Kapitel 35: Converting the mood.

The happy and fun events that occurred between Mark and his female fans kept on lingering in his thoughts as he trekked to his apartment. Trekking had become a normal thing for him, as far as there weren't any available taxies on the road or he wasn't in the mood to board a taxi, he was sure to trek to whatever destination. The alley wasn't empty at all as people could be seen walking helter-skelter.

Mark couldn't stop being delighted, the fact that he has female fans out there that are supporting his music was enough to keep him happy for the whole week. At least, they were able to convert his angry mood to a happy one. Little did he know that his happy mood was about to be disrupted. He didn't know when he arrived at his apartment because of the joyous thought that filled his mind, all he knew that he was trekking and thinking.

On entering his apartment, he didn't waste time to take off his clothes and freshen up in the bathroom, after that, he changed into casual wear. The laundry would have to wait till the next morning, he had no plans of doing it this evening. As for eating dinner, he wasn't that hungry, the food he ate at his favorite restaurant was still present in his stomach. He just made a cup of black coffee as he balanced on one of his sofas and began sipping.

He smiled once again on remembering the activities that took place between him and his girl fans, so nice, would he ever be able to forget about it. Finding lovers of his music was very scarce and hard....like extremely hard and scarce, so he had to value the little he had. After emptying his cup of black coffee, he took his phone to check out what's new on his social media platforms. To his greatest surprise, he was still receiving critiques from people regarding the song he sang about John and Henry.

He thought it would have ended by now, but they were still coming in. Worst of all, some females were also criticizing him for it. It wasn't too long before he sighted the message Henry sent to him through messenger, without reading it, he knew the message would be full of negative talks and affronts, so he was reluctant to read it at first.

But he was so curious to see the contents of the message, what useless stuffs would Henry say this time? was the message regarding the song he sang about them or does he want to make fun of him again? The curiosity in him made him read the message, the message reads,

"Mark, you know, you've got the guts, like you weren't even afraid to sing such a stupid song about me and John. Well, I don't blame you, those are some of the crazy things some upcoming artiste do to receive attention, they go about singing nonsense about famous artiste just to become popular. But after singing such a song about us, you couldn't still receive attention, the song gathered the low streaming amount of numbers you are used to getting, you couldn't still blow up, the insults and critics you are receiving are plastered to most of your social media pages. All these indicate that you are cursed".

After the message, he added some laughing emojis to climax it all. Mark's happy mood was completely trampled on, his label boss pissed him off, the female fans lightened up his mood to a happy one, now Henry had converted his happy mood to an angry one. All he wanted to do now was to smash his phone to the ground, but he would be the one to lose. None out of the critics he received from people vexed him than the one he just received from Henry.

John and Henry do know how to vex him with their words, their mocking words do penetrate his heart and make him downhearted. He just sat on the sofa as Henry's message kept on lingering in his thought,

"Yeah, he is right, I am truly cursed, what haven't I done to blow up as an artiste. I record and drop cool songs for people to listen to, I perform in concerts no matter the amount of money I receive from it, I have even performed in shows where I don't receive any pay just to advertise myself as an artiste. But all my efforts amount into nothing, no progress, the little fan base I have never increases, isn't that karma?".

Those were the thoughts that filled his mind as he sat on his couch. It just seemed like the hate song he sang about them had ricocheted, he was the one getting angry and downhearted because of the message Henry sent to him. He didn't even know when he dozed off on the couch because of the thoughts that were lingering in his mind.

It snowed that very night which prompted everywhere to become so cold, the winter season had arrived in some cities in the USA. Everyone would have to change their style of dressing, wearing of heavy coat, boots, head warmers, and hand gloves would become the current style of dressing. Mark woke up to a piece of good news the next morning...Ben had purchased his first car. And he was organizing a little get-together party in his house this evening among his friends, family, and other close people to celebrate the purchase of his first car.

Not like it was an obligation for him to throw a party after purchasing a car, he just decided to do it as a sign of happiness and achievement. Mark received the good news through the text message Ben sent him this morning. He was surely going to be there to celebrate with Ben for his latest accomplishment, yeah, he has to be there to celebrate with his best producer and friend. At least he could use the happiness that was to be present at the party to forget about the message Henry sent to him.

He noticed something that he hadn't been giving full attention to even though he was feeling it, everywhere was extremely cold. He checked through his window and saw snow falling to the ground and already fallen snows on the ground, that was when he realized the reason for the extreme cold. The people walking about in the boulevard were all dressed in heavy coats, hand gloves, boots, and head warmers.

"Wow! winter is here already, good grace, I possess all the necessary clothes needed for this kind of weather". Mark thought to himself still glancing through his window.

This wasn't the first time the winter season was occurring in some cities in the USA, it had come and gone countless numbers of times. So this season wasn't a new thing to Mark, he had possessed the essential clothing needed for surviving this type of season a long time ago. Ben would surely not be coming to the studio today, he had a house party to organize.

Packing his piles of unwashed clothes in his hands, Mark dashed into his bathroom to commence with the laundry. He supposed to have handled this yesterday, but the events that took place yesterday made him postpone it. After finishing with the laundry, he engaged himself in some other house chores like general house cleaning, washing of the dishes, and so on.

Time passed by quickly and it was getting very close for the party to begin at Ben's house. Mark scrambled back to his apartment to take a shower and prepare for Ben's get together party. He was just coming back from a snooker's room where he went to relax his mind with some cool games. He loved playing games of snooker anytime he wasn't in a good mood, and he wasn't in a good at the moment. The message Henry sent to him was still bothering him, it pierced deep into his heart. He kept on asking himself questions like,

"Am I truly cursed? is this the work of karma? or am I gonna shine brightly in the future?".

Even thinking about the fun that would be present at Ben's party couldn't still cheer him up, Henry's message hit him so hard, none of their mocking words towards him have pierced deep into his heart like this. Maybe it's because of the phrase Henry used, 'You are cursed', that gored deep into his heart.

But that didn't stop Mark from preparing for Ben's party, he can never wave the party aside no matter how downhearted he was. He wore a much prettier coat, head warmer, hand gloves, and boots. The coat he wore outside to play snooker wasn't that attractive, but the one he was wearing now was awesome. Everyone coming to Ben's party would have to dress the same way he was dressed also, the cold outside wasn't a joke at all, not to talk of the snow that accompanied it.

Satisfied with his dressing from head to toe, Mark departed from his apartment heading straight to Ben's party.