[Title: Did you See Joo Woosungâs Byeolstar [1] post?]
Iâm not really a Black Call fan, but isnât Joo Woosung famous for never posting videos of himself? Fans were always whining about that, but then he suddenly posted a video yesterday all of a sudden.
âJoo Woosung meow meow.gifâ
âI think it likes me more.gifâ
Who is that??? As far as I know, Black Callâs agency doesnât have any trainees like him.
Is he just a regular person?
âLooks like it
ââYou really think so?? But his face isnât regular at all though??
ââă ă
âThere are no trainees like this among the rookies announced by the agency at leastă ă
âă ă ă ă No, Joo Woosung⊠Post more pictures of your faceă ă
ââă ă ă Seriously ăčă ⊠]
[Title: ă ă ă He posted on Byeolstar again.
Why is he posting so many videos recently????
Fans asked him to upload pictures of his face so he didă ă ă All of a suddenă
âPicture of Joo Woosung with cat.jpgâ
âVideo of getting made fun of by trainee then sulkingâ
âBut itâs again with that trainee? Or is he a normal person? They take so many pictures together. The two of them fit well togetheră ă They look close, so cute
âI get it!!! Yey, DPS Entertainment, a member of TD
ââTD??? Sorry, I donât know what thatâs supposed to mean. Tell me.
ââThe Dawn (Deleted later)
âWho the heck is that?? Never heard of them
ââ ă ă passing by⊠Iâm a fan of The DawnâŠă ă ă He goes by the name Seo Hoyoon but he didnât properly debut due to health problems, but he still recorded a song together with the group. They are hardworking kids, so I want you to look upon them favorablyâŠ
ââAh⊠(Solemn) Iâm sorry, fighting]
[Title: Joo Woosung and The Dawn Seo Hoyoon summary
My friend is a big fan of The Dawn (sorry) and Iâm a huge fan of Joo Woosung, but when I saw his Insta post I did some crazy research and put the info in order
It seems The Dawnâs first debut album flopped but they still have a handful of fans.Seo Hoyoon, who appeared in the Byeolstar post with Joo Woosung, is a member of The Dawn, but he never officially appeared on a stage.Joo Woosung and Seo Hoyoon are strangely close; I donât know where this pairing suddenly appeared from
This suddenly became a hot topic so I noticed ă ă ă but Seo Hoyoonâs face kind of reminds me of a fox+rabbit, and it suited my taste more than I thought, so thatâs how I ended up making this. There are talks that theyâll make a comeback soon. Iâm looking forward to it
âThank you, Speedwagon [2] !
ââItâs my pleasure!
âOh, thank you.
âAh⊠but I donât really like what heâs doing ă ă It feels like heâs trying to bury Joo Woosung
ââIt wasnât Seo Hoyoon who posted the pictures on Byeolstar, but Joo Woosung himself, so allâs goodâŠă ă ă
ââă ă ă They look close. Seems like theyâve known each other for a long time
âBlack Call fans are frantically pouring in after they experienced a long draught of new pictures of Joo Woosung. Moreover, itâs the first time Iâve seen him comfortable with anyone besides his members ă ă ă
ââă ă±ăčă ⊠Iâm really thankful to this fellow. Joo Woosungâs cringy side that Iâve never seen before is so cuteă ]
[Noise marketing for The Dawnâs comeback?]
[Trainee appears on Woosungâs Byeolstar account. Is it their agencyâs strategy?]
âHoyoon hyung!â
I was sprawled out on the floor of the practice room and holding my phone to check the situation. This stuff seemed to have become a hot topic among the netizens and on SNS. Of course, I was also getting criticized, but it wasnât all that bad for viral marketing.
Planning, choreography inspections from the choreographer, movement practice, and part distribution had been roughly taken care of. We had about three more weeks until the showcase.
âThis level of firepower isnât enough yet.â
Now I had to slowly prepare other new content. I put my smartphone away and looked at Kang Yichae.
âYeah, What is it?â
âDrink this.â
Kang Yichae threw a water bottle toward me. I was on the verge of exhaustion, so I gratefully took the water. Kang Yichae clicked his tongue and asked me something.
âWhy are you practicing so single-mindedly, hyung? Do you even sleep?â
âI do.â
âHeâs lying! He only sleeps three hours a day! In the break room.â
âWhat kind of Napoleon are you, hyung? You only sleep three hours a day?â
When Jung Dajoon tattled on me, Kang Yichae clicked his tongue one more time. I didnât even have the energy left to answer, so I just ignored them.
Sung Jiwon, who had just entered the practice room, looked at me with concern after hearing that.
âUhm⊠Hoyoonâs dancing has improved a lot though.â
ââŠâ
âBut itâs still not enough⊠Why is that? What can we do to make him improve more?â
âJiwon hyung⊠Could it be that you get possessed by a ghost whose cause of death was being unable to practice?â
Jung Dajoon was trembling. I also brushed my arm, feeling a chill run down my spine.
Sung Jiwon really wasnât someone to be taken lightly. I thought he was a weak-willed person, but now his eyes had completely changed and only focused on our comeback stage.
Kim Sunghyun came in, played the song, and tried to match his movements to it.
After the distribution of parts was over, the choreography had been slightly modified so that the members could stand out during their parts.
[Ooh, Pick a card, a clear future,
Low chances make you anxious, thereâs no need to be]
As we had to both sing and dance live, everyone fell to the floor exhausted after practicing three times.
âWhat if we die before our comeback stage?â
ââŠWant to take a break? Itâs almost lunchtime now.â
Sung Jiwon finally gave us the okay. Jung Dajoon immediately jumped up.
âLetâs go to the convenience store, the convenience store!â
âIâll leave you all behind, so get ready~!â
Jung Dajoon took out a crumpled thousand-won bill and said.
âI got my allowance!â
ââŠâ
âIâll treat you, hyungs.â
âI-I can buy you some ice cream!â
You canât really treat anyone with just 1000 won these daysâŠ
Kim Sunghyun, Sung Jiwon, and I stared at him dumbfounded, then patted each other and went after him.
When we arrived at the convenience store in front of the agency, our youngest members flew around the store excitedly.
âIâm going to get cup noodles and eat all of them!â
âDonât you know that you have to add cheese to the spicy chicken?â
These elementary schoolersâŠ
I felt like I could understand why Sung Jiwon and Kim Sunghyun appeared more grown up.
Kim Sunghyun silently took care of the youngest members, and Sung Jiwon held out some cup noodles to me. As the five of us were eating cup noodles at a bar table set up in the narrow convenience store, someone suddenly tapped me.
When I turned around, there was a woman wearing a mask standing restlessly. She held a cell phone in her hand and held it out toward us.
âWow! Are you Seo Hoyoon?â
ââŠ? Yes.â
âWait, wait. All the members of The Dawn are next to me! My friend is a fan of The Dawn⊠Can you wait for a moment?â
âAre you a fan?â
Sung Jiwon widened his eyes. I hoped Sung Jiwon wouldnât say anything.
Right now, that person seemed to be filming us with her camera. Fortunately, Sung Jiwon only nodded his head intently with a flustered face.
âYes, of course. Weâll wait.â
âThank you!â
I felt like he would have reacted the same way even if there was no camera around. Strictly speaking, The Dawn were celebrities, but they seemed more in awe that a normal person could recognize them.
ââŠGuys. Youâre also celebrities, to begin with.â
Even the participants of those contest programs werenât that unpopular, but⊠A depressed feeling creeped in.
âYouâre Sung Jiwon? Iâve known you since your trainee days! How did you become so handsome? Youâre so tall!â
âHaha. thank you.â
âHow old are you, noona?â
Even Kang Yichae spoke to her amicably. The woman seemed shy but answered whatever she was asked.
The camera was turned on so we had to be careful with our words, but because it was Kang Yichae, we didnât have anything to worry about. He was a sensible guy after all.
ââŠ?â
When I looked away for a bit after giving some appropriate answers, I saw a strange scene outside the convenience store.
There was an elderly woman walking away while clutching her bag and a man in a mask was carefully following her just a few steps behind, scanning the surrounding. As if he wanted to steal her bag.
âHey.â
âWhat?â
I called out to Kim Sunghyun. He immediately turned his head and looked in the direction I was staring at. Then his face hardened.
We put away the food we were holding. And sure enough, the man suddenly rushed in and snatched the elderly womanâs bag.
âAigoo, aigoo! Itâs a thief!â
There are all kinds of extortion these days!
âCrazy bastard.â
I frowned. I couldnât believe it. I never thought something like that would ever happen.
Kum Sunghyun and I immediately kicked the convenience store door and ran out. To catch the shameless thief.
âStop right there!â
âGet lost!â
At the sound of footsteps rushing after him, the thief glanced behind and started to speed up.
But who are we? We are proud Korean Idols. As I danced and practiced until dawn every day, I was a lot more confident in my physical strength.
âStop!â
In particular, Kim Sunghyun was excellent at using his body, so he hurled his body in an instant and caught him.
âGot you!â
âHey, Kim Sunghyun!â
I caught up a step later and kicked the manâs hand which was about to take out a swiss knife.
With a clang, the knife fell to the floor. Kim Sunghyun turned pale when he saw that, then clenched his teeth again and subdued the thief.
âHey, hey! Let go of me, you bastard!â
âAre you crazy? Where did you put your conscience?â
âKim Sunghyun, hold him tight.â
I helped Kim Sunghyun and kicked the thief down. Looking back at the spot where the elderly woman was, I saw Sung Jiwon and Jung Dajoon, who fortunately had already figured out the situation, helping the fallen woman.
âGrandma, are you okay?â
âOh my, thank you, thank youâŠâ
âAre you hurt?â
âNo, aigoo⊠Iâm fine. Iâm more worried about the other two young men.â
âWeâre fine.â
In addition to that, I saw Kang Yichae waving his hands while making a phone call inside the convenience store. It seemed he was calling the police.
Soon after, we could hear police sirens.
âWow, the Korean police sure are fast.â
âLet go!â
âStay still, you bastard.â
I murmured and pressed down on the robberâs neck.
I looked back to see if the police had arrived and saw the woman who was still holding her phone and filming us with a blank expression. And when I turned my head, my eyes met with Kim Sunghyunâs.
ââŠâ
We both thought the same thing.
Um, maybe this is-
***
âAigoo, you did a great job. He followed her after watching her withdraw money from the bank. He deliberately waited until they reached a place without CCTV. This would have become a serious problem if not for you, young lads.â
After handing over the thief to the police, they praised us several times.
I glanced at the elderly woman. She didnât seem to be injured.
âThank you, boys. Iâm so grateful.â
âNo, no, Grandma. This is only natural.â
âThis is the money my daughter sent me. I saved it up little by little to pay my hospital fees⊠I canât get treatment without it. I really appreciate what you did for me.â
âYou must have been in serious trouble.â
Sung Jiwon murmured sadly. I guessed Sung Jiwon was raised by his grandmother. Considering that his eyes stuck there and didnât leave, it seemed this event really bothered him.
I tapped Sung Jiwon on the shoulder.
âLetâs stop and leave. The grandma has to rest too.â
âOh, sorry. I was holding you up too long.â
âIâm sorry, I took up too much of your time, youngsters.â
The elderly woman continued to bow her head to us. Seeing her like this somehow reminded me of my grandmother, which made me feel strange.
I politely said my farewell and brought the members out when the situation was settled.
âWow, that almost turned into a big deal.â
âYou almost got hurt, Kim Sunghyun. Are you okay?â
âYeah. Seo Hoyoon stopped him before something could happenâŠâ
âYeah, itâs almost time for our comeback, so be more careful.â
âHey, hyung. You were so cool.â
âBeing cool isnât everything.â
Sung Jiwon lightly hit the head of Jung Dajoon who was still immature. Jung Dajoon held his head and whined, but it couldnât erase the good mood that had settled among the members.
âYouâve worked hard, guys.â
âEven Hoyoon hyung looks happy.â
I also found it worthwhile.
Because there was something more to look forward to.
Kim Sunghyun probably noticed as well.
After returning to the practice room and continuing the practice for another two to three hours, the manager opened the door and came in.
âGuys!!â
As expected.
âWoah, that surprised me.â
âGuys, I heard you guys caught a robber! Why didnât you tell me?!â
The manager shook Jung Dajoon by his shoulders out of excitement. Without being able to grasp the situation Jung Dajoon held his dizzy head.
âW-We were going to tell you later when you come here, but how did you find out?â
âYou guys are so popular now!â
âYes?â
âThat robbery incident was posted on the internet, so youâre high up in the real-time search now!â
Biingoo.
The manager shoved the article that got posted on the internet right before our noses. I slowly read the title that was shown on the screen.
[Some common Korean male idols who caught a robber today]
âŠWell, the title was pretty plausible.
Among the members who were making incredulous faces, I met Kim Sunghyunâs eyes again.
He was the first to grin.
1. I used to translate byeolstar as insta short for instagram but I decide to switch and use byeolstar instead2. Speedwagon is a character that appears in the Japanese anime <Jojoâs Bizarre Adventure> and he gained popularity as someone who made explanations to the main character in various situations.