Arcade (1)
Arcade (1)
"Oppa, this place is..."
Taehee sitting in the passenger seat kept shaking her legs and chattering away.
"Hehe... Oppa's driving the car."
"You like the arcade that much?"
"Of course! Because I'm going with Oppa!"
"Haa... Yeah."
Looking at her smiling so brightly, I lost my words.
Following the navigation as it was, we passed through a narrow residential area.
"Oppa! Here, here!"
Soon the navigation ended its guidance at a place with a faded blue sign.
-
When I parked the car in a nearby alley, Taehee immediately tried to open the door, so I grabbed her shoulder.
"Eng? Oppa why? Let's go quickly!"
"Taehee-ya, mask."
"Mask?"
She swept her hand over her mouth area and smiled brightly.
"Ah! That's right! Hihi."
Taehee rummaged through the glove box in front of the passenger seat.
Soon she took out a crumpled mask and hung it on her ears.
"Done? Let's go quickly!"
She unbuckled her seatbelt and yanked the car door open.
• Cheolkeok.
"Taehee-ya. Slowly."
"Eei. Quickly!"
As soon as we got out of the car, Taehee grabbed my hand tightly and pulled.
We passed through the narrow alley and went down the stairs under the faded blue sign.
As we went down the stairs, familiar electronic sounds poured out all at once.
Even though it was a weekday afternoon, there were many people.
When we opened the door and entered, some people turned their heads towards us.
But that was only for a moment, everyone turned their heads back to their screens.
Between the electronic sounds, people's hand movements were busy.
"Oppa! What are you doing. Come quickly!"
Taehee grabbed my hand and pulled me inside.
The place she stopped was at the pump machine inside the arcade.
"Oppa, I want to do this."
She naturally changed into the indoor shoes next to it, then tapped the card.
"Do you usually do this often?"
"Of course. Even if I look like this, dance is my main job."
She grabbed the bar behind and slowly chose a song.
"Oh? This is newly out?"
Soon she stopped at one song.
'Starlight - Red head (remix)'
"25? This difficulty is just right."
Taehee immediately selected this song.
Soon, music with a much faster beat that was familiar to the ears started playing.
She lightly stepped through the first few measures.
But as the beats started stacking, her footwork noticeably sped up.
Up, down, and both sides.
The pouring arrows, her feet stepped on them without a single error.
In the middle of the screen, a section where you have to step with both feet crossed appeared.
Taehee lightly grabbed the bar, twisted her body, and scraped the arrows with her toes.
"Oh? What's that."
One student who was playing nearby turned his head.
"Isn't that the one newly added this time? I heard only 4 people have cleared it yet."
As the song entered the chorus, arrows poured quickly and the barrage section started.
Taehee supported her body on the bar as if, with her center of gravity precarious, she twisted her body quickly.
Her combo number kept going up without breaking.
"Holy. She's really catching all of that?"
"No way. Hitting the barrage like that?"
When the first one stopped, the person next to also stopped.
People started gathering one by one around the pump machine.
"Hey, look at that. Crazy."
"Was there a pump veteran among female users?"
Someone taking out their phone was seen.
I slightly lowered my head and took a step back.
Taehee, regardless, was absorbed in the screen.
Rather, as people gathered, her footwork looked even more excited.
At the climax of the song, she spread her feet wide left and right, accurately stomping the end and end of the pads.
"Wow... what is that?"
Soon, along with the song ending, the result appeared in the quieted arcade.
"Waaa!!"
Applause burst out from the surrounding people.
"Awesome. Isn't that the 5th clear?"
"A real pro."
Taehee grabbed the bar, catching her breath, and approached me.
"Hehe. Did you see, Oppa?"
Before I knew it, people were surrounding us in a circle.
"Who is that person really. First time seeing."
"Could even go to a competition."
The murmuring grew louder.
Taehee then looked around at the people and smiled with her eyes.
"Hehe. Thank you—"
As she lightly bowed her head towards the people, one side of the mask, loosened by sweat, slipped off her ear.
"......Uh?"
The student at the very front opened his eyes wide.
"Wait a minute. That face......"
"Why?"
"Seo... Seo Taehee isn't it?"
Instantly, the surroundings started getting more chaotic.
"It's real. It's Seo Taehee."
"Awesome. It's the real thing, the real thing."
"Hey take a pic take a pic!"
Shutter sounds burst out all at once from here and there.
I instinctively lowered my head and grabbed Taehee's arm.
"Taehee-ya. Mask."
"Ah."
She then discovered the slipped mask and pulled it back up, but it was already too late.
"Taehee-nim! I'm a real fan!"
"Just one photo please! Ne?"
People flocked in a rush.
"Hey. But isn't that her boyfriend?"
"Ah is that so?"
Between the murmuring, strange glances were directed at me.
Feeling my heart beating fast, I instinctively lowered my head.
Then, one female student at the very front carefully opened her mouth.
"Um, Taehee-nim....... The person next to you perhaps......"
Trailing off, she glanced around.
Taehee looked up at me for a moment, then looked at the female student.
"Ah, this person? He's my manager-nim. We came to play together today."
Instantly, people's gazes seemed to focus on me.
From behind, a small whispering sound between men was heard.
"Ya this byeongsina. That's why you can't be a light fan."
One man wearing glasses slapped the back of the person next to him and intervened.
He thrust his phone in front of them.
On the screen, a stage rehearsal video was playing.
"You must have seen this. This person is that person."
"Uh?"
I saw that screen and froze as is.
Of all things, it was that video.
Among the Starlight members on stage, one man was mixed in matching the choreography.
With even his ears bright red, unable to look at the camera and avoiding his gaze, yet not missing a single movement or hand motion, accurately following, my figure was shown.
In the early debut days, there was a time when Suah suddenly dropped out due to poor condition.
Rehearsal was right in front but the formation was empty, so eventually I had no choice but to fill in as a substitute.
The choreography I had seen hundreds of times from the side, my body memorizing it on its own was the cause of trouble.
"......That."
Unconsciously, a hollow laugh leaked out.
The figure of being so embarrassed not knowing what to do yet digesting the choreography like a knife, it was quite funny.
It was a video that spread through the algorithm with the title 'The legendary manager who memorized all the formations while being embarrassed' and had millions of views.
Wow manager-nim why so good lol
Expression is like dying but body is honest
Rather debut please
Comments like that were attached thousands each.
It was a video I wanted to kick the blanket every time I saw it, but now it was guaranteeing my identity.
"Holy. It's real."
"Is that person from that video?"
"Awesome. Seeing in real life is amazing."
The suspicious gazes instantly melted and started looking at me as if welcome.
"Wow. Then you've been together since really old times?"
"Completely genuine early days manager-nim."
I awkwardly nodded.
"Ja, ja. Everyone."
Then, Taehee clapped her hands and stepped in front of the people.
"I have to go now. Photos just one each, ne?"
She skillfully soothed the people as if lining them up.
In turn, she waved her hand towards the cameras and showed eye smiles.
"Everyone thank you! See you next time!"
After greeting one more time lastly, Taehee quietly pulled my sleeve.
"Oppa. Let's go."
She tightly held my hand and quickly made her way through the crowd.
Taehee turned not towards the main road, but to a narrow alley where people don't pass.
"Taehee-ya. Where are you going."
"This way. If we go the main road people will follow again."
She didn't look back and moved her steps familiarly.
Entering the narrow alley, it became quiet as if lying.
Taehee then stopped her steps and slightly lowered her mask.
"Haa... haa... surprised, right?"
With a flushed red face, she looked up at me.
"Oppa... today is so good."
She buried herself into my embrace.
"Haa... haa..."
She continued to breathe hot sighs and her body trembled.
"Taehee-ya, are you okay?"
"......Ne."
From within the embrace, a small voice leaked out.
"I'm okay. Just... I think I was a bit nervous."
She stayed like that in the embrace for a while, then slowly raised her head.
"Oppa... hand..."
She lifted her one-piece with one hand, then grabbed my hand and pulled it inside.
"......!"
The moment my hand touched her panties, I was startled by the wetness.
"Wet, right...? Actually I came here because I had something to say too..."
She. peeled off the clinging panties and brought my hand to her labia.
"Actually I took off the mask on purpose."