𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 ―𝐝.𝐨.𝐝

Chapter 43

"Oh~ Did Seungminnie scare them away?" Sejin hyung smirked.

"I didn't do anything," I rejected.

"Oh, y-yeah! But he glared r-really hard..."

"So that's what you were doing," Moondae hyung noted.

"See, Moondae hyung? I wasn't saying anything to them," I smiled. He rolled his eyes playfully.

"I want to go to Seungmin's house too!" Eugene said, changing the conversation to whatever he wanted.

I didn't want anyone coming to my house though. The more people knew, the more the risk of my address being exposed in either of my lives.

"Well, I prefer Ahyun hyung's house," I shrugged.

Sejin hyung seemed to notice the meaning of my words and grinned.

"It's true that Ahyun's living room is comfortable," he winked.

"Oh, yeah, thank you for inviting me!" Cha Eugene cheered, startling Ahyun hyung.

"Yeah, see you all at the shooting location in two weeks!" Keun Sejin hyung waved as we all left the house.

Moondae hyung ignored the continuing conversation and went back on his phone. He scrolled through the discussion boards with a slight frown.

He monitored for a long time.

This persisted until the next week.

"Moondae hyung, the episode is about to start," I said from my couch. Hyung was in the kitchen cooking something.

He came to the living room with two dishes and handed one to me as the MC talked about the continuation of team match stages.

"Thank you for the food," I smiled, taking a bite of the omurice.

After a week, hyung began to cook more in the kitchen. It tasted better than eating microwaved lunch boxes.

He nodded his head and watched the show.

Like last episode, our team wasn't shown in the first half. Our entire performance progress was shown in the second half.

[ Team Moon Rabbit has a unanimous agreement! ]

Our song selection process was broadcasted in a lighthearted way. Like usual, Moondae hyung was monitoring.

- Did you see Moon puppy's face when Keun Sejin said they need to do a sexy comment? ㅋㅋ
└ I saw the Tibetan fox come out ㅋㅋㅋ

- Keun Sejin has good taste. I, too, can't get rid of Seungmin's first stage out of my mind ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- Raebin's so excited ㅠㅠ my baby

- I feel at peace seeing this harmonious group ah
└ my heart feels at ease...

They also didn't show the moment our scandals almost got Sejin hyung to resign. I got B to throw away the filming from the dormitory. So the editors had no choice but to show how good our chemistry was.

- I've never seen Moon puppy being this messy crazy he's so cute. Look at how he's laying on the floor with the iPad ㅋㅋㅋ

- Raebin going to his hyung for dance advice ahh I'm so glad he made a good hyung

- Look at Seungmin sleeping on Moondae's shoulder again ㅠㅠ
└ Moonmin looks so comfortable together~

- The dance line is amazing at thinking of the choreo wow

- Ahyun's dancing is so ballet-coded
└ Agreed. He's so graceful omg

And then our stage was aired.

- Holy crap the live viewers weren't kidding

- Sexy traditional rabbit...Moondae, you did it again you crazy bastard how could you think of such a legendary concept?

- Guys, Moondae put doubling in every chorus
└ Is that even possible?
└ The humming is an octave higher. No one can criticize him now...

- This stage is amazing!!!!

- Seungmin's facial expressions on stage are no joke
└ And then he becomes a polite introvert again off stage
└ the gap moe is great

- Let's just debut like this

I finished my plate of food and set it on the table. Now that our stage was done, I wasn't very interested in the show.

"Our stage was good," hyung commented.

I nodded and slid my hands into my sweatpants pockets.

Next, Team Husky's song selection process was shown. It was edited very negatively compared to our team. Even Chungwoo hyung was seen with a drained face in many of the clips.

[ Choi Wongil: I didn't know (Lee Sejin A) would react so sensitively. ]

[ Ki Jungkyun: Do you have a victim mentality? ]

[ Ryu Chungwoo: ...Sigh. ]

Cha Eugene was quiet in the corner. The BGM accompanying it made it look tragic.

Then, it showed the uncomfortable environment in their team dorm. Cha Eugene came out crying. It fast-forwarded to when he was crying in our room when I went out to boil water.

[ Park Moondae: Are you having a hard time? ]

A sad piano melody began to play.

He handed some chocolate bars to Cha Eugene.

My footage was next. I was sitting next to him and talked in English. It also showed when I ruffled his hair.

After, several scenes of Moondae hyung giving Eugene snacks and me talking to him at various locations passed by like a film.

There was also an interview with Eugene.

[ Cha Eugene: Moondae hyung helped me (edited) and Seungmin made me feel at home. ]

Beside me, Moondae hyung quickly went back on his phone.

- ?? Since when was Moondae and Eugene close?
└ Right? Ik Eugene and Seungmin were because they created the choreo together last match, but Moondae?

- Is Seungmin also from America? His English was too good

- Seungmin wearing glasses!!!!!!
└ Glasses, moonlight, homebrewed tea, check. Seriously, he's so handsome

- Moon puppy took care of Cha Kitty with food ㅋㅋㅋ

- Park Moondae is more mature than I thought
└ There's a reason why he gets along so well with his teammates. No wonder why Raebin chose him last team match

- Moondae and Seungmin taking good care of their baby ㅠㅠ

Moondae hyung adjusted himself on the couch. He was sipping on some beer like he usually does when watching Idol Inc.

"Seungmin," he suddenly muttered, "did you live in America?"

"I visited a few times," I answered honestly. 

I would follow my Father sometimes for work and naturally learned English during and for those times. Our school also had a rigorous English course.

Moondae hyung stared at me for a bit and went back to his beer silently.

Sometimes, I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

The performance of Team Husky echoed in the apartment.