Unexpected

Part 3

I confess I forgot about those posts almost the next day. I meant what I wrote, but it's not like I was waiting for replies or anything. Taiga comes to my room a few days later.

"Sochi. Your tweet went viral."

"How much are we talking about?"

"Thousands of likes. Hundreds of replies."

"Are you being serious?"

"Yes. Many people think you're getting into Kpop and give suggestions about who you should listen to. Tons of fan cams."

I scowl. "This wasn't what I wanted."

She shrugs. "But it's what you got."

"How?"

"According to my research, someone wrote an article about it on an online Kpop news site. And Kpop twitter is its own animal."

I open my phone and take a look for myself. She's not exaggerating. It's crazy.

"But I saved the best for last. Snuper sent you a message!"

I read the post:

Gunin-San, thank you for your kind words! We are glad you enjoyed our performance. Perhaps sometime we can meet again.

"Sounds like PR wrote it," I tell my sister.

"Maybe. But I bet the members were thrilled when they found out who saw them. Especially Sangho."

"Do you think they know who I am? I don't actually start racing in F1 until the 2019 season starts in March. I was in Formula 2 for the past two years."

"If they didn't, which is likely, they do now. You're going to be more and more well known. You know that."

"True." I continue to scroll through the comments. The first ones were from Snuper fans, but then it's chaos. Stan Loona. Stan Exo. Red velvet. BTS. IKon. Blackpink. Twice. Dozens of names. Dozens of fan cams. I'm starting to get annoyed.

Taiga senses it, too. "Take a deep breath. It's fine. Don't react."

"I don't live under a rock. I recognize some of these popular groups. And you know what is going through my mind? This is like someone stumbling upon me and deciding to watch Formula One since I'm in it and supporting me. Then F1 fans tell them to support Max or Lewis or whoever. And it's really annoying when they seem to imply that the group they suggest I check out is better than Snuper."

"Don't do anything rash. Ignore the bad comments. Focus on the positive."

"Let me reply to Snuper that I'd love to meet them. And then I'm going to ignore the bad, like you said, but keep posting their MVs with little comments about what I like. As if I adore Snuper."

Taiga smiles. "You do you, sis."

So I rewatch Shall We Dance. And figure out some of the member's names so I can write:

Snuper's debut! Can anyone tell me why Suhyun is bathing with chickens? And fully clothed?

The next morning I continue.

Platonic love. This reminds me of a painful high school romance. Totally one-sided on my part. I was friend zoned. Cool legwork, Snuper. Love the 80s vibes.

(I also crack up at snank bar, but wasn't about to write that for the world to see).

You = heaven. Sangho's voice is amazing. So deep. I could fall asleep to his voice every night.