Chapter 283: Paper Cranes (2)
It wasn't unusual for sasaengs to come by the dorm.
Unless they crossed the line into breaking into the residence, there wasn't much the company could do to stop them, and everyone understood that, so most of the time they simply endured it.
A thousand paper cranes?
That was practically cute by comparison.
At least it wasn't something like a dead pigeon.
“Can I check it?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow….
It must've taken a really long time to fold all of these.”
Clicking his tongue, Cha Seongbin accepted the container from Manager Lee Jaeyoon.
Since there were cases where people hid cameras inside things like this, anything that arrived through this kind of route was naturally thrown away.
Cha Seongbin rummaged through the container with one hand, checking whether anything was hidden inside.
“No camera.
Oh, but….”
Rustle.
The hand searching through the container suddenly stopped.
It seemed his fingertips had caught on something.
Reaching deeper inside, Cha Seongbin pulled it out.
After checking the small note, he frowned.
“There's a letter.”
“What does it say?”
It was only a reflexive question.
I wasn't interested in reading a sasaeng's letter at all.
To begin with, anyone who came all the way to our dorm to leave something like this wasn't a normal fan.
But then.
Shivering, Cha Seongbin spoke.
“It's addressed to you.
But….
It's kind of creepy.”
“Hm?”
What on earth did it say?
I took the small note from his hand.
Crooked handwriting densely covered the tiny piece of paper.
Unconsciously swallowing hard, I began reading the first sentence.
I called you last time too, and I was upset because you didn't answer.
Don't ignore my calls just because you're busy.
Answer every single one.
Don't make eye contact with other girls.
Why are there so many girls in front of your dorm?
Are you trying to make me angry on purpose?
When your schedule is over, don't forget to call me.
You remember we have plans next week, right?
If you don't answer me then either, you'll regret it.
...What?
“Oof….”
After reading along with the note, Cha Seongbin recoiled in horror and let out a groan.
“What the….
She's practically acting like your girlfriend.”
“Seriously.”
At this point, she didn't even seem aware that she was a sasaeng.
It honestly sent chills down my spine.
Cha Seongbin immediately snatched the note out of my hand and shoved it back into the container.
“That's enough.
Don't pay attention to it.
It's not like there are only one or two weird people out there.”
More than half of all sasaengs weren't in their right minds.
The sheer level of madness was enough to make my skin crawl, but as Cha Seongbin said, the best thing to do was not give them any attention.
“Oh, and.”
Furrowing his brow, Cha Seongbin added,
“You seriously need to change your number.”
[[Live] Do Seohan's Shaved Ice Mukbang (feat. Sundubu-jjigae)]
It was late in the evening.
Even though the livestream had started without any warning, fans flooded in almost instantly.
Placing the mango shaved ice that had just been delivered onto the table, I checked the camera.
“Dustys~.”
There wasn't any special content today.
I had simply gone live to talk about stories from the concert.
We were planning to tell the full story during tomorrow's group livestream anyway, but when you had some free time, what was better than turning on a livestream?
Today's special guest was here too.
Self-proclaimed rabbit.
Universally acknowledged as Sundubu-jjigae.
When it came to eating mango shaved ice, he was as sweet as they came.
“Eh?”
Only after seeing the title did Seo Ian burst into disbelieving laughter.
“Why am I Sundubu-jjigae…?!”
“Because everyone thinks so?”
“Do Seohan!
You wrote your own name properly in Korean!”
“Yours is in Korean too.
Sundubu-jjigae.”
“Hey.”
LOL Sundubu-jjigae is getting mad.
Seo Ian's angry but it's not scary at all LOL.
He's too cute.
Do Hamjji never loses an argument.
That's what being the maknae on top is all about. LOL
He is technically written in Korean. LOL
That's ridiculous.
I'd known Seo Ian for quite a long time….
Even when he got angry, he wasn't scary.
Sure enough, he was already smiling brightly again while chatting with the fans.
“Seohan ordered the shaved ice….
It's mango shaved ice.
You're asking if it's too cold for this season…?
I think so too.”
“Huh?
You're supposed to eat shaved ice in winter.”
“I guess being young really is nice…!”
Anyone listening would think he was almost forty.
Clicking my tongue at the nonsense coming from a twenty-two-year-old, I picked up the camera.
I wanted to zoom in on the mango shaved ice.
Seohan-ah, your face is sweeter than the mango shaved ice.
Point the camera back at yourself.
Grandma's precious grandson feeding her with his own hands. ^^
Do Seohan is killing me LOL.
Why are you spoon-feeding us this? LOL
Since no one seemed particularly interested in looking at the shaved ice, I hurriedly turned the camera back.
Naturally, the conversation shifted toward behind-the-scenes stories from the concert.
Scooping up a huge spoonful of shaved ice, Seo Ian began talking.
“We performed concerts for three days, right…?
Originally, it was only supposed to be two.”
“Right, right.”
“But Seohan kept begging.
He said he wanted to do three days.”
I'm so proud that my baby is this passionate about performing.
Awwww, really??
Just imagining the little hamster begging to do more concerts is making me smile so hard.;;
It's all to make a living.
Of course, the phrase make a living carried a far more desperate meaning for me.
I couldn't exactly reveal all the company's internal circumstances.
Grinning, I spoke.
“Everyone, I really want to perform on stage as much as possible.
I worked very hard to express that opinion to the company….
So….
Maybe there'll be some good news soon?”
ENCORE CONCERT?????????
It has to be an encore.
Are we getting another Seoul concert??
Holy crap, I love our dutiful son.
No matter how I look at it, he's definitely saying there's an encore.
My heart's already racing.
That's it.
Starting today, I'm going to practice ticketing.
The comments suddenly began flying by much faster.
“Yes, exactly—”
“Shh.”
Seo Ian hurriedly covered my mouth.
LOL Tofu Ian is covering Do Seohan's mouth.
Is our Do Hamjji the Spoiler Fairy???
They're just so wholesome.
I can't handle it. ㅠㅠ
“Is it a secret?”
“Of course.
No articles have come out yet.”
“Was the encore concert really that big of a secret?”
“Hey!!”
LOL the maknae's gone completely out of control.
Ah, what a shame.
If Ha Junseo had been here, we could've watched his panicked expression from the front row.
Excuse me, Leader.
Your maknae has gone crazy.
Please come collect him.
“The encore concert was that much of a secret?” LOL
Shrugging, I chuckled.
“Well, seeing that Manager-hyung hasn't ended the broadcast yet, I think it's probably okay.”
“You….
You're definitely getting a phone call after this.”
“If no one's called yet, then we're fine.
Let's just eat the shaved ice.”
“I think I'm gonna get dragged into this….”
As long as the Dustys were happy, everything was fine…!
With a pale face, Seo Ian silently shoveled shaved ice into his mouth.
Meanwhile, the comment section was flooded with fans laughing at the two of us.
Chewing on a piece of mango, I spoke up.
“Oh, right.”
“You're about to spoil something again, aren't you?”
“No.
I was going to talk about our self-content….”
Just then.
The camera feed suddenly disconnected.
“Ah.”
A call had come in.
The familiar number made me instinctively frown.
How many times was this now?
I quickly rejected the call and reconnected to the livestream.
It must have disconnected for a moment.
“Sorry.
I got a phone call….”
??????
Judging by his face, it's a sasaeng.
Holy crap.
Who the hell keeps calling during a livestream??
Didn't this happen before too?
It was a sasaeng.
Forcing an awkward smile, I waved my hands.
I didn't want the atmosphere in the comments to become even uglier, so I hurried to calm everyone down.
“I'm okay, but please don't call me during livestreams.
It disconnects.”
“Mhm.
It really does disconnect.”
Apparently something similar had happened during Seo Ian's livestream before.
Normally, I could just ignore the calls.
But during a livestream, the whole broadcast would disconnect, which made things difficult.
Up to this point, I could still laugh it off.
But…
“Please….
Don't call.”
“It's pretty bad today….”
Once.
Twice.
By the third time the livestream disconnected, even I started getting irritated.
Holy crap.
That sasaeng is actually insane.
Have they lost their mind?
Why do they keep calling?;;;
They're probably trying to confirm whether the number they found is real by calling during the livestream. LOL
Doubles, please do something about sasaengs. ㅠㅠ
Seriously, because you keep letting it slide every time, this crap keeps happening. ㅠㅠ
If even our boys are making those expressions….
There's no way that person goes around calling themselves a fan, right?
That's literally just a stalker.
Holy crap.
“I need to continue the livestream, so please stop calling.
I'll be changing my number.”
Even if I changed it, I knew they'd somehow get it again.
But at the very least, I wanted to finish this livestream properly.
We'd been having such a warm conversation about the concert, and now everything had gone completely off the rails.
The comments poured in at an even faster pace.
It fell to Seo Ian to calm everyone down.
“Whoa, whoa….
Everyone, calm down…!”
“Should we do the livestream on your phone instead, hyung?”
“I think that's better.
Dustys, just give us a moment!
We'll reconnect using my phone!”
It didn't seem possible to continue the livestream like this, so we restarted it using Seo Ian's phone.
I seriously can't believe our boys are the ones who have to be careful because of a sasaeng….
Do Hamjji looks so discouraged. ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Please…. ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Stop supporting sasaeng homepage masters.
Seeing our boys make faces like that, do you still want to support them?
A sasaeng is a sasaeng.
They're all the same.
The fact that they even found his phone number is seriously creepy….
Thankfully, perhaps they had at least a shred of common sense.
No more calls came after that.
By then, we'd nearly finished the mango shaved ice.
“Should we wrap things up?”
“Okay.
Let's talk a little about the new song before we go!
Everyone's curious.”
“The new song?
A spoiler…?”
“Please….
Stop!”
Startled, Seo Ian covered my mouth once again.
Human nature only made you want to do something more when you were told not to.
Just as I was thinking about a spoiler that wouldn't cross the line—
Bzzzz—.
My phone vibrated.
“…….”
Silence instantly fell.
Holy crap, stop calling already.
Even after switching phones during the livestream, they're still doing this?
They seriously need to be hospitalized.
What's wrong with them?
Do they just want attention???
Somebody arrest that bastard already.
Stop screwing around during the livestream!!!!
Even I'm cursing out loud.
I can't imagine how the boys must feel.;;;;
“Ah.
I thought I'd turned vibration off earlier.”
Carefully picking up my phone, I reached to silence it.
Is Do Seohan really the one having to watch himself in this situation?
I'm seriously so pissed.
Seohan-ah, please change your phone. ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
If they're doing this even during a livestream, I don't even want to imagine how often they call normally.
It's absolutely heartbreaking.
Is that person seriously insane?
The flood of comments expressed exactly what I was feeling as well.
But then.
The familiar caller ID displayed on my phone screen….
Huh?
Smiling sheepishly, I answered the call.
“Uh, Mom.”