Chapter 272
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 272
Exactly one week later, at the same time.
‘ep2. From Dawn to Dawn: Dyeing the World with Dawn’ was uploaded to The Dawn’s official Nutube channel.
Perhaps because word had spread about how entertaining it was, the view count climbed even faster than it had for the first video.
The second episode began with shots of fans in the audience, waiting for The Dawn’s performance while waving lightsticks that glowed with a dawn-blue light.
The scene soon shifted backstage, slowly zooming in on the matching group rings on the members' fingers.
[OMG, the group rings T_T]
[T________________T I’m so weak for stuff like this T_T]
As Kim Seong-hyeon reached his hand out, the other members naturally stacked theirs on top and shouted their chant.
【From Dawn to Dawn: Dyeing the World with Dawn】
The title card appeared as the screen slowly faded to black. When it brightened again, it showed The Dawn working hard to sync their choreography in front of a small camcorder set up at the front of the practice room.
【Despite it being a public holiday, The Dawn is in the middle of practice to prepare for their comeback.】
The moment the music stopped, the members checked the recorded footage with serious expressions.
“Hey. I think it’d be better to change this part like this.”
“Ah. You’re right.”
[Wow... to think I’d live to see the day our team’s klutz grows so much that he’s giving opinions on the choreography T_T I’m so moved]
[Whoa, and the change is actually way more iconic lol]
[And then Kim Seong-hyeon and Jeong Da-jun taking it a step further and suggesting more changes to the dance break... they’re insane]
The five of them repeated the process of testing and comparing movements. Before long, they had finished checking the overall balance and finalized the edits. Watching this, the Noeuls’ eyes widened.
[Wait, this is crazy. They just changed the choreo like snap just like that?]
[And it’s perfect lol. Seriously, what are The Dawn’s stats? lol]
Practice continued for a long time after that.
After capturing every tiny detail, the members of The Dawn dragged their exhausted bodies into the van.
As soon as Seo Ho-yun sat in the back seat, he pulled a sleep mask over his eyes and tugged his hoodie over his head. In contrast, Jeong Da-jun—who had been wilting like grass hit with pesticides just moments ago—suddenly sprang back to life and started acting restless. Playing along, Kang Yi-chae jokingly threw questions at him as if conducting an interview.
“Mr. Jeong Da-jun, what is your role within The Dawn?”
“I’m the mood maker and the supporter who has infinite trust in the team!”
Jeong Da-jun grinned mischievously.
“And I’m also the maknae!”
[This puppy is so cute]
[I know, right! Seriously, what am I going to do? He’s too cute...]
[You... you know that feeling? Like seeing a younger cousin you haven't seen in a while.
You feel proud and think he's cute...
But you don't want to stay with him for too long because it feels like he'll suck the soul right out of you.
└ FR FR]
【But what Jeong Da-jun says is true. Without him, the atmosphere of The Dawn would be very different from what it is now.】
[True... if it weren't for Jeong Da-jun, that group would be so terrifying I'd probably pee myself just passing them by.]
[Without Jeong Da-jun, The Dawn wouldn't have their current 'chaotic family' image.
A combination of a practice machine, a delinquent, a light, and a troll...
If the puppy wasn't there, wouldn't the delinquent just spend all day bullying the light and the troll?
└ Agreed..]
Just then, a Noeul posted a photo on Twitter.
[But did you know? Jeong Da-jun also has The Dawn’s blood in his veins.
He looks so cold when he’s standing alone among other idols.
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└ O_O?!
└└ Whoa... lol. I’m having a culture shock right now lol]
The photo was taken during a year-end stage last year, showing Jeong Da-jun standing among other idols. Though he smiled for 8,759 hours out of the 8,760 hours in a year, the camera had captured that one brief moment when his face was expressionless.
[Whoa... he really is a cold beauty.
The pure blood of The Dawn flows in him...]
[Lol, well, Da-jun is actually really tall too... It’s just a shock because the other members always treat him like a baby..]
“The hyungs are all soft for me!”
[But how can you not treat him like a baby when he’s like this?]
[LOL]
Watching the youngest member of The Dawn giggling away, it was impossible not to agree with his claim.
However,
“Ahaha. Right, our Da-junnie.”
The moment Seong Ji-won looked at him with an adorable smile, the Noeuls felt a chilling intuition.
【Is that really the case?】
As if on cue, the narration kicked in and the scene shifted.
It was a different day, as they were wearing different clothes in the practice room. However, just like in the first documentary video, Jeong Da-jun was sprawled at Seong Ji-won’s feet.
“Ji-won-hyung... I want to stop practicing...”
“Haha, then shall we do just two more hours?”
“...Can you even hear me?”
Seong Ji-won smiled kindly.
It was the exact expression he made when he had absolutely no intention of listening to what Jeong Da-jun was saying.
The screen changed again, showing Seo Ho-yun grabbing Kang Yi-chae by the scruff of his neck and dragging him along. Jeong Da-jun quickly rushed over, hugged Kang Yi-chae around the neck, and blocked Seo Ho-yun.
“Hyung! Ho-yun-hyung! For my sake, stop bullying Yi-chae-hyung!”
“...”
Seo Ho-yun’s eyebrow twitched.
The maknae, firmly believing his hyungs were soft for him, gave Kang Yi-chae a sly wink.
“Da-jun, you...!”
[LOL, wait, why did Kang Yi-chae suddenly cover his mouth? lol]
[The 'Princess being rescued' role, LMAO]
“Bangbang-i.”
But trust is always meant to be betrayed.
Seo Ho-yun brushed off Kang Yi-chae’s clothes and called out to Jeong Da-jun in a low voice.
“You’re twenty-one now. You should start acting like an adult.”
“...!”
[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[What is that shocked expression on Jeong Da-jun’s face? LMAO]
[The contradiction of calling him 'Bangbang-i' while telling him to act like an adult.
Sir, your parenting methods are flawed.]
Seo Ho-yun cackled openly at the shell-shocked Jeong Da-jun. Kang Yi-chae joined in right beside him.
Of course, even if it looked like that, it was obvious that all the members, including Seo Ho-yun, would continue to see Jeong Da-jun as a baby. The Noeuls continued watching the documentary with peace of mind.
[Even though Seo Ho-yun acts like that, he takes such good care of him behind the scenes lol. When Jeong Da-jun says he wants to eat something, Ho-yun tells him to go buy it himself and asks for something for himself too, but then he hands over way more money than needed lol.
Excuse me, Da-jun makes money too.
└ My thoughts exactly...
But Da-jun is Da-jun. Now he doesn't give the change back to the hyungs and just slips it into his own pocket.
└└ LOL, that’s so cute, seriously T_T lol]
[He’s just a baby in their eyes... It can’t be helped. They’ve seen him since he was a minor, so he’ll always be a baby to them.]
Having arrived at the dorm, the members got out of the van one by one.
【A moment of rest finally earned after a long practice.】
The clock on the living room wall pointed to late at night.
While everyone was busy changing out of their sweat-soaked clothes or heading to shower, Kang Yi-chae, who had plopped down on the sofa, picked up his phone.
【Perhaps to give his holiday greetings, Kang Yi-chae is making a call somewhere.】
“Hello?! Seong-hyeon’s mom! It’s Yi-chae! I missed you so much, why haven’t you called?!”
[Wait, what? lol. Where did Kang Yi-chae get this audacity? lol]
[Why is Kang Yi-chae like this? Seriously, why does he live his life so entertainingly? lol]
For a moment, Kim Seong-hyeon’s bewildered face was shown in a close-up.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
As Kim Seong-hyeon approached the sofa, Kang Yi-chae switched to speakerphone and said,
“Oh, busy? No way. I have plenty of time to take your calls, Mother.”
[Oh my, you’re too much. Anyway, why did you send so many gifts~?]
“Ah, did the package arrive?”
[LOL. Wait, are The Dawn’s families close? This is so funny and cute lol]
[Kang Yi-chae looks like a boyfriend trying to get on his girlfriend’s mother’s good side right now lol]
Listening to their blatant conversation, the tips of Kim Seong-hyeon’s ears turned bright red. Wiping his face with his hands, Kim Seong-hyeon muttered softly.
“Please...”
Seo Ho-yun, who had just come out of the shower and witnessed the situation, strode over and greeted Kim Seong-hyeon’s mother.
“Mother. How have you been?”
[Oh my, my son~~!! Why has it been so long? I missed you so much!]
“Uh, Mom. Your actual son is right here.”
[Son LMAO]
[Is this a love triangle centered around Kim Seong-hyeon? lol. Am I watching a documentary or a drama?]
Kim Seong-hyeon’s mother talked happily with Seo Ho-yun as if she couldn't hear her son’s voice at all. Even Kang Yi-chae, the owner of the phone, was instantly pushed to the sidelines.
[LOL, damn, this documentary is so good lol. Kang Yi-chae rushed to send gifts, but in the end, Mother chose Seo Ho-yun T_T lol.
└ Kang Yi-chae has the face of someone who’d be rejected at the pre-wedding meeting lol T_T]
[I love that this is a documentary. If it were self-produced content, we wouldn't have seen this kind of banter with the family lol]
“...She still likes Ho-yun-hyung as much as ever.”
“Yeah, seems so.”
“...”
Kang Yi-chae kept trying to regain control by acting cute, but Seo Ho-yun shut him down every time.
[—Our Seong-hyeon is good at housework, but I worry because he’s a bit clumsy. Is he getting along well with you all?]
“Of course. I can’t promote without Seong-hyeon.”
Kim Seong-hyeon desperately pleaded for them to stop, thinking about how this scene might be broadcast, but he was flatly ignored.
“Oh, it’s not just words.”
Going a step further, Seo Ho-yun rested his chin on Kim Seong-hyeon’s shoulder with a meltingly sweet smile.
“I have to make sure not a single drop of water touches our precious Seong-hyeon’s hands.”
[Liar, you brat]
[Seriously, the audacity lol... Well, I guess since he wears rubber gloves when doing the dishes, not a drop of water will touch his hands.
└ Ha... Seo Ho-yun delivers those lines so calmly... I can only marvel at him.]
As Kim Seong-hyeon’s appalled expression filled the screen, an appropriate narration was added.
【Does Seo Ho-yun possess such a thing as a conscience?】
As the call seemed like it would go on, Seo Ho-yun turned off the speakerphone and headed to the balcony with the phone in hand.
The members, watching Seo Ho-yun’s retreating back together, huddled their heads and whispered.
“Look at him suddenly becoming a master of social skills. He needs to experience being on the receiving end of that once.”
“My thoughts exactly!”
“Hyungs, Da-jun. Want to make a bet?”
“What?”
Kang Yi-chae, whose phone and caller had been hijacked, had a glint in his eyes.
“Who can fluster Ho-yun-hyung the most today.”
【The Dawn has excellent teamwork.】
If it had been The Dawn’s usual self-produced content, a raw caption might have been plastered on the screen, but since it was wearing the mask of a documentary, it was replaced by a dry narration.
“—So we just have to surprise him, right?”
Though, when recording this part, Kim Seong-hyeon was in a state of near-resignation.
“Whoa, I’m in!! I’ll do it.”
“Ahaha, you seem confident.”
“...Fine.”
Jeong Da-jun was the first to raise his hand, Seong Ji-won nodded with a pleasant laugh, and even Kim Seong-hyeon, after a moment’s hesitation, decided to join.
【And so, ‘Operation: Fluster Seo Ho-yun’ began abruptly.】
The first challenger was Jeong Da-jun.
Seeing Seo Ho-yun return to the living room after hanging up, Jeong Da-jun jumped up and shouted.
“Hyung, hyung, hyung! I found a fun movie! Let’s all watch it together!”
“I don’t want to.”
He rejected the maknae’s suggestion instantly, but because Jeong Da-jun clung to him persistently, Seo Ho-yun couldn't escape to his room.
The movie they were forced to watch featured a dog as the protagonist and had a touching plot.
“Sniff...”
Jeong Da-jun, who had suggested the movie, was openly bawling, and Kim Seong-hyeon was also sniffing.
“The dog is cute. It’s well-made.”
“Yeah. It’s moving.”
“...”
However, Seong Ji-won and Kang Yi-chae remained calm until the end, and naturally, Seo Ho-yun was indifferent throughout.
When the movie ended, he only had one piece of commentary.
“Wow, it must have been really hard to film with a dog. That’s impressive.”
“Hyung, is that the point right now?! The dog went through rain and snow and couldn't even eat properly just to find his family!”
“The rain was CG, though.”
“...”
Though it was called a challenge, Jeong Da-jun failed without inflicting even a tiny bit of damage.
Next up was Kang Yi-chae.
“Hyung, these are the surround noise-canceling headphones I recently got for work. Give them a listen and tell me what you think.”
Kang Yi-chae pressed down on the shoulders of Seo Ho-yun, who was getting up to go back to his room, and forced the wireless headphones onto him before he could refuse.
Then, he immediately played a compilation of Seo Ho-yun’s aegyo.
Seo Ho-yun’s pleasant, mid-to-low voice rang out.
Ho-yunie was just born cute, hwoong hwoong...
“Oops, my bad~. I played the wrong thing~.”
Kang Yi-chae, who had been making excuses in a sly tone with a broad grin, tilted his head in confusion when he saw Seo Ho-yun just sitting there with his eyes closed, showing no reaction.
“...Hyung? Hyung?”
When Kang Yi-chae’s fingertip poked him, Seo Ho-yun gave a small yawn and slowly lifted his eyelids.
“...Ah, the tone was so good I accidentally drifted off.”
“...”
Even Kang Yi-chae was left speechless by that shameless attitude.