Chapter 275: Arrival
[Ah, seeing Dubu Ian cry hurts my heart so much….]
Warning!! The Japanese translation might not be completely accurate!!
I cried while watching the Japanese variety show they appeared on yesterday so I brought screenshots
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Mr. Itsuki, thank you so much for treating our boys warmly….
Just seeing Seo Ian cry shows how much emotional hardship they must’ve gone through during these promotions, and my heart is breakingㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Let’s only be happy, Universe Dust
* Look at Seo Ian desperately holding back his tearsㅠㅠ Ah our Sundubu….
└ Even the members looked surprised, he must’ve genuinely cried
└ He sent a Private Message saying he got emotional for a moment because he heard warm wordsㅠㅠ He looked really embarrassed too, but even that feels so Ian-like and I love it….
└ Yes, our soft tofu deserves only flower paths
└ That guy Ryuhei or whatever seriously needs to get wrecked
└ 2222 He was openly bullying them on broadcast, I can already imagine how much worse he acted off camera;;
└ Seriously, that thing calls himself a PD, ugh….
└ He got cursed out so badly he deactivated his SNSㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Apparently he’s getting hated on in his own country too
[The company probably reflected on things after this incident too]
Please thoroughly inspect the programs our boys go on instead of sending them to weird places
Do you think our boys wanted to go all the way to a foreign country just to get treated like thatㅠㅠ
I know overseas promotions are important but the members’ mental health comes first, doesn’t it?
No but the more I write this the angrier I get, did those bastards even reflect at all???
Fuck Doubles, get lost
* ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ gradient rageㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Ah holy shit this is hilarious
* What’s with that sudden rage at the endㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ But honestly, all the fans understand
└ The moment I heard the news I went through the exact same train of thoughtㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Still, thankfully it seems like they got some healing at the Itsuki Showㅠㅠ
└ Watching the other members comfort Ian while he cried genuinely warmed my heart… it made me think, is this what family feels like….
└ Universe Dust forever!!!
└ Every time I see our boys, I can’t believe they’re a survival show group because they’re way too close-knit….
└ 2222 That’s why I love them
* When are our Universe Dust boys entering Korea??
└ Tonight
└ Oh… something big is coming….
└ They’re finally comingㅠㅠ my babiesㅠㅠ
└ Rest well once you get back to Korea guysㅠㅠㅠ Pleaseㅠㅠ
└ After your break please do domestic promotions too!!!
└ Seriously they need to be locked inside Koreaㅠㅠㅠ
The tears Seo Ian showed on <Itsuki Show>.
The moment that scene aired, fans who knew the circumstances couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.
Alongside the news of Stardust’s arrival in Korea, the community was still noisy over the unresolved vinegar soy sauce incident.
In the middle of all that, one post appeared.
[Wow PD Do adopted a cat apparently]
* Is that even okay? There’s already a rodent in the house though?
└ PD Do personality controversy ㄷㄷㄷ
└ Huh?
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7 a.m.
It was a livestream turned on while he still hadn’t adjusted from jet lag.
Tidying up his messy hair, he muttered quietly,
“…I still haven’t adjusted to the time difference yet.”
Despite starting the livestream pretty early, the viewer count rapidly increased.
* ????
* Japan and Korea don’t even have a time difference though?
* I think Do Seohan just hasn’t adjusted to land life yet
* ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You only rode a plane for like one or two hours
* Maybe he’s just still half asleep
* He’s got one eye half closed and he’s still ridiculously handsomeㅠㅠ
The moment he arrived at the dorm last night, he threw himself onto the bed.
Then he instantly passed out, and the moment he woke up he thought of the fans and turned on the livestream.
There hadn’t been much bait during the past two weeks, so they were probably bored, yet the warm comments welcoming him naturally made him smile.
“I just slept yesterday… and I haven’t been awake for long.”
Most of the other hyungs were still asleep.
Playing with the ends of his hair, he smiled softly.
“Doing a livestream alone is… kind of boring, but I’ll try hard to keep the audio filled.”
* What are you talking about Seohan, your face itself is entertaining
* Honestly it’s fun even if you just sit there
* Seohan, do a What’s In My Bag
* Seohan-ah, did you hear? You got a younger sibling!!!
The last comment caught his eye.
Opening his eyes wide, he asked,
“A younger sibling?”
Ah.
Could they be talking about the message he received yesterday?
* PD Do said he’s raising a cat, he showed it on livestream yesterdayㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Is it being raised at your family home?
* PD Do and a cat…ㅠㅠ they suit each other so wellㅠㅠㅠ
* How do you feel about raising a cat?
He was a little startled that they suddenly dropped such a bombshell the moment he returned to Korea.
“I did hear about it.”
He rubbed his dry face while quickly skimming the comments with his eyes.
He still hadn’t fully woken up, but he didn’t forget to communicate with fans.
“You’re asking how I feel about raising a cat? Since they’re kind of a natural enemy… I’m not too sure about that side….”
* ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ instinctive rejection
* Hamster vs Cat
* They said it’ll live at your family home, does that mean Do Hamjji can’t go home anymore…?
“If we fought, I might win. But I might lose too….”
* Might win
* Aren’t you a humanㅋㅋㅋㅋ why are you not confident
* Even mumbling half-asleep like this is insanely cute
He rummaged through his pocket and pulled out his phone.
As it happened, they had sent him a baby kitten picture earlier.
It was a light brown cheese-colored cat.
It was cute, but… somehow this still felt a little strange.
When he held the photo up toward the camera, comments immediately flooded in calling it cute.
“Hyung did ask me for one favor though. He told me to ask the fans for name suggestions for the cat. Dustys, please give a name to my younger sibling whose family name is Do.”
Creeeak.
Right then, the door opened.
“What are you filming?”
Kang Siwoo tilted his head with a sleepy face, so Seohan covered the camera with one hand and replied,
“Ah, I’m live.”
“Ah~.”
Meanwhile, name suggestions for the younger sibling were flooding in chaotically.
“I trust Dustys’ naming sen….”
At the same time, my trust rapidly disappeared.
“Huh? Doraemon?”
* ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah
* Doraemonㅋㅋㅋㅋ you insane peopleㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Well Doraemon is technically a cat… right?
* Do Seohan’s dumbfounded expression is so funny
* Do Hamjji instantly woke upㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Excuse me?
“Do Library….”
* ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Watching Do Bookstore scroll through these and panic because there isn’t a single normal one
No, is this for real?
“Dodolyi-pyo… because they want it to stay healthy and return to being a baby forever.”
The meaning alone sounded nice.
“Doyose… Dokkaebi… Doraji Tea….”
No matter how far he scrolled, not a single normal name appeared.
This won’t work….
“Goodbye, everyone.”
* Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seohan don’t leaveㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Do Seohan cutting tiesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
* Stop teasing him you peopleㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Just as the cat in our house was about to be named Doraemon….
A few somewhat normal names finally appeared.
“I’ll ask hyung about these.”
Quickly jotting down a few names in his memo app, he checked the comments again.
One comment caught his attention.
Smiling, he slowly read the question aloud.
* But Seohan-ah, is PD Do’s personality more cat-like or dog-like?
“Ah, my hyung’s personality.”
Pressing his temples with one hand, he thought for a moment.
“To be exact, he’s neither. But if I absolutely had to compare him….”
* Somehow I feel like nothing good’s coming next
* That’s the face of someone thinking how to insult him
* Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Just….
Hmm.
“He’s like a dog.”
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“…Is someone talking shit about me?”
SBC Broadcasting Station office.
While frantically organizing files, Do Seojun frowned.
His ears had been especially itchy today.
Tilting his head, PD Do Seojun pulled a bundle of documents from the drawer.
“Ah, now’s not the time for this.”
There was still plenty of work left to handle.
Normally, whether it meant overtime or not, he wouldn’t particularly care….
But now there was a small, cute… cheese-colored cat at home.
Just thinking that the little thing was waiting for him made him unable to lazily drag out his work, leaving him strangely impatient.
Ding-.
Ding-.
Do Seojun finally checked the phone that had been quietly vibrating for a while.
It was a text from Do Seohan.
* Got an amazing name from the fans
* Let’s name it Doraemon
“…….”
He decided to ignore the message.
“Sigh.”
When would that kid ever grow up?
As Do Seojun shook his head with a short sigh, noisy chatter came from the break room.
It was Assistant Manager Yoon Yejin from the scheduling team.
She was acquainted with Do Seojun and was also fairly famous within the company as… a Stardust fan.
“Wow, unbelievable. Did you see the announcement?”
Ever since Do Seojun revealed his face on broadcast, she’d often come running over to talk to him like this.
Apparently she felt a one-sided sense of closeness because he was Do Seohan’s biological older brother.
“Announcement?”
Standing from his seat with a disinterested tone, Do Seojun asked,
“What came up this time?”
“Stardust’s concert!”
Little brother, you’re making good money.
Do Seojun didn’t know much about idol fandom culture, but he did know one thing very clearly:
Stardust concert tickets were ridiculously hard to get.
Assistant Manager Yoon Yejin apparently even joined the fanclub, yet she still said getting into the Gocheok concert venue was like plucking stars from the sky.
“Aaaagh! I want to go so badly…!”
“Wouldn’t you somehow be able to get in?”
“PD Do. Do you know what happens if you fall from the 4th floor of Gocheok? You go straight to heaven.”
“…Ah.”
“So if I die trying to see our boys, that’s no good either….”
So there were no front-row seats.
“What about the 2nd floor?”
“…I really hope I can get in somehow. Ah, by the way.”
Assistant Manager Yoon Yejin looked at him with hopeful eyes.
“PD Do, by any chance… you don’t happen to have invitation tickets or anything, right?”
“Do you think that kid would invite me?”
“Ah.”
She seemed instantly convinced.