When he first came here, among the knowledge he’d received from the reaper was this: “Entertainers have every move watched by the public.”
In the imperial palace, he’d had dozens of attendants and knights trailing him, but back then he held a high position, and even if suspicion or misunderstandings arose, no one could call him to account.
Now, though, the fact that he himself would bear all the fallout from this attention weighed on him as a subtle, constant stress.
But people were less interested in him than he’d thought. Was it because this body wasn’t well known yet?
Even at the service center, the staff weren’t exactly swooning over him. Once someone said he was a celebrity, the vibe was more, “Let’s grab a quick photo.”
A sweet drink loosened the tension that had been constricting his body.
Was there any reason he had to force himself to fit the existing Gi Cheonghyeon? Elementary, middle, and high school, even his military service, existed only as records on paper.
It meant he didn’t exist at all in anyone’s memory.
Which also meant he could launder his identity and no one would know.
Bank PINs could all be reset and remade. If he worried about unknown allergies, he could go to a hospital and get tested.
There was no need to match what the old Gi Cheonghyeon liked or hated.
Maybe the old Gi Cheonghyeon liked kiwi juice. But the current him preferred strawberry. Just as the reaper had said in the hospital room: since he was in this body now anyway, shouldn’t he just live dashingly, doing what he wanted?
Once he’d organized his thoughts that way, his heart felt much lighter. The hard line he’d drawn after thinking of the manager, the members, and the president were Cheonghyeon’s people, gradually faded.
His gloom quickly settled just from someone fussing over him a little.
When he finished his strawberry juice and smacked his lips in regret, the manager brought back two bottles of fresh strawberry juice to go.
Someone this attuned and considerate… sure, he could be “one of mine.”
Back at the dorm, flopped on his bed, Cheonghyeon typed his own name into social media.
He came across fansign Post-it question sheets. The other fansite masters must not have known what to ask him, because the questions were halfhearted. Still, they covered exactly the basics he needed most.
[What kind of phone does Cheonghyeon use?]
= I like G-phones. S-Pay rules!
[Foods you dislike?]
- Fried chicken
- Burgers
- Mint chocolate
- Pizza
= Things that look gross, like tripe or raw liver; I also dislike foods with a slippery, mushy texture like sashimi or mushrooms ㅠㅠ
Looked like the fan really hated mint chocolate. But boringly, Gi Cheonghyeon had written out a different answer in detail. Reading that long-winded answer, though, he felt relieved. He, too, didn’t favor slimy or fishy foods.
[Do you have a favorite number?]
= 5959 oh-gu oh-gu (baby-talk for “there, there”). It makes me feel loved, hehe.
His eyes stopped on that Post-it as he scrolled.
Maybe?
[Please enter your password.]
5959
With trembling fingers, he tapped the keys and with a bright chime, it unlocked at once.
Welcome, Mr. Gi Cheonghyeon,
Simple Deposit/Withdrawal Account (Savings)
₩15,194,265,051
Swallowing the scream that surged up, he opened every other app and tried the password. The cheerful “identity verified” pop-ups cleared all the old congestion from his chest. Riding that momentum, he took a stab at the longer public certificate password too.
giCheonghyeon-5959
[Password incorrect. If you enter it wrong 3 times in a row, you will need to reissue.]
Not that? giCheonghyeon5959!
[Welcome, customer Gi Cheonghyeon.]
The moment he confirmed everything opened, he wiped his entire mental schedule and got to his feet, buoyant. Today he was going to try this thing called fried chicken!
Meanwhile, although the now-unburdened Cheonghyeon didn’t know it, the internet after he left was on fire thanks to a post written by Seonyeong after she got off work.
alth1022:
Gi Cheonghyeon came to my workplace…!! I’m not into celebrities so I didn’t recognize him right away ㅜ0ㅜ He kindly greeted me first and took a photo with me ///// It’s been ages since I’ve had a customer treat me so warmly…. I guess a pretty face really does carry a pretty heart ^_^
#daily #daily #East #GiCheonghyeon #kpop
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↳ cjdgusss: @tlatladl Omg look at this
↳ dpgbwhffu: Does anyone know why Cheonghyeon went there…?!? ㅜㅜ
↳ alth1022: @dpgbwhffu He came for a phone repair!! Sorry, I can’t share details because of personal information ㅠㅠ(5,017 likes)
↳ luv___o: @qktnsgl Wow even as a guy I gotta say he’s insanely handsome
↳ wkadhsek: @97_eastvos Born to fail at stanning…^^
↳ tjfskf0211: KI!!!!! I luv oppa
↳ ditgh: Did he lose weight?? The vibe’s different ㅜㅠ He’s so cute when he smiles ㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠㅜㅜ
↳ wowking: Wow that face is criminal.. did you edit this? lol
↳ alth1022: @wowking Not a single bit of Photoshop, just the default camera..ㅎ If it feels unreal, please look at my face next to him…^^……. (3,091 likes)
Face card of a male idol who’s done his military service = top class
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Now you can see why Korean girls stan male idols, right? Subject: East’s Gi Cheonghyeon ^_^
└ When is this from?? Why am I seeing it for the first time
└ Fresh hot sighting that just went upㅋㅋㅋ He went to get his phone fixed and took a pic with a staffer
└ Wow his skin what is that
└ I suspect post-editing
└ OP says it’s literally basic camera with zero edits… insane
└ F***ing look at those proportions
I love it so much I’m puking, ugh
└ Holy sh**, look at that tiny face
└ He’s super tall??? I thought he had a soft puppy vibe but he looks like a model
└ Wow a black turtleneck with that coat is sick
└ The background says S Electronics, thought he was their new model ㄷㄷ
└ I’m dying, go look at 20-something men’s popular items on a shopping site
A cheap dupe of a similar coat is skyrocketing up the ranks lmao so transparent
└ Aaaaaaah I’m crying, f*** it’s hilarious ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ FFS ㅠㅠ even if you copy it won’t work. That fit won’t show up on you
└ I’m going back to K-pop…
I was doing other nerdy hobbies lately, but I’ve changed my mind
└ Me too…
└ Same..
└ Why do I feel like all the replies above are about to meet in the same place
└ Wow but why didn’t this guy blow up??????
I’m totally about to stan and searching right now, but why is there so little material. East is like first-tier, how is this possible???
└ Maybe because he went to the army…
└ Why did he enlist while active??? He’s not really been on variety shows at all
└ For real;; watching music show cuts and the camera barely catches him, it just skips over
└ Want to hear something wild? There aren’t even gif accounts, there’s literally only one homma (fansite master)ㅋㅋㅋ
└ Holy… [Gideon] was Gi Cheonghyeon’s fansite??????
Title says it all
└ Yep, “Gi Cheonghyeon Guardian,” shortened to “Gideon”
└ The one who gets tens of thousands of RTs every April Fools when they post other idols… I just checked their fansite and Cheonghyeon’s pic has 326 RTs, how is that real
└ I thought Gideon was just a multistan… They had a main all along
└ A golden hand really is on another level. Their eye is insane
└ No but how did Gi Cheonghyeon have a face like that and no fans
F***, nobody knows anything about him… Usually when things blow up like this, a handful of fans show up and spill info, but here, why,,,
└ Exactly; is this some nationwide hidden-camera prank? Mr. Lee Kyung-kyu, please come out
└ For real, even a “one-grain” fandom wouldn’t be like this
└ Gasp, I think Gi Cheonghyeon came to the café where I work today
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I thought he was a trainee or a regular person so I only got a shot from the back ㅜㅜ But judging by the outfit, it seems like him…? He must’ve gotten his phone fixed and then come to our caféㅎ A super handsome guy opened the door and strode in, and the staff kept meeting each other’s eyes and screaming silently, it was chaosㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋAnd he was so cute. He asked for an Americano totally naturally, then after one sip he glared at it ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Later when his manager or… a friend?… came, he seemed all whiny ㅠㅠ In the end the person with him ordered six fresh fruit juices
All the staff working today were freaking out like where did that handsome, harmless, cute guy come from, and judging by the outfit I think he’s the one the internet’s going wild about….
└ Holy sh**
└ Yeah, looking at the pic, it’s him
└ Honestly it kills me that he looks like the Americano-only type but was actually after fresh fruit juice… ugh..
└ What kinds of fruit juice did he get???? I’m going to get info like this if I must… heh
└ (gossip) Kiwi / strawberry / orange / tomato / apple–carrot / tangerine!! He basically ordered every fresh fruit option we haveㅋㅋㅋ Later when I saw the cups, only the strawberry was emptied. Seems like that’s his fave. He even got extra strawberry juice to go when he leftㅎㅎ
└ Ah, that’s so cute…
└ I’m losing my mind, so f***ing cute…
└ Americano challenge >_<!! -> ack -> whiny-whiny -> “yep, strawberry juice rules ♡” this whole journey is making me feral
└ I’ve been a fan since East’s debut… Thought I was an all-fan (ot4) but guess I was a solo stan. I can’t remember a thing about Cheonghyeon ㅜㅜ
└ Me too,,
└ There’s tons of content for Sikyung/Hando/Yunwoo but Cheonghyeon… ^_ㅠ
└ Ostracism??
└ No, I swear it wasn’t that, but I really don’t remember… I must’ve focused on my bias too hard
└ His old content keeps slipping right past my eyes
It’s like I’m zoning out listening to a professor’s lecture…ㅎ Like, the face is the same but I can’t focus, why?
└ That’s what I’m saying ㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah glad there’s someone like me
└ Same sh**, I thought I was the weird one
└ I feel bad saying this but I kinda get why he didn’t blow up before,,
I can’t focus = presence 0
└ Still, saying it like that is a bit ㅠㅠ
└ “StrawberryLove&AngelMyOnlyKitten,” close your eyes
└ I’m kinda a sasaeng-style?
Why does this man… make my hands shake when it’s a sighting report, but on music shows I watch with a blank face
└ Ah ffs
└ Not even a promotional neck shot… just, a neck.
└ The world’s first man whose vlogs are more anticipated than his music show stages
└ A master doesn’t blame their tools. Let’s just understand it like that
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