Homma Dest, who became interested in On Seha and started watching Reloading Project, was in a state of absolute panic. A post exposing On Seha's school violence had been uploaded to an online community forum and instantly gained traction.
*Homma= Homepage Master
[On Seha's School Violence Exposed! Crazy]
His looks don't match his personality... ᄏᄏ
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Didn't you get a sense of his temper just from watching Episode 3?
└ True, but I didn't expect it to be this bad...
└ I like On Seha, but I don't know about the school violence. Episode 3 was just bad editing—they did the same thing to the independent trainees in Season 1, especially the ones without powerful backers... ᅲᅲ Check out this post (link).
└ If you're going to go this crazy defending him, don't even talk to me.
I'm such an idiot for shipping him with Ryu Dohyuk and Hyun Sion for even a second ᄏᄏᄏ
└ How cunning of him to target only those two... of all people...
I always thought his face looked intimidating.
└ This is a bit much... I've scoured every community, and all I've seen are comments about how kind and pretty On Seha looks.
└ Stop flashing your Sseummelier business card ㅠㅠ My body is trembling from the public opinion.
The new word 'Ssemmelier' is a combination of 'ssehada' (an ominous or strange feeling) and 'sommelier' (a professional taster).
A person who foresees another person getting in a scandal.
On social media, a popular account uploaded screenshots of the exposé, which had been shared over ten thousand times.
Let's wait and see if any evidence surfaces first...
Dest remembered when Deneve, the top-tier male idol she adored, had been embroiled in a similar scandal. Back then, the accuser failed to provide any concrete evidence, and the controversy quickly subsided thanks to testimonies from classmates.
Since On Seha's exposé only included a graduation album and diploma as "evidence," Dest decided to give him a bit of leeway. If solid proof emerged or On Seha himself admitted to the allegations and stepped down, she would let go of her feelings entirely.
Dest clutched her throbbing head and gulped down cold water. Buzz, buzz. Her phone vibrated a couple of times. She could check the notifications through the preview without unlocking the screen.
Toma
- Yayayaya
- Did you see?
- They're saying On Seha was a school bully?
- Heeeyyyyyy
It was a message from an acquaintance she'd befriended while following Deneve's tour. Dest deleted the notification without even reading it.
When will they make a law banning related messages when your favorite celebrity's scandal breaks? she thought briefly.
Ignoring the incessant vibrations, Dest opened her laptop. The exposé had been posted quite some time ago. Judging by the lack of a clear response...
This isn't right, Seha.
Disappointment washed over her like a tidal wave, darkening her face as she opened Deneve's fancam. She was going back to her main fandom. If she let go of On Seha, she might not watch Reloading Project either.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. The continuous vibration finally stopped. Around the time she'd watched about seven live streams in a trance-like state, her phone, which had gone quiet, buzzed once more.
Normally, she would have ignored it, but somehow, it felt different. Pausing the live stream video, Dest checked her phone.
[@Ryudohyuk_official posted a new update.]
It was a Longstagram update notification from Ryu Dohyuk. She swiftly tapped the notification. After loading, eight photos and a lengthy text appeared.
"Ah...!"
Startled, she dropped her phone. Her grip loosened, and she couldn't quickly pick it up. After frantically grabbing it again, she double-checked the photos.
"It's Seha!"
There were photos of Ryu Dohyuk and On Seha, both wearing Yudam High School's summer uniform, cheek-to-cheek in a friendly pose; a candid shot of a sleeping On Seha; a photo of Seha in winter uniform, his neck wrapped in a scarf as he ate a fish-shaped pastry; and even a four-frame collage.
Moreover...
The attached video at the end preserved the audio perfectly. Dest played the video with trembling hands.
"Hyung, look over here."
"Hmm?"
"Smile like that."
"You're filming me again, aren't you...!"
The video showed On Seha with cream smeared around his mouth. The voice accompanying the footage, unmistakably Ryu Dohyuk's, chuckled softly as he pointed the camera at Seha.
"What's all this about?" Dest muttered, quickly scanning the text beneath the video. Ryu Dohyuk, the man who had staked his entire career, reputation, and honor on Seha's innocence, was vehemently defending him. Despite the chaotic situation, one thing was clear: On Seha had done nothing wrong.
The comments seemed to share Dest's assessment. Thanks to Dohyuk's overwhelmingly positive image, most viewers readily believed his words.
Quitting the fandom is cancelled.
And re-stan begins...
Dest had been a fan of Ryu Dohyuk long before she became devoted to On Seha. That's why the impact of this post hit her particularly hard.
"So that's why Dohyuk...!"
Dest removed the paused fancam of Deneve and searched for Ryu Dohyuk's scenes from episodes 1 to 3 of the Reloading Project. She alternated her gaze between those clips and the promotional photo of Ryu Dohyuk and On Seha she had set as her desktop background.
"So they were... close?"
This isn't the time for this. She slapped her cheeks a few times and logged into an online community. Just moments ago, On Seha's exposé had been the top trending post, but the top spot had already changed.
Best [Ryu Dohyuk Posts Explanation About Seha's School Violence!!!!!! (+999)]
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Ryu Dohyuk just posted on Longstar:
"Sharing photos and videos with On Seha. We were each other's only close friends. On Seha isn't that kind of person."
He's defending On Seha! ㄷㅊ(shut up)
What's going on?!
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The fact that Ryu Dohyuk, who never posted personal photos unless the company uploaded them, even with a large international following, would post something like this immediately lends credibility to his statement.
└ 22.. And he's not some guy who debuted in his 20s after messing around. Ryu Dohyuk has been in the public eye since he was a child, which makes this even more significant.
If Ryu Dohyuk was really that close to On Seha, either Ryu Dohyuk is the same type of person, or the initial exposé was a complete fabrication.
└ Think of Ryu Dohyuk's popularity. If On Seha was truly a delinquent and Ryu Dohyuk associated with him, Ryu Dohyuk would have been embroiled in controversy and his career would have crashed long ago.
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Following Ryu Dohyuk's public statement, his former classmates began to corroborate his account one by one. Derivative posts flooded various online communities.
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[I'm Ryu Dohyuk's classmate from Yudam High School.]
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Since the original exposé was verified with graduation albums and diplomas, I'm posting this as well.
To put it bluntly, the claims in the exposé are false.
There was a senior in my grade who was in the same class as Ryu Dohyuk and always hung out with him. I heard he was an ON trainee back then too. (I posted a comment like this before, but people called me a troll, so I just deleted it T_T)
But now that I think about it, it was definitely On Seha. I remembered when I saw the photos Dohyuk posted, so I decided to share this.
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Was On Seha popular?
└ He was a trainee, but he was so quiet that everyone knew his face but barely anyone knew his name or voice ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But my friends and I would always sneak peeks at him whenever he came to our class to check on Dohyuk? He was just so handsome... Yeah, we all had crushes on him...
└ Wow, your class got to see both Ryu Dohyuk and On Seha? That's like hitting the jackpot! I'm so jealous!
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It was a shame he was often absent or left early ㅠㅠ
What's On Seha's personality like? I'm sure he wasn't a bully, but I'm curious about this.
└ He was exactly as he looked—pure, gentle, soft, and warm. He even gave us throat lozenges when he noticed us sneaking glances at him all the time.
└ I asked because I was skeptical after seeing the evidence of malicious editing in episode 3. Hmm... given Knet's history of malicious editing, I'm inclined to believe the OP.
└ I watched episode 3 too, and the editing felt strangely choppy, didn't it? The senior I knew would never do something like that, even if he was being targeted...
└ Yudam! I can't believe I'm seeing you here! I was in the same year as On Seha, and I've been posting everywhere saying "What nonsense is this?!" since the first exposé came out.
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See my post history? I'm not even an On Seha fan, but I was so dumbfounded that I kept writing about it...
└ Wow, it's the senior! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ What's with the post titled "On Seha was a unicorn nerd—what nonsense is this?!" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ He was so quiet and reserved, barely spoke, and always stuck with Ryu Dohyuk. Back then, he really seemed like a unicorn nerd.
└ Ah, what the heck
As the conversation smoothly shifted from bashing On Seha to sharing anecdotes about Ryu Dohyuk and On Seha's past, Dest's anxious expression gradually relaxed as she scanned the community forum.
[(BTS) So Ryuwol was that close back then...]
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Ryu Dohyuk's photos and videos are insane. There are so many points to unpack:
1. Ryu Dohyuk is smiling way too much—like he's acting as the male lead in a drama.
2. They both look genuinely, ridiculously happy.
3. Ryu Dohyuk's voice in the video sounds utterly infatuated.
4. I don't know... my brain's fried.
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Ryuwol shippers who lost their minds when the exposé dropped, then screamed when Ryu Dohyuk's notification popped up, raise your hands!
└ Me...
└ Me too...
└ 33..........
I'm just curious, but are they... dating?
└ No one knows...
└ They're probably just friends, right? I've been suspicious though...
[Rewatch Ryuwol Episodes 1-3 for Clues]
First, let's revisit that legendary press conference photo:
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Back then, we had no idea they were actually close.
Episode 1: Ryu Do-hyuk says he was touched by Se-ha's song selection because it was his favorite song, but asks why she chose that song in particular -> Declaring he's not the kind of assistant who lets things slide easily
= This is way too weird..... Looking at the timeline, it seems like he already moved on?
Episode 2: In the bus scene, Ryu Dohyuk seems to be hinting for On Seha to sit next to him, but On Seha sits elsewhere. Ryu Dohyuk also asks On Seha an unusually high number of questions.
Episode 3: This was the episode where Seha got unfairly edited, so let's just skip it.
Looking at it, all the "crumbs" are awkwardness + push and pull
It's hard to believe they were ever that close.
Did they date and break up or something?
(This is just the opinion of someone who loves reunion tropes, so don't argue, just scroll past.)
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Thanks for the summary! I was wondering where to start watching.
└ There weren't that many Ryuwol crumbs to begin with, so it was easy to compile. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I agree with the "breakup" theory...
└ So the Ryuwol hype didn't just fail to take off—it already came and went before we even knew about it?
└ I love doomed pairings, so this is getting interesting.
Even on the backroom, where shipping discussions thrived, the flood of Ryuwol crumbs was being debated. Dest, checking the community with satisfaction, let out a sigh of relief.
Less than thirty minutes after Ryu Dohyuk's statement was released, the author of the exposé appeared, admitted to fabricating the claims, and deleted the original post. The controversy was finally beginning to subside.
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Seha woke up in a daze. He was certain he had fallen asleep in Dohyuk's room, but when he opened his eyes, he was back in his own room.
"Dohyuk-hyung carried you here," Jei explained.
"When did he became 'Dohyuk-hyung'?" Seha asked, surprised.
"Well... that's..."
Through Jei, Seha learned about the series of events Dohyuk had orchestrated while he was asleep. He was stunned. He never imagined Dohyuk would personally step forward to prove his innocence.
"I really want to grow up to be like Dohyuk-hyung," Jei declared.
"Why did he...?" Seha muttered, bewildered.
Leaving Jei behind, Seha got up and headed to Dohyuk's room. He needed to thank him—and apologize for making him carry him and for being such a burden.
But Dohyuk's room was impeccably tidy, with only the basic furniture neatly arranged. There wasn't a single personal item in sight.
Where did he go?
It was a perfectly clean, empty room.
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