Chapter 180
"Did you bring it properly?"
"I prepared it in advance last night because you kept nagging me."
"As expected, you are very well prepared!"
Kang Si-yoon laughed out loud when he saw the passport I had taken out in advance.
What on earth is it that makes people like it so much?
I held back a sigh and finished tidying up my place.
"There's still time until the live, so clean up your room first, Siyoon. How will Seleves react if they see your dirty room?"
"Wouldn't they like it if it smelled like people?"
"... Then show them this state just as it is. I wonder how you will react."
"Oh, I'll clean it up, I'll clean it up!"
I realized that it was more effective to coldly threaten Kang Si-yoon than to ask nicely.
"Hey, but no matter how much I clean up first, doesn't it look dirty because of those Heo Yu-bin clothes?"
"... Hmm. Now that I hear it, that's true."
"Really? Then I'll just not clean it up because it's annoying―"
"We can clean up for our younger brother who has gone to vocal practice."
"Hey, bro!"
This is the moment when Kang Si-yoon's true nature is revealed.
Why did the clean and quiet Ji Yoon-chul suddenly disappear and be replaced by Kang Si-yoon?
To explain that, we have to go back a day.
"To celebrate our comeback, how about changing roommates?"
"I like it!"
"It's no fun if we keep sharing the same room."
"I had a vague idea of when to change it, so maybe we should just change it once every time we make a comeback?"
Chae Eun-gyu was the first to suggest changing roommates.
When all the members agreed, leader Song Hyung-bin set a new rule to change rooms every time they started a new activity.
In this way, a comeback commemorative roommate migration took place through a lottery.
I was assigned a roommate randomly, but it was surprising that Kang Si-yoon and Heo Yu-bin, who were my first roommates during the
Of course, since the seven members would keep changing their combinations, it was destined to end up like this someday.
Still, isn't it just luck that this happened through a random draw?
'No. Rather, it's not a good thing.'
I shook my head as I thought about the months ahead of me being tormented by Kang Si-yoon.
After we finished unpacking our luggage, we also took care of Heo Yu-bin's luggage.
"Yubin should know that he's blessed. He's stuck between two neat guys, so he can blow his nose without touching anything."
"If I didn't tell you, you'd leave it as it is, so don't brag about it, Si-yoon."
"They say that this kind of thing is meant to show off when the person involved is not present."
"This is truly unbelievable."
"What can I do if I don't have the courage?"
"... That's right."
Kang Si-yoon laughed cheerfully, thinking that he had finally won me over with words.
"What to do, endure it!"
"I guess I should buy some good headphones later. If I don't block my ears, my eardrums will die."
"Hey, think of this as practice. We'll be doing StarUs Live more often in the future, so we'll have to show a new tiki-taka every time."
"We're going to do this often?"
"Yeah. I'm going to do it at least once a week."
Kang Si-yoon had been wanting to do a live broadcast with me for a long time.
After debuting as Seleste, he said that I and Ji Yoon-chul should do the first individual broadcast, but he lost because Ji Yoon-chul acted quickly.
Maybe he was upset because he missed his chance back then, but now he plans to treat me like a slave.
I sighed inwardly again and tried to look at things as positively as possible.
Yeah, if we do StarUs once a week, Seleves would really like it.
Let's just think about that. Ignoring the friend of the same age chattering next to me.
By the time we finished cleaning up, it was already close to 7pm.
We set up the phone and stood for the StarUs live broadcast and started preparing for the live in earnest.
"Oh, that sounds fun. Karis, you know today's concept, right?"
"Hmm? Did you talk about the concept?"
"I told you yesterday before bed; let's answer as funny as we can today."
Kang Si-yoon glared at me.
"Since Yoon-chul and you do the simple ASMR-like broadcasts, when we do it together, we have to stick to gags, okay? Otherwise, it's not fun. It also loses its uniqueness."
"I think the fans would like it if we had any kind of conversation―."
"Anyway, let's have fun, have fun!"
To put it simply, it means that we are going to have free-spirited, crazy talk with half of our brains out.
Knowing full well that there was no way to stop Kang Si-yoon, whose engine had already started to rumble, I just nodded quietly.
So it was 7 o'clock, and we pressed the start broadcast button.
"Hello hello! Hello everyone!"
"Hello."
As soon as the broadcast start alarm went off, Seleves who entered StarUs Live immediately sent numerous messages.
"Wow, there are already more than ten thousand people here. Have you all had dinner? It's not hot, and it's cool tonight. It's a day when you feel like eating meat, isn't it?"
"I don't really know what the weather has to do with the menu. Don't you always say you want to eat meat no matter what the weather is, Siyoon?"
"Oh, but honestly, I have to admit that meat is delicious."
"That is true."
Before more Seleves came in, we spent time casually talking about our daily lives.
After a few minutes, the number of concurrent viewers of the StarUs live broadcast soon exceeded 50,000.
At this point, I thought I should say hello to fans, who have always been waiting for this greeting.
I sat up straight and spoke in a solemn tone.
"Then let me formally introduce myself. Karis of Seleste."
"This is Seleste's Kang Si-yoon!"
Kang Si-yoon immediately turned his head towards me and prepared to raise his hand.
The gesture of starting the 'Sushis' greeting, which is like our trademark.
But I was one step ahead.
"Are you ready, Yoon?"
"Uh...? Hey, that's my part―"
When I did the part that he was supposed to do first, Kang Si-yoon was momentarily flustered.
But who is Kang Si-yoon?
The king of portions and the god of entertainment.
He immediately gave a sensible answer.
"Of course, Ri!"
When Kang Si-yoon starts talking, he becomes Sushis.
If I start talking, will I become Yoon Ris.
[윤리즈
Seriously, it's amazing that you found a combination of letters that makes sense in such a short time.
-No, Sushis suddenly became YoonRis ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―If there is an ethics teacher like this, I am confident I will definitely get 100 points.
―I guess he was jealous of Siyoon who always starts the sushi greeting. Karis is cute.
―Sushis' are the best!!
"Hey, what if you suddenly change your comment?"
"I wanted to try it first, at least once."
"Then, are you ready, Si? That's all you need to do."
"If I start with 'Si', wouldn't it become 'Sisu'? That would make no sense, so I just chose a word that would be easier to attach to the end."
"Did you think about ethics when you did it?"
"Siyoon's reflexes are amazing. I admit that."
When I praised him, Kang Si-yoon immediately smiled broadly and straightened his shoulders.
Seriously, along with Heo Yu-bin, he's the easiest guy to deal with.
"Why did we turn on the broadcast today? Oh, it's exactly as the title says! Today, we're going to take a close look at the passport of our honorary Korean, Mr. Karis! The first idol passport reveals time in StarUs Live history!"
"You're covering up personal information properly, aren't you, Siyoon?"
"Oh. I really forgot. I almost leaked it."
"You are the type of person who really shouldn't be on TV."
The Seleves' reactions were really hot.
Judging by the number of comments going up like crazy, it seems that Kang Si-yoon wasn't the only one who doubted my nationality.
After looking through the comments carefully, there were many comments such as, "I really thought he was a Korean with a foreign concept" and "It would be amazing if there was a real Estonian flag."
Some comments were inciting Kang Si-yoon, saying, "Si-yoon, let's burn his passport right now."
I was worried because he was a guy who would really do that if left alone.
"Now, if you look at it this way, the passport cover is different, everyone. And if you open it inside, you can see that it clearly says 'born in Estonia'."
Kang Si-yoon held up the page containing my passport information to the camera.
Fortunately, he listens well to what I say, as he covered it with his finger to prevent personal information from being leaked.
"Oh, and Karis' passport photo was taken when he was 17. He was in his first year of high school, but his face is almost the same as it is now. What can I say in one word? His face was already complete since he was young~."
There was a torrent of cries for help in showing my passport photo properly.
Kang Si-yoon did his best to hide the information and adjust the angle so that only my picture was visible.
"Is it okay, Seleve? Oh, it's hard. Karis, send a passport photo separately later."
"I'll check if the file still exists."
"Hmm~. Everyone says that if you're going to send old photos, it would be good to send all the photos from kindergarten to high school."
Kang Si-yoon wiggled his eyebrows at me as he read the messages sent by fans.
"I'm also curious about the kindergarten Karis."
"... I'll definitely look for it later. I don't have any old photos on my phone right now, so I'll have to ask my family for help."
"Ah, I feel good just thinking about looking at Karis's family album later."
So after the passport tour ended, we communicated by reading the questions that Seleves freely asked.
There were many instances where we had to show off our wit.
"Siyoon, it's Eun-gyu. When was our comeback date? I lost the calendar with the date written on it, so I don't know."
Kang Si-yoon read aloud a message from a Seleve who secretly wanted to know our comeback date.
Then he pretended to be troubled by exaggerated actions.
"Ah, I think it's Eun-gyu Hyung who lost something in the room. Oh, but. Ha, really. What if hyung doesn't know that! Hyung, you're going to get a message from the planning department? They're going to tell everyone about the schedule from now on, except for you?"
"Then can I answer for you?"
"No, this really shouldn't be a spoiler!"
"It's obvious that Yoon-chul will spoil it later anyway."
"That's true."
Seleves were all busy laughing when we mentioned Ji Yoon-chul's spoiler meme.
I read one of the messages that came up quickly.
"Hey guys, do you guys check the internet often? Yes, sometimes I check it when I'm bored. I was surprised when Yoon-chul recently said that he spoiled the date of the upcoming episode."
"No, I didn't know that. But when I saw Manager Hyung running in the morning looking for Yoon-chul, I thought, 'Oh, the youngest is up to something again.'"
The flow of conversation changed quite naturally.
When our own content was mentioned, numerous Seleves begged us to share the behind-the-scenes stories of our Jeju Island school trip.
I thought deeply and sincerely.
"Is there anything we can call behind the scenes? It feels like everything we did was edited into a video."
"Oh, if you're asking about the next video content so naturally, we won't be fooled! I don't know about the other members, but Karis and I will never be fooled!"
"Um, um."
We nodded solemnly and looked at the screen.
Among the comments that made people burst out laughing again, the comment that caught my eye was, 'Can't you give in to us at least once in a while?'
"I'm sorry, but I can never lose. You can only beat me through a fair fight. If you can naturally get me to say things I shouldn't say, you'll win."
"Hey, the first idol to have a 1-on-1 battle with fans on StarUs broadcast is born."
"To be exact, it's a fight of about 1 vs. 70,000, Siyoon. I want you to correct it."
"You are really cool."
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