LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 107
Chapter 107
[Huff, huff, I skipped class with my friend and went to Latte World. While we were standing in line, suddenly Raon and the other members came up right behind us. My heart almost stoppedㅠ ㅠ ㅍㅠㅠㅠ When I said I was a fan, he smiled so brightly and said, ‘We’re filming a reality show right now, so please watch it later!’ He said thatㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ]
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Even though it was still early September, Latte World had already started its Halloween season.
There were stands displaying headbands with pumpkin designs and Latte World mascots dressed in Halloween costumes.
As each person attached the small handheld cameras provided by the production crew to their wrists, Ban Yo-han, who had visited here with his colleagues last Halloween, explained that it would get even more fun in the evening.
“But, isn’t it usual to start with a roller coaster at an amusement park?”
Shouldn’t we warm up with something a bit milder first? Do we always just jump right onto the roller coaster without asking?
The reason for this curiosity was that the first ride designated by the production team was an outdoor roller coaster named ‘Tachyon.’
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Tachyon was the largest ride in Latte World.
Whether fortunately or unfortunately, the line wasn’t that long.
Even though it was a weekday, there were usually more people, so it seemed like we picked a good day.
As the line shortened and we moved inside, the clattering sound of the roller coaster grew louder.
– Kyaaaa!
Every time we heard the screams of the people flying by on the roller coaster, my heart raced.
“Anyone who can’t handle scary rides?”
No one responded to Kang Ji-woo’s question, even as we faced the vertical drop from several dozen meters up.
Some might genuinely enjoy the ride, while others might stay silent out of pride, despite being scared.
The seating for the ride was fairly determined by taking turns according to age, starting with Kang Ji-woo.
“This time, it’ll be Seong-ha and me, Gyeol and Raon. Let’s ride together.”
Kang Ji-woo, playing the role of a disruptor, had separated all the pairs right from the start.
“What about me?”
“You ride alone.”
“Just wait. I’ll make sure you ride the Ferris wheel alone later.”
Ban Yo-han left a warning for Kang Ji-woo.
Following the production team’s instructions, we held hands with our assigned partners and waited for our turn.
It was almost our turn next.
“Nervous?”
Seo Moon-gyeol asked.
“A little? Maybe because it’s my first time.”
To be more precise, it was my first time at an amusement park itself.
For the first ride at my first amusement park visit to be a roller coaster…
“It’s okay. It’s not as scary as you think.”
Seo Moon-gyeol said something, but I didn’t catch it well.
A moment later, the roller coaster we were going to ride arrived.
A female passenger, who seemed to have lost her soul, unbuckled her safety belt and stumbled off the roller coaster, looked over at us and suddenly became alert.
“Wow… On Raon!”
“Hello.”
“I’m a fan!”
“Thank you.”
Hearing my response, the woman tried hard to suppress her laughter and told us to have fun.
With the permission of other users and Latte World staff, only our group of five and the camera director rode the roller coaster.
“Please adjust the angle of the handheld cameras to show your faces well!”
The production crew left at the boarding area reminded us.
It was easy for them to say since it wasn’t their turn.
“If anyone wants to get off now, please let us know, and we’ll help right away! ……Alright, it seems no one wants to get off. Then, at the speed of light, Tachyon launch!”
With a sense of tension, the roller coaster started moving slowly, clattering upward.
I felt a sudden shift in balance backward.
My hair swayed gently in the wind, and it was slightly cold due to the height.
At some point, I unknowingly closed my eyes and only barely opened them to look around, realizing how high we were.
This made me regret getting on and feel terrified about whether this fragile ride could handle the ordeal.
In desperation, I even thought that if the roller coaster had any fatal flaws, my Sommelier trait would have detected it, which helped me calm down and look ahead.
“Hyung, hold, hold my hand.”
“Okay.”
“Not because I’m scared… You know, right?”
“Got it.”
Finally, we reached the highest point.
My feet dangled in the air, and my heart pounded.
“Guys! You should ride with your hands up for these kinds of rides!”
Ban Yo-han, who really was sitting alone behind us, casually shouted such nonsense.
I wanted to tell him not to spout crazy things, forgetting that I had to stay on his good side today, but my voice wouldn’t come out.
“Here we go, here we go.”
“Seong-ha, if you don’t hold the handle tight, you’ll fly off!”
“Ah, Ji-woo hyung, don’t say that!”
Because the roller coaster started to drop at a frightening speed.
“!!”
“Aaaah! Aaaah!”
“Waaaah!”
…….
When the roller coaster finally slowed down and returned to the boarding area, I released the hand I had been holding instead of the handlebar.
“See, it wasn’t that scary.”
Seo Moon-gyeol looked at me quietly and then nodded with a faint smile.
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[Saw Orca (Bosses’ group) at Latte World!!!!!
(photo)
There were five people who were obviously celebrities, all wearing the same school uniforms and waiting in line for rides. Those waiting nearby probably weren’t bored at allㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Everyone around them was zoning out while watching them. They seemed to get along really wellㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (truncated)]
– Wow, they’re not human… Not human…
– What happened with Seongha’s physique?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Raon carrying a backpack as big as his body loosely, wearing a headband, and holding a beaded ice cream in his hand is so cuteㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Is this really a genuine sighting and not a fan-taken photo?
┗ As soon as they saw the home masters filming, they ran over, but since the location is Latte World, it seems like you saw it by chance. It’s being reported in various places right now.
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After checking the photo taken by the camera installed in the middle of the roller coaster, we headed to the next ride called ‘Spinning Coffee Cups.’
We got into a large coffee cup set on a tilting platform, and turning the steering wheel in the middle made the cup spin around.
Ban Yo-han said that the faster you turn the wheel, the faster the coffee cup spins….
Just watching the coffee cups spin from outside made my semicircular canals or cochlea or whatever feel very miserable.
“This time, let’s split into two groups of three.”
The person who divided the groups was Gyun Seong-ha, who looked best in the roller coaster photo.
“We three will ride, so you guys have fun.”
Gyun Seong-ha chose me and Seo Moon-gyeol.
You could say he carefully selected me, who was his target, and Seo Moon-gyeol, who he wanted to be with.
Ban Yo-han and Kang Ji-woo naturally formed the remaining group.
“Why do I have to be alone with him?”
“Yo-han, let’s show the fans how well we get along….”
“Ji-woo, if you really want to look friendly, could you drop the formal address?”
When Ban Yo-han spoke in a kindly, fabricated voice, Kang Ji-woo exaggeratedly cringed and quickly ducked into the coffee cup with the camera.
‘Is it really something to be that disgusted by?’
I thought this as I sat inside the coffee cup.
“Do we just turn this?”
Gyun Seong-ha answered my question.
“The youngest can just stay still and do nothing. I won’t make you work hard today.”
As soon as I heard Gyun Seong-ha speak overly gently to someone other than Seo Moon-gyeol for the first time in the dozens of days since I’d known him, I immediately understood Kang Ji-woo’s feelings from a moment ago.
Maybe it showed on my face.
“Even if I treat you well…!”
“You?”
“Our cute and lovely… youngest.”
I let it slide, finding his effort commendable.
Regardless of his true intentions, Gyun Seong-ha’s determination not to make me work hard today….
Collapsed as soon as he and Seo Moon-gyeol enthusiastically turned the steering wheel together like madmen.
The harder Gyun Seong-ha tried, the more I suffered.
They were so eager to show the maximum speed after coming all the way here that our coffee cup spun about twice as fast as the others, to exaggerate a little.
As a result, by the time we got off the coffee cup, I was so dizzy I could barely stand.
If no one had supported me, I wouldn’t have been able to walk straight, but the two of them looked completely fine, which made it even more absurd.
“Ugh… I feel like I’m going to throw up….”
Hearing my words, Kang Ji-woo, who had been spinning the wheel non-stop like he wanted to throw Ban Yo-han off, freaked out.
“No way! An idol can’t throw up or drool or have a runny nose….”
“Stop it, Kang Ji-woo!”
“Anyway, anything dirty is absolutely not allowed!”
“You’re dirtier!”
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[A friend works part-time at Latte World and said they came as a group and bought blood pack drinks, ice cream, and buttered corn. As soon as they got it, they went crazy feeding each other and sharing. Why can’t I go there?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ덕계못 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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Getting hungry, we followed the production team into a restaurant inside Latte World for lunch.
By then, quite a crowd of home masters with cameras and general visitors had gathered around us.
‘It’s a weekday afternoon, doesn’t anyone have jobs or school?’
Though the onlookers kept a certain distance from us, the numerous lenses and gazes made me a bit self-conscious, but not to the extent of disrupting my focus.
Anyway, fitting the Halloween season, the menu was packed with Halloween-themed items.
“Wow….”
“Seong-ha, do you think you can eat something like this?”
Ban Yo-han pointed at a tomato pasta with eyes made of eggs and olives, laughing.
Maybe because of the editing, the picture on the menu looked quite grotesque.
Gyun Seong-ha, who didn’t like disgusting things, and Kang Ji-woo, who also didn’t favor such things, both turned their eyes away, looking nauseous.
“Don’t you dare order that.”
In the end, we ordered a simple pumpkin soup, mummy bread, rib bones, eyeball shrimp pizza, and milkshake in a ghost cup.
The food was decent, but it felt much more satisfying than it tasted because we were busy trying to score points with each other, hindering each other’s efforts, serving food, cutting ribs, and feeding each other.