What? What did you just say? I think I heard something tremendous. Are my ears wrong?
Siwoo’s eyes became impossibly round as he looked at Evan. Until now he had been laughing happily in the back thinking it was someone else’s business, but suddenly what is this bolt from the blue?
“Evan and Siwoo are doing it together?”
Siwoo wasn’t the only one surprised by Evan’s statement. Everyone stopped laughing while crawling on the floor and all gazes focused on Evan. And belatedly, the gazes shifted to Siwoo, who was standing there blankly in a daze.
“Let’s give it a try.”
Evan, who had flustered not only Siwoo but even the staff, was calm.
What about my opinion? My thoughts? That game doesn’t seem to be something you’re doing alone.
Siwoo, who still hadn’t grasped the situation, just blinked his eyes.
“Wow! Evan, I trust you. As expected, our Evan with a strong spirit of challenge!”
Even while Luca hugged Evan tightly and praised him for taking on the burden, Siwoo rolled his large pupils around, alternately looking at the PD and the writer.
PD Lee had never been this flustered, even today. It wasn’t his first time broadcasting with Evan, and he thought he knew about Evan as much as he could. He wasn’t the type to step forward first or propose opinions, but when asked to do something, he properly produced as much content as desired.
While it would be good to see the overall chemistry, even if only one or two people did it so blatantly, the content would be sufficient. The problem was that the person Evan chose was Siwoo. From the beginning, he had put Siwoo in thinking of him as a spare.
Appropriately neutral beta Kim Siwoo who would be trouble-free no matter how he was paired. In the pre-interview, Evan had casually mentioned he was a fan of Siwoo. PD Lee, who searched for Kim Siwoo out of curiosity, pondered for quite a long time. An unknown singer with no recognition. But an unknown singer that top star Evan liked.
When confirming the proposal and casting the appearing members, PD Lee made a big decision. He had a friendship with the company CEO and seemed easy for the role of cleaning up after alphas and omegas, and perhaps some picture could be created by pairing him with Evan.
And his thoughts were correct. But he had no intention of too blatantly tying Kim Siwoo and Evan together.
“Then Luca and Evan can do it. The two of you wore couple pajamas today, so you’ll look good on screen.”
At the PD’s words, Luca’s actions of smiling and hugging Evan until just now stopped abruptly. Conversely, Siwoo’s stiff face full of anxiety relaxed smoothly. What is this that he was going back and forth between life and death with just one word?
“Oh my. PD-nim, you’re good at joking. What would be fun about two stick-like alphas doing it? Goodness.”
Luca’s voice, which had stiffened as if there would be a creaking sound if actions had sounds as he moved away from Evan, trembled faintly.
“That would be difficult for me too.”
No, even Evan, who had just blatantly picked one person and said he’d clear it one-on-one, was crumpling his expression.
“Hey. Now that I think about it, this pisses me off! What about me, what’s wrong with me. Huh? I’m in charge of visuals in Luminous. Siwoo is okay but why am I difficult!”
“Hyung, you’re in charge of dance. What visuals?”
At the joke Luca threw while playfully overreacting as he stepped back, Evan casually dropped a fact bomb.
“Wow! Wow. You and I have known each other for how many years, the betrayal is insane. Then why doesn’t it work for me but works for Siwoo!”
Behind the serious Evan and Luca over the ridiculous proposal, Yechan, Louis, and Ian were laughing while even wiping tears. This definitely seemed like Evan’s counterattack after getting an earful from Luca earlier about spewing pheromones.
Unlike the staff who were watching with interest to see how this situation would unfold, only Siwoo was frozen stiff like wood. In loose pajama pants with pink stripes and a pink oversized hoodie that came down to his thighs, a cute rabbit was lying sprawled on the chest.
With long sleeves showing only the tips of his pale fingers peeking out slightly, and covering his mouth with his other hand, all that could be seen were his large eyes rolling around.
“Our Coco is cute.”
Huk!
Evan’s voice had no major change as he wrapped his arms around Siwoo’s shoulders and pulled him into his embrace after suddenly grabbing and pulling him. From the beginning until now, Evan had been serious.
“Huh? Uh…”
The moment their eyes met with Siwoo, who was still snugly held in Evan’s arms and looking at him with large eyes while still covering his mouth with his hand, Luca ended up agreeing.
When the camera, which couldn’t miss this situation, zoomed in, Siwoo fluttered but couldn’t escape from Evan’s arms wrapped around his shoulders. Instead, he wriggled the hand covering his mouth up to cover his face.
This is my first time with such humiliation. Who knew the day would come when my face would be openly evaluated?
“Hey! Is being cute everything!”
In the end, Luca ended up throwing out the famous line.
“Of course. If you’re cute, that’s everything. What’s the problem? Then as I said earlier, Siwoo and I will do it.”
Was it start-development-turn-conclusion with Siwoo and Evan’s paper passing game? What should I say in this situation? Siwoo, with his head down, raised his hand that was hanging limply and quickly waved it.
It’s not me. I don’t agree. I’m not cute. I’m just a passing extra. Don’t focus on me. It seems like something is wrong with Evan’s head somehow.
“Right. That’s everything.”
No, Luca-hyung, what do you mean going back to your place after that?
“Hey. Looking at Siwoo up close, he really is cute.”
Luca, who returned to his place as if nothing had happened, honestly told the three people crouching on the floor with interested expressions. And everything they did was being faithfully recorded.
“Now now, everyone don’t get excited. Rules are rules. We’ve already failed twice, so confirm this is the last chance. Start from Hyunsu! And just in case, if we fail, let’s go with penalty performance. Siwoo and Evan go in.”
Since it would have been fine if they just did it as proposed from the beginning, why is a penalty performance suddenly attached to the end?
“Where does such a thing exist? You just said if we succeed, you’d let us live like kings tomorrow.”
Ignoring Evan’s drastic words and even adding a penalty on top, everyone freaked out and made a fuss at the PD’s words. They were people whose broadcasting experience couldn’t be ignored. Even if these scenes couldn’t make it to the main broadcast, it was fully possible to release them as episodes on the web.
But what more are you trying to do by adding a penalty on top, at the shameless PD’s words, even Ian, who had been watching from behind, came forward to protest.
“Should we do a group penalty? Or do you want individual penalties? If it’s like this, should I think you want a group penalty?”
At the PD’s words, who briefly organized the situation and smiled wickedly, Ian, who had gone forward to protest, trudged back in.
“Instead, change the paper for us! You should listen to at least one of our proposals too. Since it’s come to this, we’ll win somehow. Everyone heard what PD-nim said, right?”
At Luca’s words, everyone’s faces even showed tragic beauty. What is this even? The competitive spirit of these simple young men in their early twenties had been ignited.
Now there was no time to think about someone else’s lips touching and my lips touching, and such things. The paper that had shown transparent intentions was changed to face oil blotting paper.
With the PD’s word to start, the stopwatch button was pressed.
Siwoo, who had been stamping his feet in nervousness, grabbed Evan’s shoulders and received the paper as Evan grabbed his nape and carefully passed the paper.
Then he dropped the paper with a puff onto the small plate next to him. Whether everyone really ground their teeth at the merciless PD, the paper was safe. While confirming that, Siwoo’s shoulder was grabbed and he was whipped around, then hastily received the paper Evan was passing again.
If they lost this game due to his mistake, he didn’t have the confidence to handle the members’ resentment. Deciding to talk separately with him later about what Evan had caused, he threw away sensitive personal feelings and such. First win and see, win!
Once, twice, three times, four times.
It’s done, it’s done. As the last paper started circulating and was safely passed to the next person, the members were immersed in an extreme state of excitement as success approached their eyes.
Hyunsu, who passed the paper first, moved following the paper and prayed for success.
“10 seconds.”
With the PD’s words, Siwoo waited for Evan to just turn his body toward him.
“9.”
For Siwoo, who had been stamping his feet continuously since the game started, something like Evan grabbing his nape was no longer important.
“8.”
As Evan’s face suddenly approached, Siwoo quickly looked at him with his lips slightly parted. The last paper. Hurry hurry. I’ll definitely win and strip PD-nim tomorrow. Penalty, such a thing is not my job. For me, there will only be victory.
“7.”
Give me the paper. Not having time to wait for Evan to approach, Siwoo even grabbed his collar and pulled him sharply toward himself while standing on tiptoes.
“Whoa.”
Instead of slippery paper, something soft and moist touched and fell away in an instant. And bizarre cheers rang out from around them.
When startled Siwoo flinched and stepped back while lowering his head, the paper fluttering limply was falling down.
“Wrong!”
The PD’s clear and cheerful single word echoed in Siwoo’s ears.
