Chapter 741: World's Best Idol

The audience erupted into a loud round of applause as June's team went down the stage.

Jaeyong and Casper were already supposed to go up, but Jaeyong looked like a mess, so Casper had to fix him up before they went.

June passed by them as he walked down, making him shake his head.

Casper smiled at him and teasingly pointed at Jaeyong.

June clicked his tongue, already aware of the effect he had on Jaeyong. He just didn't know why he was acting as such when June recalled that Jaeyong had a great relationship with his siblings!

The staff urged the two hosts to go up the stage, so Casper had no choice but to face the audience with his swollen eyes.

The fans in the audience weren't surprised. They already knew that Jaeyong was the biggest crybaby in EVE.

However, that didn't stop them from teasing the big guy.

"Well, as you can see, Jaeyong liked the performance very much," Casper said, earning another round of chuckles in the audience.

Jaeyong sniffed before speaking into the microphone.

"Those were very beautiful performances," he remarked. "I was trying really hard not to cry at all of them, but you all know that June just gets me like that."

"Oh, we all know," Casper said.

"Anyway, enough about me," Jaeyong said, quickly diverting the topic. "Now, you will all be voting for your favorite teams."

"Remember what June said," Casper quickly added. "Don't vote for the person, but for the performance—in that way, the win would be justifiable."

The audience nodded in response, seemingly obedient.

"You will be given five minutes to vote," Casper continued. "The results will then be revealed to the teams but will not be revealed to you until the episode airs this Friday."

Disappointed sighs were heard all around, but they already knew that they couldn't do anything about the situation.

With that, Casper and Jaeyong went down the stage while the audience voted among themselves.

Meanwhile, June's team was greeted with cheers as soon as they entered the waiting room.

June couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the other girls had mascara running down their faces.

Gun, too, had a runny nose, while Ji-Hyun was on a phone call with someone—seemingly her kids.

"The two of you should love each other," she said in a motherly tone.

"I know that you hate your brother, but you are birds of a feather!"

Meanwhile, the other girls still couldn't stop talking about June's team's performance.

"I hate to say this, but I miss my brother."

"I always fight with my sister because she always uses my clothes, but I'd rather have her use all of my clothes than not have her at all."

"Their performance made me realize so much."

As they sat in their seats, the girls on June's team knowingly looked at each other before nodding.

June raised his eyebrows in surprise when a paper bag was placed on his lap.

"What's this?" he asked, inspecting the bag.

Mei sighed impatiently. "Open it."

June shook his head and opened the paper bag, only to be met with a mug—one that had 'The World's Greatest Idol' written on it.

"A mug, really?" June asked with a small smile.

Mei clicked her tongue. "If you don't like it, then we can take it back."

Ara shook her head in amusement and tapped Mei's shoulder.

"Mei's acting like this, but she was the one who decided that we should give you a gift," Ara chimed.

June raised one of his eyebrows and looked at Mei with inquiring eyes.

"It's only because you helped a lot with my vocal training," Mei said, not wanting to meet his eyes. "Yeah, that's all there is to it."

June shook his head.

Well, it seemed like she still didn't want to acknowledge that she appreciated June.

"Thanks," June said, smiling at all five of them. "I appreciate it, really. I would love to know why you had this printed out, though."

"It's obvious, though," Mei muttered, causing June to turn to her.

"Please enlighten me of the reason," he said.

Mei clicked her tongue and spoke as she played with her fingers.

"That's because you're the world's best idol," she said. "You're the best among everybody else. You worked hard to get to where you are. There's a certainty to your identity...almost as if you were born to be an idol."

June's eyebrows raised in surprise, wondering why she suddenly thought so highly of him.

He was about to pry further when Casper and Jaeyong went through the door, eliciting screams from the girls.

"They're here! They're actually here!"

"What the heck? They're even more handsome up close."

"What is Azure feeding these boys?"

"Mistreatment and a whole lot of useless brand deals."

"Dang, I need me some of that."

"Well, if we debut, we might end up looking poreless like them."

Casper and Jaeyong went up the stage and nodded at each other before speaking.

"The results are in," they simultaneously said, causing the girls to stop gushing over the handsome pair and focus on the results.

June stood with his teammates and lined up in front of their placards.

The mentors were at the front while the girls were behind them.

Casper and Jaeyong took the advice June had given them—on how to make the show more thrilling.

At that moment, June regretted telling them such things.

They were taking it too far!

It had already been five minutes since they'd spoken back and forth.

"Alright, I think that's enough," Jaeyong chuckled as he felt June's glare.

"Our kitty is already mad," Casper remarked, turning to June with a wide smile.

Some of the girls, who were also Juneper shippers, covered their mouths to keep their squeals to themselves.

"We won't be announcing the latter places since none of you honestly deserve the last rank," Casper said.

"Instead, we shall announce the top two teams with the highest amounts of votes!"

"The first team is—A Sad Sonata!" Jaeyong announced, making Lee Sik sigh in relief.

The girls behind him covered their mouths and turned to each other in surprise.

"And the second candidate is...," Casper started off.

"Sibling's Love!"

June heard squeals behind him while he closed his eyes and nodded.

He was very proud of the performance, so he wouldn't have minded not placing at all.

However, he knew that the girls would love to take the benefit, so he prayed that they took the first place.

The other teams clapped for them, not feeling bitter despite their loss.

Jaeyong cleared his throat, letting out a deep breath as he prepared himself for the last announcement.

"And the winner for the Mentor Mission is..."