As death continued to descend on Rayen, and the darkness wrapped him up completely, he woke up with a jerk.
Everyone in the eting room turned their eyes on him.
As usual, his whole body was covered in cold sweat. Still dazed from the overwhelming sensation, it took him a mont to realize that everyone was looking at him.
The World Immortal, who was still wearing her veil, asked him, "Are you okay?"
Imdiately, Rayen straightened his back. "I'm fine."
'Damn. I fell asleep!'
Seeing that Rayen was now fine, the eting continued as usual. However, he had completely missed everything they had discussed about the album.
The second part of the eting had already started, discussing the matters about so variety show offers and others.
Before the promotion for the second week began, their managers had accepted so of these offers. As for Rayen, he got an offer together with Adrian and Mr. Big News.
However...
"... Why ?" Rayen and Adrian asked simultaneously.
They both looked at each other. It wasn't that they didn't want to be part of this show, but rather that the nature of the show completely clashed with their image.
After all, it was a workout show.
He could understand why the show invited Mr. Big News, but as for him and Adrian, he really couldn't.
"Did they make a mistake?"
'Do I look like the type to work out?'
Mr. Zi explained, staring at Rayen, "The show truly requested for you."
"....."
"They said that your audition video truly moved them."
"... You an the exercise song?"
Mr. Zi covered his mouth and coughed before nodding.
'Are you kidding ? How could that move them?!'
"Let tell you what exactly they said," Zi Xu said.
As his coughing fit cald down, he stood up from his seat. Then, he pinched his throat, making his voice higher.
"It doesn't matter if he danced like shit or not! That exercise song was the embodint of living healthily! I know for a fact when sobody loves exercising! Why would he even morize the dance step if he didn't love it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stopped pinching his throat.
"That's all."
After that, he sat back down.
Well... That just ant the person was blind, whoever he was.
Rayen leaned back on his seat, defeated.
"But what about ?" Adrian asked.
"... I'm sorry. It was ," Mr. Big News suddenly spoke.
Adrian turned to him.
"When they asked who I think doesn't like to work out, I told them it was you..."
"....."
"I'm sorry. I thought it was just a simple question. I didn't think they would even reel you in."
Just like Rayen, Adrian also leaned on his seat, defeated.
Well, they couldn't do anything about it now. Their attendance had been finalized already.
And so, the next day, Rayen, Adrian, and Mr. Big News arrived at the WorkaTon's set.
As soon as the three arrived with their individual manager, a staff mber ca to fetch them.
Imdiately, the said staff mber clung to Mr. Big News.
"My, my, such muscles!" she said, pinching Mr. Big News's biceps with drool already forming in the corner of her mouth.
Mr. Big News stood stiff.
The person seed to have realized her actions and finally took a step back.
"Apologies."
Mr. Big News nodded stiffly.
"Well, let lead you inside our set!"
The three followed this muscle maniac into the gym. Inside, they encountered a few familiar faces.
When Han Daon spotted the three, he imdiately pointed at them. "SEEDZ!"
The three imdiately bowed to Han Daon, as well as Choi Jiho and another mber beside them.
"Hello, Seniors," the three greeted.
Han Daon nodded, pleased. "Truly so polite."
Adrian chuckled. "Well, thank you, Senior. Did you also get invited to WorkaTon?"
Seeing that they were already acquainted with each other, the staff mber left to tend to other things together with the three managers. Before completley leaving, though, her eyes stared at Mr. Big News's arms for a mont.
When her figure faded behind the gym equipnts lining up to form a corridor, Mr. Big News let out a sigh of relief.
It was Choi Jiho who responded to Adrian's words earlier, his face in a grimace as he glared at the unknown ALTAIR mber. "This workout maniac dragged us as well."
Adrian's smile went crooked. On the side, Rayen laughed dryly.
Han Daon noticed him, shifting his gaze away from Adrian. He gasped.
"What happened to you? You look terrible," Han Daon said.
"Just work burnout," Rayen reasoned.
"You should probably rest before the show starts." Choi Jiho pointed at the corner. "You can lie down there."
Rayen politely said thank you and walked to the area that Choi Jiho had pointed to. Behind him, Adrian and Mr. Big News followed.
Adrian crossed his arms. " You should have said you weren't feeling well so that you could take a break, Eureka."
"I'm fine."
"You clearly don't look fine."
Adrian's voice seed to be stabbing at his head. Coupled with his suspicion that Adrian was just pretending to have made up with him, Rayen's tone sharpened.
"Are you really concerned about ?"
Both Mr. Big News and Adrian were stunned, surprised at Rayen's sudden change of tone. Imdiately Rayen realized what he had just done.
"Oh, sorry..." Rayen massaged his temples. "I'll indeed rest for a while."
Adrian frowned and then left. Mr. Big News also walked away a few monts later. Left alone, Zi Xu found him after speaking to the staff mbers and handed him a bottle of Revitalizing Drink.
Rayen reached out for it. "Thanks."
"I'll just call for you when you're needed."
Rayen nodded. However, how could he rest? That damn nightmare will creep into his dreams again. Rayen had had enough of it.
Suddenly, Rayen's thoughts were interrupted when sobody threw him a blanket, and his entire body was covered.
"What…?"
Rayen grabbed the blanket, taking it off of him. Then, he saw Adrian's figure, standing before him, his hands deep in his pockets.
"What the hell kind of nightmares are you even having?" Adrian said. "You're looking more and more like a sleep-deprived Xu Jiji."
Rayen glared at him.
Still, he accepted Adrian's 'good gesture' and wrapped himself up with the blanket. He didn't answer Adrian's question, though. Instead, he shifted his eyes away from Adrian and observed the set.
In this gym filled with heavily muscled guys, Rayen's huddled figure on the corner definitely looked out of place, earning a few looks.
After every one of the guests arrived, the show finally started.
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