Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: NicoleTempest
Chapter 234 If You Are Happy
After a quick wash and changing into his outdoor clothes, Yu-geon soon packed his luggage and headed to Hwijin’s house.
The way there was all edited out, so I didn’t know which apartment he lived in, but the interior design was made of the same material, so it seemed like they lived in the same complex.
‘He must live close to Hwijin. They both moved out of their dorms, so they must be living on their own.’
As I watched Yu-geon’s whereabouts diligently through the clip videos, I soon saw him join Naru and head to the airport.
And then a game transition screen-like caption appeared.
[Meanwhile, at the Climax dorm-.]
I don’t care. I almost pressed the +10 seconds button, but I never knew when or where a TMI about Yu-geon would pop up.
I suppressed the urge to skip and watched as one of the older members of Climax, the brown-haired one, got up from the darkness and checked the clock.
[5 o’clock]
[Alarm time 30 minutes before]
He buried his head back into the pillow and tried to sleep, but the sleep that had already escaped didn’t seem to come back, so he walked out to the living room.
[What? You’re up too?]
As he came out to the living room, the leader of Climax was sitting on the sofa, looking at his laptop.
[Old people who lose their morning sleep]
[Booting]
While the Climax leader was busy tapping on his laptop in the morning, Kyunghwa sat next to him, hugging a strangely shaped deer doll.
I could just skip this, right? I thought, but then.
[Woof-!]
A puppy with a tail like a duster ran up to Kyunghwa.
‘Wow. So cute!’
There was no way around it. I was mesmerized and repeated capturing and recording videos, and a 15-second short clip was made.
‘Puppies are cheating.’
Soon, a staff member arrived to take care of the puppy and the cat while the members were away, and a spotted cat came out to the living room.
‘No way, this is really cute.’
The cat was relatively fearless, or maybe it was close to the staff, but it rubbed its chin on the staff’s hand, and it was adorably cinematic.
[Oh, my furballs, what are you going to do without your butlers for almost a week?]
The loudest one cooed and stroked their heads, mixing in some whining, but the furballs were distracted by the snacks in the staff’s hand.
[Capitalist furballs]
I was hooked by the furballs and watched blankly until the scene where Climax joined the airport.
‘From now on, I’ll really focus on the part where my guy comes out.’
I tensed up and focused on the next screen, and as soon as Kyunghwa got out of the car, the camera zoomed out and the screen turned black and white.
[Cause you are my boy~]
The familiar drama OST played along with the darkening screen and the production support logo popped up.
[When you want to feel the quality of coffee -Weclick Coffee-]
[This is really production support.]
[We love you Weclick Coffee]
[PPL welcome]
I wondered why they suddenly planted a flag there. But soon, Kyunghwa left his small bag with his passport in it and got off, and the scene became contemplative.
You can tell the difference when you see real friends (+361)Where do you want to go the most in Japan? (+273)Wow, what the hell is this, Kang Yu-geon? (+335)Anyone saw the Offbeat jacket photos? (+219)(Sorry for the escape) I think my boyfriend has changed (+124)Yoo Dayoon’s selfie today is legendary (+96)Offbeat really nailed the jacket photos (+112)
Now I felt heavy on my shoulders thinking that it was not just my livelihood that was at stake in this challenge.
For the sake of the employees who trusted me, who seemed to be drunk on my own pride, success was essential.
‘I should start recruiting investors for Climax’s solo jacket photos as soon as possible with the good reaction.’
I proved that the success so far was not a lucky fluke that I just threw out for free, so I had to keep rowing when the water came in.
In the meantime, I repeated various attempts and minor failures, and big successes.
The release date of Offbeat’s first single with eight members came closer.
And on the day. Everyone gathered their phones with tense expressions.
“Do we have to do this?”
“I feel like a rookie and it’s not bad.”
“Isn’t it better to get hit sooner?”
The opinions were divided, but in the end they agreed to follow what they had decided together.
The reason why they were buzzing like this was none other than the chart.
The music and music video were released at 6 p.m. The showcase was at 8 p.m.
Since the first time it was counted on the chart was from 7 p.m., they could check the chart results before the showcase at 8 p.m.
And the problem was that we were at risk of being affected by the chart results, whether they were good or bad.
‘Floss never bounced out of the 20th place.’
It was the first place in an hour in real time. The recent music was even in the top 10 of 24hits, and the music platform considered reorganizing because of the firepower.
To get that level of numbers, it had to be not only Floss fans listening, but also the general public who would listen to Floss’s new song once.
‘I don’t hope for that much...’
But I was hoping that they would enter the top 50 with three of Floss’s popular members.
Whether the performance was unexpectedly better than that or worse, it was the same to shake the mental.
They decided to put their phones away until the stage and showcase were over so that they wouldn’t be conscious of it as much as possible.
Yi-jun and Yu-geon protested, saying, ‘What is this modern way?’ but they agreed to the purpose.
They couldn’t help it. They could do other things well! But they knew that it wouldn’t work normally.
‘Especially Kyunghwa, Seon-woo, Naru...’
They were all somewhat weak-minded. No, Seon-woo and Naru were more than just weak, they were soft tofu. Kyunghwa was the kind of tofu that pretended to be firm, but collapsed at the end.
Anyway, this was the best way to prevent them from causing trouble on stage.
As a result of trying hard not to care about the music chart performance and focusing on the rehearsal and showcase preparation, it was almost 8 o’clock.
“Alright, stand by your positions and check your conditions.”
While everyone was busy running around for the last rehearsal, Yu-geon looked unusually nervous and clenched his fists.
“What are you doing? We have to rehearse.”
We had already done the dry rehearsal. It was only the camera rehearsal left. It was not the time to lose focus. The next time, we would have to show our best on the stage that we prepared in a short period of time.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
Yu-geon shook his head as if he was distracted for a moment and walked towards the marked spot on the floor.
‘Why is he like this again?’
He wasn’t this conscious during the dry rehearsal. I felt a sudden anxiety and followed Yu-geon to ask him.
“Do you want to cancel the father thing now? It’s not too late. We haven’t sent any materials to the reporters yet.”
The reason why Yu-geon was so tense was obvious. He had decided to announce the father thing at the press showcase today, instead of releasing it as a behind-the-scenes video with proper editing as planned.
It wasn’t my suggestion. It was Yu-geon who proposed it first, saying that it would be better for the buzz.
I looked at Yu-geon with a strange uneasiness, who seemed anxious.