“He’s trying to take our Tae-Yoon?”8

“No, he can’t.”0

“Wow~ You’re so popular, Tae-Yoon.”0

When Kang Hyun-Sung called me out, each of the members showed different reactions. In contrast, I was so startled that I blurted out, “Me?”1

I had never imagined that Kang Hyun-Sung would call out my name. On the other hand, Kang Hyun-Sung, who was responsible for this whole affair, was calm. However, there was one problem.0

“Um, Mr. Hyun-Sung! Please call out the name of the person you want when all the leaders have been confirmed! I was just explaining the perks of being a leader just now! Haha!”4

This was not the right time to call out a name.0

“Ah, I see. I was in too much of a hurry.” Kang Hyun-Sung smiled awkwardly and lowered the mike. Then he met my eyes again. Was I mistaken if I sensed a murderous gaze from his eyes? I couldn’t believe that getting on his nerves before was coming back to bite me on the butt like this.3

‘This is crazy.’ I felt chills run down my back. Furthermore, it felt like Kang Hyun-Sung knew he would get rejected, and he had called out my name with the mindset to make sure others knew that he had his eyes set on me. It seemed as if he wanted to make a clear announcement that I was going to be on his team even before the other leaders were confirmed. Since Kang Hyung-Sung had the most experience and was most popular among us, people didn’t even fault him for this.0

I said to the other...0