It all started when I noticed someone using Mark's photo as their profile picture. Since that person was quite close to me at the time, I couldn't help but get curious about who he was. Maybe I was just being a bit of a FOMO, especially since Mark was really popular back then FYI, before that, I wasn't interested in K-pop at all. Maybe it was because I was getting bored during the COVID era, when everything had to be done from home Anyway, that's when I started becoming interested in K-pop, especially Mark as a member of NCT. I already knew a little about NCT since some of my friends were fans of the group. I started by looking up Mark's Instagram, then moved on to TikTok and searched for "Mark NCT" and I WAS SHOCKED. I thought he was the quiet type with a mature vibe, but it turns out his humor is so unserious 😭 The more I scrolled, the more videos of the other NCT members started showing up on my feed. It turned out that their humor was just as unserious as Mark's. Somehow, I found myself enjoying every bit of it, even when they were laughing over the smallest things That's when I decided to support Mark and become a fan. Before I knew it, I had also become part of the NCT fandom, known as NCTzen And to this day, I'm still an NCTzen and a proud Markf 🐯🌱

Now, let's talk about Sion Before I do, I need to talk about NCT WISH first. The group debuted in February 2024, but at the time, I wasn't paying much attention to them. I was still completely focused on Mark. In my mind, there was no room for anyone else Then one day, while scrolling through a SBT community, a photocard suddenly caught my eye. The strange thing was, I had absolutely no idea who the person in it was I stared at it for a moment, trying to figure out why he looked so unfamiliar. That's when I remembered that NCT had recently debuted a new unit called NCT WISH. I assumed he must be one of the members, but that was all I knew. I didn't know his name, and I knew almost nothing about him But for some reason, I couldn't stop looking at it. I'm being completely serious when I say that it grabbed my attention instantly. It was the very definition of a "handsome piece of paper" 🫠 At one point, I even considered buying it. But then I stopped myself. Why would I buy a photocard of someone I didn't even know? So I convinced myself to forget about it and kept scrolling. Unfortunately, the more I scrolled, the more I thought about it. And the more I thought about it, the more I wanted it. At that point, I had to ask myself a very important question: What on earth was happening to me? Was I under some kind of spell? :) I SWEAR, I couldn't get it out of my head. The more I tried to ignore it, the more I wanted it. I even started worrying that someone else would buy it first Eventually, I gave in and bought it... Looking back, that was probably the moment everything started. What was supposed to be a simple photocard purchase led me to searching for Sion, watching NCT WISH content, and learning more about the unit 🩵 Before I knew it, I had fallen right into the Sion rabbit hole 🐰🌷 It's funny to think that it all started with a single photocard. And yes, after Mark, Sion became my next idol 😆