Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 51

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Episode 51
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : We couldn’t practice Ascham separately either ㅠㅠ
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : (emoji of a rabbit holding its ears and crying)
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Only the members doing Rhythmic Gymnastics practiced it?
Connections are useful at times like this.
The evening before the Idol Sports Championship shoot, I texted Han Jeong-yeon from Daylight.
Sometimes we exchanged trivial gossip to maintain the friendship, but we rarely discussed work matters. Still, Jeong-yeon answered my questions quite sincerely.
Haha, we’re in a similar boat —
Everyone seems busy —
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Yeah ㅜㅜ We’re also busy because of the comeback
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Pretty swamped…
Daylight had already released comeback teasers and announced their comeback for early October. A comeback around the same time as them would be….
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : The Ashcode kids too
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Barely got any practice in
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : I texted Su-bin briefly yesterday
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : And their situation seems
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Similar to ours…ㅎㅎ
Ashcode. They’re also coming back in early to mid-October.
From what I saw online, even if their dates don’t completely overlap, they’re only a few days apart, and both fandoms seem to be sharpening their blades for number one on the music shows.
Yeah, they must be pretty swamped too —
Why are we busy when we don’t even have a comeback ㅠㅎㅎ —
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Producerㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : The person writing the song
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : Said they were really busy
Fair pointㅋㅋㅋㅋ —
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : See you tomorrow at the shoot!
– Han Jeong-yeon (Daylight) : (emoji of a rabbit bouncing around)
I kept up with Jeong-yeon’s texts for a while, but when I saw the last one, I hesitated for a moment.
Should I keep being close to Daylight? Since I’ve confirmed that there’s definitely a regression returnee, should I keep them in my line of sight as a variable?
Jeong-yeon seems to say things without much thought, which hits a bit oddly….
Yeah —
See you tomorrow ㅎㅎ —
So I ended the conversation with the safest possible response and then flopped down on the couch.
Some of the kids were asleep in the room, so I came out to the living room. Now the breeze is getting a little cool.
It’s already the end of September. The Ascham shoot was originally supposed to happen earlier, but I heard it got pushed back due to the broadcast station’s schedule.
In the meantime, we’ve started preparing an album while going around university festivals, and we’ve also begun preparing for a small awards ceremony starting mid-October. These smaller award ceremonies usually give us plenty of stage time, so we can set things up however we want.
Some things work out, and some don’t, but… I’m certain that I’m doing my best to win a Newcomer Award as much as I can.
You can tell from “Right Now” still clinging to the daily charts even as summer fades and the weather turns cool.
“I’m home~”
“Hye-rin’s here?”
“Ugh, why aren’t you asleep, unnie?”
“The leader can’t sleep when the youngest sends off her schedule alone. I told the kids to get some rest.”
“Even so…. It’s 12 now? We’re leaving at 4 tomorrow?!”
“I came home at 11:30 while I was working. I just showered.”
Ju Hye-rin startles and opens the front door with an embarrassed expression.
The only one among us who could say she prepared something for the Ascham shoot is Ju Hye-rin, who’s participating in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Until just today, she’d come back from a final rehearsal at tomorrow’s shoot location.
“Wait, stop. What’s that on your ankle?”
“Huh? I didn’t take off the taping…? It’s just taping.”
“So why are you wearing taping? Look. The kids are all asleep, so don’t make a fuss.”
I grabbed Hye-rin, who was trying to shuffle into the room, and rolled up her left leg’s leggings. Her ankle had taping, but so did her knee—quite carefully applied.
“It’s not because I’m in pain! It’s for injury prevention. It was from an old injury….”
“From figure skating?”
“Yeah…. If it still hurt, I wouldn’t be doing Rhythmic Gymnastics, for real?”
“Okay, I believe you. And even if I didn’t believe you, what’s done is done. I’m not Go Hyun-seo, and it’s not serious, so I’m not going to pull it off right before.”
“Ugh, but unnie, your expression looks really scary!”
“My expression?”
“…Or maybe not? Is it just my impression? You look fine now anyway.”
“This brat’s started teasing me for real….”
“Hehe.”
When I flicked her lightly on the forehead, Hye-rin giggled again. Sometimes she looks like a well-behaved gentle cat…. A dog-cat?
“Still, be careful. If you’re wearing taping like that, you must have gotten hurt pretty badly, right?”
“It was ligament rupture…, so I did get hurt pretty seriously. But, well, some time’s passed and it doesn’t really get in the way when I dance, and I only have to worry about it when doing things like Rhythmic Gymnastics….”
“Wasn’t that injury serious enough to make you quit figure skating? Am I misunderstanding something?”
“No, um…. If I wanted to keep doing it, I would have? But I just didn’t really want to, so I stopped. Anyway, it wasn’t such a serious injury. People just thought I quit because of the injury, so I went along with it…. I’m too lazy to explain more anyway, so it’s just that kind of feeling….”
Hye-rin peeled off the taping one piece at a time, her lips pouting. It seemed like there was something more to the story, but she didn’t really want to talk about it, and there was no time anyway….
I let out a light laugh and patted her back gently. It meant I wouldn’t ask further.
“Stop getting so serious all of a sudden. Go shower and sleep. We have to leave early tomorrow.”
“Okay! You sleep fast too!”
Hearing her bright voice made me laugh without meaning to. When we first knew each other, she was quite mature, so I didn’t see her like this very often—so bright and carefree.
“Oh, that’s right!”
“Hm?”
“Unnie, I’m looking forward to the Rhythmic Gymnastics! I’m definitely going to win a medal!”
At those words, I couldn’t help but laugh for a long time. I got protests about why I was laughing, but Hye-rin probably still wouldn’t understand even if I told her.
I think I’m starting to understand why adults find it a bit sad watching kids grow up.
Even though I already know what she’ll be like after adulthood, I think it’ll feel lonely once she’s all grown. Maybe that’s just the feeling….
***
“Oh, Ji-on! Su-ah!”
“Hey. Next to you is….”
“Our member!”
The next morning at 6:30, the moment I entered the gymnasium where the Ascham shoot was taking place, I was greeted by Han Jeong-yeon bouncing around in one corner.
“She’s our Japanese member, and she’s the same age as us and speaks Korean well.”
“Hello. I’m Hanai Saki. Just call me Saki.”
“Wow, nice to meet you! I’m Kang Su-ah! Can we speak casually?”
“You’re already speaking casually…. I’m Seo Ji-on.”
“Haha, no worries! Would you like to speak casually with me too?”
“Sure. Should I call you Saki?”
“Yeah, Saki works!”
I wonder if Daylight only has members who match the group’s name…. They’re all bright and sunny.
“Oh, Hyun-seo! It’s been so long!”
“Oh, Saki. How have you been?”
“They’re close….”
“Yeah, Saki’s also a dance position like Hyun-seo, so they’re close.”
Han Jeong-yeon naturally tagged onto my muttering with an answer.
Somehow I’m predicting today’s going to be a tiring day….
“Where are Eun-jae and Su-bin? …Better yet, where are your other members? You have a lot of members.”
“They’re in the waiting room. We were shooting late yesterday, so everyone’s knocked out. How about you?”
“Most of our youngest looked pretty sleepy, so we told them to rest a bit in the waiting room. We don’t necessarily have to come out early…. But there were fans here, so we came out a little early.”
“Oh, us too. Great minds think alike?”
“Haha….”
I’m not sure what they meant by that.
The insider mentality is hard to understand….
“I’m going to take these kids around to the fan seats for a bit. We need to give them breakfast.”
“Okay. Then we should go check out the rehearsal! Let’s play jacks later!”
“…What?”
“Jacks! We brought it to play during the break!”
I really can’t understand this…. The idea of bringing a jacks game to something like this, and suggesting other team members play jacks….
It’s not that it’s bad. It’s not, but…. I just think it’s amazing.
“Saki said she’d play jacks with us later.”
“Jeong-yeon mentioned that to me too, but playing jacks here…. It might actually be fun.”
“Wow, that’s seriously so fun. I want to play, I definitely want to!”
“Okay, mention it to Jeong-yeon later.”
I rubbed my tired eyes and looked at the members as I spoke.
“The Everys who came in are apparently here. We did a headcount at 5 AM. We’ll hand out the box lunches, and let’s avoid any conversation that might cause trouble.”
“Okay. Oh, Jae-yi’s usually good at this.”
“Can’t be helped. Jae-yi’s still a minor and looks like she’s dying to sleep, so no point making her do it. Later, tell the younger members that snacks and lunch are for them to handle.”
So we headed over to the Everys who had come in at 5 AM sharp and were waiting for us in the gymnasium.
“Everys! Thank you so much for coming all this way at this hour!”
Even at this early hour, the welcome cheer was loud, and I could see temporary light sticks glinting. Some fans also said things like the pre-recording was fine at this time, or that we didn’t seem tired seeing us.
“We prepared some breakfast. It’s sandwiches, so please check the ingredient label and let us know if you have any allergies! Our staff will swap them out for something else!”
“Don’t stay silent and just not eat! Koreans run on rice!!”
“You’ll be here until evening, so please do let us know!”
The three of us—me, Kang Su-ah, and Go Hyun-seo—took turns urging them to eat, and the Everys shouted back that we should definitely eat too.
…Yeah, today needs to be worth the hard work of coming this early.
I’m doing this because it’s my job, but these are people who came all this way out of pure love….
***
“I’m dying of sleepiness.”
“Me too….”
“The kids seem to have gone inside for a bit. Should we sleep just a little…. Is there a cue sheet?”
“No…. Ugh, I want to bail already.”
“Hang in there…. Hye-rin’s doing Rhythmic Gymnastics today, remember.”
“That’s why I came to Ascham…. Ugh, I’m seriously so freaking tired.”
Three women—Nyeong, Ori, and Bibi, who’d evolved from the Gu-oppa fanclub to the Everys fanclub—took turns groaning.
Ascham, which they hadn’t visited even when they were fans of their brother, is still operating normally, and these three who miraculously reunited under the same idol in 202X apparently came to the Ascham shoot? No way, that’s totally made up!
Bibi, Lim Ji-su, was already out of her mind from pulling an all-nighter. The only time she’d been in her right mind was when her favorite, Ji-on, had shared breakfast with her…. (and even while eating breakfast, she was still a bit drowsy!)
After that, she just kept regretting coming to the Ascham recording. First, it was too tiring, and late September meant heat and cold coexisted, and the recording time was way too long!
‘I complained about Ascham so badly when I was little too…. Why did I come to this schedule? I mean, I came to see the kids, but….’
As Lim Ji-su spent time just repeating regrets in her head,
“Huh? Isn’t that our kids?”
“Wait, it is. Ji-on, Hyun-seo, and Su-ah…. Are they with kids from another group?”
“Yeah, another group. Saki and Jeong-yeon? Yum Eun-jae’s here too.”
On the scoreboard that was running a camera test and sporadically showing idols, Evergreat members appeared!
And there,
“…What are those guys doing?”
“……. Jacks?”
“Yeah, no piano when you’re doing flips.”
“Isn’t it snapping?”
“At my elementary school, we called it flips.”
“We called it snapping. Anyway, no piano—that’s for sure!”
“Wait, give me a break! Seo Ji-on, aren’t we on the same team?! And my hands aren’t even that big!”
“That’s why you’re supposed to position them prettily.”
“Ugh…. If it’s come to this, I’ll use it. Let’s go!”
“Oh, Su-ah is amazing!”
“Got it! Arirang success! That doubles the score, right?!”
“Score? We said years!”
“Wow, we said how old, didn’t we. That’s wild….”
“Anyway, doubled! We’re eating ten extra years~”
You could see Evergreat’s older members and Daylight’s Han Jeong-yeon, Yum Eun-jae, and Saki split into teams and happily playing jacks…!
Rewriting Top Girl Group Scenarios with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: January 20, 2026
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