Chapter 51
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As expected, it was Colors. These Colors bastards, I really love them, please, oh, Make a New Color, where did you find these godsends…
Yoon Cheong: Did you see that? I’ve been causing this stir just to show you this…
Me: Please cause a stir every week.
@@@ That guy seems incapable of living a normal life.
@@ Beep beep, you’re correct. He’s infected with ‘Fingetips’ disease.
Damn, it’s so funny. As a fan, I’m trying hard not to put on my delusional filter, but my mom next to me asked if they were dating. The objectivity of a godly normie… Of course, I’m just eating this up.
God Blue is godly, but please pay attention to God Purple. Our God Purple caused a scene. I watched this on my knees. Please, let both of them debut. My bank account is ready, unnie.
A combination that you can’t get enough of… A concept you can’t get enough of… A stage you can’t get enough of…
Forget the historical dramas, PDs. Just use the ‘Fingertips’ OST… Hurry up and take our kids.
Oh, Bora… How could you not love our Bora?? Our Bora, who’s both talented and hardworking, how can you not love her? Teach me how, #GodPurple #GodBlue #BluePurple #PurpleBlue
Yoon Blue sings this well, and acts incredibly too?? And dances??
Even though only the first verse had ended, the response was overwhelming.
Of course, there were some who didn’t look favorably on the <Fingertips> team.
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But isn’t this concept a bit too calculated? lol
What’s this? Disgusting… No subject.
What’s this oriental concept? It overlaps so much with the concept of ‘Grayish Sansuhwa’…
Ah, since they’re from the same agency, the copying is real; stop stealing the Sansuhwa concept lol;; Even sitting down to sing ballads is identical.
Ah, the Make a New Color kids overlap with our FLPL kids now? lol Different companies, but crossing the line hard? The Baekilmonghwa outfits are exactly the same. Did you take our kids’ outfits? Looks like the same coordinator.
└No, lol, it’s not the Kingco Colors kids, they’re handling the night stage.
However.
The second verse began.
The four of them put down everything they were holding.
Then, they slid toward the center of the stage.
When the fingertips of the four gathered in one place.
Even if I turn to ashes
I will throw myself into your fire
So, with your fingertips
Yoon Cheong and Kyunga sang in unison.
And responding to them,
Cover my eyes
All I feel is your fingertips
Ryu Bo-ra and Jo Hee-on replied.
At the same time, Ryu Bo-ra covered Yoon Cheong’s eyes, and Jo Hee-on covered Kyunga’s eyes.
Yoon Cheong and Kyunga, holding the hands that covered their eyes, pulled them toward themselves and pushed them away at the same time.
Then came the chorus again.
Stretch out destiny
What touches is your fingertips
Stretch out fate
If only it can be tangled, fingertips
After the chorus ended, the full-scale choreography and singing began.
In the beginning, the atmosphere was simply poignant, but now it was much more vigorous and powerful.
As if to say they would overcome all the trials given to them.
As the song neared its end—
Beloved
Buckwheat flowers shine in the full moon
We finally meet
Jo Hee-on stood beside Kyunga,
Fireworks
I become a butterfly
My beloved
I become yours
I will touch you again and again
Ryu Bo-ra tightly held Yoon Cheong’s hand.
Thus, the stage ended.
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We just in love hate
You wanted me to sacrifice
You call me
Medea
The performance of Dance Position B Team ended much more successfully than expected.
“Lee Juseon made a breakthrough.”
“Exactly. A real unexpected dark horse.”
“After getting trained by Cheong, she’s changed.”
The trainees each had something to say about the unexpected dark horse, Lee Juseon.
Lee Juseon, who always insisted on purity, had completely changed her image, perfectly portraying a resentful witch.
“Look at her eyes. Her fierceness is different.”
“Indeed. It’s good to see.”
I am another bullet
Here’s another bully to brrrrr!
“Geum is amazing as always.”
“What’s amazing is that because Geum is so good, even Ha-eun doesn’t look bad.”
“Geum must have pushed them hard.”
“Seriously. They pulled all-nighters because of Kim Geum’s relentless training.”
This was another form of praise.
However, there was one performance that was unanimously recognized by the trainees.
“I find it amazing… How could Cheong unnie change so suddenly like that? Honestly, when she didn’t come to the rehearsal, I thought, ‘Ah, she finally bailed.’”
“Me too,” Shin Yu-hyun and Bang Su in said in agreement.
“But then, ta-da, she appeared out of nowhere like a phantom and crushed the stage.”
“By the way, where did Cheong unnie go?”
The trainees looked around.
While all the other trainees had returned after their stages, three were missing.
They were Kim Ryeo-yu, Jo Hee-on, and Yoon Cheong.
“It makes sense that Hee-on unnie and Cheong unnie, being on the same team, went somewhere together for a while… But where did Ryeo-yu unnie go?”
The trainees couldn’t have missed it.
The subtle tension between Kim Ryeo-yu and Yoon Cheong.
Even the fans knew the two weren’t on good terms, and the trainees knew it even better.
They might laugh and get along while the cameras were on, but as soon as they were off, the atmosphere turned icy.
No, it was Kim Ryeo-yu who unilaterally made things cold.
Kim Ryeo-yu had always been a figure of fear among the trainees.
It wasn’t just because she was a relative of Director Kim.
Even though she tried to maintain a certain image, her true nature couldn’t be hidden.
Just when people thought she might be okay, she’d show small acts of arrogance.
Seeing these acts, the trainees thought:
She’s trouble. Avoid her.
Everyone knew that Kim Ryeo-yu particularly disliked Yoon Cheong, even the least perceptive trainees.
The reasons could be many.
None of them are justifiable.
So, the fact that the three of them were missing at the same time means—
“Something big must have happened, right?”
“Seems like it.”
“Let’s keep our mouths shut at the dorm…”
“Who’s in Ryeo-yu unnie’s room?”
“Juhong.”
“Poor Juhong. She was already having a hard time in that room.”
It implied that whatever happened was serious.
And it was true.
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“…What?”
Backstage.
In one of the waiting rooms.
Kim Ryeo-yu had dragged Jo Hee-on and me into an empty waiting room.
“I told you to confess.”
“Confess?”
Kim Ryeo-yu let out a chuckle.
“Cheong, are you really sick? What do I have to confess?”
But I couldn’t laugh like Kim Ryeo-yu.
Because of that kid, I had to come back a very long way.
I couldn’t participate in the third stage rehearsal, making the other team members anxious.
Of course, it wasn’t something I wanted.
“Hee-on, don’t you have anything to say?”
“…!”
I looked directly at Jo Hee-on.
I knew.
Kim Ryeo-yu ordered it, but Jo Hee-on carried it out.
“Someone explain at which point I should forgive this.”
Earlier, I was dumbfounded by the argument between Jo Hee-on and Kim Ryeo-yu.
Who said anything about forgiveness?
Why should I forgive?
‘You…! How dare you…!’
Kim Ryeo-yu visibly trembled.
‘Why? This wasn’t in your plan?’
‘…!’
‘I’ll make sure only unexpected things happen to you from now on.’
But that was for later.
There was something more important than revenge on Kim Ryeo-yu right now.
I turned my body towards Jo Hee-on, ignoring Kim Ryeo-yu’s shock.
‘Jo Hee-on. Look at me.’
‘…!’
‘Focus on the stage.’
‘Ch-Cheong.’
‘If you mess up this stage.’
I took a deep breath.
‘You won’t be ruining my career, but your own. The debut opportunity you wanted so badly, even through dirty tricks, will slip away.’
I couldn’t expect guilt from someone like her.
I had to tell her to just selfishly take care of her own stage as usual.
That was the only way not to ruin this performance.
‘Let’s talk later, for now, just focus on the stage.’
Whether my words got through or not, fortunately, Jo Hee-on showed up in a condition that was not much different from her practice.
She didn’t perform particularly better than usual, but it wasn’t to the extent of ruining the stage.
We had overcome a huge obstacle.
Now, what was left-
“….”
were these two people.
I fiddled with the memory card in my hand.
All the evidence was in there.
How did it end up in my hands?
I knew that if Jo Hee-on or Kim Ryeo-yu were to put peanut powder, they would put it in my chicken breast.
Since the beginning of the training camp, I had barely touched anything else.
If they were to do it, it would be at dawn.
That was the only feasible time.
So, every dawn, I turned on the hidden camera, deleting the footage if nothing was recorded.
Then, on the day something was captured.
‘…Hah.’
I secured the memory card from the camera immediately and copied the video.
Then, I sent a screenshot of the video to PD Oh.
PD Oh
What the hell is this???
Oh, damn, scared me early in the morning;;;;
Get to the studio right now
PD Oh’s reaction was enormous, as expected.
I explained the situation to PD Oh.
And I asked for his cooperation.
To play along for a bit.
‘…So, what’s in it for me?’
Of course, PD Oh wouldn’t just comply with my request for nothing.
‘If the day comes when this video needs to be released, I’ll let you release it exclusively, PD Oh.’
‘Why should I rely on such an uncertain possibility? I could release it right now.’
‘A mere screenshot won’t be enough. I have the full video. You’ll need something like this to create a broadcast, right?’
‘And what if I never have to release it? In that case, there’s no benefit for me at all.’
This man was really not easy to deal with.
‘What do you want?’
‘I think you’re going to debut.’
‘….’
‘And I think you’re going to become quite popular too.’
‘….’
It was the first time someone telling me I would debut made me feel so annoyed.
‘When that time comes, if I want to shoot a reality show, don’t complain and just do it.’
‘That’s something the agency decides, not me. You know that.’
‘If you get popular, the celebrity has the power. Don’t you know that? Don’t I know that?’
‘….’
Where did this guy go wrong?
‘…Fine.’
‘You need to get really famous. Do you think I’d offer you something lousy? If you get moderately famous, that might happen, but.’
PD Oh smirked.
I really hated that smirk.
But I had to accept it.
Because right now, I was the one who needed help.
So, because of these two people, I had to make a deal with the devil.
“I saw everything. What you did when you sneaked in at da”I saw everything. What you did when you sneaked in at dawn.”