Their requests.
It's been over some minutes now, and her friends hadn't arrived. Normally, Mark would have become impatient by now, but he couldn't, they were his damn fans, getting tired of waiting for his fans was like craziness to him. He wasn't an underground artiste not to talk of being a famous artiste, how could he get tired of waiting for his fans. Famous artistes that are pompous wouldn't even dare to do such, how could they wait for their so-called fans? Celebrities like them, it wouldn't work.
But Mark was just an upcoming artiste, waiting for his fans was like a privilege to him. He should be willing to wait for them no matter how long, so much for being an upcoming artiste. It was almost an hour now, but her friends hadn't arrived yet. Mark wasn't tired of waiting for them, but he was running out of time, he had other activities to engage in, mostly house chores.
"Are they coming or not?" Mark asked her.
"They are on their way, I told one of my friends only, so she had to gather the rest of them before they initiated the expedition to this place. They would be really happy to see you, sorry for keeping you waiting". She responded in an apologetic tone of voice.
"No probs".
It wasn't too long before Mark sighted some group of girls coming towards their direction with smiles on their faces. He wasn't sure if they were the girl's friends 'cause she mentioned earlier that they weren't many, so he was expecting at least 3 to 4 of them. But he was seeing up to 8 girls coming in their direction, he was uncertain, so he whispered into the girl's ear,
"Those girls coming towards our direction right now, are they the friends you spoke of?".
"Yeah, they are the ones, see the smiles on their faces, that's to indicate that they have spotted you from afar". She whispered back to Mark with a gentle smile on her face.
"But you told me that they weren't many in number, behold, eight of them". Mark muttered.
"Just eight of them, they aren't that many".
"Like seriously, eight isn't that many to you, I was expecting a number of 3 to....."
"Wooooow! it is truly him, oh my gosh". One of the girls exclaimed disrupting Mark's statement. The moment the rest of the girls confirmed that it was truly him, they began screaming in excitement which caught the attention of some passersby. Some people were staring at them with an expression that depicts, 'What are they screaming for? As if he was a celebrity or something'.
Mark was perplexed by the way they screamed on seeing him, did they love him that much? they must surely love his music a lot, true fans. They didn't waste time as they started hugging Mark tightly and throwing him a slight peck on the cheek.
"Wow! this feels nice, so this is what it feels like to be known and loved by people. How would being a global star feel like then? to be known and loved by people around the world, damn! I'm really missing out". Mark hastily thought to himself as the kisses wouldn't stop landing on his cheek.
Having female fans could be of great advantage to an artiste, actor, dancer, and the rest. Male fans are of great benefit also, but females fans are of greater benefit 'cause they do boost the morale and spirit of their favorite entertainer a lot more. Male fans do more of hailing, cheering, and praising, but the female fans do more of screaming, pecking, hugging, and so on. This can be so encouraging to the entertainers.
Male entertainers are overwhelmed with joy when their female fans hug them and peck them, not all though. That was what Mark was experiencing right now, and he was overwhelmed with joy.
"So you girls love me this much, an upcoming artiste like me". Mark said to them after they were done pecking him.
"You are an upcoming artiste, but not to us, your singing style and vocal are better than many famous artistes out there, we love your songs so much". One of the girls explained.
"Wow! this is really nice, if I may ask, how did you girls discover me? How did you girls get to love my singing style and become my fans?" Mark inquired of them.
The first girl that met with Mark instantly commenced with the explanation,
"Well, we are all friends, not just friends, very close friends, the nine of us got to know each other during our secondary schooling years and that's how we became close. We met with each other one after the other and we formed our own girl's group. We love listening to music, any kind and genre of music as far as it is pleasing to the ears. One certain day, I came across one of your songs on a streaming platform, I listened to it and I fell completely in love with it. With your stage name in mind, I searched for your other songs and listened to them all, they were so pleasing to the ears and the lyrics were so meaningful,
When we all met, I informed them about the new talented artiste I just discovered, they listened to your songs and they fell in love with it also. Together, we watched some of your music videos on YouTube and that's how we became a big fan of yours. These events happened about a year ago".
"Wow! that's a very nice way to discover an artiste, I am so glad to discover loyal fans like you girls, it is a privilege".
"No, it is a privilege for us to discover and meet with a talented artiste like you". One of the girls said.
"It is a privilege to me, and it is also a privilege to you girls".
"Ok, if you say so".
One of the girls who had been mute all this while suddenly chipped in with her statement.
"Since our friend here has taken some photos with you, I can see her scrolling through some of the pictures on her phone. Can we take our photos with you also?"
"Sure, why not". Mark uttered granting full permission.
They all brought out their android phones as they took selfies with him one after the other. After that, they took group photos together, with Mark being in the middle throughout. They performed all these activities of taking photos along the alley, and as usual, people passing by seem to be glancing in their direction. They all had one more request to ask of him.
"Mark, we have one more request to ask of you". One of the girls spoke in place of the other girls.
"Tell me, am all ears". Mark said.
"One of our wishes was to meet with you after we became a fan of yours, now our wish has finally come true, and we would love to make the best use of it. We would love to spend quality time with you now that we have the opportunity".
Though Mark would have loved to spend some quality time with them, he had some house chores to handle at home, he wanted to do some house cleanings and also do one of the chores he detested the most, the laundry. And time wasn't on his side anymore, but even at these, Mark couldn't still refuse their request, they were his damn fan's men. He hadn't seen anyone that appreciated his music the way they did, refusing this final request of theirs wouldn't be pleasant to them, so he had to oblige.
"Sure, I would love to spend quality time with you girls also, so what should we do first?"
"We would love to watch you record a song, hearing your melodious voice directly would be so pleasing to us". One of the girls replied as the others nodded their heads in agreement.
"But I don't have any written songs I wanna record".
"You can just do some little freestyles for us, please don't refuse".
"Ok, I am gonna do some little freestyles for you girls, but you all would have to follow me to the favorite studio where I love recording my songs, it is owned by my best producer".
"Sure, we would follow you, right girls?"
"Yeah, that would be amazing". The other girls replied in unison.
"Ok then, we would have to board a taxi that would drive us straight to the studio, would I have to sponsor you girls on this?"
"No, we can handle it, we have enough funds here with us".
"Let's move then". Mark stated already in motion.
They boarded two cabs, Mark and four of the girls occupied the first cab while the other five occupied the second cab as they drove off instantly.