“I came here just to tell you all this. I worked hard to launch the channel as soon as possible, so stop bothering me from now on, okay? See you.” After saying this, the manager rummaged through his pockets, took out his phone, and left the dorm. 2

Lee Jin-Sung trailed after the manager with the phone in his hand and asked, “Hyung, can we go live now?”1

“Right now…? Sure, but remember to tell me or Mr. Seong first. Someone needs to keep an eye on things.”0

“Yay! Okay.”0

“See you.”0

Once the manager had left, the excited Lee Jin-Sung bolted into the kitchen with his phone. “Hyungs, is it okay to start the live broadcast?"0

“Now? With all of us looking this exhausted?" Joo-Han firmly shook his head. Despite being close to wrapping up recording, our live practice sessions had become more frequent. Our dance routines were changing whenever we got used to the previous choreography, and our live vocals were still shaky. Therefore, we always practiced until late at night. On top of this, the recent music video shoot, reality show filming, and meetings had added to our fatigue.1

We were pushed to our limits, to the point where the bags under our eyes got darker each day. The skin breakouts and stretched t-shirts...0