Remember that one scene where Chung dropped dead on the floor from losing all his life mentally after hiding in the wardrobe with Prince? Lacher followed Prince when he got out of the room and Prince shot his paparazzi… like usual. Lacher sacrificed his camera as a shield, so they got to talk for a bit before Prince shot Lacher again. "Hey, do you want to help me make articles?" Lacher asked a request, which was obviously denied by Prince. "It's to divert public attention from you for a bit! I'm getting ideas!" Lacher continued with a smile.
Prince felt like it would be a good change of pace, although he's sure the "divert public attention from you" part won't happen. He spent his time mostly in the entertainment world and he couldn't eat or drink whatever he wanted because it would change his voice or appearance. He's now a top actor with no friends around him. Maybe spending the time with his paparazzi would be worth it, since it would give him a lot of time to kill Lacher once and for all. "I guess…"
"Okay! Let's go back for a bit," Lacher grabbed Prince's hand and ran back to the apartment room.
Chung was getting up and coming back to reality. That kiss was real and he just had to move on. He had to go to meet his group, but Lacher jumped on him and sat on top of his body. "W-Wait, Lacher?! What are you doing?!"
"Shut up, no time to explain!" Lacher shouted and put a leash on Chung's neck. He stripped off Chung's shirt and pants, giving it to Prince. "Here, pretend to be Lacher for the day. Should be easy for you, right?"
Prince sighed and took the clothes. He wasn't sure what Lacher was planning, but he would go along with it. Lacher's eyes widened in excitement. "Change clothes here—"
"No," Prince replied shortly and went to the bathroom.
"Why? What are you going to do to me?" Chung whimpered. From all his experiences in getting kidnapped like this, screaming for help never worked. He just wished that everything would end fast and no serious problems would occur.
"Hm… A lot of stuff!" Lacher said and took out a rice bag from his backpack. It wasn't that big, but it's enough to put Chung's body inside.
Click!
Prince got out of the bathroom looking exactly like Chung. He just had to change his hairstyle, after all. Lacher felt satisfied, so he put Chung inside the rice bag and tied it up. But Lacher wasn't strong enough to carry it. "H-Help! Princeeee!"
Prince forced himself to laugh and waved his hand. "My friends are waiting, sorry!" he smiled and walked out of the room. "Good luck, Lacher!"
"Wah! Don't get into character already!" Lacher shouted while dragging the rice bag.
Ara got speechless when she heard the story. Would it be the same, if her big family was involved in the entertainment industry? She couldn't fully blame Chung for this. She patted Chung's back, worried that he wouldn't be able to smile in the concert. What would be the best way to make him smile? A certain image of a place flashed in her mind. Of course, it had to be that place. "Let's chill before the concert! I'll get ready!" she shouted and ran to the bathroom to take a shower.
"Ara, you didn't take your clothes?!"
"Oh my god—Look away, please!"
While waiting for Ara to finish showering, Chung was looking at his new random social media messages and mentions. Some people were making assumptions that they were doing an indecent act last night, some others were wondering if he cheated on Prince when they weren't a thing to begin with. Why did Prince do that anyway? He got involved too, even if he wasn't in the photo… Well, technically it was him in the photo, though. What did he even gain from this?
Knock, knock!
"Are you guys okay? Laby comes to check!"
Chung walked toward the door and opened it for Laby. "Chung looks dead!" Laby commented when she first saw Chung's mentally lifeless body. She got the same story and she found it easy to believe. She narrowed her eyes and took out a baton from her bag. "Arrest Lacher! Find him!"
After a few minutes, Ara came out of the bathroom. She heard about Laby's plan to arrest Lacher, whatever that meant. They wouldn't know where Lacher was because they barely knew him. All they knew was he's a troublemaker. But Ara got an idea to find him. It was an easy thought process after what happened to her. "Chung, where's Prince?"
"I-I don't know!" Chung shouted and laid down facing the bed. Why did his roommate ship him with his cousin too now? If only he knew the details of Ara's isekai experience, maybe he wouldn't be this confused.
Ara grabbed both Chung and Laby's hands. "Then let's chill until the concert!"
They were brought to Ain's cat cafe. Ara was about to serve a room for them, but Ain tilted his head in confusion. "Add is already waiting for you in his usual room. Just go."
Laby narrowed her eyes at Ara with suspicion. "Usual, huh? That's kinda sus."
Ara forced herself to laugh as she went through her memory. She definitely saw everything about her idol career, but who was this Add guy? Why did she not remember him at all? Ain said "usual", so how often did she meet him then? "O-Ooh… I see. I'll find Els first, I kinda miss him," Ara said and asked Ain if Els was fishing again or not.
Which causes another suspicion for Laby. "Els? Now who is this guy?"
Ara ignored her friends and went to the fish pond. Els was still catching the fishes with his paws, but this time, there were turtles too. "Hey Els~!" she smiled and opened her arms. Els walked toward her and, of course, asked for pets. She petted him and stared at his eyes to get more of her memories.
Except she wished to unsee this one.
She picked up Els' body and carried him in her arms. "Let's go, this way," she said and led the way to the room. All she saw in the memory was Add enjoying himself getting beaten by her. What kind of guy did she spend her time with? Maybe that wasn't the full memory of her time with Add. She was still coping that there was something else more normal.
She opened the room and found a lot of cute cats inside… and Add, a white haired guy with magenta eyes and a weird magenta line across his left eye. He was currently drinking from watching his favorite team losing a game on his laptop. The cats were poking his head and trying to cheer him up. "Hey Add—"
"Yes, I'm working!" Add suddenly got up like he got all his energy back and closed every irrelevant tab on his browser. While he looked unprofessional, he was the admin of the cat cafe. Despite the simplicity of the place, it was popular, especially when idols like them even visited the place instead of any other cat cafe.
Chung just laid down on one of the sofas and took a nap. The cats were sitting on top of him like he was a comfy chair. Ara sat next to Add and took out a sketchbook from her bag. "It's comfy, I'm gonna draw," she said and grabbed her pencil from the same bag.
"Hm? Ara can draw?" Laby asked with a confused look. Ara might have forgotten about it, but there was no scene of her drawing in her spare time. She just made an excuse of she felt like doing something now, but thankfully everyone bought it.
Add looked at the idols next to him. He managed to get the celebrities and idols to visit the cat cafe, but he felt like it wasn't enough. Maybe he could hire them to advertise their cat cafe, but with what money? Ain was broke because he spent most of his money on his cats. Not even Els' scam could save his savings. He could use his own money, but he got his money from working at the cafe. Why is Laby staring at him anyway? He liked it, but it was wrong.
"This is Ara's man? What did the cats witness here?" Laby smirked and jumped at Add to push him to the floor—without hitting the cats, of course. Ara was startled with this and she got completely distracted from her drawing, seeing Laby sitting on top of Add's abdomen. "Does this turn you on?" she smiled and leaned her body close to Add.
Ka-chick!
"Your coffee is ready!" Lacher smiled after he took a photo of Laby and Add on the floor with a camera on his right hand. His left hand was carrying their coffee and snacks.
Ara was starting to wonder if Prince was around, but it looked like this one was the paparazzi's break time, since he played along with… wrong uniform. "Why are you wearing a maid outfit?" she asked with a concerned look. Everything seemed bad when he was around anyway. But if he was here… Could it be that her roommate was still kidnapped? She felt skeptical of him, but she will just watch over him for now.
"Why not?" Lacher asked back and placed their orders on the coffee table. Add got up when Lacher walked toward him—while also making sure Laby wouldn't fall. Lacher smirked and lifted up his skirt to show his thighs.
Add grabbed Lacher's thighs with his hands, and even though Lacher was offering it, he was blushing. Laby stood up and took out her police baton to smack them. "Horny jail! Now!"
Ara picked up a carrot that was served with their orders. She didn't remember any of them ordering a carrot. She offered it to Els, but the cat walked away and rested on an empty sofa. Laby looked at Ara's direction and narrowed her eyes. "Ara got baited by the carrot."
Lacher approached her quickly and grabbed the carrot away from Ara's hands. "Do you like the carrot?" he smiled and grabbed Ara by her waist to poke her cheek with the carrot.
"What are you doing?! Stop!" Ara shouted and tried to move away from him. Why was he so close to her anyway? What's the purpose of the carrot? He kept poking her with the carrot while grabbing her waist with his other hand.
Until she didn't feel his hand on her waist anymore.
Ka-chick!
"Good face! I'm satisfied," Lacher smiled and walked away from Ara, looking at the photo on his camera. "Who knows Ara could enjoy a carrot?" he said before he got out of the room.
"I wasn't enjoying it!" Ara yelled and threw the carrot at Lacher before he closed the door.
"Bad Add! Bad!" Laby smacked Add several times with her baton. For some reason, Add wasn't fighting back. She giggled, cornering him and stood up on the cat tree near the wall. She slapped him on the face, showing dominance over the obviously taller guy. "Don't be bad or Laby will punish you~!"
Add smiled and let himself get dominated. "Punish me."
Laby smiled and took out a whip from her bag. "Bad boy Add!"
Slap!
"AAAAAAAHHH!"
"What is wrong with you guys?!" Ara shouted and tried to distract herself by drawing anything. Even the classic house with trees in the field and two mountains in the background would do.
only god knows how long i forgot about this completed chapter
