There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 74
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Episode 74
<Leftover>.
This song was a title that Eon had cynically come up with when he was at his most depressed.
“Hey, that one’s really not good. I just carelessly made it to use as an emotional trash can, so I didn’t care about the quality at all-”
“I want to listen to it!!”
Yewon stubbornly pressed the play button.
Soon, a gentle piano melody began to flow.
I’ll burn in you
Watch me melt down
turn into shards of glass
still under your feet
A bland intro with no flashy beats or powerful hooks.
The night is a little slow
Lost the chance while choosing my words
What remains in my hands
leftover glitter
Maybe It’s a litter
Unable to throw it away
still stuck on my fingers
Embarrassed, Eon wanted to cover his ears. Doha’s songs grabbed your attention from the very intro, but his own song felt so pathetic in comparison.
My heart is a little slow
It’s too early to talk about the end
What I was holding
leftover glitter
Maybe It’s a litter
Flowing along the shoulder blades
sand residue on my wings
‘As expected… I should just tell her to turn it off…’
It was the moment Eon was about to reach for the stop button.
“…Wow.”
A small gasp escaped from Yewon’s mouth.
Eon hesitated and looked down at Yewon.
The child was staring blankly at the word ‘Leftover’ on the screen with wide eyes.
“…It’s not good, right.”
Eon asked in a self-deprecating voice.
But Yewon shook her head vigorously.
“No. Uncle… this is really, really, really, really amazing! I love it!!”
“…What?”
“Ugh. How should I explain this?”
Yewon spoke while pulling at her hair in distress.
If she didn’t speak properly now, this foolish uncle might bury such a masterpiece in his tunnel forever!
That would be a loss for all humanity.
She was being sincere.
“Uncle Doha’s songs are really good too. Both of you GLEET uncles shine like your name suggests.”
It was true that all of Doha’s songs were incredibly catchy masterpieces.
Everyone knew that GLEET had risen to this level in such a short time thanks to Doha’s songs.
But.
‘Uncle Eon’s song is really, really good too!’
She didn’t know much about music, so she couldn’t explain it in a cool way.
Yewon gathered all the vocabulary a 7-year-old could muster.
“But um. Uncle Doha’s songs are like fireworks that go pop-pop-pop-pop! Uncle’s song is like a star that shines for a very, very, very long time that makes you want to keep looking at it!”
“…A star?”
“Yes. It’s dark and pitch black, but it glows softly all by itself. A star that makes you want to keep looking at it.”
At Yewon’s words, Eon opened his mouth in a daze.
A star…
The song he had thrown away thinking it was ‘depressing’ and ‘gloomy’.
This child was telling him it ‘glows softly.’
It was a song he didn’t even have the courage to play for the members.
“Uncle. Don’t throw this away. This is really good…”
Yewon gripped Eon’s sleeve tightly with her small hands.
The moment he met those earnest eyes.
All the walls weighing down Eon’s mind came crashing down.
He couldn’t become Doha. He couldn’t write hit songs one after another that made people think ‘This is it!’ the moment they heard them like Doha did.
But.
Sometimes, like this child.
If he could write songs that even just one person could love.
…That wouldn’t be so bad either.
“Go to bed, kid.”
“Are you going to play the song for the other uncles?”
“I’ll think about it.”
Eon replied in a cynical voice.
Really, this uncle.
Even after she gathered all the vocabulary a 7-year-old could use to praise him, really!
“Grrrrrrr.”
“Think about how you’re going to grant my wish, kid.”
“Grrrrrrr…!”
Yewon did grumble as much as she could.
But she didn’t hold onto Eon any longer and quietly left the room.
Because.
She had already seen Eon move that song from the trash folder to the <Work> folder.
Seriously.
What a dishonest uncle.
* * *
Back to the present.
“Hey, Ian. How did a guy like you with no emotions write lyrics like this, seriously?! This is a miracle for GLEET, a miracle! If you had such a masterpiece, you should have shown it to us earlier so we could work on it together. Why are you only showing it now!! Where have you been hiding it all this time!!”
As Weon admired the lyrics sheet, Eon pretended to be nonchalant and rested his chin on his hand.
“Just because.”
“Just because~? Wow. Look at Ian trying to act cool.”
“Hanwon, quiet.”
When Doha glared at him, Weon pouted.
As expected of a guy raising a kid.
“Someone found it while digging through the trash.”
“Huh? Trash?”
“You don’t need to know, man.”
Eon looked at Doha leisurely while playing dumb.
“So you’re including this as a track on the album, right?”
“Yeah.”
“…You’ll arrange it, right?”
“No.”
“What? Why?”
Eon’s face twisted as he asked.
Could this be him saying he doesn’t even want to touch my song?
“It’s already perfect.”
“!”
“You already finished all the arrangements, didn’t you?”
“…Right.”
“Yeah. I don’t think it needs any more work.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah.”
Lee Doha smiled slightly.
Even though Eon was acting like it was no big deal right now, Lee Doha knew that more than anyone, he wanted recognition from the members – so Lee Doha was happy that Eon had been fully acknowledged for his skills like this.
As a leader, and as family who cared for Eon.
“…You’ve grown a lot, Ian.”
Did you raise me? What do you mean grown, you crazy bastard.”
Eon snapped angrily, but Lee Doha just laughed.
“I think I did raise our Eon though…”
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Haha.”
Lee Doha just laughed and didn’t take back what he had said.
Noticing this, Eon quietly kicked Lee Doha with his foot, but Lee Doha just smiled and took it all without ever canceling his words.
“Hey!! But Lee Doha! Why won’t you let us hear your song?”
“Ah.”
Lee Doha scratched his head and nodded.
“I’ll play it for you now.”
You who were given to lost me
I praise
Sweetheart It’s still glittering outside
For the spring that never ends
To you who exists nowhere
Sweetheart You make me glittering outside
Swept away, buried in waves of petals, Me
Show me more, the endlessly melting Spring thaw
The U that was hidden inside
Today when spring flowers flutter
In the relief that tomorrow is also spring
Hold me now right now
Having pierced through and passed the harsh winter
Hold me now right now
“Just up to here for now.”
When the members were concentrating intently, Lee Doha quietly pressed the stop button.
“I want to try making it the title track… it’s still just a draft.”
“What!! Play it to the end!! Lee Doha!! If it’s the title track, we all need to hear it together!!”
“You guys get embarrassed when you play your songs, so why don’t you understand my embarrassment…”
Even at Lee Doha’s words, the members’ scowling faces wouldn’t relax.
Certainly, they could tell that the lyrics and overall melodies were still a bit unpolished.
But.
“This damn bastard.”
“Being in the same group as you is really great but really awful.”
“Get lost.”
All three felt it simultaneously.
This.
Another incredible song is about to come out.
It was definitely something they should be jumping with joy about.
But on the other hand.
Lee Doha was insufferably annoying.
Just as they were glaring at Lee Doha with that thought.
“But.”
Lee Doha spoke up.
“This time, I think all three songs… would be good to include in the album.”
“!!!!”
“!”
At Lee Doha’s words, Weon and Yeonho froze in place.
“Of course, it looks like we’ll need to go through some arrangement work together, little by little for unity, but still-”
“Hey!!!!!!!! Lee Doha!!!!! If you cancel this, you’re dead!! I’m leaving home!! Hey!!! One of Yewon’s doormats is leaving the house!!”
“If you cancel, there’s only death.”
“…”
At their intense (in their own way) reactions, Lee Doha stepped back with a slightly bitter expression, but soon nodded again.
“It’s not just my album.”
“…!”
“I’d like us to create it together. After all, we’re…”
Lee Doha hesitated, then added one more thing.
“Family.”
At those words.
Hundreds of millions of emotions flashed through the three men’s eyes.
Surprise, shock, disbelief, strangeness, wanting to hit him right now, awkwardness, embarrassment, disgust, and so on…
However.
Instead of denying Lee Doha’s words, the three men.
“You fucking finally figured that out, didn’t you.”
“Wow!!!!! This is the first time normal words came out of Lee Doha’s mouth instead of slave 1, coworker 2, doormat 3!!”
“…Our mother’s wish has been fulfilled. Making Lee Doha a son.”
Each acknowledged those words in their own way.
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