Idol’s Childhood Friend

8 – The 1st Han Chae-won Love Project begins

“What is this room….”

A muttering voice was heard along with the quietly opened door. Faint footsteps were heard beyond the bed……

Oh my! As the curtains open left and right, colorful light surrounds the space.

Due to lack of ventilation for a long time, floating dust and pop songs are playing softly.

“Hey! “You’re not getting up?!”

And even Serin with a disgruntled expression.

I immediately understood what was going on, but I don’t know.

Toss and turn as naturally as possible and frown.

“… “What are you doing at 11 o’clock?”

“Ha, someone would think it was at 11 PM. Han Chae-won says the sun is in the middle of the sky!!”

Ignore it and cover yourself with the blanket.

Wow, there is a reason why people pay expensive money to buy it. Perhaps because it uses premium Polish goose down, the blanket is soft and light———

“Wake up!!”

“Oh, no, baby…” .”

My premium Polish goose down… !!

With vain eyes, I turn my head to look for the whereabouts of the blanket and make eye contact with Serin.

Just by looking at him, he looks like he has a lot to say and has a lot to say.

———Good. I didn’t see it.

She turns her back on Serin and closes her eyes as if nothing happened.

1 Second. 2 Seconds. 3 Seconds.

I turn again and look at Serin.

“… ….”

“… ….”

… I was in big trouble.

Without saying a word, he turns his head and sweeps her arms to find a place where her cell phone might be.

“Next to the mood light.”

“Ah.”

She quickly turns her upper body over to the side of the bed and picks up her cell phone from the low shelf with the mood light on it. I inadvertently touched the screen a few times……

“Do you want to eat tteokbokki?”

We present Korean soul food that will make even crying children smile.

“… “Where did you eat at that time?”

“Okay. The place that made you think about moving around here. “Sundae with fried vegetables?”

“Add the vermicelli and proceed.”

An expression that immediately filled with satisfaction.

As expected, Kwon Se-rin. This is a foodie I admit.

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“So.”

“Huh?”

“Not Woong. “So, why did you go diving for two weeks?”

Time when I started to feel somewhat full. Serin, who had been eating while watching YouTube in silence, puts down her chopsticks and lightly wipes the corners of her mouth with her tissue.

While silently meeting Serin’s gaze, she dips the few remaining sundae into the tteokbokki soup and eats it.

“Just. “I do that sometimes.”

I answered calmly, facing Serin’s sincere gaze.

“So, why did this guy who was like that sometimes do that this time? “You don’t dive for no reason.”

“Of course. Serin, am I a professional?”

“If I hadn’t come, who would have continued to listen to gloomy songs in bed?”

“Wow, what a gloomy song. Henry Moodie is a song I’m obsessed with these days…….”

“Don’t change your mind.”

Serin cuts her off with a blunt response.

Looking at her with her arms crossed, it looks like this isn’t going to go away.

“Look at how angry you are. Anyway, be firm.”

She gives a shallow smile at her friend’s appearance and secretly gazes outside through the glass window.

Small landscaped garden. She gazes blankly at the plants showing their colorful colors in the sunny sunlight.

I answered indifferently, keeping a smile on my face, as if nothing had happened.

“Just. After being abroad for over a month, I also ran out of energy.

“A guy who was cheerful before going to Japan?”

“It’s discharged. “It’s not strange at our age.”

“If anyone hears it, they will think that we are at the age where we will just celebrate our 70th birthday.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so there’s a lot to organize and a lot to do, so I focused on getting it all done. The reason I haven’t contacted you is… , Huh. Sorry.”

I turn my outward-facing eyes to Serin and smile.

Serin still had her arms crossed and looked intently into my eyes.

“Something happened to you in Japan.”

She asks straight questions.

Looking at his reaction, he is already convinced.

“… Specifically? “How have you been?”

I was wondering whether to tell you or not, but I don’t know the conclusion I came to.

She knew better than anyone else that she would soon be found out, but it was inevitable that she would pretend not to know.

This is usually the end of all failed confessions.

“That’s right. “I bought this and that to give to the members in Japan. Wait a minute?”

“You can take it later, so sit down.”

“… “Why are you so persistent?”

A slightly sharp voice. But Serin doesn’t pay attention to my sensitive reaction and she still looks into my eyes.

“How can you not be persistent? “You’re showing off like that.”

“You’re showing off. I really———.”

“A child like that listens to a sad song about unrequited love and throws away albums and diaries filled with memories just by looking at them?”

“… ….”

“Anyway, if you’re going to stick out your flippers, do it properly. “He’s also good at acting.”

Serin clicks her tongue and turns her head with a snort.

“… Are you Yumin? “Why are you doing that?”

Then intermittently. Even at the moment she speaks, she speaks softly in a voice that makes you feel worried about whether it is okay for her to bring it up.

Yoo-min. When she heard that name, which she had tried to ignore for a while, her emotions instantly sank somewhere deep.

Now, it is a name that makes her heart throbbing along with a bitter smile.

“…… Some extent.”

“We had a fight… ?”

“Are you now asking me if we had a fight?”

“…… Confession, I see.”

“… Huh. Something like that. “It didn’t go well.”

Serin lowered her eyes at my calm voice and nodded her head slightly.

The cold expression she showed just a moment ago is gone, and a soft and gentle emotion appears on Serin’s face.

“Jijibae. “If it’s hard, just say it’s hard.”

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She said, “We said we should remain good friends, and the next day, Yumin acted as if nothing was wrong. In other words, he thinks I’m joking, is this it?”

“How can you do that?! No matter how much I said it because I was drunk, no one can tell I meant it… !!”

“Where is the evidence that Yumin took it as a joke?”

“He acted as if nothing happened throughout the trip, and when I said I would go to Korea first, he told me to contact him later when the vlog was uploaded, and on top of that, there was no contact from me for a while, so do you know what he means?”

“What did you say?”

“Good.”

“… Exorcism?”

“I feel comfortable not contacting you. “They sent it like that along with a dancing emoticon.”

“… “Puhup.”

“Are you smiling?”

“… Sorry.”

Ji Ji-bae sips coffee and looks at others. I guess I laughed too much even when I thought about it, but I continued to sip my coffee out of embarrassment.

Ha, I drink the remaining cider with a sigh.

“Ah, I’m annoyed… !!”

“Surprise.”

“Why do I have to do this because of her?” !!”

Then, suddenly overcome with irritation, she violently shakes her whole body and throws a tantrum.

He bangs the table and looks at Serin intently.

“Serene. I’m Han Chae-won. “He’s not the type of person who would be mistaken for a light-hearted person who confesses to pranks.”

“… “Why is he like this?”

“There are so many people who like me. However! How! “I said I liked it, but you said we should just be friends and moved on..!!”

“Hey, stop drinking that. “That’s not cider.”

“I’m annoyed. If you’re going to treat me like that, either be nice to me or not… !!”

The finished bottle of cider is placed on the table with a clanging sound.

“Kang Yu-min, you bastard. What happened yesterday?! She has to dive when the Vlog goes up, so please let me know when it comes out?! “Do I feel like posting a vlog now?”

“Isn’t that worth saying from Yumin’s perspective?”

“Hey! “Whose side are you on?”

“You bastard. Is that what you’re talking about over tea?! “How can you be so shameless like a fox?!”

“Hey! But Yumin is the only one who can curse at me?!”

“… Ugh it’s frustrating….”

Serin lets out a long laugh and looks at me intently.

The fierce and sharp eyes bring me back to my senses. Serin cleared her throat out of embarrassment, sighed, rested her chin, and scooped up a spoonful of her ice cream cake.

“So. “What are you going to do with a real vlog?”

“… ….”

“You said you would soon upload a vlog with photos on Instagram. I heard you said what the thumbnail title would be… ?”

“…… It is finally revealed. ‘That childhood friend.'”

“He’s very open-mouthed. “You said you would post it, but I didn’t receive any calls, so Joohwan oppa (Ever’s official channel general manager) contacted me.”

“Now that I think about it, I should have contacted you….”

“Then why were you so excited?”

“Me too!!”

‘———.”

“Did I know it would end up like this? .”

Emotions swirling wildly.

I shout in a harsh way and foolishly regret it.

I feel like my voice is getting smaller and smaller, and the disappearing words show my weakness, so I hold on to my trembling voice and continue the words intermittently.

I can faintly hear birds chirping beyond the window that was left open for ventilation.

“I didn’t know that I would confess that day, and I also didn’t know that I would get dumped… ….”

“…… “

“I don’t know anymore. When I see her acting like nothing is wrong, I want to make a fuss and leave, but then I suddenly become depressed, which makes me feel like a tragic heroine. “If contact had been cut off, I wouldn’t have been so ambiguous.”

He drops his head on the table with a self-deprecating smile. I turned my head diagonally and used my phone, and like an idiot, I checked his KakaoTalk profile again.

I’m really annoyed. It’s not like I’m on a campaign trail, so why did it have to be me who took the picture?

“Do you really think I did it as a joke? Kang Yu-min, do you really not have this much feelings for me? .”

” … I will talk to Joohwan oppa carefully. “What kind of vlog is this in a situation like this?”

Serin, who was quietly listening to my complaints, takes my hand. She’s been around for a while now, and she’s probably the type of girl who doesn’t offer her hand first.

“Don’t be sorry. “You guys didn’t instigate this.”

“… “Who said anything?”

“It’s that kind of face. “They have a very guilty face, thinking that they incited something to end up in this situation.”

“… ….”

“That’s enough. I will contact Joohwan oppa today. “Vlog, I just post a little bit of stuff.”

“… Are you going to upload it?”

Serin looks at me with an expression of disbelief.

She wakes up at the look in his eyes and brushes her messy hair.

It may be cold to say it, but Serin is the most sensitive member among her members, so she might be sadder than me right now.

I try my best to smile for Serin’s sake.

“You have to distinguish between public life and life. “You promised to post it with Forever.”

“…… Still.”

“I’m a mess right now, but at least Han Chae-won, pictured in the vlog, is cheerful. Honestly, I think it’s because we had fun filming it, but if we edit it, I think it will come out as the most fun vlog we’ve ever filmed.”

“… ….”

“Don’t look at me with faint eyes, Ji Ji-bae. “If anyone saw me, they would think I broke up with the girl I promised to marry.”

Smiling, he got up from his seat and quickly retrieved her MacBook from her room. Then she quickly uploads a video.

“If you’re that worried, take a look. First of all, I didn’t edit it, so I just put it together…….”

“I did it… ?”

“When I looked at it, it took over 2 hours.”

“… “Did you take it that long?”

“I was surprised to see the capacity too. “If I thought it would be fun, I turned on the camera and took pictures, but when I put it all together, I realized it would take two hours.”

“Is this okay?”

Serin with a faint expression.

There were clearly two questions contained therein.

I was asked whether I could edit this much volume by myself, and whether I could look at things I didn’t want to think about while editing.

It was short, but I could feel both surprise and sadness in Serin’s expression and words.

He smiles at Ji Ji-bae.

“Kwon Se-rin. “Am I a professional?”

“… “What is that?”

“Don’t say anything strange, just look. “I guarantee you, this is a legend that will never be seen again in the idol YouTube world.”

“Chaewon.”

“Yes.”

“… “No matter what, that’s excessive self-consciousness.”

“hahahaha. “If you’re going to comfort me, do it until the end, Jijibae.”

What do you do if you have great empathy?

I sat like this at a critical time.

I furrowed my brows and stared at him, and burst out laughing at the absurdity.

Anyway, Kwon Se-rin. He knows me too well.

“I have to go out soon, what do you want to do?”

“Are you going boxing?”

“Yes. Since it’s been a while since I’ve been there, I think the director will probably hold me back for a long time. “About two hours?”

“Then I’ll wait while watching the video.”

“Aren’t you going home?”

“Do you think it’s easy to go back and forth between Yongsan and Pangyo in broad daylight? “I’ll go tomorrow morning.”

Serin closes the lid of the leftover ice cream cake and stores it in the freezer.

After getting ready to go to the gym, I come down the stairs and walk into the living room.

“Should I buy something when I come back?”

“I can’t think of anything in particular. Oh, I heard May is coming to Korea today. Can I call her this way?”

“Isn’t this the dormitory?”

“You wear your own clothes? “Do you have training clothes?”

“Go to the dressing room and immediately to the right. “I have underwear without tags, so wear those.”

“Okay.”

I put on her hat and pick up her cell phone and car keys.

The owner of the house is leaving, and despite not being able to see her off, Serin takes her MacBook and walks from the dining area to the guest room upstairs.

Still, she grins and shouts brightly at the fact that she came running to me out of concern.

“Kwon Se-rin, I’ll be back~!”

“When you come, Merona.”

I go outside for the first time in a long time with lighter steps.

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[Members (🦊🐹🐶😼🐰)]

Serin – Members. Everyone goes to Chaewon’s house.

– 1:21 PM.

Maknae (Mina) – Why?

– 1:40 PM.

Serin – The 1st Han Chae-won Love Project has begun.

– 1:41 PM.

Cutie (May) – I’m on my way.

– 1:41 PM.

Meow (Yerin) – Confirmed.

– 1:41 PM.

“… What is this?”

Current time: 3:58 PM.

Something is happening without my knowledge.