“Then after listening to RAYEON’s new song, I’ll be back for Part 2 with Kang Ihyun-ssi, Hayun-ssi, and Do Yeonjae-ssi. Please send us lots of questions about RAYEON, fan accounts, and more~. Short texts are 50 won, long texts are 100 won. Video radio chat is free!”
– Yeonjae ㅜㅡㅜㅜㅜㅜ his black hair half-cut is insane
– Yuna please do a heart for the cheek ❤❤❤❤
– Congrats to the Ondoongies on 1st place!!!!! ><
– So fucking handsome
– Ah shit Kang Ihyun is a summer mute so you can’t put yellow clothes on him, coordi ㅡㅡ
– Oppas it’s my birthday today 😭😭
– Look at Do Yeonjae’s face he definitely signed a lifetime contract with the demon of handsomeness lol
Do Yeonjae’s expression became embarrassed as he looked at the real-time chat. There’s a demon of handsomeness…?
Then suddenly he felt his cheek tingling. When he raised his head, Hayun was staring intently at him. Surname Ha, given name Yun. A single-character name, and four years his senior.
He lightly tugged at Do Yeonjae’s sleeve. Does he have something to say? When Do Yeonjae lowered his head toward hyung’s mouth to make it easier to speak, Hayun whispered in a small voice.
“Yeonjae… was my live just now okay?”
…Do Yeonjae blinked a few times before turning his gaze. He met eyes with Hayun hidden under his hat. His face with soft lines and a pure impression flinched briefly when the distance closed, then quickly returned to its usual expression.
By live, does he mean the bit he sang earlier? While talking about ‘songs they’d like to cover’ in Part 1, they ended up singing on the spot, and it seemed to be weighing on his mind.
Hayun, whose weakness was unstable live performances, had relied heavily on Yeonjae musically as the main vocal.
But it’s gotten so much better than before…. If this hyung could just solve his lack of confidence, he’d be even more perfect. Do Yeonjae stared at Hayun then nodded. Only then did relief spread across Hayun’s clear face. Seeing his expression melt smoothly, Do Yeonjae’s lips curled up loosely.
After the song ended and during the commercial break, messages filled the monitor. So many people sent them. He furrowed his brows while skimming through when he caught a glimpse of a long message.
[Paid text-9878] NukNukz what were you two whispering about? Don’t drive noona crazy answer NukNukz what were you two whispering about? Don’t drive noona crazy answer NukNukz what were you two whispering about? Don’t drive noona crazy answer NukNukz what were you two whispering about? Don’t drive noona crazy answer NukNukz what were you two whispering about? Don’t drive noona cra
Mm, just copy-paste….
NukNukz refers to the combination name of Do Yeonjae and Hayun. Among RAYEON’s title tracks, there’s a lyric “knock knock on your heart, open wide,” and the two performed paired choreography during that part, which is how it started. With Do Yeonjae making a motion as if knocking on Hayun’s chest, the obvious physical difference made fans love it a lot.
Skilled idol Do Yeonjae knew. Besides the wholesome combination name NukNukz, there also existed a CP name (coupling name) that secretly paired him with Hayun hyung in an A/B/O way.
Do Yeonjae instantly sensed that 9878, who was spending a whopping 100 won on radio to fish for homo bait, was a dark-side DdoHaet-er.
The rootless compound word ‘DdoHaet’ was the result of changing Do Yeonjae’s ‘Do’ to ‘Ddo’ for search prevention, and combining it with only the first character from Hayun’s hanja ‘sunshine Yun.’
Who even decides those things in the first place? And also, he was curious why he naturally went to the left.
‘Yeonjae, you’re the maknae of our team and you’re the tallest and most handsome. Just accept it.’
An employee who had since quit once said this to him in the past, but he still didn’t understand exactly what it meant. Why does being the maknae matter?
While it was easy to learn the concept of left being top and right being bottom, embodying the sensibilities of homo-noonas was far too difficult for him.
The thoughts of industry colleagues regarding BiGayPer—that is, ‘Business Gay Performance,’ the eternal fate of boy groups—were roughly these:
- Fuck, it’s absolutely disgusting, so don’t even bring it up.
- Ah… that? Can’t help it… but… I suddenly feel nauseous so I’ll go throw up.
- Why, I thought it was fun? If you just think of them as different people from me~ it’s comfortable. And people who do that stuff are surprisingly tolerant so it’s easy.
To think reactions could be this extremely divided. Just what is it? Filled with strong curiosity, Do Yeonjae decided to search A/B/O. Back then, being early in his debut, he was full of enthusiasm for everything.
From what he heard, among the five member combinations, the chemistry with Hayun hyung was the most popular. And so Do Yeonjae… ended up opening the massive Pandora’s box called DdoHaet.
Ddo Ddo @ddoddo1010
#DdoHaet human rights violation box lmao
(Super handsome drawing of DdoHaet trapped in a narrow box)
“……”
What is this?
The first drawing Do Yeonjae saw was bizarre in every way, from the title to the composition.
Trapped in a very narrow space with their bodies pressed together without any gap, Do Yeonjae was embracing Hayun from above as if pouncing on him, supporting Hayun’s head with his hand. And near their touching lower bodies was written the strange sound effect ‘squish’….
The problem was that Hayun’s face in the drawing was flushed bright red.
Is he lacking oxygen from being trapped in the box?
For Do Yeonjae, guys’ lower bodies touching was something nauseating, definitely not something to make one’s face turn pink.
After tilting his head for a long while, Do Yeonjae couldn’t reach a conclusion and scrolled down. This time it was a comic with an explosive number of retweets.
Chloe @chloeeee
Sex-Unable-To-Leave Room DdoHaet
(Super handsome comic)
“A room you can’t leave unless you have… sex?”
Where in the world does such a room exist? Do Yeonjae frowned and grumbled discontentedly. Why do they keep trapping them somewhere? He couldn’t understand…
But that was only the beginning.
The longer the search went on, the more incomprehensible territory expanded. They’d strangely edit RAYEON videos to fabricate a pink-pink atmosphere. Even in explicit stories that seemed extremely harmful to minors, they kept turning Hayun hyung into soft fruits like peaches and strawberries.
At least he himself didn’t seem too different from reality, but Hayun hyung…. was insulted to a degree he couldn’t even put into words. Right, that was an insult. Calling a man with everything properly attached a soft peach? Thinking from the opposite position made him feel even dirtier. He didn’t know exactly what a ‘passionate omega’ was, but anyway, that also felt somehow unpleasant….
Do Yeonjae’s face hardened as he fell into deep thought about how he should accept this bizarre K-pop culture. To succeed as a male idol in South Korea, you have to endure having your human rights violated and being trapped in a sex-unable-to-leave room…… After properly learning the reality of A/B/O, it felt like he’d been doing terrible things to Hayun hyung.
The casual jokes and skinship he’d shown hyung all this time were no different from producing these results. Because he’d approached him without much thought when told that the combination with Hayun hyung was the most popular, his guilt grew even heavier.
Hayun hyung’s mental state was already as weak as soft tofu, so if he ever saw things like this….
Do Yeonjae agonized seriously for several days before seeking out Hayun. After hesitating for a while, he confessed his true feelings. The gist was this: ‘It seems there are forces that strangely misinterpret me being friendly with hyung……’
After hearing his out-of-the-blue concern, Hayun opened his mouth blankly.
‘Yeonjae. I’ve been worried lately thinking I did something wrong because you’ve been avoiding me….’
‘What? What did you do wrong, hyung?’
Do Yeonjae waved his hands in alarm. After debut, hyung had been the one who considered him the most to ensure he had no discomfort as the maknae. There’s no way he’d avoid such a hyung without reason.
After grasping the situation, Hayun bowed his head deeply then soon made giggling sounds. What’s so funny? I’m being serious.
Hayun laughed out loud for a while before asking.
‘So, you were worried I’d be shocked seeing those things?’
‘…That’s what it amounts to.’
‘I like that about you. You’re indifferent but subtly delicate.’
It’s not about being delicate, this was a matter of human rights…. Next, Hayun asked a somewhat incomprehensible question.
‘But Yeonjae, what about you?’
‘What?’
‘Are you okay with it? Being… paired with me and such. Isn’t it uncomfortable? Or unpleasant?’
‘As for me, well…. As long as hyung is okay with it.’
It’s not real anyway. If you don’t look for it, that’s the end of it, right? Now that his curiosity was satisfied, there probably wouldn’t be anything particularly curious about it anymore. Hayun looked at the indifferent Do Yeonjae, smiled gently, then carefully grasped his fingertips.
‘Then just… treat me however you want, don’t worry about those things…. Hyung much prefers that over you avoiding me.’
‘……Okay.’
Something felt unsettling, but if hyung says it’s okay, well.
Looking back now, it was a concern only possible because he was a pure rookie. Even if he’d disliked it, there was nothing he could have changed anyway. Hayun hyung must have realized that point in advance and answered that way.
In any case, now that time has passed…… he’s gotten somewhat used to it. Enough to appropriately pretend not to see and move on.
This doesn’t mean it’s okay for sexual orientation to be reversed by others. He simply acknowledged the fact that idols ultimately sell fantasies. Whether the people who bought that fantasy had pseudo-relationships with the imaginary Do Yeonjae or made him gay, that was beyond his domain from that point on.
It would also be absurd to show only filtered, carefully selected parts while doing image business, then claim ‘that’s not me, so don’t fabricate freely.’ Whether it was the side receiving expensive hair and makeup and filming ads pretending pizza with completely hardened cheese was delicious, or the side whispering love to Kim Yeojoo in blog possession fics, it was all the same ‘processed Do Yeonjae’ anyway.
