A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 483

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 483

With Gyeon Hajun returning to the dormitory late in the evening, our honey-sweet 2-week vacation came to an end.

“I’m absolutely not going to the family home this holiday. I’ve already experienced the holiday preview and had enough.”

“Why, what on earth happened?”

“They were already asking what drama I’m filming next.”

“Oh, weren’t they curious about our next album?”

“They thought I had completely quit being an idol and switched to acting. Even though we had two activities this year with the regular album and repackage. Even though we had activities after the drama ended too.”

“Hmm, we need to work harder.”

Listening to him vent while clutching a cushion like his soul had left his body, it seems 【Project Blind Date】 was quite the issue among Gyeon Hajun’s relatives too.

Seo Yehyeon was so impressed by the completely finished salad that even at our first five-member breakfast in a week, he kept praising Ryu Jaehee and me.

“See, look. You didn’t order delivery food and followed my diet plan, so you didn’t gain any weight at all, amazing. People really should live eating clean food.”

At this point, I had to hide the truth for Seo Yehyeon’s sake too.

And with vacation over, we began preparing for the tour in earnest.

The salad’s true fate had cleverly gone unnoticed until now, but Kim Dobin’s slightly fuller cheeks were caught by Seo Yehyeon before he could lose the weight, just as I expected. Thanks to that, Seo Yehyeon’s calorie obsession unfortunately remained intact.

“There was a reason you kept wearing your hood up all this time. Were you desperately trying to hide this until now?”

Seo Yehyeon’s hand mercilessly grabbed and stretched Kim Dobin’s cheeks.

“Let’s do diet and exercise intensively for a few days. Still, your cheeks didn’t get that much fuller. It’s best not to gain weight in the first place though. If you keep gaining and losing weight repeatedly, you’ll get a proper yo-yo effect.”

If he knew that was the state after desperately losing weight for several days, he’d fall backward.

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Since it was university festival season, we had university festival schedules arranged in the middle of tour preparations, with the intention of getting our stage performance sense back before the tour.

I thought we couldn’t go to university festivals anymore since our fees had risen quite a bit, but there are still universities that call us.

We went to several university festivals, but there weren’t any particularly impressive episodes. The most memorable thing was…

Yoon Hyeonho posted a photo of me on stage at S University’s festival on SNS with the caption ‘Yoon Eden, so you’re coming to S University this way lololol’, but it spread as a thoughtless S University student mocking an idol’s education level, so he got roasted by idol fans led by Daydream, had his personal info exposed, and took the post down?

Still, Yoon Hyeonho should be grateful he did that when Rev’s years of experience were still lacking. Try doing it now and see what happens.

While checking the list of universities scheduled this time, my gaze stopped at one university.

Who went here? Yoon Jeonga? Jeong Daehan? Kim Yuseon? Damn, I think someone I know went here, but who? I have no interest in other people’s universities.

“Oh? My alma mater is here too?”

That answer was provided by Seo Yehyeon’s voice instead.

That place was originally famous as one of the top 10 Seoul universities that Korean exam students would memorize, but I thought it seemed more familiar to me who had no connection to universities, and it turned out to be the university Seo Yehyeon attended.

“But didn’t you drop out after attending that school for one year, hyung?”

Seo Yehyeon, who was counting on his fingers at my question, answered.

“To be exact, I dropped out at the end of the first semester of sophomore year, so I attended for a year and a half.”

“No, I mean, doesn’t alma mater usually refer to a school you graduated from?”

“If you enrolled, isn’t it your alma mater? I don’t know either. You’re making me confused too.”

Still, the unlocked past memories had an effect on Seo Yehyeon, if not on Gyeon Hajun. Even when he glares and grumbles like that, I don’t feel like arguing back.

Since doing the same setlist everywhere would be boring, we made different setlists for each university. With an average of 3-4 songs to perform on stage and many hit songs accumulated, creating setlists wasn’t difficult.

“For my alma mater, please make it songs with lots of my parts.”

“I was going to arrange it that way even if you didn’t say so, hyung.”

Only after hearing my answer did Seo Yehyeon hum and walk away with obviously excited steps.

“Could going to a dropped-out alma mater be that good?”

“Think of it as going to the high school hyung graduated from for School of Rock.”

“Oh, I immediately understand that shoulder swagger. I’d try to stand out the most too.”

Returning to one’s alma mater in glory is understandable. Of course, my dropping out was thwarted by father’s loving discipline.

Moreover, the alma mater festival that Seo Yehyeon was so eagerly anticipating was the very first in our schedule.

So he’d be even more excited.

The stage costumes were department jackets that the stylist noona had procured from somewhere to fit our sizes and finished altering. There were four department jackets with our names embroidered in English instead of department names.

And we have five members.

“Why didn’t one come? I need to tell Ilyeong noona, so quickly check whose name it is. Mine came, and the youngest member’s came.”

“It’s probably my costume that didn’t come? I told Ilyeong noona not to make mine.”

Ah, no way… 5 years have passed and we’ve moved twice, there’s no way he still has that…

“The time has finally come to debut this department jacket again!”

Seo Yehyeon majestically pulled out his department jacket from a shopping bag, held it up high, and smiled proudly. No way became reality.

“I’m glad I kept it without throwing it away. Who knew there’d be another day to wear it.”

For something he treasured and stored so carefully, it seems like he barely maintained it. That sleeve material looks like it would crumble to dust if left too long. And the clothes look terribly heavy too. Are all department jackets like that?

“Wow… So that department jacket came from the semi-basement through the previous dormitory to the current dormitory.”

“It overcame the fate of going into clothing donation bins twice and finally made it to the stage. I think it’s clothes that can do anything.”

Gyeon Hajun’s point of praise seemed a bit strange, but I just let it pass.

“I guess I grew taller than when I was twenty. Back then the sleeves covered my whole hands, but now they fit perfectly.”

“I get it, so calm down a bit. You’re being frantic.”

Seo Yehyeon wearing his department jacket and excitedly showing off seemed exactly like he’d returned to being twenty years old.

Not his face, but his mindset.

From leaving the salon, riding the van to arrive at the university, receiving guidance from the committee, and entering the makeshift tent set up as a waiting room, Seo Yehyeon didn’t stop his moved exclamations about how long it had been.

We were the last act.

“Rev, please get ready!”

We stood in front of the stage side stairs, facing the now quite cool autumn night air, waiting for our turn. The singer right before us finished their last song and came down.

With the MC’s energetic introduction, we finally took the outdoor stage. We waved our hands seeing the festival of cell phones held high.

Listening to the hotly pouring cheers, I lightly gripped the drum sticks.

The first song was , where Seo Yehyeon served as the frontman.

Fortunately, since band instruments were prepared at the back of the stage, we could perform the original band version that would make Seo Yehyeon shine, rather than the dance version we had practiced just in case.

Even though it was a relatively recent song, the group singing from the first song was incredible.

I picked up the handheld microphone placed on the floor, came to center stage, and greeted the audience.

“Dream of me! Hello, we are Rev!”

An even louder cheer returned like a response to our resounding greeting.

While continuing light talk, Ryu Jaehee playfully put his hand on Seo Yehyeon’s shoulder, took the microphone, and said.

“Our Yehyeon hyung is also from this school.”

“Yes, although I dropped out due to debut circumstances, still, this is the school where I spent my twenty-year-old youth right after escaping the difficult exam student life, so many special memories remain.”

After giving a sentimental comment with a wistful face, Seo Yehyeon suddenly smiled mischievously and asked several questions that seemed only known to students of this school, and resounding answers immediately came back.

“Five years ago, I was watching invited singers’ stages from where you all are, but being on stage like this now feels strange.”

“Yes, there’s definitely a difference between the student ID number on the department jacket and the student ID numbers I’ve seen coming… Now, could those with the same OO student ID as Yehyeon hyung raise your hands? Oh my, everyone’s holding cell phones so I can’t see. Then give us a cheer-.”

“There are still many of Yehyeon hyung’s classmates remaining.”

“It’s only been 5 years.”

Patting Seo Yehyeon’s back as he rolled his eyes and interjected, I threw the next song introduction comment.

“So, our next song is for Yehyeon hyung’s youth spent here, 【Clear Stream Song】!”

“No, if you’re going to give that comment, shouldn’t it be 【Love You】? Don’t tell me just because the ‘cheong’ character overlaps…”

“Let’s just pass over such trivial things.”

The MR for 【Clear Stream Song】 rang out majestically. I was doing choreography hard at center stage when suddenly powder started scattering from somewhere.

I wondered if the university had installed some stage effect, but the scattering powder gradually increased and peaked during the 【Nightmare】 stage.

Still, fortunately it didn’t interfere with performing.

Due to the response that made the stage truly enjoyable plus the special nature of being a member’s alma mater, we sang two more songs as encores: 【Love You】 and 【Reverse】.

Until then, the powder effect from who knows where remained strong.

“This has been Rev!”

“Thank you!”

So what exactly was that powder effect? Even after coming down from the stage, I was still pondering when Seo Yehyeon’s short scream finally revealed the identity of that powder effect.

“Ahhh! What’s wrong with my department jacket sleeves?”

That powder was the result of Seo Yehyeon’s department jacket sleeves, which were made of fake leather material, finally crumbling from being old plus the intense movements. The autumn wind and Seo Yehyeon’s choreography movements had blown it everywhere.

Thus, Seo Yehyeon’s department jacket fulfilled its purpose and met its fate after just one stage performance.

R.I.P

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