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🐻 a 7-member 127, and 6-member dream will feel very unfamiliar. and probably a bit awkward too. i still can’t quite imagine it myself. but that just means we have to work even harder. us. the members. i don’t think there’s any other way except to ask you to trust us. to the czennies i love, mark hyung, the members, and even myself, let’s be happy.

260404 #HAECHAN #해찬 instagram live 🐻: i think I’ve been spending my time thinking about what’s next. i have been resting, but I’ve also been taking vocal lessons, and i have been preparing for the next album comeback.. just constantly thinking about the future. because of that, i figured you might be worried, so i thought it’d be better to come and talk to you face-to-face like this. i also wanted to share some of my thoughts and feelings. first of all, thank you so much to everyone who’s been worried about me. it's been really been over 10 years, right? if i am being exact, since i was 14… it’s been more than 13 years now. so yeah, it’s been 13 years. during those 13 years with mark hyung, i relied on him so much. i learned so much from him. whenever i was shaken, he held me together. honestly, other than during concerts, i have almost never seen him cry but there were times he called me while crying. to me, he was more than just a member… he was truly like a real older brother. in his family, he’s the youngest, and I’m the oldest in mine, but to me, he was my hyung. really. more than any other “hyung,” he felt like a real one to me. so after spending 13 years together, i depended on him a lot. i think that’s why many of you are even more worried, because you know that too. thank you so, so much. as soon as the article came out, i sent Mark hyung a long message. i told him: everyone knows how hard he worked while living as part of nct. all of that will surely become meaningful steps on the path he’s going to walk. and at the same time, everything he’s done in nct will also become good steps for nct's future path. so i told him to work hard in a way that he won’t regret the choice he made. now that i am the only one doing two teams, of course i feel sad and worried too. but all the things i built up while working with him… how should i even describe it? the energy and strength I gained from being with him are still with me. so now, i have become someone who can walk forward even without him. of course, even if he hadn’t been there from the start, i might have still made it this far… but i don’t think that path would have been easy alone. still, because he was there, he gave me comfort, strength, and support. an all of that has built up into the strength that allows me to keep going now. that is something ireally wanted to tell all of you, that you don’t have to worry too much. mark hyung wasn’t my only pillar of support. i have the other members too, and i have czennies who support me. so i am not scared. i am not worried. i don’t know yet what choices or decisions i will make in the future, but no matter what, the 10 years i have walked and the many people who’ve been by my side will continue to be with me. so i am not afraid. and when it comes to Mark hyung’s decision… i know his personality well. i know he must have thought about it deeply. he probably went through a lot of stress and pain while making that choice. of course, we can’t say whether that decision was right or wrong… but i do feel a bit regretful about the way it was delivered to you all. i knew about it at the time too… but honestly, there was nothing the members could do. it was such a helpless moment, we really couldn’t do anything except feel frustrated and cry. that part is still really frustrating. but still, thank you all so much. and going forward… i hope you’ll continue to stay with us like you are now.

pov: mark lee kalo udah ngga di nct terus dateng buat nonton konser nct 😭

loving but firm mother versus distraught but understanding father... dotae will be mark's #real neological parents until the end of time

oh t7s unit you will always be special to me

george keliatan bgt lg good mood cause he looks soo lovely w that smiley face throughout the vid youtu.be/xsEZCW3Lz90?si…

I see the vision as well beberapa taun lg george bakal jd tim principal merc 😌

george as tream principal?? well i can see the vision

これは伝説だよね ずっと残っていく語り継がれる伝説

gw baru aja liat mark ke pegadaian

this era just hit different, my SMRookies buddy ♡

tahun 2020 semua orang nctzen kack sampe ada joke tahun 2030 semua orang nct

this is lowkey the most wholesome a group and a fandom has reacted to a member leaving, not just in kpop but in history. mark lee you are so loved, thank you for all these years

forever the beloved dongsaeng of his hyungs 🫂🤍

i’m still in 2020.....

don’t separate them….

Gak sukak kak hapus 😭

who’s gonna put the technology in nct now

some of mark’s beautiful words throughout the years