Friendship Village had more or less finished introducing themselves.
[Dohee: But Number 5, you seem like you have such a nice personality.]
[Naeun: Ah~ Really? (laughs) I just adapted, I guess~]
[Chiyo: I have a really great personality too, you know? I’m the kind of person who runs over whenever a friend calls me?]
[U-a: Even if you had to cross the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean?]
[Chiyo: That’s right.]
[Seoyun: Then you must do everything you’re told, too.]
[Dohee: Number 4, that’s Dolsoe, not a friend.]
[Seoyun: Ah, right.]
As the participants huddled together and chatted among themselves, the PD holding the megaphone called out.
[PD: You’re all hungry, right?]
[Yes~] ×5
[PD: So, for all of you, we’ve prepared some meal options.]
The participants began to buzz with excitement.
[Seoyun: Oh my gosh, I want steak...]
Five signboards were displayed on the tables in front of the participants.
Each signboard listed a different menu.
[Ribeye Steak]
[Pizza & Pasta]
[Beef Pineapple Fried Rice]
[Cook-Your-Own Ramen (Egg Included)]
[Tuna Mayo Triangle Gimbap]
The rules were as follows.
In order to get to know one another a little more deeply,
each participant would present one quiz containing some personal TMI they hadn’t managed to reveal during their introductions.
The menus could be chosen in order of quiz scores.
[※First place also earns the right to choose two meal-date partners.]
Once again, the frontrunner was Female Number 1.
Dohee stepped in front of the yard, where a xylophone had been set up.
[Clap clap clap]
Along with the notebook she always used, though no one knew where it had come from.
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Dohee’s been carrying that notebook around forever
─Isn’t that her composing and songwriting notebook?
As captions like these flashed by, Dohee brushed back her soft bangs and smiled sweetly.
[Dohee: I prepared something easy, in multiple-choice format!]
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Dorahee prepared something again
It was a pretty smile, but one that seemed to conceal plenty of ulterior motives.
[Dohee: Question!! What café drink do I like?!]
Contrary to expectations, however, the quiz was much simpler than anticipated.
It was something that not only the members, but most of the fans, already knew.
[Dohee: Okay, Number 1! Americano!]
It was common knowledge that Dohee had liked sweet latte drinks packed with liquid sugar ever since she was young—or at least since her trainee days.
[Dohee: Okay, Number 2 is jasmine tea!]
She had been filmed drinking it countless times in behind-the-scenes footage, from her Seven days all the way up to the present.
[Dohee: Oh... Nobody’s raising their hands... Then... lemonade!!?!]
So no matter how Dohee shouted the answer at the top of her lungs, forcing herself to sound desperate and frantic—
[......]
The participants didn’t fall for it and remained silent.
[Dohee: Oh my, do you all know my tastes that well...? This is amazing, considering we’re meeting for the first time...]
─“Meeting for the first time,” my ass ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─It’s so cute how Dohee pretended to have prepared something, then got all dejected when the members didn’t react ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─This is way too easy ㅋㅋㅋ
[Dohee: Whew... I can’t help it, then.]
Dohee sighed as though she had given up, then began reading the next number from her notebook.
[Dohee: Then, Number 4... strawberry la—]
And, just as expected, before Dohee could even finish speaking—
[That’s it!! Correct!!]
The participants shot their hands up and shouted out their answers.
[Seoyun!!] [Me, me, Chiyo! Me, Chiyo!!! Chiyo was firsttt!] [Skylark!! Here!]
By now, they had even stood up from their seats to advertise their names.
But even if it was a little less fun that way,
Dohee was fair.
[Dohee: Yes, Number 4 was the fastest!]
Dohee pointed at Seoyun with the xylophone mallet.
Seoyun stood up from her seat, excited, and shouted loudly.
[Seoyun: The answer is Number 4! Strawberry latte!]
But what came back was a clear, single xylophone note.
[Doong~♪]
The A5 note signifying an incorrect answer.
[Seoyun: ...Why?! It’s strawberry latte!]
Seoyun protested, unable to contain her sense of injustice.
[U-a: Could it have changed?]
[Naeun: Chiyo, weren’t you with her yesterday?]
[Chiyo: Yes, I was with her yesterday when we had strawberry latte.]
The members in the back also looked slightly puzzled.
[Dohee: Now~ Number 4, strawberry la—]
Still looking triumphant, Dohee giggled and read from her notebook.
[Dohee: La La Land was the correct answ—er!]
Dohee spun around in place, happily imitating a dance that looked like it belonged in La La Land.
[Dohee: Puhahaha!!]
[Speechless...]
Even as the editor added that caption, they played La La Land’s theme song.
─Ha, this is seriously ridiculous ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─What’s wrong with Dorahee today? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Dohee finally calmed down after spinning around by herself for over ten seconds and complaining that she was dizzy.
[Dohee: Ah~ I’ve always wanted to try that.]
Even after that, still having enjoyed herself,
Dohee read the final option.
[Dohee: Now~ this is Number 5. Number 5, strawberry latte.]
[That’s it!!!]
Naeun was the one chosen.
[Naeun: Number 5, strawberry latte!]
[Dohee: Unfortunately, Number 5 was strawberry latte—ing~♪! (bursting into laughter)]
─She’s really lost it today ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─Seriously, why is she acting like this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─Ah, this is so freaking infuriating ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Naeun: Argh...]
There was truly... something about Dohee’s expression.
Enough to make even kindhearted Naeun say she was getting angry.
[Dohee: Number 6! Strawberry latte...bonair~ (Just kidding, just kidding) You don’t happen to not know Debonair, do you? They’re a hugely popular girl group!]
An interview scene was inserted over footage of Dohee laughing uproariously.
[Q.
Number 4: Number 1 is just annoying. Seriously.
Number 5: Sometimes, if you look at her a certain way, she feels even weirder than Number 2...]
─Dohee is seriously unpredictable in every possible way ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─Dohee may sometimes look like a weird person, but she is a weird person
Even so, Dohee’s quiz show continued.
[Dohee: Number 7, strawberry latte... we’ll take your money—ahahaha.]
[Dohee: Number 8! Strawberry latte~ Debonair, moved by the window, sob sob...]
Until an actual choice finally appeared.
[Dohee: Number 9? Chocolate latte. What? Why isn’t anyone raising their hands? I had a chocolate latte this morning.]
[That’s it!!!]
[Chiyo: Number 9, chocolate latte!]
[Dohee: Wrong~ After trying it today, I realized strawberry latte is still a little more to my taste.]
Another interview scene was inserted.
[Q.
Number 2: Whew... (shakes her head)]
─Ah, it’s so funny that even Chiyo can’t handle her ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The person in question was laughing, saying that she was having fun.
[Dohee: I think I’d be fine just eating triangle gimbap today. I’m already full.]
* * *
Mealtime arrived.
And karma came back around.
[Dohee (5th place, triangle gimbap): Ah.]
[Seoyun (4th place, ramen): Why do I have to be stuck with you again?]
While First, Second, and Third enjoyed a luxurious spread in the yard,
the other two had to make do with a modest meal of ramen and triangle gimbap.
[Seoyun: Don’t we seem to cook for ourselves every time we film a piece of our own content? (Maybe it’s just me)]
[Dohee: Us? Wait, our own content...? Are you perhaps an idol?]
[Seoyun: Ah, no, I’m a Hollywood influencer...]
─Putting aside the fact that you broke character, in your last piece of content, you two were watching TV separately while the others grilled meat ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└For real, this is karma too ㅋㅋㅋ
The two decided to cook some ramen.
[Dohee: Don’t put in 500 milliliters of water per packet. If you use around 400 milliliters, it tastes like ramen from the Han River.]
[Seoyun: Oh, really?]
And they subtly created an intimate atmosphere.
After tying aprons around one another,
they even cooked the ramen while hugging each other from behind.
[Dohee: Number 4... your waist is really slim. (squeeze)]
[Seoyun: (shy shy) So is yours, Number 1.]
─Ah, seeing these two act like this is so hard to get used to ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─This is seriously so cheesy, what is this?
─No, but I genuinely love it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They really do have a heart-fluttering height difference, for real
The killing point was the caption.
The screen suddenly changed because of the caption.
The footage shown had been recorded just before filming began.
It was at the entrance of the hanok residence.
The two had been whispering there.
Right in front of the camera.
[Dohee: Unnie, you remember we agreed to be a couple at the end today, right?]
[Seoyun: I know, I know, honey. Do we really have to do it?]
The two even hooked their pinkies together as they made their promise.
As it turned out, they had made some sort of contract.
─Ah, seriously ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─You guys again? You manipulation squad!!!
The fans didn’t know it, but their actions had been deliberate.
Because these two had the most fans,
their individual fanbases also clashed the most.
[Dohee: (scooping the egg out of the ramen for her) Number 4, have this.]
[Seoyun: Oh, come on~]
And showing off their chemistry
was the best way to make the malicious solo stans simmer down.
[Dohee: (feeding her a bite of triangle gimbap) Number 4, say ah~]
Only, the chemistry between the two was far from ordinary.
* * *
[Seoyun: Nooo!! That Lee Dohee!]
The caption appeared as the camera zoomed in on Seoyun’s pale face.
Seoyun couldn’t close her mouth.
[Seoyun: From the moment she came up with this piece of content, she was like, “Huh? Let’s be a couple!” She said that! She promised meee!!]
Dohee remained stubborn to the end.
[Dohee: You actually believed that... Our unnie is so innocent...]
[Seoyun: Our? Ourr? Hey, what do you mean, “our unnie”! Who’s your unnie?!]
[Dohee: So innocent...]
─Ah, damn ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What’s with Lee Dohee’s way of talking again?
─Now I finally understand why Dohee suggested that Number 5 should choose last ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Leaving the furious Seoyun behind, another piece of evidence appeared on screen.
[You remember we agreed to be a couple...?]
The scene where she had made that promise to Seoyun.
The camera focused on Dohee’s hand, which she had kept out of sight.
The finger heart was pointed toward U-a.
And U-a gently clasped that finger.
[The pink atmosphere secretly enveloping the two behind Number 4’s back♡]
Their behavior simply hadn’t been observed by anyone else.
But it had continued in secret throughout their entire stay in Friendship Village.
And so, the final couples were complete.
[Dohee: I guess I’ll just go on vacation with my Skylark...]
[U-a: Heehee.]
Number 1 and Number 3, Dohee and U-a.
[Naeun: I think I chose wrong.]
[Chiyo: Yees?]
Number 2 and Number 5, Chiyo and Naeun.
And with Seoyun whining in the background that she would never trust Dohee again,
[Seoyun: I’m seriously so wronged! I was going to do it properlyyy!!]
[Seoyun: But! But she kept begging me to do it! Like! She kept begging and begging!!]
The video ended, and the comment section was filled with nothing but [ㅋㅋㅋㅋ].