Chapter 121

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Translated by Sylph

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Teastar’s W-Live after a long time began with the faces of Cha Yujin and Big Sejin with shining eyes.

[Is it working?]

[It’s out!]

The two, after confirming that excited people began to post comments, whisked the camera back while snickering.

Then, their professional attire caught the eye.

Professional for cooking… aprons and latex gloves.

[Hello, Loviewer!]

[Greetings!]

The two bowed their heads and checked the screen. Cha Yujin unexpectedly checked one Korean comment and waved his hand.

[Nice to see you too!]

[Haha, me too! And the reason we turned on W-Live today is… to cook this chicken!]

As Big Sejin adjusted the camera, two raw chickens with fair skin from a selfie filter were captured by the camera for a moment.

[Now, do you see those chickens? Actually, they are the chickens I ordered as Moondae’s birthday present!]

Despite the reaction full of question marks, Big Sejin naturally continued with his next words.

[I’m thinking of cooking them nicely today and making a delicious meal for Moondae for the year-end party!]

[Chicken Soup for the Soul! Chicken Soup!]

-What the

-Are they cooking that?

-Can you do it? ㅠㅠ

-The ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ wasn’t a joke hahahaha

Despite the worried comments, the two laughed heartily.

[If it turns out bad, we’ll eat it and just order something delicious for Moondae and the members!]

[But I’m doing well this time!]

Comments became more anxious at Cha Yujin’s groundless confidence.

-Call Moondae

-Guys, I don’t think this is it

-It’s cute but scary

The two, who were definitely in the upper ranks in the team for interpersonal mental strength, filtered out all malicious comments like ‘no fun’ or ‘don’t overdo it ㅠㅠ’ and only accepted fan reactions.

[Aha, Moondae-hyung! The hyungs will be here soon!]

[That’s right~ They are a bit late because of the schedule! We’re planning to prepare the main dish first and make simpler things together!]

For reference, it was a lie.

It was just that because the choreography was slightly modified, they entered additional practice and their departure was late by one or two hours.

However, the two who learned the fastest asked for understanding and went home early, so they could turn on W-Live at the planned time.

But the rest of the members had no idea that these two would actually do cooking content on W-Live…….

[Now, let’s start!]

[Best!]

And their cooking failed stably.

Cha Yujin, who didn’t forget the experience of the burnt soup of the ghost made with Seon Ahyun last time, adjusted the fire quite excellently, but the problem burst out from elsewhere too.

[Wow! Next is… Cumin!]

[Hmm? Cumin? Unfortunately, there are no such exotic spices in our dorm. Let’s put in red pepper powder!]

[Good! Let’s put in honey too!]

[Honey is good!]

The two left the normal recipe aside and poured in strong unique additional ingredients based on their feelings.

Comments became a mess of confusion, fluster, and laughter.

-No

-Throw away the honey

-Don’t you have chicken stock? Guys!! ㅠㅠㅠ

-Right, these days delivery comes out well too

-Comments are too fast so I’m dizzy hahahaha

And as expected by the fans, the result was chicken broth of an ambiguous taste.

[Oh, finished!]

[Now, first the taste……]

[……]

[……]

The two who tasted it excitedly both became faces that had lost their words.

The comments were full of people laughing regardless of who it was.

The two nodded with a smile on their faces unique to people who tasted failed food.

And Big Sejin cut off as if he was disappointed before a reaction saying it was a waste of food could come out.

[Haha, we’ll eat all of this taste of defeat, so please don’t worry even if you’re curious……]

[Eating it is okay.]

After checking the comments that stopped them or laughed, Big Sejin shrugged and started communicating again.

[Then first from the chicken delivery……]

And at that moment, the members returned with the sound of the front door opening.

[They’re here!]

[Welcome!]

The moment Cha Yujin ran out, Big Sejin made a gesture of putting a hand to his lips toward the camera.

And he quickly hid the pot to attempt destroying evidence.

Of course, it was impossible.

[What are you doing?]

[Uh? Haha! W-Live~ Moondae, greet the Loviewers too!]

[Ah.]

Park Moondae first stopped the interrogation and lowered his face toward the screen.

[Has everyone been well?]

Countless greetings passed in the comments in an instant. Park Moondae nodded with a faint smile.

[Yes, hello.]

[I am Moondae!]

[……]

It was an exquisite timing selection.

Park Moondae stared at Big Sejin, who was laughing heartily after mimicking his own social media habit, with salty cold eyes for a moment.

A few members entering the kitchen also hurriedly covered their mouths and lowered their heads while suppressing laughter.

‘This guy, seriously.’

Unlike Park Moondae’s inner feelings, the comments were full of praise.

Seeing the chat window filled with ‘ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ’ and dog emoticons, Park Moondae decided to endure it once.

‘The cost-effectiveness is good.’

And instead, he decided to check the pot properly.

[Everyone, what did these guys do.]

With covers matching the atmosphere and a small number of snitches, the comments fluctuated.

-We played together!

-Talk~

-They only talked

-I saw Yujin’s aegyo ㅠㅠ Moondae, do aegyo too

-Cooking hahaha

-Sejin-ah eub-eub-eub

-They didn’t do anything hahaha

Big Sejin slickly hit Park Moondae’s back and turned the angle.

[Us? We were having a light communication~ Isn’t that right, Yujin-ah?]

[That’s right!]

Cha Yujin added brightly.

[And we cooked!]

[Ugh.]

Big Sejin sank.

And Kim Raebin muttered with a dazed face as if he couldn’t understand the situation at all.

[You’re wearing aprons and you expected a situation where you wouldn’t be caught…?]

The fans burst into laughter.

And Park Moondae immediately checked the pot Big Sejin had sneakily put down.

[…Is it chicken soup by any chance?]

[That’s right.]

[It’s the year-end, and to commemorate your birthday too, we were trying to make a chicken dish… but we’ll just order chicken for you. We’ll eat that all by ourselves!]

[Eating it!]

[……]

Park Moondae made an ambiguous expression, then tasted the contents in the pot.

And he smirked.

[You guys didn’t do it as Cha Yujin’s mother gave it, did you.]

[We exerted our creativity.]

[We put in honey.]

[Right. It seems so.]

Park Moondae clicked his tongue, then eventually grabbed the pot and put it back on the stove.

And after taking out more ingredients from the refrigerator, he began to add them into the pot tap-tap-tap.

[Oh Moondae!]

[Make it delicious!]

Big Sejin and Cha Yujin understood the situation and immediately equipped a light worship mode.

[I, I’ll help too…!]

[…Really? Then taste this.]

[Y, yes!]

Seon Ahyun, who didn’t notice Park Moondae’s euphemistic rejection, brought a spoon with all his heart and tasted the soup.

And he became a face where question marks and exclamation marks popped up alternately.

[I, it’s delicious! B, but…… the, the taste is….]

[Is it Dak-bokkeum-tang?]

[Y, y-yes!! Right!]

That’s right.

The chicken soup was nowhere to be found, and the food in the pot had become Dak-bokkeum-tang…!

At the shocking statement, the fans’ sentiment was stirred again. But the party who cooked was nonchalant.

[That’s good.]

Park Moondae turned his head toward the smartphone where W-Live was being transmitted, then explained quite kindly.

[Since honey and even red pepper powder were put in… I just saved it as Korean food by adding soy sauce and gochujang. The broth also boiled down a lot so I think this is right.]

[Heol it’s delicious! Everyone, this is really delicious. How did he do it? What on earth is Park Moondae?]

[Wow cooking success!]

[……]

Park Moondae temporarily gained the full trust of the two. Of course, he never asked for it.

Still, it was far from enough to have dinner with just that one pot, and naturally the members nicely brought out the grill and grilled Samgyeopsal.

[I can really do well this time!]

[I’m good at grilling meat!]

Surprisingly, because Cha Yujin and Big Sejin really had a knack for grilling meat, they smoothly made up for the previous failed dish.

[…It’s delicious.]

[It really seems like a year-end party feeling? Good!]

The two oldest hyungs who voluntarily cleaned up the kitchen also praised it.

And both felt a sense of incongruity throughout the meal that the dish in the pot was chicken soup.

The pasta noodles that were put in were a bit awkward, but thinking of them as sujebi, it was fine again.

[Chicken soup……]

[You made that again.]

At those meaningful words, the comments wailed for them to tell the meaning of ‘again’ this time for sure.

-There is definitely a story

-Explain the ‘best friend vibe’ with chicken soup

-ㅠㅠㅠ Share it with us

[Ah of course I should tell you!]

[That is an incident that occurred on the day of Moondae-hyung’s birthday on the 15th….]

Thanks to that, Teastar could talk happily about Park Moondae’s birthday episode while cutting off the parts that should be cut off.

It was an atmosphere of very full-fledged real-time communication, rare for Teastar who had many ups and downs. Hearing the rumors, even light fans accessed and the viewers kept sticking.

And at the point where more than 2 and a half hours had passed since starting, the members finally checked ‘that question’.

[This question is… oh, this one. ‘Was Ahyun’s KBC somersault the original choreography or an ad-lib?’]

Actually, this question had already come up several times from the beginning.

But Cha Yujin focused extremely on cooking, and couldn’t properly read the long Korean comments passing quickly.

And Big Sejin deliberately pretended not to see it quite intentionally.

It was because answering when everyone was together had a bigger impact and the picture was good when captures go around.

Ryu Chungwoo, who became slightly cheerful from being drunk on the atmosphere, replied with a smile.

[Ah, this is an ad-lib! It was really great!]

[Great!]

[Ah, the detailed situation? At that time, there was a bit of a problem with our in-ears……]

Teastar happily explained the situation at that time in detail, and in the middle, Park Moondae and Big Sejin drew prevention lines in case of anything.

[Those two people held onto Ahyun’s back tightly! So how was it, Ahyun-ssi?]

[W, somehow I thought I could do it… I, I tried jumping once…!]

[It was a really great sight but it was never our intention, and Ahyun also says he will only try after safety is secured in the future. Right?]

[Y, yes! B, because my body is important…!]

Teastar finished that topic not long after and talked about other small things for about half an hour more before ending the broadcast, but naturally the part that went around in captures first was this part.

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[They say all the ‘Teastar accident ad-lib’ conjectures are right]

: They authenticated it directly on W-Live

(Capture connection with subtitles)

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-That all this is true

-Did Seon Ahyun do some kind of training?

-What about the kids who were mocking fans saying it was a delusion hahaha

-Is Seon Ahyun a god?

-I thought it was great just by the cleanup but what kind of unrealistic situation is this…

-Wow it wasn’t even a preliminary plan but just an ad-lib;

-What is the possibility that they lied because it became a topic?

└There are several staff who saw the rehearsal, why would they lie about such a thing

└Is Teastar a level that needs to do that? hahaha

└Leave it alone, they probably don’t know because they stan a flop idol like Onyx

People were horrified at the conclusion that turned out to be the most miraculous way. And this news spread riding the waves even to Wetube and Faceleader etc.

[Teastar’s accident cleanup, the nonsensical guesses turned out to be right?]

[The power of the survived idol stock is scary]

[The horrifying dance skills of Idol Inc.’s 3rd place]

Even without that, the unfair image and controversy intertwined with Teastar had lost strength. Teastar could even shake off the dregs with this topic.

In that way, the Rookie of the Year award controversy completely disappeared into the history of time to the point where it was awkward to even mention it.

-Our kids are geniuses..

-As expected, idols are about the taste of watching the stage but Teastar is even cute so it can’t be helped, I have no choice but to love them

-I have to row when the water comes in, I’ll also promote their cuteness ㅠㅠ

Teastar fans, who were filled with pride, tried to spread and share the heartwarming bait that just came out of W-Live, but there was not much effect.

Because people were already tamed by the stimulating topics Teastar created….

The fans stopped the story of chicken soup while being a bit embarrassed.

Anyway, the Rookie of the Year award at the major awards ceremonies in January was as good as confirmed.

Teastar, who were transfused with a complete skillful image, naturally were planning to welcome the new year at the broadcasting station as idols with good results.

However, they came to meet an unexpected welcome face there too.

* * *

December 31st MBS Gayo Daejejeon.

“Thank you!”

Time opened up significantly after finishing the first stage given.

Because MBS broadcasted for as long as 4 hours live and scattered Teastar’s stages in parts 1 and 3.

Of course, it doesn’t mean they let us do two of our songs. The stage we just did was a 1st verse cover of a 2000s male idol song.

Moreover, the part 3 stage was only given 3 minutes, so we had to cut the 2nd verse lyrics.

Hmm, considering Teastar’s results this year, it was a neglect like a drawing.

‘I’m curious if this should be seen as discrimination based on origin or discrimination based on agency.’

Probably both, I guess.

“Still, the time to change clothes is plenty and it’s good, good~”

I nodded.

‘Thinking positively, we also avoided the worst.’

Imjingak, that is.

“Right. We didn’t go outdoors either.”

“…T, that’s right.”

Outdoor performance in this winter while wearing summer school uniforms would have been a really great sight to see.

It was when we were crossing the broadcasting station hallway while having such a chat.

Suddenly someone greeted us.

“Wow it’s Teastar! Give me an autograph!”

It was a voice I had heard.

And the eyes of the members who turned their heads to check the person grew so large as if they would pop out.

“…Heol!”

“Hyung!”

The person who greeted was surprisingly… Gold 1, Ha Iljun.

“Hey, have you been well?”

Gold 1 waved his hand diligently among a group of people. A few members approached with a happy face.

And I discovered one more familiar face next to Gold 1.

“…Oh.”

It was Choi Wongil.