Chapter 250
When I returned to our dorm after finishing the Star Us Live celebrating my birthday alone.
"Happy Birthday Karis!"
I received the birthday wishes I had received at dawn for the last time.
At dawn, Song Hyung Bin handed me a huge gift box representing the members, since they hadn't prepared any gifts other than seaweed soup.
Not one, but two.
"What the heck is this?"
When I received the boxes with a bewildered expression, Yoo Min Ha smiled awkwardly.
"Hyung, you're sleeping alone at dawn, so I think we made too much noise among ourselves......we bought two sets of premium Korean beef earlier when hyung wasn't around."
"And here's this."
From the large shopping bag on the sofa, Song Hyung-bin took out a stylish-looking box.
At the same time, Chae Eun-gyu patted Kang Si-yoon on the back and pushed him forward.
"Si-yoon seemed to have a hard time alone in the early morning, so I bought this as well when I bought a gift for Karis."
"Actually, I didn't prepare anything special for Si-yoon's birthday, right? It's a bit of a late birthday gift."
"Oh, I didn't expect something like this."
Kang Si-yoon tried to act calm as he walked forward, but his mouth was already twitching.
And the moment he confirmed the identity of the gift.
"Oh my god! This is a limited edition switcher! Shh! What in the world!"
Kang Si-yoon couldn't hold back his reaction when he saw the American YouTube channel he was into these days.
It was understandable.
This gift.
"I really wanted to buy this, how did you know?"
"Of course I knew, you always said you wanted this."
"I said that often? It doesn't seem like that much."
"It's true though?"
"Hey, not that much."
As Kang Si-yoon continued to deny Chae Eun-gyu's words, the youngest stepped forward.
"...No."
Ji Yoon-chul slowly shook his head.
"Hyung, whenever we playbox, you bring up the switcher."
"Wow, I really did that? Anyway, thank you so much! Wow, how did you really get this?"
It was a part that showed how much the members care about each other.
It was unexpected for him to remember such a remark that the person involved doesn't even realize.
I also smiled faintly as I carried the very heavy Korean beef gift boxes.
"Thank you all. It must have been very troublesome to go out to buy gifts, but you prepared such a surprise gift for me."
"No, it wasn't troublesome at all."
"And you should have done something better than this...."
"I'll prepare something really special next year!"
Our schedule has been very tight recently.
Kang Si-yoon and my birthdays were close, and before that, we were busy filming a commercial with Ignis.
I knew how busy the members were with our various schedules, so I knew what kind of mindset they had when they prepared this.
"Hmm, even if I brought this to my studio, no one would eat it. I'm always at our dorm. Well, it would be great food if I went back to my studio, but it's still too much to eat alone."
I continued speaking with a gentle smile on my face.
"So since everyone worked hard today, how about having a full-fledged Korean Beef party?"
"Really?"
The members would have shouted at the sound of a meat dinner if it were any other day, but today, perhaps because of the commotion that happened early in the morning, they didn't react right away.
"Of course. And, um. I thought it was so funny and touching that you were all busy moving around since early in the morning, even though you must be tired. So you don't have to feel so sorry about the seaweed soup. It was so delicious."
Members who listened to me were silent for a very short time.
Then Yoo Min-ha shouted out loud.
"Karis Hyung is really our father! He's so cool!"
"No, I'm going to be upset you suddenly call me father just because I'm letting you eat meat."
"Father is father, and brother is Father Teresa!"
"I've never had a son like you."
No matter what I said, Yoo Minha quickly put both arms around my shoulders and hugged me tightly.
Heo Yubin followed, and for some reason Ji Yoon-chul grabbed my cheek.
"What the heck are you doing, Yoon-chul!"
"...It seems like there's no room on your shoulders."
Kang Siyoon held his stomach and laughed at the youngest's sly remark.
"Hey, guys. It's okay, it's okay! Hey, what are you talking about? If you just buy me a switcher, I can eat all the fat in the fridge."
"Isn't that too much?"
"Ah, let's play a game right now!"
While Kang Siyoon excitedly waved both arms and ran to the living room, I put the Korean beef down in the kitchen and went to the bathroom for a moment.
Then Ji Yoon-chul was waiting for me in front of the door with a meaningful expression.
"....Follow me."
Huh?
Today, I was led by the strange Ji Yoon-chul and forcibly entered his room.
Then Ji Yoon-chul, who was rummaging under the bed, took out a box covered with red wrapping paper.
It had a familiar design, as if I had seen it somewhere.
"It's a present, hyung."
"Thank you. You didn't have to prepare something like this."
".....No. You celebrated my birthday too, hyung. That....."
Ji Yoon-chul scratched his head, slightly pouting his lips.
"We made a fuss at dawn because I boiled all the seaweed...."
"That's in the past. You don't have to worry about it anymore."
"Still...."
"Okay, I guess I should open the present."
I opened the present before Ji Yoon-chul became gloomy anymore.
The wrapping paper looked familiar, but it turned out to be the doll shop I had visited for Ji Yoon-chul's birthday.
"This cute guy... is he a wolf?"
"Yes. He's a rainbow wolf."
Ji Yoon-chul erased his gloomy expression. His eyes sparkled as he looked at the rainbow wolf in my hand.
"When I looked it up, it turned out that the rainbow cat hyung gave me was friends with this guy. So I went and bought him this afternoon."
"Wow, I didn't know they were friends."
"...Do you like it?"
"Yes. He's a really cute guy."
I touched the rainbow wolf's fluffy tail and named it.
"The name is, hmm... Kain."
"......not Muwolf?"
"Muwolf isn't bad either, but that name came to mind as soon as I saw him."
Ji Yoon-chul's miserable naming sense still remains.
I smiled and thought of the large dog raised by the royal family in
Although it wasn't a real wolf, it was Kain, who was quite large and in some ways resembled a wolf in the real world.
"Thank you. I'll make sure to put it on my bed."
"Hyung, try sleeping with it. It's warm and nice."
"Okay."
***
The crazy birthday week is over.
I knew it would be a very busy week with Kang Si-yoon and I having birthdays two days apart, but I didn't know it would be this crazy.
As we were slowly preparing for our comeback schedule, we received some new news.
It was the news that our Ignis advertisement, which had been under embargo, would be released.
They said that it would be released when the new product line we advertised starts to be sold in earnest.
As the Dominant line officially began selling, Seleste's first commercial was also released worldwide.
"......Do we all have to come together like this to watch it?"
"Of course! If our faces suddenly appear when you're watching TV alone, it's a little weird. That's why we all have to watch it together in advance to get a preventive shot."
"Aha."
We gathered in the living room after Song Hyung-bin called us.
We all gathered to watch the Ignis commercial video together.
"But, hyung."
"Huh?"
Heo Yoo-bin pointed out the most problematic point to Song Hyung-bin.
"If we all gather like this, aren't we going to be teased instead? If we watch alone, we'll just go, "Ah, that's embarrassing!" But if we watch together, we'll all cringe every time someone's face appears."
"That's right?"
"No way. Is that your goal?"
"Ahaha, I thought it'd be fun to watch Yubin pretending to be deadly together."
"You bad people!"
The truth was immediately revealed.
Heo Yubin jeered while hitting the leader's back with a soft fist.
"You feel better only if you tease me like that!"
"No, Yubin. You'll be okay."
"Huh?"
Kang Siyoon presented a different perspective to Heo Yubin.
"You filmed with Kelly, so you didn't get a close-up of your face. Rather, Hyungbin hyung, who filmed without Kelly, would be more embarrassed because only his face was in a close-up."
"As expected of Siyoon hyung!"
"Hey, did you come here to tease me from the beginning?"
"Hey, hyung. You should speak properly."
When Song Hyungbin got angry, Kang Siyoon furrowed his eyebrows and wiggling his index finger.
"I'm equal to everyone."
"You always say that and only criticize me."
"Ey, it's not like that. Am I that untrustworthy?"
"Of course."
"Everyone, stop chatting and let's see if it turned out well."
I clapped my hands once and demanded the members' attention.
On the main page of the official Ignis YouTube channel, a video titled [Dominance: With Seleste] was floating.
The thumbnail was none other than Heo Yubin standing coolly with Kelly behind a shadow.
"The thumbnail is well-chosen!"
"Wow, is this the same Heo Yubin I knew?"
"Can we do an encore right here? I want to see that pose once!"
The members immediately cheered and whistled at Heo Yu-bin.
And Heo Yu-bin, who seemed very embarrassed because he was the one who appeared as the thumbnail, twisted his whole body and screamed for no reason.
"No! I can't! I don't have Kelly, how can I do it alone!"
"Ah, that's too bad."
"...... Would you like to borrow my doll?"
"No, it's okay! Why are you being so aggressive, Yoon-chul!"
"...... It's funny when you get flustered."
Starting with Heo Yu-bin, who is teased even by the youngest, the commercial video features our appearances one after another, giving off an atmosphere that fits the concept of 'Dominance'.
The members who weren't filming with the Doberman were filmed from a very close distance.
In particular, when Kang Si-yoon's close-up lasted for a few seconds, the members all hit the sofa and burst into laughter.
"Why do I feel like his eyebrows are twitching over there?"
"Wow, you said something to Yubin earlier about his acting deadly, but you're the one who actually acts deadly the most?"
"Siyoon. I really don't think biting your lips is right."
"No, it's not that I wanted to do it! The director asked me to do it!"
"Yeah. But it's really not good."
Seeing Chae Eun-gyu shake his head like that made me laugh too.
So I decided to say something.
"Siyoon."
"Why!"
"You're better suited to using your face carelessly rather than being lethal."
"Excuse me, Mr. Karis. I'm an idol too, okay?"
"But haven't you always used your face freely?"
"I know, sometimes I want to be lethal!"
Kang Si-yoon snorted as if he was being wronged, and was waiting for the next person to appear.
"Let's see how well everyone came out."
But his mouth did not run like a motor.
It was because the Ignis advertisement team had put my one-shot right after Kang Si-yoon's one-shot.
"...."
"Wow, Karis is definitely different."
"I don't know who it is, but you have a different expression from the person who came out just before."
"No, the directors are going too far! How can they put Karis right after me?"
I waved my index finger at Kang Si-yoon.
"This is the difference in strength."
"Ah, look at his expression."
"I learned everything from you, so don't be angry."
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