A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 48

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 48

“Hello.”

Yoon Eden greeted her with a smile.

On his head was already a beautiful flower crown with blue-toned flowers intertwined, placed there by some kind soul.

Facing that characteristically refreshing smile that had instantly made her change her bias from Seo Yehyeon, she experienced her intended words temporarily disappearing from her mind.

Miss Kim, who snapped back to her senses, first presented an album signed by all four members and a clean album without any signatures.

As she watched in a daze while her trembling voice gave her name and the signature was written, Yoon Eden started the conversation first.

“Who did you come to see today?”

“You… I came to see you too, and I came to see all of Rev!”

Miss Kim, who had answered unconsciously then grabbed hold of her senses, barely managed to get her response out.

When she presented a post-it note with a single question written on it, unlike the other members’ multiple-choice post-it notes, Yoon Eden picked up his pen and started writing.

Miss Kim, who had expected an answer like ‘Let’s meet again next time,’ saw an English sentence written neatly before her eyes.

Our boy told me to dream of him…

“I’ll start practicing lucid dreaming from today, Eden.”

“That’s lucid dreaming, right? I’ve tried following tutorials I saw on the internet, but I’ve never succeeded… Have you ever succeeded, Noona?”

“I haven’t either, but I need to practice if I’m going to dream of you.”

“Oh, really? Fighting.”

Toward Yoon Eden, who even scribbled ‘Lucid Dream Fighting’ under the post-it note, she delivered the killer line she had prepared.

“Oh, Eden, do you know this? If you can close your right eye and poke your left cheek, you’re a top 1% genius.”

“Oh, really?”

Right eye, left cheek… Yoon Eden, muttering to himself, raised his hand toward his cheek.

Fortunately, he hadn’t caught on yet.

With his right eye slightly closed and his finger poking his left cheek, Yoon Eden smiled and said,

“Huh, that’s easy. I guess I’m in the top 1% geni… us…”

Yoon Eden’s words, who realized a beat too late, gradually faded.

Miss Kim watched as Yoon Eden, who had unknowingly performed winking cheek-poking aegyo, froze up with his ears and cheeks turning bright red, and she felt her escape route from fandom being blocked in real time.

How could I quit being a fan after seeing this in person…

Since there was a delay at Gyeon Hajun’s turn creating a gap, Ryu Jaehee, who was watching from the side, was holding back his laughter.

When she finally requested a high-five, Yoon Eden gladly extended his hand.

“Your hands are really big…”

As she muttered unconsciously again, Yoon Eden let out a sigh filled with regret.

“Oh, I’m too late. That was the reversal line I was going to use.”

“Oh no, then I’ll take back what I said, so please give me the line.”

Clap, Yoon Eden lightly touched palms with her and said with a grin,

“Noona, your hands are really small.”

Please move along now!

At the staff’s shout, Miss Kim reluctantly got up from her chair with lingering movements.

Just as she was about to take one last look at her bias’s face and say goodbye.

“Then I’ll see you again in your dreams, Noona.”

At Yoon Eden’s greeting that struck when she let her guard down, she could only open and close her mouth.

Urged by the staff, she came down from the stage without even saying the goodbye she had intended.

When she finally found her seat and sat down, she could see Yoon Eden taking off the flower crown and putting on a cat ear headband.

‘If he had shown aegyo wearing that, it would have been even cuter…!’

Resenting her turn that had unfortunately come before that fan, Miss Kim frantically pressed her camera shutter.

If she couldn’t capture it in person, she had to at least capture it in photos.

* * *

The fan meeting ended safely without any special issues.

I leaned back against the car seat and slumped down. No matter how extroverted I was, I couldn’t help but get tired after having conversations with 100 people.

Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun, who had gotten I on the MBTI test we did for self-content before regression, had been out for a while, and even Ryu Jaehee, who got extreme E, was resting his head against the window.

Today, as usual, the status window appeared saying my initial intentions had been chipped away along with pain, so I first checked my initial intentions level.

[Initial Intentions: 78]

My goodness, only 8 points of initial intentions were lost.

Compared to the previous fan meeting where 20 points were lost, this was a monumental figure.

However, my “Oh, really?” which I had barely found as a substitute for “Oh, seriously?” and “Oh, truly?” became a forbidden phrase after using it for the thirtieth time.

Had the time really come to push the study-abroad concept “Oh, real-yo?”

“There’s no pre-recording for a while, but still don’t stay up too late.”

I slowly closed my eyes at Manager Hyung’s words.

I needed to work today to finish the arrangement work for those KICKS guys’ song on schedule, so I had to get some sleep even during these spare moments…

…Actually, no.

If I forgot the Search Quest today too, there would be another penalty.

Since I had forgotten to do the Search Quest yesterday while working on arrangements, I absolutely had to do it today.

-Who said Seo Yehyeon was handsome? Seeing him in person, his looks can’t be described in human language, how dare they confine our oppa to just the word handsome

-Dobin’s nervousness is so obvious that it’s making me nervous too… haha

└The puppy seemed to get more relaxed as it went on lol I was towards the end and it was in friendly-loves-people hamster mode

-I fell for Hajun once again today, he’s seriously first love material

-Is Yuje perhaps a regressor? He seems like he’s been a pro idol for about 10 years… No matter how I look at it, he doesn’t have rookie experience…

-Whoever put the cat ear headband on Eden, thank you so much, work less and earn more

-Yoon-i used to habitually say “ah jinjjayo” before, but this time he switched to “ah geuraeyo” lol you can already see signs of him picking up the local dialect lol

└Huh? I was almost at the end but he didn’t say “oh really”? Isn’t the rule that when going through motions, you become less sincere toward the end? Our Yoon-rida was really enthusiastic about talking to me though?

└Is your bias perhaps Seo Yehyeon?

The reviews of this fan meeting were generally good.

Last time there was some talk because of my habitual “oh seriously” and flinching from the pain of losing initial intentions, but thanks to the FROM post I immediately uploaded to the fan cafe, it was packaged as being nervous because it was my first fan meeting and died down.

Of course, it also helped that it was only a 50-person fan meeting so it didn’t become much of an issue.

I finished monitoring in about 10 minutes and took a short nap in the car.

Manager Hyung, now accustomed to it, dropped me off in front of Yongcheol Hyung’s studio and went to the dormitory with the other members.

* * *

The next day, music show schedule.

NITY’s activities, which had achieved a triple crown and firmly maintained first place, ended last week, so this week’s first place was a full-scale match between Rev and KICKS.

A famous solo artist’s song was released toward the end of last week and was climbing the charts at a frightening pace, but since it was a digital single and the artist was famous for not appearing on music shows, it wasn’t much of a problem.

Since neither Rev nor KICKS got first place on W Countdown like last week, we just passed on that.

“Wow, I want to build up seniority quickly so we can keep using individual waiting rooms.”

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s seriously so comfortable.”

We were able to get an individual waiting room for the first time in a while.

Normally we couldn’t even dream of it, but it was possible because there were few active singers and we were nominated for first place this week.

“What should we do? KICKS can’t win first place… If Eden hyung’s expression gets captured at that moment and he gets torn apart online…”

Ryu Jaehee muttered while fidgeting with his clasped hands, his face full of anxiety.

I was sprawled on the waiting room sofa, listening through earphones to check the arrangement I’d finished yesterday, when I paused the song and replied.

“It’s not just one or two guys in our group who have grudges against KICKS. Why are you singling me out specifically?”

“Well, hyung, you have the kind of face that gets misunderstood even when you’re just sitting still. And while Hajun hyung is really good at managing his expressions, you’re… how should I put it… your temper shows on your face intermittently.”

Damn, I can’t even mess up that cursed youngest’s hair because mine is styled.

“Fine, just pray that we win first place. Because if I see those KICKS bastards looking happy, I probably won’t be able to manage my expression like you said.”

The agency must have really sharpened their knives because today’s stage costume was a school uniform casual look.

[Fifth Week of November 1st Place Candidates #0303]

[1. KICKS 2. Reve 3. Jinse]

The TV broadcasting the music show live was showing a group currently performing on stage, and today’s first place candidates were displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

I immediately sent a text to #0303.

Of course, my text vote went to Reve.

Knock knock, there was a knocking sound, then the door opened and a senior singer serving as MC entered the waiting room with cameras for the first place candidate interview.

“Yes! We’re now in the waiting room of today’s first place candidate, Reve!”

One, two. Following my quietly whispered signal, we simultaneously looked at the camera and shouted our slogan.

“Dream of me! Hello, we’re Reve!”

“Yes, nice to meet you, Reve! You’ve made it to your first Music Camp first place candidate spot this week. How do you feel?”

The microphone was suddenly thrust toward me as the leader.

As I recited exactly what I’d memorized about it being an honor, an undeserved position, thanks to the love we received, and so on, Gyeon Hajun nudged me out of the camera’s view.

It meant I should speak with more sincerity.

“It would be disappointing if we left out the first place promise. Let’s hear what Reve’s promise might be?”

“The vocals and rap positions will switch.”

I stated the promise that came from Reve’s 24th meeting while making a V sign with my fingers to represent the number 2, waving it toward the camera.

“Ooh, we’re so curious about Eden’s vocals and the vocal line’s rap skills. If you’re curious whether Reve’s promise can be kept, please send your text votes to #0303, and subscribe to the Music Camp channel!”

After finishing the interview and safely completing our stage performance, we could finally catch our breath back in the waiting room.

Since we performed before KICKS, we could rest comfortably until the first place announcement.

I sent texts to friends and contacts from my Under days asking them to vote by text since I’d send them 200 won, then worked on arrangement revisions before being called back up to the stage.

Finally, it was time for the long-awaited first place announcement.

We and KICKS stood side by side on either side of the MC.

Since it was only our second week of promotions, not winning first place today wouldn’t be a huge problem.

It would just seriously hurt my pride to lose to those guys who talk behind my back, and my stomach would churn watching KICKS celebrate.

I tried not to show my nervousness and just looked at the camera when I heard the MC’s voice right next to me.

“Today’s first place winner, including pre-voting scores, is…!”

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