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you, as the promising journalism student of NCUT, were more than willing to join the school magazine when you got offered. to your disappointment, the only section they let you have is the anonymous confessions one - which is mostly really, really boring. i mean, who even posts any cool confessions nowadays ? especially in a damn college magazine ? they only offered you the job no one else wanted.

on the other hand, mark, a business student, was never more annoyed with the choice of his major. sure, business is cool and hopefully it’ll earn him money, but it’s not something he could really get into. he always wanted to do music. but after long considering, he chose business instead, to make sure he gets a real job in the future. and he doubts that choice was correct more and more every day.

once the school band announces they’re looking for a new guitarist, he’s absolutely ready to apply until he reads the ‘music students only’ part. pissed off, he starts typing a message to the gc, but it ends up going to a different number - and you finally get to help some poor random stranger who confessed with something interesting.

business major! mark x fem journalism major! reader

GENRE — fluff, comedy, humor, slowburn, strangers to friends to lovers, non-idol au, college au

WARNINGS — a little bit of cursing, probably kys/kms jokes, mark is really unlucky and awkward, reader as a journalism student loves gossiping a LOT and she’ll get into everyone’s business to do her job properly, a lot of teasing, includes mlm, features other idols (aespa, enhypen…)

STATUS — ongoing

UPDATES — every wednesday and saturday

TAGLIST — open (reply or send an ask)

PLAYLIST

A/N — my first smau ever :) but i’m so excited ! hopefully it goes well 🙏🏻

profiles 1 || profiles 2

band introduction

Y/N’s magazine account

1) accidental confessions

2) don’t do anything stupid

3) y/n’s hit tweet

4) we are the most mysterious bitches in this cafeteria

5) they know what you did

6) you found me thanks to my private twitter ? (written)

7) two baddies with connections

8) one at a time gentlemen

9) show them who’s the king

10) a little stalking never hurt anyone (half written)

11) we aren’t homophobic !

12) surrounded by opps

13) we’re locked in baby

14) she has a hand kink

15) hope they play charli xcx

16) party in the city where the heat is on

17) he’ll be the passenger princess next time

18) break his heart or his bones ?

19) you heard the boss

20) can you two stop flirting ?? (written)

21) one at a time ladies

22) how your email finds me

23) drinks or coffee ?

24) little spoon allegations

25) to die in your arms (written)

26) coochie eyes

27) #muted

28) gentle parenting

29) practice and other things (written)

30) gonna cry till i pass out

31) black clouds (written)

32) who’s the loser ? (written)

33) a ring is a body

34) mark lee, back again

35) how to (not) get into someone’s pants (written)

Mark pulls up in front of your building, kills the engine, and grabs the jacket from the passenger seat. He stares at it for a few seconds, taking a deep breath. His hands are already a little sweaty, because no matter how bold can he get over text, showing up to face a girl, one that he likes, suddenly doesn’t feel like the brightest idea. Especially if said girl is apparently furious with him right now.

Nonetheless, he gets out of the car, slams the door shut and heads towards the entrance of your building. Maybe he really should’ve thought this through first. Each step feels heavier, his brain swirling with worst-case scenarios. What if you don’t even open the door ? What if you just slam it in his face ?

He’s so caught up that he almost misses it - there’s another figure rounding the corner and striding towards your dorm. Tall, dark hair,…

Mark slows down. The guy is holding a small plastic bag, and there’s a cable, something like a phone charger peeking out of it.

No. There’s absolutely no way you’d invite this guy to your dorm while he’s getting the silent treatment.

Jake finally notices him and obliviously gives him a big smile, beaming like the sun. “Hey ! You’re Mark, right ? The new band member ?”

Mark stares at him, stunned. “Uh, yeah.” His eyes flick to the building. “You don’t live here, do you ?”

Jake seems momentarily surprised at the question, but then he just shrugs it off, shaking his head. “No, no. I’m just here to drop something off.” He raises his hand, showing Mark the bag he’s holding.

Mark’s jaw clenches. “For Y/n ?”

Jake’s gaze finally lands on the jacket Mark’s holding and his eyes light up. “Oh, is that her jacket ?” He takes a step closer, reaching for it. “If you want, I can give it to her, I don’t mind-“

Mark instinctively takes a step back, clutching the jacket to his chest. “Thanks, but there’s really no need.”

He knows he’s acting weird, but the thought of any guy going to your dorm right now, especially since you’re mad at him, is making him irrationally mad.

Jake hesitates, eyebrows raised at the intensity. “Well, alright…”

There’s a beat of silence. Mark is still glaring at Jake, who seems a bit taken aback at his reaction. Before the moment can get any more awkward, the entrance door swings open.

Both boys look up, only to be met with your annoyed gaze. You take one look at the scene in front of you and groan. “What the hell are you two doing here ?”

Mark swore he’d be pissed when he finally sees you, but one glance at your face is enough to knock the wind out of him. He takes a quick step forward. “Hey, I brought you the jacket-”

You shoot him a disapproving look, and he immediately deflates, handing it over without another word.

Jake clears his throat, looking between the two of you. “Uh… did I interrupt something ?”

“No,” you blurt out at the same time as Mark says “yes.”

You sigh, deciding to ignore Mark for now and you turn towards Jake. “You found my charger ?”

Jake brightens, showing you the bag. “Yeah ! You left it at my place. Took forever, but then I found it under the sheets…“ He scratches the back of his head awkwardly.

From the corner of your eye, you see how Mark freezes, his eyes widening in disbelief. Before he gets the wrong idea and causes a scene, you snatch the bag from Jake with a forced smile. “That’s great, thank you.” You clear your throat, clapping your hands together to dismiss them. “Now go away, both of you. I’m busy.”

Mark frowns. “Wait, are we not gonna…?”

“No,” you cut him off, already backing up. “I don’t need any testosterone contests on my doorstep today. Especially when you both show up unannounced. Go home.”

Jake nods slowly, clearly sensing the vibe shift. “Right... I’ll head out.” He gives you a small smile before turning away. “See you around.”

You both watch him go in silence. You readjust the jacket in your hands, raising a brow at Mark, who stays rooted in his spot. “I thought I told you to go home ?”

He doesn’t even blink, his gaze still fixed on Jake’s back. “So, you left your charger under his sheets, huh ?”

You gasp, crossing our arms defensively at the implication. “You can’t be serious.”

Mark shrugs. “I’m just repeating what your new friend said. So, did you ?”

“Are you seriously implying I slept with Jake because I forgot my charger at his place ?” You snap.

Mark’s jaw tightens and he looks away. “Well, what am I supposed to think when you cut me off and start talking to some other guy all of a sudden ?”

You scoff. “Some other guy? Mark, I wasn’t even talking to you like that.”

His gaze sharpens. “You literally said you wanted to get into my pants.”

You swat his chest in annoyance. “That was a joke !”

“So you don’t wanna get into my pants ?”

“Not anymore.”

Mark opens his mouth to respond but closes it again when he realizes what you said. “What ?”

“Not anymore,” you repeat, turning around and walking back towards your building.

Mark trails after you, panicked. “Wait. Not anymore ? What’s that supposed to mean ?”

“It means I was interested before you got into the band,” you say flatly, not stopping.

Mark’s eyes widen, disbelief written all over his face. “What ? That doesn’t change anything !”

“It does,” you press your lips together, refusing to look at him. “Now you’re gonna have girls throwing themselves at you at every corner. I’m not about to be one of them.”

“That’s not what’s gonna happen at all.” Mark huffs, catching your arm and spinning you around. “Can you just- Can we be serious for two seconds ?”

You shake him off, unimpressed. “Are we not being serious ?”

“Were you being serious about getting into my pants ? Because I don’t fucking think so.” His voice cracks in frustration. “I already said I’m sorry, what else do you want me to do ?”

You look him up and down, humming to yourself. This desperation looks really good on him, you should definitely make him work for it more often. “Why wouldn’t I be serious about that ?”

He gives you a deadpanned look. “If you wanted to fuck me, I’m sure you wouldn’t be sitting around and listening to me playing the damn guitar for months. Or befriend Taeyong and make him open up the audition for shits and giggles. You could’ve just asked me if it was about that, you know.”

“And you’d say yes ?” You press.

Mark blinks. “Uh… no…?”

“Why not ?”

This is definitely enemy territory for Mark. He laughs nervously, running a hand through his hair. “I don’t- because that’s not what I wanted from you,” He blurts out and grimaces right after, clearly frustrated with himself for admitting it out loud.

You arch a brow. “Oh, so I’m the one making things confusing now ?”

“Yes !” Mark throws his hands up. “You literally just said you wanted to get into my pants !”

You click your tongue. “And you just said you wouldn’t let me.”

He makes a strangled noise, dragging a hand down his face. “You’re insane. Actually insane.”

“You’re the one yelling in front of my dorm about pants, Mark,” you argue back, furrowing your eyebrows.

Mark groans, shaking his head. “You know what ? Keep the jacket. I can’t deal with this right now.”

Before you can come up with a comeback, he takes a step back, muttering something under his breath as he heads towards his car. The very same car you almost crashed when things were still good between you two, and Mark didn’t even get mad, or at least not as mad as he seems right now. You roll your eyes, but your chest feels heavier than you’d like to admit.

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A/N: hey… i have no excuse for not posting i know 😔 if any of guys still remembers what was this about, this is for you <3

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you, as the promising journalism student of NCUT, were more than willing to join the school magazine when you got offered. to your disappointment, the only section they let you have is the anonymous confessions one - which is mostly really, really boring. i mean, who even posts any cool confessions nowadays ? especially in a damn college magazine ? they only offered you the job no one else wanted.

on the other hand, mark, a business student, was never more annoyed with the choice of his major. sure, business is cool and hopefully it’ll earn him money, but it’s not something he could really get into. he always wanted to do music. but after long considering, he chose business instead, to make sure he gets a real job in the future. and he doubts that choice was correct more and more every day.

once the school band announces they’re looking for a new guitarist, he’s absolutely ready to apply until he reads the ‘music students only’ part. pissed off, he starts typing a message to the gc, but it ends up going to a different number - and you finally get to help some poor random stranger who confessed with something interesting.

business major! mark x fem journalism major! reader

GENRE — fluff, comedy, humor, slowburn, strangers to friends to lovers, non-idol au, college au

WARNINGS — a little bit of cursing, probably kys/kms jokes, mark is really unlucky and awkward, reader as a journalism student loves gossiping a LOT and she’ll get into everyone’s business to do her job properly, a lot of teasing, includes mlm, features other idols (aespa, enhypen…)

STATUS — ongoing

UPDATES — every wednesday and saturday

TAGLIST — open (reply or send an ask)

PLAYLIST

A/N — my first smau ever :) but i’m so excited ! hopefully it goes well 🙏🏻

profiles 1 || profiles 2

band introduction

Y/N’s magazine account

1) accidental confessions

2) don’t do anything stupid

3) y/n’s hit tweet

4) we are the most mysterious bitches in this cafeteria

5) they know what you did

6) you found me thanks to my private twitter ? (written)

7) two baddies with connections

8) one at a time gentlemen

9) show them who’s the king

10) a little stalking never hurt anyone (half written)

11) we aren’t homophobic !

12) surrounded by opps

13) we’re locked in baby

14) she has a hand kink

15) hope they play charli xcx

16) party in the city where the heat is on

17) he’ll be the passenger princess next time

18) break his heart or his bones ?

19) you heard the boss

20) can you two stop flirting ?? (written)

21) one at a time ladies

22) how your email finds me

23) drinks or coffee ?

24) little spoon allegations

25) to die in your arms (written)

26) coochie eyes

27) #muted

28) gentle parenting

29) practice and other things (written)

30) gonna cry till i pass out

31) black clouds (written)

32) who’s the loser ? (written)

33) a ring is a body

you, as the promising journalism student of NCUT, were more than willing to join the school magazine when you got offered. to your disappointment, the only section they let you have is the anonymous confessions one - which is mostly really, really boring. i mean, who even posts any cool confessions nowadays ? especially in a damn college magazine ? they only offered you the job no one else wanted.

on the other hand, mark, a business student, was never more annoyed with the choice of his major. sure, business is cool and hopefully it’ll earn him money, but it’s not something he could really get into. he always wanted to do music. but after long considering, he chose business instead, to make sure he gets a real job in the future. and he doubts that choice was correct more and more every day.

once the school band announces they’re looking for a new guitarist, he’s absolutely ready to apply until he reads the ‘music students only’ part. pissed off, he starts typing a message to the gc, but it ends up going to a different number - and you finally get to help some poor random stranger who confessed with something interesting.

business major! mark x fem journalism major! reader

GENRE — fluff, comedy, humor, slowburn, strangers to friends to lovers, non-idol au, college au

WARNINGS — a little bit of cursing, probably kys/kms jokes, mark is really unlucky and awkward, reader as a journalism student loves gossiping a LOT and she’ll get into everyone’s business to do her job properly, a lot of teasing, includes mlm, features other idols (aespa, enhypen…)

STATUS — ongoing

UPDATES — every wednesday and saturday

TAGLIST — open (reply or send an ask)

PLAYLIST — solo - frank ocean, ivy - frank ocean, highway to heaven - nct 127, pink matter - frank ocean, infrunami - steve lacy, attracted to you - pinkpantheress, leave the door open - bruno mars, only if - steve lacy, i like me better - lauv, 200 - mark, fireflies - nct dream, up to you - prettymuch+nct dream, it’s yours - nct dream, mark - loser

A/N — my first smau ever :) but i’m so excited ! hopefully it goes well 🙏🏻

profiles 1 || profiles 2

band introduction

Y/N’s magazine account

1) accidental confessions

2) don’t do anything stupid

3) y/n’s hit tweet

4) we are the most mysterious bitches in this cafeteria

5) they know what you did

6) you found me thanks to my private twitter ? (written)

7) two baddies with connections

8) one at a time gentlemen

9) show them who’s the king

10) a little stalking never hurt anyone (half written)

11) we aren’t homophobic !

12) surrounded by opps

13) we’re locked in baby

14) she has a hand kink

15) hope they play charli xcx

16) party in the city where the heat is on

17) he’ll be the passenger princess next time

18) break his heart or his bones ?

19) you heard the boss

20) can you two stop flirting ?? (written)

21) one at a time ladies

22) how your email finds me

23) drinks or coffee ?

24) little spoon allegations

25) to die in your arms (written)

26) coochie eyes

27) #muted

28) gentle parenting

29) practice and other things (written)

30) gonna cry till i pass out

31) black clouds (written)

32) who’s the loser ? (written)

33) a ring is a body

34) mark lee, back again

──⭒─⭑─⭒────⭒─⭑─⭒────⭒─⭑─

A/N: haiii so we’re nearing the end BUT i need to focus on my exams for now so please don’t hate me if i disappear for a few days I’LL BE BACK

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34) mark lee, back again

──⭒─⭑─⭒────⭒─⭑─⭒────⭒─⭑─

A/N: haiii so we’re nearing the end BUT i need to focus on my exams for now so please don’t hate me if i disappear for a few days I’LL BE BACK

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