LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 108
Chapter 108
[(Photo) Today, I went to Latte World and saw Pick Heart’s On Raon, Ban Yo-han, and Seo Moon-gyeol. There were two more handsome guys, but I don’t know their names. It looks like they were filming something because they had a camera. It was so amazing. Just their presence is fascinating. It felt like sunlight was following On Raon, making everything around him bright.]
┗ [But isn’t this indoors?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It seems like On Raon really has an aura… Wow, my heart is still trembling,,,,]
┗ [Those stories about dying after seeing someone three times are meaningless. If I meet On Raon three times, my heart will burst on its own. I’ve already seen him twice, one more to go.]
┗ [Since I’m going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be better to see On Raon’s face one more time before I die? What would you guys do? Even if you tell me not to, I’m going to see him. Aren’t you jealous???]
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Satisfied with our meal, we continued to ride various attractions.
If you asked if all the efforts to impress each other worked…
I wasn’t sure.
But at least, Kang Ji-woo’s sabotage was quite effective.
Especially towards Ban Yo-han.
“Kang Ji-woo, aren’t you interfering with me too much?”
“Do you think I’d just let you mess with an innocent kid?”
“Stop interfering! I really want to learn his mental management tips!”
Ban Yo-han’s voice was so sincere that it was hard to tell if he was joking or genuinely curious.
As evening fell, employees dressed as monsters began to roam around Latte World.
Unlike regular visitors who had subtle Halloween makeup, their costumes were quite elaborate.
“Stay away. I said stay away!”
The one most affected among us was Gyun Seong-ha.
While Kang Ji-woo also disliked scary things, he wasn’t as frightened as Gyun Seong-ha.
The monsters, recognizing the weakest target, surrounded Gyun Seong-ha, who crouched behind Seo Moon-gyeol, and growled, “Urrgh…”
After circling him for a while, they finally moved on to a new victim once Gyun Seong-ha started dancing frantically.
“You looked like a sacrificial offering,” I said.
“Hyung, if you say one more word, I’ll make you hug one of those monsters over there.”
Gyun Seong-ha was serious, so Kang Ji-woo, who didn’t like scary things, stopped teasing and shut his mouth.
“The final ride for today is the Ferris wheel.”
The Ferris wheel, set up outdoors, took 15 minutes to complete one rotation.
“We’ll go in pairs, and one person will have to ride alone.”
“Alone?”
Just hearing it felt lonely.
“We were supposed to go in pairs or threes, but it looks like one of you will have to ride alone. But don’t worry, we’ll take lots of solo shots of you.”
The production team’s attempt to comfort or tease us, who had grown quite close, didn’t help at all.
Moreover, it was Ban Yo-han’s turn to pair up.
He would, of course, ride with his target, Seo Moon-gyeol…
But Ban Yo-han’s suggestion was unexpected.
“This time, I’ll ride with Raon, and Seong-ha with Gyeol.”
My target was Ban Yo-han, yet he set the stage for me.
“What, are you challenging me?”
“Yeah, let’s see what you’ve got.”
“What about Gyeol? Are you confident?”
“Our sweet Gyeol will give me anything I ask for. Besides, he’s boring. No reaction.”
“You’re such a bad guy. And who says he has no reaction! You just can’t notice it!”
“Don’t you know bad guys are more attractive?”
As predicted earlier in the day by Ban Yo-han, Kang Ji-woo ended up riding the Ferris wheel alone with the cameraman.
“Ha ha, enjoy your lonely and solitary time.”
“You devil….”
Grinding his teeth, Kang Ji-woo got on the Ferris wheel first with a reluctant goodbye from Ban Yo-han.
Next, Gyun Seong-ha and Seo Moon-gyeol boarded the Ferris wheel.
When it was Ban Yo-han’s and my turn, the production team handed us a mission card as we got on with the cameraman.
“Open it inside.”
Inside the Ferris wheel cabin, there were two facing chairs. The cameraman sat on one side, and Ban Yo-han and I sat on the opposite side.
“Wow, the floor is transparent.”
It was fascinating to see the ground clearly through the transparent floor of the Ferris wheel cabin.
“Let’s check the mission first.”
The mission card we opened read:
Share a memory with your partner.
The only memories we had were from our Pick Heart days, sweating and struggling together.
I tensed up at the mention of a mission, but…
“Nothing special.”
“Memories….”
Ban Yo-han seemed to be reminiscing about old times.
“Should we start with how you tried to make me sleep on the floor during our first training camp?”
“Oh, I already apologized for that.”
Knowing how much Ban Yo-han had been nagged by Kang Ji-woo for that, I laughed it off.
“During our first training camp, you quickly learned the choreography for Heart Attack and helped the rest of us practice.”
With a cheerful voice, Ban Yo-han began recounting our past days one by one.
The events in room 312, sharing a room with Ritsu and other Japanese trainees during Toxic, our first performance together, going to see the advertisement board with Seo Moon-gyeol, harmonizing during Rewind…
He remembered everything so vividly, even the things I had forgotten.
“Oh, right. That happened.”
“Do you remember now?”
“I might have forgotten.”
“Yeah, you might forget.”
Talking casually about the memories that once made us want to quit but now could be laughed off, we soon reached the top.
Outside, the city, sparkling with various lights, was visible.
While Ban Yo-han paused to look outside, I recorded the night view with my wrist-worn self-cam.
As our Ferris wheel cabin began its descent, Ban Yo-han spoke up.
“Thank you.”
“Why are you suddenly thanking me?”
It was a rather unexpected expression of gratitude.
“If you hadn’t helped me initially, I might have quit because it was too hard. Then all these things wouldn’t have happened. Saying thank you at a time like this isn’t that strange, right?”
Quit because it was too hard, who?
When would this sly fox stop saying things he didn’t mean?
[Ban Yo-han appreciates you. Ban Yo-han’s favorability +3, current favorability +60]
Oh.
‘Was that for real?’
It felt like ages since I’d seen Ban Yo-han’s favorability notification without the annoying message, ‘I hope you get eliminated.’
“…I’m thankful too.”
I barely managed to suppress the urge to break the Ferris wheel window and jump out from the embarrassment as I spoke.
After all, it was thanks to him showing interest in me and inviting me to their dorm that I was able to join Seed.
Taking this opportunity to express my gratitude didn’t seem like a bad idea.
If Ban Yo-han had asked why I was thankful, I planned to dismiss it by saying, “Why do you even ask such things?”
But he just smiled smugly as if he already knew everything.
The time to get off was approaching.
“…What are you doing now?”
“Persuading.”
Ban Yo-han laughed lightly at my actions, seemingly bewildered.
“Hyung, I think I know what the punishment is. But I really don’t want to do it. Can’t you let it slide just this once?”
“I think I know too. I’ll consider it.”
A moment later, as we got off the Ferris wheel, the others were gathered in a huddle.
“Did Gyun Seong-ha cry?”
“No, I didn’t.”
“Director, did Seong-ha cry?”
In response to my question, the cameraman who followed Gyun Seong-ha and Seo Moon-gyeol answered, “He almost did.”
Anyway, the amusement park tour, which was more fun than expected, ended with this.
However, today’s filming wasn’t over yet.
We moved to a metal workshop inside Latte World.
Having arranged things in advance, only we and the production team were allowed inside the workshop.
Thanks to this, aside from the soft meditation music playing from the speakers, it was quiet.
From the outside, it was hard to tell, but inside, the workshop had an antique feel, and the orange-tinted lights gave it a warm atmosphere.
The advertisement on the wall showed that couples could come and make couple rings or friends could come and make friendship rings.
I wondered if we were going to make rings ourselves today.
“During the preliminary meeting, Seo Moon-gyeol mentioned he wanted to make something that the members could keep together,” said the production team.
“Are you okay with wearing rings?”
At Seo Moon-gyeol’s question, we all nodded enthusiastically.
“Of course. We like anything you want to do,” Kang Ji-woo replied, using the words Seo Moon-gyeol had said before, in a gentle yet firm tone.
As I later heard in more detail.
During the preliminary meeting, Seo Moon-gyeol had vaguely mentioned, “I want to make something that the members can share or keep together,” and after discussing with the production team, they finally decided on rings.
“Which finger will you wear the ring on?”
The designer, the owner of the workshop, asked us as we sat in a row in front of a long table.
After some internet searching, we decided to wear the friendship rings on our left index fingers, as that was common practice.
Once we decided on which finger, we used a ring sizer, also known as a ring gauge, to measure the size of our index fingers.
The results were: Kang Ji-woo, size 16; Ban Yo-han, size 15; Seo Moon-gyeol, size 18; Gyun Seong-ha, size 19; and I was size 12.
“Wow, how can even your hands look so handsome?”
“Have you ever thought about being a hand model?”
The designer’s joke about my hands made Kang Ji-woo, who was admiring them, look up with wide eyes.
“No way. He’s signed a seven-year contract with us to be an idol.”
“Oh my, then Raon, sign with us in seven years. We can wait that long.”
This person was quite good at taking jokes.
“Our boy’s contract deposit is a billion won, though. Can you handle that?”
“A billion won? It might be faster to create new beautiful hands with that money.”
The designer gave up on my hands without hesitation.
What about my opinion?