Episode 184
- Office Open: Part 1 (2)
Jehoo: Where are we looking first?
Giyeon: Let's start with ours, I guess.
Kang Giyeon flung the door wide open. The room he had seen at waking hours appeared again.
The bedding alone was distinctive. Park Juu's bed, the only one occupying the upper bunk, was entirely white. Whether they had been won from a claw machine or something, pure white, somewhat goofy-looking ghost plushies were neatly placed by the pillow.
Seongbin: Joo used to have glow-in-the-dark stars stuck on the ceiling, you know.
Juu: Right. I took them all down when I was organizing things for debut....
Giyeon: Did you? How come I didn't see them?
Juu: Maybe because I only put up a couple.
Park Juu lying in bed, wiggling around as he stuck glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling? To think my baby who tore apart music show ceilings with his high notes had such a cute side.
I wanted to send him a link for the "Milky Way–style mood lamp (indirect lighting) / great value housewarming gift" which ranked in the top 10 gifts to give Park Juu immediately.
Seongbin: And the bottom bunk is my spot.
Jeong Seongbin guided the camera to a spot where fluffy bedding stood out.
It was an ordinary blanket you might see in any home, but imagining Jeong Seongbin sleeping under it, even that brown-toned bedding seemed to exude an autumn feel.
Jehoo: Compared to Park Juu, there's a lot more stuff here?
True to Choe Jeho's words, Jeong Seongbin's bed had a lot of miscellaneous items. It was a good thing Jeong Seongbin's face was only fist-sized; if not, he wouldn't have had room for his face and would have had to sleep with his head held up.
Seongbin: I often use the pad when reading the news, and I put a neck heating pack nearby in preparation for days with a big daily temperature range like these days.
A humidifier was also placed on the headboard shelf. From the corner of the screen, Gim Iwol was looking at Jeong Seongbin with a pleased expression.
Spotted Squirrel @QKsA_39kd
Did Spark's Gim Iwol give birth to him?
Rabbit???? @V_12nnvka2
LOL FR why is he looking at him so fondly
Jodi @BoooUa_SD5
I want to say he looks like a queen mother who bore a daughter, but there are five broad-shouldered princes in the dorm so I can't bring myself to use that analogy
But above all, Gim Iwol's face is that of someone who survived the fiercest palace intrigues, not a queen motherㅇㅇ
Ribbon???? @sghi4483_ww
No, Iwol's role is to drop the kids off a cliff and see who climbs back up first
Gown @fkvmd3w589
So you don't just drop them off, you even make them compete? LOL
???????????? @Ghduwd7346
Guys, don't be so hard on Iwol's face
Even though our Iwol has a sharper impression than a UA director
And when his dark circles are bad, the babies won't even come near Iwol
And on the first day Joo met Iwol, he couldn't even eat properly
But our Iwol is a lovely, adorable top idol when he smiles
Rabbit???? @V_12nnvka2
You're the one saying the most
SNS was all in an uproar. Everyone thought the same.
Gang Giyeon's bed was neat. Neither the comforter nor the pillowcase lacked a crisp edge. Even the dark navy bedding set seemed to show Gang Giyeon's personality.
One unique thing was that all kinds of slogans were stuck beside Gang Giyeon's bed. Whether received from fans, the slogans were of various kinds.
"Despite looking like that, he takes everything the fans give him.... At this rate, Gang Giyeon, you'll only ever be a first-tier idol...."
Baek Haewon cried in her heart. She felt like ordering 100 Gang Giyeon slogans from the UA company building to send right away.
There was another peculiar point. Only beside Gang Giyeon's bed was there a small bookshelf.
Inside, it was filled with comic books of various colors.
Seongbin: Giyeon, can I film this? The comic books.
Giyeon: Yes, it's fine.
Cheonghyeon: Why didn't you bring that one? "Kingdom Cafeteria ~Another~." That's your favorite.
Giyeon: There was no room. I want to put in another bookshelf.
Gang Giyeon was truly regretful. He looked exactly like Baek Haewon lamenting that there was nowhere to put her albums.
Iwol: What's the atmosphere like in this room at night?
Giyeon: We... we do get noisy sometimes, but usually it's quiet?
Seongbin: Because Joo goes to bed early.
Juu: ...Have you been holding back conversations because of me all this time?
Jeong Seongbin and Gang Giyeon frantically comforted Park Juu, who looked truly shocked.
Juu: If you have something to talk about next time, don't worry and just talk....
Park Juu hugged his kind(?) roommates tightly. Gim Iwol was still watching the members from afar with a pleased expression. I was starting to think that that Iwol might be a graphic by now.
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Next was Iwol's room. While the configuration with one bunk bed and one regular bed was the same, perhaps because of the difference in room size, only this room had a large wardrobe inside.
Giyeon: I don't really care about anything else, but I'm jealous of this wardrobe existing.
Cheonghyeon: Then use it too. There's some empty space on the bottom.
Giyeon: Why would I come all the way to this room to take out clothes....
The camera passed the dumbfounded Gang Giyeon and headed toward the single-story bed.
Jehoo: Uh... this is my spot.
Cheonghyeon: Why don't any of your bedding pieces match?
Jehoo: That's just how life turned out.
A gray summer blanket, a black pad, and a mint-colored pillow were preserved exactly as he had woken up. So our Jeho is the type to live exactly as he was born, huh.
Iwol: Change your charger.
Jehoo: Why?
Iwol: Look at the charger's neck. Don't you feel sorry for it?
Gim Iwol, who had been looking around, grabbed the end of Choe Jeho's charger and shook it. The dangling neck was pitiful.
Jehoo: I think there was insulating tape in Gang Giyeon's room.
Iwol: You don't just leave exposed wiring. Change it.
And yet Gim Iwol nagged about thirty more times. Choe Jeho showed off his master-level skill of listening without listening, and Lee Cheonghyeon looked as if he was used to this entire situation.
Giyeon: Is this room usually this full of friction?
Cheonghyeon: Basically, we respect individual freedom, but if cleanliness, safety, and the duties of an idol aren't maintained, crackdowns come down.
Jehoo: This is my glasses case.
Iwol: Is that the only thing you have to show?
Jehoo: ...The receipt from the ion drink someone bought me yesterday?
Iwol: Throw that away.
Having come with empty hands, Choe Jeho's spot had nothing there, as if he would leave with empty hands too. Gim Iwol pressed his forehead. He must have been deeply impressed by his same-age friend's lifestyle.
Next was Gim Iwol's bed. The members poked their heads in and peeked from all around.
Juu: I'm curious about Hyung's spot.
Giyeon: Oh, me too.
Iwol: Is there anything to be curious about?
Cheonghyeon: That's the thing. "Does this guy really only sleep in his bed?"
Giyeon: More precisely, it's "Does he sleep?"
Gim Iwol's bedding was matched in gray tones, as if set up by a model home.
A diary covered in black faux leather lay beside his pillow, and on top of the diary were two bundles of palm-sized sticky notes.
Juu: ...Why do you have sticky notes put there?
Iwol: So it's easy to jot things down when I lie down to sleep and something comes to mind.
Cheonghyeon: That's exactly why you can't sleep early, Hyung.
Lee Cheonghyeon thoroughly scolded Gim Iwol.
Between the two beds, one large carrier was also placed.
Seongbin: Is that carrier yours too, Hyung? The one you brought when you first came here.
Iwol: Uh, yeah.
Cheonghyeon: But Hyung, what do you have inside the carrier?
At Lee Cheonghyeon's question, Gim Iwol looked at him with an expression asking why he would ask about such a thing.
Cheonghyeon: No, I mean most luggage goes in the wardrobe or drawers. Wouldn't it be more spacious if you took out the carrier?
Iwol: I put my entire fortune in there, that's why.
Jehoo: Wasn't it you who told me to make sure nothing happens where I recklessly cash out assets and get caught up in tax evasion allegations?
Iwol: Because of you, there are so many idols who look like they don't open their bags because they'd become tax evaders now.
With that, Gim Iwol pulled out the carrier. It didn't seem to have much inside, as the bag lifted lightly.
When the carrier was opened wide, a few clothes, document envelopes, and an old cell phone were visible.
Iwol: This is the phone I used until high school.
Gim Iwol brought the phone, which had once been notorious as a brick phone, close to the camera lens.
Jagadin @vbkasi2123
So to get into S University you need to use a phone like that too. I'm watching your guys' video on my smartphone right now
Seeing the post that had just gone up on SNS, Baek Haewon slowly alternated between looking at the video, her phone, and the SNS post. She neatly folded the rising guilt and sent it flying.
Iwol: These are my personal documents... and this is Spark's debut proposal from the early days.
Cheonghyeon: You filed all of this?
Iwol: It's a habit.
Inside the opened file, papers divided by index tabs were stuffed in thick bunches. As Gim Iwol grabbed and turned the pages, a swishing sound was heard as the documents flipped over.
In the pages that passed by in an instant, I thought I saw something written in red letters like "Absolutely opposed to Winter Boy." I'd have to pause and rewatch that scene later.
Jeong Seongbin, who had been lingering behind Gim Iwol as he packed the carrier away, spoke.
Seongbin: Is it because Hyung came in last? You really don't have much luggage.
Giyeon: Even when Hyung first came, he didn't bring much stuff.
Cheonghyeon: He really came dragging in just this one carrier.
Iwol: I guess I'm a minimalist.
Gim Iwol answered with a bright smile. That smile just now was screenshot-worthy too. I had to capture it in high definition no matter what.
Meanwhile, above the running minimalist, there was a flying maximalist.
Jehoo: Can you even fall asleep here?
Cheonghyeon: I sleep deeply every day?
A laptop and charger, pad, and machines Baek Haewon didn't know were piled up at the headboard.
The devices' names kindly appeared as captions. They said they were equipment needed for music production.
Iwol: You're dusting properly, right?
Cheonghyeon: Of course. I sweep and wipe so much, afraid dust might snow down on our Iwol Hyung's spot.
Besides that, books, workbooks, and notebooks were seen scattered all over the bed.
There was even a notebook with its cover torn, whether from sleeping on it or not.
Juu: Cheonghyeon-ah....
Cheonghyeon: That is... I was waiting for inspiration to surge and just ended up asleep!
Seongbin: You need to sleep deeply when you sleep. You don't need to take after Iwol Hyung in this.
Iwol: Seongbin-ah?
Gim Iwol looked at his younger brother with a strange expression.
But Jeong Seongbin paid no mind. From that appearance, a certain... strength of a leader could be felt.
And the screen returned to the wall clock.
Current time 2:00 PM
Half a day of Spark is passing like this...
'Still... 2 o'clock...?'
Spark's dorm life is as packed as Spark's muscles!
Baek Haewon shed tears of emotion. And thinking she had to rush to take screenshots before Episode 2 came out, she opened her capture program in an instant.
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