The agency announced that it plans to upload the edited MT content video to the official channel ahead of the group’s comeback to help calm the current chaos in the fandom. Well, it had already been spoiled anyway, since Do Yuda had said, “The MT was really fun!”, on the fan communication app before the agency even made the announcement.
Fans, who had been feeling anxious due to various recent events, seemed to have mixed reactions upon seeing the spoiler that the upcoming self-produced variety show was about the MT.
— Is Sseungbeom really okay? I’m seriously worried ㅜㅜ I get that the contract is ending and they need to hurry with the last comeback, but still, his health should come first ㅠ
— Why does this feel so off… I’m worried that Pox might’ve made a sick child pretend to be okay just to keep filming, so I don’t know if it’s really okay for me to enjoy this…
└ If that were true, wouldn’t the other members have looked kind of stiff? But from what Yuda said last time, he said he had fun
— Tbh I just hope he truly rested well and had a good time. I want to see Seungbeom having fun without any stress
— Day 3 of demanding P7 MT video be released
— omg, if it’s MT, doesn’t that mean we might get to see Han Seungbeom, Do Yuda, and Nagi Zen drunk for the first time? Even if it’s one of Pox’s shady tricks, I’m willing to overlook it
— Gimme
And today, one day before the comeback, was the day the video was released in its full streaming format.
— It’s starting, it’s starting, it’s starting DKDKDKDK
After the intro of Pantheion’s reality show played, the scene quickly flashed by showing Do Yuda and Nagi Zen, completely drunk and acting clingy, Lee Hwayoung slapping their cheeks, Woo Kangwon clutching the steering wheel like his life depended on it, looking ghostly pale, and Baek Kiryang lying sprawled on the floor like a deer suffering from motion sickness.
And finally, a shot of me appeared, staring into the camera with lifeless eyes, as if I had given up on everything. Then, the camera awkwardly panned around to capture the other members, who were watching me nervously, still holding the meat burning over the grill, unable to set it down.
— HAHAHAHAHAHA Look at Seungbeom’s expression
— Isn’t Han Seungbeom basically cursing out the producer team with his eyes?
— Am I watching an MT or the Olympic torch relay?
— Meat: Master, why was I even born?
Regardless of the fans’ fervent reactions, the video continued to play seamlessly as edited, and soon it showed us standing in a straight line, listening to the production team explain the MT.
[“Today’s filming will be, as we informed you in advance…….”]
[“MT! I love it!”]
When those fools, just as I’d witnessed during the filming, suddenly came charging in like wild colts, the chat window instantly plastered with question marks.
— ?
— ????
— What the? They were standing fine, so why the sudden unprovoked butt attack? Am I the only one who doesn’t get it?
└ Hello, I’ve been a fan of Yuuda since he was an SU trainee, but to this day, I still don’t get why he acts the way he does.
└ It’s okay, they probably don’t even know why they act that way themselves. They’re just moving on instinct
└ Are they some kind of wild animals?
— Oh, it’s already chaotic LOL. Is being the PD for P7’s reality show an extreme job? It’s like they’re taking kindergarteners on a field trip ㅠㅠ
— If you go to a calligraphy class, the atmosphere is exactly like that. Parents only send their easily distracted kids there, so it just turns into a den of chaotic children
— Ah, hahaha ㅠㅠ Did they switch places with the maknae? Something’s definitely wrong here……
Then the screen cut to Lee Hwayoung looking down at the two of them, his cold, expressionless face censored with a mosaic, accompanied by the caption, (Loving His Members ♥).
— No, editor-nim LOLOLOLOL We’ve already seen everything, so what’s the point of censoring it now?
Meanwhile, I was gazing up at the sky with the caption ‘In The Mountain Far Away1‘ plastered over my face, and then gave Lee Hwayoung a light tap on the back with a hand captioned ‘Love Smack♥’
[<our group is so close></our>]
‘Is the editor out of their mind?’
I mean, sure, aside from Do Yuda and Nagi Zen, our members are quite reserved, so we might not be the best fit for variety shows, but I never imagined they’d edit it this way.
‘If the fans find it entertaining, that’s all that matters, though…….’
[“You’ll have to drive yourselves all the way to the pool villa, got it?”]
As the PD gave a general outline of the schedule and the car we’d be driving appeared, a cool, cinematic shot of the PPL car started playing.
[<☆Today’s Sponsor Makes an Entrance☆>]
[“Woah, wow, so coooool.”]
[“Wow, no lie, I even asked the PD what model the car was. It’s so pretty, I want one too. Woow, the ride quality is so good? As expected, you can trust the quality of domestic cars!”]
When Do Yuda and Nagi Zen came on screen, rattling off insincere compliments in robotic tones in an effort to advertise as best they could, the chat window once again started scrolling up at a very fast pace.
— Our Yuda really isn’t cut out for acting hahaha ㅜㅜ
— They haven’t even started driving yet, and yet they’re already talking about the ride quality. Sweetie, do you even know what ride quality is?!
— Why on earth did they give such a tiny car to a broad-shouldered man like Woo Kangwon?
└ A Doberman trapped in a hamster cage
— Everyone knows Nicky only has cars with animals on them, so what’s the point of this ad
└ Cars with animals on them?
└ F*rr*ri
└ I see, I promise we’ll never run into each other on the road, ever.
└ In conclusion, we must dry our tears and stand tall to purge the bourgeoisie
Next came a quickly edited scene showing the members splitting into two groups: Woo Kangwon’s car, which received enthusiastic support, and Lee Hwayoung’s car, which was given the cold shoulder.
The first thing I saw was myself being grabbed by Lee Hwayoung’s hand and dragged around before I even had the chance to play rock-paper-scissors. I hadn’t even thought about resisting, but he gripped my wrist tightly as if I might try to run away.
— Ah, why is Seungbeom being dragged around so pathetically? It’s driving me crazy
— The fact that he’s not even resisting is so ridiculously cute ㅠㅠㅠ hahaha he’s so tiny and precious
└ Fact: Han Seungbeom is actually almost 180cm tall; he’s a giant cat
— Because he’s so skinny, he looks much, much smaller than Lee Hwayoung. It’s an optical illusion that even makes him seem smaller than Danbi, who’s the shortest in the group…….
As soon as the scene of the bigger Lee Hwayoung dragging me along aired, clips were instantly shared across SNS platforms, sparking a flurry of discussion on the timeline.
(Photo of Han Seungbeom bending at the waist in front of a female staff)
< When I see stuff like this, he’s seriously such an Oppa. A freaking Oppa. OPPA. He really felt like a proper Oppa
(Reality show clip)
> Suddenly, he turns into a baby kitten
— Sseungbeom-ah, let’s meet halfway. I’ll lose some weight, so you gain some, okay?
Well, I’d never been treated like this in my original body, so I still wasn’t used to it. Back then, I used to hear things like “Please stop bulking up”, “You’re perfect just the way you are”, and “But you’re a singer, Oppa” practically every day. It was wild to think I was hearing this kind of stuff now.
If Seo Yuseong had seen this, he definitely would’ve let out a blatant scoff.
“…….”
As I scrolled through the fans’ chat, the faint smile on my lips suddenly froze. I found myself thinking of Seo Yuseong out of habit, and the feeling of loss I had been trying to ignore quietly crept up behind me.
‘…No, I shouldn’t be like this.’
It was fine to remember Seo Yuseong. I never, not in the slightest, wished to erase him from my life. Still, the emotions that surged up every time I thought of him were always too much to bear.
I still haven’t come to terms with Seo Yuseong’s death, and I don’t think I ever will.
‘Did Kang Hyukwoo ever imagine I’d end up like this?’
No, he wouldn’t have a clue.
This kind of pain was impossible to understand unless you had someone you truly loved.
“So, Yutae-ya, why do you keep giving your heart away like an idiot? You’d have it so much easier if you lived like I do.”
I even found myself thinking it was a relief that Kang Hyukwoo was such a narrow-minded and shallow person. That way, I could at least comfort myself by telling myself … that he only could do such cruel things because he knew nothing.
‘……And it also made it possible for me not to waver.’
As I tightly closed my eyes, lost in such thoughts, Do Yuda, who was watching the video beside me while we got our hair styled at the salon, cried out in alarm at his own image on the screen.
“No! Stop it! That’s not it!”
He only now realized that, while he was passionately arguing in front of the PD, saying, “I don’t want to ride in Lee Hwayoung’s car”, Lee Hwayoung was staring at the back of his head with an expression like a lion sizing up its prey.
Startled by that guy’s loud shout, I cleared my cluttered mind and looked back at the phone screen I was holding.
[“I don’t want to be the poor soul sacrificed for Young Master’s driving practice!”]
[<A One-Day-Old Puppy’s Reckless Comment +1>]2
[“Hyuuung, are you posing now? You even put on sunglasses to drive, you wanted to look cool for the camera. Hehehehe.”]
[<Reckless Comment +2>]
[<Punishment>]
[“Gaaaaaah!”]
After repeatedly making reckless comments, Do Yuda was eventually caught by Lee Hwayoung’s bulging bicep and burned like a witch under the sunlight. Watching this, I relaxed the tense muscles in my face. Then, I quietly chuckled as Lee Hwayoung, who had completely KO’d Do Yuda, shoved him into the back seat while he himself was sitting in the cramped driver’s seat, his knee pounding against the steering wheel.
The driving video, which began with the lengthy notice ‘Filmed safely with assistance from the production team‘, turned out to be much better than I’d felt during the actual filming. Because of this, I was able to watch the video comfortably without worrying about any controversy over inexperienced driving.
…at least until that comment came out.
[“Baby, no, what am I even saying? Hwayoung-ah, the side mirror!”]
For a moment, the chat froze, then messages poured in all at once like a waterfall.
— Ba … by?
— Baby … baby, baby?
— …….baby?
— ?????? Baby?
— Teehee? Hihi?
— Crazy, the whole fandom is malfunctioning
— Even we, as fans, can’t bring ourselves to moe-ify a full-grown man like Nihwalee into a baby. Even Camilla, who literally gave birth to and raised him, doesn’t call him ‘baby‘. And yet his same-age, same-gender groupmate does? What the hell is is this situation
— A handsome guy who just casually calls people ‘baby’? Absolute GOAT
— Waaah, I’m three years old, call me baby too
└ What the hell is this
‘I clearly asked them to edit that out!’
From what I remember, I definitely asked the PD to edit out the ‘baby‘ part, so what’s the meaning of this? I felt like I was losing my mind as the chat scrolled by so fast I couldn’t even make out any words.
— myuon776: Seungbeom-ah, you’re a baby too… ㅠㅠ To us grannies, you’re just way too cute
‘…No, myuon776-nim, it’s more likely that you’re the baby here.’
This was all Lee Hwayoung’s fault.
Think about it. When a tiny, adorable little thing was crawling around right in front of me, how could I not get used to saying ‘baby‘? I wasn’t at fault here.
Seriously, this was the most embarrassing edit I’ve come across since that ‘baby’ caption back on Survive IDOL.
— No, but what’s really funny is that Nihwalee doesn’t even look all that bothered by it
└ Judging by his reddened ears, it seems like he quite likes it?
└ When you try to be nice to Nicky, he hates it, but he likes weird stuff … he really is like a cat ㅠ But now he’s more like a giant tiger than just a cat
└ The moe-fication is brutal…
└ If you’re an idol, you have to endure with grit and guts
At the time of filming, I was so flustered over my slip-up that I couldn’t really focus, but now it was obvious to me that Lee Hwayoung, that rascal, was clearly enjoying it. I couldn’t say anything about it, so I just let out a deep sigh, and then my phone buzzed with a notification.
[Young Master 1]
“Ha, fu……..”
It was from Choi Jeokhyeon, but I didn’t open it.
That crazy bastard must be watching the reality show right now, and there’s no doubt he’s trying to make fun of me.
[Same-age friend]
[Baby]
I figured SNS’s real-time trending keywords would already be flooded with this topic, but there was no use crying over spilled milk. Half resigned, I kept watching the video, and sure enough, the reactions were exactly what I expected.
— How can an MT be this no fun LOLOLOLOLOLOL
└ It’s okay, their faces are fun
— Even though they’re our kids, I don’t think I could’ve watched it without the editing. Why are they acting like Confucian scholars? The editing seriously hard carried the whole thing
— Future college students, real MTs aren’t like this. All you get is the smell of puke and and alcohol
— Starting today, my ideal type is boring guys
— First time seeing someone read a book at an MT. I can feel the aura of intellect…
— That’s not the problem right now. That puppy looks at books like they’re bricks
└ I’m like that too. I guess love makes you alike
— They might act different once they’re drunk. I’ll hold on and see
Most of the reactions were that it was really boring. And it was hard to argue with that; Woo Kangwon was only working out, Baek Kiryang had passed out from motion sickness, and the fools were playing at a level below what humans could even understand.
‘If there’s anything somewhat entertaining, it’s probably just Lee Hwayoung and Lee Danbi bickering.’
But even that wasn’t really fun to watch. Since it was content made by the agency, they cut out all the spicy bits and made it look like kids playing house.
It was only after we started drinking that viewers regained interest.
— Seungbeom-ah, your face looks like a burning sweet potato
— HAHAHAHAHAHA Captain, why are you so drunk ㅠㅠ
— If you just judge by their faces, you’d think Seungbeom drank the most, but funny enough, Seungbeom actually drank the least while Yuda drank the most
‘…Was my face really that red?’
I hadn’t realized it at the time, but seeing the footage like this, I looked even more drunk than I thought. The drinking session went on for quite a while, and from the middle of it, I was drunk enough that my eyes were blinking slowly.
Then, as my face suddenly fell forward, Woo Kangwon was startled and reached out his right hand to catch it. Perhaps because he caught it carefully to prevent harsh collision, I remained completely still, with my face pressed against his hand.
…Something, something was going differently from how I remembered.
[“Seungbeom-ah, are you drunk?”]
[“…….”]
[“…Shall we?”]
Woo Kangwon asked me in a deliberately gentle voice, but I didn’t answer. Then, when he lightly shook the hand that was supporting my face, I let out a groan and slowly lifted my drunken, flushed face.
Then, with a dazed expression, I slowly looked over each of the members’ faces one by one, before breaking into a clear, radiant smile, as if I’d just laid eyes on a treasure.
At that, the members turned to look at each other, mouths hanging open in shock.
[<ㅇㅁㅇ>]
The caption was also like this.
And just like that, the video ended with the phrase, ‘To be continued in Part 2‘.
“…What is this?”
It was a situation I had no recollection of at all.
I covered my mouth in dismay as I watched the chat window explode.
— What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you trying to accomplish now? Are you just going to cut it off here? Are you trying to kill me?
— You crazy bastards, what are we supposed to do if you cut it off here?!
— I’m gonna be stuck here for the rest of my life
—(This chat violates the guidelines)
— Fck, hand it over! Don’t turn me into a madman
…This is an emergency.
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I’M DYING THIS TOOK TWO DAYS TO TRANSLATE ….. not because it’s hard or anything, but because MY CHROME LAGGED SO BAD, I kept falling asleep while waiting the lag to be over …. would be better if it’s a well-rested sleep, but you know when you accidentally fell asleep like that, the sleep just kinda increased my stress…..
I tried everything in the last two days, clearing cache and cookies and deleting files and all BUT IT DIDN’T WORK. Then, when I woke up this morning (after falling asleep waiting the lag for the 100th times), I suddenly suspected the adblock … so I TURNED IT OFF AND IT LITERALLY WENT REALLY SMOOTH AFTER THAT WHAT THEEEEE? MY WASTED TWO DAYS ???/ No, the one I’m using is ublock and it never caused this problem before …. so I didn’t think of it, but ???? AJDHFJZKDHF ?
Going to turn off my laptop now … finally I can turn it off…..
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