To Kiss An Idol

93 The Live is Done

His answer created a buzz in the live streaming. The message section started chiming with thank yous and heart emojis. “You all are welcome,” smiled Kyung-Soo at the camera.

Thae knew that he too read the comment about his scandal but was impressed that he was able to control his expression and not let anyone find that he read the comments. He knew that Kyung-Soo was angry but he hid his emotions and in turn made all his fans happy.

Moreover, Kyung-Soo was an expert in handling scandals. He had his fair share of scandals since he became the leader of ASD. Many people said that he was not a competent leader, his team will go nowhere. He is just handsome, he has no talent but he proved everyone wrong. He was the best leader in the world. He was the best songwriter in the world. In fact, he even had a world record in his name for writing a large number of songs in a month.

All his hard work brought ASD to the position that they were in. They were the most famous boyband in the world only because of Kyung-Soo and his efforts. He was the most respected and loved leader in the world.

“Your move,” said Young-Chul and signalled Kyung-Soo to move the game forward. Kyung-Soo passed the tablet over to Young-Chul and played the next move in the game.

Suddenly the game shifted and now Him-Chan was in the lead whereas Jung-Hwa was on the verge of bankruptcy. He hated losing in any game and was getting fidgety. He kept shouting at random things and kept shoving his face with chips in frustration.

Looking at him even the production team could not control their laughter. Finally, he bought a property and calmed down slightly.

“Have you guys made a list of which songs you are going to perform?” asked the producer.

“We will perform for two days and we have separate playlists for both days,” replied Korain.

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“Yes, and we are practising the songs as well as the dance,” said Thae.

“We are getting ready for you guys. We will not disappoint you,” said Jeong-Eun.

“Oh, we are going to give you the time of your life,” said Him-Chan.

“If you see us dancing and singing you will not forget this experience anytime soon. We promise,” said Young-Chul.

“Yes, we will have fun shooting videos with ASD and then performing for them will give us joy,” said Jung-Hwa.

Another round of moves and the producer asked again, “What do you guys have to say about the seven-year curse?”

“Everyone knows that in our second year we all were disheartened and were thinking of disbanding. We are lucky that we gave up on that thought and now we broke the seven-year curse,” replied Kyung-Soo, happily.

“Yeah, a lot of groups don’t cross this threshold and we did that. We all have been living together, creating together. We have now become a big part of each other’s lives. I don’t know what I would have done if I would not have met with you all,” said Korain and looked sweetly at every member.

“You guys raised me. I was a kid when I joined the group. I am now an adult, but you still treat me as a kid. I will always be indebted to you guys for taking care of me like family,” said Jung-Hwa with all the gratitude he could muster.

“Yeah, when we first met, we used to fight, steal each other’s clothes but now we share everything. Even though we sleep in separate rooms, we know that we live together and will always live together,” commented Young-Chul and smiled at his team members.

“I want to live together even after we all get married and have our kids. We will break all the curses and be a band even after ten or twenty years,” mocked Thae and everyone started laughing out loud.

“Ha-ha, and what if our wives don’t get along with each other?” teased Jeong-Eun back and laughter increased.

“Then it will be another scandal,” Korain jumped in the teasing.

All laughed wholeheartedly.

After the laughing subsided, the producer asked again, “speaking of scandal, King, you heard what everyone is saying about you?”

The atmosphere suddenly changed and turned more serious. “Yes, I got the news in the morning after I woke up. It was a shock to me.” Korain held his hand under the desk to give him support.

“Why is that?” the producer asked.

Kyung-Soo took a deep breath and replied, “we get limited days to rest. Our schedule for Rencontre is jampacked. We get so tired after all the practise and work that we don’t even get time to finish our household chores. And people think I went out, met with an actress, started dating her and then went to a beach to meet with her, that too late at night. Tell me when do I get time to do such things?”

“What do you want to tell to ASDians?” asked the producer.

“That I have never met Soon Myeong-ssi in my life. How people could think that the man she was with was me is beyond my belief. As per the official statement of K&Q, I too second that no member of ASD has anything to do with her and none of us were present anywhere near the beach last night. Please don’t believe in rumours and I would request the media outlets to fact check every piece of news that they spread in the world. It is high time that we hold them responsible for the same. I know this is the era of the internet but that does not mean that anyone can put anything out in the world. We need to verify every piece of news before talking about it or spreading it further.”

“Well said, King,” Korain smiled at him.

All the questions were done and the game was in its finality. Kyung-Soo, Jung-Hwa, Thae and Jeong-Eun were bankrupt and Korain and Him-Chan were at the last stage. Finally, Korain won and everyone cheered him up.