Chapter 111
A fruit punch made with cola? I never heard of such a thing, but Do-Seung looked more serious than he had ever been.
‘No, rather than serious, he looks sort of crazy.’
There was a strange madness in his pupils, as he continued, “Everyone thinks it's bizzarre when they first hear cola fruit punch, but it’s no joke if you actually eat it. This is great. If I reveal this to the public today, it could increase people’s awareness of it.”
‘What? Do-Seung is more serious about this than I thought.’ In the first place, what was so great about cola fruit punch that he was this obsessive about it? Do-Seung wasn’t the type to get so fixated on something besides music.
‘Is music and cola fruit punch on the same level?’ In Do-Seung’s world, I thought these two might be on the same level of importance. I was about to increase my distance from him a bit as I got scared.
Then I realized, ‘Ah, this is it.’ I got a mission for Siren to get a higher retweet count than Only One. This was the person that could put us in the lead. Thus, I replied, “Cola fruit punch sounds good.”
“Right?”
“I think it will be good to do this in a broadcast.”
“I can finally show it...” Do-Seung’s face filled with anticipation and excitement. Then, I gathered my group members and told them what I just talked about with Do-Seung.
“Huh? What kind of weird combination is that?” Dong-Jun responded.
“Ah, hahah...” Yeon-Hoon said.
“Are you serious...?” Woon asked.
“I am serious, and it’s not a weird combination of foods but a dish I’m confident about,” Do-Seung said with firm determination that didn’t waver. And as we discussed our dish, the staff began to withdraw one by one and announced:
—We will head to the studio now.
Thus, we decided to halt our conversation momentarily to move to the car. But as soon as we got in the car, Do-Seung resumed his previous enthusiasm with the cola fruit punch.
“Let’s do it! Do it! Let’s make the cola fruit punch!”
“Yeah, Do-Seung. We will go along with your idea.”
“Haa. I’ve never seen you this passionate, Do-Seung.”
My group members had no choice but to agree, and our cooking menu became finalized as cola fruit punch.
***
When we arrived at the studio, our activities became much more like an ordinary commercial shooting than when we were at the amusement park. The story of this commercial was that Siren and Only One high schoolers skipped school to go to the amusement park. Thus, our shooting set was decorated to look like a classroom, and we were instructed to look out of the window, appear bored, and act like we were studying. We were also given individual characters to act out.
“Mr. Tae-Yoon, you are a tough-looking student who just looks out the window instead of paying attention to the lesson. Do you understand what your concept is?”
“...Uh, yes?”
“And Mr. Do-Seung is a jock who just sleeps in the back of the classroom all day long.”
“Me?”
“Mr. Dong-Jun is a character who sits in the middle of the classroom and just plays and doodles on his textbook.”
“Wow! That’s exactly how I used to be at school!”
“Mr. Yeon-Hoon is a studious character who wants to pay attention in class very much, but his attention keeps getting stolen away by the window. And unable to win over his desire to just play, he leads his friends to skip school.”
“I’m the one who leads? Yay!”
“Lastly, Mr. Woon is the class president. He’s a character who wears circular glasses and fervently takes notes in the front of the classroom. But he forcefully gets dragged out of the classroom to the amusement park to play.”
“I was actually the class president before. How cool.”
It seemed the shooting staff had done a good job deciphering our characters. But I didn’t know why I was supposed to be sort of the class delinquent. I had lived a life far apart from that. After I changed my outfit and hair according to my character, others commented, “Wow, Tae-Yoon! I’m not sure I should say this, but...”
“Just say it.”
“You really look like a school delinquent!”
“...Haha.”
I had to admit that I really looked like a delinquent. Then, we each shot the commercial according to our characters.
“Mr. Tae-Yoon! Look more rebellious! That’s right! Good job~”
“I didn’t do anything but sit.”
“It’s okay from the first take!”
Starting from me, the shooting progressed smoothly and fast.
“Mr. Do-Seung! Just sleep with your head over your arms and slowly raise your head.”
Tick. “Huh?” She wondered when the official show would start when the black curtain on the screen disappeared, and the show started.
—Kyaaaah
—Hello
—Hi
—Hey guys
—Wow this is happening
—So handsome
—Please say hello guys
—Hi from Brazil
—I say hello. Peru loves you all
The chatbox filled with comments and quickly moved down. Hearts exploded and Siren’s fan also quickly typed and shot out hearts. Simultaneously, she watched Siren on the video screen.
“Oh, school uniforms?” she said aloud. She had wondered what the Siren members would be wearing and noticed that they were wearing beige uniforms while Only One wore navy-colored uniforms. She didn’t know who the shooting director was but she wanted to show her sincere gratitude to them.
—Tae-Yoon looks so good in a uniform *sob, sob*
—Yeon-Hoon looks totally like a sweetie pie *sob*
—Do-Seunggg
—Park Dong-Jun what happened
—Wooooon
—Princess is in a uniform *sob*
—OMG SO CUTE
—WOONI MY PRINCE
—Dong Jun. Person you are. Is cute.
Siren’s fans poured out their appreciation of seeing their idols in a school uniform. But besides their uniforms, there was another thing that caught fans’ eye as the idols greeted them.
—Hello everyone! Glad to meet you all.
—SAY YES! Hello! We are Siren!
—BE YOUR ONLY ONE, hello, we are Only One!
‘An apron?’ Siren’s fan noticed that all the members were wearing aprons. ‘And why are only Siren members wearing work gloves?’ she wondered. Siren members looked like butchers in Majang-dong, but seeing their aprons, it seemed clear they were going to make some cooking content.
—Okay! The content we prepared is cooking!
—We are going to cook using Pepcola and are going to try each other 's food!
Park Dong-Jun and Kim Ju-Hyun came out as the broadcast’s hosts and introduced the content of the show.
‘But why those work gloves?’ Siren’s fan still wondered. And this confusion only grew as the broadcast continued.
—What kind of food is Only One planning to make?
—We are going to make the classic cola food—steamed cola chicken.
—Ohh
—That sounds delicious
—What food is Siren going to make?
—We are going to make something quite controversial.
—Ah, what is it? It makes me curious.
—...Ah, well, it’s cola fruit punch. Haha
Siren’s fan filled with more questions when she heard the menu.
—Cola fruit punch?
—??
—What kind of strange combination is that?
—???