If You Raise Three Idols Well, They Will Confess Their Love

122 -9 – Girl 1 END

Episode 122

Oh Yuri, who did n’t stop licking her tongue her even though I told her I was going to recruit her, gave up only after licking her feet her her her once.

“Hmm… , It tastes a little salty. Still, I ate it well.”

“… “Don’t ever do something like this again.”

“… “I cannot give her that promise because unavoidable circumstances may arise.”

“…”

… What kind of crazy situation would have to happen for you to lick my feet again?

However, since I was guilty of saying something wrong, I decided to just seal this incident in my memory and move on.

“… Ha, you roughly achieved your goal with this, right? I’m going to see winter. See you next time.”

When I took a deep sigh and left, Oh Yuri followed me and said.

“Oh, let’s go together!”

Also, why are you following me?

“Well, can’t we just go home now? Or maybe he was sitting in the trainee-only concert seats over there. “You said you came to see the stage?”

“The fact that I came to see the stage was actually just an excuse to see Team Leader Sun, so it’s okay.”

“… Yes, do whatever you want.”

I ignored Oh Yu-ri, who was clinging to me without knowing why, and moved her steps to see Gyeorae’s face her her, which was her her original goal her her her. Rehearsals had already been completed and it was time to go on stage with Girls 100’s title song ‘My Shine’ in a little while. I wanted to meet Winter and encourage her in this brief moment, before going on stage.

Surprisingly, Winter didn’t get nervous when it came time to dance and sing. However, this was my first time showing myself in front of so many unspecified fans. Moreover, since it is a center, the burden would have been even greater. So it seemed like Winter was experiencing unprecedented tension. It may not mean much to Winter, but I wanted to say, ‘I trust you to be safe.’

In the space where all the trainees were preparing to go on stage, I asked the staff.

“Isn’t there a midwinter trainee here?”

“Well? Isn’t it here? … Wow, there isn’t much time left. We will check it too.”

Where on earth did you go?

I wandered around looking for a place where Winter could be. And after looking for dark places where no one could reach, I found Winter sitting precariously on the railing in the second floor audience seat.

“…”

The appearance resembled the first appearance of winter, sitting precariously on the bridge railing and staring blankly at the sky.

“Teacher Taeyang?”

Winter, who turned her head and looked blankly at the stage, looked at me as if she sensed that I was pretending to be popular.

“Teacher Taeyang!”

Then he smiled brightly like spring.

I could feel the passing of time in the smile of winter, with its glimmering charm.

This place was not the past. It wasn’t even the future.

It was the second time.

I spoke to Winter with all my emotions in the clouds of thoughts and memories.

“… What should I do if I’m in such a dangerous place?”

“Hehe, it reminds me of the old days when I first met Teacher Taeyang. … Ah, it hasn’t been that long ago to call it the old days. But to me, the time I have spent with Teacher Taeyang feels like a very long time. So, it feels very natural to name the time before I met Teacher Taeyang as old times.”

It was the same for me too. In reality, only a few months had passed, but the first time before winter felt like a very long time in the past.

However, instead of expressing sympathy, he first expressed his worries about winter.

“You can, but that’s no reason to be in such a precarious place. Come down quickly, I’m afraid you’ll do something wrong.”

Winter sheep smiled and carefully got down from the railing. Then he slightly avoided my eyes and spoke.

“… Well, I had a strange feeling that if I stayed like this, Teacher Taeyang would come looking for me. Just like the day we first met.”

“And what if I can’t find it?”

“Teacher Taeyang will definitely find it. Any time, any moment.”

“…”

I thought it was a bit of a wrong expectation.

That’s right, I haven’t become a great person enough to satisfy all of Winter’s feelings.

However, even if not now, I wanted to become that kind of person someday.

“I’ll try. Don’t let your expectations turn into disappointment.”

Winter embraced spring once again, as if those words made her so happy that she couldn’t bear it.

Winter, which used to smile like a flower in full bloom, soon embraced the coldness as delicate as its name her and carefully confessed to me.

“Teacher Taeyang. As for me. Before I met Teacher Taeyang, I was just an ordinary extra. A vague child in a corner of the classroom who you can’t tell if he’s there or not, or a gray child who you can’t even remember was next to you at the bus stop. If I were to give a name to the role, this child would be called something like ‘Girl 1’. … That was me.”

I couldn’t agree.

“No, Winter, you are not that kind of person. Even if it weren’t for me, it would definitely shine.”

“No, I never would have done that. A person named Midwinter is that kind of person.”

“…”

“I’m helpless and passive. They lack confidence and are dependent. A child like that is an idol… , Anyone would have laughed. Even me.”

The moment I was about to refute those words, winter, which had already come before my eyes, held my hands with a smile and said,

“However, if Teacher Taeyang watches over me, I will not be ‘girl number 1’ but an idol who shines brighter than anyone else. I can fly. Even if I lack talent, I will do my best to achieve that. “I’m the best idol that teacher Taeyang once told me about.”

Winter spoke so brilliantly that it seemed as if it would break at any moment.

“Can you please watch over me like that?”

There was only one thing I wanted to say here.

“You already promised. “I decided to be with you.”

Winter looked at me like that and said.

“How long?”

“Forever.”

“To what extent?”

“To what extent.”

“…”

We faced each other at the back of the stage, where the spotlight was not shining.

“… “Teacher Taeyang.”

Winter held both my hands, gave them strength, and filled me with her purple eyes.

And she said.

“I like it.”

There was silence.

Winter couldn’t hide his embarrassment her, shaking his eyes as if he didn’t know he would say such a thing.

“…”

… I couldn’t answer.

Nevertheless, I learned the hard way that silence can be irresponsible, so I forced myself to open my mouth and give an answer.

But Winter continued the following words urgently, as if she would not let me say that.

“… Hehe, as a manager.”

***

After Winter left to go on stage, a little while later, Oh Yu-ri, who was hiding her body near her aisle, sneakily appeared and asked me.

“Is it okay if you don’t tell Sister Winter?”

“What?”

“Girls 100 voting results.”

Even though I knew the gist of what she was saying, I pretended not to know and asked her back.

“The Girls 100 vote was canceled due to the vote-rigging controversy, right?”

“Hey, you know. Fans who felt disappointed about that created their own online voting page, right? “If I told you that, wouldn’t Winter like it and have more confidence?”

“It doesn’t mean much because it was made by fans, right?”

“But the number of votes wasn’t a joke, was it? Maybe it’s because Girls 100 has become a hot issue both at home and abroad, but even though fans say it’s just for fun, a lot of people voted for it. It also became a hot issue on social media.”

“…”

Actually, I knew it too. The result is too enormous to call the vote a simple fan-made thing. However, Oh Yuri tried to pretend that nothing was wrong so that she wouldn’t say anything to Gyeol. But it seemed like she couldn’t pretend not to know even if she asked that question.

So I spoke honestly.

“Yes, actually, I knew about that vote, but I shouldn’t tell Winter yet. At least until this stage ends.”

Oh Yuri asked as if she honestly did not know the reason.

“Why?”

Instead of giving Oh Yuri her gaze, I looked at Winter, who was starting to go on stage.

“Then you might be satisfied. Well, this may be a sign of my stubbornness, but it is something that a manager should not do as long as there is at least a possibility. Especially if she wants that child to advance to greater heights.”

All the lights were turned off and a colorful spotlight shone on the trainees on a stage filled with silence and darkness.

All of the trainees were beautiful, sweet, and brilliant. Even if I go blind, I want to chase after it. That’s why they are called idols.

And winter, at the center of the trainees shining like stars, sang.

〈My shine, I will be the light for you.〉

When I saw that, I smiled with utmost satisfaction and spoke to Oh Yuri.

“Winter will shine brighter so that the current result will feel like ‘just barely.'”

***

[Girl 100 Online Fan Voting Results]

[Total number of votes worldwide: 2,724,002]

[Number of trainees subject to final voting: 20]

[Vote percentage 21.74%]

[No. 1 in midwinter]