The next day, Mark and Jack were back in their dorm room after their classes, contemplating the different things they may wanna do in their newly found search for a better life. They tried to discuss the many different things they have wanted to do so far but never had the chance or had something holding them back from it, as well as the many things that make them happy and curtain things they may wanna accomplish.

"Come on Mark, surely there's gotta be something you've always wanted to do" the irishman pointed out in a very blatant way. "Even something small"

Mark took a minute to think about something he's always wanted to do. Since jack said it could even be something small, he had a random thought and said, "I've always wanted to dye my hair"

"No way! So have I!" he enthusiastically shouted, causing mark to laugh. "What color?"

"Oh I don't know, there's lots I've wanted to do. Pink. blue, red, what about you?"

"I'm more of a pickle head myself" he laughed, but mark just gave him a confused look. "I like green hair" he added and then his roommate understood. "And any variation of green too, light, dark and everything in between. Just any really" he shrugged.

"Same here, we should dye em at the same time when we can" mark smirked. 

"Sounds good" he nodded in agreement. "Anything else?"

Mark had to take another second to think. "What I've really, always, wanted was another dog" he smiled. "I love dogs, and I haven't had any in a long time and I miss it a lot" he stated with a smile. "I would give....pretty much anything to have one again" jack was reflecting the same smile mark had as he listened. "What about you? Anything else that makes you happy?"

"Uh....well" he shrugged, seeming hesitant and a little embarrassed. "I mean I do have this one hobby that I thoroughly enjoy, it's ju-" he looks at the clock on his bedside, "Oh shite, I'm gonna be late again" he said as he stood from the desk chair and grabbed his bag. "I'll meet you for lunch, we'll continue then" he briefed before leaving.

"Alright, I'll see you then" he nodded and after jack left, he took a few minutes on his bed to think more about what he wanted. He also wondered what it was Jack was about to inform him about, that hobby he enjoyed so much. Mark looked over at the clock on the bedside and knew he had to get to class too. He could just wait till lunch to ask him about it.

X

Just as planned, Mark and Jack headed to the campus cafe for lunch. "So what is that hobby you were about to tell me?" mark asked as they walked. 

"Oh yea that, uh it's just something I've always thought was cool and did for a while, and still do here and there. I thought about doing it as a profession, but..."

"Mark?" they heard someone call. They turned to see a tall curly haired man and a younger student walk up to em, they looked to be around the same age as them. "Is that you?" the taller man asked again.

"Tyler?" mark asked shocked. "Ethan?

"H-hey" tyler and ethan smiled as they greeted their old friend. 

"This is so great, I had no idea you guys went here!" mark cheered.

"Yea we just started actually" ethan replied.

"Cool, so did we" now realizing jack was still there. "Oh, um this is my roommate-"

"Jack!" ethan cheered.

"Ethan!" he smiled back. "How've you been man?!" he excitedly asked.

"I've been good"

"Woah wait a minute" mark cut in. "How do you two know each other?"

"Oh we worked together a year ago" jack answered. "What about you guys?"

"We all grew up together" mark replied. 

"You guys wanna... have lunch with us?" tyler offered and everyone gladly agreed.

During which, everyone was getting reacquainted and telling each other what they've been up to in the past few years. Mark and Jack didn't see any reason to tell them about the little spiritual journey they were on, they didn't think it mattered. Plus, they wanted to keep the reunion light and not get into the depressing details. 

"So ur looking to be an engineer?" tyler asked. 

"Um maybe, right now I'm just...kinda looking at whatever might suit me" he replied, hoping they wouldn't get into the deeper point behind it. 

"That's fine, we've been...basically doing the same thing" ethan stated. "Just looking for something that may suit us, hasn't been easy tho" he added with an unhappy look, tyler reflecting his features next to him.

Mark and Jack shot each other a knowing look as the other two averted their gaze. "So are we" jack chimed in. "We're actually going through this...kinda a spiritual journey to find what we would like" he stated. Tyler and Ethan seemed very surprised by the discovery. "So, something we would like to know, what makes you guys happy?"

Now they seemed a little amazed and more upbeat. They also needed to take a second to think before ethan spoke up. "Helping, I love helping people, and honestly I think that's what I want to do for the rest of my life" he stated with a soft smile. The other three shared the same smile had and nodded in agreement.

"Me too" mark said and was quickly followed by jack and tyler and repeated him. 

"Maybe that's what we should do, is help people" jack suggested.

"Well I'd love to but how?" tyler asked. "There's like a million ways to do so and we don't even know which one we could do, or even be good at" he stated worriedly and everyone was left silent, also not knowing how they could help people.

"Well, I'm sure we'll find a way" jack tried to leave a positive note. "Like tyler said, there's a million ways, right?" and tyler nodded with a smile. "I gotta go guys" he said after checking the time. "It was great seeing you again ethan, good to meet you tyler, and mark, I'll catch up with you later" he smiled and everyone nodded. "See ya later guys" he called before exiting the cafe.

"Wow, he's a really neat guy" tyler acknowledged.

"Yea he really is" mark nodded with a smirk. 

"Oh just you wait, he's full of surprises" ethan grinned with a slight chuckle. 

"Well he must be, he's been surprising me thus far and I've only known him for a day.

"Well hey" tyler shrugged. "Sometimes, all it takes is a few minutes to have someone go from a complete stranger, to ur new best friend. That's how we were when we met" he smiled and mark copied his expression, remember the past. "Speaking of which, you still have that guitar?" he grinned and mark seemed confused, but only for a brief second.

"Oh that! Yea I have it....somewhere in my room" he laughed.

"Still play any?" ethan asked.

"Uh...not for a while actually" he replied, preparing for their response.

"What?!" which was tyler's. "You are kidding me, after all the times we jammed out in the basement?" he was baffled.

"Sadly so" mark nodded, almost hiding laughter but also feeling embarrassed that he hasn't played in a while. He remembered what it was like back when he did, he loved it and it was so amazing.

"That's too bad man" ethan shook his head. "You were really good, we..." he scoffed for a second. "Man we had such a good time then, it was so much fun"

"Yea it was" tyler smiled. "It's just too bad we never could get a drummer. Otherwise, who knows what we'd be doing" and with that, mark started to get a very nostalgic feeling. He decided he would take care of it when he got back.

X

Once mark got back to his dorm room, he went looking around to find his guitar. If nothing else, either Bob or Wade would've packed it and brought it along, knowing how much he loves his guitar. Mark searched all through the room and boxes and still couldn't find it. He then checked his closet to see if it was hidden in there and found the guitar case that concealed it. He pulled it out and gently opened the lid. He smiled once he saw the beautiful wooden instrument inside.

It really has been too long since he played or even sung. He figured it was probably high time for a brief little session. He took out his favorite instrument, took a seat on the edge of his bed, breathed deeply and began to sing Thinking out loud by Ed Sheeran.

"When your legs don't work like they used to before. And I can't sweep you off your feet. Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love. Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks"

As he sung, he got lost in the feeling of carelessly singing and feeling amounts of joy. Every last bit of his worries, everything that's been bothering him, it all vanished with the lyrics. It was probably the best he had ever felt since he arrived. However, he got so lost in his careless moment, that he never noticed the irishman that stepped in to watch the event.

"So honey now. Take me into your loving arms. Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars" 

Jack was captivated by the high notes of the song as they were sung beautifully by his roommate. He had this astonished look on him, as well as a look that seemed as if he just found something he was searching for for a long time. He just stood right there in front of the door and listened to the beautiful cover of the song.

"Oh maybe we found love right where we are. And we found love right where we are"

And that was the end of the song, sung spectacularly. "OH THAT WAS AWESOME!" mark nearly jumped out of his skin from the joyful outburst, now realizing that his roommate had returned and was listening. "You never told me you could sing! That was amazing!" he praised.

Mark began to feel his face go red and his cheeks flush. "Well...uh it's... I don't know, that...was actually the first time I've done that in a long time" he nervously chuckled.

"Well it was great nonetheless" he added, crouching in front of his roommate. "How come you never mentioned it this? You seemed so...comfortable and at piece with urself' he stated at a lost for words.

"Well, tell ya the truth I haven't even thought of this in at least five years" he smirked bashfully. 

"Did you do it often?"

"Whenever I was hanging at tyler's or ethan's house yes" he nodded. "It was fun but, we couldn't find a drummer so we didn't even bother with going pro" he informed. Jack briefly got a surprised look and then had slight grin on his face, having a brilliant idea pop in his head.

"Um...can you come over to my old house? I wanna show you that hobby I was talking about" he asked nervously but kept the happy grin.

A/N: in case you were wondering, yes that's the same song mark did on his channel. If u haven't seen it then go watch it bc it's amazing. Thankyou all so much for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter. Have a nice day/night.