“Stay there.”
I stepped way back, thinking I might try filming him walking along the beach. He sat there fiddling with the sand, then got up and toddled back and forth. After doing that for a while, he stopped and tilted his head.
“More?”
“I don’t know.”
“What should I do?”
Won Dogyeong, who had been standing still just brushing off his wet hands, suddenly started making strange movements. Moving his feet frantically while flapping his hands up and down… What is that?
“……What are you doing?”
“That challenge from earlier.”
No way, the one the idol was dancing to?
Now that he mentioned it, the hand shape did seem similar… But he really can’t dance.
I clutched my trembling lips to hide the laughter leaking out. Regardless, Won Dogyeong was moving with a serious expression, jabbing at the air.
“It was something like this.”
“No, it’s not…”
You’re ten billion light years off.
After flailing his body around like he’d rusted up alone, he soon gave up and shrugged his shoulders as he approached.
“I’ll have to ask them to edit this out.”
“Yeah.”
When I nodded firmly, he giggled and grabbed my hand. He didn’t even cover his face, so I looked around worrying about what we’d do if someone recognized him, but everyone seemed busy looking at the ocean, so it seemed fine. I reached out and pressed Won Dogyeong’s cap down firmly on his head.
It’s hard to see him, but would there be someone who could recognize him just from his lower face?
…There probably would be. I could only hope they’d pretend not to notice.
After carefully browsing through the cafes I’d saved a bunch of on the map, I decided to go to a place famous for peach tarts. Even though the cafe was located in a tucked-away corner that was hard to reach without a car, it seemed to be a famous place as there were quite a few people.
It seemed like he wanted to eat other things too since he was standing in front of the showcase for a while, so I pushed Won Dogyeong’s back, telling him to order two and share. Then, as if he’d been waiting, he said “Then the gateau chocolat too,” which was funny. He doesn’t usually eat that much, but what’s the big deal about eating a bit of that—he hesitates every time.
“What are you going to drink?”
“Rooibos tea.”
“Hot?”
“Yeah.”
Thinking about eating chocolate cake made me desperately want to drink coffee, but I decided to hold back.
They say it’s not that you absolutely can’t drink it, but it bothered me, so I decided to avoid drinking it as much as possible while carrying Yongyong around. Of course, on the list of things I wanted to eat after giving birth, iced Americano was listed right after beer.
“One peach tart, one gateau chocolat, one hot rooibos tea, and one cold one.”
He must have decided to copy everything I drink.
We received our cakes and drinks and settled into a corner seat on the third floor. The terrace had an ocean view and those seats seemed popular, so the inside was relatively quiet.
Both the peach tart and gateau chocolat were delicious. They were good, but I don’t usually eat sweets so it was a bit much for me. After pretending to eat a bit, I quietly put down my fork.
As I watched Won Dogyeong excitedly biting and chewing his fork, I took out my camera again. He must have been in a good mood because the aegyo-sal under his eyes was puffed up.
“Describe the taste for me.”
“The peach tart has a slight cream cheese flavor, and this one is super sweet.”
“Is it good?”
“Yeah.”
Just looking at his face, you could tell.
While filming a cake mukbang with my phone held horizontally, I started to think that this vlog really seemed to lack too much content. I haven’t watched them much so I don’t really know, but does this work? All I’d filmed so far was Won Dogyeong driving, Won Dogyeong walking on the beach and dancing(?), and Won Dogyeong eating cake.
Do people actually find this entertaining to watch?
“Say something else.”
“Hmm… Oh, should I show you what I’m wearing today?”
Won Dogyeong lowered his head to show the cap he was wearing and pointed his finger beyond the camera—in other words, at me.
“This is something he bought for me.”
“When was it? It was quite a while ago.”
“When I was twenty-five, as a birthday present.”
“Ah.”
“The T-shirt is also something he picked out for me, and the pants are just something I had at home. The shoes are these.”
He pulled his chair back and rolled up his pants to show the shoes he was wearing.
We went shopping together, so there were many items of both my clothes and Won Dogyeong’s clothes that we’d picked out for each other. Even when buying online, since we lived together, it was routine to ask “How’s this?”, so it was rarer when that wasn’t the case.
I moved the camera to film as Won Dogyeong introduced each item, then pressed the stop button.
“I don’t think I could be a NeTuber.”
“Why?”
“I have no idea if what I’m filming right now is interesting or not.”
“That’s why I said you don’t have to film.”
“Let’s at least finish filming today.”
Because even though there isn’t much, it would be a waste of what I’ve already filmed.
After sitting in the cafe exchanging trivial conversation like that, we went to eat a very early dinner. It seemed like there would be too many people if we went right on time, and since we’d eaten brunch at an odd hour, that timing was just right.
“This is fucking delicious?”
“They do delivery too. Let’s order it later.”
After taking one bite of the recommended squid sundae, both our eyes went wide and we photographed the phone number stuck on the wall. I’m not exaggerating—it was the most delicious squid sundae I’d ever eaten in my life.
It was worth coming all this way, so we quickly polished off one plate and headed back home before the sun even set. Starting from when we came out after eating, dark clouds began to gather, and on the way home, it finally started raining.
“We did well eating early and coming out, right?”
“For real, we don’t even have an umbrella.”
It felt like we moved with amazingly perfect timing, so even though it was nothing much, I felt strangely proud.
When we got home, I sent Won Dogyeong all the videos I’d filmed. There were several short videos that, all added together, might or might not reach ten minutes. He watched them several times with an uncertain expression, then said he didn’t know and they’d figure it out, and sent the videos to the company.
And a few days later, an edited vlog video was uploaded to Won Dogyeong’s agency’s NeTube channel. It was a short video of just over five minutes with the useless bickering and the parts where I was talking cut out.
They said it was uploaded during the day, so I stopped eating dinner to watch the video all the way through with him, and I had to ask sourly.
Even if there’s nothing I can do about my voice being included a bit…
“Your dancing came out at the end?”
They even included the audio he asked to have edited out. Did they put it in on purpose?
“They asked me to confirm it, so I said wouldn’t it be better to take it out… but they kept insisting on putting it in.”
“This?”
“I don’t know, they said that’s the kick.”
“Really…? If the experts say so, I guess that’s how it is…”
I tilted my head and read through the comments, but fortunately it didn’t seem like the fan cafe would collapse. Probably.
There were quite a few comments waiting for the next episode, so I wondered if I should film again. I still don’t really know if this is interesting, but since they’re saying they want to see the next one, I guess I just need to film similarly.
“Should I film again?”
Won Dogyeong let out a groan with a reluctant expression.
“You don’t want to?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to, I just don’t really know what I should do.”
“Can’t you just go around like this time? This one seems to be getting good views.”
“I guess.”
“Next time we go out, I’ll film you again. This is fun.”
To be precise, reading the comments pouring out impressions of Won Dogyeong that I filmed was fun. It made me think “So this is how people see Won Dogyeong,” and when they said he was handsome, I somehow felt proud.
“You keep letting go of my hand when you’re filming.”
Won Dogyeong, who had been blankly staring at me as I interestingly read down the comment section, grumbled. I looked at him with an incredulous gaze.
“You’re not seven years old…”
“I don’t care.”
“Hold it while filming, then.”
“Should I?”
“No.”
“…Okay. Film me again next time.”
Even though he grumbled, the comments asking for the next episode must have weighed on his mind too, so he glanced sideways at the comment window I was looking at and agreed.
I should film longer next time.
Given the situation, when that will be is actually uncertain, though.
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I went to Sokcho #WonDogyeong [vlog] (sub)
Comments 1.7K
@misoanim01
No way, you’re just dropping this and leaving?
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@romanticpuppy-mk
04:35 There was a reason he doesn’t do variety shows
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└ In case his image gets fucking destroyed
└└ lololololol
└└ In case he steals variety show hosts’ jobs
└└└ What even is this lololol
└└└ lolololololol
@rlatjddk
Give more
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└ Why so blunt lololol but me too, give more
@runningpokachya
Because of the last scene I forgot everything I was watching contentedly before
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└ He even says he should ask them to edit it out knowing it’s weird lololol
└└ But the fact that we’re watching it means…?
@woongyangyam95
04:33 lololololol It’s annoying that I vaguely know what it is lololol
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@slrkanjsep0090
00:42 Him driving is so heart-fluttering
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@letgopenguin
Ban hats in the next video
[Likes 625]
└ Will there even be a next one..?
@tt070
04:34 What did I just watch
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└ lololol
└ lolol
└ lololol
@user-rlaaldud
04:35 I think we’ve gotten too close..
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└ I thought he was all about mystique lololol
@wwwon0927
So that hat he wore until it was worn out was a gift
[Likes 124]
└ That hat that all Won Dogyeong fans know
└ He has a few more attachment items, first the Polo knit he rotates by color
└└ The Calvin Klein jacket he got
└└└ Did you go into his closet lololol
@strongest23
The thumbnail is crazy
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└ To avoid showing him dancing
└└ That’s not dancing, don’t call that dancing
└└ lolololololol
└└ Fuck lololol
@4d8ds9w8
04:35 Dancing Dogyeong timestamp
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@mite-dkj
03:29 Look at him liking sweets, so cute
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@anjfkrhgodieho
Why is Won Dogyeong so bright and innocent in this video? lololol
[Likes 345]
└ For real, an expression I’ve never seen in any making-of
└ He must be shy around people lololol
└└ You’re working hard defending his rudeness
└└└ You’re the one working hard; replying to every Won Dogyeong video, must be tiring ㅜㅜ
└└└ I was in my falling-in-love-denial phase
└└└└ lololol You seem so upset you can’t sleep lololol
@summermeanswatermelonbakdirara-upw
I’m so fucking jealous of the person filming
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└ It’s his lover
└└ Stop talking nonsense~
└ Seems like a friend he lives with is filming
└└ Are they really friends? I heard he’s an omega
└└└ That’s a rumor
└└└└ It’s not a rumor
└└└└└ It’s private life, leave it alone
