THANK YOU // DEX

17.

Siyoung decided to do a livestream three days after Nolto was released. Those three days were really tough for her because she was receiving hate from all sides. She didn't expect to get so much hate. She always had kind fans who didn't mind when she talked to them about relationships – they always wrote to her that they would support her. But suddenly, it seemed like they weren't her fans anymore. Speculations started about whether she was dating Dex, and everyone seemed to be against her. But she wasn't even dating him.

That's why she decided to do the livestream. She hoped that her fans would ask her questions, and she wanted to answer them. She was prepared to respond even to the most unpleasant comments. Before starting the stream, she spent an hour with Serim, where they talked about everything. He told her about the tour, and she told him about Jinyoung. Serim was something like Jiwon for her, just in a male form. She always confided in him about everything – even though he didn't know about Seojun, only Jiwon knew that. Serim had always been there for her, and she for him. He supported her and also promised to watch the stream, so he would be a moral support. He told her that if she felt nervous, she should imagine that she was just talking to Serim, who would be among the viewers, cheering her on, and that everything would go smoothly. He knew Siyoung and knew that she sometimes overthought things unnecessarily, which was why she often hesitated to do something.

"Hello, everyone," Siyoung waved at the camera as over a thousand people appeared on the stream. From the beginning, she had been taught that she shouldn't greet until she had a thousand viewers – of course, there's also a difference in how many fans she has overall. If she had ten thousand fans altogether, she probably wouldn't wait for a thousand and would greet them directly. But she had over eight million fans, so she waited.

The comments immediately filled with questions about her and Jinyoung. Siyoung closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly. She tried to calm herself using a technique that Jinyoung had once advised her. It helped a little. Then she imagined she was speaking only to Serim.

"You and Dex are so cute, please tell me you're dating. Pleeeease," Siyoung read the first comment. She smiled at how she called them cute. She wasn't sure about herself, but when she remembered how Jinyoung looked in the morning, she had to agree that he was cute. "Unfortunately, I'll probably disappoint you, but Jinyoung and I are just friends," she finally replied. The comments were flooded with sad emojis. Siyoung laughed at that. First, she gets so much hate, and suddenly they're disappointed that she's not dating him. Everyone is so undecided.

"Did He show up at the place like you agreed in Nolto?" she read another comment. "He showed up, but I almost didn't. You know me, and you know I don't like being with someone I don't know myself. I was nervous when I realized it would be just me and him in that place, but in the end, it was fine, and I enjoyed it. Oh, and that place was a gym, a lot of people asked me about that too. Thanks to that, we became friends," she answered truthfully. "Please don't judge me for it. Jinyoung is a nice guy, but something happened in my life, so I have a bit of a trust issue with people."

"Jinyoung? You don't call him Dex? Girl, I envy you," Siyoung had to laugh. When she read how much her fans envied her friendship with Jinyoung, she suddenly realized what luck she had that he entered her life. Jinyoung was truly incredible, and after these comments, she was definitely happy to call him a friend.

"I told him he could call me whatever he wants, and he told me the same," she explained. "So I call him Jinyoung. He calls me Siyoung normally."

"Did you eventually give him your number? Do you have his? How did you name him in your contacts?" she read another comment.

"Yeah, I eventually gave him my number, and yes, I have his number. And how did I name him in my contacts? I hope he never finds out," Siyoung laughed. "I have him saved as 'UDT Soldier.'"

At that moment, her mobile phone started ringing. The display showed a name: UDT Soldier.

"We're talking about a wolf, and the wolf is calling," Siyoung laughed, picked up the call, and she put the call out loud, "Hi, I'm in the middle of a livestream. What do you need?"

"Hello, everyone. I know you're on a stream, I'm watching," he replied. Siyoung blushed a bit when she realized that Jinyoung had been watching the entire time. He must have heard all her answers. She wanted to turn off the stream, curl up in a corner of the room, and never come out among people again.

"So you must have heard everything," Siyoung audibly swallowed.

"Absolutely everything," Jinyoung said sternly, but he immediately burst into laughter. He must have seen how Siyoung's expression changed when she answered the call. "Please calm down. You look tense. I'm calling just to confirm to people that I have your number and also scold you for how you named me in your contacts."

"Don't you like being 'UDT Soldier'?"

"I'm not a UDT Soldier anymore."

"And how do you want me to name you in my phone?" Siyoung asked, reading comments with messages mainly about shipping the couple.

"The Most Perfect Man?" Jinyoung suggested.

"You want me to name you in my phone as The Most Perfect Man?" Siyoung repeated.

"Yeah."

"And how do you even have me named in your contacts?" Siyoung changed the subject.

"Small Bean, because you're small and cute," he replied.

"And you scold me for UDT soldier," Siyoung laughed.

Fans in the comments could hardly contain their excitement. And they got even more excited when the conversation between the two ended, and Siyoung pointed at the camera, showing that she had changed Jinyoung's name to The Most Perfect Man.