The Second Chance of A Suicidal Idol

Joon-woo & Reggie (2)

"Please, don't touch me." Joon-woo hissed, slapping Reggie's hand of help away.

Reggie flinched hard at the action. Not because he was scared or in pain, but because of shock. Joon-woo was never known to be the comfiest with people even slightly grazing him, but Reggie had been the exception.

It was just dance practice, and Joon-woo had misstepped on a move their instructor couldn't've explained worse.

Reggie was only trying to help.

Reggie looked towards the vlog camera blinking their way and could only gulp.

"Ahh– Sorry, Joon-ah... I know this dance is frustrating..." Reggie tried to play the room-silencing moment off with an awkward chuckle. His Producer10 trauma screamed at him that the editors would include their rockiest moments in the final product.

Joon-woo suddenly straightened up, as if realizing what he had done.

"Yes, sorry, sorry..." Joon-woo said, "This move is really hard to portray..." He sighed with a soft groan that felt all too real.

Joon-woo was a good actor, but Reggie knew better.

Reggie turned to meet the worried eyes of the others'. Ryeo Hyun seemed to want to approach Joon-woo, but Joon-woo discreetly signaled the elder not to.

The camera blinked red behind them.

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Attached was a photo of Mi Yong staring unexplainably hard at Reggie who was "staring" at Joon-woo.

Reggie didn't frown at the post like Joon-woo had the tendency to do when they were in the comfort of their dorm.

If you were to ask Reggie how he felt about the whole BGP, he would only explain his lack of care for it's existence. In fact, he was learning to slowly embrace it, if it brought their group success.

Success is what got them good producers and good staff. Success is what got them a paycheck more than pennies. As trainees, they took classes about how to take good selfies, how to avoid controversy, how to analyze and cater to certain types of media. Every month they were evaluated on their looks, weight, dance, rap, vocals, and every result was posted for everyone to see.

Success is what Reggie wanted.

Perhaps it was the unsaid pressure to be as great as his mother was. He knew a two-time actress of the year award would be hard. He knew the Number One spot in Korea's Prettiest Women for three consecutive would be impossible to reach. And it's not like his mother had even vocalized such expectations, Reggie had felt them regardless.

And Joon-woo.

Reggie always took Joon-woo for a success-oriented guy.

He had seen the effort Joon-woo put into media-favorable situations. He saw how Joon-woo busted his ass to be greater than the great he already was. And when Producer10 began to edit them as a possible "couple", Joon-woo played into it.

So why was Joon-woo acting out now?

Sure, their BGP was at a much larger scale.

Their debut song topped charts and still hung on to the lower numbers after two weeks of release. For a debut, especially in an industry where girl groups reigned supreme, that was borderline historical.

They had already reached one million on all their socials, Witter, Tick-Tock, Nsta, and even Acebook. Mutube was almost there.

They were nicknamed 'monster rookies' thanks to their apparent dance and vocal prowess, and had their albums sold out due to poor prediction of their success. Their photocard prices were already beginning to grow outrageously, his and Joon-woo's especially...