Chapter 14 (1/1)

Mark had never felt so empty in his life. He didn't realize how much Jihyun really meant to him until she was really gone. When they had broken up, he was still reassured that she was still in the country, but now, she was half way across the world. He couldn't stop by her company to see how she was doing. He couldn't invite her out for coffee. He was in Korea while she was in California.Running a hand through his hair, he leaned aganist the mirror tiredly. After endless hours of practice, he was drained, both mentally and physically. The others had gone off to pick up snacks as they were planning to continue practicing well into the night. Pulling out his phone, he pulled up Instagram to like a few posts before hovering over Jihyun's name.Did he want to see her posts? Obviously he did but was he strong enough not to get on an airplane and fly out to California? He didn't know. He wasn't even sure how to classify their relationship. They weren't exactly best of friends but they were more than mere acquaintances. Not to mention, he knew that Jihyun hadn't fully forgiven him yet. Ah screw it. Mark thought before clicking on her name and pulling up her feed. She was smiling in the couple of pictures she had posted. One was of her boarding the airplane, the second being her and Minwoo grinning cheekily into the camera. The next one was of her and Jiwoo with their cheeks pressed together as they made funny faces with Minwoo jumping in the background. There were several food pictures to follow before it ended with the most recent post of a video."Hi!" Jihyun drawled out while grinning happily and waving at the camera. The camera zoomed as she spun around and Mark could see that she was somewhere in downtown LA. He was surprised that no one had recognized her in the short 10 second video but then again, Jihyun was wearing a baseball cap and a large pair of black sunglasses.The door slammed open as the others came back in. The two youngest were holding two large bags filled to the brim with snacks and drinks. JR strolled in at a more leisure place while Jackson practically pranced into the ro