As soon as I sent the ssage, he replied right away.
[H] (emoji) 12:29 AM
Stop sending those crying emojis. I reached the limit of my patience and pressed the call button.
After a brief ringtone, Hwijin answered the phone.
“What’s up?”
I skipped the usual greetings and asked him bluntly.
“I couldn’t stand being in the dorm, so I went out for a bit. I have a schedule tomorrow, so I have to go back soon, but anyway…”
“What’s going on?”
Did he have a fight with the others in the dorm? But I knew that Yu-geon had dropped out of the second mission group assignnt before the production team gave us permission to go ho.
“I know you’re having a hard ti, but can you please tell what’s going on?”
I suppressed my frustration and urged him to speak. Hwijin opened his mouth cautiously.
“…Yu-geon announced that he would quit his activities after today’s stage…”
“What?”
Quit his activities? What the hell was he talking about? I told him to face his problems and not avoid them, but did he take that as a cue to break through in a different way? I couldn’t understand the situation and my head went blank.
“He suddenly apologized for being selfish all this ti, and I wondered what got into him… He said he would continue his personal schedule for the rest of the contract period, but he wouldn’t work as a group anymore. Do you have any idea why?”
Hwijin asked , almost sobbing.
‘…’
Maybe that’s the reason. It was .
But I didn’t tell him to quit his group activities. I just wanted him to deal with the situation where he was causing trouble to everyone around him and not telling the real reason. What kind of ssed up ntality and logic did he have? I felt dizzy too.
“So, did he also drop out of the second mission group assignnt?”
“Yeah… I’m going to talk to the manager and the company more, but he said there would be no more Floss activities…”
It was easy to guess that the situation was irreparable when the mbers had already co to blows.
‘That’s why I envy you. You can think that you can persuade them.’
I rembered what Yu-geon had said to . His naive faith that his common sense would naturally be accepted by others.
I had no idea how Yu-geon had talked to the other mbers… But I could clearly tell that they were not the type to stick together after a small conflict like a climax.
“Did he say anything else about his personal situation?”
I asked him anxiously.
“No… He just said that he couldn’t do group activities anymore because of his panic disorder.”
That bastard only listened to half of what I said. I told him not to avoid the problem and explain the reason for his actions, but he only did the forr and completely ignored the latter. My head hurts.
“What about his health issues…?”
“Well… The company said they knew…”
‘They knew.’ Did that an they would let him quit his group activities as he wanted, or did that an they would put him back in when he recovered? Only Yu-geon and the company would know that.
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Floss leader suddenly shouted ‘Hey, you bastards!’ and cried on stage.
I understood why he said he couldn’t stand the gloomy and suffocating atmosphere and went outside.
“Is there a chance that he did it impulsively…?”
“I don’t know. He went straight to the hotel after it was over and left with his stuff… I don’t even know where he is… Ugh… Really… Why is he doing this to …”
Hwijin’s emotions boiled over and he let out a stifled sound, exhaling a long sigh.
“He must have gone ho. Don’t worry too much and get so rest. It’s not like you can stop him from making a mistake by talking to him.”
“Yeah…”
His voice sounded noticeably gloomy and it made feel uneasy. What was he thinking?
I was planning to suggest that he could work as a solo idol under my managent after Floss disbanded in six months, if things went well enough.
But he suddenly declared that he was quitting? I couldn’t sort out my thoughts and I sighed deeply, trying to calm Hwijin down.
“Go in and take a shower and sleep. It’s already done and it’s not your fault, so don’t worry too much.”
What’s ant to happen will happen anyway. Even if I had told Hwijin what I talked with Yu-geon yesterday, it would have been impossible to stop him.
So there was no point in tornting myself with what-ifs, like if I had been more flexible or if I had stopped him earlier.
“I’m sorry. You must be busy with the audition right now, but I keep taking your ti and asking you for favors…”
He was right. To be honest, I felt like they should solve their own problems internally.
But I was already involved. I couldn’t ignore their pleas for help or listening.
‘It’s my ddling that’s the problem…’
“No, it’s okay. I contacted you first because I was worried, so don’t mind it.”
But it wasn’t easy to not mind it. I nodded reluctantly and ended the call.
What was I thinking? I wondered if I should use the replay service again, but then I thought.
‘It doesn’t seem like there was any more trouble. Maybe it’s over with Yu-geon’s disappearance.’
Wait a minute, we have things to do too, why do I have to check and stress over other groups’ fights?
I suddenly felt wronged. I wanted to see only good things, only good things.
I wanted to get so hopeful and positive energy, not these gloomy guys’ stories of hitting and getting hit.
I lay down on the bed and logged into my SNS account for monitoring. The teaser video had been released a while ago, so the feed must have been crazy with the teaser reveal.
‘Sigh…’
I took a short breath and checked the feed. Fortunately, the reactions were mostly positive, as expected.
[- I thought it was a ss when Leader Jo was so cold in the teaser, but I guess it’s not that bad?]
[ㄴ Don’t be fooled, those NBS bastards have tricked us more than once]
[ㄴ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ The voice that keeps coming out at the end of the teaser, I feel sorry for him, he’ll probably be reused again and again]
[ㄴ My heart is empty…]
[- (link) If you haven’t seen this, you’re dood to watch it 78237462436478 tis]
[ㄴ When did this co out???]
[ㄴ It ca out at midnightㅠㅠㅠㅠ They said they count the views or sothing, sigh
… I’m just playing it over and overㅜㅜ]
[ㄴ What the hell, they’re not even streaming, they’re putting the views in the evaluation, crazy bastardsᕙ( ︡’︡益’︠)ง .ᕙ( ︡’︡益’︠)ง .ᕙ( ︡’︡益’︠)ง .]
[ㄴ ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It’s so close with the views right now, it’s fourth place, I want to raise it moreㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ]
Ah…
Because of that damn view count, I felt guilty again with the logic that ‘we’re too weak and we can’t give our favorite idol the performance we love.’
‘Why is there nothing good anywhere?’
I slapped my forehead and lay down on the bed again.
But I tried to squeeze out so positive energy.
I got up and refreshed my feed. There were so people who genuinely liked our stage video.
[- If you haven’t seen this, don’t talk to ]
[ㄴ (A picture of bleeding forehead from slapping too hard) Look at the other groups flexing their power and then look at our refreshing carol at the end. I’m going crazy…]
[ㄴ Whose idea was this ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ? They must have edited the eting too. If they cut even a second, I won’t forgive them]
[ㄴ I vote for Seon-wooㅠㅠㅠ He’s a master of moe sleeves. I’m impressed by the coordinator’s Milky Way-like bag strap length. It gives the strength to live another day]
I knew what they wanted, but Seon-woo… No. There was no need to think about it. They would find out soon enough.
[- Seon-woo, your sister loves it when you exchange a bit of intelligence for a huge beauty ༽΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵༼ ]
[ㄴ Who talks like that about a fool ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[- This is the carol of the year (link)]
[ㄴ If we watch the ending once a day, we’ll be rich by the end of the year]
[ㄴ Actually, it’s already the end of the year]
[ㄴ Shh, be smartಠ益ಠ)]
[- Guys(0), can you please watch the ending video once for our loyalty? Of course, once you start, you won’t be able to stop, but let’s pretend this is the end of the year and just watch it once. Please (link)]
[ㄴ (Screenshot) I also liked it. Thank you for the next year]
[ㄴ Ahㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Thank you so much. I didn’t think you wouldㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[ㄴ I watched it and it was a good stage overall! I didn’t feel any obligation and I was like wow until the end. Can I ask the na of the blond half-tied guy?(shy)]
[ㄴ You’ve waited long enough. The star of the discovery who rides the rhythm with the beat, the king god majesty super general elegance gorgeous dangerous runner-up Son Seong-won (picture)]
[ㄴ Huhㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So that’s him. He’s really handso. I was curious about him because he seed to compete with bo this ti…S2 Thank you♡]
The reaction to the stage video itself was not bad, and thanks to the teaser that made Sungwon a rival to match Shim Naru, we appealed to the viewers who didn’t know us well.
If Shim Naru was really a solid talent and no one could compete with him as the number one main vocalist, then they would have complained about him rubbing his ears, but…
[- Simjjang, why are you picking fights everywhere? You should be satisfied with your position that has nothing to do with bo]
[ㄴ This is… a fight that I can tell you’ve lost before it even started ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ ]
[ㄴ I did embrace Simjjang, but this is not it… NOPE…]
[ㄴ NBS will save him with desperate editing VS preparing for public execution]
[ㄴ I bet Simjjang’s wrist on the latter]
[ㄴ Anyone can see that he was kicked out live, but winning the competition and dying of sha VS losing gracefully and dying honorably]
[ㄴ Our wish is the latter, but Simjjang seems to want the forr…]
I searched for the nickna Simjjang and it seed to be a nickna used to mock Simnaru. Even the fans who half-supported him used it.
If the keywords that ca up when I searched for Shim Naru were heavenly mo, tone gangster, heartthrob killer, aegyo bomb, then the contents that ca up when I searched for Simjjang were…
[- Simjjang, another too much day (picture)]
[- Did he not co to his senses after being ridiculed as Simjjang? (picture)]
[- Simjjang was so burdenso that I hated to see all the content that the Pluggies ca out with, but as I watched, I started to feel a little bit of affection… Yeah, do more, more…]
[- Everyone mocks Simjjang as a (omitted) born of capitalism, but don’t say anything rash. He’s better than his fish eyes]
There was nothing wrong with this stage. But we felt the ridicule that ca from his excessive self-appeal and professional consciousness.
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