Debut or Die

Chapter 390

If you can’t debut, you’ll get sick to death Episode 390

If all elements and keywords overlap, the stage will of course lead to similar results.

It might have been natural since Seon Ah-hyun took on the choreography and I even took over as the leader.

The performance this time is becoming more and more similar to the stage of the first team match of < Azusa >.

“You worked hard.”

“Brother here!”

“thanks.”

I wiped the sweat from my chin with a towel.

“Hyung, this kind of dance choreography seems to suit you well! It’s really fast and the perfection is already amazing… .”

“Is that so? Lucky for you.”

already know

I didn’t have to learn anything about the revision of the choreography currently being practiced. because it’s almost the same

And that’s not all.

A similar phenomenon occurs in arrangement composition.

‘… I didn’t expect it to prove how good it was.’

It means that the expert chooses a similar option to me in the first team match at the time.

As we had to complete the ‘art’ collaboration within a week, more in-house experts were attached than before to ensure the quality of the stage.

And this is the feedback I received right before the midterm evaluation.

“I think it would be nice to save the bridge a little more… .”

“… yes.”

“Anyway, the other two friends did a lot of dance parts, so let’s deal with the requirement in the form of a collaboration. you solo.”

my solo.

I did the same with < Azusa >. In order to appeal to the vocal stats, I organized it in a high-pitched range.

In fact, words that are tantamount to a sentence that the composition of the arrangement is almost identical.

“how is it?”

“I am completely in favor… !”

But no one protests.

“… … .”

I relaxed my hand and opened my mouth.

“all right.”

However, the arranger taps his shoulder with a somewhat dissatisfied expression and then spat out words.

“Are you in pain somewhere? The young child has no malaria.”

“… !”

No way.

What seems to be lacking in survival is a landmine that can lead to controversy over attitude.

Voluntary tax payment is best.

I immediately raised my voice.

“no! I had some body aches… I’m sorry if my bad condition was exposed.”

“No, there is nothing to be sorry about… You should take good care of your body. Now, the debut is just around the corner. know?”

“yes.”

And on the contrary, the guys on both sides are bells and whistles.

“I’m sorry bro. I didn’t know you were sick… .”

“Drink some water.”

“no. What did I not say?”

I passed the situation by receiving water from Judan. The arranger asks again.

“Then the bridge goes like that? Gunwoo To emphasize vocals.”

“yes.”

Resistance is forbidden. From now on, I have to show myself on camera with a more dedicated image so there is no variable.

‘Is this right.’

But this useless refusal was the problem. The unpleasant feeling that your skills don’t come out right throughout practice.

‘Damn it.’

“Let’s rest well and come back tomorrow… .”

“If you work harder now, you will taste better at night.”

“… … yep.”

I finished practicing that afternoon, refraining from the crazy voices of the team members who were concerned about my physical condition, saying, ‘Let’s finish early and rest’.

I couldn’t help but sigh.

‘Am I insane?’

If the camera is running and your skills are at a level that depends on your mood, isn’t it right to beat them up?

Are you not doing it right? I’m going to pick a colleague, and I might have to awaken my stats with that reputation.

“Brother’s meal… ?”

“I’ll go after this. Eat first.”

After stretching for quite some time, I headed to the restaurant after finishing.

After washing and receiving midterm evaluations, I plan to come back at night to refine it. I felt like shit.

drooling.

Because it was not dinner time, there was no one in the restaurant. Except for one guy who uses it like a reading room.

“Hello brother. Sit here.”

it’s clean

I immediately checked the corner of the wall and the dining table. the guy laughs

“There are no cameras. Can we still talk?”

“… … .”

I put the appropriate amount of food on the tray and sat across from him. The guy who was checking the notebook with the choreography movement asked.

“You are not sick, are you?”

Since we share the practice room, I guess there are some things that came to my ears this way too.

“You know what to check.”

“hmm? No, I’ll check it.”

He closed the note and asked in a light tone.

“This is the first time I’ve written something in a different situation since I haven’t had a work that received a good response, right?”

“… … .”

“You seem to care a lot.”

how the hell did you do this

This word came up to my throat, but of course I didn’t do it. I must have done it because I couldn’t do it.

“Is that stage right? ?Idol Co., Ltd.? The stage we did in the first team match.”

“okay.”

“The first stage is very exciting. I still remember.”

This guy’s first stage?

“Come to think of it… I did it in survival too. here.”

“… … .”

“We have quite a few interesting things in common. Yes?”

He stared into space for a moment and was silent, but then smiled.

“are you okay. Once you try this, you realize that it’s nothing. Are you saying this isn’t even real anyway? Rather futile.”

“… Things like that happen, too.”

I insincerely lowered the tong I had inserted into the food tray to the side.

Why am I talking to this guy?

“But the problem is that the feeling of rejection affects the physical condition.”

“Oops.”

He covered the note he was writing. and speak quietly

“Don’t practice more today and go to bed early. And eat well.”

“… … .”

“People’s ability to think is surprisingly governed by their physical condition. Do you have any plans to manage it?”

I nodded slowly. The guy shrugs.

“okay… If you think you can’t make it, did you think of an alternative?”

“Why are you doing that?”

chin!

I roughly put down the glass of water.

“There is an answer and I can do it.”

“I know.”

The boy smiled and rose from his seat. Then he pointed at my plate with his chin.

“Empty that and go to sleep.”

“… … .”

I nodded. the guy is out

“after.”

I feel like I’ve lost my appetite, which I never had before.

[You really have to eat rice… .]

Wouldn’t it be better to just shove glucose or something in your mouth rather than try out the possibility of eating and ingesting it?

[Can’t that be!?]

I laughed at the frightened pop-up. I was a little organized about what to do in the future, but my condition was more subdued.

‘Once you do it, you’ll be fine… la.’

The problem is that the expectation is also unpleasant. Damn.

After a few minutes, I put all the food on the plate on top. It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling.

And by the time I got up after cleaning the table.

drooling.

I hear the restaurant door open. I didn’t bother looking, but I heard a sound.

voice is.

“ah.”

“… !”

I turned my head.

The guy I saw two days ago is standing there.

Sun Ah-hyun with black hair.

“hello. Nice to meet you again.”

“… … .”

I lowered my head and then raised it. But he waved his hand.

“It’s okay if you don’t do that… ! I want you to be comfortable talking to me.”

“You appeared as a mentor, but you can’t.”

“But I’m not filming right now.”

He smiled faintly, carefully closed the restaurant door, and entered.

Why?

“I came here after wandering around thanks to the good traffic conditions and arriving early.”

I see

“Can I sit here too?”

I bet you don’t think there will be participants who will say no to the mentor.

“yes.”

“thank you… !”

I don’t know what to be grateful for. It was difficult to even get up. I looked at the plate I had eaten and was worried.

Then a soft voice is heard.

“I ate the candy you gave me. It’s because I sometimes eat candy. Well, to replenish stamina during intermission.”

“yes.”

okay. I remember spitting it out when it was time to eat in the middle of the concert.

Here… It’s about the ballet performance intermission.

Intermissions have a break time, so there was no need to spit in the middle.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The conversation ends with a single answer, and silence continues. Even so, this guy opens his mouth again, as if he has no intention of stopping.

“Actually, when I saw it from the hallway… I was familiar with it, so I wondered if it was someone I knew.”

what?

“But when I got closer, it didn’t seem like I was in a situation to ask such a question. You look in pain.”

“Pain.”

Sun Ah-hyun flinched slightly, but nodded.

“yes. You look in pain. Even now.”

“… … .”

very… It seems that this guy and that guy went around in a state of shit so that everyone could read it.

‘On the camera?’

No, I made an excuse that I was in a bad condition, so it should be fine. I didn’t skip practice and rolled properly, and I’ve never spoken abusively to anyone, so that’s about it… .

“You have no obligation to confide in me, but… Still, I hope you find someone to talk to. This is my counselor’s number… .”

“it’s okay.”

Stop it.

“… yes. sorry. I was too presumptuous.”

Seon Ah-hyun’s face blurs. I held back a sigh. And as I was about to exhale, I blurted out an answer without even realizing it.

“It’s not over-the-top.”

“yes.”

“just… I already made a stage with the same concept for the same song.”

“… This stage?”

“yes.”

I lowered my gaze.

“… It’s the first stage I did with close people I can’t see now, so I’m not reluctant to appear on the air first with what I’m doing now.”

That’s why I want to be sane even if I say it.

Sun Ah-hyun’s face blurred. Did you see a similar idea?

“then… It’s so hard, why didn’t you tell me?”

Why?

“Because the result will be better that way.”

“… !”

“The stage was well received. I’m not stupid enough not to use something that has been proven.”

This reaction could be misunderstood as the end-of-month evaluation of other agencies. It doesn’t matter anyway.

“… … .”

Seon Ah-hyun looked at the table for a while and said nothing.

However, he spoke in a firm voice.

“Good results are not always the answer. A choice that doesn’t hurt your heart is also the answer.”

“… !”

It was an unprofessional comment. However, Seon Ah-hyun was not soft.

“Victory is not achieved only when you fight against your unwillingness and win head-on.”

He hesitated, then added in a muffled voice.

“I am… It was also painful because I lived with too much disregard for my heart.”

“… … .”

“And Geon-woo can definitely show a good stage even if he changes his route. Because there is no correct answer to the stage and interpretation.”

and smoothed it out.

“therefore. It’s okay if you don’t insist on suffering with the mindset that you must overcome it. Alternatives can also be the correct answer.”

I couldn’t find the answer.

I will not deny that the content was shocking and momentarily captivating.

But one more.

‘… I thought they lived well without any difficulties.’

Refined speech without stuttering, active communication in unfamiliar situations, and success close to achievement.

He is the one who already has all the things Seon Ah-hyun was trying to get back in the original world.

Doesn’t anyone look at this guy who lives well?

But why is this guy talking like that… No, are you talking about the heartbeat to someone you’ve never met?

please… … .

[Hyung?]

‘Ah.’

The silence was too long.

I barely answered.

“… thank you I will refer to it.”

It was not an answer that he would do so, but Seon Ah-hyun nodded quite happily.

“no. You must have been surprised when a stranger suddenly said this, but thank you for accepting me like an adult.”

“no. I am… Your advice has comforted me.”

“I’m glad then.”

The atmosphere barely warmed up. It was just fortunate that the camera wasn’t rolling.

Seon Ah-hyun invited me with a slightly brighter face.

“and… The age difference between us isn’t that great either. You can call me comfortably.”

“Then, start talking with your mentor.”

“Oh um… If you put it first.”

The guy laughed awkwardly. I thought so.

And before I could say anything more here, the guy’s staff called me like last time.

“Shouldn’t you go?”

“ah. yes.”

Then the guy got up.

“Even if the song changes, don’t worry, I’ll say it was something I discussed.”

And after saying these absurd things, he left the restaurant.

Still, it’s a bit comforting because it’s what a mentor said.

‘You don’t have to… la.’

[brother… I think Ahyeon is right. If you don’t like it, can’t you do it??]

That’s different from shock. You should do it if you need to.

Deed deed!

The pop-up trembles like a boo.

‘stop.’

don’t change that

Then, this time, it diminishes like a full dead.

[TT… Then you think of it as just a cover stage collaboration? No, it’s not like we’re doing Azusa, who came out, one more time! Think of it as being with a junior!]

It sounds like nonsense, but it was a surprisingly persuasive remark.

Yes, it is definitely a different time and a completely different program. I’d rather be aware that the two are separate situations… .

“… !”

for a moment.

[Brother?]

Yes.

‘You’re right.’

[Yes?]

I was mistaken.

< Azusa > and < Wise > are not the same program. Not only are the years different, but the methods of progress and appeal to the audience are also different.

‘In other words, the evaluation criteria are different.’

Besides, aren’t the number of members together and the theme and composition of the performance different?

Just because it was the perfect answer in the first team match of < Azusa >, there is no guarantee that it will be the same here.

And taking that difference into account and recalculating the situation… Azusa’s first team fight isn’t the perfect answer here.

‘ah… Stupid bastard.’

Do you realize this now

[I… Then?]

I came to a clear conclusion.

‘… I think I need to make some changes.’

[Ohhh!]

I smiled and returned the tray.

The place where everything was cleaned was clean.

And before entering the midterm evaluation, the team gathered in the living room.

“Oh brother!”

“You said you were washing.”

“I have something to tell you.”

I said without hesitation.

“I wondered why it was so awkward, but there was one factor we hadn’t considered.”

“yes?”

“mentor.”

okay.

This time, the mentor not only participated in and advised on stage composition, but also briefly participated in the stage.

Like drawing a pop art in the intro, exiting, tearing up the picture and appearing, or having an orchestra play live accompaniment.

“Our mentor is a ballerina.”

“that… Right?”

“We need to make sure he doesn’t eat us.”

There is no camera in the living room yet. I said without hesitation.

“So you can’t do the same choreography. The correct answer is that the two of them create synergy with a different feeling and the stage becomes newer.”

“oh… … .”

They look at each other once, and Chae-yul speaks first.

“then… Are you making amends?”

“There are some elements to delete and add.”

I kept my mouth shut for a moment, then quietly opened my mouth.

“Of course, to do this, it seems that it will be a bit of a forced march until the end… .”

The guy’s face brightened.

“are you okay. great!”

“Let’s try. what.”

Indeed, it is VTIC. I can’t be this happy that the yes men are not going anywhere.

“good.”

I opened the notebook I was carrying.

And after the mid-term evaluation, which was filled with embarrassment and anticipation worries at the sound of ‘I will change it halfway’… .

A few days later.

The day of the performance has come.