Book 2: Guardian - Choi San

Part 8

The two returned to school with new energy and determination, they were ready to take anything on, Seungjun was thankful to have gone home since it helped him prepare mentally for the challenges ahead, his family encouraged him and supported him a lot and that helped him a lot.

For San after his little talk with Gyumin and finally speaking about his feelings out loud made him feel a lot of things but Siyeon and Areum showed him their support for their relationship going forward, they were just thankful their son met such a wonderful person who had so much love for him, they entrusted Seungjun to San in the hopes that the boy would be able to help him achieve his dreams.

The moment they arrived at school they placed their things in their rooms and changed their clothes, they ran to their production studio, and raced one another, laughing as they ran. When they got there they stopped running and laughed, they had a burst of energy, they entered the room and was met with Hwanhee and Yeosang.

"Welcome back how are you feeling?" Yeosang asked Seungjun.

"I'm going to be honest with you hyung, I can't say I'm not nervous, I am but I am also really determined to do my best, I want to be able to stand on stage, my little brother looks up to me as an idol not just as his brother I need to be someone he can believe in without hesitation," Seungjun told Yeosang and Hwanhee and Yeosang smiled happily.

"Then we should do our best as well right Yeo?" Hwanhee asked his boyfriend, Yeosang nodded happily and got up and walked over to the whiteboard that was covered by a tarp, he pulled it off and revealed a very detailed schedule.

"While you two were gone we kept going with our research, we went to meet other idols who were in the same place as you are now, we can tell you that it won't be easy and that practice will be really tiring but if we push forward, believe me, Seungjun you will shine so brightly on stage that you will blow everyone away," Yeosang told him.

The boy felt his chest bubble a little, he started laughing, "It looks hard but I can't wait" he said which caused everyone to smile.

"Now how about we all go running? The schedule only starts tomorrow but for now let's get into the practice zone" Hwanhee said, the three boys nodded, they left the studio and locked the door and started running, they ran around the campus, they ran past students and caught everyone's eye.

The four of them together were shining brighter than anyone probably ever could, it was almost like having the galaxy running past you.

When they decided to take a break they all sat under a big tree together, they all just talked about what happened while the two were gone and what happened on their trip.

"You know, without Gyumin I wouldn't be here right now?" Seungjun said, surprising all of them.

"He wanted to go to San's concert so I went along, he is only 13 he will be 14 in a few months but still, I was scared to let him go alone and although at that time I had no interest in music I tagged along, and San hyung's stages really surprised and amazed me, I couldn't sleep properly for days, and when I talked to my family about it, and my moms told me to give it a shot I didn't want to because I had no skills to do this but Gyumin helped me so much, he taught me how to sing properly and to dance and then he kept telling him how great I was doing so I would be confident while he was filming me," he told them.

"Hmm wait... I actually thought San might be the Guardian that led you to the stage but... I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't Gyumin" Hwanhee said, a little confused.

"But what if... they both are?" Yeosang asked "I mean it makes sense right? Right now San is taking him to the stage, Gyumin prepared him for him to arrive, what if... they are both his guardian?"

"That makes sense, but like is it possible? To have two guardians?" San asked and Seungjun gave the couple a questioning look.

"Well, we came past one case like that but t was in the 1990s an idol who was literally cast off the street without any skills, the person who cast her was an idol and in the end at the school, she met another idol and they both helped her achieve her dream stage they both turned out to be her guardians, but it is somewhat rare, only really powerful legendary idols have them" Hwanhee explained.

"Then that means..."

"Yep, if it's true, there is no second-guessing how amazing your stage would be when you step on it when you are ready," Yeosang told the boy, and the boy's eyes started shining.

"Then let's work hard," he said happily.