TL by Myoni
Edited by Myoni & Yoni
Sponsored by Myoni
“Someone wants your autograph, you free?”
“An autograph?”
“Yeah.”
“Then, of course, I will. Guys, I have to go!”
Seoyoung immediately waved her hand. I bowed my head, but the girls bowed more politely than me. No matter how I looked at it, in my eyes, they looked like really nice and bright girls.
However, when I saw that Seoyoung was relieved, I felt that there really was something going on.
So my eyes were definitely fish eyes.
“Where is he? Who do I need to give my autograph to?”
A voice filled with expectations. My conscience hurt a little. I should have used a different excuse.
I looked around the crowded area and embarrassingly said,
“…Where did he go?”
“What the hell.”
“He was here just a while ago. It was a guy.”
“What? I wanted to give him my autograph! This oppa is bad! My precious fan!”
Seoyoung smiled as her eyes formed half-moons.
“Unni! Taehee unni! Someone wanted my autograph.”
“Really?”
“But, do you know what the most important part is?”
“What?”
“This oppa lost him!”
“That’s too bad.”
Taehee patted Seoyoung’s head and smiled. And briefly at me.
She was much younger than me, but why do I feel like I need to call her hyung?
“Who wanted your autograph? Did this oppa see a studio ghost?”
LJ teased her and the two started fighting again.
Hyunjo told us to go back without him, so Gunyoung and I took the girls back to the waiting room. I was about to lay my tired body down on the sofa when I heard a knock.
“Yes?”
“Hello, seniors! We’re pretty, pretty Pretty Girls.”
Eight girls with long straight hair entered the room. They were the ones who were wearing a schoolgirl outfit under an apron.
Their manager who entered with them, looked at Gunyoung and me, before deciding to approach me.
“Hello. They are a newly debuted group. Their average age is eighteen, so they still don’t know a lot. I look forward to working with you in the future.”
You probably aren’t looking forward to working with me.
And what were they thinking dressing eighteen-year-old girls like that? These shameless adults.
“Yes, hello.”
“Please accept this.”
I was curious what he was handing out, it turned out to be a mini album. There were even autographs on the cover. Afterwards, Pretty Girls merrily chatted with the girls before leaving.
“I thought it was only tough greeting people, but getting greeted isn’t easy either.”
Seoyoung shook her head at my words.
“Receiving greetings is much harder.”
“Really? Why?”
“We’ve gained seniority after we debuted, but we have nothing to show for it. How uneasy do think we feel when these girls that are younger than us come up and greet us?”
“Ah…”
“What if they get more popular before we do? We don’t know how much longer our company will continue to promote us since they wouldn’t keep trying to fill a bottomless pot. We have these thoughts.”
I only opened and closed my mouth a few times. I didn’t know how to reply to that. Seoyoung shrugged her shoulders and smiled looking at my expression.
“Just what am I telling this new oppa.”
The atmosphere quickly brightened. The members were noisily chatting with each other while practicing their choreography. I just silently watched.
I was honestly surprised.
Unknown for two years. An unpopular group.
However, I didn’t feel that it was a serious issue. Those girls were only unlucky. Since they are young, pretty and have good personalities, they will be successful in other things. Those were my initial thoughts.
They are just products of an idol girl group factory, maybe I felt that way because of this bias. However, now I felt bad for having those thoughts.
The worries of a twenty-one-year-old girl were definitely no lighter than mine.
If I had the ability, I wanted to help them get a chance.
These were my thoughts.
A day in the waiting room was really just that. Wait after a rehearsal, wait while they recorded interviews with groups that had a comeback stage today. Wait until it was time for the live broadcast.