Chapter 132

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Translated by Sylph

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It wasn’t a sight he was seeing for the first time.

Wasn’t it common for fans to prepare events for singers at concerts?

He had seen it every time he went after receiving data requests three or four times.

He had never felt any special emotion.

He was just amazed that so many people, who weren’t even being paid, managed to pull it off at the right timing.

But this…… it was a completely different experience to be the target of it himself.

Could it really be felt so vividly that each of those countless swaying lights was a person’s heart?

Not as an outsider, but experiencing this overwhelming sense of sharing at the center.

…He didn’t know what to say, or how to say it.

“…….”

In the midst of that, the singing continued.

……It was his part.

Even if there is nothing that doesn’t change
The magic of this moment is
Maybe it’s YOU

An unimaginable thrill flowed down to his toes, like hot water being poured on the crown of his head.

“……Huff.”

Moondae hurriedly lowered his head. It was a bit better once it disappeared from his sight.

But at the same time, he wanted to raise his head and see more.

‘……It’s a mess.’

It was absurd.

In his ears, he still heard the never-ending singing.

Today I feel good as if
Something good is going to happen

Furthermore, now the other guys were joining in and singing.

The first was Big Sejin.

“…If it’s you, everything will be okay~”

Whether it was quite moving, he could clearly hear that the voice of every guy singing his part was trembling.

“Li, Life is strange, lightly….”

Kim Raebin’s rap part, accompanied by sniffing, followed.

And soon his part approached.

‘…I’m going crazy.’

Moondae picked up the microphone for now.

“……When you see me,”

…He blew a whole verse. The words that entered late didn’t even connect properly.

‘Damn it.’

He grit his teeth.

As the silence lengthened, it must have been strange, as gazes finally poured in.

“…Moondae?”

“M-Moondae?”

“Are you crying?”

Suddenly, several hands shook his shoulders and patted the back of his neck and back. Flustered exclamations were mixed among the voices of the fans who were singing.

‘…My god.’

Moondae pressed around his eyes with one hand. And raising his head, he scanned the surroundings as calmly as possible.

Most of the members had red eyes.

However, even if there were guys who were choking up or teary-eyed, there was no guy who was…… shedding tears in streams.

Even Bae Sejin didn’t cry like this.

‘Sh*t.’

Right now, am I the only one… am I the only one who became the strange one.

“Oh my god.”

“Moondae is like this.”

After the gathered guys laughed a few times, fortunately, they started crying in earnest. It was clear that these guys had also been holding it back.

“……Let’s do well.”

The guys, intoxicated by the atmosphere, embraced him mercilessly from above his head and shoulders. It was hot.

He didn’t know if it was the hugging that was suffocating, or if this situation itself was suffocating.

What should I do
Don’t cry
Are you okay?

In the midst of the interlude, all sorts of shouts entered his ears instead of the singing.

“Whew.”

The hug was released, and Big Sejin, who had run somewhere and returned, thrust a cloth in front of his face.

Without even thinking, he grabbed it and pressed it against his face.

He saw navy blue letters on a light purple background.

…It was a slogan.

Someone had thrown it onto the stage.

‘I’m going crazy.’

He just buried his face. It must have been, simply, a funny sight.

Someone brushed his hair roughly.

“Good job.”

Before the interlude ended, he was led to the front of the stage by the members. And while holding hands side by side, they bowed their heads deeply in greeting.

Cheers echoed in his head instead of the singing.

Moondae picked up the microphone while staggering.

“…Yes, the magic is you.”

Fortunately, he managed to sing the last line somehow.

After the fan event disguised as a talk ended, they came down under the stage only after saying a few words of appreciation.

Only then did he finally stop crying.

‘…I should have been like this 5 minutes ago.’

It was absurd.

He never dreamed that the first time he would cry in almost 7 years would be live in front of thirteen thousand people and cameras.

‘…Should I have not avoided SNS monitoring?’

It would have been better if he had known in advance, but because the concert was just around the corner, they had all agreed not to look at the internet for about a week to avoid receiving unnecessary influence.

He thought it would be fine since they weren’t doing activities that specifically required monitoring.

‘To think such a… thing would go back and forth under the surface in the meantime.’

In the future, there will be no such useless internet detox in his life.

Moondae almost crumpled the slogan in his hand, but he barely held back and folded it well and placed it on a nearby chair.

“Hey, I really didn’t expect you. You didn’t even cry when we got 1st place.”

“…….”

“As expected of a man born to be an idol. Crying only in front of the fans’ love… kyah.”

“Stop it.”

Even though he himself had wailed, as soon as he came down, his mouth worked well. Big Sejin changed his clothes while laughing out loud.

“A-Are you okay?”

“…I’m okay.”

Since this side was truly worried, he couldn’t even get angry.

Seon Ahyun seemed deeply moved, but he didn’t cry much, so his face was clean, saving the staff some trouble.

On the contrary, the staff was flustered because Bae Sejin shed tears in streams only after coming down.

“…Hyung, how about you.”

“I-I’m fine.”

Bae Sejin finally stopped sniffing and finished receiving his makeup.

“We don’t have much time left. We have to move.”

Ryu Chungwoo, who cried quickly and regained his senses quickly, hurriedly smoothed over the situation. Next to him, Cha Yujin, who didn’t cry and was just excited, had already finished changing his clothes.

“Let’s go, let’s go!”

…Yes. It was time to go.

The long-awaited title stage was waiting.

“VCR remaining time 50 seconds!”

We ran to the standby location.

Probably the set was already all up on the dark center stage.

I recalled the scene from the storyboard.

An antique old mansion. A dusty chandelier, butterfly specimens, and a rusted birdcage.

And the clockwork on the back.

“Going up!”

The stage device began to move.

The moment the floor opened and our heads were revealed on the stage, light and cheers began to clamor.

Waaaaaaah—

But now was not the time to be overwhelmed. It was time to shake off all sentiments and focus again.

Blue light was thrust onto the stage.

Testa took their formation.

* * *

“Heooo…….”

Sunday night, the 31st, after Testa’s concert had ended for both days.

Park Moondae’s fansite master moved her footsteps staggeringly while clutching her bag.

In the bag, the commendable camera that had finished its filming mission at the standing area was well-contained.

Because she had run to the concert for two days, cried throughout both days, took photos, and even watched the performance standing today, her stamina was at the bottom.

But there was no regret. Not a single point, really, not even a speck!!

‘It was so good…….’

From beginning to end, there were no regrettable elements.

Not only was it good because they were doing their best, but the stage itself was just so fun and good.

It felt as if she had been into another world for a while.

‘It’s so regrettable to end it with two days…!’

She wished they would do it for just two more days.

And even though she was on her way out after just seeing them, she wanted to see the living, breathing Testa again so much.

Unable to contain her boiling heart, she opened her phone and accessed SNS.

And she quickly uploaded even a low-quality photo that was a shot of the photo in the camera taken with her smartphone.

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[2X0331 Mak-con Park Moondae Preview]
(Photo of Park Moondae with red eyes) (Photo of Park Moondae pointing to his cheek with a finger on the unit stage) (Photo of Park Moondae looking back while riding a wire)

I love you, Moondae-ya
#Testa #TeSTAR #ParkMoondae #Moondae-puppy
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Every time the fansite master looked at especially the first attached photo, her heart ached.

It was the image of Park Moondae holding back tears with his head slightly bowed while clutching the paper with both hands.

The fansite master inwardly beat her chest.

‘Our kid is really a puppy angel…….’

Park Moondae cried on the second day of the concert as well.

The fans had prepared a different event from the first day, which was to fly paper airplanes into the air while Testa was singing the fan song in the encore.

Naturally, Testa was overwhelmed again by the enormous sight of ten thousand colored paper airplanes rising into the air together in the concert hall.

And catching some airplanes that fortunately arrived on the stage, Testa even confirmed the contents inside.

– Uh, this is…….
– Wait a minute, ah…….
– …….

The fans had written what they wanted to say inside each piece of paper folded into an airplane.

It was an event that was moving to a cruel extent.

In the process, several members eventually got red eyes, and among them, the one whose appearance was captured was the fansite master’s first preview photo.

And Park Moondae… despite having an image that seemed least likely to cry, was also the member who cried the most at the concert.

The waterfall-like tears of a person who didn’t shed a single tear but rather smiled even when winning 1st place on Ajusa, at the first terrestrial 1st place after debut, or at any award ceremony, had enormous destructive power.

On the first day, literally the fans as well as various communities were turned upside down.

– Crazy, even Gom-meo cried?
└ It wasn’t just crying, it was a wailing level (Photo)
└ Hull
└ It’s real, wow, covered in tears

– ㅋㅋㅋ I thought he wouldn’t even cry when winning the Grand Prize, but did he collapse at just one concert sing-along, so thrilling
└ Heeek, pervert! (Covering mouth
└ This bastard will be smiling if you remove his hand
└ How did you know

– If he cries at every concert from now on, I’ll buy the VOD. Anyway, I bought this one. I want to see it in high quality soon
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Real

– All those Ajusa guys cry well. Well, I would have cried too if my first concert was at the Gymnasium
└ Haters swarm so much and because they grew up seeing the Buldak-flavor of society since before debut, they seem to know how precious the fans are
└ Yeah, even if they didn’t know, they’re the guys who would pretend to know, so it’s worth being a fan ㅋ If they couldn’t even do this, they would have already been hit and eliminated from Ajusa

– Yes, my Gom-meo who is a thousand-year idol acting cute with a pink ribbon ♡♡ Be good to Gom-meo, Ajusa guys, he even does CPR on shitty song selections ♡♡ Gom-meo, cry a lot and continue to feel a sense of debt toward the fans ♡♡
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Akgae, welcome

For reference, Gom-meo is a nickname for Park Moondae, and the search-preventing name for Testa was modified to the extreme.

Anyway, from communities where harsh words go back and forth without filtering to fan accounts with courtesy and common sense, Testa’s moves at this concert were quickly shared in various places.

Since all sorts of talkable stories came out, including the new unit stages, the unconventional new song stage, and even the crying appearances, it was perhaps a natural thing.

The fact that the preview sharing figures of Park Moondae’s fansite master lightly broke the thousand mark in less than 5 minutes after being posted was one piece of evidence.

The reactions of acquaintances and followers also poured in.

– Moondae’s blonde hair is precious, protect it at all costs
– SO CUTE♡
– Oh my, our Moondae-ing cried again ㅠㅠ Full-Moon-bae-nim, thank you always!
– His real skin color is beautiful, too. STOP whitewashing (Crying emoji)
└ It’s a preview without correction, you crazy, just get lost; whitewashing parrot-ing everywhere;

Whether many overseas fans were slowly attaching, even foreign language trolling began to appear.

‘These guys are picking fights with every fansite master.’

Because it was a sight she had seen often, the fansite master lightly ignored it. And she quickly boarded the subway that happened to arrive.

‘Ugh, there are really a lot of people…….’

On the first day, she went comfortably thanks to getting a ride in the car of a friend who had watched at another place, but such luck was impossible today.

‘I should have caught a taxi or booked a hotel!’

The moment she was about to regret, fortunately, a seat opened up right in front of her so she could sit down.

‘What a relief.’

As soon as she sat down, the fansite master picked up her camera and started flicking through what had been filmed.

Because the new song stage wouldn’t leave a corner of her mind.

‘It was really crazy.’

She didn’t know they would bring something like that. But she was so grateful that they brought it!

Since the first impact was important, there was an implicit atmosphere of not uploading photos or fancams of the new song stage until midnight, but honestly, she really wanted to brag.

‘Let’s at least rewatch it.’

The moment the fansite master was about to check the fancam filmed today like that, a vibration suddenly rang from her lap.

Vrrr-vrrr-

It was her smartphone.

And in the notification window… news she hadn’t even expected appeared.

[You are invited to Testa’s concert after-party, Loviewers! (Clapping emoji)]

It was a WLive notification!