Idol’s Childhood Friend

26 – Love is all you need

“Wow, you’re so cute…” !!”

Unlike Yumin, who expressed doubts, Chaewon smiles brightly while showing off her high notes.

She took the ‘photo’ in Yu-min’s hand and looked at it intently, and Yu-min turned her eyes towards Jo Yoon-ah.

“This mission is to go to the location where the 6 photos you received were taken, but you must go in chronological order from 1st to 6th grade.”

No matter how much I thought about it, the plan was amazing.

Jo Yoon-ah shrugs her shoulders more and speaks in a confident voice.

“If you succeed in the mission, as a reward, I will give you a snack that Chaewon said was a food from her elementary school days.”

“It must be tteokbokki.”

“Hey! If you say it like that, the editing angle won’t be good… !!”

Thank you for being angry on my behalf, Chaewon.

While Jo Yoon-ah, with a bitter smile, is trying to control her expression in response to Yu-min’s harsh words, the two take turns looking at the photos they received for the mission.

“But, where did you really get this?”

Then, as if he was really curious about the source of the photo, Yumin looked at the production team again and asked a question.

The answer came right next to him.

“Of course, at my house with you.”

“… Huh? “You and my house?”

“As far as Pangyo and Bundang are concerned. “I stopped by your house and took all the photo albums with your childhood photos, and gave some of the better ones, mine and yours, to the production crew.”

“… For a moment? Why don’t I understand this explanation? You came to my house? You… ?”

Yumin laughs in bewilderment and points her finger alternately at herself and Chaewon.

“Yes. “Didn’t your aunt tell you?”

“My mom is with me. Maybe she contacts you more often than me.”

After learning the whole story, Yumin lowered his head with a bitter smile, but soon came to his senses and looked intently at the photo to carry out his mission.

“First of all, Minah, do you remember the scenes in these photos?”

“… Do you still see it? “But I really don’t know what grade I was in.”

Chaewon talks while pointing out the photos spread out on her desk one by one.

“This is an English speaking competition, and is it a student council meeting? “I don’t remember the exact name, but anyway.”

“Ah, but this is definitely the 6th grade. School play. This is a reading marathon, where is this? Is it a broadcasting room? ? Have I ever been to a broadcasting room?”

Two people spread out photos on a desk and first identify the location.

As the locations in the photos all have their own characteristics, the two childhood friends quickly recognized the locations……

“… “I can’t tell the difference between the academic council and the student council.”

Yumin tilts his head with a shy smile.

Photos certainly have symbolic features that can be called memories, but aren’t elementary school events actually set every year and similar?

Furthermore, the production team put a lot of effort into selecting photos that were as indistinguishable as possible in order to secure the right amount of footage.

The corners of the production crew’s mouths twitch slightly at the sight of Yumin shaking his head with a half-given expression.

“I just knew. “The law of destruction.”

But seeing Chaewon’s overly confident expression, the twitch at the corner of her mouth quickly hardens.

On the other hand, Yumin’s eyes are not very trusting. He blinks his eyes and looks at Chaewon with a blank expression.

“What? “Can you tell them all apart?”

“A. To be honest, I don’t remember exactly. But, I have no idea how to understand the flow of time. Look, this picture and this picture.”

Yu-min looks closely at the two photos that Chae-won pointed out.

One is a photo of two people having an English speaking competition in the language classroom.

Another photo was of two people in a broadcasting room wearing headphones larger than their heads and holding the microphone with their fern hands as if they were singing.

“What do you think is the difference between these two pictures?”

“What are you good at and what are you bad at?”

“Hey. Are you good at English now? “Am I in a girl group touring the world?”

“Sorry…. Write, what’s the difference?”

Chae-won is flattered by Yu-min’s expression that he has no idea even after washing his eyes and staring intently, and points out a specific point with his finger.

“Look. First of all, can you see them both standing up straight?”

“I can’t see it.”

“What do you think? “Isn’t there a difference in height just by looking at it?”

“That story again?”

“What I mean is, is the height difference between this photo and that photo really the same?”

Yumin lifts up the two photos and checks them.

“… It’s true. “It’s a little different.”

“hehehe. Are you finally starting to get the point?”

Yumin looks at Chaewon’s hint with silence for a moment, and then she nods her head with an expression of approval.

“Now that I think about it, I’ve grown taller since middle school, and you’ve been growing steadily, right?”

“Bingo. “The greater the height difference in the photo, the closer the person is to a senior.”

“… Oh, Han Chae-won. “Are you okay today?”

“Sister. I’ve been watching Conan since I was five. “Youngjae.”

Ahem, Chaewon takes a more triumphant action as if to praise her.

Yu-min responded appropriately, and Chae-won, who was satisfied, started sorting out the photos again.

“Then the broadcasting room is further back.”

“Let’s get rid of the certain things first. The student council is for the 5th grade, and the academic council is for the 6th grade. And…… “

Chaewon quickly moves three photos onto the desk.

“Honestly, aren’t you too young for sports competitions? “You’re a real baby, baby.”

“Well, this is also certain.”

“… “How did this cute kid get so big?”

“Han Chae-won. “What does that mean?”

Now, the two have decided on half of the matches by joking about how sad they would be if they were left out.

“The problem is him. Reading Golden Bell.”

Chaewon lifts her photo and flutters it.

It was a photo captured at an exquisite angle of Yumin working hard to solve a problem and Chaewon cheering him on from the front of the line of eliminated candidates.

“Hey, isn’t this the one you won first place? “Is there anything that comes to mind?”

“I didn’t take first place for a day or two.”

“… Wow. Why is it true but so unlucky? Forever, after watching this video, please be sure to say good luck to Yumin.”

“… No matter how much I think about it, the only thing I remember is that I and the 6th graders went all the way to the end.”

Yu-min pays no heed to Chae-won’s threatening words while looking at the camera.

He stares intently at the photo, then smiles while snapping his fingers cheerfully.

“I just knew. “This is third grade.”

“What? “Did you remember?”

“No, do you see what you wrote on the whiteboard here?”

“… Fighting, Yumin Kang, 3rd grade, 2nd class. Oh my god.”

“How are my eyesight?”

Cover your mouth with one hand and raise the other hand for a high five.

Yoo-min, who saw Chae-won’s moved expression, claps her hands with hers who had come to meet her in advance, and gathers the photos and arranges them in chronological order.

“If you go in chronological order… , Playground. Broadcast room. Library. Language room. Seohyeon Assembly Hall. “It’s a multipurpose room.”

Chaewon looked at the production crew with expectant eyes, and Jo Yoon-ah shrugged her shoulders with her signature poker face.”

“Then, you two can take the camera and move to the relevant location in order.”

“You’ll let me know later whether it’s successful or not, right?”

“Let’s go first. “I wonder how much has changed from the past.”

Two people getting up from their seats. After pressing the photo button on the camera phone held on the selfie stick……

“I’m strangely looking forward to it. “Is this also a trip down memory lane?”

“Minah. “Let’s go and take pictures!”

Childhood friend Duo leaves the classroom with smiles that make you happy just by looking at them.

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“Everywhere we go, we stop and talk about sweet memories for over 20 minutes. Is this right?”

After finally finishing 5th grade, I am on my way to the place where my 6th grade days were captured.

As it approaches two hours since filming, Chaewon snorts when Yoomin asks her out of the blue if it’s fun.

“Hey, Kang Yu-min. Of all the stories we’ve told so far, there hasn’t been one that the production crew didn’t laugh at. “If you’re like me, how can you not find it funny when you fall down the stairs while jumping rope?”

“Don’t make fun of someone’s noble challenge.”

“I told you this because I thought it would be funny to you too.”

“… “Did you find it funny?”

“No, I remembered your nonsense at that time and I could only laugh. “Still, it will be uploaded to the video.”

“Okay. “Then that’s it.”

Yumin nods his head with a satisfied expression.

As they reached the stairs going down from the 5th floor to the 3rd floor, Chaewon turned her camera forward, and Yumin stretched out his arm and took the angle so that the two people could be captured.

Meanwhile, the PDs in charge, Jo Yoon-ah, who are walking behind the two, writer Yang Jae-hoon, and even the two youngest PDs, are feeling very troubled.

I found myself in a situation where I couldn’t figure out how to edit what I had filmed so far.

‘No, aren’t there any funny scenes?!’

Of course, in a good way.

‘How can we reduce this fun thing to 20-30 minutes…’ ?’

Jo Yoon-ah, who is in the habit of jotting down good editing points on her phone whenever she sees them, has already filled up her notepad a while ago, and in her judgment, she has already secured enough content for 20 minutes.

A corner within a corner.

Every time we arrive at a location, we start by unraveling the related story, compare it with the photo to see what parts of the location have changed, and even though we weren’t asked to do it, we took the same pose as the photo and picked out a good scene to use as a thumbnail……

They even do a short situational play that recreates the situation in the photo even though they really didn’t ask for it, and even the situational play is of unnecessarily high quality as their 15-year friendship shines through.

‘I need to tell this to the general manager…’ .’

The organization needs to be reorganized.

She is now 1/5th of the way through the entire filming, and there is no guarantee that the next filming will be as fun, so she knows that it would be premature to post a report based on today’s filming alone……

Veteran’s sense is that we need to revise the programming and planning as quickly as possible so that we don’t miss out on any of the fun captured on camera.

‘How long has it been since this shoot felt fun?’

You did a great job on this project.

Jo Yoon-ah muttered to herself and clenched her fists, and her group arrived at the final location – in front of the multi-purpose room.

“Wow. “A lot has changed here too.”

“… I know. “It’s almost unrecognizable.”

The two people who opened the door turned and looked around with surprised faces.

Anyway, since it was a multi-purpose room, the space was not very wide, so I walked quickly to the stage placed in front.

Chaewon stands on stage and skillfully leads the proceedings while looking at the camera.

“Here. This is the multi-purpose room where Yumin and I had a school performance when we were in 6th grade. As you can see, it is small, so it reminds me of dividing the school into lower and upper grades and holding a school performance.”

“I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, but I wonder why this stage feels so small and unfamiliar.”

“Okay. I guess it wasn’t construction work… ?”

“We are so big. “I don’t know what they did to make it this big.”

Two people standing on stage and looking around.

The emotional two looked around the multi-purpose room in silence for a while, and the production crew, not wanting to miss their wistful expressions, silently captured them on camera.

Chaewon lets out a small sigh and pats Yumin on the back to lighten the mood.

“Shouldn’t we do it here too?”

Chaewon smiles while showing the photo.

Yumin looks at Chaewon and her photo alternately with reluctant eyes.

“Do you remember what I sang?”

“The Beatles’ ‘All you need is love’. “Would you believe me if I told you that I vaguely remember the choreography?”

“… Han Chae-won. “Don’t keep using broadcasting as a shield to have fun ordering strange things.”

Yumin, sensing something wrong with her, frowns at her with a disapproving expression, and Chaewon counters with a serious expression.

“Yoo-min. I am Han Chae-won. I am confident in my integrity and innocence. “I swear, I’m not doing this for fun.”

“… ….”

“… Of course, there are some flaws. Anyway, do you really remember the choreography?”

Chae-won finally confesses to Yu-min’s suspicious gaze.

“You’ve done everything so far, but you’re not going to say you won’t do it now, right? “You probably don’t know much about broadcasting, right?”

In response to Chae-won’s strong offensive to get on stage somehow, Yu-min looks at the production crew with eyes asking for help.

Of course, from the point of view of the production team, who have never done a situational comedy before, the helpful gaze of the cast members is just embarrassing……

“It will be a lot of fun.”

“We’ll sing along too.”

“I guess this is the scene I re-watched the most?”

“Unconditionally. “Unconditionally.”

The shady production crew, having figured out Yumin’s personality of secretly wanting to have fun, gives a thumbs up and pushes him instead.

“… ….”

Yumin looks at Chaewon and the production crew alternately, unable to keep his mouth shut. Immediately, I closed my eyes and remained blank……

“… If you get paid, you’re a professional. I got paid. I’m a professional….”

I keep muttering three sentences that are close to self-suggestion and struggle to suppress laughter.

Chaewon looks with satisfaction at the determined expression on her childhood friend’s face, then snatches her hand and clasps it.

Yumin’s eyes widen in an instant.

“…… What?”

“Look. Here you and I are holding hands. “To stay true to the concept of our song, we decided to form a male and female couple and show each couple a romantic scene while the song was playing.”

“…… Was it like that?”

“You said that? “What I still remember is that when the idea first came up, everyone was whispering a lot, but when it came time to decide on a partner, they were very proactive.”

“Because I was in the middle of puberty.”

Yes, I remember———.

Yumin chuckles and lowers his head.

His eyes, immersed in memories, are filled with sorrow.

“Do you know what’s funny? When this was done, only the 6th grade kids were screaming and making an uproar? “Children from other grades and their parents who came to see us didn’t think anything, but our grade was the only one who made a fuss.”

“After it was over, I heard a lot of people say, ‘Aren’t they really dating? Don’t date openly?'”

“When I think about it now, I just posed as if I was taking a sticker photo, but at the time, I was so embarrassed and excited. “It’s a real memory.”

Chaewon lowers her head and her hair follows gravity downward.

She slightly turns her head to look to the side, and her Chaewon smiles and brushes the side of her hair behind her ear.

Anyway———.

“Minah, do you know the lyrics?”

“… “Roughly up to verse 1.”

“You can hum. “The lyrics are similar anyway, so follow along quickly.”

“… “Are you going to hold my hand the whole time I’m singing?”

“What do you think? Tremble?”

“I’m nervous.”

“Then, no problem.”

Chaewon closes the distance between her and bumps her shoulder. Yumin smiles shallowly and nods her head slightly.

Chaewon presses the play button on her phone without saying a word, and soon her familiar melody plays.

“Love, love, love.”

Chaewon sang the first verse with her refreshing voice, and Yumin also sang her song while watching Chaewon’s cute gestures.

I feel embarrassed to actually do it, but I enjoy this moment to the fullest……

The two sing with a slightly trembling, yet extremely simple voice.

One. Two. The production team also starts clapping their hands to the beat.

One verse at a time. Even though the same lyrics were repeated, the two sang each verse separately.

“”Love is all you need.””

I make eye contact with her as I add harmony to the last refrain of verse 1.

Yumin, unable to overcome his embarrassment, tried to leave the stage, unable to hold back his laughter, but———.

“All you need is love.”

A song that still continues.

As Chaewon grabs her hand without letting go, Yumin looks embarrassed.

Let’s do it until the end, Minah———.

Although the exchange of glances lasted less than a second, Yumin slowly turns her head with her eyes sparkling at her stubborn yet lovely expression.

The production team is enjoying this moment by clapping and singing to the beat.

The heart is beating as if we have returned to the time when there were hundreds of people.

The illusion grew and grew, making him feel like everyone was looking at him as if that day.

Nervous. Joy at the end.

“All you need is love.”

Yumin’s complex expression brightens in the blink of an eye.

The tone and vocalization are noticeably different from when I sang the first verse.

When two people sing in harmony, the production crew sings along with a loud voice.

And just like that, the song headed to the highlight.

“”Love is all you need.””

A single heart drawn above her head.

Both then and now, there was a cute side to Heart due to the height difference.