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"Yo for real, where did my phone go?"
It had been two days since Mark's phone had disappeared, and it seemed like nobody knew what had happened. Taeyong just kept blaming Mark for being messy as he helped him look for it whenever he came up to the 10th floor. Nobody in the Dream dorm had seen it there either in case he had dropped it when he visited. Every time he called it with Yuta or Jungwoo's phones, the operator just informed him that his phone was switched off.
They hadn't been outside since they got back from the fan call event, except for once when he went to the Dream dorm, and he definitely had his phone back when he got back to the 127 dorm since he walked in listening to music on it.
Unbeknownst to Mark, when he was asleep that night, Johnny slipped into his room and put his phone on the floor, just peeking out from under his bed. When Mark woke up, he was extremely confused as he narrowly missed stepping on the phone while getting out of bed.
"Where did that come from?"
Nevertheless, he was grateful that it was back to him, just shaking it off as him not noticing it there earlier. He flopped back onto his bed to go through his phone for a while considering he hadn't checked it in three days now.
He opened group chats with all the members and scrolled past the conversations while briefly skimming through them. After replying to a few of his friends' texts, he finally texted his mother back, who had tried calling him a few times.
There was also a few texts from an ID that he didn't recognize on KakaoTalk.
Who is yourplatinum? he thought, hesitantly opening it while praying it wasn't a sasaeng fan.
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yourplatinum
yourplatinum
subakluvrr ??
yourplatinum
watermelon isn't even that good though
yourplatinum
yo who are you though idk what's going on
yourplatinum
lmao wait what if you don't even speak english,,, idk why i assumed
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Mark blinked with confusion at the texts. Confused by the random stranger finding his KKT and confused by their dislike of watermelons, he decided that he would reply, and immediately block them if something was off.
* * *
yourplatinum
mark
who are you??
mark
answer me first cuz only like thirty people are supposed to know about this account
yourplatinum
um idk why that means I should say it first but ok
yourplatimun
hey what's up i'm dasom wbu
mark
ok um i dont wanna say who i am
mark
but don't you already know? isn't that like why you even texted me?
yourplatinum
dude how am i supposed to know who you are
yourplatinum
your username tells me nothing
yourplatinum
i just got the id from some dude
mark
are you a sasaeng fan??
yourplatinum
tf no why would i ever be one,,, they need to get a life and seek therapy
mark
okayyy yo then who are you
mark
who gave you my kkt
yourplatinum
beg me if you wanna know
mark
wait what
yourplatinum
beg for answers
mark
um how?
yourplatinum
nah im just messing lol the dude said to not tell you
yourplatinum
wait you asked if im a sasaeng fan
yourplatinum
does that mean you actually have them ?
mark
sure yea i guess
yourplatinum
so you're an idol
mark
yo dude hold up i never said that
yourplatinum
okay so which one are you
yourplatinum
wait lemme pull up this album cover with all your faces on it
yourplatinum
taeil johnny taeyong yuta kun doyoung jaehyun winwin jungwoo lucas mark xiaojun hendery yangyang chenle jisung shotaro or sungchan ?
mark
why did you get everyone but ten
yourplatinum
finish the puzzle dude
yourplatinum
you basically admitted you're in nct
mark
you actually didn't know?
mark
ohhh dude no way this is the thing ten was talking about
* * *
foreign swaggers
mark
ten did you give my kkt to some random fansign girl
ten
maybe
mark
WHY
johnny
i told ten i'd buy him food whenever he wants if he did
mark
DUDE that still doesn't explain why
mark
are y'all really leaving me on read again
* * *
yourplatinum
yourplatinum
idk what you mean but since you replied to me in english you're probably johnny or mark or herbert or lucas idk just listing out the white sounding names
10:37 pm
mark
yes that's me, herbert of nct
12:45 am
yourplatinum
HENDERY** lmao autocorrect
yourplatinum
fr which one are you
mark
dude I told you I'm herbert
2:17 am
yourplatinum
you should start calling hendery that
mark
yo that's actually funny maybe I will
yourplatinum
AHA so you're not hendery
mark
ah shit you got me
6:32 am
yourplatinum
yooo 6 am I haven't seen that time in so long lmao
9:26 am
yourplatinum
okay anyway I need to figure out whomst tf you are
mark
good luck haha
12:53 pm
yourplatinum
cmon just tell me
yourplatinum
i'll send you a watermelon if you do
mark
oii no way
mark
then i'd have to give you my address
yourplatinum
hey johnny listen
mark
did you just assume i'm johnny
yourplatinum
shit it didn't work lmao i thought you'd say yeah or what's up or something
yourplatinum
wait im so dumb brb
mark
what??
mark
dude i'm not gonna tell you who i am just give up
yourplatinum
hey mark lee it's nice to meet you
1:02 pm
yourplatinum
my name is han dasom let's be besties
mark
did you assume i'm mark this time
mark
i told you you're not finding out
yourplatinum
no point in denying it anymore dude
yourplatinum
i looked up who in nct loves watermelon
yourplatinum
yourplatinum
this took me OUT
yourplatinum
is that you when you were a kid ??
mark
oii hahah what even is that
mark
no that's mark, i'm not mark
yourplatinum
really dude ?? you're still denying it
yourplatinum
smh i know im right
mark
well you're not, bye
yourplatinum
nooo bestie talk to meee
yourplatinum
AHA
3:45 pm
mark
what now??
yourplatinum
i have solid proof that you are indeed lee minhyung
mark
sure
yourplatinum
according to some website only you johnny ten jaehyun yangyang and herbert speak english
yourplatinum
but only you and johnny are from north america and you literally talk like a white boy
yourplatinum
and also when i looked up your name on youtube i found this
yourplatinum
yourplatinum
and you said oi like twice to me already
yourplatinum
hence, you are mark lee, case closed.
mark
what kind of sherlock holmes shit
mark
you really did your research
yourplatinum
i mean it took like five mins
mark
oh haha okay
mark
yo listen i am mark lee but you can't tell anyone, i could get in a lot of trouble
yourplatinum
okay for sure dude my lips are sealed
yourplatinum
you're kinda adorable throughout that oi compilation lmao
yourplatinum
you must be popular with your fans
mark
are you really not a czennie??
yourplatinum
bro idek what the fuck that means
mark
nctzen??
yourplatinum
what is that, like your fandom name ?
mark
yeah
yourplatinum
wait that's kinda cute it's like they're citizens of a city called nct
mark
exactly hahaha
mark
wait so why were you at a fansign
yourplatinum
long story short i wanted to take revenge on somebody ahaha maybe i'll explain more another day
mark
yoo i don't think we'll be talking again that much though
yourplatinum
what bestie whyy :((
yourplatinum
ten told me to text you for inspiration
mark
inspiration?? what?
yourplatinum
idk lol i thought you'd know what he means
mark
🤷♂️
yourplatinum
wait
yourplatinum
send me any nct songs that you're in
yourplatinum
there's different units or something right
mark
uhh im too lazy to send links but i'm in the 7th sense, boss, all nct 127 songs, and most nct dream songs
yourplatinum
okay pick a 127 song for me to listen to
you changed yourplatinum's name to fansign girl
mark
uhhh what kind of music do you like
fansign girl
anything dude i love all music
fansign girl
even country
mark
okayy maybe listen to cherry bomb? or limitless, everyone loves limitless
fansign girl
are you a rapper or vocalist? i'll find you in the mvs
mark
rapper hahah i start the verses in both of those songs
fansign girl
aight brb
fansign girl
YOOO why does cherry bomb actually go so hard i don't even usually listen to kpop
fansign girl
that bridge rap???? so good??
fansign girl
your flow is so sick i remember hearing it in volcano and misfit i think when i was opening the fansign albums
mark
yo dude thanks that's so nice of you to remember
mark
im glad you like it haha cherry bomb is so fun to perform
mark
dude if you like volcano check out boss it's the same members
fansign girl
okay after limitless
fansign girl
ALSO who was the pink haired guy and the dark haired one who started the i'm the biggest hit part
mark
pink hair was taeyong, our leader
mark
the other one is yuta, he's from japan
fansign girl
omg senpai ????
fansign girl
jk don't block me
fansign girl
wait limitless is so good holy shit i love this music video too it's so artsy
fansign
is the deep voiced dude taeyong again wow
mark
yoo you saw the rough mv haha most see the performance one first
mark
yes that's him
fansign girl
dude that bridge and last chorus ? the one doing the main vocals and the adlibs is such a god
mark
that's taeil
fansign girl
the instrumental is a masterpiece ??
fansign girl
i'm in love with this song, it's going in my
playlists just like faded in my last song
mark
yeah dude i love it, there's a japanese version too, you might like that more
mark
whoa i got too excited i shouldn't even be talking to you
mark
this could get me in deep shit
mark
i gotta go
fansign girl
fansign girl
ouch man
fansign girl
if that's the case why haven't you just blocked me already
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Surprised by how much she liked the two songs Mark had told her to listen to, she found a playlist of all NCT songs on Spotify and shuffled them as she started to work on her assignments for university. She occasionally stopped to add songs she liked to her library, and eventually, she gave up on her assignments all together as she kept thinking about Mark and his music.
Opening a new tab on Chrome, she looked up Mark's name again and began to read a little more about him. Once she was done, she was giddy with excitement upon finding two pieces of information about him and grabbed her phone to ask him about them. Even if he said he wasn't going to talk to her, he still hadn't blocked her so she was going to spam him until he replied.
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subakluvrr
dasom
mark
10:32 pm
dasom
MARK
dasom
MARK LEE
dasom
LEE MINHYUNG REPLY
dasom
senpai notice me
dasom
i'm going to spam you until you
reply
dasom
so you might as well spare yourself
from the pain
dasom
markus
dasom
marklyyy
dasom
marky l
mark lee
marky l haha what
mark lee
yo i was at practice thankfully no one saw my phone
mark lee
did you save my name as mark lee?
dasom
yeah ?
mark lee
change it man what if someone sees it
dasom
oh shit yeah you're right
you changed mark lee's name to marky l
dasom
done
marky l
what is it now
dasom
marky l, your new rapper name
marky l
😐
dasom
what's mine
marky l
still your username
dasom
oof 💔
marky l
yo what does that even mean
marky l
yourplatinum
dasom
promise you wont laugh?
marky l
no
dasom
ugh fine i made it when i was like 13 at my peak belieber phase
dasom
it's from the song as long as you love me
marky l
oii ahahahaha so like it's the i'll be your platinum i'll be your silver part
dasom
STOP don't say it 😭😭😭
marky l
dude no i love justin bieber
dasom
oh fuck actually ?
marky l
yeah fr
dasom
same omg i still love him
marky l
canada representttt
dasom
maple syrup country 😐
marky l
do you not like maple syrup
dasom
not really
marky l
yo you're kinda weird
dasom
WAIT you distracted me from why i texted you in the first place
dasom
you're in a group with TAEMIN ??? THE LEE TAEMIN ?? SHINEE MAKNAE TAEMIN ? GOD OF KPOP LEE FUCKING TAEMIN ????????
11:13pm
seen
marky l
yeah man it's insane, i grew up listening
to shinee and now i'm the maknae of a
group with a shinee's maknae
dasom
when he replies three days later
dasom
dasom
but yo that's so fucking cool honestly
marky l
i thought you don't listen to kpop?
dasom
oh nah i had my phase when i was in middle school, i loved shinee and exo
dasom
OMG YEAH BAEKHYUN AND KAI TOO
marky l
yeah haha i love them, they're so nice to me especially kai
dasom
THAT'S SO COOL MAN i'm so happy for you even though idek you that well
marky l
thanks dude haha
dasom
y'all are under sm too so that's probably why i actually liked your music
dasom
that song superhuman really reminded me of shinee and exo
dasom
it's great
marky l
yeaaah
dasom
ALSO
dasom
YOU WERE ON HSR I FINALLY REMEMBER
dasom
i knew your name was familiar
dasom
are you still besties with yenjamin?? i love that guy's music
dasom
what about yanghongwon???
dasom
and how about you link me up with bang jaemin's contact info
dasom
marky l
whoa what
2:34 am
marky l
yenjamin?? kim yoonho? yeah we talk sometimes
marky l
hongwon and jaemin not really
marky l
and sorry i don't accept your cash
dasom
damn it help a g out
marky l
you like hiphop?
dasom
always
marky l
yo that's cool haha
dasom
DUDE you replied to me at this time in the night don't tell me you were still at practice this whole time
marky l
yeah i was, comeback soon
dasom
comeback soon?? didn't you just do 90s love?
marky l
different group, not nct u
dasom
wtf so soon
dasom
that's crazy i hope you get enough rest
dasom
if you ever need to escape, there's a spare key under my door mat
marky l
haha yo thanks but that's impossible
marky l
it's all good dude i love music i don't mind working so much for it
marky l
it's all worth it in the end
dasom
if you say so
dasom
i'm hella sleepy so i'm gonna go crash
dasom
i hope you do the same
dasom
good nighttt
2:40 am
seen
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dasom coming in with the mad detective skillz
but why did ten, johnny, and jaehyun decide to put mark in this situation?
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