The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 272

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272

Exactly one week later, at the same time.
“ep2. From Dawn To Dawn: Painting the World in Dawn” was uploaded to The Dun’s official YouTube channel.
Word spread that it was entertaining, and the view count climbed even faster than it had for the first episode.

The second episode opened with fans in the audience seating waving light sticks in a dawn-blue hue as they waited for The Dun’s stage.
The scene soon shifted to backstage, where The Dun’s group rings on the members’ fingers slowly zoomed into focus.

[Wow, the kids have a group ringㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠI’m really weak at things like this ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

As Kim Sung-hyun extended his hand forward, all the members naturally stacked their hands on top of his and shouted their chant.

【From Dawn to Dawn: Painting the World in Dawn】

The title appeared as the screen slowly darkened, and when it brightened again, The Dun was visible in the practice room with a small camcorder set up at the front, diligently working through their choreography.

【Despite the holiday, The Dun is in the midst of intensive practice for their comeback.】

The moment the music ended, the members checked the recorded footage with serious expressions.

“Hey. I think it would be better to change this part.”
“Oh, yeah.”

[Wow.. I’m so touched to see our team’s Ttukttakki grow so much and even give opinions on the choreography.]
Wow, even actually changing it is way more iconic lol
[And going even further, Kim Sung-hyun and Jung Da-jun suggesting we adjust the choreography a bit more during the dance break are just incredible]

The five of them repeated the process of adjusting their movements and comparing them. Before long, they finished checking the overall balance of the choreography and completed the revisions, leaving the Noeul fans wide-eyed.

[No way, are they seriously changing the choreography like this on the fly?]
Plus he’s perfect lol no lol what are The Dun’s stats lol

The practice continued for quite some time after that.
After perfecting every last detail, The Dun boarded the van with bodies completely drained.
Seo Ho-yoon immediately settled into the back seat, pulling an eye mask over his eyes and drawing his hood down. In stark contrast, Jung Da-jun—who had been wilting like pesticide-sprayed grass just moments before—suddenly sprang back to life, bouncing around energetically. Kang Yi-chae, following suit, began firing playful interview-style questions at him.

“So, Jung Da-jun, what would you say is your role within The Dun?”
“I’m the mood maker and the team’s most devoted supporter!”

Jung Da-jun flashed a mischievous grin.

“And I’m also the youngest member!”

[This puppy is way too cute]
[Right?! Seriously, how is he this adorable…]

[You know what this feels like? Seeing a cousin you haven’t met in ages
It’s heartwarming and cute when you see them…
But you don’t want to be around them too long because they’ll drain all your energy

I’m unable to translate this as it doesn’t appear to be coherent Korean text. It looks like random Korean characters or keyboard characters that don’t form meaningful words or sentences.

【However, what Jung Da-jun said is true. Without him, The Dun’s atmosphere would be quite different from what it is now.】

[For real… without Jung Da-jun, that group would be so intense you’d probably lose it just walking past them]

[Without Jung Da-jun in The Dun, there’d be no chaotic image like they have now
A combination of practice machine, punk, light, and attention-seeker…
Honestly, without the puppy, wouldn’t the punk have been way harsher on light and the attention-seeker?…

└That’s fair too..]

Just then, a Noeul fan posted a photo on Twitter.

[But did you know? Jung Da-jun has The Dun’s blood running through him too
He looks cold when he’s alone among other idols
high_quality_jung_dajun_cold_visuals_version.png

└ Wait?!
Oh my god… lol I’m experiencing culture shock right now lol

In a photo from last year’s year-end performance, Jung Da-jun stood among other idols, captured in a rare moment of expressionlessness. Here was someone who smiled for 8,759 out of 8,760 hours in a year, yet this brief instant of an unguarded face had been caught on camera.

[Wow… he really is a cold-faced heartthrob
Pure The Dun blood flowing through his veins…]
Haha, Da-jun is pretty tall too… It’s just shocking how the kids from The Dun always treat him like a baby.

“My hyungs are all weak to me!”

[But how can you not treat him like a baby when he’s like this]
[hahahahahahahahahaha]

Watching The Dun’s maknae laugh out loud with a cheerful giggle, I couldn’t help but acknowledge his claim.
However,

“Aha, that’s right, our Da-jun.”

The moment Sung Ji-won beside him looked over with an amused expression, the Noeul fans sensed something off.

【Is that really so?】

And as if on cue, the narration was added and the scene shifted.
It appeared to be a different day, with everyone in different clothes, the practice room serving as the backdrop. However, Jung Da-jun was lying face-down beneath Sung Ji-won’s feet, just as he had been in the first documentary footage.

“Ji-won hyung… I want to stop practicing…”
“Haha, then shall we do two more hours?”
“…Are you actually hearing what I’m saying?”

Sung Ji-won smiled gently.
It was the expression he wore when he had absolutely no intention of listening to Jung Da-jun.

The screen switched again, showing Seo Ho-yoon dragging Kang Yi-chae by the back of his neck. Jung Da-jun quickly rushed over, wrapped his arms around Kang Yi-chae’s neck, and blocked Seo Ho-yoon’s path.

“Hyung! Ho-yoon hyung! For my sake, please stop tormenting Yi-chae hyung!”
“….”

Seo Ho-yoon’s eyebrows twitched.
The maknae, who believed with absolute certainty that his hyungs would be weak to him, gave Kang Yi-chae a subtle wink.

“Da-jun, you…!”

Hahahahaha oh shit, why is Kang Yi-chae suddenly covering his mouth hahahaha
A princess role that actually gets saved lol

“Bangbang.”

But trust, as always, was destined to be betrayed.
Seo Ho-yoon brushed off the fabric of Kang Yi-chae’s shirt he’d been holding and called out to Jung Da-jun in a low voice.

“You’re twenty-one now—you should start acting more mature.”
“…!”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
What’s with Jung Da-jun’s shocked expression lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
[But calling him Bangbang and then telling him to act mature—this contradictory parenting style
Your child-rearing methods are fundamentally flawed]

Watching the shocked Jung Da-jun, Seo Ho-yoon openly chuckled, with Kang Yi-chae right alongside him.
Of course, despite appearances, all the members including Seo Ho-yoon would continue to see Jung Da-jun as a baby anyway, so the Noeul fans simply continued watching the documentary with peace of mind.

Ho-yoon acts like that on the surface, but he totally takes care of Da-jun behind the scenes lol. Whenever Da-jun says he wants to eat something, Ho-yoon tells him to go buy it, and then asks him to get his share too, but he gives him plenty of money for it lolololol
Wait, Da-jun earns money too

└That’s what I’m saying…
But Da-jun’s also Da-jun—now he doesn’t give the change back to his hyungs and quietly pockets it himself
└└Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk he dog is so cute ㅠkkkkk]

[To his hyungs, he’s just a baby.. There’s no helping it. They’ve watched him since he was a trainee, so to them he’ll always be a baby]

Before long, the members arrived at the dormitory and began filing out of the van one by one.

【After the grueling practice session finally ended, they were greeted with precious rest time.】

The clock on the living room wall pointed to late night.
While everyone bustled about changing out of their sweat-soaked clothes or heading to shower, Kang Yi-chae, planted firmly on the living room sofa, picked up his phone.

【Perhaps wanting to send holiday greetings, Kang Yi-chae is making a call to someone.】

“Hello?! Kim Sung-hyun’s Mother! It’s Yi-chae! I’ve missed you so much—why haven’t you called?!”

[What is this lolol Kang Yi-chae’s nerve is something else lololol]
[Why is Kang Yi-chae like that, seriously how does he live his life so entertainingly lololol]

In an instant, Kim Sung-hyun’s flustered face was zoomed in on.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

As Kim Sung-hyun approached the sofa, Kang Yi-chae switched to speakerphone and spoke.

“Ah, busy? But you always have time to take Mom’s calls, don’t you?”
[Oh my, this kid. Anyway, why did you send so many gifts~.]
“Oh, did you receive the package?”

[lololol wait, is The Dun family really that close? This is so funny and cute lol]
[Right now Kang Yi-chae looks like a boyfriend trying to impress his girlfriend’s mother lololololol]

As Kim Sung-hyun listened to their nakedly exposed conversation, the tips of his ears turned bright red. He performed a dry wash of his face and let out a small groan.

“Please….”

Seo Ho-yoon, who had just emerged from washing up and witnessed the situation, strode over and greeted Kim Sung-hyun’s mother.

“Hello, Mom. How have you been?”
[Oh my, my son~~!! Why has it been so long? I missed you so much!]
“Um, Mom. Your real son is right here.”

[My son lololololololololololololololololololololol]
[Is this a love triangle with Kim Sung-hyun in the middle? lololol Am I watching a documentary or a drama?]

Kim Sung-hyun’s mother seemed not to hear her son’s voice at all, chatting away merrily with Seo Ho-yoon. Even Kang Yi-chae, the actual owner of the phone, was instantly pushed to the background.

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha this documentary is so funny hahahaha I hurriedly wrapped a gift for Kang Yi-chae and sent it to her, but her mother actually chose Seo Ho-yoonㅠhahaha

└ Kang Yi-chae is the target of the meet-and-greet meeting hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”

[Love that it’s a documentary, if it were edited content we wouldn’t have seen them bantering with family like this oh lololol]

“…He really does love Ho-yoon unconditionally, doesn’t he?”
“Yeah, seriously.”
“….”

Kang Yi-chae continued to pout beside him, desperately trying to regain control of the conversation, but Seo Ho-yoon shut him down every time.

[—Our Sung-hyun is pretty good at housekeeping, but he’s a bit clumsy, so I worry. You all get along well with him, right?]
“Of course. I can’t do activities without Sung-hyun.”

Realizing this entire scene might air on broadcast, Kim Sung-hyun desperately pleaded for him to stop, but his words fell on deaf ears.

“That’s just talk.”

Instead, he went even further, flashing a smile so sweet it seemed to melt, and rested his chin on Kim Sung-hyun’s shoulder.

“Our precious Sung-hyun shouldn’t get a single drop of water on his hands.”

[Stop lying, you bastard]

Honestly, this is so ridiculous lol… When I wear rubber gloves while doing dishes, at least I won’t get a single drop of water on me.

[Wow… Seo Ho-yoon really delivered that line so coolly… I can only admire it]

Kim Sung-hyun’s dumbfounded expression fills the screen, with fitting narration added on top.

Does a conscience even exist for Seo Ho-yoon?

As the call seemed like it would go on for a while, Seo Ho-yoon turned off the speakerphone and headed to the balcony with the phone in hand.
The Members, who had been looking at Seo Ho-yoon’s back together, simultaneously put their heads together and whispered.

“Look at him suddenly becoming a social butterfly. He needs to experience that himself once.”
That’s what I’m saying!
“Hey guys, Da-jun. Want to make a bet?”
“What?”

Kang Yi-chae’s eyes gleamed as his phone and the person on the other end of the call were snatched away from him.

“Who’s the one making Ho-yoon the most anxious today.”

【The Dun has excellent teamwork.】

If this had been The Dun’s in-house content, raw subtitles might have been plastered across the screen, but since it was still dressed up as a documentary, it was replaced with understated narration instead.

“—So all I need to do is catch him off guard?”

In reality, when Kim Sung-hyun recorded this part, he was half-detached from the whole thing.

“Whoa, I’m in!! I’ll do it.”
“Haha, you sound confident.”
“…Okay.”

Jung Da-jun was the first to raise his hand eagerly, Sung Ji-won nodded with a cheerful laugh, and Kim Sung-hyun, who had been hesitating slightly, eventually agreed to participate.

【Thus began the sudden “Operation: Shake Up Seo Ho-yoon.”】

The first challenger was Jung Da-jun.
The moment Seo Ho-yoon returned to the living room after hanging up the call, Jung Da-jun sprang to his feet and shouted.

“Hyung, hyung, hyung! I found a fun movie! Let’s all watch it together!”
“No.”

I shut down the Maknae’s suggestion coldly, but because he clung to me with such persistence, I couldn’t escape to my bedroom.
The movie I was forced to watch starred a puppy and carried a touching story.

“Sniff….”

Jung Da-jun, who had suggested watching it in the first place, openly shed tears, and Kim Sung-hyun sniffled as well.

“The puppy’s cute. They made it well.”
“Yeah. It’s moving.”
“….”

Yet Sung Ji-won and Kang Yi-chae remained unmoved throughout, and naturally, Seo Ho-yoon was equally indifferent the entire time.
From me came only a single comment once the movie ended.

“Wow, filming with a dog must have been really tough. That’s impressive.”
“Brother, is that really the point right now?! The dog was trying to find its family, getting rained on, snowed on, barely eating!”
“The rain was CGI.”
“….”

Though he’d called it a challenge, Jung Da-jun failed without landing even the slightest blow.
Next, Kang Yi-chae stepped up.

“Brother, these are surround noise-canceling wireless headsets I just got recently for work. Try them out and tell me what you think.”

Kang Yi-chae pressed down on Seo Ho-yoon’s shoulder just as he was rising to head back to the bedroom, forcing him to sit back down, and slipped the wireless headset onto his head before he could protest.
Then he immediately played a compilation of Seo Ho-yoon’s aegyo.
Seo Ho-yoon’s pleasant, deep voice poured out.

Ho-yoon was just born adorably cute, humming away….

“Oh no~. I played the wrong one~.”

Kang Yi-chae, grinning widely and spouting his smooth excuses, soon noticed something odd about Seo Ho-yoon, who sat with his eyes closed and gave no response, and tilted his head in confusion.

“…Brother? Brother?”

When Kang Yi-chae’s fingertip poked Seo Ho-yoon, he let out a small yawn and slowly lifted his eyelids.

“…Ah, the voice quality was so good I accidentally fell asleep.”
“….”

Even Kang Yi-chae was left speechless by that shameless response.

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