Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 203

#203.

The members began to tidy up, preparing for the next day’s performance.

Without any assigned roles, the members efficiently took care of their tasks.

The messy room quickly became clean as the six members moved about.

Louie was gathering the packaging containers, which were so clean they looked washed, to throw them away.

“Ah, right. Louie.”

Heungmin called out to Louie.

“Yes?”

Louie replied, lifting his head.

Louie, who had felt uncomfortable while eating, had eventually taken off his hat.

Because of that, his hair was even more ridiculous than before he wore the hat.

However, even his flattened hair was somewhat cute.

The MOST members, who thought he was cute, were definitely as biased as the fans…

Objectively, he was a little cute.

Heungmin widened his eyes and subtly questioned Louie, who was curious as to why he had been called.

In fact, he had wanted to ask before, but after missing the opportunity, it was difficult to bring up.

He had been too preoccupied to remember since.

Then, just a moment ago.

While talking about how the soundtrack was still in the top 30 on the music charts, something came to mind.

“The day we went to see the performance…”

Louie tilted his head.

The members, who were about to leave the room, also listened to the conversation, curious.

“What did you talk about with Heemin in the hallway that day? I couldn’t ask because I had to go in quickly.”

That day, Heungmin had naturally taken Louie’s side and smoothed things over because of the bad atmosphere, but he didn’t really know the reason.

At Heungmin’s words, the members were momentarily surprised and looked back and forth between Heungmin and Louie.

“Something happened between Heemin and Louie?!”

Woochul reacted quickly, and Gijun and Gyuseong’s expressions hardened.

Considering Heemin’s attitude that day, it was a reasonable guess that a pleasant conversation hadn’t taken place.

“It wasn’t like that…”

Louie trailed off vaguely.

‘He’s still a younger brother the hyungs [older brothers or male friends] care about…’

Louie kept his mouth shut for a moment, not because he wanted to defend Heemin, but because he didn’t want to hurt the members’ feelings.

“Tell me honestly, Louie.”

At Dojae’s words, Louie thought for a little longer and eventually revealed what had happened that day.

“What? Really? No, not that I think you’re lying, but… Ha, that Heemin, that son of a gun!”

Woochul exclaimed in astonishment and jumped up.

Gyuseong, Gijun, and Heungmin’s faces also hardened immediately.

Heungmin regretted that if such a conversation had taken place, he should have spoken more sharply to Heemin.

Dojae had heard this separately and knew everything.

Even so, the reason he told Louie to speak honestly was because he wanted the members to stop caring about the changed Heemin.

‘Because everyone is too nice…’

They would be hurt, or rather, they already were, but it couldn’t be helped.

Even if the members had the same mindset as before, things were happening where people around them were changing as they became more popular and the situation changed.

Not only Heemin, but also close acquaintances of the members sometimes expected something from them, and if the members didn’t do as they expected, they would say they had ‘changed’ and hurt them.

‘There will be more of that in the future… A cold heart is also necessary.’

The relationships that needed to be cut off had to be cut off.

It was unfortunate, but it couldn’t be helped.

That was what was best for the members.

Whether it was because of the mistake on stage, Heemin was eliminated from after that day’s performance.

The members, disappointed in Heemin in the waiting room, didn’t contact him separately (and there was no contact from Heemin either), but they were inwardly burdened with the thought of whether they should comfort him.

However, after hearing Louie’s story, they only felt that they had done well not contacting him.

Even if they did contact him, it wouldn’t be to comfort him, but to get angry.

Among the members who couldn’t hide their complicated expressions, Gijun was the first to sort out his thoughts.

“Louie heard unnecessary things. You’re not keeping it to heart, are you?”

Gijun asked cautiously, and Louie waved his hand, answering in a brighter voice.

“E, no! I said what I wanted to say back then, and I had forgotten about it.”

Gijun raised the corners of his mouth as if relieved.

“That’s ridiculous! MOST exists now because Louie is here!”

Gyuseong shouted in an angry voice.

“Hyuuuung…”

Louie looked at Gyuseong with a touched expression.

“That’s right.”

Heungmin completely agreed with Gyuseong’s words.

It wasn’t just true for Louie.

Each and every member was a precious member who could never be missing or replaced.

All six members were different in appearance, personality, and what they were good at, but they thought the same as a team.

That was how they had come this far, with those six gathering and constantly working hard.

This was a fact that all the members had deeply engraved in their hearts.

It was also an undeniable truth.

“It’s hard to even imagine us without these six.”

At Woochul’s words, the members exchanged glances and confirmed each other’s feelings.

It was a fact they already knew without having to say it, but words had power.

Dojae gave a deep smile.

For some reason, he was even more excited about the stage they would share the next day.

***

The group MOST garnered a hot response by mobilizing 100,000 spectators in Japan.

Even before their official debut in Japan, MOST had already gathered many fans thanks to the drama OST [original soundtrack] and their popularity in Korea.

This performance was their first solo concert since their official debut in Japan last April.

Nevertheless, they sold out all two performances at Osaka Hall and four performances at Saitama Arena, proving their popularity.

Starting with their Japanese debut song , MOST performed a total of 23 songs, including hit songs such as and , as well as their Korean debut song and album tracks.

The members put their heart and soul into every song, and their unique stage presence surprised not only the fans but also the Japanese media.

They prepared a Japanese version of for the Japanese fans and roamed around the stage to ensure that every fan could enjoy the performance.

At the end of the first performance in Osaka, the youngest member Louie said, “I was very excited because it was our first concert in Japan, and I am so grateful for the support that exceeded my expectations. We were able to have such a happy time thanks to all of you fans, and at the same time, thanks to my hyung members,” giving a heartwarming impression.

He then hugged the members and confessed, “I love you!” filling the venue with cheers that seemed to shake the place.

In addition, the members showed that they communicated entirely through member Kang Dojae, not through an interpreter.

Kang Dojae showed off his Japanese skills as good as an interpreter, drawing admiration.

MOST, who are the best in terms of stage presence and caring for fans and each other, will continue their performances in China, Indonesia, and Thailand next week, following Japan.

This performance is scheduled to conclude with a performance in Seoul on September 15th.

***

At that time, as the MOST members were heating up the scorching Japanese archipelago in August and preparing to depart for China.

New Entertainment Conference Room.

The HOH members, who were preparing for their comeback in early September, were holding a final meeting to check their album preparations before their comeback.

“Uh, the outfits are like this, about four sets prepared to match the futuristic concept.”

“……”

“Here, we have decided to collaborate with a rookie designer brand recommended by member Jun for the accessories. Something like this…”

The director in charge of styling explained with a PPT [PowerPoint presentation] displayed on the monitor installed at the front of the conference room.

The HOH members seemed to be looking at the monitor with indifferent eyes at first glance, but they were just used to these meetings and were not unenthusiastic.

It wasn’t for nothing that they were the top group, receiving the grand prize for three years in a row.

There were times when they were caught up in various scandals, but the HOH members who overcame those things were trying to maintain their current position by any means possible.

That’s why they had consulted and discussed with the staff a lot for this album and had given enough opinions.

In any case, the purpose of today’s meeting was to get the final confirmation from the president of New Entertainment and producer Min Jungseok, who were sitting in the middle of the conference room table, so the members’ job was just to sit in their seats.

“Good. Jun has had a good sense of fashion since before. It seems to have developed even more.”

At the words of the president of New Entertainment, member Jun smiled slightly and responded to the compliment.

“Uh, and for the hair…”

The director’s words continued, and the president and Min Jungseok continued to focus.

It wasn’t just the HOH members who were told that ‘all that’s left is for their popularity to decline’ who thought this album was important.

HOH was the core group that was feeding New Entertainment.

Originally, The Origin should have taken over that position without any problems, but the plan had become meaningless.

At the time, all company officials related to The Origin were even kicked out of the company by shareholders.

In any case, New Entertainment also had to continue HOH’s popularity, so it was natural that they paid more attention to this album than usual.

Above all, it was even more so because there was a group that was rapidly rising to the top, enough to make them feel a sense of crisis.

MOST.

They were once called rivals of The Origin, but now they had become a group that could be compared to HOH.