Chapter 98 (1/2)
Chapter 98: Splashi+ng while Riding a Sudden Current (2)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
Neptune's waiting room was in the middle of the hallway When I opened the door, it was like a completely neorld
”It's so big! It's bigger than my room!”
”Is this really our waiting roo name on the door?”
I how they could practice their choreography here to their hearts' content, while Lee Taehee and Lee Songha looked satisfied as they sat down on the plush sofa Without doubtful eyes, LJ went out to check if this really was our waiting room and returned
Compared to the chicken coop we used last year, this was a 5-star hotel Even the waiting roo their comeback was only half the size of this room
I always felt this, but in this da
”Oppa, are we really using this room all on our own? Has our level really increased this much?”
”Well, while that irls are first place candidates today”
Ie I everyone's mood, fiddled with her flare skirt as she said,
”I, I really caht be disbanded during the two years we've debuted, just being one of the first place candidates already feels like I've been hit with luck! We even placed first on the ht now, oppa!”
No, you seeht now
I asked, suddenly turned her head
”Taehee unni, you don't expect to place first too, right?”
”Yeah”
Lee Taehee replied with half-closed eyes
”Lee Songha, you don't expect to place first either, right?”
”Nope”
Lee Songha, who had been ruh the snack basket, nodded her head I occasionally thought this, but, overall, the members of this team were cal h fuss for four people
Lastly, I on the chair in front of the dressing table and shaking her crossed leg Before I could open her mouth, LJ said,
”The only one who's holding expectations here is you”
”N-no”
”Ha! I heard you calling your parents and relatives to vote by text last night You were evenyour speech if we place first I could hear it all because the walls are thin, dummy”
I's cheeks instantly reddened
”Hey! If we really do place first, I won't be able to think of anything! It's a live broadcast! If you don't want to look foolish, you have toyou want to say!”
”See, you are hoping for first”
LJ's lips curled up into a s, who opened and closed her er, slu with an expression of holding onto a lifeline
It seemed her e while
”Euaaah, oppa, what do I do? I, I really tried not to be so hopeful!”
”Yeah, yeah”
”I already know that we have no hope with the text voting since it's a fight between fandoet my hopes up for the hopeless, I'll be evenof the first place trophy! To be honest, last night, I drea room with the trophy!”
She buried her face in her hands and slaainst the sofa
”If oppa wasn't next to ht have already lost it by now!”
More than now?
Worried that she ain, I patted her round shoulders
”What's wrong with getting your hopes up? I'm hopeful too”
”… You are, oppa?”
”I' it because there is a small possibility”
I quickly added in case they felttheincident
”I also told ht about buying the quadruplets phones so that we could get four more votes”
Seriously
”If you get your hopes up and we don't place first, then…”
”Then I'll have a drink tonight”
I said nonchalantly I, who had been sluinal state I crawled over to the seat next to the sofa when Lee Songha added as though it was no big deal,
”Honestly, I'm also a bit hopeful You never know”
”You too?”
I quickly turned to look at her
”Really? When your face seems like it'll be fine if we don't place first?”
”My face is always like this”
”That's true So you got your hopes up too It wasn't just me”
She blinked while glancing at Lee Taehee Lee Taehee, who had been leaning back andneck, said,
”Me too… A little”
”You did too?”
”Since it's a song I created, it's a lie if I say I had no expectations If we drop from the first place candidates, then I'll have a bottle of alcohol too”
After saying this, Lee Taehee subtly smiled in my direction I clearly said one drink
Now that she had heard the other girls' inner thoughts, I, she looked at LJ With her legs still crossed, LJ said,
”Do you also have your hope-”
”Nope”
”Yeah, thought so”
Irumbled with narrowed eyes LJ looked back at us with her arue
”So? I'otten ahead of herself? The ht will be fantastic”
”Congratulations on being one of the first place candidates! Isn't this your first time in three years?”
”Truly great talents rats, Neptune!”
”Congratulations, Mr Manager”
People kept congratulating us in every waiting rooreet
Singers and cast er treated Neptune as old rookies, and entertainar Cats like hyenas targeting their prey
If I let the girls answer every question, then their names would be plastered on the entertainment columns in a few hours with the added bonus of provocative headlines to increase their site traffic
”Since the girls are too nervous today fro one of the first place candidates, I don't think they will be able to hold any interviews Let us do it next time”
When I said this while guiding the girls back, a reporter now asked me for comments It seemed I also looked like a celebrity to reporters ere thirsty for anything neorthy
We were on our way back to the waiting roo away from the reporters
”Uh, Neptune! And their er Do you have a bit of time?”
A producer with a headset on his head waded through the crowd and approached us
”The two first place candidates will be having a back-and-forth in the MC seats I think we'll have to rehearse it because it's live and not a recording”
”Yes, that's fine”
Though I wasn't fine seeing the faces of the Sugar Cats
”Sugar-BYG tea room”
The producer s us there
When we opened the door with 'Sugar Cats' and 'BYG' written on it together, we entered a waiting roo room
We also saw the Sugar Catstables and looking at their phones
”Uh, where are the BYG members?”
When the producer asked while looking around, the chief of the Sugar Cats scratched the back of his head
”Sorry, producer They said that they were going to have an intervieith a reporter for a bit…”