T/N: East’s official fanclub name is “4ever east.”
But fans usually don’t say the full official name; they say Pobi instead..
- Pobi, are you ready?
└ LOL of course. Let’s go ggggg
└ Ah seriously I’m shaking so bad ㅠ Really, isn’t this the first??
└ If it wasn’t stage behind-the-scenes we never got to see them just hanging out together ㅠㅠㅠㅠ This is seriously so good
└ Cheonghyeon’s Cheongsansu ad is coming on and my heart is pounding like crazy ㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m losing it I’m losing it
└ Basketball-uniform Cheonghyeon is seriously such a baby ㅠㅠ
└ Holy crap it’s starting, it’s starting now!!!!!!
- Ah am I crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s hilarious from the start
└ Please, shall we try waking him up??
└ Isn’t this like raising a sunfish ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you wake him, does Cheonghyeon crumble or something?
└ The way Sikyung pats him and Yoonwoo goes “Are you crazy?” is so funny ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ He’s twitching like he might wake up, but once he gets patted he seriously falls back asleep ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- Seo Hando, seriously be my man, be my husband, be my eternal companion, please…
└ Cheonghyeon popped right up so I was like, how good is he gonna be? But it’s insane
└ A man who makes braised ribs from the morning… If I were Gi Cheonghyeon I would never let this man go
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ PD you bastard, our kid got up with such effort in his heart and you dare do this
└ Cheonghyeon… ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ Look at Sikyung feeling sorry… ㅠㅠ
└ Even Yoonwoo only eats eggs… my god, with that garlic bossam right there…
└ Even Hando can’t eat because he feels bad ㅠㅠ He made hard stuff from the morning ㅠㅠ PD, come out here
└ And in the middle of it all, the way he eats only plain rice with that wronged face is seriously so cute… He’s like a totally harmless herbivore ㅠㅠ
The fans’ tears kept coming. Watching himself on the screen eating only plain rice, Cheonghyeon also felt his throat tighten again. How hard it had been back then!
And he did not know it then, but Hando, too, must have felt bad about eating meat alone, because he was only eating kimchi and side dishes.
It was to the point where the fans’ rage was understandable because the members inside the TV really looked pitiful. And then, Sikyung fed Cheonghyeon a quail egg and kicked things off.
- Ah, I’m losing it, Sikyung ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Leader… thank you… thank you…
└ Is Cheonghyeon seriously a sparrow?? He’s like a baby bird getting fed while chirping… I’m losing it, he’s so cute
└ Waaah ㅠㅠㅠㅠ He must’ve been hungry, the way he’s taking bites nonstop is so sad and cute ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Look at his eyes getting huge when Hando feeds him meat;; So cute, aaah
└ Wow, Sikyung is actually smart
└ If they hadn’t let them eat meat like that I was seriously gonna post on the viewer board ㅡㅡ
└ Even Yoonwoo asking Hando for meat is so cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Now I get why they call him a golden retriever, he’s a huge puppy ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
As the members feeding each other showed up, the fans’ fierce reactions visibly softened.
Especially when fans who had Cheonghyeon’s photo as their profile picture expressed gratitude to the other members, the existing East fans also traded compliments, saying things like Cheonghyeon eating well was cute.
People really do grow closer when they share a common enemy. And it seemed the PD had taken on the role of that “common enemy.”
Even during the random games that followed, fans’ reactions were hot. When an ad came on saying it would continue in sixty seconds after the random game scene ended, the fans even played random games among themselves.
- Noticing game 1
└ 2
└ 3
└ 3
└ 3
└ The three idiots above are out lol
Fans who lost while playing the random game changed their profile pictures to photos of their favorite member making a crying face while saying “hinggu.”
As expected, Cheonghyeon found watching fans play around the most fun. Was this how fans felt while waiting for the reality?
It was so nice to see fans, who always used to act like they did not know each other and kept this odd atmosphere, get along so well like this.
Cheonghyeon rubbed his nose for no reason and kept looking back and forth between his phone and the TV. Completely unaware that Changsik was staring at Cheonghyeon’s phone and shaking his head.
- But I’m the person who was at that mart ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s impossible not to know in the first place… You absolutely can’t curse that fan ㅜㅜㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If someone is over 180 cm with that kind of face size and proportions, how could they be a normal person ㅠㅠ I didn’t even know it was Yoonwoo at first, but the moment I saw him I was like, holy crap, that’s a celebrity
└ This is so real.. Even if you can’t see the face, with that height and proportions and body, people stare even if you just ride the subway
└ Wow, insane ㅠㅠㅠ.. I already saw so many accounts it made my stomach hurt, but on a big screen it hurts even more
└ “Our Pobi!” <<<< fainting
- So that’s why the kids looked so solemn… our Cheonghyeon… only ate plain rice…
└ Trust level 0 percent ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Look at Sikyung running with his teeth clenched…
└ Huh but it looks like he’s gonna succeed?? He put water and rice in, swept up all the sauces, and it’s only been 5 minutes ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Oh my god…
└ Oh lord…
└ ………
- (Photo) This is Sikyung making the face of “What are the chances that grandpa who looks over 70 is a Pobi?”
└ Ah this is that, right?? The Pobi who said that grandpa met East and bought almonds
└ That’s him ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ “Almond Pobi,” are you watching?
└ Look how the cameras and crew are all flustered, it’s so funny
└ The PD’s voice is so loud, he’s yelling it’s not a hidden camera ㅅㅂ ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Ah fck ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s already over… Why are they doing a close-up on roasted peanuts, fck!!! ㅠㅠㅠ…
└ PD, stop, please… right now granddaughters all over the country are bawling…
└ Okay okay I get it, filial piety, okay
└ Why does this feel like camp at 9 p.m. right now… you know, holding candles and crying, you know what I mean
└ rgrg… There are always kids who act tough and don’t cry at times like this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ For real, but in the end their eyes are still filling up
└ If you don’t cry at roasted peanuts you’re a psychopath
- Was there this kind of behind-the-scenes? Almond Pobi, come out here. Roasted peanuts are so good, what do you mean honey butter almonds, this crap
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m gonna pass out laughing ㅠㅠ
└ If I were that Pobi I’d get trauma from honey butter almonds ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- I’m the Almond Pobi who posted that review back then…
I didn’t know it was like this ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’m watching the broadcast with grandpa, and grandpa is super flustered too… asking if he made the mission fail because of him… ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I didn’t even say I really wanted almonds, I was just curious because my friends ate them, so I said it in passing… I never imagined something like this had happened… sorry… ㅜㅜ
└ Huh no no, it’s just because it’s cute!!!!
└ Yeah yeah, if Im Leader hadn’t done it, our Cheonghyeon might’ve been snoring on the bus
└ Tell grandpa he’s super cute too…
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Writing a post like this really makes you a baby Pobi.. If it were me I would’ve posted a photo eating a whole pile of roasted peanuts and said, I am truly sorry. But I’m saying it’s cute,,, don’t get too hurt ㅠㅠ
└ The Pobi above ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ aren’t you just the one who wanted to eat it?
└ Hurry and tell grandpa. It almost became a boring reality, but because grandpa recognized him, the whole country burst out laughing and the ratings exploded
└ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Thank you so much for saying warm things… ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ Pat pat.. you must’ve been really startled, but it was seriously cute and funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Unlike Cheonghyeon, who kept looking back and forth between his phone and the TV, Sikyung, who had been focusing only on the broadcast, also picked up his phone here and quickly skimmed the community.
It was because he worried the grandpa he had talked with might get cursed at. But it seemed the PD had paid close attention to this part too, editing it with a focus on the grandpa’s love for his granddaughter, and keeping it from getting too heavy by handling it in an entertaining way, so the fans’ reactions were good as well.
The post the surprised fan hurriedly uploaded after seeing the video got filled with comments telling them it was okay and patting them comfortingly. The way the four members’ profile pictures intertwined, comforting and praising each other, was the very definition of an ideal fandom atmosphere.
Watching that, Cheonghyeon felt like he understood why the manager had wanted to do reality. Just from one thirty-minute video airing, fans gathered together extremely quickly. It was truly a lovely sight.
After that, when Cheonghyeon’s quick grocery shopping scene came out, fans of other members praised and doted on Cheonghyeon as if they were Cheonghyeon’s fans.
It was just grocery shopping, but they were polishing him up with compliments like this, and even Cheonghyeon, used to praise, felt his face flush red. The members looked at Cheonghyeon and thought he was cute.
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