translation by mourningmoor
By evening, the L.I.T fan community was buzzing.
It was because L.I.T had taken 3rd place on M-Start, their first music show for this comeback.
Their outfits today were killer. At K=CON, it was white uniforms, and today, black uniforms. Those who saw it in person, spill the tea.
Our boys ㅠㅠ were insane. Seriously. I posted a recap on my blog, so go check it out (link). There’s a video too.
└Blessed lightbulb. Thank you ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ㅋㅋㅋ this lightbulb is legit. I was at Sangam-dong today too, and it was amazing. Why are they so pretty?
└Right. They keep breaking their own records. At this rate, they might become the strongest in the universe.
Their live performances have gotten even better. How can their vocals be so stable while dancing so intensely?
└Heh. A reason to love L.I.T.
Wait, why isn’t anyone talking about the Voyager outfits? I thought our boys’ casual stage outfits for Voyager were the prettiest this time.
└Yeah, way more sophisticated than last time’s Cotton Candy.
└Did the stylist change? The previous ones weren’t bad, but now it’s even better.
└I heard Blade got a ton of sponsorships.
└Ooh, sponsorships. They deserve it.
Hey lightbulbs, why isn’t anyone talking about today’s event? Even the blog post above missed it. Did everyone enjoy their Americano?
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋyeah. The boys did a reverse fan service today.
└OMG. Reverse fan service ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I missed it again ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Let me spill the tea on the reverse fan service. Lightbulbs who went to the pre-recording today, gather around. Let’s vote. Who’s sweeter? Siu VS Brownies.
└What are you talking about?
└Hmm. I’m speechless too.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ why is no one saying anything.
└I, uh, I’ve lost my sense of taste.
└It was like a double-edged sword.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ everyone’s avoiding the topic.
I’ll speak on behalf of everyone. Yoon Siu! Marry me. I’ll make sure you never have to lift a finger. Baking? You don’t need to do that. I’ll do it for you. Just exist for me.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what is this lightbulbs on?
└Our Siu’s face carries him, so cut him some slack.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’d eat poison if Siu made it.
└But don’t you kinda miss it? It’s like an addictive taste.
└Yeah. My taste buds are oddly into it.
I’m jealous ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Even if it’s so sweet I have to chug ten packs of herbal medicine, I still want to eat Siu’s brownies.
└Me too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
The Filaments, who even found Siu’s terrible baking skills adorable, were seriously down bad for L.I.T.
As usual, without any warning, an N Live notification went off.
<The boys are live. Fans, let’s go see L.I.T!>
* * *
Roa adjusted the camera angle toward the island table and asked.
“Hyung. Is the angle good?”
“Yeah. It looks right now.”
Then Roa scurried back to the island table. He checked the tablet propped up on the side.
“Oh, the viewer count just passed 5,000. Should we start?”
“Okay. Let’s greet everyone first.”
At my words, the kids, who had been doing their own thing, turned to face the camera.
“Two, three. Hello, we’re L.I.T.”
After successfully finishing our comeback stage today, we hesitated about what to do for fan service and ended up choosing N Live.
We even picked a theme.
<Yoon Siu’s Cooking Class>
That’s why we stuck a colorful sign saying <Yoon Siu’s Cooking Class> above the sink and even put on aprons.
“We’re here for a comeback celebration live.”
Just one sentence, and the comments went wild.
Now, the proportion of foreign fans has increased so much that Korean comments are barely visible. I wanted to read the comments carefully, but they were scrolling too fast, so I had to give up.
“Instead of just chatting aimlessly, we thought it’d be fun to have a theme.”
Then Jaewon pointed to the colorful sign we had put up earlier.
“Ta-da. Today’s theme is <Yoon Siu’s Cooking Class>.”
On the tablet propped up on the island table, the number of hearts was rapidly increasing. What did we even do to deserve all these hearts? It’s a bit embarrassing.
That’s when Siu hesitantly spoke up.
“How were the brownies today? They were… really sweet, right?”
“How can you even ask that? You have no conscience.”
It was what I wanted to say, but Hanjoon beat me to it.
Then the comment section exploded.
You have no conscience. They were as sweet and good as Siu’s face.
Siu, it’s okay. We’re ready to eat more.
Siu oppa. I’ll eat it all. Make more for me.
♡♡♡ Our sugar boy Siu. Put in as much sugar as you love me.
Siu, who was reading the comments, burst out laughing.
“No way. You’ll all get diabetes.”
Then he explained how he got into baking as a hobby.
—When we moved, there was a built-in oven. Since we got an offer for a cooking-related program, I thought I should practice something, so I started baking.
—I studied alone on NewTube and succeeded in making brownies on my 13th try. But they were too sweet. So the 13th try was also a failure.
“Hyung. That’s TMI.”
Jaewon cut off Siu’s long-winded story.
He clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“If you keep going like this, we won’t have time to bake the brownies today.”
Then the comments went wild again.
I love TMI.
Let’s all share one TMI each. Starting with Kang L.I.T.
Roa held up the tablet to show me the comments.
“TMI?”
That’s easy.
I smiled nonchalantly and dropped a TMI without much thought.
“Hmm, I bought a new ring recently.”
Then Hanjoon, standing next to me, frowned and nodded.
“I lost 3kg.”
“I grew 0.6cm taller recently.”
When Jaewon quickly chimed in, Roa looked at him in surprise.
“You grew again?”
“Yeah.”
Jaewon nodded with a smile.
Then Roa’s face visibly crumpled.
“Hey. Why do you keep growing?”
“It’s not that I’m growing, it’s that you’re short.”
“I’m not short! I’m… 176cm now.”
“Sure, sure, you’re not short. I’m 178cm, by the way.”
Jaewon stuck out his tongue and flipped his lower eyelid with his index finger.
“Yah.”
Eventually, Roa smacked Jaewon’s arm hard.
“From now on, you’re in charge of getting things from high places.”
“No way. Hanjoon-hyung is the tallest, over 180cm. He should do it.”
“Nah.”
Hanjoon snorted and pointed at me with his chin.
“Chan’s 180.2cm, according to the body composition test today.”
Then Jaewon made a face and stood back-to-back with me.
“Roa-hyung. How much taller is Ichan-hyung than me?”
Roa, with a serious expression, observed the height difference between me and Jaewon, then nodded.
“Yeah, it looks like more than 2cm.”
At Roa’s answer, Jaewon let out a strange scream.
The comment section went crazy.
My Gosh ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ why did it suddenly turn into a height discussion?
Kids, when are you baking the brownies?
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ our Roa was sulking because he got teased about his height by the younger ones, but when they asked him to check their height, he immediately smiled and checked for them.
Babysquirrel Roa ㅠㅠㅠㅠ so cute. Roa, don’t worry about not growing taller. You’re perfect just the way you are.
Wait, Roa’s 176cm? But how does he have such good proportions? My sibling is 176cm, and their proportions are terrible.
LOL kids, pay some attention to Siu tooㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are we baking the brownies or what?
Hey guys, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ L.I.T looks like they’re scolding us with their eyes. Stop it, you guys.
Seriously, kidsㅠㅠㅠㅠ Can we bake the brownies now? At this rate, our fairy is going to evaporate from embarrassmentㅋㅋㅋㅋ
At one fan’s playful plea, the other fans also burst out laughing.
It seemed like <Yoon Siu’s Cooking Class> had already sailed far away, and a TMI competition had broken out instead.
From body fat percentages to running an extra 30 minutes on the treadmill because of Kang Ichan, all sorts of TMIs were flowing out.
In the midst of the noisy members, Siu, who was at a loss for what to do, and me, who was lazily watching the chaos with indifferent eyes.
It seemed like the fans had received a better gift than just a cooking class.
* * *
On the day of the second music show, there was a massive company dinner at Blade Entertainment.
It was because both L.I.T’s mini-album and Dinaple’s single had achieved record-breaking results.
PD Pyo had rented out an entire hanwoo (Korean beef) restaurant in Itaewon and gathered everyone from executives to trainees.
Today, even DJ Ricochet, a founding member of Blade, joined in, making the dinner even livelier.
One thing I liked was that Dinaple was seated far away from us. Probably because of the recent scandal.
But there was another problem.
Since we were seated away from Dinaple, we ended up sitting closer to the trainees.
I noticed Go Dajin smiling brightly at me, her gaze intense.
“Wow. What’s with that intense stare?”
Jaewon, sitting next to me, whispered quietly.
“He’s been staring at Chan-hyung since earlier. It’s like honey is dripping from his eyes.”
Hanjoon also chimed in.
“Right. Who is that person? Rumor has it you picked him up?”
Rumors? Already?
I casually picked up a piece of meat and put it in my mouth, glancing at Go Dajin.
“He’s my student.”
“Student?”
“A trainee for composing. I’ll officially start teaching him after this promotion cycle.”
Jaewon immediately flared up.
“What? You’re my teacher.”
“You and her are both trainees in the composing department.”
Then I slowly got up from my seat.
“So get along with him.”
I made eye contact with Go Dajin and gave him a subtle nod. He smiled brightly and stood up.
“Ichan-hyung, where are you going?”
“I have something to talk to him about. I’ll be back soon.”