“I’m against it.”
Yuho said in a confident voice.
“Then we’ll consider everyone in favor and have Inhan receive the penalty.”
“What? I said I was against it though?”
But surprisingly, Yuho’s opinion was lightly ignored.
As soon as the PD gave permission, Inhan calmly took off his shoes and socks and handed the prize case he had received to Yuho.
“Hold this for a moment.”
“Really, I can receive the penalty instead.”
Yuho hurriedly grabbed Inhan’s arm to make a last appeal as the situation flowed along.
“This is more dramatic. I think I’ll stand out more too.”
Yuho knew that Inhan’s playfully delivered words weren’t sincere.
When Yuho’s reaction wasn’t satisfactory, Inhan erased his smile and spoke in a pleading tone.
“This much is okay, right? It’s a variety show.”
Right. We’re acting as members of a close group right now. It’s something we’ve done several times before.
Yuho had no choice but to let go of Inhan’s arm.
“Go stand in the back. The water will splash.”
Inhan nonchalantly worried about Yuho’s clothes before entering the penalty platform barefoot. Yuho had no choice but to step back and head toward Yeomin.
“Does that hurt?”
Yuho asked Yeomin, worried about Inhan.
“It doesn’t hurt at all. It’s just annoying to get wet.”
Yeomin’s subsequent answer made Yuho feel even more uncomfortable.
With a loud noise, a water bomb poured over Inhan’s head. An enormous amount of water, as if they had come to a water park, swept from Inhan’s head to his toes all at once.
“Wow. It’s really something today.”
“Jung Inhan. Are you okay?”
“Isn’t that level basically just hitting him with water?”
Unlike the onlookers making a fuss, Inhan was taking a pictorial by himself with an unbothered face, sweeping his wet hair back with his hand. Only Yuho was worried and restless.
“Inhan. Give us your victory speech at this timing.”
“Victory speech?”
Even at Seonwoo’s sudden request, Inhan calmly looked at the camera. And he gave an amazing victory speech.
“Yes. I’d especially like to dedicate the glory of victory to our Yuho hyung who appeared today. I hope we can be on the same team next time and win together.”
“Ugh.”
“What. Are you filming a commercial?”
At Inhan’s comment that continued refreshingly as if filming a CF, the regular cast members were shocked and disgusted. In the midst of this, Seonwoo playfully demanded a response from Yuho.
“Yuho, hurry up and say something too.”
“What? Ah. Yes.”
Yuho was flustered but soon chose what to say and spoke toward the camera.
“I’m so grateful to the noonas and hyungs who treated me comfortably throughout today’s filming. I’m so disappointed that I couldn’t contribute much. I hope you’ll give me a chance to make up for it next time.”
“Will Inhan choose next time?”
The answer to Seonwoo’s subsequent question was already decided without needing to think. Yuho answered readily.
“Yes. Next time I’ll aim for victory together with Inhan.”
“That doesn’t make sense. Yuho hyung. Next time we have to defeat Jung Inhan together.”
“Sorry. Yeomin. Hyung wants to take the easy path.”
“This can’t be. Weren’t we supposed to go to the grave together?”
“No. We weren’t.”
“Hing.”
Despite Yuho’s continued cold shoulder, Yeomin clung to Yuho’s shoulder denying reality. Yuho looked toward the penalty platform, unnecessarily conscious of Inhan, but Inhan’s gaze was still directed at the camera.
“Good work everyone!”
As soon as filming ended, two staff members ran to Inhan and handed him towels. Inhan wiped his face first with the towel and roughly shook out his hair.
“Inhan. Are you okay?”
Suhyung placed slippers in front of Inhan and wrapped a large towel around Inhan’s back. Yuho also wanted to join in and help Inhan, but he couldn’t focus at all as people around him continuously greeted him.
“Yuho. You worked hard today.”
“Yes. You also worked very hard, noona.”
After finishing greetings with Jeonga who had been on the same team, Yuho tried to quickly leave the spot by taking care of nearby Yeomin.
“Yuho. You had a hard time today because of Jung Inhan who went crazy.”
At that moment, Unseong patted Yuho’s shoulder and spoke to him. Yuho hurriedly responded to Unseong’s words.
“Ah. No. It’s a game, so it’s right not to go easy. In the end, he even received the penalty instead.”
“Why are you even taking his side? You’re also in trouble for being too soft-hearted.”
“Still, Inhan isn’t a bad kid.”
“I know. He’s just a stupid kid.”
That doesn’t seem right either. Yuho was about to object once more but closed his mouth thinking the conversation would get longer. Even while conversing with Unseong, Yuho’s attention was entirely directed at Inhan.
“Suhyung hyung. I’ll just take off the top.”
Inhan took off the two layers of tops he was wearing at once. At the same time, Suhyung unfolded the large towel in his hand and wrapped it around Inhan’s bare body.
“Let’s go to the car quickly. You’ll catch a cold.”
Suhyung said to Inhan, and Yuho thought he should hurry and finish his conversation with Unseong.
“Hyung. Then I’ll…”
“Can you give me your number?”
“What?”
“I’m asking you to give me your number, Yuho. Why? You don’t want to?”
“No, no. It would be an honor for me.”
Yuho hurriedly received the phone Unseong handed him. While Yuho was entering his phone number, Unseong quietly watched Yuho’s actions with a smiling face. And he suddenly asked Yuho.
“Want to come visit hyung’s studio sometime?”
“What?”
“Hyung’s studio is in Hapjeong? Come visit sometime.”
“Ah. Yes. Then I’ll come once with the kids.”
“Come alone. Not with the kids.”
At Unseong’s proposal that continued without any middle ground at their first meeting, Yuho was at a loss for words and stared blankly at Unseong. Looking down at Yuho’s dazed face, Unseong let out a chuckle and patted Yuho’s head.
“I see those guys too often so I’m a bit tired of them. Just you come. I’ll show you something good.”
A studio of a singer he usually admired. From Yuho’s position, there was no reason to refuse. Above all, Unseong’s smiling face looked persuasive, so there was sufficient reason to go. Yuho answered readily.
“Yes. I’ll definitely come visit.”
“Okay. Make sure to come. Hyung will contact you.”
“Yes. See you again next time.”
After finishing greetings with Unseong, Yuho immediately headed toward nearby Yeomin. Yeomin was busy having a conversation with Seonwoo and Jeonga. Yuho grabbed Yeomin’s arm and spoke to him.
“Min-ah. I think we need to go.”
“Yuho. Yeomin. Come here. Let’s go.”
At the same time as Yuho spoke, Suhyung’s voice calling the two could be heard. Yeomin and Yuho hurriedly finished their greetings and headed toward Inhan.
“Inhan. Call me.”
“Don’t want to.”
Inhan answered curtly to Unseong who called out from far away. Then he greeted the staff in turn and moved to the car.
“Inhan. Are you okay?”
Inhan was sitting in the back seat of the car wrapped in a towel. Yuho asked as he got in the car, but Inhan answered dryly.
“Yes. It’s nothing.”
“Right. This.”
Yuho approached Inhan and took out the prize he had been holding for a moment from his pocket and held it out to Inhan. Inhan didn’t take it and stared intently at Yuho’s hand.
“Won’t you keep it?”
“Huh?”
“I have a lot at home…”
Inhan lowered his gaze and trailed off. Yuho wondered what Inhan was talking about.
“I receive them often anyway, so it would be nice as a memento if hyung kept it.”
At Inhan’s words that continued while gauging the situation, Yuho became troubled. He thought Inhan had been acting coldly all day, but the conclusion came out like this again. Inhan always took the bad things for himself and gave good things to Yuho. He had done that for all 5 years.
“I already have the one you gave me before in my room.”
Yuho already had two golden keys of the same shape. One was what he received when Inhan first won, and one was the 1st anniversary commemorative product.
Inhan had even given Yuho the five-don pure gold golden turtle he received as a 100th episode special prize.
Yuho had carefully displayed that turtle on the shelf in his dorm room. Every time Yeomin saw it, he sang about selling it, but Yuho was planning to take it to his grave.
“That was just given, this has a different meaning.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
In the end, Yuho obediently accepted the prize. He thought there was no need to be harsh since they were in a relationship where they couldn’t even see each other often anyway.
“I knew it, Jung Inhan. You flew around all day to give the prize to Yuho hyung, right?”
Yeomin, who got in the car late, objected to Inhan’s behavior and sat in the seat right behind the driver’s seat. Inhan flatly denied Yeomin’s words.
“Would I? I was just in good condition today.”
“Don’t lie. You did that when Ahn Jia noona appeared too.”
The atmosphere in the car became sharply cold due to Yeomin’s remark. In particular, Yuho clearly saw Inhan, whose expression became noticeably darker, cursing Yeomin with his eyes.
Yuho stared blankly at the prize that had lost its meaning. He came to the conclusion that it would be better to sell it.
“Right. I almost collapsed from exhaustion that day because it was so hard.”
Before he knew it, Inhan was agreeing with Yeomin’s words. Yuho became troubled for no reason and fiddled with the innocent box.
“But I didn’t win that day in the end.”
“Ah. That’s right. You lost strength at the end that day and Seonwoo hyung stole first place.”
“Yeah. Yuho hyung is the only person I’ve ever given a prize to.”
Inhan added words that were like an excuse. Yuho didn’t like Inhan who still gauged his reaction even though their relationship had ended. He also didn’t like himself for still feeling hurt about Jia’s matter.
“You also gave Yuho hyung the one-of-a-kind golden turtle in the world.”
“Wow. Look at Jung Inhan showing off.”
At the talk of the golden turtle that suddenly continued, Yeomin objected to Inhan once more.
