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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 45
Chapter Title: Chapter 45
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They say Colors has strict character training, but it doesn't seem that way.
First Jo Hui-on, then Kim Ryeo-yu… I don't see any sign of good character training, lol.
Why on earth is she digging into Yun Cheong's past?; I was dumbfounded when she mentioned the old agency.
Does someone always have to be confident?
There can be times when your self-esteem drops;
She's a trainee too, can't she understand that much?
Yun Cheong looked really hurt... felt so bad for her.
How is that any different from school violence?
She's acting all innocent while being super passive-aggressive.
Seriously, lol. Is their character training just a quick 'Let's live kindly' and done?
└I was shocked watching that scene, lol. Like, what's wrong with her character?
Yun Cheong's popular, so maybe she wanted to tear her down, but her own character got torn down instead.
└I wanted to smack Jo Hui-on upside the head just watching it.
Hui-on, what is seriously wrong with you?
Instead of backbiting about Yun Cheong, please just practice, lol;
I was speechless watching the interim evaluation, haha.
Why does Colors bring in someone like that for the debut lineup? Are they that short on talent?
If your skills are crap, at least have a good personality...
Cheong-ie killed it again today.
Her skills are good, so whether she had confidence or not back then is totally irrelevant.
The trainers were seriously refreshing, lol. If Kang Sun-hwa hadn't said that, the online communities would've gone wild.
Someone who hasn't even debuted yet has so many demands.
Lee Gyeong-a was seriously like a saint..
Oh, I'm getting major PTSD, lol. Everyone's experienced that one person in school who acts all innocent while being a total snake, haven't they? ^^
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Look at the Menu-col kids' faces when Jo Hui-on was crying, lolololol, damn it, they're all hilarious.
Ugh, please, can everyone just stop crying so much? You're just ruining the mood and it's exhausting.
Maybe because they're young, but their mental state is a mess.. Ryu Bo-ra was totally lost during recording too... wasn't she an actress? ㅠ
Sigh, please, Hui-on, let's just do well ㅠㅠㅠ... Because of you, Ryeo-yu's getting double the hate, lol. So annoying, lol. And Yun Cheong's irritating enough already, lol.
└Don't link that problematic person with our Ryeo-yu ㅠ
└└No, Kim Ryeo-yu is the one with the truly messed up personality, lololol. Kim Ryeo-yu's fans are seriously so good at tearing others down to protect their faves. Please, your faves are only pretty to you.
└└└Seriously, lol. If that's the case, why not just go solo? ㅠ If you feel it's unfair, leave Colors, or you can just un-fan.
But honestly, wasn't Yun Cheong's song choice too much?
Who sings a song like that for a vocal position?
Of course, Jo Hui-on is childish, but wouldn't it have been fine if Yun Cheong had just chosen a good song in the first place?
Oh, Little Jo Hui-on is here; or wait? You're old, so Big Jo Hui-on? The world doesn't just revolve around you, you know.
└Big Jo Hui-on ㅠ lolololol
└└What's wrong with 'Fingertips'?; Didn't you see the Burn Ash interview? The vocal team wanted to do it.
But the controversies surrounding Kim Ryeo-yu never end.
Seeing Seo Baek-yeong this time, it felt like she had a lot to say but couldn't, lol. Having to adjust everything because Kim Ryeo-yu couldn't handle it... what was that, seriously, lol? The bitchiness was no joke.
Honestly, the other kids probably pressured her, saying it had to be Ryeo-yu for MOM, so that's why Ryeo-yu did it;
└Wow, the speculation is wild, seriously, lol. Are Ju-hong or Baek-yeong the types to do that?
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Ah, Ryu-peop... please, everyone in the world, look at her angelic face today #RyuBoRa #MenuCol #RyuPeop
No... Princess Bo-ra... wait, please Princess Bo-ra, please just dial down your beauty a little, save me.
Okay, okay. Enough with the controversies. Just pick CheongXBo-ra or Bo-raXCheong. Okay, okay.
└Why do I have to pick...? Both are so good...
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After the interim evaluation, Jo Hui-on remained quiet.
Even during practice, she just focused on her training and didn't make any small talk.
The three of us were also hurt by Jo Hui-on's words during the interim evaluation, so we didn't press her further.
Lee Gyeong-a seemed particularly upset.
Even after trying her best and encouraging her younger teammates, Jo Hui-on's comments to the trainers seemed to have deeply wounded her.
She didn't say anything directly to Jo Hui-on or us.
However, it was clear she was keeping a much greater distance from Jo Hui-on than before.
Ryu Bo-ra, who was naturally indifferent to others, showed no significant change.
But then there's that, you know.
That hurts even more.
Even in that tense, icy atmosphere, we stubbornly kept practicing.
The interim evaluation was over, and we knew if it aired, it would cause quite a stir.
We also knew that if we messed up the stage in this situation, there would be too many people happy about it.
“Hui-on, you missed the pitch again. Please, pay a little more attention.”
Lee Gyeong-a's sharp voice cut through the practice room.
Jo Hui-on couldn't retort and just nodded.
This isn't right.
“Should we take a short break?”
I called for a timeout.
It wasn't specifically because I felt sorry for Jo Hui-on.
'Fingertips' is a performance where the emotional connection between members is crucial.
But if we were all upset with each other, how could the emotions come alive on stage?
“Hui-on.”
“…What? Do you have more nagging to do?”
Looks like her mental state is really shot.
“No. Let's go buy some ice cream.”
“…What?”
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Shaking off Ryu Bo-ra, who wanted to follow, I pulled Jo Hui-on out.
Why did Ryu Bo-ra suddenly want to tag along?
Somehow, Ryu Bo-ra, who had narrowed her eyes at me, bothered me, but that wasn't important right now.
“It's hot, so let's buy plenty.”
“…Why ice cream all of a sudden?”
“Just because. I felt like it.”
I picked out several ice creams.
Nothing beats a push-up pop when it comes to ice cream.
I picked out peach and cola flavored ice creams and hugged them to my chest.
“Aren't you picking any?”
“…I am.”
Jo Hui-on chose a couple of cone ice creams.
I also picked out ice cream for Ryu Bo-ra and Lee Gyeong-a.
…But what kind of ice cream would Ryu Bo-ra like?
No, would she even like sweets to begin with?
At the dorm, all she ever eats is a few slices of carrot or cucumber.
She's not a rabbit, for goodness sake.
I just randomly grabbed various kinds of ice cream.
One of these has to be to your taste.
As I picked about six, a crucial fact suddenly came to mind.
“Hey, Hui-on.”
“Why are you calling me?”
“But do you… have a lot of money?”
“…?”
I made sure Jo Hui-on paid for everything.
I didn't know, but she seemed to have a lot of money.
Well, everything she wore looked expensive.
“Let's eat one each before we go back.”
“Are you pitying me or something?”
“Hm?”
Ugh, kids these days are so quick to jump to conclusions.
“I don't have money, and you do. If anyone's pitying someone, shouldn't it be you pitying me?”
At my serious reply, Jo Hui-on seemed to lose her words.
That's what you get for saying weird things.
“Why don't you have money?”
“…Does not having money need a reason? I just don't.”
“Right, you said you don't have parents.”
When parents were mentioned, Mother came to mind.
I had Mother, so I was able to endure.
Yun Cheong truly had to endure with nothing.
“…Are you angry?”
“Hm?”
Ah.
I must have been silent for too long.
“No, well. It's the truth. But if you say things like that when cameras are around, your bad personality will be completely exposed. Be careful what you say. Don't carelessly say things that could hurt someone.”
“What, like an old fogey.”
…Sorry for being an old fogey.
What can I do if I really am one?
“But how did you know?”
“What, about your parents not being around?”
“Yeah. I don't remember telling you.”
Not just me, but Yun Cheong truly never mentioned it either.
There's no way that timid person would go out of her way to say such a thing to her.
Thinking of Yun Cheong, who must have endured such harsh words her whole life, didn't make me feel good.
Jo Hui-on seemed to notice my mood darkening, and her expression became awkward.
“Oh, well. That Unnie I mentioned before told me.”
“A former agency trainee?”
“Yeah.”
“You'll get burned talking behind people's backs. Don't live like that.”
“Why are you like this all of a sudden? Are you really an old fogey?”
“If speaking what's right makes me an old fogey… then an old fogey I'll be.”
I sat down on a plastic chair in front of the convenience store.
And I gestured with my chin towards Jo Hui-on.
Telling her to sit across from me.
Jo Hui-on looked dumbfounded but sat obediently.
“Did you call me out here to talk about this? To pick a fight?”
“Overinflated ego….”
“What?”
“No, I just called you out to make you pay for the ice cream.”
“Hah!”
I tore open the top of the push-up pop and handed it to Jo Hui-on.
“Want some?”
“Why would I eat someone else's, so crudely? And what's with the top part?”
She used to at least pretend to speak nicely in front of the cameras.
Now it seems she's decided to reveal her true nature completely.
“…You've never earned money with your own hands, have you?”
“I'm 20 now, you know? Of course not! It's hard enough just practicing!”
“…I've been working part-time since middle school, though?”
Of course, this was also true for Yun Cheong.
Jo Hui-on, seemingly at a loss for words at my statement, took the top of the push-up pop with an annoyed hand.
But she didn't eat it.
She's too spoiled rotten.
“What else did you badmouth?”
“Why should I tell you that?”
“If you're not going to tell me, why bother talking behind my back?”
“What?”
“You badmouthed me anyway to make me feel bad, didn't you? Just spill it.”
“Are you seriously crazy? I knew it ever since Ryeo-yu said you were weird.”
“Doesn't seem like you knew.”
Anyway, she's been talking behind people's backs again.
Why would she just go around badmouthing people instead of practicing?
“Menu-col is already halfway done. Is it really that hard to just hold out for a few more months?”
“….”
“Are you scared of debuting with me?”
“Yes. I don't want to debut with someone like you. So please, can't you just drop out on your own?”
So this was her true feeling.
I savored the peach-flavored ice cream spreading in my mouth.
Delicious.
This will be discontinued and gone in 10 years.
“But looking at the rankings, I don't think we'll be debuting together. Even if someone debuts… it'd be me, not you, wouldn't it?”
“Hey!”
“Exactly.”
I took the top of the push-up pop from Jo Hui-on's hand and pushed it into her mouth.
“Think about your ranking first.”
“…!”
“Whether you like debuting with me or not… you have to debut first, don't you?”
“You crazy…”
“But if things continue like this… I'll just be the one who debuted. And you'll be the one with a bad personality who couldn't debut.”
I laughed, “Haha.”
Because it felt good to speak my mind after a long time.
“So, Hui-on.”
Ah, the ice cream was truly refreshing,
“Talking behind people's backs is fine, but… let's do well on stage first.”
And those eyes glaring with hatred at me were quite refreshing too.
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