Chapter 256: MV Teaser
The MV shoot continued for the entire day — from solo scenes to the unit and to the group, then finally, the group dance.
It took them an entire day. If it was a normal company and equipment, the shoot might have taken them two to tree days. But with the help of Book Pages (sponsored by Flower Garden), everything went by quickly.
After the long tiring day, for the first time, Rayen felt grateful when Plotter appeared before them again. That meant that the challenge was over. He no longer needed to imitate that lazy ass.
However, he was happy too early.
When Plotter stood before them, he announced "Okay. The challenge is over! But—"
"But?"
"Here comes the voting! Who do you think will receive a reward and will be punished?"
...
Three days later.
The sun had just hidden itself in the sky. Slowly, the moon peeked from beyond the clouds. As Choi Jiho watched from the window with a glass of wine in his hand, the door to his room suddenly flung open.
"Bro! Have you seen this?"
Han Daon glanced at the person who just entered, a frown on his face. "Can’t you knock?"
"Oh, I’m sorry." Han Daon scratched the back of his head. "By the way, have you seen this?"
Seeing that Han Daon showed no guilt at all, Choi Jiho sighed. He then turned his gaze toward the phone in his hand.
[SEEDZ Don Juan MV Teaser 1]
"Seedz?" Choi Jiho muttered.
"Yeah, that seed! You know, the recent trending boy group from that co-ed idol audition show?"
"I know that much."
"They coincided with our comeback week."
"I can see that."
He didn’t really need that explanation from him. What is he, a caveman?
Suddenly, Choi Jiho snatched the phone from Han Daon. Walking to the counter, he placed the wine glass atop it then used it as a phone stand. He did this because Han Daon was moving too much, and he wanted to see the video clearly. However, because the phone was too heavy, the wine glass tipped over and spilled its contents.
"Ah!!! My phone!" Han Daon exclaimed.
Immediately, he rescued his phone from the spilling liquid, looking grievously at Choi Jiho.
"....." Choi Jiho feigned a cough.
Well... That was his fault.
"Go on. Play it."
"What?" Han Daon asked as he focused on wiping his phone.
"The video."
"Ah. Alright. I’ll just hold it, okay?" Han Daon said with pleading eyes.
’Please don’t destroy my phone!’
Choi Jiho didn’t respond and just let him do what he wanted.
Soon after, Han Daon tapped the play button.
The video began with a close-up shot of a red door. A familiar, but unfamiliar arrangement of Twinkle Little Star seemed to be playing inside the room.
Slowly, slowly, the door got closer. Once the door was close enough, the knob twisted by itself, then suddenly, it swung open, revealing a white king-sized bed bathed in red moonlight.
Rayen’s shrill voice suddenly resounded.
"I don’t want to!!!
Don’t wanna, wanna get up yet."
Han Daon almost flung his phone away in surprise. This sudden scream scared him out of his wits.
In the video, the camera got pushed out of the room by an invisible force as the red door slammed shut again.
[DON JUAN April 01 | 6 PM KST]
The video ended.
Han Daon blinked with cold sweat covering his forehead. "What was that? Did I really just watch an MV teaser and not a horror movie teaser?"
Even the contents of the comment section were filled with similar sentiments as Han Daon’s.
– I jumped out in fright! What the hell is with that jumpscare?!
– Is this a horror movie?
– I saw someone inside the room!
– Who’s the person sleeping in the room earlier?
– Whaa... Yeo Haru looks so hot sleeping!
– That’s Yeo Haru?
– Wow, I already know that SEEDZ is good at coming up with concepts. They proved it once again! I’m so excited!
– Yeah, right! 5th-gen groups nowadays mostly have light concepts. It’s getting underwhelming.
– Sucky old people only like these kinds of concepts. Seedz Flop! Outdated concepts!
– Go away, hater!
Han Daon chuckled. "Look, in just an hour, they already have a hundred thousand views for their MV teaser! I’m so jealous! Survival show groups are really something else."
Choi Jiho sighed and shook his head. "Youth is prime."
As the words left his mouth, he stared at the pool of red wine on his countertop.
"Geez. You sound like an old man!"
Silently, he trotted to the bathroom to retrieve a washcloth.
"Am I not?" Choi Jiho chuckled dryly as he walked.
Han Daon pursed his lips. "At least, we’re not yet in our late twenties!"
Just as Han Daon finished speaking, he suddenly heard a hard thud coming from the bathroom. He flinched. Standing up from the stool, he hurried toward the door.
"Bro?"
However, he didn’t find Choi Jiho anywhere despite looking left and right.
"Bro? Where are you? I just heard something—?"
"I’m here... Help me up."
Han Daon lowered his gaze and finally found Choi Jiho lying on the ground, the shower nostle twisted all over his body like a rope binding him.
"What... happened?"
"... I was trying to wet the washcloth in the shower, but I accidentally slipped. Fortunately, I managed to protect my head."
Han Daon was speechless.
’How can you be this clumsy?!’
...
At the same time, at Flower Garden Agency, SEEDZ were wrapping up the last stretch of their choreography. Once Yeo Haru finished counting the steps, the group all collapsed to the floor.
"I’m tired, beep," Yeo Haru cursed.
Most of them didn’t respond, but they all felt the same.
As they rested on the practice room floor, Rayen pulled out his phone to browse the internet. As far as he remembered, this was the day the first MV teaser would he released, so he planned to monitor the situation online.
When he looked at the time though, he realized that a few hours had already gone by since the scheduled release of the teaser. They were far too occupied to even notice it.
First, he checked the comment section of the teaser on UCube. It was overwhelmingly positive.
– The teaser is already here?
– I’m really excited! I hope the days pass by quickly!
– Rayen, Prickles is always here for you. Fighting!
After reading a few comments, he headed toward Y.
Since Rayen used his info details on creating his hater account, he didn’t have any other information to register for a new one, so he could only silently lurk online using this account.
Yet, because most of his followers here were "fellow" haters, all Rayen could see were hate posts for the incoming debut.
[WEEDZ horror concept, slay or flop?]
– Flop Weedz
– Seriously, a dark horror concept? Isn’t that too outdated?
– I heard Rayuck’s voice in the teaser. So much filter lolol.
– Those nameless fans are already celebrating. As if floppy seeds would succeed.
This was truly a completely different point of view from earlier. Rayen closed his Y app and sighed.
’Let’s just show these haters that we won’t flop.’