Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 71

#71.

Riding the momentum was good, but it felt too smooth.

It felt like something was waiting.

However, contrary to Do-jae’s worries, even more welcome news arrived.

It was the news that they were nominated for first place on a music show ahead of their comeback stage.

‘Was it just a needless fear?’

There was no need to ruin things or get upset with unnecessary anxiety.

Do-jae shook off his anxiety and prepared for the stage with a refreshed mind.

***

The first music show of comeback week was *MVS*.

The members headed to the *MVS* annex with excited steps.

If they won first place today, it would be a great opportunity to grab the top spot right as they made their comeback. Even if they didn’t win, there was no need to be impatient.

That’s because they could aim for the following week when they would accumulate more points.

Moreover, Cindy was also nominated for first place today.

No less than, Cindy.

“We’re nominated for first place with Cindy *sunbaenim* [senior artist]……”

“We’re going to Cindy *sunbaenim’s* waiting room to say hello today, right?”

“Uh-huh. That’s right.”

Jung Gil-joo answered indifferently because the members had been saying ‘Cindy *sunbaenim*’ since yesterday.

When they were nominated for first place with Candies, Louis made a fuss, but this time, they were all generally excited.

Cindy had been the best female solo artist for nearly four years.

Dance or ballad.

She was renewing her heyday every year with her outstanding skills regardless of genre, going back and forth between a lovely image and a mature image.

She had many fans, and her public recognition was so high that she was number one as soon as she released an album.

This album was also number one on music shows for six weeks in a row.

The number one song on the music charts was none other than Cindy’s song.

She had recently achieved great success as an actress, so she was considered an ‘invincible cheat key’ in the broadcasting industry.

“They say she’s only appearing on music shows today and won’t be on them anymore because of the drama starting tomorrow.”

“Wow. That was close.”

Woo-cheol sighed in relief as he entered the waiting room.

Then he glanced at Heung-min, who was standing next to him.

He was pretending to be expressionless, but it was obvious that he was excited.

If Woo-cheol or the other members liked Cindy as a fan, Heung-min, who was the same age as Cindy, had a little more personal interest in her.

Before his debut, he dreamed alone, ‘I want to date her someday, will that day come?’

“Hyung [older brother/male friend]. You must be nervous right now?”

“What are you talking about.”

His voice trembled slightly; anyone could tell.

“Hyungs, let’s take a picture together too!”

Louis said, thinking about the picture he took with Candies.

Heung-min replied even more bluntly.

“Ah…. No way. That doesn’t make sense.”

“Why? *Sunbaenims* like it when you say you’re a fan. That’s why I took pictures with Infinite Boys *hyungs* and We Are One *sunbaenims* besides Candies *sunbaenims*.”

“When did you take pictures with We Are One *sunbaenims*?”

He had amazing sociability.

Of course, Heung-min also wanted to have the honor of taking a picture with Cindy.

He wanted to…….

If it was a clear and pure heart like Louis, who simply wanted to take a picture with his favorite senior singer, it might have been possible.

But he felt embarrassed to meet someone he had thought of as his future girlfriend as a senior singer.

‘I haven’t thought about that since debut, but…….’

Heung-min scratched the back of his head for no reason.

Fortunately, it seemed like the rehearsal would start soon.

The members busily moved their stiff bodies.

“Don’t forget that today is our comeback stage.”

Ki-joon said as if to tell them to stay focused.

Woo-cheol, Louis, and Heung-min stopped chatting and nodded.

The most important thing right now was the stage.

‘Let’s do well, Lee Heung-min. The fans are watching and also…. Um. Cindy *sunbae* is watching too?’

Heung-min thought like a pledge.

It wasn’t like he wanted to develop a romantic relationship now.

Still, he wanted to show a great image to someone who had made a significant contribution to fostering his dream of becoming a singer.

Somehow.

As Do-jae started to warm up his voice, the other vocal members also warmed up their voices together.

“Naratmalssamimimimimimi―”

Although the methods of warming up the voice were various, Do-jae’s sound was never adapted to.

Who warms up their voice with Hunminjeongeum [Korean alphabet’s original name]?

The members almost sprayed water out of their noses when they first heard it because they burst into laughter.

However, Do-jae warmed up his voice with a serious face whether the members laughed or not, so the members no longer laughed.

“Awooooo!”

It was okay even if Kyu-sung made a wolf sound next to him.

Woo-cheol and Louis warmed up their voices separately with the usual ‘Ah Eh Ee Oh Oo’.

At the same time, they discussed whether the reason they couldn’t sing like Do-jae and Kyu-sung was because their way of warming up their voices was different.

“We need to step up our game.”

Louis nodded with a determined look at Woo-cheol’s words.

***

Half a day later.

The live broadcast began.

From dawn to dusk.

The singers, who had been preparing for just over 3 minutes all day, went on stage one by one.

And finally, it was MOST’s turn.

“We can do it!”

“We’ll make it!”

“MOST!”

The members, who shouted powerfully under the stage, went straight to the stage as the previous singer came down.

“Waaaaah!”

“Kyu-sung oppa [term of endearment for older brother/male friend used by females]! Oppa!”

“Louisa!”

“Over here!”

As soon as MOST went on stage, shouts and screams mixed together from all over the place.

While the staff quickly brought the piano onto the stage, the members took their places and glanced at the audience.

There were really a lot of fans.

It felt like a fan meeting.

“Wow. Can you hear this roar?! I’m already looking forward to it. This is MOST’s stage, who has returned as a first place nominee!”

“My everything is yours!!”

The MC, who was hosting the live broadcast, introduced MOST.

Soon, the intro of *My Everything is Yours* began to play.

It was an intro with an extended time for the comeback stage.

The five members were lying on the floor, and Do-jae was sitting on the piano.

A performance of breaking the piano was impossible on the broadcast.

Instead, Do-jae moved his hands in the air.

The audience watched Do-jae’s appearance, who was immersed in an instant and playing in the air like a madman, holding their breath.

Soon, the intro was cut off, and the unpleasant noise of the keyboard flowed out from the MR [music recorded].

At the same time, Do-jae also collapsed in the air.

The way Do-jae fell to the side looked like someone who had really lost his mind.

The intro continued again, and the members stood up one by one, and Do-jae stood in the center.

―I can’t see anything

Do-jae’s close-up face was shown on the screen, and only at the moment when Do-jae’s part began, those who had briefly stopped breathing were able to breathe properly.

―I lost everything and look for you

Fumbling and wandering the streets

They were increasingly drawn to the plaintive yet sweet voice and melody.

The members were dancing with light and beautiful movements like butterflies.

Even though the formation changed several times, all the movements were as natural as flowing water.

The fans focused on not missing a single second of the movement and cheered on the members’ stage.

―My everything is yours

“is yours!!!”

“is yours!!!”

The chorus was not sung by the members, but by the fans.

The members on the stage, unaware of the difficulty, radiated even more energy to the voices that echoed through the concert hall.

Today’s stage was also a near-perfect stage.

The problem occurred in the part where Heung-min and Ki-joon exchanged raps.

―Because my everything is yours, your name is my youth

It was when Heung-min, who had rapped, was about to step aside naturally.

His foot slipped slightly, perhaps because there was moisture on the floor.

Heung-min quickly regained his balance and moved to the side.

However, there was no choice but to have a delay in the movement than usual.

It was only a matter of 1 or 2 seconds, but Ki-joon’s elbow, which quickly came inside, struck Heung-min’s face.

Thud!

Since it was a movement to stretch out his arm with precision, a lot of force was put into it.

“Eup!”

Fortunately, Heung-min’s microphone was turned off at that moment.

If not, a broadcasting accident would have happened.

Of course, even if it didn’t, the accident was an accident.

It was nothing that Heung-min’s appearance of hitting Ki-joon’s elbow was caught on camera.

It was so instantaneous that it passed quickly.

Without knowing Heung-min’s condition on the side, Ki-joon calmly continued rapping towards the camera.

But the problem was Heung-min’s face.

Heung-min felt the area below his nose getting hot.

Trickle. Bright red blood was flowing down.

“What, what. Nosebleed?”

“Is Min oppa having a nosebleed?!”

“Oh my gosh! What do we do!”

“Kyaaak!”

A commotion arose among some fans who recognized him.

Heung-min quickly wiped his philtrum.

The members, who grasped the situation, were embarrassed but tried to hide their expressions.

―Let’s run away

Ki-joon, who finished rapping, disappeared to the other side, and the next part was Do-jae’s again.

Do-jae, who was standing in the center, wiped his philtrum with the back of his hand instead of the choreography of spreading his hands.

It was a movement that made it feel as if Heung-min wiping his nosebleed a little while ago was a pair choreography.

―We have to bloom flowers

The precarious and desperate eyes dominated the screen.

It was so captivating that the scene of Heung-min bleeding from his nose a little while ago was forgotten.

Louis, who came out to the front, continued the part.

―We have to bloom flowers-ee

While Do-jae and Louis were singing passionately, Heung-min completely cleaned up his face in an invisible place.

That’s how the stage barely ended.

***

Heung-min, who had a nosebleed on his comeback stage, tore his hair out as soon as he returned to the waiting room.

“Agh.”

He was worried every day, but he had never actually made a mistake, so he never knew he would show such an unsightly appearance on such an important stage like today.

“Hyung. Are you okay?”

Do-jae worriedly checked Heung-min’s condition.

Jung Gil-joo and team leader Kim Seok-cheol also checked whether there was a problem with Heung-min’s nose first.

Fortunately, there were no major problems.

“I usually get nosebleeds often when it’s dry…….”

Of course, it was something that happened in the dry middle of the night, not to the extent that it would bleed on stage.

He hit his nose quite hard.

“Aren’t you bruised?”

Ki-joon, who wasn’t at fault, felt sorry and wandered around Heung-min and asked.

Heung-min checked the mirror and nodded.

“It’s okay. The problem is that I ruined the stage…. Sorry.”

Heung-min blamed himself and apologized to the members instead.

“It’s no one’s fault. What.”

Do-jae comforted Heung-min.

It was just that the part Heung-min stepped on was slippery.

Someone else could have stepped on it, and it was fortunate that he didn’t fall.

And everyone knew that Heung-min was the most miserable.

‘Was this the ominous feeling…….’

Do-jae thought for a moment.

“No, hyung! The reaction is actually good? They thought it was a production. Like Do-jae hyung broke the piano.”

Woo-cheol, who checked the reaction, said in a loud voice.

Since the concept of the song was precarious youth, those who didn’t see Heung-min getting hit by Ki-joon’s arm thought that was really the case.

Also, some people thought that Heung-min had a nosebleed because he didn’t sleep and practiced.

No matter how they misunderstood, it wasn’t a negative reaction.

As a result, the dominant opinion was that he was working hard and suffering.

“Thanks to hyung, we’re going to be on the real-time search terms again. MIN nosebleed…….”

“What is that. The first real-time search term is nosebleed.”

Heung-min was disappointed.

However, before he could be more disappointed, Cindy’s stage was coming to an end.

It was time for the first place announcement.