episode_0163

I don’t know what happened yesterday, but except for Seo Yu-jin, the other members’ reactions toward me were unusual.

“Sister, are you awake? Do you remember what happened yesterday? … You’re saying it’s not coming out? Hehehe.”

… Park Yu-jeong.

“Sister, good night. … Let’s not talk about what happened yesterday.”

… Me too.

“Yerin, are you awake? … Let’s refrain from drinking from next time.”

… Hyejeong Lee.

and… .

“Yerin.”

“… Sister Seol.”

“Next time you ask me to drink again, I will break your leg club.”

“… … .”

Yu Seol also smiled and said something creepy to me.

… I’m sure I made some mistake yesterday.

So, after making all the preparations and before the manager picked us up, I asked the members when they all gathered together.

“… Did I drink a lot yesterday?”

“No, we each only had one highball yesterday.”

… So you got so drunk that the film stopped after one highball? really?

It wasn’t like this even in my past life… , It seemed that Ha Ye-rin’s body was more vulnerable to alcohol than expected.

‘No matter what, does it make sense to get drunk with a little highball? .’

As I was shaking my head in bewilderment, Nahanna, who was sitting on the sofa, spoke to the members in a slightly worried tone.

“But we… , you probably won’t get caught, right? If I were caught drinking secretly, I would be scolded a lot… .”

“Oh, I hid the remaining alcohol well and everyone washed up well in the morning… . I only drank one highball to begin with, so why would I get caught?”

Everyone nodded at Lee Hye-jeong’s words.

In fact, although we used the grandiose word “drinking party,” all we had yesterday was a highball.

In most cases, it would be difficult for the company to find evidence that we had been drinking.

But that was then.

Sigh.

“… Over there.”

Seo Yu-jin, who was sitting right next to me, raised her hand and said with an uneasy look in her eyes.

“… I was going to say this earlier, but I think Yerin smells a little like alcohol.”

“… … .”

As soon as I heard that, I put my nose to my body and smelled it.

“… Hey, a few hours have passed, I’ve taken a shower, and the only thing I drank was a highball, so there’s no way I could smell like alcohol… . … ?”

It smells like alcohol… , me : yes?

A thick smoky scent and spicy alcohol scent.

No matter who smelled this, it smelled like alcohol.

‘What a crazy body. ‘You still haven’t been able to break down alcohol?’

I was embarrassed and stopped, and the other members, who saw this as suspicious, came over and stuck their noses into my body and smelled me.

“Seup… , this… .”

“I think it smells like alcohol?”

“It’s not that bad… , if you do it well, you might get caught.”

When they noticed that I smelled like alcohol, worry appeared on the other members’ faces.

Certainly, if there were idols who secretly had a drinking party from the first day of the schedule, it would not look good from the company’s perspective.

Thinking that I might be causing trouble to everyone, I bowed my head to the members with a feeling of regret.

“… sorry. It’s because of me.”

“… … .”

It wasn’t my intention to arouse sympathy, but when I apologized first and made a pitiful face, the members patted me and comforted me.

“No, sister, but I had fun yesterday thanks to you.”

“We all agreed and had fun yesterday, so what does she have to apologize for?”

“And it doesn’t smell like alcohol that much. If we hide it well, they’ll probably never find out, right?”

“… okay? Isn’t it true? Even the company won’t notice, right?”

“Of course, how will the people at the company notice this if they are not Gaeko?”

So we sang hope and were confident that yesterday’s small drinking party would never be discovered.

which… .

“Are you all sane?!”

… It was a death flag.

**

In fact, we were caught by the manager who came to pick us up.

“Guys! I came to get you!”

Our Rookies’ road manager oppa was such a good person that you could tell just by looking at him that he was carefully selected by the company.

He was punctual, smiled a lot, and seemed to radiate positive energy to those around him even when he just stayed still.

And above all, the biggest advantage is that it sticks to the line well.

The manager oppa never set foot inside the Rookies’ dormitory, showing that he strictly takes care of public and private matters no matter what happens.

But that manager oppa… .

“Quickly, everyone get into a comfortable position. Let’s leave right away… , hmm… ?”

As soon as I passed in front of him, he squinted as if he felt uncomfortable.

“… … .”

Then he stared at me for a few seconds as if he noticed something was wrong… .

“… Then I’ll leave right away!”

… I turned my head and pretended not to notice.

As soon as we saw that, we couldn’t help but be convinced that our manager had noticed our little deviation.

“Uh, what should I do, sister! Well, I think I got caught!”

“Well, if you don’t say anything right away, isn’t it because you’re trying to keep it a secret?”

… Yes, if they were planning on scolding us, they would have done so a long time ago.

So we headed to the NAS Enter headquarters, anxious but still hopeful that we wouldn’t be caught.

But the problem started from there.

“Welcome!”

When we entered the conference room previously reserved exclusively for Rookies, the only people there to welcome us were Director Jeong and Han Si-woo.

The two people smiled and welcomed us, wondering what was so fun about it.

however… .

“Come on, everyone, sit down… .”

“… Hmm?”

As the two sat us down, they tilted their heads as if they sensed something unusual.

And soon… .

Sigh.

‘… … shit.’

It looked at me at the same time as if I was salty.

… The smell of alcohol isn’t that strong, but is everyone here a bitch?

As I resigned myself to thinking that everything was over and lowered my head, the manager oppa whispered something into Director Jeong’s ear, saying he had something to say.

Director Jeong, who heard everything from his manager, glanced at me and asked us with a serious expression.

“… The reason I called you Rookies today was to talk about the schedule that has been decided. But before we talk about the schedule, I have something to ask you.”

“… … .”

“… I don’t think that’s possible, but did you guys drink alcohol last night?”

Faaat.

As soon as Director Jeong said those words, I raised my hand and reported the matter.

“J. I drank alcohol yesterday… !”

of course… .

“This is a story that other members don’t know. I drank beer alone yesterday… .”

I told a slight lie, saying that I drank alone, excluding the other members.

The other members looked at me meaningfully… .

“Oh, no! I drank it too!”

“… Me too.”

“I drank it too… !”

“… Actually, I brought alcohol. I tempted the members to have a drink.”

“… Everyone drank a highball each. Sorry.”

Soon, one by one, they raised their hands and confessed the truth.

Director Jeong and Han Si-woo’s expressions began to relax a little when they saw all the members confessing that they had also drunk.

Then he spoke in a gentle voice.

“Drinking alcohol is a big mistake, but it’s great to see teamwork together now. For idols, teamwork is as important as individual abilities. If you continue to maintain this teamwork while working with Rookies for the next year, Rookies will definitely be able to achieve good results.”

We looked at each other and smiled at Director Jeong’s warm words.

I guess he wants to forgive me for secretly drinking yesterday… .

“… ruler. Now, let me say a few more words. everyone. Does it make sense for an idol about to debut to drink alcohol at his dorm?!”

… Of course, that couldn’t have been the case.

Director Jeong’s few words were very long.

We had to listen to Director Jeong’s nagging bombardment for an hour after that.

**

1 hour later.

“… Then, please keep in mind what I said now and make sure something like this never happens again.”

“… Yes.”

Director Jeong was very similar to Yoo Seol in that he would stop people to death by nagging them.

We, who were distracted by Director Jeong’s nagging carpet bombardment, could only nod our heads and say that we were wrong.

“Hmm, then Producer Han Si-woo will now continue talking about the Rookies schedule.”

Just like that, Director Jeong finished nagging and Han Si-woo, who had been watching from behind, took his place.

Han Si-woo smiled and said to us who were distracted by Director Jeong’s nagging attacks.

“Haha, everyone. As someone who used to live in a group, I understand your feelings.”

Han Si-woo’s expression seemed like he was trying to sympathize with us and comfort us, so I asked him.

“Han Si-woo, did this happen often when you were in the group?”

“Ugh, if something like this had happened in our time, we would have gotten beat up. Cursing me and asking me where on earth I put my brain.”

“… … .”

In Naaah, Han Si-woo, who used to be a cold-spoken critic, seemed to have changed his strategy and slapped our rookies with a smile.

However, Han Si-woo immediately changed the topic, as if his purpose was not to discipline us.

“More than that, everyone. Rookies’ album schedule has been set.”

Everyone who had been absorbed in hearing that the album schedule had been set pricked up their ears and focused on what he said.

and… .

“Our Rookies plan to release a total of 2 mini albums and 2 digital singles within a year.”

“… Yes?!”

I was greatly embarrassed by Han Si-woo’s next words.

Two mini albums and two singles.

One year divided by 4 is 3 months.

What Han Si-woo said now was that he would release a total of 4 new songs and have 4 new promotions.

‘What is this…? , It means that they will replace us for a year… .’

I was already convinced that a great deal of penance would continue for the next year.

“And the group concept was also decided. First of all, since our Rookies is a group created from Naaa, we plan to continue Naaa’s concept.”

“Continuing the concept of Naaa… .”

“You are transfer students who have transferred to a school called Idol Academy. Rookies’ songs to be released in the future will be related to your school life. The first mini album will also be like that.”

As Han Si-woo said that, he took out his laptop.

There was confidence in his expression.

“In fact, Rookies’ first album has already been planned. The song concept is innocence and dreaminess. To explain it roughly… Is this a story about six mysterious girls who transferred to an idol academy?”

The work is quite fast as the design has already been completed.

No, maybe Han Si-woo will write a song he already wrote.

Anyway, Han Si-woo in front of us is the best idol producer in Korea.

Han Si-woo wrote a song for us.

With anticipation about to explode, Yoo Seol asked Han Si-woo on our behalf.

“… Producer Han Si-woo. Then what is the name of the song?”

Han Si-woo responded with a small smile.

“This is the title song from Rookies’ first mini album .”

Then he pressed the keyboard to play the song.

Soon, the melody of “Secret Girl” played.