Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 53

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Episode 53
Ju Hye-rin walked toward the floor with a light spring in her step, buoyed by the roaring cheers echoing through the venue.
Truth be told, just moments ago she’d been nervous.
Even though she was an idol now, performing Rhythmic Gymnastics as a special event, Hye-rin herself came from an athlete’s background. There was a weight to the expectation that she had to show better flexibility and strength than most.
After seeing one of her peers from Ashcode—Ra Eun—perform badly and tear up, her body had grown stiff.
Telling herself this wasn’t a competition she needed to stress about didn’t help much. It was reflexive fear, performance anxiety pure and simple.
This was exactly why she’d hated being an athlete. She’d been too bold, bragging about promoting the team name one more time, and now the doubt gnawed at her.
Not that she was terrified or incapable of performing—it wasn’t that extreme. But her mood felt heavy, weighted down.
And yet.
“I saw the girls before you shaking. I came to cheer you on so you wouldn’t be nervous.”
The moment she heard Seo Ji-on say those words, the pointless tension drained away and laughter started bubbling up inside her.
So that’s what they meant about tension suddenly releasing when something unexpected happens!
Now she finally understood what her old teammates used to say back then.
After laughing for a while, the tension didn’t just ease—her whole body went loose and relaxed.
This was perfect! When dancing, the best condition was when you didn’t have excess tension in your muscles!
Beep—
Ba-ba-bam—
The moment the starting signal sounded, the orchestra’s snare drum rattled forward in rapid bursts and the brass section blazed with passionate energy.
One minute and thirty seconds. A solo performance she had to carry alone. The only thing she could rely on was herself.
Even if the results were poor, there was nothing to lose.
This was just right!
***
“Did you film that?”
“Yeah, I got it. I started filming from when Ji-on suddenly ran off.”
“Thank goodness…. Park Ji-yeon, please get the full competition footage for us.”
At Im Ji-su’s request, Park Ji-yeon let out a small sigh of relief and picked up the camera again.
Before Hye-rin entered the Rhythmic Gymnastics arena, Seo Ji-on had suddenly rushed into the frame where she’d been focused solely on photographing Hye-rin.
Ji-yeon had startled, then heard something Ji-on said and burst into delighted laughter, and the two exchanged a high-five—all captured on camera.
Of course the broadcast station’s cameras must have caught it! But still!
Even though I took photos too!!
That scene was so adorable she almost regretted not filming video instead of photos.
Park Ji-yeon was aware that Seo Ji-on tended to see Hye-rin and Han-byul as younger than their actual age. But to treat her like a child about to be left at the water’s edge was something else entirely!
What made it even funnier was that Seo Ji-on knew exactly what kind of life Hye-rin had lived and what she’d gone through to get here—and yet she still acted that way.
She was clearly planning performances that maximized her experience as a former national team athlete and solo competitor (just thinking of that solo performance in late July!), and yet when moments like this came, she treated Hye-rin with the demeanor of someone watching a much younger sibling.
Ju Hye-rin was a former Figure Skating athlete who’d performed solo matches in front of over ten thousand spectators.
Come to think of it, when they first met, Ji-on had that older-sister vibe too, didn’t she? Remembering how naturally she’d looked after Hye-rin, it really did seem like Ji-on was treating her like a child.
“It seems Ju Hye-rin’s Figure Skating background has been tremendously helpful. She really stood out during rehearsal, just as she did in practice.”
“We’re told that Ju Hye-rin’s concept is one of passionate flames dancing.”
The MCs’ commentary came through softly, barely audible to the cameras, explaining Hye-rin’s concept. Passionate flames dancing—she’d seen it during rehearsal too, and it suited her perfectly!
Then the competition began, with the fast snare drum and brash brass section sounding the opening. It was the fourth movement of Capriccio Espagnol, music frequently used in Figure Skating.
In her glittering costume, Ju Hye-rin leaped up like a roaring flame. In the Balance Difficulty, she demonstrated the flexibility of a former Figure Skater, and she handled the unfamiliar Hoop with aplomb.
She tossed the Ribbon skyward and caught it in a difficult pose, executed the high-difficulty Poete Pivot, and in the Highlight—which she’d omitted during rehearsal—performed consecutive Illusion Movements!
After completing the rotation difficulty that applied the Biellmann Position, the one minute and thirty seconds of competition ended. The audience erupted in genuine, heartfelt applause.
“…She’s practically a pro athlete. When did Hye-rin practice all that?”
“Our Hye-rin has a competitive drive that’s seriously fierce.”
“Well, she was a Figure Skater, so….”
Im Ji-su, who’d recorded the full footage of Hye-rin’s performance as promised with Park Ji-yeon, let out a quiet exclamation of amazement. She’d expected Hye-rin to do well, but not this well.
(Park Ji-yeon had wagered the photo data of Seo Ji-on in exchange for Hye-rin’s competition footage, and Im Ji-su had agreed to the deal.)
Hye-rin flashed a bright smile at the audiences around her and bounced away, and Im Ji-su’s gaze naturally followed to where Seo Ji-on was waiting for her.
Actually, while filming the competition, Im Ji-su had briefly glanced over to check where Ji-on was standing.
Ji-on’s reactions—nodding her head, making surprised expressions—were quite cute, and for a moment she regretted not filming a reaction cam instead of the competition footage….
But then again, true fan activity is teamwork.
– Love: Ji-on reaction cam
– Love: I got the performance
OMG thank you so much –
I got plenty of footage of Hye-rin instead –
We believed in you, fellow fans!
An alert came through the group DM room the fans had set up, and Im Ji-su quickly expressed her gratitude.
The idea that someone else would do it even if she didn’t was too complacent, but she could trust her fellow fans’ speed!
Especially fans who came to support even with this insane schedule at the Arts Championship—that was a given! It was a kind of mutual trust.
Im Ji-su pressed the record button on her mirrorless camera again and captured the moment Ju Hye-rin rushed into Seo Ji-on’s arms to the memory card.
Her heart felt incredibly full.
***
Ju Hye-rin took the Gold Medal in Rhythmic Gymnastics by an overwhelming margin.
Honestly, it was inevitable…. Even someone like me who knew nothing could tell that the difficulty level of the movements Ju Hye-rin performed was in a different league.
“I told you I’d win a medal, right?!”
“Yeah, you did great. We would’ve known you’d win the Gold Medal if we’d seen you practice beforehand, honestly.”
“Hehe.”
Ju Hye-rin, who’d changed back into a white tracksuit, showed off her medal to us.
“You’re that happy about it?”
“Yeah, I feel like I promoted our team with my own strength. That kind of feeling.”
“It’ll probably make headlines once it airs! How wonderful of you.”
Kang Su-ah, her energy especially high today, made for an excellent match for Hye-rin’s excitement. The two usually had great chemistry, and now that an athletic competition-type event had come up, they were both in high spirits.
“Do I have to compete on Lunar New Year too? This is kind of fun, honestly….”
“Even if our Hye-rin didn’t want to, LBC would probably bug her about it…. The broadcast…, ugh.”
“The filming location. Stop there.”
“Yes….”
Sometimes Kang Su-ah let slip things she should only say outside the filming area, so I had to keep my eye on her.
Physically covering her mouth when the cameras weren’t rolling seemed like a pretty reasonable option too.
“Let’s go, we need to start getting ready for Archery.”
“We’ll cheer you on hard!”
“Go Hyun-seo, look after the younger members. Going?”
“Yes. And you…, um. Take good care of Su-ah.”
“…Did Hyun-seo just treat me like a kid?”
“That’s nothing new. Let’s go.”
“Hey, wait!”
“Hahaha!”
Kang Su-ah, complaining that this was ‘complete insubordination’, was genuinely consistent in her noisiness. Hyun Jae-yi laughing delightedly next to her was a bonus….
“Honestly, I think I’d do better at Archery than Su-ah. Right?”
“You’ve never even held a bow. How would you know?”
“At the Olympics, composed athletes are the ones who do well at Archery. Su-ah, she’s….”
“Why are you like this, I’m totally composed right now.”
“Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself honestly—are you a composed person?”
“Yes, I am composed.”
“Wow, you threw your conscience away just like that!”
“You can be noisy and still be composed!”
I wish I’d swapped the Archery and Running teams earlier.
Pairing Kang Su-ah with Hyun Jae-yi didn’t seem like the best choice for a lot of reasons….
And yet.
“10 points! Another 10 points, Su-ah!”
“Evergreat takes the lead! Ah, Su-ah has made the comeback and overtaken Evergreat, who was down by 6 points!”
…Unexpectedly, Kang Su-ah turned out to be the Ace of Archery.
“Wow, Su-ah is insane….”
“Right? Really unexpected.”
“I feel a bit embarrassed now…. I should’ve teased her less….”
Conversely, Hyun Jae-yi was quite terrible at Archery.
She’d accidentally let the arrow slip from her fingers as she drew the bowstring, and it hadn’t even reached the target—it just fell to the ground. It was truly….
“You seem like you’d be good at it though.”
“I’m not athletic.”
“But you’re pretty good at copying movements, like when you dance. If you approached Archery that way, you’d at least look like you knew what you were doing.”
“Looking good and actually shooting well are different things. Don’t expect athletics from me….”
“How can I not expect Archery from someone as composed as you? You’d be good at it!”
“No, I’m saying don’t expect anything….”
For the record, I’m terrible at athletics. The lineup was decided purely by these kids pushing me to it….
The reasoning was that when no one had ever shot a bow before, the Leader should handle the last four arrows. Which didn’t really make logical sense.
Kang Su-ah finished the final arrow with a perfect 10 and came back to where we were waiting, grinning and high-fiving us.
“Yeah, ten-ten-ten!”
“Nice work. You should do the final round….”
“The Leader does these things! Go Seo Ji-on!”
“That’s right! Sister, fighting!”
“I have absolutely no idea what’s going on….”
Wow, really. How did those two bicker and tease each other constantly, yet perfectly coordinate whenever there was someone to make fun of?
And that someone was usually me, which was frankly unpleasant….
“Han Jung-yeon told me you guys didn’t practice at all. Su-ah, why are you so good?”
“I have no idea either…. Kang Su-ah sometimes feels like logic doesn’t apply to her. I just figured, well, she’s Su-ah, so she’d be good.”
As luck would have it, our opponent was Daylight, the Archery champions from the last championship.
But since we also hadn’t practiced even once, the overall results turned out similarly. Well, we were purely carried by Kang Su-ah’s hard play….
The difference was that Daylight had already experienced the Arts Championship several times, so they fielded the same members from their last championship win.
But we just sent whoever from the pool of people who’d never done this, so our skill level was all over the place.
Yeo Eun-jae, who asked me about Kang Su-ah’s Archery skill, was actually famous within Daylight for shooting well.
Leader and Main Vocalist of all things…. The internet would definitely compare us for a while.
Same position, same final turn, completely different athletic ability….
“You good at Archery? You’re going last, huh.”
“…I guess? I’m not athletic. How about you?”
“I’m the Ace. That’s why I’m last~ But I didn’t get to practice at all this time, so who knows how it’ll go.”
“Still, you’re probably better than me.”
“Haha, really no confidence! Ji-on, are you that bad at athletics? You’re so good at music though….”
“Isn’t it weird to group music and athletics together under ‘arts’ in the first place? The fields are totally different.”
“That’s true. Ji-on’s sharp~”
While we exchanged this pointless banter, filming prep finished and Yeo Eun-jae and I each picked up our bows and took position in front of the targets.
Eun-jae was shooting first, and then it was my turn…. But.
“10 points! She opens with a clean 10 from the very first arrow!”
“Ah~ Yeo Eun-jae, living up to being the Ace of Daylight, the championship-winning team from last time!”
…….
There’s no way she didn’t practice, right? That was all lies?
Of course, considering how completely exhausted Eun-jae had looked until just now, ‘busy’ probably wasn’t an out-and-out lie, but still.
I moved my body as carefully as possible, thinking about proper Archery posture. Standing straight, keeping my supporting left arm firm, drawing the string with my right arm….
“…6 points! That’s okay, Ji-on!”
“But Daylight succeeds in taking the lead! Evergreat, who was narrowly ahead thanks to Su-ah’s stellar performance, will they fall behind now?!”
Yeah, it’s over.
I’m truly sorry to the fans watching, but I really am terrible at athletics. That’s a fact that won’t change….
Eun-jae went on to shoot one 8 and two 9s, while I shot one 4, one 7, and one 5, and we were soundly eliminated in the first round of Archery.
“Ji-on, you know something?”
“What, what weird thing are you about to say now….”
“You did everything you needed to do for Archery in this championship.”
At the time, I’d dismissed it as just one of Kang Su-ah’s strange comments and moved on….
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[RJD Visual Update This Arts Championship Archery (Groups Mixed)]
HOT!
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Female Division
(Scoreboard photo)
Daylight Han Jung-yeon
She was pretty on Lunar New Year too but got even prettier lol
Sounded regretful in the interview saying they didn’t practice so she didn’t shoot well hahaha
(Scoreboard photo)
Evergreat Seo Ji-on
They’re rookies so this is their first time but the moment they showed up on the scoreboard everyone started murmuring
(Close-up scoreboard photo of embarrassed face after badly shooting arrow)
But with that face she shot poorly at Archery so she was super embarrassed lol so many times but actually endearing
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I found out later that my face and expression captured on the scoreboard had become a hot topic….

Rewriting Top Girl Group Scenarios in My Own Hand
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: January 30, 2026
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