'As expected, it's coming up in real time.'

I checked the growing number of comments for a while, but eventually gave up on my escape and looked back at the TV.

On the TV right in front of me in the living room of the dorm, the true identity of the 'Groom of May' was being broadcast.

It was hard to look at the subtitles and editing so I turned on my phone.

I could have just roughly watched it if I was alone, but the problem was that I was watching with the group right now.

"I-it's okay Moondae-ya, you're cool...!"

"It is an impressive rendition!"

"Whoa, Moondae~ You were determined. You even prepared the costume~"

Keun Sejin poked me on the shoulder. Meanwhile, the subtitles appeared again under Park Moondae's words on Tv.

"The rosy...!"

"Wow, these captions are really..."

The people around me couldn't stand it anymore and began to hold back their laughter with their heads down. 

When TeStar's activities were exaggeratedly edited and shown on screen, I didn't think of raising my head because of embarrassment.

'Is there any meaning in monitoring this?'

I guessed this would happen from the time everyone said we should watch this together, but I wanted to go to my room and watch it alone.

Fortunately, the screentime soon moved to the announcement of the winner.

The confetti flew on the screen.

"WOOOOW!"

"Of course, it's a win when you sing like that!"

Bae Sejin exclaimed excitedly.

"...?"

What was he doing?

Bae Sejin cleared his throat when he met my eyes and quietly turned his head away. It reminded me of last week when he told me 'I enjoyed Winter Night' with a stiff expression.

'I guess he likes those kinds of dramatic singing styles.'

I thought we were watching a sports race or something.

Just in time, the MC was fussing on the screen.

That statement was true.

I started it to clear my head, but it was surprising... that the results were better than I thought.

'I got lucky.'

I couldn't expect such a fluke like that to happen all the time, but it was a fresh experience nonetheless.

"Moondae hyung, your physique is very similar to the 'Groom of May' hologram. Did you plan this for the public performance from the start?"

"The flowers on your face are not uncomfortable?"

...I managed to answer obediently.

"...Yeah, I planned it, and of course it was uncomfortable."

"Discomfort is not good!"

It was a little burdensome but I had to accept this much. For the past month, they must have put up with my bad condition whether it was knowingly or unknowingly.

"Seeing this, I can't wait to promote our new album~"

"Th-that's right!"

With the chatter of those who were stimulated by the monitoring, my parts on the screen were almost over.

'That guy was from Gold 1's group.'

While the runner-up, the old-fashioned roasted chicken was being interviewed, Ryu Chungwoo asked.

"Then will you appear next time too, Moondae?"

"Yes. I will start from the semi-finals next week."

"That's nice. Congratulations. Um... then, hold on."

Ryu Chungwoo smiled and got up from his seat. Then the two youngest ones followed suit and jumped up.

"...?"

This obviously looked unnatural.

'...Ah, don't tell me.'

The three disappeared into the kitchen and then immediately reappeared.

Cha Yujin was holding a cake in his hands.

"...!"

As I thought.

...In fact, today was June 18th. It was the first anniversary of TeStar's debut.

'Although there's less than an hour left.'

It was already 11:20 pm.

I momentarily forgot about the anniversary content since it was already shot beforehand due to editing time and uploaded last midnight

"The video was released last midnight but... I thought it would be nice if we could do it by ourselves."

Ryu Chungwoo smiled and pet the youngest two's heads.

"I prepared some with these guys."

"I like cake!"

"The words written on top of the cake were decided together through a discussion."

The words were something that would come out with these three's thinking.

But the text wasn't the thing that mattered.

'...Did they wait until my monitoring was over?'

That was very... admirable of them.

As I was oddly appreciating it, Keun Sejin cut in.

"Wait, wait! Let's take a picture first~ Moondae-ya!"

He was holding out his phone to me so casually.

"Eyy, it's because you're good at taking pictures, Moondae~ Huh? Are you not confident in taking selfies? Is that the case?"

"Give it to me."

"Ooh~"

I'll let this slide.

I snatched the phone from Keun Sejin's hand and turned on the selfie mode.

I stretched out my hand all the way, adjusting it so that all seven of us and the cake were on the screen.

"I'm taking it."

"Yes~"

Snap, snap, snap. Naturally, I took several pictures at intervals of one or two seconds.

And after a while.

"Now, let's eat the cake!"

"...This is really edible, right? The color on top of this..."

"It's delicious!"

"Cha Yujin! You should only eat after your hyungs have started eating!"

"..."

Bae Sejin seemed to have already given up and shoved the cake into his mouth.

I shrugged my shoulders.

'...It tastes good.'

For a design cake, it was really good.

Like that, thirty minutes before the end of June 18th, the first anniversary passed with us simply munching on the cake.

"We've been through a lot in one year. Let's keep doing well in the future."

"Ah, of course~ Let's do it until we win the grand prize award~"

"This isn't the promotion period so eat a lot."

"Yes, yes...!"

This simplicity wasn't bad.

* * *

Around the time when Park Moondae and the members were sharing the cake peacefully.

Park Moondae's fans were roaring for the victory.

As frustrating as the period of silence and self-restraint was, posts poured out like crazy on social media and community sites.

Fans who had been swarming with resentment began to openly suffer from Park Moondae's new content only after an hour had passed.

And although it wasn't to the extent that the fans would go all over the place, 'Groom of May' left a deep impression even among the fans of the show.

This was because the performances from the preliminaries to the finals were all very good, and even the impact and structure of the identity disclosure were complete.

Just as the regular viewers received it well, the general viewers also acknowledged one thing even if their taste for the character varied.

'He sings really well.'

The overwhelming victory in a prime-time public TV variety show with viewership ratings of around 10% also had a light impact on public perception.

It appeared in the comments of the 'Groom of May's' identity reveal video on WeTube.

The middle-aged people acknowledged Park Moondae.

Since was so popular, they have seen Park Moondae's face before by chance, but not many people listened to the songs with an open mind.

In addition, the reaction of people who really liked the character of 'Groom of May' itself was added.

No matter how much Park Moondae created it and Park Moondae's voice and motions were copied, the character and Park Moondae himself could not be completely identical.

Nevertheless, the favor quickly spread. Because there were so many things in common.

It was a time when his true identity was just revealed after he did an amazing performance on a program that many people watched.

It was a point when all kinds of praise and attention towards Park Moondae would be the most turbulent.

Of course, it didn't end there.

It was the expected aggro.

For reference, it was going to be shattered soon.