"Hyung, drop me off here."
He stopped the car in front of the fried chicken place the members liked.
"Here? Why?"
"You said the kids were waiting. They'll probably be hungry."
"Hey! You're a celebrity! You can't just wander around like this! I'll have it delivered to the dorm instead!"
"They give a 2,000 won discount for takeout here, hyung. Delivery fee is 4,500 won."
"Ah… really?"
It was the kind of company that said even meal money was a waste and put a 6,000 won per person limit at the tteokbokki shop near the company. Since the cheapest menu item was 6,500 won kimchi fried rice, the members always couldn't order more than seven dishes.
"Five hundred won is… kind of a lot."
When Gilseong muttered worriedly, Dansol reassured him.
"Don't worry, hyung. It's not even a franchise—there's no way anyone at Master Kim Misook's Soy Sauce Chicken is going to recognize me."
"Well, that's true… Then parking here is awkward, so I'll loop around and come back. Order first and wait."
"Huh?"
With his hoodie pulled over his head, Dansol turned back, and Gilseong held out a card.
"It's the company card. I'll explain it to the owner."
"Hyung, I have money."
"Make sure you get the receipt, and… use this."
Gilseong pulled the CEO's sunglasses and a fishing hat out of the glove box. The lightly red-tinted sunglasses were so transparent they didn't really hide anything, and the hat with a blue fish on it drew attention instead of avoiding it.
They were pointless items, but for today, Dansol decided to humor Gilseong's fussiness.
Ding—
When he pushed open the heavy wooden door and went in, the familiar bell rang. The inside was thick with the smell of frying oil and stale beer.
"Owner!"
Dansol called out to Kim Misook, the master of soy sauce chicken, as naturally as ever. The owner, who usually tossed out silly jokes like always, came out from the kitchen and greeted him.
"Huh?! You came! You came! Hey! Seonggu, do you know how long I've been waiting for you?!"
The chicken shop owner, Misook, always called Dansol "Byeon Seonggu," the role he'd played in a weekend drama. It wasn't unusual. When people occasionally recognized him as a celebrity, most of them were middle-aged adults—and what they knew wasn't Joo Dansol, but Byeon Seonggu.
"Huh?! Holy— it's really him?"
That was when a middle schooler at the table by the counter, with a hair roller in her bangs and staring into a mirror, shouted after spotting Dansol.
"You! Didn't I tell you to watch your mouth? What do you mean 'holy—'?!"
Misook smacked Soyul's back repeatedly as she scolded her, then seemed to notice Dansol and suddenly cleared her throat.
"I've mentioned her before, right? My daughter, Soyul."
"Ah… so you're Soyul… hi?"
Dansol awkwardly lifted a hand to greet her. Then Soyul suddenly screamed.
"Kyaaa! This is insane!"
Misook grabbed the flustered Dansol as he backed away and explained.
"No, my daughter was watching TV a few days ago, and you popped up. She wouldn't believe me no matter how much I told her you're a regular here. See? Mom was right, wasn't I?"
"Wow… holy— this is crazy…! Can I take a picture, oppa?"
Soyul had already pressed the shutter several times before she even asked. Dansol, who had never once refused a request for a photo or autograph in his life, froze and only managed to nod.
"Aaah!"
After taking several photos next to the blankly standing Dansol, Soyul immediately uploaded them to her story. While Soyul had her face buried in her phone, Dansol placed his order.
"Owner, two soy sauce, two spicy, two fried."
"Six chickens? Hey, Seonggu—how many little brothers did you say you had?"
"Dinosoul, eight!"
Before Dansol could answer, Soyul answered instead, still with her face buried in her phone.
"At that age, they should each be eating a whole chicken. I'll just give it to you today—take it."
"Huh?! No, it's okay. I have money!"
"Oppa! If a fan's giving you a gift, take it!"
"Yeah! It's fine! Take it!"
"But still…"
Misook, flustered by the word "fan," handed Dansol a sheet of paper. Somehow she'd printed it out—an autograph sheet with Dansol's portal profile photo on it.
"Then… could you at least sign one for me, so I can put it up in the shop?"
"Ah… my autograph…? But I don't really have a signature…"
"Oppa! My friend can get here in literally five minutes—can you wait? She's really, really your fan, please."
"Uh… okay…"
Anyway, it would take far more than five minutes for the chicken to be ready.
"Kyaaa! Thank you, oppa! If you don't have a signature, just write your name!"
"Uh… okay…"
Had five minutes even passed?
Dozens of kids as loud as Soyul poured into the shop.
When it became so packed that there wasn't even room to stand—friend of a friend, friend of a friend of a friend—Dansol finally realized how serious and ridiculous this situation was.
Before he knew it, Master Kim Misook's chicken shop had turned into Dansol's fan signing event.
Gilseong, waiting in the parking lot at a distance, only grasped what was happening after Soyul's uploaded photo of Dansol hit real-time trends.
—Hey, you crazy bastard! Are you out of your mind?! You sent a kid on a chicken errand?!
"Huh? Ah… you saw the card alert. The owner said Sol worked hard, so isn't it fine to swipe for some chicken? If it's really not okay, I'll pay again with my card."
—That's not the point, you idiot! The photo's out! The photo!
Only then did Gilseong rush into the chicken shop and drag Dansol out. Gilseong hurriedly covered his face, but the photos had already been taken.
Even then, Dansol was clutching eight whole chickens.
{RO Match Survival in Island}
They say Dansol came to the chicken place in my neighborhood, holy shit…
(Dansol.jpg — clutching chicken while getting dragged away by his manager)
⤷Sol… ㅠㅠㅠㅠ you could run a business, how many bags is that even
⤷It's eight chickens, looks like he's trying to do 1 chicken per member
⤷But can he be out while filming? The show hasn't ended yet
⤷Did Sol get eliminated?? Holy shit…
⤷No why would they… our baby hamster…
⤷No way, if Sol gets eliminated I'm not watching ㅠㅠㅠ
⤷Honestly though, it was kinda hard for him to make it to the end. The other cast are all top-tier name brands, and it's weird how he showed up out of nowhere and all the alphas got bewitched
⤷They got bewitched because he's worth it. Like you said, there's a reason top-tier alphas get bewitched, no?
⤷Guess they've been popular since birth. Just watch—give it a few years and Joo Dansol will eat this whole industry alive
⤷I'm here for the early shrine visit
⤷22222
Reason Sol isn't eliminated.
Jeong Daesu has a movie promo schedule tomorrow. Ma Taeoh also posted a dermatologist verification pic. Seems like they got a group vacation because of that Charles PD lawsuit thing from last season?
⤷Oh thank god holy shit ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
⤷Right, if Sol gets eliminated then who…
⤷That scared me for realㅋㅋㅋㅋ he was a total unknown baby and must've been shocked to be out there, our tiny baby
⤷But my friend is an assistant director at the station, and apparently that lawsuit is bigger than you'd think. Charles has a lawyer in the family, and back then his image got destroyed from evil editing and he attempted suicide and stuff, so filming might be fully suspended?
⤷No… then what about my Saturday nights
⤷Someone died and you're acting like a psychopath…
⤷He didn't die, it was an attempt, and it's not confirmed. Like being an assistant director means you know everything. Just the main PD's lackey.
Even if this isn't true, PD Choi being famous for evil editing is a fact. I always thought he'd get screwed big someday. But not this season ㅠㅠㅠ
I have Sol-minsu items at my house.
(3rd Sea Man Fishing Competition hat.jpg)
⤷Our baby… fishes…?
⤷Why do you even have thatㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ where did you get it, OP
⤷My dad's…
⤷I'm dyingㅋㅋㅋㅋ I was gonna ask because the hat's cute and I wanted to Sol-minsu it ㅠㅠㅠ Like why is the fish logo so cute if it's called Sea Man
⤷Where are those tinted sunglasses from?
⤷With the sunglasses it makes the fishing hat look hip
⤷Yeahㅠㅠ even a fishing hat becomes street fashion on you, Dansol…
I was laughing at the fishing hat then I looked at my vanity and I have the same sunglasses as Sol…
(pink tinted sunglasses.jpg)
My mom wears these for hiking… no way?
⤷I thought the fishing hat thing was bait but this is real…
⤷Did you steal Sol's parents' items
⤷But why does it actually suit himㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
⤷He pulls off anything, born idol…
⤷I was there that day, he really signed every single one and took every photo, seriously Dansol was literally an angel. Even as a beta I'm losing it, if I were an alpha I'd have already kidnapped him ㅠㅠ
(Photo — Dansol's signature posted at Master Kim Misook's Soy Sauce Chicken)
⤷Holy shitㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so honest: JOO. DAN. SOL.
⤷He's an idol but he doesn't even have a signature, why ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
⤷I feel like he wrote that sweating buckets too, so cute ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
⤷He's seriously a loveball ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Dansol-ah
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