Chapter 152: Because It’s the Cool Side

[Maknaes’ Soy Sauce Egg Rice Mukbang]

Dding-

Until the Yui App alarm went off, Seo Haim’s favorite university Dusty was gloomy all day.

Not only did some weird Kang Siwoo akgae pick a fight at the kids’ fan signing event, but they also uploaded a post bashing Seo Haim on JjaekJjaek.

Just how much my kid had been cursed at without reason.

Hearing the details made it sound nothing but unfair.

Fortunately, the public opinion criticizing Seo Haim died down quickly, but I was worried the already soft-hearted kid might have gotten hurt.

Perhaps knowing fans’ feelings, Seo Haim appeared on a live broadcast.

“I was about to eat late-night snacks with the kids, so I turned on a live for a bit.”

“Ah, I’m hungry.”

Do Seohan clutched his hungry stomach and showed the camera a big bowl of soy sauce egg rice.

It looked like a hearty meal for late-night food, but somehow, I had a feeling it might have been his first meal of the day.

-Guys, make sure to eat properly ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Soy sauce egg rice looks delicious!! Who made it?

-Ah, watching this at night makes me hungryㅋㅋㅋ I have to go make soy sauce egg rice now….

Jin Sehyun, scanning through the comments quickly, answered the fans’ question.

“Siwoo hyung made it for us.”

“Mmm, it’s good.”

“That’s right, Siwoo hyung can cook a little.”

Even amidst the kids chatting away, her gaze was fixed on just one person.

The university Dusty, watching the live, immediately sent a Kakao message to a friend.

-Ha…. My baby looks okay.

Dding-

A reply came right away.

-Right, Haim’s tension looks good today.

└You didn’t see it, right?

└ㅠㅠ He definitely saw it.

He must have seen the reactions, but the way he was trying to act bright on the live made my heart ache even more.

And whenever I saw comments subtly scratching at him, my anger boiled up to the top of my head.

-Guys, how was the fan signing?

-What did you do at the fan signing today?

“Shit, read the room a little.”

Muttering a curse under my breath, I kept watching the live when Seo Haim changed the subject.

After munching for a while, he began to review the soy sauce egg rice.

“The seasoning is just right. It’s delicious.”

“If Junseo hyung were here…. he would’ve put in like ten spoons of soy sauce.”

“Would it have really been only ten spoons?”

-Junseo’s taste buds, what the hellㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Someone tie up Ha Junseo and feed him low-sodium food

-For Ha Junseo, low-sodium is torture….

“Junseo hyung, low-sodium? He really wouldn’t eat that.”

“Hyung even brews barley tea with five packs at once.”

“He’s such a weird guy….”

And just when they were enthusiastically talking about someone who wasn’t even there,

A shadow loomed over the maknaes.

“Guys, is it good?”

Somehow, a pretty familiar voice.

From behind the living room, Ha Junseo peeked his head out.

At the same time, Seo Haim and Do Seohan jumped up from their seats.

“Whoa, you scared me.”

“Speak of the bear and he shows up.”

This is why you shouldn’t talk behind people’s backs.

After finishing the first week’s music shows and right after wrapping up the weekend pre-recording, we came to record a radio show.

After getting burned badly with relationship questions last time, the company scheduled us mainly for radio broadcasts that often hosted idol guests.

With our schedule packed, it definitely felt like a proper comeback.

I swallowed hard and stared at the still-off camera.

The familiar logo song began to play.

Ddiriring-

Finally, the red ON AIR light turned on, and DJ Junghoon opened his mouth.

“Noon’s Music Live! Hello, I’m DJ Junghoon.”

With his bangs parted and pushed up, DJ Junghoon, originally a comedian, had been running the same radio program for several years.

As soon as the red light came on, he lifted his head, after smoothly checking the script.

With a booming voice full of tension, he shouted.

“The one and only cute Dusties in the universe!”

“……!”

“The rising rising stars! Stage geniuses Stardust are here with us!”

“Waaaahhh!”

Clap clap clap-

Applauding, I looked straight ahead.

Leader Kang Siwoo smiled faintly and spoke toward the camera.

“Let’s greet. Shine bright! Hello, we are Stardust!”

Next came the customary self-introductions.

The mic came my way. Smiling, I added.

“Hello, I’m Stardust’s maknae on top, Do Seohan.”

After each member finished their introduction, we even sang our new song <Mayday>.

Since radio was always live, it wasn’t like I wasn’t nervous, but the overall atmosphere was comfortable and nice.

DJ Junghoon kept giving thumbs-ups as his reaction.

“Wow, you sing live so well.”

“Thank you!”

It was a bit far from my seat, but we could still check the real-time comments here.

English comments had been flooding in for a while now.

I even noticed translation comments from various nationalities. I could really feel how many overseas fans we’d gained.

-Junseo!!!! So cute!!!

-Ah… Seohan is too cute today as well!!! No way… I never thought I’d be able to hear this song live! If possible… could we hear another one too? I want to listen to comet!!!

-The kids’ coordi is perfect today, I love it

-He is so handsome

Amid such warm welcome, the radio show officially began.

DJ Junghoon smiled and lowered his voice.

“Junghoon’s first corner, Idol Debate Time. We gathered some questions beforehand.”

“Yessir!”

“These are the questions our listeners wanted to ask Stardust members! I’ll be asking instead. Stardust will answer directly! Choose the member who fits my description the best.”

He glanced at the script and threw the first question.

The grand opening question.

“Yes, the first question! Among the members, who has the cleanest personality?”

A clean personality?

The first person who popped into my head was….

“Hey, clean that. Guys, clean this up. Is there anyone who nags like that? Or if you think you’re the cleanest, just raise your hand.”

After a brief thought, Jin Sehyun was the first to grab the mic.

“First of all… Seo Haim, you’re out.”

“Why me!”

“You’re excluded.”

At the same time, laughter burst out from the back.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋHe said Seo Haim is out

-Jin Sehyun so firmㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Typical science Sehyun, eliminating the most extreme sample firstㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Of course, Seo Haim looked extremely aggrieved.

“No, I really don’t get it.”

“Think about your room.”

Haim hyung’s room….

Yeah. It was serious.

Other members chimed in.

“First of all, that room is an artist’s room….”

“Haim, who do you share a room with?”

“Seongbin hyung.”

Cha Seongbin’s expression quickly twisted.

He had been trying to just sit quietly, but he got caught.

-They got him together ah shitㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Mysterious team kill

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋSo Seongbin isn’t clean either?

Cha Seongbin frantically waved his hands, trying to explain the situation.

“This is a misunderstanding. I don’t apply here~.”

What nonsense.

As someone who had been in Seo Haim’s room a few times, I couldn’t agree.

Shaking my head, I added.

“That’s completely an artist’s room.”

“An artist’s room?”

“There are things just scattered all over the floor. Even the angles feel artistic.”

“That’s performance art.”

-Performance art ㅇㅈㄹㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Jin Sehyun butting in from the side is hilarious

-Is Cha Seongbin and Seo Haim’s room the endgame of modern artㅠㅠ

-I want to see it too, show us!!

DJ Junghoon laughed loudly and added that he wanted to see that room in person.

“Can you take a picture and show us?”

“If that happens, those two have to retire.”

“Pffft.”

“Come on, that’s too much MSG~. It’s not that bad.”

“Not retirement, but maybe a few weeks off would be about right?”

“You two should self-reflect.”

“Yes.”

Anyway, if it wasn’t him, then it must be true.

Jin Sehyun kept holding the mic as he continued.

“In my opinion, the hyungs are usually the type who clean up.”

“Oh, the hyungs?”

“Except Seongbin hyung.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋCha Seongbin cut

-They never include Seongbin till the end

-Jin Sehyun is so upright, if he were born in the Goryeo dynasty he would’ve been beaten with an iron mace

-ㅅㅂ ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Regardless.

Jin Sehyun went on with what he wanted to say.

“Siwoo hyung has a really meticulous personality.”

“Right.”

“And Junseo hyung also takes care of the younger members really well.”

DJ Junghoon summarized Jin Sehyun’s revelations into one line.

“So in short, the cleanest members in Stardust are the hyung line! Except Cha Seongbin.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Guys, I… I’m really unfairly treated here.”

“You’re an artist, hyung.”

“Thanks for the compliment~.”

Cha Seongbin shrugged his shoulders with a grumble.

He looked a bit sulky, but he was simple-minded enough that if you bought him a hot bar after schedules, he’d get over it right away.

Meanwhile, DJ Junghoon moved on to the second question.

He checked the script and smiled faintly as he spoke.

“Alright, here’s the second question from the fans. Out of Stardust’s seven members, who is the cutest?”

“Ah, that’s hard.”

This time it was a much trickier question than before.

At the tough question, leader Kang Siwoo wore a serious expression.

He pressed hard on his temples with his fingers and said.

“We’ve been asked this a few times. But the opinions are always really divided.”

“They’re extremely divided.”

“If this question comes up, we could debate for thirty minutes.”

Personally, I thought it was our Sundubu-jjigae.

DJ Junghoon first turned to Jin Sehyun and asked.

“Jin Sehyun, who do you think it is?”

“I think it’s Seohan.”

Wasn’t that a bit wrong?

I tilted my head at the incomprehensible statement.

-Do Seohan fiercely denying that he’s cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What’s with that reluctant expressionㅠㅠ Baby Hamjji, you’re the cutest

-Do Seohan can never accept it whenever someone says he’s cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ why though

Because I couldn’t accept it.

At twenty-six years old, the “cute” image didn’t seem right for me.

Besides, there was someone even cuter.

Cha Seongbin massaged Seo Ian’s shoulders and joined in.

“I think it’s Ian. Our soft Sundubu-jjigae~.”

“Ugh.”

Seo Ian shuddered, denying his own cuteness.

“In terms of age, I’m in the hyung line.”

“But you’re cute.”

“Ahhh, no way!”

At DJ Junghoon’s words, Seo Ian waved his hands.

He kept denying it, but the more he did, the more he looked like melting Sundubu-jjigae.

Embarrassed by being called cute, he’d been melting down non-stop.

“I’m… not…. Definitely not….”

Meanwhile, Ha Junseo raised his hand toward Seo Haim.

“I think it’s Seo Haim. Haim’s cute!”

“Kyah, thank you~!”

“Alright, then our leader?”

DJ Junghoon’s mic moved to Kang Siwoo.

The moment he asked, Jin Sehyun cut in with the answer.

“There’s no need to even ask him.”

-It’s obviously Do Seohanㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The face of someone who knows without saying a word

-Whenever Siwoo looks at Seohan, his expression changes—it’s like he’s looking at his own kidㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Kang Siwoo special: when another member messes up = ha… guys…. when Seohan messes up = oh~ it’s fine~ it’s fine~

-The Dusty leader who hates seeing Baby Hamjji discouragedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

In the end, they decided to settle it with a vote.

Everyone glanced around, then voted with conviction.

DJ Junghoon wrapped it up neatly.

“With a result of 3-2-2, our maknae Do Seohan has been chosen as the cutest member. Please share your thoughts.”

“I… can’t agree.”

Why me?

I froze for a moment at the bewildering result.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋHere it is, Do Seohan’s face

-The face of someone who thinks he’s coolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ah, so cute

-Watching this live in real time, Do Seohan is fucking adorable

Before I knew it, the mic was passed to me and I had to share my thoughts.

Scratching my head, I looked straight into the camera.

“Mmm….”

It seemed like no one believed me.

“Honestly, I’m more on the cool side.”

Anyway, that’s that.

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