The boxes were distributed when the pre-recording of the music show ended and the fans were leaving.

This allowed people to open the boxes on their way home.

The light purple box with TeStar's logo sticker on it seemed to be shouting to be opened.

'It's a reverse tribute!'

Unsurprisingly, all fans were quick to notice the situation.

'No wonder they didn't give us photo cards when we entered...!'

Perhaps this box also contained photo cards for those who participated in the pre-recording.

Fans who had already received cream bread, coffee, and simple snacks opened the box with joy.

'I wish it could be sweet and sour chicken.'

'It's heavy... could it be a drink this time?'

However, what was visible in the box were 28 large macarons that were fancily wrapped.

"...!!"

"Gasp!"

It was incredible to see four rows of seven pieces placed side by side.

People on the subway, on the bus, and in the car, were shocked by this. Obviously, most people had never thought of buying a set of 28 macarons in their lives.

'There were 300 of us, but 28 pieces per person...?'

'What's going on?'

Some fans doubted whether there was some kind of mistake in the quantity.

It wasn't even just an off-the-shelf product. When you picked up the macaron, the icing was in the shape of an animal's paw.

'Oh my god, there's even a bird's foot.'

'Is this particularly small one a hamster's paw? It is a hamster!'

It even had the shape of a deer's hoof.

Fans stomped, pounded the sheets, and couldn't control the corners of their mouths, but tried to close the box.

'Let's take a proof shot and leave it alone.'

'I'll have to freeze it forever.'

However, that wasn't the end. There was something stuck inside the box cover. There was one more small box.

'No way.'

'More?'

The fans tore the box off and turned it over.

Then the content was revealed. It was a well-packaged luxury brand perfume. It was not a sample size, but a 50ml original product.

'Oh my god.'

'Wait a minute.'

'What kind of lottery box is this? Are they really giving all of these?'

Beyond joy, some people began to be confused.

In the meantime, something came out again.

Thud.

The letter envelope that was stuck between the boxes fell off.

The envelope... was quite thick.

At this point, there were fans who were slowly getting scared.

'What else is there again?'

'Just how much is there...?'

They swallowed and opened the envelope, revealing a note that looked like a copy of a handwritten note.

The letter ended with a scribble that said 'I love you, Loviewer'.

That part... seemed to be really handwritten.

And, inside the envelope where the letter was taken out, there were a lot of printed pictures. They were pictures of TeStar members and it looked like they were taken at their dorm.

That was the reason why the envelope was so thick...!

'This is crazy!!'

'These punks...! These crazy punks!!'

At this point, most of the fans who came to the recording started screaming internally.

And on social media, a fire started to break out.

* * *

"What??"

Park Moondae's homepage master fell off the sofa.

It was because she couldn't accept the reality that a big event took place at the last recording when she couldn't go because of food poisoning and was taken to the emergency room that night.

The timeline she checked with trembling hands... was plastered with proof shots of the box.

'Fuck!!'

She slammed her head on the sofa. Of course, it wasn't because she thought that not getting free macarons and perfume was a waste.

It was the fact that she could have seen the evidence of her idol's love for the fans, but couldn't receive it...!

It was so unfair...!

'I could have gone!'

It was so unfair that this happened on the day she missed it that she felt like going insane!

And she wasn't the only person feeling that way.

Since it was obvious that they cared a lot, the atmosphere went beyond envy to a slight feeling of deprivation.

And this reverse tribute had become quite a hot topic on the general entertainment community page. It was because people were interested in the gift that looked expensive.

At first, most of the reactions were that the fans were envious and that TeStar was amazing, but soon people who wanted to analyze the situation appeared.

Whether it was sincere or malicious, it was a series of misunderstandings.

However, before public opinion could fall into a harmful pit, posts of the letter confirming the reverse tribute showed up one after another.

There were mentions of their paycheck to the fact that they had picked out and bought the perfumes. The letter was tantamount to a confirmation that TeStar members had prepared the reverse tribute themselves.

The opinion on the general community page was settled along this line.

Several aggros were successfully repelled, and TeStar made a good impression with their heartwarming gift.

But the fans didn't end there.

The people, who saw the members a few days ago, connected the dots and finally appeared.

Fans were rather shocked because the story was overly touching.

However, review posts from the macaron shop's social media account started appearing.

It was a confirmation kill.

In this huge situation where everything was true, fans were completely moved and sentimental and began to fill up the posts with crying emojis...

The fans felt lost, and they were rambling and full of energy.

And they began to passionately post reasonings about which member chose which perfume on social media.

In addition, TeStar even released most of the photos, that were in the gifts, on social media.

It was an enjoyable time with the reverse tribute.

* * *

I pressed the screen with my thumb.

"Hmm."

The photos were uploaded well.

It was the result of moving with a principle similar to that of the first fan sign event.

'It would be worse if there are more people who are sad than not doing it.'

It was right to return information and content to everyone.

After checking the post once, I continued to monitor the reaction in the music show waiting room.

'...The atmosphere is good.'

It was worth it to spend the whole day preparing it. What was the point of wasting money if the person receiving the gift didn't like it? Fortunately, it seemed like the money was well spent.

'It was a good choice to randomly put one of the seven types of perfumes.'

Thanks to that, there were only three eyewitness accounts, so it wasn't awkward to put the gifts under TeStar's name.

'After all, I have to begin with the group, not as an individual, so there wouldn't be potential for trouble.'

It didn't really matter if I paid for it.

'In the first place, there is no other place for my money to go.'

I had no family or acquaintances so what else was there? I wasn't even in a situation where I needed living expenses or a house right away, and the amount of payment was so high that even saying something like this was laughable.

So, from the beginning, I was going to pay the bill myself and the name was going to be taken as a group. The company wanted that too.

However, a variable occurred.

Ryu Chungwoo objected as soon as he heard it.

Ryu Chungwoo sternly sorted it out.

...So, along with the members' enthusiastic support, it was all just divided between us.

I was grateful but... I wondered if this was even necessary.

'I'm not worried about the aftermath if words leak out, but about people saying 'him doing that is no good'...'

Well, come to think of it, when talking about my personality, I think I've seen aggros saying I turned out like this for not being loved.

'They're using my upbringing to insult.'

But apart from that, someone who was 'brought up well' could be referring to someone like Ryu Chungwoo.

'Should I say that he had no setbacks?'

The type that had good resilience and didn't fall into other byways.

Just then, the person in question spoke up.

"Are you looking at the responses for the gifts?"

"Yes."

"I also saw it and the fans liked it. I actually feel sorry since you did everything... Thank you."

"Well... I only tried to pay."

"What are you talking about when you did all the preparation yourself!"

Ryu Chungwoo playfully hit my shoulder.

"Still, next time, let's prepare together. It's okay for you not to try handling everything by yourself. We move as a team so we should use our teammates properly."

"...Of course."

It was a topic I would have thought about even if all the team members were not six years younger than me.

Ryu Chungwoo smiled and patted me on the back.

I rubbed the back of my neck.

'Well... the guys are cooperative.'

In the end, we carried out the fan gift together beyond sharing the amount of money. Therefore the picture became better. Each of us chose our own perfume, and we discussed the macaron plan together.

I couldn't deny that the result of working together with those guys, who were sitting there getting their makeup fixed, was pretty good...

"As I thought, there is a lack of clues as to who prefers which perfume scent. I think it would be better for us to leave hints through social med-"

"I want more macarons."

"Are your needs for macarons more important than this agenda?"

"Yeah."

"I-if we order on our way back..."

"Let's stop giving it to Yujin~ He's going to start rolling around chubbily."

"No! I look great!"

He was talking a lot with a brush on his face.

For a moment, I became like an idiot getting fooled.

...Actually, I just handled the other gifts by myself.

...That's right. There were 'other gifts'.

While I was buying Seon Ahyun's birthday present at the department store, I also lightly packed presents for the staff at the company.

'If I feed them one by one, they'll take care of me one more time if something happens.'

It wasn't difficult but wouldn't it be good to do it in advance?

Of course, it wasn't anything great. It was just slightly expensive high-quality indoor slippers that could be used in the office.

But it was better than just food.

'That's the only time I can give something to these people.'

If it was not going to be distributed continuously, they would shake hands.

It would be better if it was something that could be used continuously in a working environment. Then the effect would last a while.

'It was a decent use of money at the right time.'

I recalled the amount remaining in my account. Then I remembered the last amount of money I had withdrawn.

'...I also donated a little.'

It was anonymously put into the Child Welfare Foundation.

...I thought I should do at least that much since I had used the insurance money from 'Park Moondae's' parents.

That was the end of my spendings on the payment money.

'Gosh, life is hard to understand.'

I put down my phone while rubbing the back of my neck.

Just then we were called.

"Guys, go on standby!"

The last music show live broadcast of this promotion period had been waiting for us.

"TeStar is going up!"

"Yes~"

The performance was pretty fun as always.

...I didn't know about other situations, but it was quite reassuring to have these young guys up here with me.

'...We have a good team.'

Ryu Chungwoo's words lingered in my head.

I brushed off my useless feelings and came down.

Then the moment I was about to think of the next schedule, I made eye contact with the manager who ran from the other side.

'What is it?'

The manager raised both hands and shouted.

"Guys! You're on the Billboard chart!"

"...??"

"...?"

"What?"

What nonsense was he talking about when our scores weren't even good enough...?