Rebirth: King to Superstar

Chapter 105 - Start Of Drama (II)

As soon as they heard that, both of their expressions changed and they played poker face as Min-Seok asked, "How are you feeling Joon-won? Tomorrow is the biggest day of your life. Don't worry and just pour out all of the nervousness you are feeling, to us. We are your family. Don't panic on stage even if you forget a line or two, you'll get another chance in the future."

"I'm alright. Everything is fine here. Both of you don't need to worry about anything unnecessary. I got this one in the bag. You guys are just thinking too much these days." Dismissed their concerns. He didn't believe there was a cause for concern. 

"It's good that you at least have the confidence. When will we get to see the drama video you promised?" Yun-hee nodded while folding her hands. 

"Probably by Wednesday, it should be online on Wednesday and I'll send you guys the login details for an account so both of you can watch my dramas." Joon-won already asked the assistant about this and she gave him a shared account the drama house gave its employees access to. 

The call continued for another few minutes before he cut the call and got up to clean the kitchen before jumping onto the bed. He didn't forget to set an alarm, as he had to be there early in the morning, at least an hour or two before the show began. He also didn't plan to go to the gym and stress his body too much and get tired out. 

The next day he woke up even before his alarm rang, noticed there were only 5 minutes till his alarm, he got up and walked into the living room. He noticed he still had 90 minutes and so he went into the washroom and brushed his teeth before making his breakfast.

After another light breakfast, he took a bath and walked out of the house with his headphones on and bag on his back. He took a direct cab to the drama house and noticed people working everywhere at the front. He saw banners with the photos they took earlier that week. There were two banners, one with a pic of the two main leads on a bench, looking at each other with love. While the other was him sitting on a chair with Kar Jung behind him. He couldn't help but take a pic and send it to his family.

As soon as he sent it, he received a call from them, once again asking about it. After another round of words of 'advice' from both of them, he headed inside. There was already a small line for the tickets at the side. He showed his ID to the security and walked in. He went directly towards the rest room and noticed there were already actors sitting and working on their scripts once again. 

Joon-won took a seat in the corner and read through his script once before keeping it back in the bag and started to listen to some music instead. He felt his preparation was on point and any more would only cause more anxiety for him. Time passed by and it was almost time for the performance. He turned on his phone to see messages from both Gah Soo and Jung-hwa telling them they were in their seats, waiting for the performance. It looked like both of them followed his advice to arrive early. He sent both of them a quick response telling the show would start soon and as he was about to close the phone; he received messages from both Min-Seok and Hea-Jung. 

Joon-won didn't know how to feel about the amount of concern he was receiving from people. He didn't have anyone around him feel this way towards him in the past life, and now he didn't need anyone to feel it because he was good enough. He just sent a simple reply to both of them as well before turning the silent mode on. 

He looked around the room and saw many people arrived and were getting ready. He also stood up and started to wear his dress. He also noticed Kar Jung already in his costume sitting to the side with his eyes closed, probably trying to concentrate and so he didn't disturb him. 

After he go ready and a few minutes passed by, the door opened and San Min walked in. Everyone went quiet as she looked at everyone and said, "Alright, looks like all of you are ready. Now depending on your scene, one by one come into the backstage, we don't want to get it crowded there. Now come on, people in the first 5 scenes walk into the backstage so you can get ready." clapping her hands. 

Joon-won and Kar Jung heard her and stood up before walking out the door along with a couple of other actors in first few scenes. They walked into the backstage and the staff walked up to them with the mics. Joon-won just stood there and let them do their thing as it wasn't the first time as they had them on even during the final practice the day before. 

After everything was set, Joon-won, Kar Jung, and the female lead walked to the front as the drama started with them. The huge curtains were still closed, and they already lay the props for the first scene out behind the curtains. The narration started and all three of them slowly walked up to the stage and took their positions, making no noise. 

The narration part was about to come to an end, and their scene was about to start. Joon-won looked at the two people on the stage with him. Kar Jung remained indifferent and just gave him a nod while the female lead was also calm, but he could see her feet continuously tap, showing her nervousness. 

He just showed her a smile and said, "Don't be too nervous, just look at both of us and tell your dialogues." making Kar Jung nod once again. She flashed a slight smile at hearing him and nodded. San Min waved her hand from the end of the stage and asked if everything was ok, to which he nodded and the curtains opened to the first scene of the drama.