The Maknae Has to Be an Idol

Chapter 178

I looked at Kang Hyun-Sung in surprise. I was so surprised that I forgot to control my expression, and it appeared my shocked expression was caught on camera

Sigh I didnt know how people would react to it. However, that wasnt the important point right now.

Whatin the world is he doing? Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sung hadnt interacted much before. Although there had been many chances, they strangely hadnt bonded in any way before. In Yeon-Hoons case, he must have been nervous about being friends with such a famous person. As for Kang Hyun-Sung

He just seemed like he didnt want to be friends. He seemed to have no intention of becoming friends with Yeon-Hoon. Of course, he told Yeon-Hoon that they should speak friendly to one another and added some kind comments, but Kang Hyun-Sung didnt actually make any effort to form a friendship with Yeon-Hoon. He basically only said empty words to create a strategically friendly relationship.

But this crazy guyseriously Since there was now a strategic reason to get close to Yeon-Hoon, Kang Hyun-Sung made the first move.

Thus, I planned to intervene between them and asked, What did you guys talk about?

Of course, it would be helpful if Kang Hyun-Sung and Yeon-Hoon were caught together on camera as it was a cut that directly showed our fans that Only One and we were on good terms. However, I didnt want to see Yeon-Hoon be sacrificed for Kang Hyun-Sungs strategy, so I tried to bring Yeon-Hoon closer to my side.

Us?

Wellit was nothing much.

? What in the world did Kang Hyun-Sung do in that short amount of time? They had already become close enough to share secrets. Yeon-Hoon glossed over my question by saying it was not a big deal, and Kang Hyun-Sung gave me a furtive smile. It was obvious that they were hiding something from me.

Kang Hyun-Sung said, Yeon-Hoon and I were sharing our difficulties as a leader.

Yeah, I was just discussing various concerns about this and that with Hyun-Sung.

Then they tried to gloss over this situation by using their shared characteristic as leaders to put a stop to this topic.

But Yeon-Hoonand Hyun-Sung? I wondered if someone was doing a prank video on me right now. If not, how did they become so close as to being on a first-name basis now? They both used to speak honorifics to each other every single time. I had no idea whether Yeon-Hoon had extremely high EQ or Kang Hyun-Sung was just crazy.

Then Kang Hyun-Sung suddenly whispered something to Yeon-Hoon while staring at me. When Yeon-Hoon heard his words, he looked at me once and smiled brightly. Kang Hyun-Sung was really just pretending to be close to Yeon-Hoon now as if he was bragging to me that although I knew Yeon-Hoon for much longer, they were now closer. I was fuming with anger because of how ridiculous Kang Hyun-Sung was being, but I calmed myself down. When I was about to say a word or two to Kang Hyun-Sung

This weeks 1st place is!

Jays <DRIVE THRU>! Congratulations!

The first-place announcement came out. From now on, I needed to keep my mouth shut and look completely attentive. This was the moment when our senior in the music industry won first place. From here on, we were not the main characters but this senior was. We closed our mouths shut and clapped in unison, looking straight ahead. Flower petals burst from the sky and the song that won no.1 rang out. We went down the stage at that moment.

I wanted to ask Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sung what kind of conversation they shared again, but Do-Seung pulled me towards where he was.

Bong Tae-Yoon! Come here. He purposely pulled me towards him because he was afraid I might bump into someone in a big crowd like this.

Sigh. I got further away. However, as a result, I had to move further away from Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sung.

Will we be able to win first place next week?

I might cry if we win first place.

Woon, I think youll cry.

Without knowing what I was feeling, the members continued to talk about winning first place next week. I stared at Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sung as they grew more and more distant and began moving.

***

Woo Yeon-Hoon watched the backs of his members as they were walking far ahead of him.

Woo Yeon-Hoon said, Ive already so far from my members.

Kang Hyun-Sung asked, Shouldnt you go after them?

How can I run in a crowded place like this? Its not like theyre running away anyway.

Woo Yeon-Hoon looked briefly up at Kang Hyun-Sung. Kang Hyun-Sung had frequently expressed his intention to become friends with him by saying things like 'lets talk informally, speak casually, and lets be friends'. However, there has been no significant progress until today. There wasnt such a big reason for this.

Anyway, Ill take good care of Tae-Yoon! Dont worry! It was all because Kang Hyun-Sung had suddenly brought up Tae-Yoon at the first-place stage presentation ceremony. The topic of their conversation was how is your groups maknae doing?

Kang Hyun-Sung said that the maknae of his team was suffering from indigestion, perhaps, because he was too nervous before his debut. Only Ones maknae was Park Young-Ho, and Yeon-Hoon did think that Yeon-Hoon looked thinner than before. Then the conversation naturally turned to how their maknae was doing. Kang Hyun-Sung asked if Bong Tae-Yoon was sleeping well and if he wasnt straining too hard during practice as he had a tendency to push himself too hard.

Woo Yeon-Hoon was surprised that Kang Hyun-Sung knew Bong Tae-Yoon so well, and when he asked about it, Kang Hyun-Sung shared various events that happened during their team alliance mission while filming The Showcase 2. Since then, the two exchanged information about Bong Tae-Yoons small habits.

What Kang Hyun-Sung discovered was that when Bong Tae-Yoon was upset, his lips protruded ever so slightly and twitched. However, he added that it was so slight that unless one looked at him very closely, it was hard to notice. And sure enough, Yeon-Hoon was able to see Bong Tae-Yoons lips twitch on todays stage. After listening to Kang Hyun-Sung, it was a clearly visible habit.

I should help Tae-Yoon a lot so that he doesnt burden himself too much.

Yeah.

Then Ill contact you again!

Sure. After breaking up with Kang Hyun-Sung in the waiting room hallway, Yeon-Hoon headed to the waiting room where his group was.

Although it felt kind of iffy that a leader from another group seemed to know Bong Tae-Yoon better than him, he thought, I should be more attentive.

Rather than feeling discouraged, Yeon-Hoon strengthened his resolve to take care of the group by working harder.

***

After the broadcast of Music Champion on Tuesday ended, various SNS platforms, including Bluebird, began to mention Siren and Only One together in a different direction.

I knew that Kang Hyun-Sung was close to Tae-Yoon, but Im surprised that he was close to Yeon-Hoon too

They look so good together

But werent they not that close?

Reply: It seems good tho?

Reply: But I think its more difficult not to get close cause they did Showcase together, and their promotion period overlap.

A friendship scene broke out at the moment when excessive rivalry was burning up between the two fandoms and fans were beginning to get sick of it. Since it was came at an exquisite timing, rival-related posts began to disappear from the feed one by one. Of course, they werent completely gone.

Is it just me whos bothered that theyre together?

They were still people who were too immersed in the rivalry between Only One and Siren.

Reply: Theyre closePlease let them be friends

People who were too immersed in their rivalry began to calm down and return to their original state. However, as the heat of the rivalry cooled down, another topic began to gain traction.

But seriously, Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sungs faces look crazy good together;

Cool-type and warm-type handsome faces(Kang Hyun-Sung and Woo Yeon-Hoon whisphering.gif)

Reply: Wow, Im dying

The feed began to pour in about how good Woo Yeon-Hoon and Kang Hyun-Sung looked together.

When I saw the two of them whispering at first, my expression looked exactly like Bong Tae-Yoon haha (Bong Tae-Yoon looking surprised at Woo Yeon-Hoon on ending stage.jpg)

But its hilarious that Tae-Yoon seems surprised for real that Hyun-Sung is whispering to Yeon-Hoon lol

Reply: Our baby wolf is getting jealous of his boyfriend so gud aww

Furthermore, the photo of Bong Tae-Yoon, who looked surprised to see the two whispering, also became a hot topic. Of course, there were several different reactions to this.

If Yeon-Hoon and Hyun-Sung were close, why would Tae-Yoon be so surprised?

Were they pretending to be close

Although these were pretty keen observations, people wanted to interpret this scene in a different way.

BongJealous Bong

My baby, cutie-pie peachs boyfriend looking jealous is feeding my delusions

This ordeal is too great for our wolf cub to handle

hahahhahaha its so funny that he seems really jealous cause of how surprised he looks

People were more in favor of Bong Tae-Yoons jealous storyline with a bright-eyed Woo Yeon-Hoon and sly Kang Hyun-Sung, and any negative speculation about Bong Tae-Yoons surprised expression quickly disappeared.

Honestly, rather than this boring rivalry, I want to see more of this kind of friendship

Id rather see them get along well

Its a blessing to see handsome guys socialize with each other; I like this more

Moreover, the overall sentiment was that Only One and Sirens rivalry should stop, and they should show more heartwarming scenes. Bong Tae-Yoon stared blankly at his phone as the public opinion in SNS dramatically changed from one scene to the ending stage.

***

I thought I owed it to Kang Hyun-Sung this time since he instantly solved the problems of the rivalry we created with our greed. The overheated rivalry died down, and we even drew attention in a different direction other than the rivalry. Of course, the conversation headed in a direction I didnt expect, but it was all thanks to Kang Hyun-Sung that I felt relieved.

Whats good is good. I fell deep into thought after turning off the Bluebird app. As Kang Hyun-Sung intended, the public opinion in Bluebird was overturned in an instant, so it would only be a matter of time before the fandom would also change their stance. Since we put out the urgent fire, all we needed to do now was focus on the remaining schedule.

The only remaining schedule today was a web variety show shoot. These were variety shows where idols usually appeared when they made a comeback or made their debut, but the schedule for filming these variety shows became quite tight due to our overlapping debut with Only One. The programs had to set separate filming times because they had to shoot both Only One and ours.

Thus, I was going to take a nap to manage my energy, but Ms. Hyuna, who was sitting in the passenger seat, exclaimed and called us, What? No way! Everyone!

What is it?

Why?

What happened?

I asked, wondering if there was a controversy or something.

We just heard the total album sales and! I thinkI need to share this.

What?

Why?

Is there a problem?

Ill post it in the group chat room, so look at the pictures. Soon after, Ms. Hyuna posted a picture of cumulative album sales in the group chat room, and we saw the picture that came up on screen.

?

Is this real?

The conversation in the van was cut off in an instant.