"Mom, I actually got into Seoul National University's College of Pharmacy"
"What????????????????"
Dad choked on his water.
"Nakyung, we agreed you'd get a job right away!"
Now I have to say it proudly
"It's my life. I have so many things I want to do that I can't keep living by the frame Mom set for me forever, and
while enjoying my life
I want to live"
"Nakyung, Mom doesn't have money to pay your tuition. Can you handle it?"
"Yeah."
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.
I want to say
that children aren't their parents' wooden puppets
that the time will come when children, too, must decide and live their own lives for themselves
and because they're young, they're able to
To all the young people in this world,
I want to tell you not to give up.
"Hello. I'm Myeong Jaehyeon. I'll show you my rap."
An audition. It was Zico. I wanted to make my presence known somehow, so I threw myself at Zico and rapped.
"Jaehyeon, do you also have any self-written rap?"
"Yes."
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.
There are quite a few songs I made before the equipment arrived, using composition gear lent to me by a senior trainee from YG. I sang a few.
.
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.
When I came out after receiving the acceptance notice, a bunch of boys carrying sports bags were pouring out. I had no idea what it was about.
.
.
.
"Jaehyeon, you're on the debut team."
"I'm Seongho"
"I'm Sanghyeok"
"......"(Dongmin)
"I'm Kim Donghyun"
"Nice to meet you! I'm Kim Woonhak! What's your name, hyung?"
"I'm Myeong Jaehyeon."
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.
And so there were six of us
the six of us, the clumsiest of all
to our most perfect loves
we sing our true feelings.
And Hana Gyeong's occasional messages.
'Stay well.'
Yeah.
I'll stay well.
I'm going to try to decorate this last chance given by God more happily than anyone else.
