A few days had passed since the song was released last Monday. This meant that the schedule for the first performance was just around the corner. However, it was said that the company would not hold a showcase for this comeback, perhaps because they were conscious of the incident that happened at the debut showcase.

However, there was one new content given.

"I didn't expect for us to do a separate comeback show."

"It's really exciting!"

Cha Yujin completed Ryu Chungwoo's burdened words and completely changed the route Ryu Chungwoo was going for.

Anyway, it was literally as he said. TeStar was given time for a solo comeback show next Thursday after Music Bomb. In addition to the fact that the last album performed well, it seemed that the fact we were from Tnet also had some influence.

'Our status is high since we debuted through .'

Anyway, the related VCR shooting had already been completed.

"Isn't it nice that we don't have to sing 'It's me' again since we now have new songs? It feels like we've established ourselves as a group. Haha."

Keun Sejin seemed to be in a good mood. Perhaps this comeback show was one of the goals he had set for each stage of our activities as a group.

'Good for him.'

I shrugged and continued what I was doing. I was going to check it out earlier, but couldn't because I didn't have time.

"Hey, wanna look at the album?"

"Yeah."

It was to check the actual album.

I had received one separately from the company, but this one I had was pre-ordered. Because the last album was prepared in such a hurry, there were quite a few confirmed cases where the actual album was under-finished or the printing of the inner paper was poor.

'Hopefully, it's not like that again.'

It wouldn't matter much if I just happened to get a good one by luck, but I still wanted to order one myself and have a look.

"Oh, Moondae, are you unboxing the album? Do you want me to film it?"

"No, it's all right."

I rejected Keun Sejin's offer and ripped off the bubble wrap. A huge album set box was revealed in front of me.

"Wow..."

"...Can you even call this an album?"

Bae Sejin muttered. Ah, for your information, his ankle brace was completely removed last week.

Anyway, as said, this box was almost the size of a drawer. There was a reason for it to be that big.

"Ah, does this set include the lightstick?"

"That's right."

This was because the cheering lightstick was finally released and could be received together with the order.

'Then, let's check the actual lightstick first.'

I opened the box and got flustered.

"...!"

It was because the lightstick between the cushioning material on the left was much... showier than I thought

In particular, the huge cubic glowing with the aurora light in the middle was overwhelming.

'It's more extravagant than the final picture...?'

I could feel the insanity of the office workers who put their everything into it since they had to make it anyway.

The other guys watching from the side also seemed a little bewildered.

"O... oh~"

"I-it's... huge."

"It's sparkly!"

Cha Yujin's vocabulary had improved a bit.

"Ah, do you put that one next to it over the lightstick?"

"Perhaps."

I took out a black cylinder fixed next to the lightstick.

Ah, it was the baseball bat model that was first rejected because it was difficult to enable a stable attachment and detachment structure to the lightstick due to the time limit and cost.

'This is honestly beyond my expectations.'

I changed the shape of the lightstick by covering it with the cylinder, and after confirming that it was fixed there stably, I took it out again.

'Now, the album.'

On the right side of the box, two albums almost as thick as hardcover books were majestically fixed there.

"...It's really big."

"I think it's because the photographs take a big part in the composition."

"You could use that as a weapon."

I checked the two albums by getting into them one by one.

One side had a summer watercolor landscape on a white background, while the other featured luminous graffiti on a black background. However, thanks to the same basic design there was a sense of unity.

Fortunately, the finish on both was neat and the print quality looked good.

"Ack, the photocard dropped~"

"...! I, I got it...!"

For reference, the photocards were of Seon Ahyun's selfie in the classroom and Ryu Chungwoo taking off his gas mask. I gave the card to them and finished checking the album.

"Hey, Ahyun is seriously handsome. How do you look so good when you're so bad at taking selfies?"

"Th-thanks...?"

It was reasonable since his most recent stat was S-.

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

"It's not just one song, so let's conserve our stamina well."

"Yes!"

After a few checks, we went out on stage to record our first song. And we could see 500 lightsticks from a distance.

"Waaahhh!"

"...!"

I had expected it but... no, more than I expected... it boasted great brightness. It looked like each person was holding a mirror ball.

'...Doesn't it get in their way of viewing the performance?'

It would bother me if the light source was that close.

It looked dazzlingly cool from the stage, but wouldn't it be useless if the people holding it were uncomfortable?

I raised the mic after the members exchanged a few words of greetings with the fans.

"...How is the lightstick..."

"It's pretty!!"

"I love it!!"

"...I see."

It was enough that they were satisfied.

* * *

It was dawn, a day after TeStar had filmed for the comeback show with the fans all day long. Obviously, reviews about it appeared.

Among them was Park Moondae's anonymous fan community.

The first comeback stage hadn't been aired yet, so even if you looked at the reviews written in detail, the only thing fans could intuitively feel after reading the reviews of pre-recordings was almost only the description of the change in appearance.

And since the first comeback stage was scheduled to be aired on Thursday evening, the pre-recording of Music Bomb was held right at that dawn.

Unsurprisingly, the early morning in mid-to-late October was quite cold.

"Please don't push!"

'...So cold!'

Kim Raebin's fan grumbled and entered the pre-recording site. The words she read earlier still lingered in her mind.

'...Park Moondae has blonde hair again?'

It was so good... No, it's just that Park Moondae changed back to blonde hair.

After the 2nd team match, she secretly became concerned about Park Moondae, and occasionally went to Park Moondae's fan site to check the news.

Even when an acquaintance on social media, who was also Kim Raebin's personal fan, criticized Park Moondae, she was secretly defending him.

It was mainly this way. For your information, Big Bird was a search prevention nickname for Keun Sejin.

In any case, she was still in denial of her feelings beyond liking Park Moondae.

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

She quickly shook off her thoughts and took out her cheering lightstick. To be honest, the composition of how the magnificent magic wand came out shiningly when the black cylinder was removed, was honestly amusing and fun.

'The lightstick is good, the lightstick.'

As the fans were waiting with their own cheering lightsticks, TeStar walked out to the stage.

"Hello~"

"Hi, Loviewer!"

Deafening cheers rang through the recording studio.

"Are you tired? Thank you so much for coming."

"Yeah!!"

"No, I'm not tired!"

It was a mess, with a mixture of honest people to people who said kind things, but everyone laughed because the atmosphere itself was fun.

TeStar showed signs of nervousness, but generally speaking, they spoke well.

Above all, the outfits were really great.

'What is that...!'

TeStar members were wearing techwear outfits over the winter school uniform instead of a jacket.

The silhouette of equipment made of black leather, plastic, and metal went up on top of the school uniform's shirt and pants, and fit just right without being excessive.

'Although I knew the mood would be different from the title song!'

Still, she was shocked because she didn't know it would be more serious than the concept photo.

In addition, Kim Raebin had grown his hair a little longer, leaving only half of his forehead exposed.

'A half cut!'

She loved the fact that his atmosphere gave more of a sense of danger rather than delinquency!

She wanted to express this excitement by hitting something with a lightstick, but she endured it because it was crowded with other people.

And around that time, Park Moondae, who was standing a little away from Kim Raebin, caught her eye.

"...!!"

He's handsome?!

Why was he so handsome? She looked at Park Moondae, doubting her own eyes.

Park Moondae had a trendy and attractive figure, and although he was objectively good-looking, he was not the kind of handsome who was admired as soon as he was seen.

But today, for some reason, it looked like that!

'Is it because of that platinum hair?!'

Park Moondae had platinum blonde hair that was almost colorless. And she didn't know why, but it seemed to suit him incredibly well.

'...Did he get fixed?'

//TN: = plastic surgery

She briefly doubted, but could not pinpoint the difference in features.

Then she heard some people whispering to each other softly.

"I heard they changed salons..."

"Looks like they've changed for the better. I think the kids have gotten handsome."

"..."

'Ah, that's what happened.'

She quickly understood the situation.

She didn't know who it was, but it was clear that the person was a great expert.

In the meantime, TeStar finished the short greetings and small talk with the fans, and got into formation to prepare for the performance.

As TeStar turned around and each took their starting position, she waved the cheering lightstick in her hand with excitement. And she realized...

'Ah, the lightstick cover...'

Come to think of it, they were told not to take off this black cylinder when they came in.

'Do you want me to cheer for you like this?'

While she was looking at the black stick with a little hesitation, the lightstick was turned on by a central controller connected via Bluetooth.

"...!"

Then, a familiar luminous graffiti wrapped around the black cylinder turned on.

"...!"

It seemed that the light inside was leaking through the cover, but for some reason, it reminded her of a neon sign more.

"Oh my god."

She was not very interested in the cylinder, so she was surprised because she didn't know about this feature.

However, most of the fans were just staring at the stage as if they had already turned it on at home.

'Ah!'

She also quickly fixed her eyes on the stage. She couldn't waste her time on this.

At that moment, the lights in the filming studio went out.

Then, an intense prelude began to play on the stage.

//TN: I found a few fan versions of the lightstick and they're so cool! The first design was made by @tls12_3 and the second by @_rnadu on twitter!