While Won Hajun broadcasted a W-Live stream destined for K-pop history, the remaining members gathered in the practice room in anxious silence, minus the two who had sprinted back to the dorm. Ryu Cheongwoo was out of his mind handling calls from the company.

“Yes. No, he isn’t taking my calls either… Right now Eugene and Sejin are heading to the dorm, so I assume…”

On screen, the troublemaker dropped a bomb without a care for his teammates’ rising blood pressure.

“Ah, right. Let’s make this live stream an exposure session.”

“What!?”

“What is he going to expose? Not comeback spoilers, right…?”

Breaking character, Ryu Cheongwoo snatched the phone from Park Moondae’s hand, typing fast in the chat box begging Hajun to stop. It had the opposite effect.

“Let’s start with Ryu Cheongwoo. He nags way too much. If you marry that guy, you’ll…”

“…”

“Ah, I’m glad it isn’t spoilers. Since we haven’t done anything wrong, when he says exposure session, he’s just sharing piecemeal facts about us with Loviewers…” Kim Raebin rambled on.

Won Hajun, grumbling on screen while listing Ryu Cheongwoo’s flaws, looked straight into the camera with an eye-smile.

“…So, how about me instead of Ryu Cheongwoo?”

“…A-Are you proposing to Loviewers…?”

“Cough!”

Lee Sejin, peeking over Moondae’s shoulder while sipping water, choked and coughed. Seeing a sick guy launch a live stream out of nowhere and throw flirtatious lines at fans left him stunned. Overlapping with the line Hajun had dropped right before practice—’That man made you cry’—Sejin wondered if falling sick turned Hajun into a romantic drama lead. The other members wore similar, dazed expressions.

Ryu Cheongwoo, holding the phone, spoke in a careful tone. “So… the PR team called. They said it seems fine to leave him be. Sejin and the manager are on their way there right now, so let’s get back to—”

“Wait a sec, hold on.”

Hajun’s voice cut through from the screen. Everyone watched in silence, sensing trouble.

“Someone keeps asking to see my abs. Do you want to see them that bad?”

“…!?”

“!!!”

“Crazy…!”

Lee Sejin leaped up in shock, twisting his ankle with a sharp cry. As the others rushed over, Sejin turned beet red from embarrassment.

“Are you okay??”

“Are you alright??”

“I-It’s no big deal! Stop him! Stop that guy!!” Lee Sejin shouted, pointing at the screen three seconds away from a strip show.

Ryu Cheongwoo examined Sejin’s ankle while Seon Ahyun brought over cooling spray. On screen, Hajun lifted the hem of his shirt, teasing the viewers before catching a comment Moondae had typed in haste.

Hajun smirked, letting the shirt drop. “The kids say don’t take it off.”

Are we supposed to tell you to take it off!? Can an idol even do this on a real-time live stream?!

“That crazy guy is ruining his entire image…!”

Lowering his clothes, Hajun brought the camera close to his face and stuck his red tongue out.

“Per-vert.”

“…”

Silence. Realizing the stream had ended, Ryu Cheongwoo blinked at the dark screen.

“…He turned it off.”

“…”

“Uh… Let’s contact the manager and get you to the hospital… Sejin-ah?”

“—@#*&%×;!!!”

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After the brief, intense W-Live stream wrapped up and Lee Sejin headed to the hospital with the manager, the remaining members could no longer focus on practice. Taking a break under the name of self-directed practice, Park Moondae used the time to check online reactions. Clickbait titles were drawing wild engagement.

[Won Hajun Dub-App controversy summary (128)]

[Male idol calling fans perverts (204)]

[Birth of a Dub-App stream that will go down in K-pop legend (173)]

[Today’s W-Live male idol strip-stream (256)]

He clicked on the post with the most comments.

[Today’s W-Live male idol strip-stream]

Subject: TeSTAR Won Hajun (Won Hajun lifting t-shirt hem.gif)

(Won Hajun sticking tongue out and mouthing pervert.gif)

Broadcast teasing viewers whether to strip or not ^^

– !!!Cra!zy!guy!!! (means I love it)

– Ha.. I knew it and clicked in anyway

– 3 hours stuck on this post fk yeah I’m a pervert – What, he didn’t strip

└ Did you expect him to? Per♡vert

└ Per♡vert └ Per♡vert └ Per♡vert

└ vert♡Per

└ Per♡vert

└ Pervert♡

└ What’s with this comment unity

└ Per♡vert

– Predictability rising ^^

– Ah haha title clickbait is crazy did you think I’d get hooked? You hooked me so take responsibility fk

– (Deleted comment)

└ Wait;; This isn’t it

└ Go somewhere else

└ Crazed bastard, minors see this too

└ What did they say… makes me curious for no reason…

└ (Poof)

└ Wow,,

└ Aww missed it ㅠㅠㅠ

– Is this real? From today? Is the replay up??

└ Yeah today’s stream, around 2 PM?

└ Replay not up yet it seems

└ Ha.. I was in class ㅠㅠ thanks for the reply

└ It isn’t long so gifs and clips are everywhere, search it

└ Thanks, I’ll look!

Even mild community forums showed this level of chaos. Fearing the state of underground forums, Park Moondae checked Won Hajun’s solo fan accounts.

– Not eating at the same table as anyone who missed Won Hajun’s Dub-Live

– Push-and-pull master.. even if you made me a pervert and didn’t show abs I love you crazy guy

– Today’s Dub-App review: paradise – Hand over the Bear-headed Fox title ASAP. What dragon, he’s a nine-tailed fox with 999,999 tails;;

└ Don’t bring your sasaeng child here

└ Crossing the line?

└ Don’t fight, tie them together as Fox Brothers

└ Solomon right here

– Renaming myself Kim Pervert today. Don’t stop me

└ Sure

└ No, stop me a little bit

– True story) Watching in company restroom, held back scream at ‘pervert’ and banged side stall, person inside banged at the exact same time. Person in side stall… was my department deputy manager. Deputy manager… is a Loviewer.

└ What happened to you..?

└ She asked me to eat lunch together tomorrow (……)

└ Hang in there,,!

– Where does this crazy guy learn to flick his tongue without fearing women? Is he asking for a kiss?

Reactions were hot. To a terrifying degree. Park Moondae scrolled down, checking fan sentiment. Fans were shouting in text, looking satisfied despite their fierce tone.

– I’m suing fk

– 1. I miss you 2. How about me 3. Pervert…… Goodbye everyone I’m going first o(-(

– Ever thought about getting married by force to a fan? Be prepared cause it can happen

– How about me? How about me????? What do we do with this guilty FOX??? Applying for marriage right now

└ Gotta draw a ticket number

└ People in line could circle the Earth seven times

– Looking up international marriage registration procedures right now fk wait for me crazy guy

– Got a proposal, fainted for a sec, didn’t realize server crashed. To think there was more behind it fk fk f**k

└ Are you listening Dub-App do your job

└ Fix server management for real

– Tongue so red and sexy

└ Pervert

└ Pervert? At this level? Troublesome if you act like this already

– Hajun Assi needs to be beaten up

└ Looks like we’re meeting up at Cheongju Women’s Prison

“What are you doing?”

Park Moondae exited social media and raised his head. Ryu Cheongwoo walked over, noticing him holding his phone alone in the corner.

“…Just monitoring.”

“Earlier’s W-Live?”

“Yes. I’m done looking now.”

Moondae turned off the screen and stood up. Cheongwoo asked in a low voice.

“How are the reactions? …Does it seem okay?”

“…Yes.”

Didn’t lie.

“That’s a relief.”

“…”

A relief… is it? Moondae squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again, feeling like the intense fan reactions were still flickering before his eyes. As practice ended, Ryu Cheongwoo packed up the members. Leaving the practice room, Park Moondae spoke up as a thought struck him.

“Is it okay if we drop by a fruit shop for a moment?”

“Fruit?”

“Yes. A while ago… someone asked me for something.”