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It's been a few days since our music video was released last Monday. That means the schedule for our first showing is almost around the corner.

The agency won't be holding a comeback showcase, maybe it's due to the incident I had at the debut showcase.

However, new content has been prepared.

- We will do a private comeback show.

- I'm excited!

Cha YooJin stepped in and totally changed the somewhat heavy atmosphere that had been created by Ryu CheongWoo's words.

Anyway, it's just like he said. TeSTAR will have their solo comeback show next Thursday after "Music Bomb" ends.

Although it is due to the success of our previous album, it is probably also influenced by the fact that we are a product of Tnet.

"We debuted thanks to Icorpo, so it's true."

NT: Icorpo was a program on the cable television channel called Tnet.

Anyway, we finished the VCR recording for the comeback show.

Isn't it great that we don't have to sing "Shining Star - It's me!" because we already have our own set of songs? Looks like we're already established as a group! Haha!

Keun SeJin was in a good mood, perhaps he aimed to make this comeback show step by step, not accelerated like the one we did in our debut.

"That's good."

I shrugged and continued with what I was doing. It was something I wanted to check before, but I couldn't due to lack of time.

- A-are you going to look at the album?

- Yes.

I wanted to verify the contents of the physical album.

I had received some from the company, but I also made my pre-order.

NT: Album pre-order is when you reserve the physical album online in stores. They always have benefits such as posters and special gifts from each official store where orders are placed, something that you don't get once its official release date arrives.

There were many confirmed cases where the albums were not complete or the printing of the paper was poor due to the rushed preparation of the debut album.

"I hope it doesn't happen again."

No problem if I'm lucky enough to avoid a poorly packaged album, but I still wanted to order one and take a look at it for a closer look.

- Oh, are you opening your package, MoonDae? Do you want me to record a video?

- No, there's no need.

I declined SeJin's offer as I ripped off the plastic protecting my order box...

A large box containing the set of albums was revealed before my eyes.

-Wow...

-This... can we call this an "album"?

Bae Sejin muttered. By the way, he finally got out of his ankle splint last week.

Well, this box is so big that it already looks like a drawer. There was a reason why it was so.

-Do-does this set include the lightstick?

-That's right.

The official lightstick finally went on sale and I was able to pre-order it along with the album set.

"I'll check the lightstick first."

I opened the box and was stunned.

- ...!

The lightstick, which was inside his box, protected by its padded sponges that cushioned possible damage... was more spectacular than he thought.

In particular, the huge 3D star located in the center of the globe, flashing an aurora of light, was overwhelming.

"It looks more elegant than our final sketch..."

I could feel the madness of the office workers doing everything to exceed the result they expected to obtain.

The other guys, who were looking to my side, also seemed to be a bit puzzled.

- Oh... Oh~

- I-it's very... big.

- Shiny shiny!

YooJin's vocabulary is... like this.

NT: The term YooJin used is very cute slang as it's pronounced "bonyokbonyokjeyo".

- Ah, does that also put on the lightstick?

- So it seems.

I took out a black cylinder attached to the side of the light stick.

Oh, the baseball bat shape was rejected because it was difficult to make it appear and disappear automatically due to the high unit cost it would have.

"But really, this is more than I expected."

I changed the shape of the lightstick by covering it with the black cylinder, after confirming that it was fixed stably, I detached it again.

"Now follow the album."

On the right side of the box, two albums almost the thickness of two hardcover books were proudly placed.

- ... Why are they so big?

- I think it's because the most important part of the composition of the album is taken by the photobook.

- It is so big that you can use it as a weapon.

I opened both albums to review them well.

One of them had a watercolor landscape of a summer day on a white background, while the other had bright graffiti on a black background. However, the sense of unity was maintained thanks to having the same composition of elements in the design.

Fortunately, both had a clean finish and good print quality.

- Ah, the photocard is falling~

- ...! I-I got it...!

The photocards I got in each album were Seon AhHyun's selfie in the back of the classroom and Ryu CheongWoo taking off his gas mask. After reviewing the album, I paid attention to these.

- Ya, AhHyun, you're really handsome. How can you be so mean taking selfies and still looks so handsome?

- T-thank you...?

It was worth it that his appearance rating went from "A+" to "S-".

After that, it was time to prepare for the pre-recording of the comeback show.

- We won't be performing just one song, so let's manage our resistance well.

- Yes!

After making a few final checks, we hit the stage to record our first song.

From a distance, I could see at least five hundred lit lightsticks.

- WAAAAA!!

- ...!

I expected it... No, it was more than I expected... It was too bright.

It seemed that each person was holding a mirror ball.

"...Won't so much light affect the view of our presentations?"

If I had a light source that closed, it would bother me.

It looked fascinating to us on stage, but it's no use if the people holding it feel uncomfortable.

I raised the microphone following the members who exchanged a few words with the fans.

- ... What do you think of the lightstick...?

- It's pretty!!

- I love it!!!

- ...That's good.

I'm glad you're satisfied.

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Early the next morning, after TeSTAR filmed the comeback show with their fans, there were obviously review posts.

Among them was Park MoonDae's anonymous fan community.

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[Comeback show pre-recording review]

It's amazing, Gommer dyed his hair. What the fuck, he has to keep his hair platinum blonde forever.

The presentations were great, I will not tell you anything else. watch the show~

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Huh

Did you dye it blonde?

Blond!! (Gif of Park MoonDae in puppy mode landing on earth)

No, my baby's scalp will melt. Don't you think black hair... would fit better with the concept of the song?

L Yes and no, blonde hair suits Park Gommer better

How many songs did they present?

Don't you think this post is fake?

L I doubt it, similar posts have appeared on other sites

Gommer knows about us haha. When you search, do not enter here. If you are looking, he presses the arrow indicating to go "back" and doesn't go back.

L This is called excess consciousness.

Since they've done the pre-recording in the middle of the week, they might watch this

Since the comeback show hasn't aired yet, even though there were many pre-recording reviews, the only thing that fans could feel intuitively from reading these was the description of the members' change in appearance.

And since the comeback show was scheduled to air this Thursday night, after Music Bomb, the pre-recording took place that same morning.

Naturally, it was quite cold at sunrise in mid-October.

- Don't push!

"... How cold!"

Kim RaeBin's fan complained and entered the filming set for the pre-recording. The article that she read earlier still remained in her mind.

"...Park MoonDae is blonde again?"

That made him look so good... No, not that she was a fan of Park MoonDae, she just liked his blonde hair.

After being in the audience for the second time in the tag team battles, she secretly worried about Park MoonDae and would sometimes go into her fan community to find out the latest news related to him.

She even had some friends on social media who were also fans of RaeBin and secretly defended MoonDae as well.

Did you see how Raebin looked at Gommer? After winning first place selling his story, he seems like he doesn't know how to be together with the younger ones haha

L Even so, he treats Raebin well, if he was like Bigbodu, he would already be bothering him

They defended him in this way. For reference, Bigbodu was Keun SeJin's nickname pushed to the limit to avoid searches.

NT: 큰세진 (Keun SeJin) →큰세 (Keun Se) → 큰새 (Keun Sae = Big Bird = Big Bird) →빅버드 (Bigbodu, is the English mispronunciation)

However, he kept denying his feelings other than liking Park MoonDae's hair.

"...Let's watch the performance!"

She quickly abandoned her thoughts of him and pulled out her light stick. Honestly, she was too amused by the idea that if you removed the cylindrical black cover, it would turn into a magic wand with the shalala beat.

NT: The "shalala" is a fragment of an OST of the drama "The starlight is falling" (by the artist "Bye Bye Sea"), which has become a meme using it in videos to give a "magical, dreamy, surrounded by flowers and glitter.

"I like the light stick."

As fans waited with their own lightsticks, TeSTAR came out from behind the stage.

- Hello~

- Hi Loviewers!

A wave of deafening screams echoed through the recording studio.

- Are you tired? Thank you very much for coming.

- Oh!

- No!!! I am not tired!!!

It was a mess because of the mixture of shouting from honest and good people, but the atmosphere itself was fun, so everyone laughed.

TeSTAR showed signs of nervousness, but overall, they spoke well.

Above all, their outfits were really amazing.

"What's that...?!"

The boys wore ultra-modern and technological clothing accessories instead of the classic winter school uniform jacket.

These were made of black leather, plastic, and metal and were arranged on the top of each student uniform's shirt and pants, but they weren't excessive decorations, rather, they fit perfectly.

"I knew it...! I knew that the atmosphere would be different from the title song!"

Even so, she was taken by surprise because she didn't know that it would be more of a complete atmosphere than what was shown in the concept photo.

Also, Kim RaeBin grew his hair a bit longer, so that only half of his forehead was exposed.

"Half!"

She really liked the fact that it made him feel closer to danger than evil!

She wanted to express her emotion by hitting something with her light stick, but she put up with it because she was surrounded by many people.

And at that moment, Park MoonDae, who was a bit far away from Kim RaeBin, caught her eye.

- ...!!

It's beautiful?!

Why did he look so handsome? She doubted her own eyes, so she looked back at him.

MoonDae deserved an award for being a handsome and fashionable man, and although he was objectively handsome, he was not a man as immensely beautiful as he was to immediately admire.

But today, somehow, he looked like this!!

"Is it because he now has platinum blonde hair?!"

He had dyed platinum blonde hair that was almost colorless. And he didn't know why, but he felt that he looked amazing.

"...Did he make himself up cosmetically?"

She had a brief suspicion, but couldn't pinpoint any difference in his body.

Then, she heard the whispers of two people next to him.

- He said that he had changed beauty salons...

- I guess he changed it very well. He now looks more handsome.

- ...

"Oh, that's what happened."

He quickly understood the situation.

No matter who he was, it was clear that this was due to the work of a great expert.

After greeting and chatting with fans for a bit, TeSTAR lined up in their respective positions, preparing to start their stage.

As soon as they turned around and formed up, she gently waved her light stick, blushing. Then, she realized something.

"Oh, the lightstick cover..."

Now that she thought about it, when she entered, she had been told not to remove the black cylinder that covered the light stick.

"Are you telling me to cheer you up like this?"

As she looked at her totally black covered lightstick, a light came on indicating that it was connected via bluetooth to the central control.

Then familiar glow-in-the-dark graffiti wrapped around the cylindrical shape.

- ...!

Perhaps the light inside was leaking, but for some reason, it reminded her of neon signs.

- Huh.

She was not interested in that cylinder before, but now she was very surprised because she did not know anything about it.

However, most of the fans were looking at the stage because they had already discovered that feature by turning it on at home.

"Oh!"

She quickly fixed her eyes on the boys as well. She couldn't waste time analyzing her lightstick.

At that moment, the lights in the studio dimmed and loud music began to flow on the stage.