but if he didn’t put in his headphones right then, he would have done something much worse. As an introvert it basically drained him, being with people.
Its not like he hates humans altogether, he still had fun hanging out with his friends. But after that, he needed some time by himself, or else he got into a bad mood. Unfortunately people like Jackson, who seemed to have endless resources of energy and never stopped talking, were the worst to be around for Mark.
Still, his bad consciousness didn’t take excuses. Now that he was done with unpacking, he layed down into his new bed, on top of the covers and started surfing the internet. Tying to ignore Jackson, and his bad consciousness.
However it as almost impossible for Mark to ignore Jackson. Somehow, his eyes always strayed towards his new roommate. Although Jacksons constant blabbering had been exhausting, he at least smiled while he talked, and didn’t run around their room looking so crestfallen.
Right in the moment Mark decided that he has to apologize, Jaebum knocked on their door, and asked if they were also hungry and wanted to order take out. Of course they both happily said yes, glad they didn’t have to cook anymore.
Dinner was over quickly, everybody hanging after their own thoughts. BamBam and Yugyeom entertained the others mostly by themselves, talking about their future together. Jackson who normally would love to chat with everyone was silent. Mark started to feel guilt well up in him, thinking it was his fault for being so rude to Jackson, without explaining anything.
So when they went back to their room, Mark didn’t immediately put in his headphones, and hid under his blanked, like he wanted to. He actually apologized to Jackson.
“Hey Jackson, uhm, I wanted to say I’m sorry.” Which earned him a surprised stare.
“You know, the thing is, that I’m not that good with people. I’m more of an introverted person. Its like they drain my energy. And when I get exhausted, I get into a bad mood and become snappy...or an asshole. So I wanted to apologize for that. You did nothing wrong.” Mark explained with a serious face, hoping Jackson would understand, and forgive him.
Extroverted people often didn’t understand Introverts, and thought they would dramatize their feelings. Mark bit his lip. But to his surprise Jackson started smiling.
“Oh, thank god! I already thought I offended you somehow, and you hated me already.”
“No! No, nothing like that, you were actually pretty funny.” Mark quickly corrected.
“Thanks! I was already thinking I imagined your hidden smiles. But I wanted to apologize to you too. When I’m nervous, I tend to ramble. So if I ever talk to much again, please just tell me to shut up. I promise I wont take it personally.”
“Thank you!” Mark was so relieved, he started beaming.
Unfortunately, BamBam decided to burst into their room, while they just dumbly smiled at each other, screaming “Hey, it’s far to early to got to bed, does anyone of you want to watch a horror movie?”
Which surprised both of them so much that Jackson let out a scared scream, and Mark jumped almost two meters into the air.
“Maybe you two don’t need a horror movie anymore.” BamBam cackled, while Mark and Jackson pretended like nothing happened, and they didn’t just embarrassed themselves. Although they sent each other a little knowing smile.