Becoming An Idol Wasn’T On My Plan [EN]: Chapter 334

I Didn’t Plan to Become an Idol – 334

Why are the *hyung*s [older brothers or male friends] really like that? Sometimes, I really think… Lee Hyun-jae pondered what word he could put after that, but soon gave up.

It’s nice to call them rivals, but isn’t it fun for them to play like that? What am I going to do with my embarrassing *hyung*s, really.

Lee Hyun-jae ate snacks with Seok-joon, watching the tense (but he didn’t know why) scene unfold.

That *hyung* even sets rules for when he lies, and uses them to screw people over later. He even makes cards like that and carries them around.

Lee Hyun-jae fell into deep thought. What on earth made those two like that?

“Jun-*hyung*.”

“Huh?”

“Why are those *hyung*s like that?”

“They’re just playing among themselves—.”

Crunch, with an indifferent face.

“Dong-hwa *hyung* is good at *matchwojunikka* [adjusting or catering] to the other person—.”

Dong-hwa *hyung* once said this about Jun-*hyung*. Because he has no prejudice, Jun-*hyung* sometimes easily understands the essence of the situation.

Looking at him blinking his beauty mark and eating snacks, he just looked happy. Maybe even if that *hyung* was thrown on a desert island, he would adapt and live well, only regretting not being able to see Wizney [their fandom name]. Because his threshold for happiness is excessively low.

Anyway, so that’s the kind of relationship Eden *hyung* wants between them.

“…Scissors, are you sure?”

“There’s nothing certain, *hyung*.”

To be watching each other’s reactions and fighting like this…? Over just rock-paper-scissors, to be so serious……?

At that time, a gloomy voice suddenly cut into Lee Hyun-jae’s thoughts.

“Only me, only me being left out…….”

“*Hyung*?”

“I want to play with Dong-hwa and Eden *hyung* too, Hyun-jae…. You too, right…….”

“Are you, envious of that?”

“Yeah…….”

Chae Ha-min was sitting on a narrow chair, hugging his legs. Honestly, he wasn’t small, so he looked very precarious (the only people in our group who could be considered small are Dong-hwa *hyung* or himself).

“It’s good to do anything together…….”

Ah, that’s right. This *hyung* was also the dangerous type.

‘What, am I the only normal one here?’

Lee Hyun-jae carefully checked.

Chae Ha-min is the person who is most obsessed with memories and time spent with the members. And according to Dong-hwa *hyung*, he’s the kind of person who would laugh and fall into hell with his friend if they fell.

Perhaps because of the overflowing money in his house, his economic sense is close to 0, but fortunately, he doesn’t go bankrupt because he has no greed for material possessions.

So, if a bridge collapsed on a river and people were stranded, he’s the kind of person who would fill the river with his own money to save people.

Um, I can’t help but judge him as abnormal.

Seok-joon is a person who lacks common sense in a positive way.

He doesn’t know how to harbor negative emotions, and he literally doesn’t understand the malice of others. Ha-min *hyung* seems like he would get scammed even knowing it’s a scam, but Jun-*hyung* wouldn’t even know he was scammed even after it happened.

It’s amazing that he doesn’t think deeply about what he says, but there are rarely any controversies except for the occasional spoiler incidents. I can tell how full his head is of positive things.

Anyway, he’s still abnormal.

And the remaining two.

“Haha, haha, our Dong-hwa *hyung* really knows me well.”

“Why don’t you know me, how disappointing.”

Just looking at them having that kind of conversation while playing rock-paper-scissors, those two are people whose idol activities are a national loss from the start, but the thing they do as idols is to sincerely play rock-paper-scissors.

When was it? There was a time when I saw the bizarre nickname ‘maverick’ and thought, ‘Aren’t we normal?’ Even if I went back to that time, I don’t think that thought would change.

Really, back then, even if everyone had strange quirks, I didn’t think everyone except me was crazy (except for Jun-*hyung*, that *hyung* was always like that).

What is the cause of this change? What made them like this?

The company is not. Team Leader Jang has become more ruthless and seized power within the company and fully supports us.

Idol activities are also not the reason. I’m sure they would have been crazy like that even if they weren’t idols. But if we hadn’t spent time together, I don’t think it would have been like this.

Therefore.

“…Is it Dong-hwa *hyung* after all?”

Lee Hyun-jae looked at Ji Dong-hwa, who didn’t seem to have any emotion even though he had won two consecutive victories in front of him.

Eden *hyung* wants to tease him the most, and he’s the *hyung* with the title of ‘the person I want to make cry with my own hands at least once before I die.’

As a side note, Lee Hyun-jae thinks that the expression ‘before I die’ is very appropriate because that day will be the day he dies.

Ha-min *hyung* started writing all the memories with the members on the calendar, and it started with Dong-hwa *hyung*, who has the title of ‘only same-age friend’.

Lee Hyun-jae accidentally saw ‘The anniversary of our *maknae*’s [youngest member] first and last vocal crack’ written in Chae Ha-min’s small notebook and wanted to kill him.

But, the person who influenced me the most is also…….

“After all, Dong-hwa *hyung*.”

Lee Hyun-jae suddenly lost confidence.

Am I really normal? Honestly, I like our group’s atmosphere, so maybe I’m also…….

Lee Hyun-jae fell into terrible agony. Chae Ha-min noticed the sign and grabbed his shoulder and tapped it.

“What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

“I’m thinking I might not be feeling well…….”

He lightly passed over the look that asked what he meant. Lee Hyun-jae braced himself.

No, that can’t be. That I’m the same, no way. I can’t use the word ‘a crane among chickens’ [being outstanding in a group of ordinary people] in this situation, but there might be a crane among chickens.

“How can you lose twice in a row.”

I guess you lose because you’re unlucky. Eden *hyung* often loses when he plays rock-paper-scissors.

“*Hyung*, I’ll cheer for you.”

Still, we’re on the same boat, so I can at least cheer for him.

“*Maknae*! Wait. I’ll bring back the enemy’s head!”

“That’s barbaric.”

Ji Dong-hwa sneered.

“Get out of my head, Dong-hwa. How can you know what I’m going to put out!”

“I’m letting go first, what do you mean.”

“You predicted that far.”

“No way.”

When you play rock-paper-scissors multiple times, that person’s tendencies are reflected. What you put out to win and what you put out to lose, and how to respond when the other person says they’ll put something out. All of this is subtly related to personality.

Maybe the reason Dong-hwa *hyung* won twice in a row is because of that.

“It’s the first time we’re doing it today, so there’s no pattern or anything?”

What is he talking about again?

* * *

Match point. Just one more point and they win. That confidence that he could win if he just went to rock-paper-scissors can’t be found in Ryu Eden right now.

“This time, *bo* [rock].”

Ryu Eden blinked a few times.

“Dong-hwa, Dong-hwa.”

Ryu Eden slipped out a card and sighed.

“Can’t you just let me win?”

How dare you, in front of me, act cute. To look up like that and sparkle your eyes.

“I might lose.”

I’m predicting that you’ll put out scissors this time, but that’s just a prediction and it could be wrong. It’s a game where there can’t be a definite victory just because you predict it.

One, two, three.

The overturned card, *hyung* is *bo*, I’m also *bo*. Of course, this kind of result can also come out. It’s a shame I couldn’t let him win. It’s also a talent to kick away the luck that rolled in front of you.

“…Really, really, too much. I’m going to pout, seriously!”

“Why.”

“I’m being toyed with!”

“What are you talking about.”

Does he think I’m some kind of *gijisaeng* [prodigy]? That’s the realm of prophecy (common noun).

“Deliberately toying with me with a draw! I’ll never be able to trust *hyung* for the rest of my life!”

When did we trust each other when we played these games? Since the bungee jumping incident at the beginning of our debut, we have never been sure of each other even once.

We are the members who trust each other the most, and at the same time, the members who distrust each other the most.

“That’s a shame.”

Ryu Eden, who was glaring at me, put out a card first for the first time.

“*Bo*.”

I also quietly put out a card. Silence flowing quietly. Ryu Eden taking a deep breath. Finally, he grabbed the card he put out with trembling hands as if he had made up his mind.

One, two, three.

*Hyung* is *bo*, I am scissors. Obvious, Ryu Eden.

* * *

The moment Ji Dong-hwa was confirmed as the penalty decider, the PD who had been watching shouted.

“Congratulations! Eden, it’s a shame you failed the mission.”

“Haha…, I guess so…….”

Ryu Eden put down the card and buried his face in his hands as if in despair.

“…What, what was I doing for.”

Everyone could tell what words were omitted after that without saying it. He revealed countless secrets himself, practiced giving and receiving signals with Lee Hyun-jae, ran like crazy, watched the production crew’s reactions, and certainly suffered a lot.

“Now, let’s quickly decide on the penalty for a quick end to the filming!”

PD Jung took out the penalty board.

“You can choose one of these and perform it.”

Ji Dong-hwa scanned the penalty board carefully. First, he excluded things like eating food that would harm Ryu Eden’s health management, and looked at the rest one by one.

Then he quickly decided on a penalty.

“I’ll do a high fashion model walk confidently in the middle of the market.”

“…Yes?”

“…Huh?”

PD and Ryu Eden’s intense gaze, eyes of astonishment.

Next to him, Lee Hyun-jae was also looking at Ji Dong-hwa with a ‘huh?’ look as if he couldn’t understand.

“There are things that are very advantageous to Dong-hwa, like exploring the house of horror here?”

“Yes.”

Ji Dong-hwa nodded. Ryu Eden also knew that Ji Dong-hwa’s eyesight was high.

“That, I’m sorry, but that’s made by that crazy junior who’s on vacation right now!”

“Yes.”

Ryu Eden strongly agreed. Anyone can tell. It’s exactly the type of penalty that PD likes. Not violent, but bizarre and strange.

“That, high fashion is more high than expected?”

“Yes.”

That’s obvious because the prepared costumes are expected to be like that since the PD made the penalty.

“…Why?”

PD asked carefully. Ryu Eden also nodded vigorously. Why on earth?

“Because I like taking walks.”

No way.

“*Hyung*, *hyung*!”

Ryu Eden got up from his seat, hugged Ji Dong-hwa tightly, and shook him around. Ji Dong-hwa protested in a clear voice without even trembling, saying, “Because you’re doing this, I look relatively weak.”

“You’re going to hell with me!”

“…Uh.”

I felt sorry for him. He chose a penalty that wasn’t the worst, but could be said to be the second worst. He’s trying to somehow compensate for what I’ve been through, like this.

I don’t really know if this is a heartwarming ending, but it’s the most heartwarming ending for Ryu Eden.

Ryu Eden put strength into his forearm this time. Veins popped out, making it look like a forearm when lifting a dumbbell.

He threw Ji Dong-hwa up like throwing a sack of rice.

“*Hyung*! Thank you! I love you!”

Lee Hyun-jae, who was next to him, muttered to himself, ‘He won all the rock-paper-scissors and made the relationship clear, and then he’s doing it as if he’s doing a favor, is he really grateful?’, but Ryu Eden couldn’t hear him now.

“Let’s leave a *mokgyeok* [witness] photo together and brag that we’re both crazy!”

“Shut…….”

Up. Ji Dong-hwa couldn’t bring himself to say harsh words because of the camera, but anyone on the scene could tell. There was a man who was watching the scene with gloomy eyes.

“…Can’t I, can’t I do it too, PD?”

Chae Ha-min shouted, standing up enthusiastically. A man who had been alienated all day because Ji Dong-hwa and Ryu Eden were at war wanted to leave memories in this form, even in this form.

Really, an ordinary day. Although the clothes that the group’s *hyung* line is scheduled to wear are far from ordinary, even that is becoming ordinary in this strange group’s ordinary day.