The Second Chance of A Suicidal Idol

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Something Ha-rin never escaped was social media controversy. She had been addicted to Witter, an app of fanwars and aggro, but not for the reason of a local young person. She was addicted to looking up her name, seeing what people had to say about her and the rest of Cheerleader.

Opinions varied about Cheerleader. They had debuted the youngest idols of their time, the company in which they debuted from, was known to invest most of their money in promotion. Paid-views promotion. But their cutesy innocent concept got them support. It got them support because they all fit the image of an innocent school girl, because that's what they were, school girls.

Joon-woo shook his head, opening the app on his less than fast phone. It took about a minute to load. But when it did load, Joon-woo was a bit surprised. He searched 'Producer10' in the search bar.

@miyongs_leftball
–Thread of the Producer10 contestants! ( ˘▽˘)っ♨
    -Mi Yong, 24, ex-member of Winner (literally my bby girl)
    46 reposts    157 quotes    396 likes

Joon-woo made a face at the Witter thread.

Producer10 was definitely a more known idol survival show, but it definitely wasn't known for being the most fair. It had been accused of vote rigging every season before this one, so Joon-woo was expecting outrage at the Mi-Yong-focused first episode.

And there was, because it was Witter for goodness sake, there was always controversy. Joon-woo clicked on the 157 'quotes' expected fan wars with a frown.

@kpop_junkie69 replying to @miyongsleft_ball
-girl don't even play...

@woonbinsfavguitar_ replying to @miyongsleft_ball
-Winner flopped for a reason

@miyongs_leftball replying to @woonbinsfavguitar_
    -What Winner scandal has Mi Yong's name in it? zero, literally none. Focus on ur favs mid ass dancing first 💀

Joon-woo raised an eyebrow, but ultimately returned to the thread of contestants. He scrolled until he saw his name.

@miyongs_leftball
    -Park Joon-woo, 18, independent trainee (my short king 💪)
    12 reposts    5 quotes    204 likes

Joon-woo raised an eyebrow at the title. Short king? He sighed and buried his face in his hands. Kite snickered above him, perched upon his shoulder.

"Is this gonna be my image forever?" Joon-woo jokingly asked.

"I don't think it's a bad thing. Girls like short guys." Kite shrugged.

Joon-woo looked up at Kite with judgy eyes. "What? That's not the issue here..." He shook his head, and continued scrolling through the thread. He looked over Reggie, Ryeo Hyun's fanmade profiles and sighed. It appeared Mi Yong, Jung Hyun-Ok, and Joon-woo had gotten the most attention.

And as it appeared, Joon-woo found it a bit unbelievable. He, in the 1st episode ranked 13th, was the 3rd most popular? Joon-woo examined himself in the mirror, pulling at his features as if to find something worth fanning over.

He was unsuccessful in his search, frowning as truthfully, did he really deserve all the attention? Joon-woo looked like Ha-rin, almost. The sharpness of his nose, the texture of his hair, the almost chubby, but defined jawline. Joon-woo and Ha-rin were similar, as if long lost family. And perhaps it was their similarities that made it hard for the Ha-rin in Joon-woo to find anything in Joon-woo worth swooning over.

Joon-woo shrugged, a message from Reggie occupying his thoughts.

It was a photo, a selfie. It was of two well-packed luggages next to each other and Reggie perched in front of them with his mother's dimpled smile. And it was accompanied by the text, 'do you think this is enough? (Θ︹Θ)ს'