PRINCE FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION BECOMES AN IDOL

chapter 30

"Hey! You! Where the hell were yo-" Heungmin stopped mid-yell as Woochul walked into the waiting room with Dojae.

Heungmin had been wandering the corridors when he received the news that Woochul had been found, and had hurried back to the waiting room.

"Hey... Park Woochul. You have no idea how much I-" Heungmin, who had been about to explode in anger, saw Woochul's disheveled state and choked up, almost in tears. He was furious at his irresponsible behavior, but he also wondered what could have driven him to run away. Seeing Woochul looking like he'd been crying his heart out made Heungmin

feel more pity than anger.

"Woochul, are you okay?"

"Hyung! Where have you been?" Kim Kyuseong and Louis asked Woochul cautiously.

Seeing his teammates' worried faces, Woochul steeled his resolve once more. Just a moment ago, after his first time on stage, he couldn't see anything. For Woochul, who was about to debut, the stage felt overwhelmingly high. Dancing there made him feel like he might fall off at any moment. He had calmed down a bit after crying a lot, and Dojae's seemingly unshakeable composure had been a great comfort. Now, he could finally see his teammates standing beside him.

"I'm sorry... I apologize." Woochul sincerely apologized to his teammates and the staff who had worried about him.

"I guess I went crazy because I was so nervous." He forced a smile, trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere.

Manager Kim Seokchul sighed softly and spoke.

"It's okay. You made it here, and that's what matters."

"I'm really sorry, Manager Kim."

"Woochul, you're not hurt or anything, right? You can still go on stage?" Team Leader Jung Heeyoung asked, and Woochul nodded.

For Team Leader Jung Heeyoung, who had imagined everything from announcing Woochul's withdrawal due to health issues to the worst-case scenario where he never returned, this was a huge relief.

"But I didn't rehearse... will that be okay?"

"Just do it the way you've always done.

As you've always done." Trainer Yangmal patted Woochul's

back. Since only Louis and Kim Kyuseong

were fully prepared, the stylists hurriedly moved to get the rest of the members styled. Woochul, in particular, needed to start his makeup from scratch, so his stylist was in a rush.

"Woochul, let's get your makeup done first!" In the midst of the bustle, Heungmin

gave Woochul a stern warning.

"If you ever do this again, you'll get beaten up!"

"I'm sorry, hyung."

Though Heungmin bickered with him every day, Woochul knew he was the one who had been the most worried about him.

He hugged Heungmin submissively. "Ugh, stop with the goosebumps. Just do well on stage."

"Okay, okay."

Woochul trailed after Heungmin, who pretended to scratch his arm in disgust. Seeing them, Kijoon shook his head. Like Heungmin, Kijoon had been worried sick about Woochul, but seeing him back made him feel relieved.

He understood the pressure Woochul had been under... If not for the chaos

Woochul had caused, Kijoon himself might have been a nervous wreck by

now, struggling with tension. As the eldest and the leader, Kijoon also

felt the burden of being the composer of 'Dynamic', the song they were about to debut with. He glanced at Dojae, who maintained a