Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Park Dong-Jun! Stop eating the macarons!

Ah, come on. If we have to eat it anyway, its better to eat it quickly.

Youre already on your tenth macaron! You can freeze them and eat them later.

For dessertsyou have to eat it on the same day you buy iteven if your stomach rips

You want to do plank until your stomach rips?

Are you a demon?

We were doing Do-Seungs birthday celebration while looking at his birthday caf goods at the same time. We just uploaded a group shot and a picture of all the special goods Do-Seung gathered together and uploaded on our SNS. Of course, Ms. Hyuna and Ms. Seung-Yeon examined the pictures before we uploaded them. It was a chaotic but warm birthday.

Bong Tae-Yoon, where did you get the money to buy me this? Do-Seung whispered to me, seeing the headset I got for him.

I bought it with the bonus I got.

What, I know exactly the amount you receivedisnt this a bit too much?

But we won thanks to the song you composed.

Its also the song you wrote.

Just take it.

Wellokay. Look forward to your birthday. Do-Seung said and kept touching the headset.

Frankly, I did go slightly over budget. However, after transferring our contract, we received bonuses from not Next Wave but Jaeil Group, so I bought Do-Seungs present with that money.

Furthermore, I thought, Wont I be receiving copyright fees soon? Although I hadnt received a formal payment yet, since I was registered with the Lyricists Association, I would probably soon receive copyright fees for the songs I wrote. Thus, this amount of spending was not a huge burden on me.

I should buy Yeon-Hoons birthday present again soon. Since I bought such an expensive birthday present for Do-Seung, I felt bad about the gift I gave to Yeon-Hoon before. I had only given him a tumbler because I didnt have much money back then. I thought if I bought him either the Apple-pad or the Apple-watch that Yeon-Hoon always wanted, it would sufficiently match up to Do-Seungs present.

Shall we start wrapping things up now? It was then that Do-Seung suggested wrapping up the birthday party.

Why, we still have some time until 12.

Theres no need for us to go until 12. Dong-Jun is going to eat up everything at this rate.

Did I get caught?

Sighhh.

What in the world shall I do with him

As Do-Seung said, I thought Dong-Jun would keep eating if we left food on the table. In the end, we decided to freeze the food that could be frozen and leave the rest in the refrigerator and eat them within a week. And for the drinks, I thought we could just drink one every morning.

But it felt really strange when I went to todays birthday caf.

Yeah, I agree.

Do-Seung and Woon were talking about going to the birthday cafes today.

I think it really was a great move for all of us to split up and go around different birthdays like Tae-Yoon suggested.

Yeah. If wed all been around together, we would have only been able to go to two or three places and return home.

The members thought well of the guerrilla that I proposed.

Well, thats more efficient and fun.

However, I thought it was an idea that anyone could think of, so I didnt think it was worth being complimented for.

I also want to go to my birthday caf Yeon-Hoon was disappointed that a birthday caf hadnt opened up on his birthday. However, it couldnt be helped because his birthday was on Feb. 29th, which was even before The Showcase 2 aired. Our fandom had been non-existent then.

I said, Were going to all be in Siren next year too. We can go then.

Are we all also going to do guerilla together then?

Yes, thats true.

Was it because we came up with the general structure and arrangement? A&R peoples expressions became brighter than we first saw them.

Then one out of the three unreleased songs will be the title song, right?

Yes, thats right!

Then shall we ask composers for all three songs? Or do you want to make them on your own?

Hmm Do-Seung answered this question instead, Please request it. But Ill also produce songs as well.

Oh, really?

Yes. And I think it would be most fair and reasonable to do a blind test to choose the best title song.

All right.

Then we talked about the overall direction of the album, the message we wanted to convey, the direction of the performance we wanted to do, the color of the music video, and so on.

We discussed various matters necessary for our album, and around the time A&R people lost their energy, and their expressions became blank, we said, Then shall we do another meeting after we receive the requested songs and the blind test is completed?

Yes! I think we should do that!

We wrapped up the meeting. We went to the company around lunchtime, but after the meeting, it became evening rush hour.

Shall we go now?

Yes, lets start heading back to our dorm.

Even though we just sat down all day, I feel so tired.

Were tired because we sat down all day.

Really?

On that note, shall we go to the gym together then?

No.

The members and I got into the car parked in the parking lot. After arriving at the dorm, we each went into our respective rooms and enjoyed our personal time. Do-Seung went to exercise, Dong-Jun went out to play, saying he had a personal matter to attend to, Woon went to the practice room, and Yeon-Hoon said he wanted to catch up on dramas he was behind on.

I also planned to sit in the living room and look for lyrics or album references that I could use for the debut album. The moment I picked up my phone to find references

Can I call you?

What the. I got a text message from Kang Hyun-Sung. He asked me if he could call me. I was about to say no, but since something similar happened before, I thought about it for a while.

I just ignored it without picking up last time. I was worried that he would harbor unnecessary bad feelings about me if I kept pushing him away one-sidedly like this.

What does he want to say over the phone? I couldnt help but think negatively and then thought, I should at least first hear him out. Since I needed to get his call sometime later anyway, I decided just to pick it up now.

Yes, you can.

The very moment I answered and waited for the call

Ziiing.

My phone immediately vibrated, and I got a call from Kang Hyun-Sung.

[A surprise mission.]

[Debut in the same week as Only One.]

[Upon success, meeting with the second regressor.]

[Upon failure, your Insight will be taken away.]

What? The system threw a mission at me as if it had perfectly planned it out.