Chapter 5 - Close Call

[KBS Waiting Room for C.N.Blue]


That evening:


SeoHyun: Manager service! *Brings in packed food wrapped in cloth*

C.N.Blue: What is that?

SeoHyun: *places the item on to the table and undo the cloth* CHANG CHANG!~

C.N.Blue: Whoa! Kimbap!

SeoHyun: Yup! I made it for you guys when you were practicing hard.

C.N.Blue: Wow... thank you manager hyung!

SeoHyun: O.o? HYUNG?

YongHwa: AIGOO! We got used to it. Let's decide on what we should call you.

MinHyuk: Yeah... SeoHyun is nice.

JungShin: How about chingu?

JongHyun: Chingu? YAH JUNGSHIN, pabo?

YongHwa: Hyun? Hyung and Hyun sounds alike. Let's call her Hyun only. If it is more formal, then she becomes Manager Hyun.

C.N.Blue: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

SeoHyun: Argh... why are you guys making fun of my name? Just eat the Kimbap!

YongHwa: Just kidding. I won't bully a dongsaeng.

MinHyuk: As if... he bullies me everyday.

YongHwa: NO I DON'T!

SeoHyun: Aigoo... Just eat the Kimbap! Eat more to gain enough strength! Especially MinHyuk-shii. You need to whack the drums, remember?

MinHyuk: It is not whacking the drums, it is playing the drums.

SeoHyun: Alright:)


"C.N.Blue be ready. Next."


SeoHyun: OH MY GOD! WHAT TO DO!

JungShin: Yah... it is not even you that is going up the stage. Come on, don't over react.

SeoHyun: But I still feel very very very very very very nervous.

JongHyun: Don't worry, Hyun. We would perform our best. Have faith in us.

YongHwa: OKAY! Let's cheer before going up stage.


*All members pile their hands on top of each others hands*


YongHwa: *looks at SeoHyun* You're not cheering?

SeoHyun: I'm included?

YongHwa: Of course. We're a team! Come on!

SeoHyun:* quickly puts her hand on to the members hands*

C.N.Blue: C.N.Blue! DAEBAK!


As C.N.Blue ventures up the bright stage, SeoHyun quickly dodge back into C.N.Blue's waiting room. There is a small TV set inside and it will broadcast C.N.Blue's performance just moments after it is finished. Plus, C.N.Blue has already been voted by the fans as the top 3 in the Music Banks chart. They are competing with Shinee and 2PM.


SeoHyun: ARGH!!! DUGEUN DUGEUN! * feeling so nervous*


From inside the room, SeoHyun can already hear a faint version of the faraway C.N.Blue which are on stage now. She can here a soft sound of I'm A Loner. As she is waiting, SeoHyun decides to give a call to her parents.


SeoHyun: Yoboseyo... Appa...

Mr.Seo: OH! SeoHyunnie... How are you doing all alone?

SeoHyun: Appa... I call you almost everyday and everytime you ask the same question. Appa, I'm fine. I'm always fine. I can take good care of myself. Everything okay at home?

Mr.Seo: Of course everything is okay! Hehe... Nothing can go wrong with appa here.

SeoHyun: Appa... have you found a job yet?

Mr.Seo: *quiet for a moment* *sigh* SeoHyun ah... it isn't as easy as it looks, darling.

SeoHyun: Appa, I know. Don't worry, appa. It's going to be the end of the month. I'm getting my salary soon. Just wait a little longer. You and omma will be able to eat better and live better with my income.

Mr.Seo: Eventhough I feel sorry for not being able to support your studies and having to make you support us back for bringing you into the city, appa still feel very happy that you're so matured and responsible even at a young age. SeoHyun ah, appa is proud of you being so hardworking.

SeoHyun: Aigoo, appa...! *blushing without realizing*

Mr.Seo: Aigoo... I guess you better don't speak so long. Your employers won't like it.

SeoHyun: Okay... I will call you soon, appa. Take good care of omma too. Saranghae appa.

Mr.Seo: Saranghae, SeoHyunnie.

-phone call ends-


(TV Set)


MC: OKAY! That was the best performance lead by famous Idol group, C.N.BLUE!!!!!!

Audience: *claps and cheers* WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

MC: Now, will we please have our top 3 groups together on the stage now, to witness the total score. Yes. Shinee, 2PM and also C.N.Blue. Okay! Now, are you READY?! *asks audience*

Audience: YES! *screaming their favourite Idol group's name*

MC: START THE POLL!

Every Idol on stage: *waiting excitedly for the poll to stop with nervous smiles*

MC: OH! Shinee with 7023 polls, and 2PM has 7025 polls... C.N.Blue's... when will it stop?

Audience: C.N.Blue! C.N.Blue! C.N.Blue! C.N.Blue! C.N.Blue!

MC: Now C.N.Blue's score is 702... 7026! Yah! This is so CLOSE! C.N.Blue has just won the KBS Music Bank with their first debut in Korea with just 1 poll more than 2PM! Chukahamnida!

C.N.Blue: *crying and hugging on the stage*

MC: Okay, members do you have anything to say?

C.N.Blue: *crapping a whole lot about people they have to thank while sobbing*

MC: Now! C.N.Blue please prepare for your encore! Let's welcome C.N.Blue again!


SeoHyun: AHHHHHHHHH! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES! * starts to jump around in the room like a kid and shouting* WAETORIYA WAETORIYA BABABABARABA! LALALALALALALALA!


At that time...


C.N.Blue: HYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! *all smiles on their faces*

SeoHyun: *shocked at the members entering* EH? * accidently trips and drop on to the sofa*

C.N.Blue: *wide eyes* What are you doing there? Jumping and screaming?

SeoHyun: *embarrassed* Hehehe... Just celebrating. But, how could you all have entered so early? The MC just asked for an encore.

JungShin: Yah pabo! The broadcast you see in this TV is a few minutes late than the real performance. We were done long ago.

SeoHyun: Really? Anyway, CHUKAHAMNIDA!

YongHwa: Aish you little brat! Look at that smile on her face! Now are you relieved? So please remember OUR SUPPER!

SeoHyun: Of course! I will cook you the best dukkbukki in the whole wide world with kimchi pajeon. Let's go home!

C.N.Blue: WE are expecting it!


[C.N.Blue dorm]


As the members went back to their rooms to clean themselves up from make-up and all other accessories, SeoHyun went to the kitchen with lighting speed to cook up whatever she promised before the boys finish cleaning. SeoHyun cut up the rice cakes into bite sizes before boiling it and then slowly fry the pajeon in slow fire. A nice fragrance is oozing all over the dorm. The boys smelled it and hasten their speed so that they can faster indulge in this simple supper too.


JungShin: *first person to exit room and walks to the kitchen* HYUN! Is it done yet?


SeoHyun: Nope... sorry, but please wait awhile.


JungShin: I am hungry!



JongHyun: *exits room too* Aigoo, JungShin ah, just wait awhile. Good food comes from a patience cook.


SeoHyun: *blushes* I guess so...


JongHyun: You need help?


SeoHyun: No... oppa, why don't you just wait outside. This is suppose to be your present.


JongHyun: Ah... I see. Okay then. *walks to living room*


MinHyuk and YongHwa: WE'RE STARVING!


SeoHyun: Yes, I know. Chakamman-yo.


MinHyuk: Hyun ah, winning the KBS Bank requires a lot of energy. You got to feed me like FAST.


YongHwa: Argh... I can't feel my feet anymore * feigning a faint*


SeoHyun: OPPA! I know! OKAY! The food is done! Please welcome, the best dukkbukki and kimchi pajeon in the whole wide world!


C.N.Blue: WOW! *all anticipating the delicious food*


SeoHyun: TA-DA! *places the food on the table*


C.N.Blue: Chalmukesumnida! *starts wolfing down the food*


SeoHyun: *looks intently at all the members without eating any*


C.N.Blue: *realises that SeoHyun is staring at them* Err... why are not eating?


SeoHyun: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Because I'm looking at Idols who eat like the old ajusshi's at the street side. Yah, this is really a very rare scene. Oppa, you really don't care about your image inside the dorm?


YongHwa: Of course!... we don't. Yah! This is our dorm and the only place we can live like a normal person. Why? Are you like those fans who think we're perfect all the time?


SeoHyun: Of course not! I'm not even your fan! *rebutting YongHwa's statement*


YongHwa: Oh really....? *teasing SeoHyun*


SeoHyun: OF COURSE! *blushing deep red for no reason again*


JongHyun: Err... Hyun ah... Your face is very red. *with a smirk on his face*


SeoHyun: Aish! AH SHIROH! *quickly stand up and clambers into her room to avoid embarrassment*


C.N.Blue: HAHAHA! Now we can have the whole supper to ourselves.


MinHyuk: But then, why did she really went so red? It was so weird seeing her like this. Hahaha! She really acted very shy for a moment.


YongHwa: So what? I find it cute... *talking to himself*


MinHyuk: What? Eh... hyung... do you...


YongHwa: AISH YOU LITTLE BRAT! JUST EAT! *turning red himself*


MinHyuk: Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hehehe:) *teasing YongHwa*


SeoHyun is alone in the room again. She don't have to hide anything now so she feels so free. Her mood is so light and happy that she decided she want to play the piano to express herself again. But she thought to herself, "Ah... what should I play?" Then suddenly, she remembered the song that saved her, "I'm a Loner".


SeoHyun: *thinking to herself* Will I be able to play it well? *starts testing the keys*


Ding ding ding ding ding... The piano starts to sound wonderfully after a few tests. SeoHyun has finally found the correct key to play in and she expresses I'm A Loner with full confidence and happiness. The better she got the notes, the more expression she put into the song. This made the C.N.Blue members outside stunned and surprised at her talent.


JongHyun: Wow... she can play our song?

MinHyuk: Yeah! It is so impressive. I thought she just heard it like one week ago. She can totally play it with speed and sound good too.

JungShin: Yah... should we grab our instruments and join in?

C.N.Blue: *nods as agreement*


Slowly, C.N.Blue members entered SeoHyun's room and started to slowly pace up with SeoHyun's piano. YongHwa started by adding in simple rhythms. This suprised SeoHyun but she continued to play. Then, JongHyun came in with his electric guitar and started adding electronic sounds to make it sound like the original song. JungShin came in with his bass and MinHyuk just sang together as he did not have a set of drums in the dorm. Not long after that, C.N.Blue was singing along SeoHyun's piano. Their ensemble was the best ever.


-The next morning-


SeoHyun: *cooks something in the kitchen*

C.N.Blue: *still in dream land*

SeoHyun: *talking to herself* Hmmm... should I split it into 4 different bowls? Or should I serve it in a big pot? Oettokke?


Then: DING DONG!


SeoHyun: Oh? Who is that so early in the morning? Chakamman-yo! *runs toward door*

Door opens...

SeoHyun: *surprised* Oh... Mr.Lee... *speechless*

Mr.Lee: Humph.

SeoHyun: ...

Mr.Lee: Aren't you going to move aside to let me go in? You didn't even GREET ME.

SeoHyun: Eh? OH I'M SO SORRY. Anyonghaseyo, Mr.Lee. Please come in.

Mr.Lee: *thinking to himself* This girl really is blur. I wonder how she managed to bluff her way in.

SeoHyun: Here Mr.Lee. Please have a drink.

Mr.Lee. Humph. Thank you. Where are the members?

SeoHyun: They are still sleeping...

Mr.Lee: Then, what are you doing up so early?

SeoHyun: Cooking breakfast...

Mr.Lee: *thinking to himself* A girl is definitely a girl. Even cooks proper breakfast for the members. That's not too bad.

SeoHyun: Mr.Lee... why are you here this early in the morning...? *nervousness overcoming her*

Mr.Lee: I heard C.N.Blue won the KBS Music Bank yesterday.

SeoHyun: Yes... * feeling even more nervous*

Mr.Lee: Regarding my promise yesterday... this is my compensation.

SeoHyun: What? Mr.Lee! Did you come here so early in the morning because you think you can't accept me? I don't want a packet of money! I want to work here. I want a steady income! Please! You promised! *starting to raise her voice in a frantic way*

Mr.Lee: What...? I...

SeoHyun: Mr.Lee, I can do anything. Even if I have to dress as a boy everytime I go out of the house, I would do it. Even if you just pay me half the price because I'm young, I would take it. Please!

YongHwa: What happened? *finally waking up due to the noise*

Mr.Lee: YongHwa ah, calm her down. What's her problem so early in the morning? She won't listen.

SeoHyun: Please! Mr.Lee!

YongHwa: Eh? Hyun ah, what's wrong with you. Listen to what he has to say. Why are are screaming your lungs out, begging him?

SeoHyun: *finally shutting up*

Mr.Lee: YAH THIS WEIRD GIRL! WHAT IS INSIDE YOUR BRAINS?

SeoHyun: ...

YongHwa: Mr.Lee... chill.

Mr.Lee: DID I SAY I WAS GOING TO GO AGAINST MY PROMISE?

SeoHyun: But... the compensation...

Mr.Lee: Pabo! This *showing the envelope* is your employee form! Why don't you figure things out before you start hyperventilating?

SeoHyun: Really...? *Couldn't believe her ears*

Mr.Lee: OF COURSE! I'm a man by my words. Do you think I worked all the way up to the Directors personal assistant if my promise is so worthless?

SeoHyun: ... *still couldn't believe she was officially hired*

Mr.Lee: Kurom... Just fill up this form and send it to the HR department at the main office. I got to leave now.

YongHwa: Thank you for coming personally, Mr.Lee. Anyonghigaseyo.

YongHwa: *looking at SeoHyun* Yah... Hyun ah, what's your problem anyway? He just came to give you the form. You scream at him eventhough you're hired?

SeoHyun: I don't know... My first thought was he was going to send me away... * starts to become teary*

YongHwa: Pabo... *walks towards SeoHyun and embraces her from the back*

SeoHyun: *shocked*

YongHwa: Congratulations on staying with us.

Just then...

MinHyuk: *comes out of the room* Hyung....

SeoHyun and YongHwa: *wide eyes* EH?

YongHwa: *releases SeoHyun from his arms* Ah... MinHyuk ah, you are awake?

MinHyuk: I wasn't 30 seconds ago. Now I am fully awake.

YongHwa: Oh that's good. Wake other members up.

SeoHyun: *quickly thinks of a reason to escape this moment* Err... err... I think I was cooking breakfast just now. I better continue. *runs to the kitchen*

YongHwa: I've got to use the toilet.

MinHyuk: Oh my god... what is happening? Is this even real? Am I still dreaming?

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