I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish Chapter 80

The hand movements unwrapping the chocolate were definitely unnatural.

 

When one fan raised a question, other fans must have examined Baekya’s hand closely too, as comments speculating that he was wearing a cast flooded in.

 

“He must be hurt.”

 

Without realizing it, the roommate was watching Baekya with a pitying look.

 

After struggling for over 10 seconds to unwrap what usually takes 1 second, the peach finally took a bite. While chewing and resting, he held the chocolate out in front of him.

 

The camera couldn’t see it, but it looked like someone had come over and was standing opposite him.

 

– Ah, camera is so frustrating. I could film better with my foot ㅠ Is it Nam?

– They’re filming secretly so it can’t be helped.

– Who is Nam?

– Let’s just wait until Cheong’s birthday party. Cheong secretly turned on the camera too.

 

It had only been 5 minutes, but the fans were already fighting, worrying, and causing a commotion among themselves. The roommate watched the comment situation with confused eyes.

 

The camera seemed to grasp the situation roughly and adjusted the angle slightly so all four people could be seen.

 

– Eh, what? That’s Manager Namkyung. Then is the camera director Manager Deok right now?

– 2 minutes until Cheong’s birthday~~

 

The other members must have gone to prepare the cake, as they weren’t visible on screen.

 

At that moment, a hand popped out, grabbed the camera, and switched the view. The chat exploded at the extreme close-up of Yulmu filling the screen.

 

[Yulmu: We turned on U-App to prepare for Cheong’s birthday party. Nights, please celebrate with us.]

 

Since he was likely in the hallway outside the practice room, he spoke in a whisper, turning the atmosphere into ASMR.

 

Yulmu handed the camera back to Deokjin. He gestured to the camera and approached Jihan and Yooyeon, who were crouching a little distance away from the practice room door.

 

[Yooyeon: Did you get the lighter?]

 

[Yulmu: Yeah. Here.]

 

Yulmu handed the lighter he got from Namkyung to Yooyeon. A whipped cream cake with colorful English candles stuck in it. Jihan checked his wristwatch and stood up.

 

[Jihan: I’ll turn off the lights right at 12, so come in immediately.]

 

[Yulmu: Okay~]

 

Still whispering, the three of them made the chat fill with people claiming their insomnia had just been cured.

 

[Cheong: Where did you guys go?]

 

[Jihan: Bathroom.]

 

Faithful to the script, Jihan stood in front of the water purifier pretending to drink water while checking the time.

 

3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second.

 

As soon as it hit 12 o’clock sharply, Jihan reached out and turned off the lights. The practice room plunged into darkness in an instant.

 

[Cheong: What’s the!?]

 

[Minseong: …Is it a blackout?]

 

[Cheong: Turn on phone! Flash!]

 

Thanks to agreeing beforehand not to hold any light-emitting objects, the small green light leaking from the water purifier was the only light in the practice room.

 

When Cheong took out his phone, Minseong deliberately nudged his hand, making it drop onto the sofa.

 

[Cheong: Why did you hit me!]

 

Cheong flared up as Minseong slapped the back of his hand one more time when he tried to pick it up.

 

It took some time for eyes to adjust to the darkness in the pitch-black room. Just then, with the sound of the door opening, a flickering red light illuminated the interior.

 

[DASE: Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday to~ you~]

 

True to being a multinational group, DASE sang the birthday song customized for the member. However, the latter part was a bit difficult to proceed in English, so they hastily replaced it with Korean.

 

[DASE: Happy birthday to our beloved Cheong~]

 

[Cheong: What the….]

 

Cheong looked genuinely surprised, then broke into a wide smile. When they told him to hurry and make a wish and blow out the candles, Cheong clasped his hands and closed his eyes tightly.

 

As soon as Cheong blew out the candles after making a wish, Extra 1 and 2 popped the party poppers.

 

The Lighting Director rushed to the entrance of the darkened practice room. Jihan turned the lights back on.

 

[Baekya: Happy birthday, Cheong.]

 

[Cheong: Present? Mine?!]

 

The gift presentation ceremony by the extras followed.

 

The childish pattern of the foil wrapping paper rustled, looking like something sold at a stationery store in front of a school. The clumsy skill was palpable even through the screen, suggesting the members wrapped it themselves.

 

“That’s not wrapping, that’s just bunching it up roughly….”

 

Instead of scotch tape, large packing tape used for boxes was wrapped around the gift. It was the tape Namkyung had brought to the dorm for moving preparations.

 

[Cheong: It’s clothes!]

 

Although they lacked wrapping sense, fortunately, they seemed to have sense in choosing the gift. The roommate breathed a sigh of relief.

 

The hoodie Cheong unfolded was a popular item from a sports brand, embroidered with DASE’s name and a white daisy flower on the left chest.

 

[Cheong: Our names are here too! What is this? Do they sell this here?]

 

He was asking if this brand sold clothes with their names on them.

 

[Minseong: They don’t sell it, we bought the clothes and asked the director to do it.]

 

[Yulmu: Our maknae sang songs about wanting a group tee. As hyungs, we couldn’t ignore that~]

 

[Cheong: Then do we all have this?]

 

[Jihan: Yeah. At the dorm.]

 

Cheong, holding up the black hoodie, said he loved it and immediately took off the clothes he was wearing.

 

As the maknae shoved his head in without even removing the tag, Minseong pulled the hood and quickly removed the safety pin for him.

 

– This is healing ㅠㅠㅠ*

– I want a group hoodie too… Grandma wants to wear a DASE hoodie too, kids..

– Is the ‘director’ Minseong mentioned the stylist? Their sense is crazy. Team name DASE > Team slogan ‘for your DAYS’ > Team logo DAISY, perfect narrative.

 

[Minseong: Oh right. The Nights were watching this too, Cheong.]

 

[Cheong: Night! Thank you!]

 

The members only remembered the existence of U-App after finishing the gift presentation. When Minseong pointed to the camera Deokjin was holding, Cheong shouted, raising both arms.

 

Seeing how excited he was, the chat filled with birthday wishes, cakes, hearts, and all kinds of emojis.

 

– But what’s wrong with Baekya’s hand? ㅠㅠ

 

When he was handed the phone to read the comments, quite a few comments worrying about Baekya were visible amidst the congratulations. Cheong looked up and turned the camera toward Baekya.

 

[Cheong: Hamster fell coming down from stage! His middle finger won’t fold, and he did ‘Fuck you’ to Yulmu earlier.]

 

[Yulmu: Right? Even to you, it looked totally intentional, right?]

 

[Baekya: No, I told you my forehead was itchy, so I scratched it! You were standing in front of me!]

 

[Cheong: Intentional? I don’t know. So earlier, Yulmu hyung went ‘Wah!’ at the hamster, so manager hyung went ‘Hey!’. They are strictly prohibited from approaching each other right now.]

 

This was an anecdote from when Namkyung received the punishment of being extra. Baekya had conspicuously scratched his forehead with only his middle finger extended, causing Yulmu to cast a suspicious glare, which led to the incident.

 

Unable to tolerate the suspicious movement, Yulmu reached for Baekya’s side, and the overly ticklish sunfish twisted his body and rolled on the floor.

 

There was no way Yulmu would leave Baekya, sprawled out defenseless, alone. He pinned the sunfish down with his whole body, and Baekya fought back, turning it into chaos. Seeing an injury that should heal in a week possibly become a month-long one made the manager’s vision go dark.

 

Eventually, Namkyung screamed and pulled them apart, and Cheong was telling that story now.

 

[Jihan: If you say it like that, people will misunderstand. They weren’t fighting.]

 

[Yulmu: That’s right~ It was just because I was worried he’d get hurt more while playing with me.]

 

[Baekya: Hyung, was that it was about? I can beat Na Yulmu though….]

 

Baekya was, to anyone’s eyes, ranked 6th in DASE’s fighting hierarchy.

 

However, since he seemed to have a different opinion, shouting out baseless confidence, the chat window was plastered with ‘lols’.

 

[Baekya: Anyway, you don’t have to worry. I just sprained my finger a little, so it will heal quickly.]

 

Baekya smiled awkwardly and hid his injured hand. It really was a minor injury, but the chat being flooded with tears like he’d suffered something serious felt embarrassing and burdensome.

 

[Yooyeon: By the way, what is ‘Naing-i’? The fans keep looking for Naing-i since earlier.]

 

At Yooyeon’s words, the members gathered closely, shoving their faces in front of the camera.

 

– Omniscient Pet Cam Viewpoint

– Put on your turn signal ㅜㅜ If you come in suddenly like this, my heart will explode, please

– Night = Naing-i! Creator is Baekya!

 

With faces suddenly so close, fans complained of heart pain. Among them, a few who quickly regained their senses explained that Naing-i meant Night.

 

At the unexpected name, DASE’s gazes turned to Baekya.

 

[Baekya: Not me. What’s Naing-i…? First I’ve heard of it.]

 

[Jihan: They say you’re the creator of Naing-i.]

 

[Minseong: Ah~ They say you pronounced ‘Night’ as ‘Naing-i’ in your acceptance speech yesterday. So fans became Naing-i?]

 

At those words, Yulmu burst into laughter and teased Baekya.

 

Yulmu doubled over, clapping his hands and asking where on earth ‘Naing-i’ came from, causing Baekya to make a disgruntled face.

 

[Baekya: …It was a mistake.]

 

[Yulmu: Ah~ Mistake~ The mistake where Night becomes Naing-i!]

 

Baekya, pressing his lips together as if carving ‘patience’ into his heart, stared silently at Yulmu.

 

Then, as if a good idea occurred to him, the sunfish suddenly raised his injured hand and repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fist. The laughter of Yulmu, who was opposite him, slowly ceased.

 

[Baekya: Why? Keep laughing. My hand suddenly feels a bit stiff.]

 

[Yulmu: …This time, it looks real?]

 

[Baekya: What. This?]

 

Baekya openly held up his hand with only the middle finger extended.

 

Deokjin, having anticipated the two bickering early on, had fortunately turned the angle to crop Baekya and Yulmu out.

 

On the other hand, Namkyung, who was still anxious, made a throat-slashing gesture from outside the screen, signaling for the members to end the live stream.