Chapter 219

Do-hee… made her lips curve up easily.

[Do-hee: W-well…? This feels a bit like a pop ballad, right? Hm… is it okay?]

In that moment of lowered guard, Chiyo grabbed Do-hee’s notebook.

[Chiyo: Let me see~]

[Do-hee: Ah, don’t read it!]

Do-hee was flustered.

[Don’t dilly dally

We’re different from the day before

Especially with a new vibe

Today and tomorrow are daily]

But Chiyo, claiming to be the main rapper, read it with a flavor in her rhyme.

[Seo-yoon: Wow, this is actually nice? What’s this?]

[Woo-ah: Right? It’s good!]

Thanks to that, even Na-eun chimed in with a thumbs up.

[Do-hee: …Really? Actually, I’m also trying to make it feel a bit like girl’s hip-hop in class.]

Do-hee giggled shyly.

So easily.

[Seo-yoon: But what’s “dilly dally”?]

[Do-hee: It’s English slang. It means don’t dawdle. Like, don’t fall behind the trend or something…]

Now Do-hee seemed to be filled with a bit more confidence.

[Chiyo: …What’s this? A storm before the grape?]

Forgetting her embarrassing moments, she boldly stepped forward.

[Do-hee: Ah, that? When the Sevens turned 05, Ha-rang Unni and Hana Unni bought us grape wine. That was my overwhelming feeling at the time.]

[Seo-yoon: You really write everything down for lyrics, huh?]

[Chiyo: You even drew music notes?]

[Do-hee: That’s Seo-yoon Unni’s drunk talk.]

[Seo-yoon: Ah, you’re lying again.]

[Do-hee: Sorry. Don’t misunderstand everyone. Our Seo-yoon Unni is well-behaved without alcohol.]

[Woo-ah: Oh…? I know…?]

[Seo-yoon: Don’t lie too.]

[Woo-ah: Hehe, I’m sorry~]

Of course, after that, really embarrassing lyrics did get discovered.

[Chiyo: Beautiful… all in down… (grimace) Wow, this is really, really bad. Wow, jackpot…]

[Do-hee: (sternly) Hey, stop reading.]

So Do-hee got her notebook back again.

The talk about fan club names disappeared, and another topic continued.

[Na-eun: Come to think of it, Do-hee took rap lessons before, right?]

[Woo-ah: Yeah. Do-hee learned under teacher JO.]

[Chiyo: JO? Isn’t that the rapper senior? The one who was on Show Me?]

[Seo-yoon: That’s right. She quit right when they were filming that. It was about a year before you joined, Chiyo.]

[Do-hee: Teacher Bong-sik was really great. Super kind, polite, and taught us well.]

[Chiyo: …But why can’t Do-hee rap? That person can do it well…]

[Do-hee: No! (resentfully) Even if I can’t do it on the spot, I can get good with practice, you know? So, do you want to have a rap battle with me?]

[Chiyo: Uh… I’m not battling with someone who can’t even rap…]

That was a bit too much TMI.

[Seo-yoon: By the way, do you still greet Senior J.O these days?]

[Do-hee: No, I haven’t run into Teacher Bong-sik since our debut. I do hear the songs they release, though!]

[Na-eun: Do you contact them?]

[Do-hee: Of course! I sent a New Year’s message to wish them a lot of luck.]

Naturally, the response from the fans was very positive.

─ Whoa, so J.O was Do-hee’s rap teacher, lol, crazy!

─ It seems like underground rappers often do daily rap lessons at their agencies, I guess that’s what it was?

─ So J.O actually saw Do-hee when she was 12 or 13? That’s suddenly annoying…?

─ Just asking for someone to take a petition out on J.O (1/9999)

But the members’ chatter came to a quick halt with an interruption.

As the door opened, all the members stood up with welcoming faces.

What followed was a serious-sounding voice of a woman in her 30s, though her face wasn’t visible.

[Jung So-hyun (Debonaire’s Chief Director): Hey guys, have any candidates for the fandom name come up?]

[……]

After a moment of silence, the screen shifted, and the members appeared seated around a round table with a whiteboard in front of them.

The member holding the board marker was Chiyo.

[Chiyo/Secretary(?): I’ll take any proposals for the fandom name now.]

Do-hee rummaged through her notepad again and raised her hand.

[Woo-ah: Right! Do-hee had something planned, didn’t she?]

[Do-hee: Yes. I think the sound of the fandom name should match our group name, Debonaire, right?]

[Na-eun: Exactly~]

[Do-hee: The strong sound from Debonaire is ‘Debo.’ Let’s find a rhyme that goes with Debo.]

Since her lyrics from earlier were quite impressive, all the members watched with eager expressions.

[Do-hee: First, what about “Daboo…”]

Sighs erupted all around.

[Do-hee: …Just kidding! Of course! Debo, it reminds me of Dvořák. A new world from the humorous. Doesn’t it fit us pretty well? So classic!]

Seo-yoon waved her hand back and forth.

She waved her hands dramatically.

[Do-hee: Wow… This is really a masterpiece, Debo, a fusion of your husband and debonaire. How about it? Isn’t it great?]

[Seo-yoon: Next… No, never mind, just keep talking.]

[Do-hee: Okay…]

Meanwhile, Chiyo, the General Secretary(?), was diligently taking notes.

[Chiyo: Debo… Debo… Debo…]

Turning another page in her notepad, Do-hee was cautiously glancing around.

[Do-hee: First, we have Du Fu.]

[Seo-yoon: …Wait, what’s Du Fu?]

In an instant, Do-hee’s eyes sparkled with excitement.

[Do-hee: Don’t tell me… Unni, you don’t know Du Fu, the greatest poet of the Tang dynasty in Chinese history…?]

[Seo-yoon: (flustered) Ah, I know.]

[Do-hee: A little general knowledge… ]

[Seo-yoon: Shush.]

Anyway, Do-hee’s pointless list-making exercise had begun.

[Do-hee: Next is Dalbo.]

[Na-eun: Huh? Dalbo? That’s cute. What is it?]

[Do-hee: Sweet Voice. Cute, right?]

Woo-ah waved her hands instead of Seo-yoon.

[Do-hee: This one’s cute too. Dumbo the elephant.]

[Woo-ah: Oh, I like this one a bit.]

[Do-hee: Right?]

Of course, it wouldn’t be accepted.

[Seo-yoon: Hey, just give it up. Let’s get serious now.]

[Do-hee: No, I really have one good one left. This one is for real…]

Na-eun lifted her previously drooped head slightly.

[Na-eun: …Really?]

[Do-hee: Yes.]

Yes, there was a possibility that Do-hee was building up for one last ridiculous proposal.

[Do-hee: Robot Tobo.]

[Seo-yoon: Hey, I said give it up.]

And after some time, the members’ numerous suggestions were scribbled all over the whiteboard.

However, nothing was quite satisfactory.

[Do-hee: I have another one.]

Do-hee, keeping an eye on her surroundings, sneakily opened her mouth.

Flipping through her notebook.

[Seo-yoon: Just put it away.]

[Do-hee: (pitiful) No, this time I’m serious, seriously…]

Soft-hearted Na-eun patted her and urged her to go ahead, and Do-hee began to speak.

[Do-hee: We do hold a lot of meaning behind the group name, after all.]

[Seo-yoon: Ah, if you come up with something like Dalbo again, you’re really risking your life.]

[Chiyo: Oh, Seo-yoon Unni, that’s a good rhyme.]

Do-hee persistently announced.

[Do-hee: Actually, the origin of Debonair is French, you know. Why am I telling you this? Because I scored 100 on my French exam, which is my second foreign language? Well, not really, but can I at least get some applause?]

“That’s not it. Of course, you can at least applaud, right?”

Woo-ah calmly stood up from her seat.

[Woo-ah: Now we should head to practice.]

Only then did Do-hee, who had stopped playing around with a serious expression, write on the whiteboard.

[Do-hee: De bon aire, which means ‘good air, good atmosphere, good realm’ in French. The important part is the core noun of the sentence, aire.]

[So what I’m saying is… Let’s go with Air. It’s a bit simple and embarrassing, but still, our fans are like oxygen to us… Air, it sounds nice too. Yeah.]

It was a lengthy buildup of nonsense, but in the end, the fandom name was decided as Air.

*

Though the latter part turned into a talk show, today’s first self-content was a reality documentary, where a plethora of teasers and TMI came pouring out in the 40-minute running time.

And each member’s fan accounts were tirelessly busy compiling information about their favorites.

[Seven’s 05s preparing for an adult ceremony: The calm before the storm with blackberry wine lol]

[Na-eun talking about the [Ferocious3] final ranking announcement (tear alert)]

[Sorting out the rhymes written in Do-hee’s songwriting notebook]

[Chiyo: The biggest support during my time away from home was Woo-ahㅠㅠㅠ]

[(Choreography video.Avi) A draft of the choreography posted on Zeta Crew’s YouTube, most of the changes were led by the members]

[Do-hee who took rap lessons from Jo from the age of 12 to 13]

[DEB means the girl who will debut, it gave me chills for real, the more I learn about the group name, the fancier it gets]

[Chiyo, why are you so articulate only during individual interviews? I genuinely thought you were Korean for a second.]

[Seo-yoon who doesn’t know the poet Du Fu from the Tang Dynasty]

[Kill point) Jisoo holding a macaw board (General Secretary = Communist Party Leader)]

[But seriously, when Do-hee talks, it seems like she knows a lot even when she’s being casual, of course, since she’s always first in class… Super smart]

Of course, there were plenty of people celebrating the finally decided fandom name.

[Was I the only one who wanted the fandom name to be Jebbo? If you agree, upvote!]

[Hello, dear Airs who value the air~]

[Do-hee said we are precious hehehe]

*

Meanwhile, Do-hee’s former rap lesson teacher, Jo.

“What is this.”

─Hey, let’s go head-to-head.

─Bong-sik, did you hide this on purpose?

─First, post a photo with Do-hee; I’ll give you 3 hours.

─I could tell from your face; you’re full of slyness…

─This guy should at least be audited first.

─Don’t even think about coming on TV from now on^^

Jo Bong-sik was being terrorized on his personal Instagram with an English message he couldn’t understand.

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