I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish Chapter 42

As if waiting for the cue, sultry music began to flow. Yooyeon, who had already performed a ‘dance initiation’ on another broadcast, was the first to move.

 

It was a slow wave starting from his lower body. Even though it was a basic movement of rolling his hips, the slight tilt of his head and his gaze made it feel provocative.

 

“Whoo! As expected of the main dancer!” 

 

Yulmu shouted, cupping his hands. 

 

Yeonha, watching alongside them, also enjoyed the flirting of his junior who was clearly full of spirit.

 

 – That crazy fox is causing trouble again today.

 – Yooyeon’s sexy dance is something you can always trust.

 – If you start like that, what are Jihan and Baekya supposed to do? lol

 – Yeonha is watching like he’s at his grandson’s talent show lol

 – There was a rumor that the sexy dance he did on the senior group’s V-app was rated 19+ and deleted; is that true?

 

The fans’ reaction was hot. The only ones unable to enjoy this moment were Jihan and Baekya. The two, waiting their turn, locked eyes. Of all things, it had to be the two worst at this.

 

You go first, hyung.

No, you go first.

 

They gestured back and forth. No sound, yet their conversation felt audible.

 

“Alright, next! Jihan~!”

 

As Yooyeon took a step back after cutting his dance at a reasonable point, Yulmu called out the next runner.

 

‘Na Yulmu, nice!’

 

Baekya cheered internally. Conversely, Jihan had a troubled expression.

 

Walking out to the center, Jihan looked at the camera and bit his lip slightly. 

 

Should I do a wave or something?

 

As a flustered Jihan pondered while slowly licking his lower lip—

 

“As expected.”

 

“So sexy~”

 

Minseong and Cheong’s exclamations followed, and the chat window surged frantically.

 

 – He just bit his lip and it’s a K.O.

 – Overwhelming sexiness.

 – Wow, he’s totally lost it. Han Jihan is crazy;;

 – Languid + Sensitive + Sexy = Jihan.

 

“Wow~ his very existence is sexy!”

 

Yulmu, after applauding Jihan, immediately shouted Baekya’s name.

 

“Next is Baekya~!”

 

“……Me?”

 

Baekya, who’d been watching Jihan’s dance in shared misery, widened his eyes.

 

What? What did Han Jihan even do?

 

His wandering eyes landed on Jihan.

 

What was that?

 

I don’t know.

 

The two had reached a stage where they could converse just through their eyes. Pushed onto the ‘stage’, Baekya swallowed hard.

 

‘Regular dancing is hard enough, but sexy dancing? Someone, please help…!’

 

He screamed internally. And then, the savior who had come to ruin his life appeared.

 

[Switching to Auto-Mode.]

[Skill <Dance God Dance King (C) Activated!]

 

The status window appeared, and his body began to move on its own.

 

‘What is this now?’

 

He thought he had fully figured out this trash game, but it had even more hidden moves. It was terrifying.

 

‘No! Cancel! I’m not doing it! I won’t!’

 

 Baekya shouted urgently. However, the system had never once failed to ignore his expectations.

 

[Mode cannot be deactivated while the skill is active.]

[Time Remaining: 00:01:42]

 

‘Dammit!’

 

The ‘Dance God’ had descended upon Baekya’s body. Baekya, having lost control of his body to the system while remaining fully conscious, began a demonic dance move that could bewitch people.

 

The sunfish turned around with grim determination. He spread his legs shoulder-width apart, then—’clap!’—placed his hands on his hips and swept them upward with a wave.

 

“Pfft.” 

 

Yeonha barely suppressed a burst of laughter.

 

With his left hand on his waist, the ‘Dance God Dance King’ twisted his upper body halfway and swept his hair behind his ear with his right hand. He was flirting with absolute intent, but the hamster still seemed far from sexy.

 

“Pff!” 

 

Minseong, unable to hold it in any longer, finally made a sound. He covered his mouth and turned his head away.

 

“Ahem. That’s a warning over there.” 

 

Yulmu held up a yellow cue card toward Minseong. Having received a yellow card, Minseong bowed his head and made a gesture of apology.

 

On the other hand, Baekya’s dance remained unshaken despite the noise. Yooyeon, for some reason, felt that Baekya seemed a bit unfamiliar.

 

‘…Is that really Han Baekya?’

 

Doubt began to sprout. It made no sense that a guy who usually struggled with regular dancing was performing a sexy dance without even a change in expression.

 

‘Ah. Did he just mentally check out?’

 

Just as Yooyeon, who was observing Baekya closely, was about to intervene and cut him off—

 

“Whoo! Go Baekya! Go Baekya!”

 

Cheong whistled and cheered. It was because of Baekya’s sudden outburst of lying down on the floor. Lying on his side, he raised one leg straight up into the air. His gaze was fixed forward over his shoulder. His eyes were steady.

 

That persistent gaze, which found exactly which camera’s red light was on in an instant, made his idol-like qualities stand out even more.

 

“Crazy.” 

 

A horrified Yooyeon covered his reflexively opening mouth. It was as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have.

 

In a grand finale that felt like burning out the last flame, cheers and applause erupted even among the staff.

 

 – Look at him finding the camera instantly

 – Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is Baekya insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The ultimate king of Sexy-Cutie.

 – So freaking cute!! My gums are getting dry from smiling.

 – It’s cute, but he’s working so hard that I actually feel bad for him ㅠㅠ but I love it so much.

 – I really want to kidnap him and run away.

 

[Time Remaining: 00:00:00]

[Auto-Mode is deactivated.]

 

Thud.

 

His body returned to him, and Baekya’s leg fell helplessly to the floor. 

 

Flop.

 

The sunfish flipped over and buried his face in his arms.

 

‘I’m screwed…….’

 

How was he supposed to fix this? He couldn’t. Baekya was too embarrassed to lift his head.

 

“The sexiest member of DASE seems to be this person, right?”

 

As the music ended, Yeonha approached Baekya, bent down, and patted his back.

 

“Get up, Sexy King.”

 

Where did all that momentum that dominated the stage just a moment ago go? Only a limp hamster remained on the floor.

 

“This was exactly why I pointed at Baekya~” 

 

Yulmu said, clapping with pride.

 

“Get up.”

 

“Hyung, you’ll catch a cold!”

 

Jihan and Cheong approached and grabbed Baekya’s arms on each side, forcibly standing him up.

 

“Please, just leave me alone……”

 

Baekya, still unable to lift his head, buried his face in his palms.

 

“Hey! You did so well, why are you like that?”

 

When Cheong tried to pull Baekya’s hands down, the hamster escaped him and hid behind Yulmu. Thanks to Yulmu’s large stature, Baekya was instantly hidden.

 

“Don’t. Please……”

 

Baekya bumped his forehead against Yulmu’s back. Caught off guard, Yulmu staggered forward and glanced back with a joke.

 

“Whoa, that startled me. For a second, I thought a bull was ramming me~”

 

Yulmu guessed Baekya must be extremely embarrassed and kindly spoke on his behalf.

 

“If we talk about something else, he’ll come out on his own. Our kid here is very shy.”

 

Yulmu shook his head, saying he was worried since he didn’t raise him this way. Despite the teasing, it was a clean wrap-up, and the reaction in the chat was positive.

 

“Then we’ll hold the Sexy King coronation ceremony in a little while.”

 

Yeonha, smiling slightly, picked up on the comment and read the next question.

 

“Next, I’ll ask a question posted by Baepsae.”

 

It was a question related to the music video.

 

“The Want Me music video became a huge topic as soon as it was released. In fact, DASE is the first male idol group to do a ‘doll’ concept.”

 

Yeonha addressed Cheong.

 

“In the music video, were the scenes of the members inside the doll boxes CG?”

 

Cheong answered with a bright smile.

 

“No. We actually went inside!”

 

Cheong spread his arms to draw a large circle.

 

“We each went into a box this big and stayed still like mannequins.”

 

“—yo.” 

 

“……yo!”

 

(TL note: ‘Yo’ here is like a polite honorific. Cheong is being corrected on his speech.)

 

Yooyeon poked Cheong’s arm, pointing out his informal speech. Remembering they were on broadcast, Cheong quickly accepted the advice and grinned sheepishly, glancing at Yeonha and the camera.

 

“Then was the dollhouse also built to actual scale?”

 

When Yeonha asked, Minseong answered as if he had been waiting.

 

“Are you curious?”

 

“Yes. I’m very curious.”

 

It was time for the behind-the-scenes footage of DASE’s music video set—which had already been hinted at through eyewitness accounts—to be revealed.

 

“That’s why we prepared this. The Want Me Making-of film that you can only see on Dase HA-DAY!”

 

Minseong, with a solemn face, looked at the camera and gestured.

 

“Let’s watch it together.”

 

The screen transitioned, showing DASE performing their choreography.

 

[WANT ME M/V Filming Site]

 

The song playing loudly was the 2nd verse bridge. It was Yooyeon’s part. The main dancer walked toward the camera, performing the solo choreography among the members who had stopped moving. Just before the chorus, the scene changed to show the members gathered in a corner of the set.

 

They were holding various cute stickers. Yulmu, spotting the camera, asked Baekya:

 

[Yulmu: What are we doing right now?]

 

[Baekya: Putting on stickers!]

 

Baekya answered while peeling off a sticker and placing it on Yulmu’s cheek.

 

Press.

 

His touch seemed to have a bit of emotion behind it. As he pressed down hard on his friend’s face under the pretext of the sticker, Yulmu struggled.

 

[Yulmu: Ugh. Baekya, stop. That…!]

 

[Baekya: No. It’ll fall off.]

 

His curved eyes made it clear he was enjoying himself. As the large dog caught by the hamster struggled, the other members were also busy putting stickers on each other’s faces.

 

[Cheong: Come here! I’ll put one on you.]

 

[Yooyeon: ……Haven’t you put on too many?]

 

Yooyeon made a disgusted face when he saw Cheong. Stickers were attached not just to his cheeks, but his nose and forehead as well. It was obvious he had put them on himself.

 

[Yooyeon: Seriously, let’s at least take off the one on your forehead.]

 

It was a music video, after all; they couldn’t film it looking ridiculous. Yooyeon reached out. However, Cheong quickly crossed his arms over his face in refusal.

 

[Cheong: No! Jihan put it there!]

 

Who put what where? Yooyeon’s head turned to the side.