INFERIOR [ZEROBASEONE JIWOONG]

01

[JIWOONG POV]

"Kim Jiwoong!"

When my name was the first to be called as the first member of ZEROBASEONE, I could feel everyone looking at me with a lot of expressions. The loud cheer from the audience and the big clap that was meant for me. It was a big deal for me.

I am no longer a trainee, Kim Jiwoong. I am one of the members of ZEROBASEONE.

I am happy.

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The eyes. I couldn't stand their eyes whenever they looked at us. Especially to me.

"We ZEROBASEONE!"

I heard a lot of things that they talked about behind us. They didn't look happy when they saw us. They don't even greet us sometimes. I feel hurt. I don't know what to do.

I've been in this industry for so long, but I still can't handle these situations.

"Hanbin Hyung, can you help me with these words? I keep getting tongue twists." Matthew walked to Hanbin with his cue card. He's been practicing his line since he will be the MC along with the idols from another group tonight.

"Which words?" Hanbin asked and looked at Matthew's cue card. He's going through the whole line before explaining it to Matthew one by one. He also teaches Matthew how to attract the attention of the audience with intonations.

I looked at Hanbin, feeling envious.

Hanbin is good at everything. He handles the difficult situation with ease. He's so calm.

Meanwhile, I am so immature and clumsy.

I looked at my own reflections in the mirror and started to wonder. What am I in this group? What can I do for this group?

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"Kim Jiwoong."

"He's the one, right? Who's acted in a BL drama. That guy's drama is freaking popular nowadays. It's disgusting."

I heard someone say my name. But it's never in a good way. They looked all smiley in front of me, but they all talk behind me like I'm nothing. I feel like I'm inferior to them. They're the ones who made me feel inferior.

Because of me, they mocked my group members too. Thanks to me, people also think our group is a loser and easy.

I've been thinking every day. Am I worthy of being in a group? Or am I just a black hole in a group?

"Hyung! Are you okay?"

I woke up from my daydream. Yujin and Ricky are in front of you. We're still in the waiting room for outfit testing. Tomorrow is the final day of the Golden Disk Award 2024. They looked at you with a confused look on their faces.

"Your face tells us that you are thinking something unnecessary. Tell us!" Yujin said.