A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 555

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 555

After perfectly finishing our first congratulatory song, which was also our debut performance, we had a short talk time before moving on to the next song.

Setting aside the intense reaction that made me feel 200% rewarded for preparing this event, I couldn’t help but ask after hearing how familiarly Hyeongsu-nim called my name when I’d only seen her face through Juseong Hyung’s SNS profile photos.

“By any chance… are you a Daydream?”

Hyeongsu-nim nodded vigorously as if she’d been waiting for exactly that question.

A rapper’s girlfriend could also be an idol fan?

I was momentarily flustered but professionally smiled smoothly and naturally delivered my comment.

“If I had come alone today without the members, Hyeongsu-nim would have been disappointed. Oh, since all of Rev is here anyway, may I ask who you like the most?”

“I’m an all-fan!”

“If you absolutely had to pick just one person?”

When I asked to pass the wedding congratulations comment to whichever member got chosen, Hyeongsu-nim’s finger pointed at me. Only then did all my questions get answered.

There was a reason she liked idols more than hip-hop while dating Juseong Hyung. Deep in Hyeongsu-nim’s heart, hip-hop did exist!

But if I’m your bias, why do your eyes keep going toward Seo Yehyeon? That’s why I misunderstood that Seo Yehyeon was your bias.

So your bias is your bias, and Seo Yehyeon is Seo Yehyeon, is that it?

“Congratulations on your marriage. I sincerely hope you’ll always be filled with nothing but happy moments.”

After giving my congratulatory comment with a gentle smile, my gaze unconsciously went toward the crew hyungs’ table. Sure enough, they were in a state of silent, muted laughter.

So obvious.

They’re probably saying how she happens to like her husband’s ex-boyfriend the most, asking what kind of tragic love triangle this is.

Seeing that both Hyeongsu-nim and Juseong Hyung, who had asked us to perform, were very moved and satisfied, I felt relieved and started the next stage we had prepared.

“It would be a shame to end with just one song, so we’ll sing one more Rev song before coming down. Music, please!”

As we lined up according to the changed song, the cheerful intro of 【Love You】 began to flow. It was a stage that really suited the outdoor wedding venue decorated with blue skies and flowers everywhere.

The cheers and applause from the guest seats allowed us to perform on stage with peace of mind.

Of course, Hyeongsu-nim’s applause was the loudest as she responded most enthusiastically in front of us. I was worried her hands might hurt.

Juseong Hyung also clapped hard from the front with a moved expression. It was the first and last time I saw Juseong Hyung responding to an idol song.

After successfully finishing the congratulatory performance, we finally left that makeshift stage where we’d been hiding behind screens and curtains on standby and sat in the guest seats.

Since we couldn’t enter secretly and had been waiting since rehearsal, the crew hyungs, who I was meeting for the first time at a wedding venue, shared their reviews of the congratulatory performance.

“Wow, scary. Singing your ex-boyfriend’s wedding song at a level that’ll be replayed on YouTube forever so he can never forget it.”

“Humanly speaking, please stop getting involved with married men now. Who are you trying to send to their grave?”

“But the direction was really cool. The song was good too. What song was that?”

“It’s my self-composed song.”

“Eden, you’ll perform congratulatory songs like this when I get married too, right?”

“First get a girlfriend.”

The ceremony ended with the ring exchange, and group photo time approached. From this point on, it was continuous waiting.

I stood on the groom’s side for one group photo with acquaintances, and also took a group photo with the bride and Rev combination. Since Juseong Hyung’s sister-in-law was also our fan, we had a simple photo time.

After finishing all our group photos, the crew hyungs and members all headed to the reception hall together.

“Oh, right. Youngest, take the meal ticket.”

At Yongcheol Hyung’s words, Ryu Jaehee, who was next to him, half-extended his arm then quickly withdrew it. Since he usually heard “youngest” more often than his name, he seemed to have reflexively responded to the word “youngest” without realizing it.

Yongcheol Hyung must have seen Ryu Jaehee like that, as he put on a playful smile and spoke to Ryu Jaehee.

“Not that youngest, but our crew’s youngest.”

Spotting Ryu Jaehee’s reddened ear tips, I immediately wrapped my arm around Ryu Jaehee’s shoulders and activated our youngest member shield.

“Ah, Hyung, why are you embarrassing our youngest like that? You’re supposed to just pretend you didn’t see that kind of thing and let it slide.”

“Oh? You’re also a hyung there, is that it?”

Perhaps finding it awkward that I, who used to be the youngest, was showing a mature hyung’s appearance in front of a hyung, Yongcheol Hyung casually put me in a light headlock.

When we arrived at the reception hall, cards were placed at each table making it easy to find our seats.

The table was packed with crew hyungs and members. It was convenient since it was course-style rather than buffet-style, so we didn’t need to walk around.

Of course, Seo Yehyeon, who was in crisis having to eat whatever was served instead of being able to bring back only salad, probably wasn’t feeling comfortable.

“Now, you know this place, right?”

I introduced the crew hyungs to the members first, and summed up introducing the members to the crew hyungs in one sentence.

It was confidence that they’d all know the Rev members without me having to say anything.

Fortunately, even the hyungs who weren’t particularly interested in idols all knew our members. As the guy who appears when CFs play, the actor who was in that hit drama, the regular member of TTB, and the singer who got second place on 【Voice Legacy】.

“Eden Hyung always used to say he was a very quick and obedient youngest in the crew. Is that really true?”

Ryu Jaehee, who had heard the most of my youngest member experiences as the group’s youngest, was asking the crew hyungs about my past as if confirming the evidence.

“Wow, that’s really news to me.”

“No, he was slippery but he did listen well. Even if he didn’t have respect for his hyungs… at least he had an attitude of giving senior citizen discounts?”

“Right, when we ordered delivery food, he’d set up the food properly. He’d throw away the trash properly too. Eden did the basics.”

Did I do that? I scratched the back of my head while drinking the pre-meal drink.

“Then was Eden Hyung cute back then too?”

At Ryu Jaehee’s next question, all the crew hyungs’ faces immediately turned sour. It was a wordless answer that was all too understandable.

“He was never cute, not even once, honestly. He’s been this tall since he was fifteen, so he was at eye level with us from then. And then he suddenly shot up again. We were all grown up with nothing left to grow, but he was the only one in his growth period shooting up. He was bamboo that grew every time you blinked.”

“Still, he had baby fat back then. After the baby fat disappeared, he became seriously more disgusting, ugh.”

“Baby fat? What good is baby fat when his voice was already rough from puberty? Do cute Korean middle school second-year boys exist in this world?”

Yeah, even if you say that, I still remembered the hyungs ruffling my hair saying I still looked like a kid.

Instead of snapping back in rebuttal, I listlessly lifted my phone to find and show a photo of seventeen-year-old Ryu Jaehee from my photo album, as if to rebut something else.

“Cute Korean high school first-year boys do exist though.”

“Ah, Hyung! Please…! Why are you suddenly bragging about me out of nowhere…!”

Ryu Jaehee desperately tried to lower my arm, but the hyungs were already looking at the photo of seventeen-year-old Ryu Jaehee from his relatively cute days.

“Is this the same person? He completely transformed. I don’t mean bad transformation, but his image totally changed.”

“If he looked like this, it would’ve been worth cooing over him. Our youngest was never like this.”

“Wait, I have an old photo. This guy looked like this.”

Gijeong Hyung, who had been scrolling through his phone, suddenly revealed a photo. Now I was doing to Gijeong Hyung what Ryu Jaehee had been doing to me.

“Ahhh! Wait, Hyung! No, this isn’t right!”

A photo from my school days full of pretense, smiling crookedly while flipping someone off, was preserved in Gijeong Hyung’s phone.

No, why did I slick my bangs up with so much gel back then? Did that hair really look cool to me at the time? That hoodie… wow, it’s been so long. That was the latest trendy item back then.

Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee bursting into laughter while covering their mouths and turning their heads, Kim Dobin squinting at the photo, and…

“Oh… you really matured a lot by Newborn.”

At Gyeon Hajun’s plain exclamation, I just buried my head on the table. Yeah, honestly in Newborn I dropped the pretense and got my act together because of concerns about the future.

“He really wasn’t cute. Just Eden Hyung with some baby fat.”

“Wow, he really looks like he has middle school syndrome. The epitome of middle school syndrome.”

“Am I the only one scared…? Hyungs who looked like that used to extort money in alleys. They were uglier and less scary than that, but generally that expression and that hairstyle, that fashion…”

Ryu Jaehee, Seo Yehyeon, and Kim Dobin also gave their photo reviews in turn.

Just the fact that this photo hadn’t been circulating on the internet until now made me feel Gijeong Hyung’s loyalty.

The hyungs who had damaged the leader’s authority by exposing my past photos in front of the members continued to chip away at my authority.

“But were his actions cute? Well… it was such a pretentious storm and stress period that we tried to instill some humility in him. Maybe the instilled humility went too far because the kid escaped from the underground scene after a few years.”

“Right, right. The youngest suddenly came to me and said, ‘Hyung, I think I need to find a different path instead of being a rapper.’ He thought his rap was the best, but after listening to what the hyungs kept saying, he felt like he couldn’t succeed here. So I asked, ‘What are you going to do, study?’ But no, he said he absolutely couldn’t study and would become an idol, suddenly.”

“Huh, so that’s why?”

“There’s more to the story. The rest is even more amazing. So I asked why he chose to be an idol of all things. It was so out of nowhere. You’ll have a hard time if you challenge being an idol in your current hip-hop-obsessed state. Do you have a clear reason for wanting to be an idol? And you know what he said?”

Sangyeol Hyung created tension and anticipation with a moment of silence, then solemnly recreated words of mine that I don’t even remember.

“He said his success was uncertain with rap, but certain with his face.”

Sigh… I want to go home. I should have just sung the congratulatory song and gone back to the dormitory without eating.

It was a thought that came to me very earnestly as I watched the members who couldn’t even eat the food that came out because they were clutching their stomachs laughing.

But the hyungs’ excited reminiscing and roasting of my past dark history didn’t end there.

Ah, I really should have gone home.

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