A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 356

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 356

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The Rev Dorm in the deep dawn hours when everyone was asleep.

The door burst open and a dark shadow came trudging out.

Inyeong downed cold water from the water dispenser in one gulp, looked around here and there, then quietly approached the refrigerator while suppressing his presence as much as possible.

The ladder game paper fixed to the refrigerator with magnets was below his eye level. This was because whoever had put it on the refrigerator had attached it at exactly their own eye level.

The departure date for Hawaii was one day away from the current time.

Who would be caught by this penalty would be revealed in one day. Inyeong placed his finger on his name and quietly moved his finger down along the line he had drawn.

Just as he was about to grab the edge of the post-it firmly stuck where his finger finally arrived and carefully lift it up.

“Hyung, what are you doing…?”

“Ah, you scared me! I almost had a heart attack!”

Yoon Eden was startled and cried out at the sight of the eerie Kim Dobin, who had somehow woken up and was silently watching him with just his head poking out through the crack of the door.

“Aren’t you sleeping?”

“I’m sure I said no trying the ladder game beforehand until I open it.”

“Hey hey, I just saw it and got curious so I tried it once, out of curiosity. You don’t think I was going to check the results early and secretly fix it if I won, do you?”

“Hmm, your tongue is getting longer, hyung. Just like someone whose true intentions got caught.”

“Don’t act so sharp, man.”

Kim Dobin’s eyes narrowed even more at the sight of Yoon Eden taking his hand off the post-it as if nothing had happened and desperately making excuses.

“Then hurry up and go in to sleep. Why do you keep staying there? Like someone waiting for me to go back to my room?”

“I was going to do that even if you didn’t tell me.”

Yoon Eden grumbled and strode into his room.

About 5 minutes later, Yoon Eden quietly opened his door again holding a pen, but immediately retreated when he saw the cell phone light coming through the crack of Ryu Jaehee and Kim Dobin’s open door.

Damn, stubborn bastard.

Grumbling internally, Yoon Eden gave up on seeing his fate and lay down on his bed.

After all that commotion had passed, Gyeon Hajun, who was such a light sleeper that he had completely woken up from the noise, quietly came out to the kitchen while suppressing his presence.

Just like Yoon Eden before, Gyeon Hajun placed his finger on his name and was following the line he had drawn when he hesitated for a moment, then just as he was about to slightly lift the post-it where his finger had stopped.

“Wow, what am I supposed to do if even the hyung I trusted does this?”

Gyeon Hajun visibly flinched at the voice from below and slowly turned his head toward where the voice came from.

Kim Dobin’s eyes, reflected in the light of his cell phone screen, were sparkling from way down below the door crack, whether he was sitting or not.

“Doby, weren’t you sleeping?”

Gyeon Hajun asked with a gentle smile as if nothing had happened.

“I couldn’t sleep and have been keeping watch like this because I thought the hyungs might do this. I expected Eden hyung, but I never thought you would do this too, hyung.”

“No, I was thinking it would be hot wearing that when we get off the plane in Hawaii. You know Hawaii’s weather is like our country’s summer, right? But the clothes you prepared are for winter? So I was a bit worried about that…”

The only person who would fall for this kind of bullshit was Yoon Eden. Of course, that would only be if Gyeon Hajun was the one saying it.

“You can wear a t-shirt inside and take it off at Hawaii Airport. There’s such a good solution, so what are you worried about?”

As expected, the excuse didn’t work at all, so Gyeon Hajun clicked his tongue internally and went into his room after telling him not to be too noisy.

Kim Dobin, who knew from years of accumulated big data that those two hyungs wouldn’t give up so easily, gave up on sleeping tonight altogether and sat down right in front of the refrigerator.

Peace only came after the doors of both rooms opened and closed a couple more times during the dawn hours.

While Kim Dobin, who had stayed up all night, was finally dozing off leaning against the refrigerator in the blue dawn light that was beginning to rise, someone who had quietly approached wiped away cold sweat and carefully reached toward the paper.

In that person’s hand was a single pen.

Just as that pen was about to add one more line to the marks drawn under someone’s name.

“Good morning, Hyung. Though it’s too early to call it morning, should I say good dawn? Oh, Good Dawn – wasn’t that Eden Hyung’s DTB final song? The one he did with Hajun Hyung?”

“Holy crap, you scared me!”

Seo Yehyeon, who had casually looked down and made eye contact with Kim Dobin who had his eyes half-open, jumped back in shock.

“Hyung, this is cheating.”

A tense struggle ensued between Kim Dobin holding the pen and Seo Yehyeon. As they say, you can’t beat a desperate person – Seo Yehyeon, who was undeniably last place in Rev’s arm wrestling rankings, was actually overpowering Kim Dobin.

“Dobin, don’t do this. I absolutely must draw one more line.”

Seo Yehyeon pleaded desperately with an unusually pale face covered in cold sweat. His voice trembled as much as the hand gripping the pen.

“No, why are you being like this again, Hyung? I stayed up all night guarding it, so when exactly did you see the results?”

“I didn’t see them. Did you see me wake up from sleeping?”

Since Seo Yehyeon waking up from sleep was as impossible in this world as Yoon Eden crying while sober, Kim Dobin had no choice but to abandon his hypothesis.

“Then why are you acting like this? Is there a reason you absolutely must draw this one line? If it’s a valid reason that can truly convince me, I’ll let you draw it.”

The face of the pure-looking handsome man, pale and trembling, was enough to unconsciously soften one’s heart.

Though it would have been less effective than when Yoon Eden got serious and stern, of course.

Fortunately for Kim Dobin, Yoon Eden who had briefly appeared in the early dawn still had sleepiness remaining, so he hadn’t yet thought of the good tactic of threatening with a stern expression.

After hesitating for a moment, Seo Yehyeon opened his mouth with a serious face.

“I had a dream. In the dream, I was wailing that I should have drawn just one more line. This must be a prophetic dream.”

Saying he absolutely had to draw this line, Seo Yehyeon put strength into his hand holding the pen again. Kim Dobin, deflated after hearing that ridiculous reason, didn’t easily let the pen be taken.

If he allowed Yehyeon Hyung to draw one more line, the other hyungs and Ryu Jaehee would also make a fuss wanting to draw more lines. Or they might question why he stopped them but allowed Yehyeon Hyung, demanding to see the results too.

Seo Yehyeon’s unusually large and clear eyes became wistful.

“Dobin, have you forgotten all those countless hours we spent together in the practice room? Those times when I turned a blind eye to you eating snacks?”

In reality, those were times of suffering for both Kim Dobin and Seo Yehyeon, trying somehow to improve Seo Yehyeon’s terrible dancing skills, and they were such difficult times that even Kim Dobin with his incredible stamina would collapse if he didn’t eat snacks.

But meeting Seo Yehyeon’s gaze, the memories were automatically being romanticized in his head.

Into harmonious and happy times of a teacher-student relationship filled with laughter. Eventually, Kim Dobin, whose heart softened due to the romanticization and distortion of memories, let go of the pen he was holding.

“Hurry up and draw one. Before Eden Hyung wakes up.”

“Dobin, thank you. You’re the best teacher. I’ll never forget this kindness.”

Seo Yehyeon, with a face and voice full of emotion, thanked Kim Dobin and drew a line without hesitation.

It was exactly the spot where he had cried out in his still-vivid dream, ‘If only I had drawn this one more line, I could have made Yoon Eden wear that damn horrible hoodie!’

After drawing the line, Seo Yehyeon went out for morning exercise with a very refreshed face.

About 20 minutes after the front door closed, Yoon Eden, who had shuffled out with his hands in the pockets of his training pants that he wore as pajamas, spotted Kim Dobin in front of the refrigerator and clicked his tongue with a face full of regret.

“Dobin, aren’t you sleepy?”

“Why, are you going to peek at the Post-it if I fall asleep?”

“This kid’s got thorns in his words?”

Kim Dobin glared sideways at Yoon Eden’s scolding as his old-fashioned side kicked in.

“I always keep my word, you know? Unlike the hyungs, I’m not afraid of penalty costumes either!”

“Hey, who says anyone’s afraid?”

Yoon Eden got fired up. Kim Dobin finally got a handle on things seeing Yoon Eden’s reaction.

“Not accepting the fate you drew and chose yourself, and constantly trying to check the results early – that really looks uncool, Hyung.”

“Ha, really. Hey, who’s checking results early? I just came to see if the Post-it was properly attached.”

Kim Dobin let out a silent cheer at the sight of Yoon Eden irritably ruffling his hair as he went back into his room.

It was the first scheme he had thought up and successfully executed. So this is the thrill of using your brain!

Kim Dobin excitedly ran to his room to brag about his growth to Ryu Jaehee.

He grabbed Ryu Jaehee, who had just woken up and asked why he was up so early, and spilled out all the details of his achievement. Jaehee rubbed his eyes and let out a deep sigh.

“Wow, but now that I think about it, I stayed up all night. The hyungs kept trying to check the ladder game chart.”

“That makes sense. Honestly, I don’t know about Yehyeon Hyung, but it really doesn’t suit Hajun Hyung and Eden Hyung. Plus, the hyungs’ moe animals aren’t even rabbits.”

Ryu Jaehee said this with the face that would least suit the fluffy rabbit ear hoodie costume.

“You wouldn’t mind if you got it?”

“Hyung, I’m someone who’s been pushing myself as a hamster from the beginning. That’s not as tacky as a Hawaiian shirt.”

“I really don’t understand your standards, Ryu Jae.”

“It’s because Eden Hyung’s standards and my standards got mixed together.”

Ryu Jaehee grumbled lightly.

Eden Hyung hates anything that damages his dignity the most, so he won’t even attempt to check the results anymore. Yehyeon Hyung got to draw that one line, so now he won’t want to touch it anymore either.

Hajun Hyung is the problem.

Is it my fate to stay on high alert and pull another all-nighter until tomorrow?

“Ryu Jae, how should I stop Hajun Hyung? It’s too difficult. I understand why you said Hajun Hyung was harder than Eden Hyung.”

“You can stop Hajun Hyung with Eden Hyung. Give Eden Hyung a hint. Tell him Hajun Hyung keeps trying to peek at the results.”

“Will that work…?”

“That’ll be enough.”

Kim Dobin half-doubtfully told Yoon Eden about what happened yesterday when he returned with Seo Yehyeon after finishing their morning exercise.

Seo Yehyeon, who had already achieved his goal of drawing a line, shamelessly clicked his tongue saying “Aren’t you guys being too unethical?” and went into the bathroom.

“Hey, Jun, you’re not trying to peek at this beforehand, are you? Our promise to everyone? That would ruin the fun of revealing it on the day.”

Only after seeing Yoon Eden slyly drape his arm over Gyeon Hajun’s shoulder as he stared intently at the ladder game chart instead of taking out side dishes from the refrigerator, and Hajun replying that there was no way he would do that while opening the refrigerator door, could Kim Dobin feel relieved.

As expected, it’s still too early for me to keep up with Ryu Jaehee! It was about a century too early, but Kim Dobin had no way of knowing that fact.

And so, with no one knowing the results of the ladder game chart, the long-awaited morning of their departure to Hawaii dawned.

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