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Chapter 344

Seon AhHyun's attitude has changed.

It all started with a camp programming meeting.

"Then it's okay not to collect any more image references for the concept, right? Do you guys agree?"

"All right!"

"Okay. If anyone has a different opinion..."

It's a phrase that's usually made with the assumption that no one will be against it.

"I-I...!"

"...!"

However, the guy who had never interrupted someone's words before, raised his hand before he could finish his sentence.

Ryu CheongWoo looked a little embarrassed, but politely asked him.

"Yes, what do you think, AhHyun-ah?"

"It-would be good to expand the scope and collect references once again. There's still time..."

"Hmm..."

And Seon AhHyun even directly expressed his opposition.

'What's wrong with it?'

'If we end it now, will there be a moral problem?'

The situation got to the point where even the looks of the members seemed to express those thoughts, but AhHyun hadn't finished speaking.

"Two days, give or take...Can't we? The deadline you mentioned is the day after tomorrow afternoon...if the schedule is like that, we won't finish any faster even if we hand in the references early.....!"

With an impetus that makes you feel like sweating, he started making persuasive arguments on his own.

And the basis for it is also a plausible fact.

"Oh, come to think of it, it's like this."

"Waah~ AhHyun-ah, do you remember that? It was three months ago..."

"Yes, I-I remember it..."

He still can't think of any exceptional ideas to carry out; however, in a given situation, he makes good judgments and argues persistently.

It was in line with Seon AhHyun's usual self.

"T-Then...! For two more days, let's think...!"

"About that, I think~ of course we agree! Are we not?"

"Hmm, that's right."

However, the momentum is about ten times higher than usual, so the power is extraordinary. We were all caught by surprise.

'What's going on?'

I thought I would like it, but somehow I felt a little uncomfortable. What kind of sudden attitude change is this guy doing?

"MoonDae, what do you think?"

I think I'm going to have a heart attack from fright.

"I agree with you."

"Yes!"

He even gets my consent himself. It's an initiative I've never seen in my life.

'What?'

And this impulse was the same at the evening composition meeting.

"And-I...I want more string accompaniment for the song!"

"Ooooh."

"What string instrument?"

"One that can make all the high-pitched, happy, dramatic sounds? It would be...like a fiddle, for example! It would feel more appropriate for the concept, I think...!"

"Fiddle?"

And Seon AhHyun began to explain more diligently what a fiddle is.

It's the least classical technique for playing the fiddle, so it's named separately, it's more for village music, it has a distinctive sound, and it's blah, blah, blah...

"Ooooh."

It's like he's making some kind of announcement. Cha YooJjin, who was listening with interest, was almost ready to applaud.

"That's a good idea! Hyung is awesome!"

"Yes!"

And even though AhHyun's reddened face was about to burst from those words, he didn't give up.

"....."

What is it?

I really don't know what the situation is.

'Well, he only does it when the other guys talk loudly too...but...'

Yes, it's good that he wants to actively participate because of a change in mentality.

In fact, I have not been able to interrupt AhHyun's words, and if I were to give an average about which members were able to interrupt him with better ideas, I can say that it is worse since no one did.

"Then, as AhHyun hyung said, I will put the violin as a string instrument that has both sharpness and softness and harmonizes with the current arrangement..."

"N-no! It's not just a violin, but a fiddle! Fiddle! I hope...you can!"

"Yes, I will!"

"....."

No, that's already too much.

It's getting to the point where it's a matter of live or die.

"I'll do my best!"

"Tha-Thank you...!"

Having even Bae SeJin paying attention, the meeting ended with Seon AhHyun leading it.

That night.

Keun SeJin, who was sitting in the kitchen drinking carbonated water, asked earnestly.

"MoonDae MoonDae, if we don't get to release our album, there won't be any sad stories that someone will fail or something like that, right?"

"....."

"Hul, isn't MoonDae bullying AhHyun to pay for his meals...Ouch!"

No way.

I held back a sigh as I watched the man who was hit by me in the back make a big fuss.

"...I don't think so. There must be another reason."

"Is there? Hmm...Well, it's true."

As if he had judged that it wasn't a bad situation, Keun SeJin shrugged his shoulders and said the same thing again.

"You don't have to know everything about the other person to be friends, do you?"

"....."

It makes me a little angry that the guy who has been digging into other people's business would say that.

Meanwhile, AhHyun ran to his room as soon as the composition camp ended at night and didn't come out.

'What are you doing?'

I broke my silence and spoke.

"...I wonder if Seon AhHyun feels left out."

"What?"

"All we do lately is talk only to each other."

In fact, no matter what age or position we are, the relationship is the same.

TL/N: He means that no matter if his actual age is older than the boys, or that he really is a hyung and not a dongsaeng (they will be the same age, but in terms of birthday, the original Park MoonDae is a few months younger than SeJin), their friendship relationship has not been affected.

But perhaps AhHyun is angry about that unfair treatment and is relieving his stress in a positive way by exploding at the meeting.

Keun SeJin tilted his head and kept it down as if he was thinking.

"Hmm, that may have been it. Eei, no, AhHyun is not the type of person to do that...Ha."

He sighed.

"When AhHyun was in school, he didn't have good friends, right?"

"...That's right."

"Then, hmm...he might have felt a bit bad about that."

Keun SeJin looked at me and asked quite seriously.

"What are you going to do?"

"....."

I don't know.

He's obviously not thinking about what countermeasures to take, but how I'm going to tell him my secret.

In the end, it seems that the cause of Seon AhHyun's abnormal behavior is because only we know about the supernatural phenomenon.

"Hmmm...Of course, I can't tell you what to do, but I don't think AhHyun's attitude will change just by listening to you."

"....."

About that...I don't think so either.

'He's a good boy.'

I let out a brief sigh.

"Ya, and we won't let you off just because you're an old man of mental age...Ya! It really hurt this time!"

Yeah. It's the strength of a man in his 20s, bastard.

...No, actually, I'm really ashamed that I moved my hand after I got stabbed.

I sighed when I saw Keun SeJin laughing.

It wasn't until he stopped laughing that he changed the subject.

"Aaah, and speaking of which...What should I tell HeeSeung? Well, I was also invited to this meeting, shall I explain that to him and give him advice?"

He smiled.

"Or should I say that I'm from the future too? Wow, that would be really funny."

"Stop."

I shouldn't even give a hypothetical example that destroys the atmosphere.

"That joke won't work. This seems to be transmitted in the form of baton delivery."

"Oh~ you have analyzed many things, MoonDae. As expected from MoonDae MoonDae-ya. You cared enough about HeeSeung to find out, didn't you?"

TL/N: "Handing over baton" refers to the handing over of witnesses in relay or relay races. MoonDae implies that KeunSe can't say that as HeeSeung will think he already accomplished his mission and the system passed to KeunSe.

He is a smart guy.

I put my hands together.

"Yes, there is a place to use Gold 2."

"....."

However, SeJin didn't respond for a moment.

'What's wrong?'

Then suddenly, as if hesitating, he opened his mouth again with a serious face.

"But MoonDae MoonDae..."

"What?"

"I wanted to ask you earlier...When you say "Gold 2," are you talking about HeeSeung?"

"...!!"

How do you know...?

"....."

Wait, I...did I call it out loud like that?

"That's right! Were you calling HeeSeung Gold 2? Why?"

".....That..."

"Wait, wait, wait. Let me guess. No way...Is it because of the gold grade he got in 'Icorpo?' And you listed it on top of that?"

"....."

"Is what I said correct? Ah, this is unbelievable! Waah~ How ruthless you are, Park MoonDae! It's been a long time since we finished Icorpo, and you're still calling him "Gold!""

Fuck...

I gritted my teeth as I saw that guy burst out laughing.

"That's up to me. Why?"

"You're so embarrassed...No, no, I'm sorry. I laughed too much, right? Yeah, I'm really sorry~"

This bastard is trying to disguise that he doesn't like me saying that.

However, Keun SeJin regained his normal expression, though his eyes were sparkling.

"MoonDae MoonDae, I'll ask because I'm really curious~ Did you call SeJinie like that too? Ah, did you call all the children who got that grade in Icorpo like that, I'm Gold 1?"

He has high expectations.

"...You were just Keun SeJin."

"Oh~ Just that? It's a nickname though. Well, well."

I held back a sigh when I saw Keun SeJin nodding his head. It's driving me crazy.

"So, how long have you been calling me that?"

"....."

"MoonDae MoonDae?"

I'm still calling this asshole that.

I left the whining guy behind and went back to my room to go to bed.

* * *

The next day, the album production camp continued.

And Seon AhHyun's momentum also continued.

"If we continue to make no progress like this, we will have to do it until the evening. Everyone hates working overtime. That's why..."

"Overtime...! Let's do it!"

".....Ah."

Is that something we...should do?

It looks like his personality has been ruined.

I shut my mouth when I saw Seon AhHyun burning with passion as if he was Cha YooJin finding a new special device.

"Hyung, I hate working overtime!"

"W-we have to, if necessary...!"

Well, now he's saying things that YooJin doesn't like.

Of course it's not a bad thing. On the contrary, it's a good thing in terms of efficiency, but I feel that...he's overdoing it.

I made a decision after seeing AhHyun secretly wiping the cold sweat behind his neck.

'He can't go on like this.'

I'll have to try my luck.

"Thanks for your hard work~."

"I'm-I'm going to organize it."

After dinner, I followed Seon AhHyun, who went to his room as soon as the meeting temporarily ended.

Ttok, ttok.

"...!"

"It's me."

Kung.

When I opened the door and walked in, I saw AhHyun leaning over his desk as if he was trying to cover something.

What are you doing?

"Are you looking for something, or...?"

"I just came to talk..."

As I got closer, I realized what this guy was covering.

Articles, reviews, ratings.

It was kind of like a scrapbook that printed out and organized all the content related to our previous albums.

[The most important part?]

[The problem of expressiveness.]

And, as if this guy had intentionally placed them, the comments written in fancy handwriting were perfectly organized here and there.

Not only that, but there was something on the e-reader screen that this guy reflexively covered.

[Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe 5]

...No way.

'Did he do all this by himself?'

Anyone can see that it was all prep material for the new TeSTAR album.

But I'll ask one more time.

"What's all that?"

"...! Ah, well, this is....."

AhHyun seemed to hesitate a couple of times, but soon answered in a rather confident voice.

"Among the works of Edgar Allan Poe that SeJin hyung talked about...I-I think I found a topic that suits us best."

"...!"

"'B-black Cat' was nice, but...it matches 'Calling' too closely...I want something that matches better with TeSTAR."

AhHyun looked nervous, but smiled slightly.

And what this guy was saying was plausible.

"....."

"T-ten."

I took the notebook that this guy pulled out with a slightly shaky hand under the e-reader.

Inside it was written the name of the play and the set of concepts he wanted us to mix with the new TeSTAR song.

I quickly read some of the highlighted phrases in the notebook.

[Explosion of energy]

[Feeling immersed, feeling the speed].

Then I read the notes all the way through.

"....."

"I-it's good that you see it, but since I hadn't finished the summary...I couldn't say it. I couldn't do it...without a basis."

AhHyun lowered his head as if he was embarrassed.

"I'm...not...good at talking...so I thought it would be good to...organize the contents faithfully..."

Oh, no.

"Seeing what you're doing today, I don't think you need to worry about that."

AhHyun's face flushed.

"Thank you, but if we add the finishing touches....."

"Ah, you were working on that alone!"

"...!"

Oh my gosh.

When I turned to look, Kim RaeBin, who was working on headphones at the other desk, took off her device and turned her head.

'How long have you been here?'

I didn't see it because he was working unresponsive like he was a dead rat.

TL/N: Reminder that that phrase means "stone silent," as some rats instinctively stay still and pretend to be dead when they are in front of cats.

"I didn't know that what AhHyun hyung was reading every time he was in the room were reviews of our albums."

"Yes..."

AhHyun's face turned red when he affirmed, while RaeBin nodded as if he knew.

And his eyes sparkled.

"I thought it was a new hobby he got during the tour, but I didn't know it was taking so much time and effort to conduct a full-scale analysis...As expected, he has both sincerity and talent."

".....Y-yees."

Even though he has a face that looks like he wants to decline, he absolutely affirms it.

I smiled.

"That's right, it's great."

"...!"

"The content is good too. You could have suggested it right away. That's enough."

"R-really...?!?!"

At this point, why would you lie?

"Yes."

To put it bluntly, this is something anyone would have been tempted to include in a draft.

'Your process of drawing conclusions is very orderly.'

Of course, there are some people, like Kim RaeBin, to whom inspiration strikes and they create something that suddenly captivates people...

However, sometimes there are people who put numerous pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle and neatly sift through them on a platter, looking for the right answer.

And this guy's judgment is like that.

At a glance, this guy reviewed and analyzed a lot of data from all the TeSTAR albums and the conclusion he came to...was very appealing.

'That must have been tough.'

I was impressed and admired the guy who had previously been depressed because he couldn't participate properly in the songwriting camp.

This was beyond expectations.

"I want to try this right now."

"...!"

Seon AhHyun's eyes shone brightly. He seemed to be very excited.

"Mo-MoonDae-ya, really...thank you so much."

"Thank you for giving us a good opinion."

But AhHyun's words weren't over yet.

"So...you know..."

Hmm?

"That, I also...maybe, about that, about what's going on?"

At that moment, I realized what this guy meant by "that."

'Are you...telling me to reveal my secret to you?'

I think I misunderstood something.

His activism doesn't come from anger.

This guy's attitude...seems to be to get a certification that he's qualified to know my secret.

"N-no! It's not like that...I-I'll organize this whole thing...a little more..."

Despite saying no, with a face full of anticipation, AhHyun slid over to the desk.

"Do you mind if I take a look?"

"Yes!"

"....."

...I think AhHyun moved merging the two objectives in a much more productive direction than I predicted.

It was out of the desire to contribute to the album production camp and the desire to be recognized by people of the same age.

'I think...if at this point I don't tell him, I'll be fucked.'

"....."

Aaah, shit. I don't know.

'I'll make a place for you.'

Looks like I'll have to tell everyone and ask them to shut the fuck up regardless. I washed my dry face.

TL/N: "Shut your mouth" is "don't let them tell". "Wash your face dry" is "facepalm," the action of rubbing your face with your hands out of disappointment, anger, despair, surprise, fear, frustration, embarrassment, etc.

Anyway, that night, Seon AhHyun, who finally called the meeting, proceeded with the presentation.

And since the guys are good at observing, their reactions were similar to mine.

This meant that he was very popular.

"...I like this better too."

"Then we can establish a thread in this direction and work hard. AhHyun-ah is very good."

"Yes, t-thank you...Thank you very much!"

Seeing that everyone from the person who came up with the idea to the most realistic member liked it, Seon AhHyun nodded.

The atmosphere was bright as if they were applauding AhHyun in a very friendly way.

Until the following words were heard.

"Hmm, then we should check the schedule again."

"...?"

Ryu CheongWoo smiled.

"That means...We have to review all the composition plans we have made from the beginning to the end."

"....."

"....."

AhHyun opened his eyes.

"I'm-sorry."

"What are you talking about? It's good that the album concept is going to get better."

It was a reply that manifested the typical office worker's pain.

'KPOP Hell Camp overtime...will start again.'

Fortunately, this overtime camp was very effective.

"Just one more thing to add."

"Hmm."

And since this happened, I was able to add something I wanted to put in earlier, but excluded so as not to affect the balance.

'This is it.'

By the time the day was completely sunny, we finished preparing for the release of our new album.

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