Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45.

So Colors claims to have strict character education, but it doesn’t seem like they’re actually doing it.

Jo Hee-on’s the same, Kim Ryeo-yu’s the same… I honestly can’t tell if their character education is working at all lol
Why did they even dig into Yun Chung’s background?; I was speechless when I saw them mention her former agency
Does a person always have to be overflowing with confidence?
There are times when self-esteem can dip;
And you can’t understand that even though you’re a fellow trainee?
Yun Chung looked like she’d been hurt so much… it was really pitiful
How is that any different from school bullying?
Pretending it’s nothing while being so cruel

Real talk lol is their character education just a half-hearted “let’s live boldly” and that’s it?
└I was shocked watching that scene too lol like, what’s her character even like? I thought
Yun Chung’s popular so she probably wanted to take her down a peg, but ended up exposing her own character instead
└I wanted to smack Jo Hee-on in the back of the head watching that
Hee-on, what exactly are you?

Instead of trash-talking Yun Chung, please just practice lol;
Even I’m flabbergasted watching the mid-term evaluation haha
Why did Colors bring in someone like that for their debut lineup? Are they really that desperate for talent?
If her skills are lacking, at least her character should be decent…
Chung achieved Legend rank again today
Since her skills are solid, it doesn’t matter whether she had confidence back then or not

Trainers ㄹㅇ It was cider haha ​​If Kang Soon-hwa hadn’t said that, it would have been a huge uproar in the community.
A trainee who hasn’t even debuted yet—what does she expect?
Lee Gyeong-a was genuinely like a bodhisattva..
Ugh, this is giving me serious PTSD lol. You know how there’s always that one kid in school who acts all innocent while pulling that fake smile act? I’m sure we’ve all dealt with that, right?
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When Jo Hee-on was squeezing out the juice, the expressions of the menu kids changed hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Ugh, seriously, can everyone just chill out a bit? You guys are just killing the vibe and it’s exhausting.
I wonder if it’s because the kids are young, but they seem a bit scatterbrained… Ryu Bora was also all over the place during the recording… I’m like, isn’t she supposed to be an actress?
Ugh, please just do well, Hee-on… Because of you, Ryeo-yu and I are getting cursed at together. I’m so fed up. Yun Chung’s already annoyed enough as it is.
Don’t lump Inseong together with our Ryeo-yu.
“No, Kim Ryeo-yu is the one with a real personality problem lol. Seriously, Kim Ryeo-yu’s people are crazy about covering for their girl by putting others down. Your girl is only pretty to you guys.”
Lol seriously, if that’s the case why stay single? If you feel wronged, either leave Colors or stop being a fan yourself.
But honestly, wasn’t Yun Chung’s song choice also questionable?

Who gives a vocal position a song like that?
Jo Hee-on is immature, sure, but wouldn’t it be fine if Yun Chung had just chosen better?

Oh Little Jo Hee-on is here; or not? You’re old so you’re Big Jo Hee-on? The world doesn’t work exactly how you want it to
└Big Jo Hee-onㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└└What’s wrong with the fingertips; didn’t you see the Burnash kids’ interview? The vocal team wanted to do it
But Kim Ryeo-yu’s controversies just keep piling up

Watching Seo Baek-young this time, I felt like there wasn’t much to do haha ​​I can’t digest Kim Ryeo-yu, so I guessed everything… What is that really haha ​​isn’t it a fucking joke?

Honestly, the other kids probably pressured Ryeo-yu saying it had to be her, so that’s why she’s like that;
“Lol, that’s some crazy conspiracy theory. Would Ju-hong or Baek-young even do something like that?”
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Ah Ryu Bora… today too her face is absolutely stunning, everyone in the world should see it #RyuBora #MakeaNewColor #RyuBora
No… Princess Bora… wait, please Princess Bora, please tone down your beauty just a little, save us
Yeah yeah. Enough with the controversies, just pick Yun Chung X Bora or Bora X Yun Chung. Yeah yeah.
└Why do we have to pick…? When both of them are this gorgeous…

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After the midterm evaluation ended, Jo Hee-on fell completely silent.
During practice, she focused solely on the choreography, offering no casual remarks.
The three of us were hurt by what Jo Hee-on had said to the trainers during the evaluation, so we didn’t press further.
Lee Gyeong-a seemed particularly wounded.
Even though she’d tried to encourage her younger members, saying she’d do better, Jo Hee-on’s words to the trainers had clearly cut deep.
She hadn’t said anything directly to Jo Hee-on or the rest of us.
But it was clear she was keeping her distance from Jo Hee-on far more than before.
Ryu Bora had never been interested in others anyway, so there wasn’t much difference in her behavior.
But you know what the worst part was?
That very distance itself was the wound.
Even in that frigid atmosphere, we pressed on with our practice.
The midterm evaluation was over, and if it aired, we knew it would spark considerable controversy.
If we botched the stage in this situation, we knew far too many people would be delighted.

“No, Hee-on. You hit the wrong note again. Please focus.”

Lee Gyeong-a’s sharp voice cut through the Practice Room.
Jo Hee-on couldn’t argue back, just nodding her head.
This wasn’t right.

“Should we take a break for a moment?”

I called for a timeout.
It wasn’t because I particularly pitied Jo Hee-on.
Fingertips was a stage where the emotional connection between members mattered.
But if we were all at each other’s throats, how could that emotion truly come alive on stage?

“Hee-on.”
“…What. Do you have more nagging left for me too?”

Her mental state must be pretty shot.

“No. Let’s go get ice cream.”
“…What?”

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I pushed away Ryu Bora, who insisted on following, and dragged Jo Hee-on out instead.
Why did Ryu Bora suddenly have to butt in again?
I was bothered by the way Ryu Bora’s eyes had widened, but that wasn’t important right now.

“It’s hot, so let’s buy plenty.”
“…Why ice cream all of a sudden?”
“Just because. I felt like it.”

I picked out several ice creams.
Ice cream bars were definitely the way to go.
I grabbed peach and cola flavored ice creams and held them in my arms.

“Aren’t you picking one?”
“…I am.”

Jo Hee-on picked out a couple of cone ice creams.
I also selected ice creams for Ryu Bora and Lee Gyeong-a.
…But what flavor of ice cream did Ryu Bora even like?
Actually, would she even like sweets?
At the Dormitory, all she ever did was nibble on a bit of carrot or cucumber now and then.
She’s not a rabbit, for crying out loud.
I just grabbed various flavors and tossed them in.
One of these had to match her taste.
As I was picking out about six, a crucial fact suddenly occurred to me.

“Hey, Hee-on.”
“What is it?”
“Do you… have a lot of money?”
“…?”

I smoothly had Jo Hee-on pay for everything.
I hadn’t realized she was loaded.
Well, everything she wore on her was expensive anyway.

“Let’s just eat one and head back in.”
“Are you pitying me or something?”
“Huh?”

Geez, kids these days really jump to conclusions.

“I don’t have money, and you have plenty of it. If you’re going to pity someone, shouldn’t it be you pitying me?”

At my earnest response, Jo Hee-on seemed at a loss for words.
So why was she saying such strange things?

“Why don’t you have money?”
“…Does there have to be a reason for not having money? I just don’t have any.”
“Right, you said you don’t have parents.”

At the mention of parents, my mother came to mind.
I managed to endure because at least I had a mother.
Yun Chung had to endure with absolutely nothing.

“…Are you angry?”
“Hm?”

Ah.
I must have been silent for too long.

“No, it’s just… it’s the truth. But if you say things like that when the cameras are rolling, your true character will be exposed. Be careful with your words. Don’t carelessly hurt someone with what you say.”
“What, you sound like an old fogey.”

…Sorry for sounding like an old fogey.
What can I do if I’m really acting like one?

“But how did you find out?”
“What, about your parents not being around?”
“Yeah. I don’t remember telling you that.”

Not just me—Yun Chung herself had never mentioned it to her.
There was no way that timid girl would deliberately tell her something like that.
Thinking of Yun Chung, who must have endured such harsh words her whole life, I didn’t feel very good.
Jo Hee-on seemed to notice my mood sinking, her expression growing awkward.

“No, well. That noona I mentioned before told me.”
“A trainee from your former Entertainment Company?”
“Yeah.”
“You’re going to crash hard if you keep talking behind people’s backs like that. Don’t live that way.”
“Why are you like this all of a sudden? Are you seriously being a fossil?”
“If speaking the truth makes me a fossil, then… I’ll be a fossil.”

I sat down on a plastic chair in front of the Convenience Store.
Then I gestured to Jo Hee-on.
To sit across from me.
Jo Hee-on looked bewildered, but she sat down without complaint.

“Is this why you called me out? To pick a fight?”
“Self-conscious much….”
“What?”
“No, I called you out to make you pay for ice cream.”
“Ha!”

I broke off the stick from a Zzuzhuba popsicle and handed it to Jo Hee-on.

“Want some?”
“Why would you eat someone else’s like that? And what’s with the stick?”

In front of the camera, she at least pretended to speak nicely.
But now it seemed she’d decided to show her true colors completely.

“…Have you ever earned money with your own hands?”
“I’m 20 now, so of course not! I barely have time with all the training!”
“…I’ve been working part-time since middle school.”

Of course, that applied to both Yun Chung and Baek Nok-ha as well.
Jo Hee-on had nothing to say, so she took the popsicle stick with an irritated hand.
But she didn’t eat it.
She said she was full.

“What else were you talking trash about?”
“Why should I tell you that?”
“If you won’t tell me, why bother talking trash in the first place?”
“What?”
“You were clearly trying to get under my skin, so just spit it out.”
“Are you seriously insane? I knew something was off about you from the moment Ryeo-yu said so.”
“I didn’t realize that.”

Anyway, she was talking trash again.
Why did she spend all her time gossiping instead of actually practicing like she was supposed to?

“Make a New Color is already halfway done. Is it really that hard to hold on for a few more months?”
“….”
“Are you scared of debuting with me?”
“Yeah. I don’t want to debut with someone like you. So can’t you just back off on your own?”

So she really meant it.
I savored the peach flavor of the ice cream melting across my tongue.
It was delicious.
This flavor would be discontinued in ten years.

“But looking at the rankings, it doesn’t seem like we’d debut together anyway. Even if we did debut… if I make it, I make it. But you probably won’t, right?”
“Hey!”
“I’m just saying.”

I took the popsicle stick from Jo Hee-on’s hand and shoved it into her mouth.

“Focus on the rankings first.”
“…!”
“Whether you like debuting with me or not… you need to debut first, don’t you?”
“You crazy….”
“But if things keep going like this… I’ll just be the one who debuted. And you’ll be the one with a bad personality who didn’t even make it.”

I laughed out loud.
It felt refreshing to finally speak my mind.

“So listen, Hee-on.”

Ah, the ice cream was really refreshing,

“Gossiping about men is fine and all…. But let’s nail the stage first, then we can talk.”

That gaze of hers, filled with hatred toward me, was oddly refreshing.

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