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6:30 pm - Friday
“ MARK LEE! Get your ass up, you can’t sleep and stay home all summer! “
Mark shot his eyes open to see his friend and roommate, Jeno standing over him, peering down at him on the couch. The Canadian boy groaned, glared and threw his earbuds at his friend.
”I’ve been making my songs and remixes, that counts for something. I’m getting a lot of-“
”Shut up Mark. You, Jaemin and I are going out. No excuses, you’ve been wound up this whole year.”
It was true.
Mark trying to focus on his music and his sophomore year of college had made him more of a hermit than he anticipated, but Jeno had been nagging him this whole month to go out with him and his new boyfriend who he had only met once, Jaemin, who was a very, out there, type of guy.
Mark slowly got up and groaned, shutting his laptop full of his unfinished songs and demos, putting it aside on his table.
”Fine. But promise me you’ll get me back here by 11, I wanna drop a song I’ve been working on soon.”
”Whatever you say, princess Canada”
Jeno snickered and Mark tried to give him a threatening, intimidating glare but the boy wouldn’t even dare hurt a fly, and Jeno knew that all too well.
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Mark put on one of his “fancier” brand name striped t-shirt with black jeans, since Jeno had told him to “wear something that makes you normal, not like the SoundCloud rapper you’re aspiring to be”.
Once Jeno and Mark arrived at the restaurant they were supposed to meet up with jaemin, Mark kinda wished he was back at home once Jaemin was practically making out with Jeno as soon as he saw their car pull up,
Mark cringed and cleared his throat to remind the pair that they were, indeed, in public. The pair pulled away from each other’s lips and held hands, going to sit down.
“So mark, ever heard of The Sediour Manior?”
“What on earth is that?”
”Jaemin’s friends hoe playground”
“Literally shut up, babe.”
“I love you, jaemin, you know I don’t mean it.”
Mark rolled his eyes at his friend and his boyfriend, he really didn’t feel like third wheeling right now.
”Anyways, Markie, it’s a really fancy French inspired club in the heart of Seoul’s fanciest district, Gangnam. I know what you’re thinking, expensive, but I have my connections and I can get us in for cheap.”
Jaemin smirked at the Canadian boy with his usual mischevious glare, Mark felt Jeno staring at him intensely, he knew he needed to let loose and take a break. It had been a while since he thought
“Mark come on, you’re coming with us. Have fun.”
Mark sighed and looked away,
“The boys there are such amazing dancers, you’ll love it.”
”Fine. Let’s go then.”
Jaemin and Jeno smiled and looked at each other as if they were sharing some sort of telepathically conversation,
Then they paid for their meals and got into Jeno’s BMW he got for his 18th birthday,
Mark looked out the window of the backseat as the pair chatted in the front seats,
It seemed that Mark had been so busy and caught up in his work and his music he hadn’t really took time to appreciate his city, Seoul was bursting with night life and he sighed to himself.
Please don’t screw your night up, Mark. Let loose.
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6:30 pm - Friday
Lee Donghyuck had just been wanting to make some extra summer cash his sophomore year of college, getting tired of serving coffee and tea every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning.
He had always wanted to pursue his music, but that hadn’t got him anywhere,
even though his friends said he had an amazing voice.
Now here he was, a go-go dancer at one of the most prestigious, popular clubs in Gangnam, and he had gotten to love it over time, Donghyuck has gone under his nickname Haechan, that his fellow dancer, Ten, had suggested to him.
Ten had to be one of the best dancers in the whole club, if not the very best, he had men lining up for him and getting tips all night long, but his biggest fan was definitely Johnny, the clubs DJ and manager.
Ten and Johnny had been dating for several years and were the masters of PDA,
Taeyong had to yell at them many times to get a room, but Donghyuck enjoyed Ten’s personality most of the time,
since it was similar to his in the way they both could fight over being sarcastic.
Donghyuck has worked at The Sediour Manior for a little over 4 months now, and he had gotten used to the routine a little slowly but now with the help from his coworkers he fell into the blend of the scene.
Though he would never admit it to them, he loved his fellow dancers and coworkers. They were his family.
“Hey Hyuck, Sicheng’s gonna be a little late today, so we need you to take main stage with Ten and Doyoung tonight, or at least until sicheng comes back. You up for it kid?”
Taeyong, one of the clubs best dancers, and the mom of the team smiled at the younger auburn haired boy,
Donghyuck felt a hand on his back,
“Of course he is! Hyuck, you’re doing great, even Ten has been complimenting you.”
The tall Chicago-native Johnny smiled at the Korean boy, Donghyuck tried to hide his faint blush at the apparent praise of the Thai boy.
”Finally on the main stage, of course.” Hyuck smirked and gave a thumbs up, “ Thanks Taeyong. But why aren’t you gonna go on it tonight?” The boy added, he was slightly concerned why the older had seemed a little worn out,
maybe he was gonna take a break?
Taeyong faintly laughed and looked to the sides of the dimly lit red and white stages,
“Ah, I’m always in the spotlight, it’s time to see more new faces up there. Jungkook and Yugyeom are taking side stages, I might join them.”
Donghyuck nodded at him as the older Korean walked away, only to be joined by the bartender, JaeHyun.
Jung Jaehyun has been fawning and watching over Taeyong ever since he joined as the main bartender along with Jackson and Taehyung,
Jaehyun has always seemed out of it and exhausted,
Jackson had been kinda annoying since forever, and Taehyung always shows up late for bartending, nonetheless they were still really good at what they did.
But everytime Taeyong popped up, he tried to talk to him and see how he was, but he could never ask the older male on a date, for he was always doing something or had a boyfriend.
Jaehyun only stayed at the club for him.
Donghyuck watched how they both interacted with each other, he knew that Taeyong felt for him too. Anyone could tell the love they both had for each other.
He couldn’t say the same for the infamous love triangle around the club,
Sicheng aka WinWin, Yuta and Taeil.
Taeil used to be a full time bartender at the club, but then some high CEO hired him for a business firm so he left,
but he always came back almost every night for his beloved WinWin.
Hyuck didn’t know why Sicheng led him on, Taeil had come off as almost having an obsession with the ethereal dancer,
Yuta was a regular and everytime he saw Taeil look at his precious WinWin,
Donghyuck could see his glare from all the way across the club. It was intense.
He really didn’t know what was going on with Yuta and Sicheng.
Were they dating? Who even knew anymore.
Honestly, it made Hyuck kinda jealous how many couples there were working in the club, but it was expected.
”Hyuck! Come get ready with us, I need your help on what shorts to wear! We’ll help you get ready for your big night!”
Donghyuck was snapped out of his thoughts when the other dancers, Jungwoo and Jimin had called him over to get ready for his big night on the main stage. He was nervous, but he would make sure to never show it.
Dont screw up tonight, Hyuck.