Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Episode 5 of The Showcase 2 ended. We were sitting in the dorm and watching TV together. Weve just finished the show, and if I summarized my review of it in one line, it would be

As expected, we are the main characters. The episode was edited just as I expected. If I had one complaint, it was that

Why did they emphasize the part I said nuna so much?' Park Soo-Chul, that bastard, sneakily emphasized my nuna part. People who watched it without much thought would just gloss over it, but anyone who directed or was in broadcasting would know his intentions. He lowered the surrounding sound and focused the screen to more clearly convey my pick me, nuna line.

Mr. Bong nuna, how does it feel to be the real star of todays show?

Stop it, Dong-Jun.

Whats wrong Mr. Bong nuna? Isnt it great to be the main star, Mr. Bong nuna?

The members kept making fun of me, and Dong-Jun kept calling me Mr. Bong nuna.

Tae-Yoon! The aftermath of your nuna comment is no joke! Bluebird is going crazy right now! Yeon-Hoon, oblivious to how embarrassed I was, kept pushing Bluebirds feed to my face.

Tae-Yoon, this is really good. Dont be so embarrassed. Woon sincerely consoled me, but I strangely felt more hurt. As for Do-Seung

Wow, you really went all out that day. I feel this more now that Im watching it on the showYoure seriously tough. I didnt know exactly why, but he was admiring me.

I sighed and said, This is painful.

Theres nothing to be feel bad about! This is really amazing. Yeon-Hoon once again pushed the phone screen to my face as I was lowering my head down and lamenting my circumstances. I tried not to see it, but I couldnt help seeing what was in front of my eyes.

1-Bong Tae-Yoon 25,670 tweets

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Youre number one in the real-time rankings!

What, why? What was happening to this country? I couldnt believe I was getting such a crazy reaction just because I said nuna once. I didnt know if the members were trying to tease me or really liked the reaction we got. Perhaps it was both.

I shouldnt have children. I felt too ashamed to show this dark piece of history to my children, and I felt like my dignity as a father would plummet to the ground if they found out about this.

Sighhhh.

Why are you sighing? This is great for us~

Even while my insides were burning into ashes, the members were smiling in glee. I thought I shouldnt react so strongly anymore. I lost my composure for a while and reacted excessively, so the members jumped at the chance and teased me with greater enthusiasm. I returned to my usual self and pretended to be calm.

Ah, what? Its over? The first one to lose interest after I became calm was Dong-Jun. What did he mean by its over? I felt betrayed that he knew I was suffering yet still incessantly teased me. Thus, I endured the nuna teasing for a while, and before long, the members began to lose interest and get up one by one.

Shall we clean up now? Woon got up first.

Yeah, lets do that~

Yeah. Yeon-Hoon and Do-Seung also got up.

For a second, I thought they might go to sleep like this, but that wasnt the case.

Everyone, get changed and come down to the practice room~

Yes~

It was time for the final performance soon. We had to practice even if it took all night.

* * *

The Only One members, including Kang Hyun-Sung, were sitting in the living room of their dorm and watching the TV screen. Although the show was over, no one got up prematurely. There was only one reason for their behaviorit was because Siren became the main character of this episode.

Pwehhh.

Siren must be in a festive mood.

I think they must be on a roll because they won first place before the final.

Ill check it

Sure enough, it was the hotel suite accommodation that we received as the MVP perk during the third competition. It was a reward that included a live broadcast and mention party (MP) event where we mentioned the fans tweets by replying to their questions. Hotels, live broadcasts, and MP were all nice, but the reason why we were so annoyed right now was that we didnt have enough time to practice.

Why the heck are they taking away practice time before the finals? Although it was a perk that I wasnt super happy about in the first place, it was a mere annoyance now.

Haa, so annoying. Of course, since it was a reward we received during the competition, it was natural for us to use it before the competition was over. If so, I thought they would make us do it at the time that would raise the most buzz possible.

But I never expected them to call us the very day before the competition. I had hoped with all my heart that my prediction would be wrong this time.

Those bastards. I swore and calmed myself down.

One good thing is that they are going to reserve a practice room near the hotel. They said we can practice there and come to the hotel when we do a live broadcast or the MP.

Wow, hahaha It seemed as if these production villains at least had a bit of conscience as they reserved a practice room near the hotel.

This is a relief. It was an extremely small improvement that people, who were otherwise, totally inconsiderate of our schedules, did for us.

Well, lets practice today and tomorrow as much as we can guys.

Yes!

Haaa...

Lets raise our energy! Lets go!

We turned on the music again and moved our bodies. Perhaps because weve been dancing nonstop while sacrificing our sleeping and eating time for the past few days

This ispossible? Even without thinking, I reached the point where my body instinctively moved as soon as we heard the song. Yeah, this was good enough.

It would be okay to shorten the practice time for just one day

I was relieved for now.

* * *

The next day arrived. It was the day we had to go to the hotel and get the MVP perks. On this day, we woke up at 5 a.m. and practiced again because Woon suggested squeezing in a bit of practice time before heading to the hotel.

Thinking that we had to practice again in the studio that the production staff reserved for us near the hotel, I thought, This amount should be pretty good.

I thought we could practice enough not to be ashamed of the day before the final competition. After we finished practicing early in the morning and took a shower, we packed up and went down to the parking lot.

Was it because it was the day before the final? Even though weve been practicing without sleeping properly for a few days, Why dont I feel tired?

My condition was fine. I knew that my body was intentionally using all of its strength since I was under extreme stress; I thought that maybe everyone would fall sick after the competition was over. However

We wont be able to go to the practice room right away, right?

Ah, the hotel. They should let us go after the competition

All of the members, including me, were anxious to practice more, even after overworking ourselves.

If we dont win after working this hard, the world has abandoned us then. I sat in the car heading to the hotel and looked at the window of the car. I wondered how far Only One, our only serious rival, would have finished preparing for their stage by now. Considering Kang Hyun-Sungs personality, they probably practiced a similar amount of time as ours. Assuming that our practice amount was similar, the objective possibility of winning between us and Only One was

Its us. Ours was higher. It wasnt that Only One was bad, and it wasnt because I was especially good. It was because my members were just straight-out talented, and our individual skills were greater than Only One's. However, I had no idea how the performance would carry out until the final day, and there were always many external variables to consider in broadcasting. Therefore, I didnt lower my guard and stayed focused.

Ziiing

The phone vibrated.

Whats this? I wondered who contacted me.

Do you have time tonight?

I opened my phone and saw that I got a very suspicious messagefrom Kang Hyun-Sung.