Sitting around the dinner table filled with food, everyone, including Na PD-nim, waits for Jin-woo to finish preparing the last dish. The room is quiet until Jin-woo finally arrives, carrying the last plate of sausages. With this, the full English breakfast is complete: sausages, eggs, toast, bacon, pan-seared tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans, and, of course, blood pudding. Placing the plate down, he takes his seat between Eunchae and Yujin before signaling for everyone to eat.
Without hesitation, everyone starts filling their plates with food. Jin-woo has made enough for the entire group, including the staff filming them. As he reaches for a piece of blood pudding, he places one onto Eunchae’s plate. She stares at it, confused.
“It’s blood pudding. Try it, you might like it,” he says with a small mischievous smile before adding another piece to Yujin’s plate.
Taking a small bite, Eunchae nods, seemingly enjoying it. “Why is it called blood pudding?” Yujin asks as she takes her first bite.
Jin-woo grins. “Because it’s made out of pig’s blood and fat.”
Both Eunchae and Yujin freeze mid-chew. Their faces scrunch up in horror as they stare at their half-eaten pieces.
The rest of the table bursts into laughter. “Hah! I can’t believe you guys didn’t know what blood pudding was. It’s literally in the name,” Jin-woo teases, clearly amused. Most of the others have wisely avoided it, already knowing what it is.
“Ya, oppa! How could you do this to me?” Eunchae shouts, continuously smacking his arm.
“You’re sleeping on the floor tonight,” Yujin adds dryly before continuing with her breakfast.
Na PD-nim clears his throat, shifting the conversation. “Alright, everyone. As we eat, let’s go over our last day in Madrid. I want to review today’s itinerary and the final performance. After breakfast, Jin-woo, Yujin, and Eunchae will go grocery shopping, while the rest of us will be at the restaurant prepping for the evening performance and making sure everything is ready for the lottery draw. Yumi and Eunseo will handle announcing the winners, Woo-shik and Seojoon will MC again, and Seojin…” He pauses, grinning. “You’ll be giving an opening speech.”
Seojin’s face twists in shock. “What? Since when?”
“You’re the boss,” Na PD-nim says matter-of-factly. “It’s the final season, so you have to say something to wrap things up.”
“Aish, you should’ve told me earlier! I need time to prepare,” Seojin grumbles, unamused by yet another one of Na PD-nim’s surprises.
Na PD-nim simply smiles. “That wouldn’t be fun, would it?”
Shaking his head, he moves on. “Anyway, are you guys ready for the performance? Do you need any last-minute changes or equipment?”
BM nods, confidence tinged with a bit of worry. “I’m set for my solo, but I’m a little nervous about our group performance. It’s our first time performing a song together.”
“I think we’ll be fine as long as we hit our notes and transition smoothly between parts,” Yujin says, glancing at Na PD-nim.
“The audience is going to love it,” Eunchae adds.
Jin-woo smirks. “They’re in for a surprise, that’s for sure.” He casually picks up another piece of blood pudding and stuffs it into his mouth. Yujin watches in disgust, while he meets her gaze with an innocent smile.
Seojoon looks over. “So, we’re opening with BM, then Eunchae, Yujin, Jin-woo, and finally the group performance?”
“Yes… but not exactly,” Na PD-nim replies. “Instead of jumping straight into the final group performance after Yujin’s solo, Jin-woo messaged me last night about adding a duet with Yujin before the finale. Only the sound guy knows what they’re planning.”
Everyone immediately turns to the two of them.
Jin-woo winks. “You’ll just have to wait and see.”
“All I’ll say is that it’s a two-part performance,” Yujin adds with a knowing smile.
Woo-shik raises an eyebrow. “When did you two plan this?”
“Last night,” Jin-woo says, leaning back in his chair. “We were watching The Judge from Hell. Eunchae fell asleep, and we talked about it.”
Eunchae, still chewing on her toast, frowns. “Wait… so you two were scheming while I was asleep?”
“It wasn’t scheming, it was brainstorming,” Jin-woo corrects with a grin.
Yujin nods. “Yeah, totally different things.”
Eunchae narrows her eyes. “You’re both suspicious.”
Jin-woo laughs, finishing off his last piece of toast. “Alright, we should finish eating. We still need to get groceries, and if we don’t leave soon, we won’t make it back in time to help prep the food before the restaurant opens.”
Yujin sighs, poking at the last of her eggs. “Ugh, grocery shopping this early…”
“You’d rather stay behind and do all the food prep?” Jin-woo teases.
Yujin glares at him before shoving the last bite of toast into her mouth. “Let’s just eat and get it over with.”
Eunchae, stuffing a piece of bacon into her mouth, nods. “At least we get to walk around a bit before being stuck in the restaurant all day.”
Jin-woo smirks, reaching for another sausage. “That’s the spirit.” He turns away and walks towards the door with the car keys in one hand and the sausage in the other.
Whipping their mouths with a napkin they quickly brought their plates to the sink before joining Jin-woo to the door.
Putting her shoes on, she looks at Jin-woo who is standing by the doors twirling the car keys. “Hey, can you let me drive to the restaurant?” ask Yujin wanting to drive the car.
“You don’t have a IDP do you?” asks Jin-woo
“no.” mumbles Yujin
“That’s your answer.” Said Jin-woo with a smile. “I’ll let you drive once you get your IDP for our next trip.”
“Next trip?” questions Yujin as they leave the house to the car.
Unlocking the car, they enter the car with Jin-woo and press the start button to start. “Well, this won’t be the only time we’ll visit another country. I plan to visit the world.” Explain Jin-woo
“Uh huh, and you’re assuming that I’ll go with you huh” questions Yujin staring at Jin-woo as she puts on her seatbelt.
“Of course, why not? It’s not like your tours will let you visit everywhere, let alone spend more than a day in one place,” Jin-woo says.
“How about me? It’s like you forgot I exist, oppa!” Eunchae whines from the backseat.
Jin-woo chuckles. “Aegi, aegi, don’t worry about it. You’ll come with us too—except for our honeymoon, of course, ow!” He yelps as Yujin elbows him. “Rude.”
“Hurry up and drive,” Yujin says with a smirk. Then, turning to look at Eunchae in the backseat, she reassures her, “Don’t worry, you’ll come with us. I’ll make sure of it. We won’t go without you.”
“Hmph, you better. I want to visit every country,” Eunchae huffs before leaning back into her seat, staring out the window as the car pulls out of the driveway.
“You didn’t deny the honeymoon.” Says Eunchae with a smirk
5 likes from PinkBlood, kryphtot, TheReturnofTheBlueBird, ItzStacyyyy, and YujinnieWinter.