𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 ―𝐝.𝐨.𝐝

Chapter 76

[ Cho Seungmin's POV ]

It was my first time doing something like a W live, but I think it was the same for the others.

The comments were rapidly coming in. I could barely make out some words before they vanished off the screen. But there were many comments I was seeing.

"Please say something in eng!"

So, I asked the production team if I could.

"I see some hate comments in English. I should remind people that I can read them."

When I got back to my seat, I waved at the camera.

"Ah," I smiled, "before I start, I'd like to say something in English...(Hello everyone, this is Testar. I cannot translate everything, but we are discussing what the official lightstick should look like. We will reveal something special at the end, so please continue to support us.)"

"(Oh, yeah!)" Eugene chimed in. "(Thank you for your support!)"

"Now, I'll be showing my drawing," I said back in Korean.

"Wow~ So cool of you," Keun Sejin hyung smirked as I took off the masking tape of my drawing.

I held it up for the members to see.

"Oh?"

I then flipped the paper for the phone camera to see.

"Here it is."

I drew a simple stick with a large star at the top for the light. It was meant to be translucent with the alternating colors of our three-toned sky.

"Wait, this is actually so good...?"

"Since when could you draw?"

"Thank you," I smiled modestly.

Sketching was something I had to be able to do to when I was a child. The people "taking care" of me in Jeju would make me sit in the cold without a phone and sketch every suspicious person that would come by. The island was where we hid most of Father's cargo, so it was important that it was protected.

Of course, there were older people with phones that would simply take pictures of the suspicious people. Me drawing was simply their way of making me do work.

For every unidentifiable drawing, I was put in the cold ocean for thirty minutes. I suppose I got good to avoid that.

"No, seriously, I wasn't expecting this!"

"Draw me!"

At Eugene's sparkling eyes' request, I drew a very quick sketch of his face. Six strokes for his outline. Two for his nose. Seven for his eyes. A few extra for his hair, and one for his smile.

I showed him.

"Wow! That's really me! Show the fans!"

I glanced at the leader, and he nodded his head.

"Um, here it is." After a few seconds, I continued, "The lightstick is meant to be a star...I searched up some other lightsticks for inspiration."

"Are you embarrassed?" Keun Sejin hyung laughed. "You're changing the subject!"

"I'm just going back to the topic."

"I-it's cute!" Ahyun hyung complimented, to which I thanked.

I put my drawing down and glanced at Moondae hyung, who was sitting beside me. He was already untaping his drawing silently.

"...?"

There were two black lightsticks, but there were eraser marks everywhere around it.

Moondae hyung opened his mouth slowly.