A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 93

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 93

The age order of Rev members listed by birthday is Seo Yehyeon-Gyeon Hajun-me-Kim Dobin-Ryu Jaehee.

Though I belonged to the older member line, when considering exact ages including birthdays, I was right in the middle.

If Gyeon Hajun had been born early in the year and started school early, he would have been grouped with Seo Yehyeon as same-age friends, and I would have had to call Hajun hyung.

But currently I’m the same age as Gyeon Hajun and already speak casually with Seo Yehyeon, so informal time held no meaning for me.

What’s the charm of informal time? Isn’t it about freely trying the insubordination you couldn’t normally do, with the condition of ‘no hard feelings’?

But I don’t really have anyone in Rev to be insubordinate toward, you know?

All I gain from informal time is patience and irritation from listening to the youngest line members chirping away in casual speech.

The moment informal time starts, the ‘Yoon Eden gets screwed over’ universe is established.

Seo Yehyeon, who would become the youngest member, didn’t seem particularly eager either.

Gyeon Hajun, who’s second in the team and has Seo Yehyeon below him, seemed indifferent.

The only ones actively pushing for informal time were the youngest line members expressing with their whole bodies how much they wanted to be insubordinate.

But the PD seemed to think it was fine and signaled for us to proceed.

“Yes, good, informal time… Let’s try informal time to learn each other’s honest feelings that were blocked by age differences.”

As a slave to capitalism, I just had to do what I was told.

“Time limit is 10 minutes. Even during informal time, don’t forget to maintain boundaries with each other. And don’t hold grudges afterward.”

“Aw, 10 minutes is too short. 1 hour!”

“Fine, I’m being generous. 20 minutes.”

“Not even 30 minutes, just 20?”

“Informal time hasn’t started yet, Dobin.”

“Not even 30 minutes, just 20?”

“Be grateful it’s not 5 minutes, man.”

Since I couldn’t tolerate even a second over, I set exactly 20 minutes on my cell phone timer.

“Start!”

As soon as the start was declared, Ryu Jaehee immediately called me.

“Eden.”

The one who called me acted nonchalant, but Kim Dobin beside him was more shocked.

“Our Eden isn’t even responding to hyung?”

Damn it, Jaehee. After how well I’ve treated you, you’re starting like this?

Seo Yehyeon was already covering his mouth, desperately trying to hold back laughter.

“Yes, hyung.”

When I obediently answered, Seo Yehyeon now completely collapsed on the floor sobbing with laughter.

“Yehyeon, is it funny?”

When I asked while gritting my teeth, Yehyeon barely stopped laughing and wiped away the tears in his eyes before immediately answering.

“No.”

“Eden, why are you being like that to Yehyeon? Even if Yehyeon is the youngest, you should give the youngest the freedom to laugh.”

I was amazed at how naturally the casual speech flowed out, as if he’d been waiting for this day alone.

Anyone would think he’d written a script in advance.

No wonder he immediately suggested informal time – he’d been plotting this.

“Eden, you always go to the studio and come back at dawn.”

“Ah, yes. I’ll go early and come back early.”

“No, I’m not trying to blame you. It’s good if you go early. Mm, right. I know you’re always working hard for the team, so don’t overdo it too much.”

At least he’s maintaining boundaries since there are cameras. It’s fortunate my concept is the leader role who usually gives in to the younger members.

With a mischievous smile on his face, Ryu Jaehee continued speaking.

“Dobin’s been showing interest in lyric writing and composition lately. He keeps eyeing Eden’s producer member position, so if it gets too hard, Eden could train Dobin and use him as an assistant.”

“Jaehee hyung? Why are you telling him to use me as an assistant instead of main?”

“Of course Eden should be the main.”

“Might I not have unexpected talent?”

I clapped and exclaimed in admiration at his confident words.

“Wow, Dobin. I didn’t see you that way, but you have ambition.”

“Oh my, ambition. It’s not quite that much.”

Kim Dobin smiled modestly and waved his hand.

Ryu Jaehee patted my back and spoke to me again. He seemed to have more to say. I wished he’d move on to the next target quickly.

“And Eden, everything else is good but let’s walk around smiling more. It’s not just once or twice that people get startled when you walk around expressionless.”

“If you say that about my natural expression, I feel a bit hurt, you know?”

“Of course I know it’s not that Eden is showing you’re in a bad mood, but that your natural expression is like that, but still people should smile for good fortune to come. Smile- try it once.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s urging me to smile, I forced the corners of my mouth up in a smile and checked the timer on my cell phone.

What the hell, not even 5 minutes have passed?

If I’d known this would happen, I should have insisted on 10 minutes instead of 20. No, even 10 minutes is long. 5 minutes.

“Next, Hajun.”

Having finished what he had to say to me, the target safely moved to Gyeon Hajun.

“You called me, hyung?”

“Thank you for always caring and looking out for the team. Hajun is really like Rev’s mom.”

I wondered why he was only saying touching things, but that was buildup for the next comment.

“But I’d appreciate it if you could refrain from putting beans in the rice sometimes. I hate bean rice.”

“You can’t be picky as the eldest hyung.”

“Being the eldest hyung has no correlation with being picky. Right, Yehyeon?”

True to his quick wit, Ryu Jaehee was mixing appropriate praise and complaints to capture both touching and entertaining points.

“And when Eden eats instant rice saying he hates bean rice, you don’t say anything, but when I try to eat instant rice too, you serve me bean rice saying pickiness is bad – it’s so unfair.”

“It’s so Jaehee hyung will grow taller.”

“Tell Eden to eat it and reach 190cm too.”

That bastard is trying to drag me into bean rice hell too. When I glanced back at him, Ryu Jaehee smiled shamelessly.

“Yehyeon.”

Perhaps not quite used to casual speech from the youngest member who’s four years younger, Seo Yehyeon responded to the call with a subtle expression.

“You were always hardworking, but lately you’ve been practicing incredibly hard. Eden was really proud.”

“It’s a bit embarrassing to attach the word ‘incredibly hard’ to this level.”

Seo Yehyeon smiled bashfully in response to Ryu Jaehee’s praise.

“Seeing our Yehyeon, who even earned the nickname creator of new choreography, growing makes this hyung so happy too. Let’s reach the level where Rev can show knife-sharp choreography in our next activities.”

At the heartwarming encouragement and praise, Seo Yehyeon smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“But let’s finish showers within 30 minutes when we’re in a hurry in the morning. It’s still okay now since we have two bathrooms. Back when we had one bathroom in the old dormitory, I really just wanted to open the bathroom door and go in.”

At those words, the other three members all nodded vigorously in agreement.

“I’ll try my best to finish as quickly as possible.”

Seo Yehyeon answered while awkwardly running his hand through his hair.

“Right, let’s finish showers within 15 minutes. I won’t even ask for 10 minutes.”

I also slipped in a comment.

“Finally, our Dobin!”

This was also a combination that normally said everything they had to say to each other, so it didn’t seem like any spectacular situations would arise.

“Oh, Jaehee hyung. I’m ready to humbly listen to whatever you say.”

“Really? Are you confident you won’t get upset?”

At that question, Kim Dobin confidently beat his chest.

“Of course. Who do you think I am, some narrow-minded person?”

Ryu Jaehee immediately went on the attack.

“Our Dobin’s jokes are really no fun.”

“Yes, that’s what I always hear from hyung, so zero damage.”

“Hyung wishes our Dobin would develop some awareness.”

“That’s not quite at the level of what I always hear, more like once a week. This time only basic attack damage hit, right? So now please hurry up with the compliments.”

Meeting Kim Dobin’s bright eyes, Ryu Jaehee ruffled Dobin’s hair roughly just like I do to him.

“But aside from awareness and jokes, our Dobin is Rev’s indispensable best main dancer.”

“That’s it?”

“Yeah, that’s it.”

Ryu Jaehee, who had finished his roasting time with just the right amount of wit, passed the turn to Kim Dobin.

“Hey, Yoon Eden!”

Despite his spirited shout, Kim Dobin quickly deflated when I glanced at him.

“I, I just called out to you…”

“If you do that, the others might misunderstand and think I was giving you looks, hyung. If you have something to say, say it.”

When I spoke with a benevolent smile, Kim Dobin replied in a shrinking voice.

“No, well, I’m always grateful…”

Yet he had plenty to pour out to Gyeon Hajun and Seo Yehyeon.

“My disciple! I’m really so proud these days! I used to only prefer overpowered characters like Eden, but watching Yehyeon, I think I understand why people go crazy for growth characters.”

I barely swallowed my laughter watching Seo Yehyeon’s awkward smile, not knowing how to respond.

The three of us in the hyung line – me, Gyeon Hajun, and Seo Yehyeon – had always lived speaking our minds to each other, so we didn’t have much to say during roasting time.

“Yehyeon…?”

“Yes, Hajun hyung.”

“Hey, Yehyeon. Seo Yehyeon.”

“Yes, did you call me, Eden hyung?”

We just enjoyed watching Seo Yehyeon call us hyung.

“Yehyeon, why do you always argue when we say we’re the same height? We really are the same height, aren’t we?”

“180.2cm and 180.3cm aren’t exactly the same, are they?”

“I’m 180.3cm now though?”

“What? Really? When did you measure?”

“Oh, Yehyeon. Are you dropping honorifics with your hyung?”

“Really? Wait, now that I think about it, you drop honorifics with me too, so why should I use them?”

The timer rang loudly, signaling time over, and the roasting time came to an end.

“End, end!”

Seo Yehyeon beat me to it, vigorously waving his arms to declare the end.

The youngest line looked disappointed that their legal insubordination time was over, but the three of us in the hyung line, including myself, finally looked relieved and relaxed comfortably.

“I’ll let this roasting time flow by like a midsummer night’s dream without any lingering resentment.”

“Still, I don’t want bean rice, Hajun hyung.”

“You have to eat it to grow taller.”

Despite Ryu Jaehee’s complaints, Gyeon Hajun was firm.

Before setting up the board game, suggesting we play Blue Marble for broadcast content, the camera briefly turned off and Ryu Jaehee immediately burst into giggles.

“What’s so funny?”

“The hyungs were so funny, having facial spasms but still smiling and nodding obediently because we were on camera?”

I roughly ruffled his hair and sat down in front of the fully set up Blue Marble board.

“Ah, I landed on the uninhabited island!”

“Yes! Pay the toll!”

“What did I even do to go bankrupt already…?”

“If all this land was really mine, I would have been a world tycoon.”

“Hyungs, when I become an adult, let’s play the drinking version. The drinking marble game!”

“You’ll forget, so bring it up again in two years.”

And so the night in Jeju Island came to an end.

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