As the sun set and the night deepened, the chat room didn’t die but rather burned even more hotly. And Mikyung, who was leading the situation and used the ID ‘Please Let the World Not Know Coco is Pretty,’ received a direct message from one Coco-mom.
It was from someone who used the ID ‘CocoIsMine.’ Though they didn’t appear often, they were someone all Coco-moms knew. They were famous for always throwing large amounts of money at events related to Coco.
On the other hand, Mikyung was a true fan acknowledged by all Coco-moms. Growing up in a comfortable household and running a cafe, what she had in abundance was time.
That’s why she had so much information related to Coco that it could be said she watched almost all of Coco’s lives in full.
[CocoIsMine: Please share today’s live video.]
Without any hesitation, Mikyung sent the footage up until before Evan appeared. She had no reservations about sharing materials with Coco-moms. And since many Coco-moms had requested to share materials, this kind of thing was very common for her.
[CocoIsMine: Please send the full video including the scene where Evan appeared.]
This was someone who hadn’t participated in today’s live. No. This was someone she had never seen in the live, so how did they know that Evan appeared? Mikyung’s pupils trembled. It was a request made knowing that Evan had appeared and pointing it out specifically. It wasn’t a situation where she could lie and say she didn’t have it.
After worrying for a while, Mikyung recalled Evan threatening with a smile and politely sent an answer that there was no such video.
Aside from whether to send the full video or not, it was her will not to create even the slightest problem that could affect our Coco. When she was already holding back her desire to widely spread to the world how pretty our kid was, there was no need to create trouble by buying it.
Moreover, the other party was Evan, the leader of Ocean with a tremendous fandom.
Since an answer didn’t come right away, Mikyung clicked on the video to lick today’s live again. There were so many killing points that she had no sense of where to start or how to appreciate it. She was planning to thoroughly lick it down to the nano unit first, then open a forum for discussion with the Coco-moms.
Then an alarm rang and a message came in.
[CocoIsMine: It’s me, so please give it to me.]
Below a comment that could be misunderstood, a photo was attached.
A photo just uploaded to Evan’s SNS, of someone whose identity couldn’t be known on a daybed.
But the photo that just came to her was clearly different.
The protagonist of the photo Evan had updated was Coco.
Her beloved Coco was leaning comfortably on the daybed with a book on one thigh, smiling brightly while reaching a hand toward the camera.
This was an unmissable deal proposal. The other party wasn’t making a deal but just notifying her. They had sent the photo first and since Mikyung had confirmed it, she had to send the video the other party wanted.
The problem wasn’t whether to send the video or not.
Could ‘CocoIsMine’-nim possibly be Coco? But in Coco’s case, he could watch the broadcasts he did live on his app. While Coco-moms recorded the lives and shared them, Coco didn’t need to do that.
Then how many people could give this photo? A photo taken at the filming site currently in progress. On top of that, Coco knew the photo was being taken.
Someone at the filming site right now. And someone who wouldn’t be misunderstood for freely taking his photo. Someone close enough to see Coco’s smile like this.
She shifted her gaze to the comment written in the messenger just now. And she slowly read the written sentence.
“Jackpot. Crazy.”
The conclusion came out that ‘CocoIsMine’-nim, who had been throwing money around as a big spender until now, was Evan.
Then it would be very natural for him to have called Siwoo ‘Coco’ earlier and to have called them Coco-moms.
Her heart, which had been startled several times today, began to run wild like crazy at the reality that was still hard to handle.
I’m exchanging direct messages with Evan right now? And Evan gave a photo of Coco that he took himself, which no one else had.
[Please Let the World Not Know Coco is Pretty: Evan-nim?]
Mikyung threw away the phone she was holding with trembling hands. She had sent it impulsively, but she didn’t have the courage to see the answer. This is really crazy, it’s a no-answer situation. What am I supposed to do in this situation? After taking a deep breath, she picked up the phone.
But she immediately dropped the phone.
There was one more photo.
Why is our kid soaking wet? Moreover, he was wearing a large short-sleeved t-shirt that was definitely not his own, holding a towel and smiling while looking somewhere. The background was a blue sky without a single cloud and an outdoor pool that explained the reason he had just gotten wet.
With trembling hands, Mikyung held the phone and sent the full version video he wanted.
[CocoIsMine: Please take care of me from now on. And please share the photo I just sent after the main broadcast airs.]
Looking at the answer that came back, Mikyung quickly drew in a breath. A secret that couldn’t be spoken had been created with a tremendous person. The things she saw today could be shared with the Coco-moms who watched together then, but what just happened seemed like something she should take to the grave.
Mikyung still couldn’t handle her heart that was acting up on its own, but she looked at the photo Evan had just sent. Why is our kid so pretty?
Our kid is so pure and innocent. Wow, why doesn’t he smile like this on broadcasts? Well, for that to matter, our kid would have to properly appear on broadcasts in the first place.
What should I do about those folded eye corners? The kid’s lips became a heart.
So what’s the name of the program you’re filming right now? When does the broadcast air? When does this blessed broadcast air?
That day, Mikyung couldn’t enter the chat room burning with crazy firepower. If she logged in with this kind of feeling right now, she felt like she would leak the tremendous secret.
* * *
“Siwoo. Is there anything you can’t eat?”
At Evan’s words, Siwoo, who came out of his room, shook his head at the main writer’s question who spoke to him as soon as she saw him. He had preferences, but there was no food he particularly couldn’t eat or that gave him trouble.
“What about things like rides?”
“Those are fine too. Are we going to an amusement park?”
The moment he heard the word rides, Siwoo’s eyes sparkled. He knew about all the representative schedules since he had heard about them, but he hadn’t heard anything about going to an amusement park.
“We couldn’t confirm it because we couldn’t get it arranged. But it seems like it will work out. Still, it’s not confirmed yet. Tomorrow morning wake up by 9, depart at 10. Got it?”
“If we’re going to the amusement park, when are we going?”
Honestly, he hadn’t done preliminary research or anything when coming here. It wasn’t that he couldn’t, but that he didn’t. Anyway, since the day of departure was the day he kept regressing, he didn’t even have expectations. And it was already the third day. The world turned normally. Since he had a lot of time, while looking around, he learned there was a famous amusement park.
“Considering the location and all that, if we end up going it’ll probably be about two days before departure. And why didn’t you write down what you wanted to do during your personal free time before departure? Are you really planning to spend it alone?”
Siwoo turned his head and looked around. No one was looking this way. Siwoo quietly whispered what he wanted to do into the main writer’s ear as she looked at him.
He honestly said what he wanted to do, but it was impossible. That’s why he spoke as if whispering quietly, but at the warm touch patting his shoulder instead, Siwoo scratched his head. It wasn’t an answer of possible or impossible.
“Are the kids all asleep? They’re not asleep yet?”
PD Lee, who appeared wandering around, gathered the scattered members by going around the house. Since there was no special schedule tonight, everyone was freely resting. In the living room, Louis and Yechan were playing games, and Hyunsu was on the garden bench with Luca and Ian, saying he’d have one more drink.
At this time approaching 10 PM, the gazes of the members who suddenly gathered were fixed on PD Lee.
You said there was no schedule today.
“Hyunsu, can you film?”
“PD-nim. You said there was no schedule today. I just opened a beer, and I really only took one sip, you know? If I knew this would happen, I should have finished the whole can.”
Though he grumbled with words, they naturally came out to the living room. The moment they confirmed that the camera was set up in the living room and all the staff had finished preparing, it was safe to say they were already ready to go into broadcasting. Ian went to get a headband, and Louis loosely put on the hood of the hoodie he was wearing.
“What are you trying to do?”
Evan, who came out the latest yet wasn’t in a hurry, whether he had been doing something somewhere, shook his head back and forth.
“On the condition of running without rest tomorrow, the travel time it takes is six hours. We have to eat lunch in the middle and rest too, so we’ll probably need a lot of money, right?”
“Ah. This is really too much. You should provide meals and snacks for free.”
When Yechan tried to lie down in the middle of the living room again, Hyunsu quickly grabbed his scruff. We’re tired, so wouldn’t it be better to do whatever quickly and rest?
“Now! I’ll explain simply. Paper passing. Starting from Siwoo here and ending with Evan at the end, if you succeed five times, I’ll do whatever you want.”
Everyone’s gaze touched the small palm-sized paper PD Lee was holding. And the pupils of Siwoo, who had to start first, shook wildly, losing direction. This is something that becomes awkward even among very close people, and you want me to do it with people I’ve barely gotten acquainted with?
For now, since PD Lee was holding out the paper to Siwoo, Siwoo grabbed the paper with trembling hands. And he looked at Yechan, who was right next to him. Do we really have to do this?
I haven’t done this even when I was in group activities.
“Evan. If you’re angry, say it with words. Are you pressing down with pheromones! On top of that, PD-nim is a beta so he doesn’t know how angry you are!”
Hyunsu, who yelled loudly toward Evan standing at the living room entrance, quickly pulled Louis behind him. Ian wasn’t in this space so there wouldn’t be a big problem, but for Louis it was a threatening pheromone.
