Chapter 378
The hectic but still plentiful dinner is over.
As I was gathering the plates and cutlery for the dishes, Owen shook his head while holding my hand.
"Didn't I tell you earlier, hyung-nim? I promised you that I wouldn't let your hands be dirty today."
"...I'm sorry to say this, Owen."
"Yes, hyung-nim."
"Didn't all your plans have already been ruined since the mackerel fishing trip."
"You're too much, hyung-nim. You're pouring salt on your brother's wounds like that."
"What can I do when it's true?"
Owen looked down for a moment, then quickly recovered.
"I'll try again from now on."
"Then I'll ask you to wash the dishes."
"Just leave it to me, hyung-nim."
Owen boasted, telling me to trust him.
However, for some reason, the nightmare of cleaning mackerel came to mind and I couldn't leave easily.
Owen pushed me back and I reluctantly went into the room, but I stuck my head out through the crack in the door to watch Owen.
"Oh, your heart that I can't reach, it's just parallel lines, but~."
Owen's appearance sitting down by the faucet in the yard was very different from the time in
Owen, who valued dignity much more than me, the crown prince, and didn't even bother with annoying tasks.
And yet, he was sitting by the faucet in front of a guesthouse in a quiet island village, washing dishes without a chair, and doing it with such care.
This was funny enough, but Owen was humming along while washing the dishes, and it was even our
No, if you're going to sing, you should sing your group's song
Why are you choosing our song for this?
First of all, a good picture was definitely born in terms of entertainment.
But this time, Owen's dishwashing skills were not what I wanted at all.
"Owen. You have to scrub a little harder to get rid of the oil. You're wiping too gently right now."
"Oh, I'm sorry, hyung-nim, hyung-nim, didn't I tell you to rest comfortably?"
"I was worried about you and watched, and my hunch was right."
"It's okay. No! Don't come out, hyung-nim! Your feet!"
Despite Owen's desperate cries, I put my shoes back on and went outside, crouching down next to Owen.
"Watch carefully. First, you have to wet the sponge thoroughly."
In the end, this is what happened.
Following the chaotic dinner making, it was not smooth at all until the after-cleaning process.
It was a series of hardships, but my entertainment DNA, which had been activated since the start of filming, was sufficiently satisfied with this picture.
This picture of two handsome blond young men sitting side by side at the sink, diligently washing dishes.
How rare and fun.
All you have to do is create a scene that viewers and fans will find funny.
Owen looked at my fairly skilled dishwashing skills with affection.
"How come you're so good at dishwashing, hyung-nim? I really have so much to learn from you."
".... This."
I wanted to say something cool, but stopped for a moment.
No matter how much I thought about it, I felt guilty about lying here.
"I just gained know-how through many similar experiences."
"If you say similar experiences...?"
"Hmm. I've had various cooking experiences, starting with bulgogi, seaweed soup, and grilled meat on a campsite."
Was it because we made so many cooking contents to be used at times like this?
How far ahead did the planning team of Sigma Entertainment see it?
I shivered slightly as I recalled the planning manager who showed off his overwhelming table tennis skills during the Lunar New Year's money battle.
If there was a planning manager with such hidden power, they could have easily predicted this situation.
We finished washing the dishes together and straightened our backs.
"It's already this much time."
"That's right."
After coming to Yokjido and failing miserably at fishing, boarding a boat to go to a mackerel farm, and eating the mackerel we got as a reward for dinner, time flew by.
Owen stretched and smiled brightly.
"This is all because I'm with you, hyung-nim. If I were alone, I'm sure I would have felt like time didn't pass."
Owen's one-sided praise that I've heard all day. But what he said just now resonated with me as well. I nodded in response to his smile.
"Me too."
"Yes, hyung-nim? I misheard. Could you say it again?"
"...I didn't feel bored being with you."
"Haha, I'm really happy that you say that."
We should get ready to end the day.
After entering the warm room for the first time, we stretched out on the floor before washing up and felt the preciousness of the room with our whole bodies.
"Hyung-nim.........."
"Hmm?"
Owen spoke to me in a voice that was completely free of tension.
"We're not going to go on another boat ride tomorrow, are we...?"
"Since we did it today, there's a good chance we won't do it tomorrow. There's no way they'd prepare the same content again."
"Haha, hyung-nim, you always think about the content."
"I just happened to think this way."
I raised the corners of my mouth slightly as I pictured Kang Si-yoon laughing comfortably somewhere in the dorm.
He was a guy who would always tease me, but today, he helped me a lot, so I could forgive him.
Owen sat up and opened his bag and took out various toiletries.
"Would you like to wash first, hyung-nim? I brought plenty of shampoo and conditioner just in case, so feel free to use them if you need them."
"I'm fine, so you can wash first, Owen."
"How could I wash first? You should always be the first. Otherwise..."
Owen's eyes flashed with an ominous look.
I immediately had an ominous feeling.
According to the big data I've accumulated so far, guys who make that kind of look in their eyes tend to say things that are like time bombs.
"It's been a while since we've been together-."
"Didn't I tell you not to say anything that's not appropriate for broadcasting, Owen! Go wash up!"
It was as expected.
I wiped off my sweat and quietly thanked the Seleste members.
'Thanks to you, I've been able to stay calm in all kinds of situations.'
After Owen, I also washed up and came out, and before I knew it, the clock was pointing to 11 PM.
Maybe it was because I had a really busy day. I felt really tired after washing up with warm water.
Owen, who had dried his hair and applied various moisturizers to his skin, greeted me with a clean face.
"Hyung-nim, I brought a lot of lotion and skin toner, so if you need anything, please let me know."
"Thank you for your consideration."
"Actually, I thought you'd already brought everything, so I prepared something special for you."
Owen confidently took something out of his pouch.
"I heard this is really popular these days, so I bought it too."
Owen's surprise card was a mask pack.
I saw the members using mask packs for skin care in the dorms.
However, I didn't really care much for my skin care because I didn't have to use mask packs.
It's fortunate, thanks to my SSS-level appearance stat, my skin naturally maintains its texture without me having to take great care of it.
"Why is this special? It's not just a simple mask pack."
"If it's not simple, does it have some special effects?"
"Hehe, you'll know when you see it."
Owen smiled brightly as if he had been waiting for this moment.
"Okay, Hyung-nim. Here, put your pillow down and lie down comfortably."
Lying down under Owen's guidance, it felt like I was in a shop.
Owen, who had applied a little basic cosmetics to my face, unfolded the cold mask pack neatly.
"Hmm, it doesn't feel bad."
"It's really refreshing, right? That's what I do for the taste."
"It can't be helped that my nose is a little stuffy?"
"Yes. Please bear with it for a little longer."
Owen put the mask pack on my face, then opened the mask pack he was going to use and handed it to me.
"Can you put it on according to the area like I did, Hyung-nim?"
"I'll try my best."
I received the mask pack and unfolded it carefully.
Owen, who was watching me, kept twitching the corners of his mouth.
I didn't know what was so funny about it.
"Ah."
When I opened all the mask packs to put on Owen, I could see why.
The mask pack Owen prepared wasn't an ordinary white mask pack.
It was a special product with cute cartoon characters drawn on the front.
"Oh, you look even cuter this way, hyung-nim."
"What kind of mask pack did you put on my face?"
"Don't worry, I chose something cute."
I quickly put the mask pack on Owen's face.
Owen had chosen a pack with a pink cat drawn on it for himself.
After finishing my work, I went straight to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, and there was a cute white puppy that looked like a cloud smiling on my mask pack.
"...At least you didn't fool me."
"That's obvious. I would never fool my hyung-nim."
"I've been fooled so many times like this that I've become suspicious."
"Who the hell fooled you, hyung-nim?"
I kept quiet because I knew that if I mentioned that person's name, he'd say he'd kill him again.
I saved you a lot today, Siyoon.
So we lay side by side, showing off our cute character-printed mask packs.
My face was cool and my back was warm, so it was heaven.
"Oh, hyung-nim. I remembered something I'd forgotten."
"What, you forgot something?"
"Yes."
I blinked at the ceiling and rolled my head.
Is there something Owen would forget?
Owen has a brilliant mind, but in this situation, there is no topic worth talking about.......
'Wait a minute.'
It is an important topic to both Owen and me, and the only topic we talk about when we are alone is the Demon King.
I'm sure I said right before filming that it would be dangerous to film this on camera!
"You know the web novels that you mentioned when you appeared on
".... Ah."
I think I'm speaking in a dazed tone a lot today.
I thought we were definitely talking about something serious.
What's the point of talking seriously? One of my own dark pasts is digging graves.
"While Gestalt was struggling, Hestia, who was suspicious of his identity, joined hands with the socialites and agonized over whether to get rid of Gestalt first, which was impressive. Also, the scene where Gestalt also pretended not to care even though he was aware that Hestia was suspicious of him was really breathtaking."
"The immersion level increased tremendously in that part. Didn't Stern, who appeared in the latter half, become a bigger variable than expected?"
"Oh, I really didn't expect Stern. I naturally thought he would stand on Gestalt's side and block the trial, but who would have thought he would hit him in the back of the head and dream of treason. And on top of that.........."
Our web novel-obsessed conversation with the character mask pack on continued for about 20 minutes.
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