There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 9

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Episode 9

After hastily packed yutnori from home, playing hospital, and watching cute animation (though Yewon didn’t actually want to do any of the three).

Only after Yewon collapsed from exhaustion could Hanwon and Doha finally catch their breath.

“Yewon is completely fast asleep.”

“Thank goodness. If we played any longer, I would have collapsed from exhaustion. Matching a girl’s tastes is really tough…”

“I told you not to come.”

At Doha’s blunt response, Hanwon’s already sharp eyes rose menacingly.

“Can’t you speak properly?”

“I am speaking properly.”

“You think I came here because I like you? I came because I felt sorry for the kid after hearing her situation.”

“You don’t need to worry about it next time. She’s not your niece, she’s mine.”

At Doha’s heartless words, Hanwon glared at him.

“…What the hell is wrong with you that you’re always acting like this?”

“Like what.”

“When someone is showing kindness and making an effort, why is your reaction always like that?”

As soon as Yewon left, the atmosphere between the two changed 180 degrees.

“The kid…”

“What, you bastard, what.”

“…The kid shouldn’t get attached to this place.”

“!”

At Doha’s words, Hanwon froze.

“You know perfectly well that I can’t raise her. Yewon needs to grow up in a good family, receiving lots of love.”

“…”

“Realistically, I don’t see an answer. I’m wondering if I brought her here too impulsively.”

It seemed like something he hadn’t thought of, as Hanwon couldn’t answer and closed his mouth with a pale face.

“So you too, don’t be… too nice to her. So Yewon doesn’t get the idea that she can’t leave because she’s too attached to this place.”

“…Do you have somewhere to send her?”

“I’ll have to look again. I asked Yeongeo for help. To find a way.”

“Yewon might want to stay here.”

“Say something that makes sense. Do you want a 7-year-old to live a life like ours? Right now this building is surrounded by sasaengs and reporters desperate to dig up any story. We should be grateful no articles have broken yet.”

“…Fuck…”

At Doha’s words, Hanwon sighed deeply as if his mouth tasted bitter.

“If articles about Yewon break, the person who’ll be hurt most is Yewon. It’s not us who’ll be the problem, but that kid. Starting with where her dad went, our family’s messed up story will be exposed to the entire nation – do we need to block that kid’s future?”

“…”

Every word was right.

Hanwon was one of the few people who knew well about Doha’s family situation.

Knowing why Doha so desperately hid his family and why he valued privacy so much, he had even less to say.

“When the entire nation is already throwing stones at us, we can’t make that kid get hit by stones too.”

Moreover, the situation was even worse now.

As Doha said, GLEET was currently being stoned by the entire nation.

“…This is what’s best for Yewon too.”

“Sigh. Living in this world is so harsh and difficult~”

Hanwon said with a sigh.

It was a clear sign of surrender.

* * *

“…”

And.

There was someone behind the door who had heard this entire conversation.

‘So that’s why he was hesitating.’

Yewon sighed with a serious expression.

This, I need to do something about this quickly.

At this rate, forget about completing the quest, I’m going to get kicked out.

‘…But how?’

Yewon pondered for a moment.

‘First, I need to focus on the root cause of the problem.’

Yewon focused on the conversation outside again.

“By the way, when are you going to start working on songs again? No, can you even start? This is the first time you’ve gone this long without working.”

“…”

The reason Doha closed his heart and wouldn’t come out of the dorm.

“…Is Eon coming back from England?”

“Ask him yourself, bastard. Am I the leader? You’re the leader.”

The reason the usually nice Hanwon was being sharp with Doha.

“What does Yeonho hyung say.”

“Have you seen that hyung talk? That hyung would come out if you just said ‘Come out, hyung.’ He’s someone who would work without saying a word to us. I have no idea what he’s thinking.”

One member in England, another member completely out of contact-

‘The reason these four people were deeply hurt.’

That reason was-

“…Any news about Yoo Taeyoung?”

“…”

“Is Yoo Taeyoung still blocking all of us?”

It was the departure of GLEET member Taeyoung.

* * *

GLEET was originally a 5-member male idol group.

Time Entertainment, famous among Korea’s top 3 major entertainment companies for creating the most ‘orthodox idol groups,’ launched the rookie group ‘GLEET’ after 6 years.

And GLEET became a huge hit.

‘…GLEET songs were playing everywhere on the streets.’

Even Yewon, who had no interest in anything but acting, couldn’t help but know about them.

Centered around Doha, who was both the visual center and composing member, the other four members were all called well-rounded rookies and rose to success.

Whether composing, writing lyrics, or producing.

Lee Doha, called a genius that the composing industry lost to the K-pop scene.

Han Hanwon, who swept various dance contests and received love calls from the top 3 agencies.

Seo Yeonho, who became famous from appearing on hip-hop survival shows since childhood.

Ian, a British-Korean mixed child model who was famous from a young age for his exotic yet unique atmosphere.

And.

Main vocalist Yoo Taeyoung, whom Time Entertainment had hidden away and treasured so much.

The five achieved perfect balance and instantly grabbed the top idol position.

Rookie Award in their first year, Best Song Award in their second year, and Grand Prize in their third year.

It was truly a smooth path.

Until then, everything seemed perfect.

…Until then.

“…Why is it always Doha as center, why does Doha always get more schedules?”

Cracks began to appear from the fourth year.

At Taeyoung’s sudden complaint, the other four were all taken aback.

The most flustered person was naturally Doha.

For Doha, who became center and leader purely under the company’s planning rather than by choice, this situation was utterly bewildering.

No, actually it was only the company’s planning at first. From the second album, ‘Lee Doha’ being GLEET’s main identity became solidified with the public too.

Perhaps that was an inevitable progression. Doha planned the albums and created all the songs.

Doha’s talent was praised as ‘unparalleled’ even in all of K-pop, so the company had no choice but to rely on him.

GLEET’s fandom and the public naturally thought of Lee Doha when they heard ‘GLEET’s center.’

The other members accepted this so naturally that no one questioned it.

However, this was the first time in four years that Taeyoung had raised such a question.

“Huh? Why is that suddenly a question now after all this time?”

“You’re being pathetic, Taeyoung.”

“Did you eat something wrong?”

Wooyeon, Yeonho, and Eon all looked at Taeyoung and laughed playfully.

But the parties involved, Taeyoung and Doha, couldn’t laugh at all.

“…That’s right. As the main vocal, I do all the hardest parts. But every time, Lee Doha gets all the attention there is to get.”

“Hey, is that Lee Doha’s fault? And strictly speaking, you taking the hardest and most difficult parts was because you wanted to. Not because Lee Doha can’t sing as well as you, but because you said you wanted to be the main vocal.”

That was true.

In fact, Doha’s vocal skills were not inferior to Taeyoung’s at all.

Doha had voluntarily stepped back to solidify the ‘main vocal’ position and character that the company had given Taeyoung.

Since all the members, and even Taeyoung himself, knew this fact very clearly, this argument was absurd to everyone.

However.

“You can be the center for the next album. I’ll talk to the company.”

Doha, who had never wanted to be the center, stepped back from the center position all too easily.

“Huh? What kind of nonsense is this now? Hey, why are you giving that up?! Is you being center for your sake?! It’s for all of us?! I don’t like it!! I’m against it!!”

Wooyeon was furious at such a Doha.

“Lee Doha.”

Yeonho was wary.

“The team’s really falling apart nicely~”

Eon sneered.

At such reactions from the members, Taeyoung was displeased but didn’t reject Doha’s proposal.

However, Taeyoung’s demands didn’t end there.

‘Re-arrange it to match my vocal tone.’

‘Change this killing part so it can highlight me more.’

‘This is hard to sing while dancing, lower the key.’

And so on…

Taeyoung demanded from Doha almost desperately to make himself stand out.

The other members were fed up watching such a Taeyoung, but Doha said nothing and accepted all of Taeyoung’s demands.

Of course, despite all those efforts-

In the end, Taeyoung left them.

* * *

On the living room floor of Doha’s house, filled with nothing but black or silver furniture.

“Let me ask you this while we’re at it. Why exactly did you accept all of Yu Taeyoung’s nonsense back then?”

“…”

Two tall men, exhausted from childcare, were lying sprawled out looking at the ceiling while having a conversation.

“…Because I couldn’t not understand that feeling.”

“!”

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