By Zephyria 
Waiting backstage, I gaped at the people gathering to enjoy the showcase.
‘Are all those people here to see our performance?’
There were quite a few fans who came to see the showcase. No, there were quite a lot of them. The reaction was unusual from the announcement of the showcase application, and the live hall where we were performing today was packed.
The other members, except for me, expressed excitement and anticipation for the stage rather than nervousness.
I could guess how much they were looking forward to this comeback from their flushed cheeks and trembling hands.
Ra Ho-yeon gasped.
“Finally, this day has come.”
Seo Yun-chae grinned.
“Not a shabby stage followed by indifference and controversy, but a day when we can show a stage we’ve worked hard to prepare just for us?”
“Yeah. Yun-chae, you can’t control your excitement either.”
As Ra Ho-yeon pointed out, Seo Yun-chae had been restlessly wandering around the waiting room since a while ago.
“I’m just checking the stage choreography.”
It was an obvious lie to anyone.
However, Ra Ho-yeon and the other members didn’t bother to point it out and moved on.
A staff member came and announced that it was almost time to go on stage.
“Secrety members, please check your costumes and microphones one last time!”
As soon as the staff left, the company President, with fire in her eyes, made an appearance.
She clenched her fists and cheered us on.
“You all know that this album was prepared by grinding both capital and soul, right?”
“Yes!”
“Do your best to make it the best day for the fans who came to see Secrety’s performance. That’s the least you can do for those who waited for you.”
“Understood!”
An indescribable thrill flowed through my whole body.
I memorized the lyrics, melody, and choreography so perfectly that I could perform them even in my dreams. It was thanks to the strict choreography teacher and two members who crammed it into my head.
It was a really grueling time… but the moment I went on stage, I forgot all the painful memories.
Camera flashes and the lights of official cheering sticks, twinkling like stars, brightly illuminated the darkness along with people’s shouts.
Wowwww-.
The title song I had prepared sounded like a mosquito’s buzz in the midst of the cheers that penetrated through the in-ear monitors.
But my body, trained repeatedly, immediately found its place and took its stance.
At that moment, I couldn’t hear anything, not even the whisper that I could do well if I just did as I practiced.
I just entrusted myself to the music that was playing.
It was a strange feeling.
In a bizarre sensation as if my body wasn’t my own, the stage ended in an instant. It wasn’t like we had prepared a small number of songs, but that moment passed quickly as if someone had fast-forwarded time.
The fans screamed at us, panting blankly, in high-pitched voices.
“Encore!”
“Wow, this performance was crazy!”
“Yujin, look over here!”
I could finally see the cheering slogans among the swaying lights.
‘It went well…’
The fans were happy.
And the members, who I could see just by turning my head.
They were shining brighter than the stars with expressions full of joy, even more than the enthusiastic fans.
“Thank you, everyone! Always save you! This has been Secrety. Thank you!”
Until Ra Ho-yeon, the leader, shouted the ending remarks and we came down.
I was unsure whether this was reality or not.
Of course, after that, I pulled myself together and went to the music shows that followed one after another like a string of dried fish, realizing that it was real.
…It wasn’t a bad experience.
[Entertainment Gossip Category]
Anyone see Secrety’s comeback stage this time?
⤷ Nana
⤷ They came out with their swords drawn??
⤷ I’m a Guardian who went to the showcase, and this mini-album is amazing. You can tell that the company President spent a lot of money on it, even selling her car and watch ⤷ There are two title songs, and there’s nothing to skip ⤷ The concept of the first love Prince protecting only Guardians and the oriental bodyguard concept of not being able to let go of a desperately one-sided lover… From the stage costumes to the songs, there’s nothing to skip T_T As a 1st generation Guardian, I’m crying ⤷ What, isn’t ㅇㅇㅈ still a troublemaker there?
⤷ When was that news ㅋㅋ Our Yujin worked hard and took all the killing parts of this title with Yun-chae ⤷ Oh, really?
⤷ The music video is really well-made too! Streaming is a must ⤷ The interpretation of Secrety’s “Following the Stars to You” and “Red Plum Blossom” music videos ㅠㅠ is so sad. It seems like this is connected to the worldview… “Following the Stars to You” is the past life and “Red Plum Blossom” is the afterlife, and they want to achieve the love that couldn’t be achieved in the past life in the afterlife, but just like in the past life, they protect the heart of the woman who has someone she loves, and they give up their own love and become a red plum blossom… Damn…
⤷ A Guardian crying while clutching a pillow
⤷ It’s poison, but it’s so delicious that I’m crying while gulping it down ⤷ My tear button
⤷ Who is the female lead in the music video? Why didn’t she choose our Se-doongs???? I can’t understand how she can go to someone else even after seeing that beauty and skill ⤷ From today, I’m going to bring a red plum blossom to plant in my yard ⤷ Secrety: Cry! Me: Waaah Yes!
The first mini-album was a huge hit, so to speak.
Secrety even entered the TOP 10 charts, which they had never been able to do before, and the music video also easily surpassed ten million views, causing a sensation.
It seemed that the narrative in the music video that Shin Tae-beom had carefully crafted had worked.
It was when we got into the van alone to go to the next schedule.
Shin Tae-beom, who had been twitching his lips while looking for positive reactions, said smugly.
“The more solid the narrative hidden in the story, the more it increases the pleasure of the people who dig it out and interpret it.”
I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I just cheered him on to do well.
Just searching for music video-related things on the internet with my phone showed a series of music video interpretation posts.
On the other hand,
The speaker of
There were quite a few people who were in tears because they put elements that could be easily interpreted in various places in the music video.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about even when I listen to it…”
Then Seo Yun-chae clicked his tongue.
“I feel sorry for you who doesn’t know the beauty of love.”
“Are you treating me like an idiot? What do I not know? I can confidently say that I know more about camaraderie than anyone else here?”
As I retorted fiercely, all the Secrety members’ eyes widened, and then they filled with pity.
“Oh dear…”
“He must have died a virgin in his past life.”
“Well. Camaraderie is also love, but it’s a pity.”
Ra Ho-yeon, Shin Tae-beom, and Seo Yun-chae mocked me.
“You guys…!”
It’s true that I died a virgin, but there are wounds that can be touched and wounds that can’t be touched.
Being a virgin was a wound that should not be touched.
“Okay. Let’s see the taste of a guy who died a virgin.”
“Aaaagh!”
While I was putting the bad members in a headlock and inducing them to say they surrendered, Cha Si-yoon tilted his head.
“Um? Still, Hyungs, that partner you mentioned, what was his name? Hyeon Jae-ha? Didn’t you have something going on with that person?”
Cha Si-yoon’s words made me lose my strength.
In the meantime, Seo Yun-chae quickly escaped, but I couldn’t even think of catching him and stammered.
“Wh, wh, what are you talking about. Jae-ha and I are just colleagues and close friends…”
“But even though he was reborn in a completely different form, he still recognized you, and he kept coming to see An Ga-hyeon without us knowing and had conversations, and decisively… he couldn’t forget and longed for one person for as long as 20 years? I think that in itself is already love.”
What does the youngest member here know to be so sure?
“Wh, what? It’s not like that. Jae-ha is just… a very affectionate kid. He felt sorry and resentful for losing me, his partner Guide, so…”
“Even so, I don’t think he would chase after a dead person by dedicating his life to it.”
“……”
When I closed my mouth, the other members in the car became quiet.
Everyone was just rolling their eyes and silently agreeing with Cha Si-yoon’s words.
[ Did he hit the nail on the head? ]
Even Potato grinned and poked the top of my head.
‘Jae-ha… feels that way about me?’
The moment a confusing emotion tried to overwhelm me like a receding tide.
Manager Hyung came back to the car.
“Oh, am I late, guys? Let’s hurry up and go to the next schedule.”
“Yes, yes…”
‘I have to pull myself together.’
This schedule was important.
One of the three criminal candidates that Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit had narrowed down was participating in this schedule together.