Idol’s Childhood Friend

9 – I think I like you, Yumin

If you count our debut group days, we have been together for over 7 years.

We shared joys and sorrows through controversies and glory, accidents and blessings, and we could easily be called ‘family’ as another name for the moments we gathered together.

So, can we even dare to imagine?

“Sister~.”

“I missed you, Chaewon.”

“Job. “It’s been a while, sister.”

“It came at just the right time. We prepared malatang just in time for you to arrive. “Just go change your clothes and come back.”

The family members show off their cuteness and welcome us so warmly.

They even came out to meet me in front of the yard, not the front door. Plus, excluding the activity period, Lee Ye-rin just spends her days and nights watching dating programs while lying on the sofa.

“… Members? Why are you doing this all of a sudden? “Have you had a drink?”

I instinctively look around to see if the group is going crazy.

“Sister, why are you looking around so much… ?”

“Where is the camera? If I were the director, I would definitely be there to catch the angle…….”

“Isn’t that what it is?!”

As we walked toward the flower bed, Minah screamed and ran to the flower bed first.

Looking at the appealing gesture of the youngest member lifting up the flower bed, asking if it’s enough, I turn to the side and this time face the direction of the pine tree.

“I just knew. “It was over there.”

“”I said no!!””

Perhaps because she feels unfair that her sincerity has been distorted, even May, who rarely raises her voice, is looking at me with an expression of bewilderment.

“PD. Author. “Where is everyone?”

But I, Han Chae-won, have been here for 6 years.

As the ‘No. 1 Female idol with the funniest hidden camera reactions’ selected by the producers of Forever and Jagun, not having any doubts even after seeing the reactions of the members and what has happened to her is an act that literally amounts to a feeling of disqualification.

“Okay. “I’m not going in until I find it.”

Thanks to that, I entered the house only after I was convinced that I was not a hidden camera.

It was a long 15 minutes later.

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“Isn’t Malatang so delicious?”

“It’s really delicious. I wanted to eat it all the time I was in Japan. “There isn’t one where I live.”

The bakers (May and Yerin) are sitting on the sofa with satisfied smiles and chatting loudly, and the eldest members (Serin and Minah) are diligently washing dishes in the kitchen.

When I finished the shower and came down to the living room, May and Yerin, who were sitting on the sofa, looked at me and their eyes sparkled.

“Chaewon, do you need anything?”

“Just say the word. I can give you a massage too? Speaking of which, should I do it now? Should I come wash my hands?”

Yerin smiles with a charming voice.

“I’m sorry, but you decided to do the massage first?”

At this, Serin’s loud voice bursts out from the kitchen.

“Ah~. “Where is something like that?”

“So. “You two can just do it together.”

“Huh? Maknaeng has a lot of sense, doesn’t he?”

“Assari, shall we all do it together?”

Everyone laughs and agrees at Yerin’s words.

Excessive kindness that makes me wonder if I’m in a multiverse I don’t know about.

As soon as I arrived, he came out to the yard with his socks and carried my luggage, and when I ate malatang, he tried to give me at least an extra piece of meat……

“If you tell me now, I will take care of it. “Where is the camera?”

It is reasonable to think that this has a camera. No, this is unconditional.

While I was turning my head back and forth, looking for the camera, May, who quickly wiped her hands and cut the fruit, grabbed my arm and made me sit on the sofa.

“Chaewon, ah~.”

And then he feeds them fruit, something that cannot be done unless they are in a close relationship.

… I want to keep this for the rest of my life, but do you really have a camera?

While we were munching and eating fruit with bread, the eldest, who had finished washing the dishes, came with drinks.

It was the milk tea that Mina was learning about in the dessert class.

“Ta-da~.”

“Wow~, everything is different?”

Yerin looks back and forth between Milk Tea and her youngest with sparkling eyes.

Minah’s dimples deepened at the exact reaction she wanted.

“Chocolate is required, and this is Earl Grey. This was brown sugar…. Anyway! “Everything was delicious!”

“Our maknae made it, how could it not be delicious? Chaewon, are you always a black person?”

“I absolutely love brown sugar. “Thank you Min-ah~.”

“I’ll drink well~.”

“Minaya, thank you for making it.”

With a greeting, I extend my hand to her and take it to her liking. She took a sip, looking at everyone with anticipation……

“My baby, can we open a cafe later?”

All the members nodded their heads at what I said.

We talked about trivial things for a while.

Starting with the fact that she felt like she was living in an old dormitory, she fell into a trip down memory lane by telling stories from her time living in the dormitory.

An hour passes in an instant, and the moon rises high in the sky.

“As you know, it was a car.”

“Ugh———?!”

“Huh, sister?!”

“Wow, you’re pulling this out without a hitch?”

“…… “Chaewon.”

Today’s main topic brought out at the right time.

I thought 1 hour was enough to break the ice, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

I chuckle and get up from my seat and pull out a tissue from the table.

“Why is everyone reacting like that? “You all came here because of this.”

“… “That’s true.”

“That’s right. I got dumped. That doesn’t mean you’ll become a tragic heroine, so don’t give her a worried look for no reason. If you do that, the atmosphere will actually become strange?”

I hand the tissue to Yerin, who hastily wipes the drink off her mouth with the back of her hand.

After I sat down, my eyes immediately caught my attention.

Although the emotions contained within them are different, the common denominator is that they are for me in the end, so it was inevitable that I would smile.

I drink what little milk tea is left and think about what I have to say.

“Did Serin tell you what happened?”

“… What. Roughly.”

“Then I don’t have to say it twice. Umm…. What should I talk about first? Ah, I have to do that first.”

Not too bright, but not too dark……

To put it simply, put on a calm smile that won’t be pitied.

“I decided not to dwell on being dumped anymore.”

“”… ….””

“Look at the eyes of your supporters? Anyone who sees me will think that I’m trying hard to pretend I’m okay. It’s not like that, so relax your expression. Hurry.”

I put a brighter smile on my face for the members who don’t believe me.

“After a long time, I stopped sweating and didn’t think anything of it. Ah, I thought it was just a joke, so I passed on it anyway, and I still think that way, but if I keep sulking, wouldn’t it only be a loss for me? A thought suddenly occurred to me.”

We make eye contact with each person one by one.

First of all, our youngest with attractive dimples.

Even though he has only recently become an adult, his dignified appearance is very admirable. Still, the maknae’s quirky appearance is still cute even though he’s not going anywhere.

“You may not understand, but that’s the way we are. Since we have been childhood friends for 15 years, we mostly just accept it. Well, even if you confessed to being drunk, I didn’t expect you to pass this off as a joke.”

Next, my May, who I am so grateful to have come to Korea.

You probably don’t like it when I touch your cheek every time, but I’m so thankful that you always smile and call me ‘Chaewon unnie~’. I will have a daughter like May later.

“It’s unfortunate, but what can I do? He doesn’t think much of me, so I can’t force him to like me and threaten me, right? Huh. “It’s just a shame that we don’t feel the same way.”

Next, our adorable Yerin, who is more like the youngest than the youngest.

She does things that make her older sisters so cute that it makes you wonder how great she would be if she had a younger sister like this. So you keep wanting to buy something without me knowing? He also makes a lot of money.

“You have to acknowledge and accept it. I’m telling you to suffer for someone’s benefit. In the first place, I am Han Chae-won? Just wait and see. “I’m going to make him hit the ground and regret it later.”

Lastly, our reliable friend of the same age, Serin.

A friend who is like an older sister at times, always by my side and guiding me to the right path whenever I have a problem. I can’t tell you how grateful and comfortable I have been thanks to him.

“So what I want to say is. Huh. I’m okay, and I’m even better because the members comfort me. “Thank you everyone for coming today~.”

Clap your hands and somehow lift the depressed mood. The members who were watching as if fascinated responded by exhaling quietly or drinking the remaining milk tea……

‘Even if I say this, my uncomfortable feelings won’t go away.’

They are very kind-hearted kids. These kids probably think that things didn’t go well with my friend of 15 years because they instigated it.

Even now, if you look at them, their expressions seem to be trying to force a smile.

There is nothing else to do like this.

“I’m going to upload a vlog video? It’s only 2 hours long because it hasn’t been edited, but I hope the members will take a look. You’ll be surprised at how much fun you’ve ever had? Oh right. Now that I think about it, Serin, how was your vlog?”

“I’m just saying this because I’m talking about it.”

“… Huh?”

“I showed that to the kids before you came.”

“… Oh yeah?”

Without thinking much about Serin’s words, she nods her head.

I was going to show it anyway, but everyone would have felt it if they had already seen it. That video will definitely show up.

I opened my mouth, secretly anticipating the comments the members would make.

“You know this is very rude, right? “I know very well how unpleasant and insulting it would be to you to bring up something that has already ended.”

Serin, who spoke a beat faster than me, had a very stiff expression on her face.

The way he looked at me seemed like he had made up his mind.

“… “What are you talking about?”

I have a rough idea, but I try to smile and ask.

“The whole time I was watching, I could only think of one thing. I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this, so I showed it to the members. But, everyone thought the same thing while watching that 2-hour long video.”

“… ….”

“… That.”

Serin swallows her words as if she can’t bring herself to speak.

The other members were busy looking at me and Serin, and I looked at them all indifferently and then turned to face Serin with a smile.

“It’s okay.”

“———.”

“Because there is nothing bad in what you are saying. Huh. Are you okay.”

“Chaewon….”

“It’s okay to talk. “I am prepared.”

A look of shamelessness. I gradually got a sense of what it was that I wanted to talk about even at the risk of feeling sorry……

“…… Okay.”

I try to suppress my emotions and prepare to laugh at the expression on my friend’s firm decision.

“I think I like you, Yumin.”

“———Huh?”

Don’t worry and definitely give up. As someone who expected me to hear those words, I felt like I had been punched.

I literally wondered what I had heard.

“…… “What?”

“Yumin, I think I like you.”

It was more cloudy and unclear than any other whirlwind of emotions I had experienced in the past two weeks.

“…… Under.”

I was out of my mind.