Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 180

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Chapter 180.

The first week of activities had come to an end.
Friday of the second week—today was a live radio recording.
It was the first day in a while that all five members were appearing together.
Baek-peu, who had recently become a devoted fan of Seo Baek-young, experienced StillBlue’s radio broadcast live for the first time.
Since all the members enjoyed radio appearances, everyone’s energy was running high.
After all, radio allowed them to communicate with fans in real time.
And today was, of course, a visual radio broadcast!
Being able to see the members in real time made it twice as happy—no, ten times as happy a day.

“Wow, it’s been such a long time since we’ve met. Right, StillBlue everyone.”

It was the same radio show that had aired during the Summer activities.
The radio broadcast hosted by Tia, a member of Dallia Bam, and Moon Rise, a K-pop composer.
It was also the place that had given Ryu Bora the nickname “StillBlue’s Guardian Angel X Guardian Warrior O.”

“Yes! I really wanted to appear during the last activity, but it was such a shame that our schedules didn’t align.”
“That’s right, that’s right.”

At Tia’s warm welcome, the members’ expressions brightened.

“Wow, if you don’t know StillBlue these days, you’re out of the loop. They’re that idol group loved by all generations. They’ve made a comeback with a refreshing yet somehow overwhelming summer song, ‘Eternal Summer,’ and starting this week, they’re sweeping first place on all the music shows. That’s the song we’re talking about.”

Thanks to Tia’s accurate commentary, Baek-peu nodded along.

“I hear that StillBlue has achieved their third first place of this promotion cycle today. How does it feel?”
“Oh my, it feels like we’re flying through the sky these days.”
“It feels like I’m dreaming!”
“We’re spending grateful days, truly. Haha.”

In the warm atmosphere.
Baek-peu smiled contentedly.
After all, she had contributed a little to that first-place achievement.
She had saved up money bit by bit to buy albums, and at the shop where she worked, she streamed only StillBlue playlists.

‘Shop Owner, I’m so sorry!’

But our customers really enjoyed our playlist too!

“That’s not all. This time, you achieved an impressive 810,000 first-week sales, ranking 5th in girl group first-week sales history. And this is before even reaching your first anniversary since debut. You’re already showing such remarkable achievements. If I were you, I think I’d feel like I’m flying through the clouds right now.”
“TD, your words are really flowing today.”
“Oh, I’m just so proud of them.”
“That’s because it’s a group you’ve nurtured with your heart, right?”
“Of course. I even bought the album this time. Eternal Summer~ Eternal Wait~ Wow. It was so refreshing.”
“The song is really good. It’s the kind of song that’s perfect to play while driving on a summer night—it just puts you in an amazing mood. I highly recommend it.”

The two DJs exchanged compliments about StillBlue back and forth.

“So today, we’ve made a firm decision to answer the questions from StillBlue’s fans and our listeners.”
“Everyone’s ready, right? Here comes the question attack.”
“Heeeeeeey.”
“We’re all set.”

We’re ready too, guys…!

“We got a question from listener 1X05. ‘Our baby tigers each joined different clubs or student councils in this album. What was the criteria you used to decide, huh~?!’ Oh, I was curious about that too. So… Baek-young was in the Kendo Club, right?”
“Ah, yes. That’s right. I appeared as the Kendo Club president.”
“I saw that shocking concept photo and was just… yes… so happy. Baek-young, why did you become the Kendo Club president this time?”
“Actually, I know how to do taekwondo….”
“Right, right.”
“Back then… the taekwondo instructor and the kendo academy instructor next door weren’t on good terms. So the kendo academy instructor came to me and secretly tried to cast me.”

At this outlandish story, all the members made bewildered faces.

“I was quite the superstar of the 00-dong Academy District.”
“…That actually makes sense….”

Yun Chung beside me reluctantly nodded in agreement.

“So I attended the kendo academy for about a month. But around that time, I joined Colors. So I have regret that I couldn’t learn more kendo….”
“We all chose the clubs we wanted to join. We submitted our applications to Bora.”

Before things went off track, Yun Chung wrapped things up.

“Oh, so Yun Chung is coming out as student council president? Does that mean you applied to the student council?”
“Actually, I applied to the Disciplinary Committee.”
“!”
“But then Bora said, ‘You’re more suited to be student council president than disciplinary committee chair.’ So I was like, really? Why? And I just accepted it.”
“Oh, but you’re seriously perfect for student council president. You’re a natural leader within StillBlue anyway.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“Next, we have a question from user 81X0. ‘Geum and Bora were close even before debut, so how did you two become friends? I’m so curious!’ Oh, you two were close before debut?”
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
“W-we were… close…”

Both of them sounded oddly reluctant.
As if they didn’t want to admit they’d been close.
Since the two of them were called “same-age besties” within the team, everyone chuckled knowingly.

“In my case, I worked as a child actress in musicals when I was younger.”
“?!”

All the members looked shocked, staring at Kim Geum as if they didn’t know this.
But Baek-peu already knew this fact.
Most fans probably knew too.
Little Kim Geum’s child actress days—she was like a tiger cub incarnate.

“I only appeared once… and I went in as kind of a last-minute fill-in, so it wasn’t anything special. Anyway, I was an extra. Ryu Bora here was the main character. I was a passing village child 1. Ryu Bora was the princess. She’s never not been a princess, honestly.”
“That much is—”
“Quiet! I was village child 1!”

Hahahahahahahaha
Geum must have had a lot pent up hahahaha

“Back then… Ryu Bora was already famous as the nation’s little sister. And I was just entering the entertainment industry? So I was in that kind of state… Ryu Bora was fascinating to me.”

It seemed this was the first time Ryu Bora was hearing Kim Geum’s true feelings, and she was listening intently.
Though she pretended otherwise, the fans could see she was genuinely paying attention.

“But before I tell this story, I should mention that we were both 8 years old back then.”
“8 years old is really, really young.”

Tia nodded in agreement.

“Anyway, from the perspective of an eight-year-old like me… how fascinating must Ryu Bora have looked?”
“Fascinating? What do you mean by that?”

Ryu Bora spoke as if bewildered, but Kim Geum paid her no mind.

“I trust the rest of you understand what I’m getting at.”
“I understand.”
“One hundred percent understood.”

Everyone in the radio booth nodded their heads.
Ryu Bora’s face flushed crimson.

When fans or others compliment Ryu Baek-young, she’s usually composed about it, but when the members praise her face, she gets so embarrassed
Shy Baek-young… so adorable…
By the way, this is the first time I’ve heard Geum say Bora is pretty
└She didn’t say pretty, she said fascinating!

“So during my break, I went up to Ryu Bora without thinking….”
“Went up to her?”
“Went up to her?!”

Kim Geum built up the suspense sufficiently before continuing.

“I poked her cheek.”
“?!”
“?!?!!?”

What… what did she just say?
Baek-peu’s mouth fell open.

“I’m not entirely sure why I did that back then. It was just… a feeling like, is this thing actually alive? My mother told me that when I was young, I’d poke at anything fascinating I saw. Whenever I’d see insects I’d never seen before, I’d poke them, and it gave her quite a fright.”
“So you’re saying… I was on the same level as an insect back then…?”
“Do you look down on insects? Insects are precious life too.”
“….”
“And back then, I was absolutely crazy about insects. I’d chase after butterflies all the time, so my father was always taking me to the mountains.”

Tia, listening from beside them, suddenly interjected.

“So you stabbed it because you liked it?”
“Pardon?”
“That seems to be the case? You stabbed the insect because you liked it, and you stabbed Bora because you liked her too-”
“No. It was out of curiosity. They’re different things.”

Kim Geum spoke with absolute conviction.

“Anyway, that’s what happened. Do you know what Ryu Bora did?”
“I seriously can’t even imagine. Bora, do you remember this now?”
“…Actually, I didn’t remember our first meeting at all.”
“Of course, only I was sincere, Ryu Bora.”

The reproach came with a feigned pout, but only briefly.

“Ryu Bora pushed me.”
!!!!!

Hahahahaha
Hahahahahahaha
So she threw a cat punch, a cat punch it was
A fight between child actors… imagination complete.

“I think at the time, I believed… Ryu Bora wasn’t very popular among the child actors back then… so I thought she was bullying me.”
“Ah, right.”

Only then did Ryu Bora seem to remember, nodding her head.

“That’s right. I was a bit… sensitive during that time…”

Wow look ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I guess there was some kind of territoriality…ㅠㅠ

“Anyway, with a child’s heart, I was deeply wounded…”
“Wounded?”
“I hit Ryu Bora right back, hard.”
“What?”

As the situation grew increasingly alarming, Yun Chung’s expression turned anxious.

“And then the two of us grabbed each other’s hair and fought.”
“Wait, wait. Everyone, this was when we were eight years old.”

Moon Rise quickly interjected with a protective comment.

“Anyway, we fought like that and became complete rivals… but one day, when I saw some boy teasing Ryu Bora, I just… got so angry.”
“Why… why were you angry?”
“Because only I was allowed to tease her…. That guy…! It was something like that.”
“?”
“Anyway, so I ended up rolling around and fighting with that boy too. Back then, Ryu Bora was weak. I was much stronger.”
“?!”

Something about this story feels off…?!

“After that, Ryu Bora started following me around for some reason, so we became close.”
“What are you saying, Geum? If you keep distorting the facts like this, it becomes very problematic. You found out where our house was and then came over to play all the time.”
“It just happened to be nearby too…. But Ryu Bora was so busy that we couldn’t play much. We only played once a week.”

That sounds like plenty of time together though?
Isn’t this the very definition of childhood friends?!
Baek-peu smiled very contentedly.
My little ones….

“Anyway, kids grow up through fighting. That’s the conclusion.”
“Y-yes~! Kids~! They grow up through fighting. Haha.”

I could see Yun Chung beside me trying hard to laugh and smooth things over.

“So you two debuted as childhood friends, then? Wow, that must be really fun.”
“….”
“….”

Unable to agree with that statement, the two members turned their heads away.

“Well. Well. Let’s move on to the next question~!
After answering a few more questions like that.

“Well then, we simply can’t skip a song, can we? Everyone. I’m sure you’ve performed on many broadcasts so far. Today, why don’t you sing one of the songs you haven’t performed on air yet?”
“In that case… shall we sing that song from Color Film Part 2?”
“Oh! I’ve seen Color Film Part 2 too! It was filmed so beautifully. So this song is perhaps…?”
“Yes. We’ll be performing 【Beyond All Worlds】.”

Thump-thump.
This was the moment Baek-peu’s favorite song was about to begin.
All the members stood up and took their positions at the standing microphones.
As the instrumental track for 【Beyond All Worlds】 began to play.

You know,
there’s a story you don’t know.

The opening verse from Yun Chung, the main vocalist, had begun.

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