Again, Idol 29

Chapter 29

TALK

Jangtaeng [Several baby goats are grazing and playing]

kkk [What? What is this]

Ryan [For a moment I thought it was a Chinese idol group]

boso [Wow.. are these the guys from that thing.]

From where to where [Are they all trainees?]

Money is rotting [ㅎㅎㅎ looks like someone’s doing something pointless]

x-value Hyegeun [The song is addictive though?????]

APHIJJ [The song is good]

bbbb [When are my babies coming out]

Only Lui [When is it Luis oppa’s turn?]

kris [I think I just saw someone, show it again again again]

Morpho butterfly [What, why did only that spot look so sharp lolol They came out completely ready to cut??]

Mango mingo [Is it PD’s pick? What was the criteria for the formation lololololol The kids in front are just dancing carelessly and showing off, but the kids in the corners are doing knife-sharp group choreography]

penguin [Just show us the knife-sharp group choreography kids on the wings!!]

90951110 [The balance is seriously harsh but I’m grateful every time they show the handsome kids so I’m watching… I’ve already picked up three in my basket but what about that kid who winked at 2:09]

Eomhwo [Kyaa found a cutie, his lips are trembling ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

Want to eat chicken [The ones in the back are first place, right? It’s full screen but why can I only see the kids standing in the back corners.. especially those two are crazy;;]

En-O [Who’s the PD? Does it make sense to focus more on other trainees than the center in an audition program… So who is that kid?]

Shum calcium [Ah I really don’t stan 3D idols but what about that kid in the corner? ㅠㅠ He’s completely like soft rice cake but his vocals and choreography are knife-sharp ㅠㅠ If anyone knows his profile please help ㅠㅠ I’ll definitely make him debut]

Huhhat haru [Ah really.. I used to stan old groups but got into controversy and left the fandom, thought there would be no more idols I could trust so I decided not to like idols anymore… but who is that kid with fair skin who looks like a baby??]

Handsome face movement nom good [Who is that especially fair kid among them.. I thought I was seeing things, meanwhile the handsome guy next to him is crazy, look at their face combo, it looks delicious from any angle]

Honey belly [Ah crazy that small precious baby where the hell did he appear from;;;;; If he keeps doing that he’ll only be able to make 986177423 fans;;;; Starting with me]

Penguin sushi [Anyone know the name of that soft rice cake, white rice cake-like kid??????????]

Nick me [6:38 My world just got brighter, he caught my eye in that instant, so pretty, I’m still watching, let’s debut, I’ll vote every day, so so cute, you can take my bank account, please debut]

choose nine [A program with gathered trainees will be broadcast soon, please watch the children who will be responsible for our country’s future!]

Ah really delicious [Where do I text? Noona will make our cuties debut]

Tuk degureu [Wow he’s handsome and really dances well…. He’s my 1-pick]

ju0225 [What is that white glutinous rice cake-like baby kitten…tell me his name..I need to change my bank account name..]

Betting my life here [Found my pick]

[Anonymous] What, the center is mediocre? Choose Nine was it? It’s ruined

Looking at them all rushing out and dancing, it seems like Choose Nine that advertised recently but it’s mediocre

└Hey hey hey not the center, the wings are the real deal. Really just look once, I’m betting my n-years of fandom experience and saying if you don’t watch you’ll regret it

└└Looking at it, the center gets a handful of screen time and the two real centers on the wings get more screen time, the PD knows something

[Anonymous] Wow gif

What wings, they already debuted or what, the knife choreography is crazy, especially the fair kid really stands out, so professional

└What about that insanely handsome guy next to him with decadent beauty?ㅠㅠ Fresh beauty next to decadent beauty, are they really trying to kill me

[Anonymous] Anyone know the name of that soft rice cake glutinous rice cake that keeps getting caught ㅠㅠㅠ

He really sings well and his voice is so sweet, wrapping around my eardrums like honey, but his face is also sweet, what’s going on ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’ll uproot my family’s foundation pillars to make him debut so please tell me his name!!!!!!

└Wasn’t this a trainee stage?? I didn’t have high expectations but there are kids doing knife choreography. So anyone know the name of that soft glutinous rice cake fair kid??? Starting today my timeline will be plastered with him

└Did you see the camera movement? They’re grilling the trainees’ faces like beef lol But even if you grill beef like that it’s just raw meat. But! They grilled the gems well-done. Their sense didn’t fall off, let’s do well~^^ Give us those handsome guys’ face cams~

└No matter how much you baby cats try to hide, the cold reality won’t let handsome kids go,,, In hide-and-seek with fans you’ll always be caught first because you shine so bright,,,,, Next time they can’t even play hide-and-seek if they put you in center right?

└Kids, is baby milkshake.. allowed to dance and sing? Isn’t this ille..gal? No? You’re just killing people.. I died first

└I swore I’d never come back to this K-pop scene but I’m getting the feels, this works, let’s go vote kids, definitely debut, my pretty one whose name I don’t know yet

└└No matter how you look at it, the raw meat joke is really unbeatable

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After the stage ended, Jaekyung looked at the lights that hadn’t turned off yet and slowly closed his eyes.

The signal that it was over hadn’t come up yet. Whether rough breaths came out or not, they had to maintain their ending poses individually.

The brief moment of filming the ending felt like eternity. He didn’t know who would appear in the ending. However, even the cameras that lightly swept by couldn’t be ignored.

In the ambiguous situation where it was over but not quite over, Jaekyung quickly regained his breathing. Not paying attention to anything else and only looking after his own body, he was able to calm his breathing quickly.

His body followed as he wanted, but the problem was elsewhere.

He had forgotten that he had returned to being 19 years old and that he had applied for the audition to avoid his contract. He just sang and danced. After finishing what would be his first and last stage since time had turned back, one emotion grabbed hold of Jaekyung and wouldn’t let go.

“Seo Jaekyung.”

Jaekyung turned his head to meet eyes with Jungwoo who had called his name. He couldn’t even organize his disheveled breathing and was just staring at him, which looked bad, so he wanted to tell him to get into position properly.

However, contrary to his thoughts, words wouldn’t come out. Even though sweat beaded on his forehead was flowing down beside his eyes, it didn’t seem to sting as he didn’t blink even once.

Jungwoo was… worried about him. That was strange, so Jaekyung didn’t know what to do and burst into a smile. It was literally just a smile, but looking into Jungwoo’s eyes, it was a fragment of emotion that came out as his heart felt at ease.

“Why are you smiling?”

“Because you’re looking at me like that.”

Jaekyung looked down and organized his smile. The emotion that had swirled in Jungwoo’s eyes was stuck in his mind and wouldn’t leave.

Why are you looking at me without even wiping your own sweat?

Why are you only looking at me without even organizing your own breathing?

Why do you only look at me like that?

And with such worried eyes at that.

Why are you so gentle, 19-year-old you…

“You look fine since you’re smiling.”

“You should wipe your sweat.”

Jungwoo roughly wiped his sweat with his sleeve. Jaekyung tapped beside his own eyes. At the signal that he should wipe here, Jungwoo obediently put his sleeve to beside his eyes. But it was slightly disappointing.

Jaekyung slightly raised his hand and gently wiped beside Jungwoo’s eyes. Jungwoo froze as if stiff and stayed still, then belatedly blinked.

“My eyes sting.”

“You just realized that now? Wipe here too.”

Jaekyung smiled and pointed to the sweat flowing on Jungwoo’s other side. Then Jungwoo turned his head as if asking him to wipe it. Jaekyung wiped Jungwoo’s sweat, forgetting that they should stay still for the ending.

“It’s finished. You may come down.”

With the signal that it was all over, Jaekyung came down and relaxed with a drained smile. On the large bus going straight back to the dorm, Jaekyung sat by the window. Even at the presence of someone sitting in the seat next to him, he naturally didn’t turn around and closed his eyes.

It would be Lee Jungwoo anyway. Knowing that he wanted to be next to him, other people also tended to yield the seat to Jungwoo. Though they each had trainees they were close with.

It was surprising that Hajun unexpectedly got along well with Sowoon.

“Hyung, your makeup seems really light, but why does it look so different?”

It was a mistake that Sowoon had sat in the front seat. Unlike Jaekyung’s desire to rest the whole way, Sowoon kept talking to him.

Though it was annoying, Jaekyung never once told Sowoon to look forward.

Because today was the last day. At least it would be hard to meet again after riding the bus like this, so it was right to say he endured it.

‘Celebrities must get busy.’

He received it with moderately good feelings, then regretted it when Sowoon wouldn’t stop talking until they got off at the hotel. If I had known it would be like this, I would have cut him off moderately, good feelings or whatever.

Jaekyung came down weakly and went to his room. With Sowoon chattering non-stop.

…They were in the same room.