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June 14, Tuesday /Fansign Event/Convention Hall
The members sat on their assigned seats. The staff were already moving and guiding the fans for them to start the event. While waiting, Ji-Hun grabbed the water bottle and drank some water. The other members are patiently waiting for the event to start.
And now, the event started. The first fan came to Minsu's spot since he's the first one to the left.
"Hello!" Minsu said as he smiled at the fan. The fan waved at Minsu and sat on the chair. The fan gave the poster to Minsu for him to sign with.
"How's your day?" Minsu asked. Ji-Hun was watching Minsu talking to the fan as he smiled.
"I'm fine. How about you, are you okay now? We we're worried about you" The fan said, looking at Minsu.
"Aww. thank you for being worried about me. Actually, I'm a lot better now." Minsu said before he gave the poster to the fan since he finished signing it. "I actually have a gift for all of the members." The fan said as he looked for it in his bag. Once he found it, he gave it to Minsu. It's a bunny ear hat.
"A bunny? That's cute!" Minsu said, looking at the gift their fan gave to him. He immediately wore it as he chuckled. The fan in front of him awed by Minsu's reaction.
"Thank you for this!" Minsu said as he smiled at the fan.
After a few minutes, all of the member's spot was full. The first fan who's in the line also gave the other members an animal ear hat. Ji-Hun wearing a frog ears, Hyun-Jung wearing Giraffe ear hat, and Iseul wearing cow ear hat.
"I really love your debut song! Once I saw all of you on Show Champion, I said to myself that I had to stan your group!" One fan said to Hyun-Jung.
"That's so sweet! We never thought our fans would like us that way!" Hyun-Jung responded.
"We are rooting for all of you! Don't loose hope, okay?" The fan said to Hyun-Jung as the male smiled at their fan.
"Oh! Goodluck with your test!" Iseul said, looking at their fan. Her expression was priceless. She was shocked that Iseul look at her directly into her eyes.
"Uh... I have a gift for you. I made this last week. actually, it was rushed but I still put my effort to it." The fan said, giving Iseul a hand made embroid of M41's logo.
"Don't tell me this was handmade..." Iseul said looking at the gift and the fan.
"Yes it was handmade. I made a lot of stuff like that during the pandemic." The fan said, looking at Iseul who's shocked about the gift.
"This is so amazing!" Iseul said with a smile.
"I'm actually a fan of you before M41. I'm always seeing your posts on my Instagram!" A fan said to Ji-Hun while Ji-Hun was signing the poster that the fan gave to him.
"Oh! that's great! how did you know I'm gonna be part of a boy group?" Ji-Hun asked.
"Well, we were kinda worried about you that time. You haven't posted for like 2 months? Not until we saw your post with the members and the comments flooded with you being an idol because that time, you were in your practice area." The fan explained.
"I can't post anything that time since we have to focus on our schedule. I can't go outside our dorm as well so I have no choice but to not post." Ji-Hun explained as well.
"But atleast a lot of people, especially us, are happy for you by being an Idol! You made all of your fan's wish come true!" The fan said, smiling at Ji-Hun.
"I truly did so." Ji-Hun responded.
A few minutes had past, almost half of the fans were already done with the fan sign, and M41 received quite a lot of gifts from their fans. Like Ji-Hun received a frog plushie and also, a lot of fans call him 개구리-훈 (Frog-Hun). Ji-Hun asked one of his fans about it and the fan said
"Well, a lot of us compare you to a frog. Frogs are pranksters of the wild."
Iseul received a lot of letters from fans. He read one of the letters and it made his heartbeat skip.
"To Iseul, and to also the other members of M41. I've been a fan since your debut and I would say that I did the right thing for stanning this group. I love how all of you are so sincere and caring for your fans. You all inspired me so much with your music. Thank you for just being there! Love, a fan
PS, we have a lot of suggestions for Fandom name like Planet41 or un14rce hihi"
Iseul was happy that their fans was giving suggestions for their fandom name.
Hyun-Jung received a flower crown because a fan that gave it to him thought it looks so much good on him. The fan doesn't lie though. It looks good on Hyun-Jung. He also received a bracelet with a cute giraffe face on it. He obviously puts in on his right wrist and he didn't removed it until the end of the event. He thought it was so cute.
"So, we are actually done!" Iseul said after all of their fans had a chance to talk to them.
"That was fun. I received so many bunny gifts." Minsu said as he scratched his head. "I think our fans arranged what gifts should they buy. Look at me. I have a frog hat, frog plushie, frog badge, frog everything." Ji-Hun said.
"Someone even said they call me 개구리-훈 (Frog-Hun)" Ji-Hun added. The members laughed at it.
"That's hilarious. Actually, the animals were assigned with are actually accurate. Like me, i got the giraffe because I'm tall, Minsu got the bunny because he's cute, Ji-Hun got the frog because of him being a prankster. And Iseul got the cow hat because he's friendly. am I right?" Hyun-Jung said before looking at their fans.
"Close!" A fan said while others chuckled by it.
"Can you explain it to us?" Iseul asked.
"There's something missing for Bunny! Minsu's Shy and Silly!" The fan shouted, wanting the members to hear about it. The members laughed at it while Minsu hid his face behind the table.
"That's actually true. Except, that changes when we play monopoly." Ji-Hun said as he laughed.
"Wait, we have one more thing to do." Iseul said signaling the staff to bring something.
"I know that our fans were asked to write something on a memo paper? And our staff collected it all!" Iseul added. The staff went back with a bowl full of memo papers.
"Oh that's a lot" Hyun-Jung said, looking at the bowl.
"We'll be reading it all?" Minsu asked. "Let's read it all, actually. grab one and tell to our fans about it." Iseul explained.
A few minutes had past and they were still reading some of the memo, they were happy reading the memos.
"개구리-훈, 토끼-수, 기린-중, 암슬?? (Frog-Hun, Bunny-Su, Giraffe-Jung, Cowseul??)" Hyun-Jung said, reading the memo.
"We officially have our new nicknames made by our fans" Hyun-Jung added. The fans were laughing by it.
"Minsu's so cute!" Ji-Hun said, reading the memo he picked anonymously.
"Its true." Ji-Hun said, as a comment by the memo. The fans cheered by how Ji-Hun reacted to the memo. Minsu looked at Ji-Hun with his eyes wide open, wondering why the male said that in front of their fans. Their fans watching them while going crazy with their ship.
After the members read all the memo, they performed their debut song after the table were removed from the platform. The fans were chanting the fanchant for the members. After that, the event ended. The members had a lot of fun talking to their fans. The fans seems to have a lot of fun as well!
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June 14, Tuesday /After Schedule/Dorm
M41 were quietly looking at all their gifts and reading the letters their fans gave to them as they wait for their sweet potatos to be cooked.
"...I will be a fan of M41 forever<3" Hyun-Jung said, reading the letter a fan gave to him.
"Our fans are so sweet." Hyun-Jung commented.
"I like it. I love how they cared for us." Minsu commented as he was looking at the gifts he received.
After a few minutes, they ate they sweet potatoes and they went to their bedroom, trying to sleep early for the next schedule. The room was quiet. Not until Hyun-Jung begun to speak.
"Guys?" He said softly, looking at all the members.
"Yes?" Iseul answered, sitting beside Hyun-Jung in the bed. Minsu and Ji-Hun looked at Hyun-Jung as well.
"Since I have nothing to hide from every single of you, you already knew every part of my body and the fact that... I'm gay... Why don't we all say some secrets we haven't told to each other yet?" Hyun-Jung said, asking the members to do like a open forum with them.
"That's actually a great idea." Minsu said before he sat on the floor. The other members sat on the floor as well, creating a circle.
"So, who goes first?" Iseul asked, looking at all the members. The idea of them telling secrets to each other made him so close with the members.
"I go first." Minsu said as he smiled.
"I'm not straight." Minsu said, confessing to the members. "I don't know if I'm gay? but like... I don't know.." Minsu added.
"That's fine! there's nothing wrong with being confused about that." Iseul said to Minsu.
"I just want everyone to know that just in case, you know. Something happens." Minsu explained.
"So how about you, Iseul?" Minsu added.
"Well... I actually have no parents." Iseul said.
"How's that possible?" Hyun-Jung asked. It was quite not clear about Iseul's statement but they let Iseul explain.
"My parents left me on the streets when I was 6 years old. I remember their faces, but they just.. left me.. So why should I look for them? I grew on the street not until a gay business man helped me. He helped me raise up. And once I got a job, I asked him that I'll be leaving his house because I don't wanna be a burden. He said yes and he also said I can visit him anytime" Iseul explained everything from the start.
"That is also the reason why I wanted to be an Idol. Because I want to prove to my parents that I'm still here and I don't need their help." Iseul added.
"I'm so proud of you.." Hyun-Jung said, giving Iseul a hug. Once Iseul felt Hyun-Jung's touch, he started crying. Telling that to his members made him so at ease.
"Well atleast we can show your parents how successful you are today." Ji-Hun said.
"That's w-why I a-also wanted to t-take care all of y-you. I wanted us to f-feel like were a f-family.." Iseul said while sobbing. The emotions Iseul had was filling around the room.
The room became quiet for a few minutes, after Iseul cried, the members already knew its Ji-Hun's turn.
"How about you Ji-Hun? What secrets you'll be telling us today?" Hyun-Jung asked, looking at Ji-Hun. It was quiet for a few seconds before Ji-Hun takes the urge to tell his secret to the members.
"I think I like Minsu." Ji-Hun said. It shocked everyone, the atmosphere around the room was intense. Minsu was confused. Why did Ji-Hun said that?
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