Chapter 114

"Hey, I'm not even crying — what's with all of you."

Yugeon's exasperated comment got a small laugh from the audience. Then, all of a sudden, a fresh round of buzz started up. Hajin, comforting Eunchan and patting his back, had turned halfway around — and his devastating back was right there in view again.

"Alright, that's enough. Everyone, stop crying — not on a good day like this."

"Right. The Destis are torn right now between comforting him and marveling at Hajin-hyung's back."

Siwoo and Yugeon, who'd been quietly watching, finally stepped in at the right moment to wrap the situation up. The two of them turned out to be surprisingly in sync on this kind of thing — enough to make the Destis briefly forget the falling-out rumor from back in episode 2.

"Alright then. Shall we go ahead and pull the next question? Trainee Ju Eunchan?"

At Seo Taeil's cue, Eunchan — who'd been clinging to Hajin — sniffled and pulled away.

Watching the trainees, the Destis found them adorable — and at the same time started resenting that this was a survival, where they couldn't all debut together.

'How on earth did they all end up caught in Han Sewon's net….'

We have to show these kids to the world, no matter what.

A quiet, unmistakable resolve was taking shape among the Destis.

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The Destis online, meanwhile, had finally gotten a little peace back.

Waiting for episode 4, airing tonight at 9, they were spending a fairly relaxed evening.

title: [have you guys seen this] [video] - siwoo's piano — pretty sure he got that from his mom right - i'm gonna have to send at least a flower basket to my mother-in-law's next recital > you wanna go plummeting too? > warning issued for the last line title: [any recaps up from today yet] - ugh so curious ㅠㅜㅜㅠㅠ i wanted to go too ㅠㅠㅠㅠ - a few morning arrival shots went up! - my friend's still at the taping and it hasn't ended yet ㅇㅇ once it wraps something should pop up right? - taping usually goes all day so recaps probably won't trickle up till tomorrow title: [omg sarin sunbaenim mentioned our kids on onestagram ㅇㅇ] [photo] - ㅁㅊ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ - all the kids must've done great she's praising them so much ㅠㅠㅠ i'm so proud of them ㅠㅠㅠ - wait but is sarin-nim really a mom now - sad-ending i hope but seriously curious ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ i really love to you i declare

New posts were slow to appear, and the usually-active bluebird accounts had gone quiet too — apparently all off at the audience taping. The Destis stuck at home chatted lightly among themselves, waiting for the broadcast and the audience recaps that would soon roll in.

Then, one hour before the broadcast —

At last, the first audience recap dropped.

title: [went to the taping] - kang hajin's back was see-thru - lee doha abs flash - that's it.

Very short — but the impact of its somewhat shocking content was enormous.

- ma'am you can't just toss us that and leave what are we supposed to d0 - hajin's back see-thru???? see-thru??????????? - lee doha doesn't even look the type and here he is doing cheap k-pop keep going let's see where this goes

Suddenly hit with news of their men showing skin, the Destis couldn't hide their excitement. Looked like people were just making their way home now — one by one, short spoilers and audience recaps started going up all over the place.

handle: @ch_blossom name: Cherry Blossom [photo] [photo] 2X0524 miro maze 3rd mission seo taehyun preview #MiroMaze #SeoTaehyun #CherryBoy handle: @piipo name: piipo #audiencerecap writing this now before i forget candycrush team fresh clean vibes were insane silvchain team gongseok sang gr8 and blueflare team f1ck1ng lunatics title: [MRMZ 3rd mission sp] [photo] - so drained rn ill just say what was killer per team - CANDY CRUSH team | seo taehyun, dan haru, yuki, parang, park jaeyoung | 5k1tz - i'm g0nna t3ll y0u > dan haru's main vocal. voice super pretty clear and refreshing basically human lemonade ㅇㅇ > seo taehyun did boys of the world and the cat part too. seo taehyun not debuting this time???? then k-pop just has to fold on that day for real it's over there's no hope for it - S/ILVER CHAIN team | gong seok, shin kyungho, ... others | g0seong - h4ppywayof1repartyy > wore goggles and ski-jump style outfits > gong seok sang well... honestly don't remember much soz - BLUE FLARE team | kang hajin, jung siwoo, lee doha, ju eunchan, lee yugeon, kim wonho | sph3re - s3t m3 fr33 > ju eunchan sang and lee yugeon rapped > kang hajin and lee doha outfit spoilers are legit ㅇㅇ but the others were killer too esp lee yugeon srsly saw him in a new light honestly this team's whole performance was fckng good > also the X-line X-station story guy is confirmed kang hajin (said he cried at the perf vid reactions bc he was happy... started tearing up again talking about it... ju eunchan and kim wonho joined in and it was chaos) > personally this team was the most insane... skill hermès nothing missing balance was goat-tier - setting the stages aside, just the audience experience overall — i liked it ㅇㅇ - voting was: watched each stage and voted whether you liked it and voted one fav trainee per team, and they had US pick the stage order ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ they put the options up and it was legit nail-biting no idea how it'll edit for broadcast ㅇㅇ - going to watch the broadcast now.... any issues plz keep comments kind ty - (anon1) too many initials i can't tell anything... whats the candy crush team song ㅠ? > (anon2) sk1tz - im g0nna t3ll y0u > (anon1) oh ㅠㅠㅠ thx ㅠㅠㅜㅜ - (anon3) wow team member balance is just insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ - (anon4) ㅇㅇ i went too and we're on the same page ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ i also thought team 3 was best then team 1 then team 2, team 2 was kinda meh > (anon5) hey anon sorry to ask but can i ask you smth ㅠㅠㅠ > (anon4) ㅇㅇ ask away!! im on the train rn so i can answer > (anon5) how was y0ug3on ㅠㅠ? i'm a yugeon-fan and i was too worried to look at recaps ㅠㅜ but ur post says y0ug3on did well ㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠ > (anon4) if u mean the stage he did great!!!! srsly everyone around me was only talking about y0ug3on ㅋㅋㅋㅋ never seen him rap before, chemistry with d0ha was solid, and dance srsly like he was possessed. and he wore this choker with a chain?? on it seriously.... so f1cking hot.... i thought d0ha, h4jin, y0ug3on those three outfits were the best!!! > (anon5) omg thnx ㅠㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜ did y0ug3on seem okay emotionally ㅠㅠ i was so worried ㅠㅜㅜ > (anon4) yeaa u don't need to worry!!! y0ug3on was smiling super bright saying he was fine!!! when h4jin and 3unchan were crying he was like why are u guys crying when i'm not?? kinda thing so seems fine!! don't worry too much ㅠㅠㅠ > (anon5) ㅠㅠㅜ hearing that is such a relief... rly thanks anon - (anon6) wait so the subway station guy is really kang hajin???????????? for real?ㅋㅋㅋ?????ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ - (anon7) hearing hajin bared his back my jaw hit the floor then hearing the subway station guy story i just started sobbing outta nowhere insane my baby crybaby squishypuppy....