Pretty 25 years old
Episode 1. Everyone's Lover, Jeon Jungkook
Made on 21.11.15
"Congratulations on winning Artist of the Year, Jeon Jungkook!"
At 21, solo singer Jeon Jungkook, who had enjoyed dazzling popularity since his debut, was "everyone's sweetheart." He was often labeled a national singer, and music sites were flooded with articles and comments about his chart-topping success and "Aujeon" (short for "Jeon Jungkook will win anyway"). Whenever he advertised, the company's stock price would skyrocket, causing a sellout frenzy. It was during this golden age, when he received a phone call.
－You want me to volunteer to deliver briquettes?
－Oh, let's get rid of the character controversy article this time.
－ I guess I should just ignore it.
During a phone call to my manager, the phrase "character controversy" made me frown. These days, there are a lot of articles about character controversy. Most of those articles weren't about me. They were about others imitating my style or getting plastic surgery to look like me, maliciously claiming to be me. Because of this, I've become a so-called "unpopular singer" among some people, and it's causing trouble for me, my manager, and even my CEO.
"They're all the same, I only see sensational and biased articles..."
I won't cry today, tears streaming down my cheeks－The promises I'd made crumbled. I tried to hold back tears, smiling as I flipped through the pages, staring at the ceiling and swallowing back my tears. But as I flipped through each article, even the comments left beneath... the more I looked at them, the more daunting it became. My heart, which had been growing stronger, felt like it was crumbling like a sandcastle.
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I drove to a crowded alley to volunteer to deliver briquettes. I even wore a hat and mask.－. I pressed down on it, but it seemed like he didn't recognize me. The manager told me to take off my hat and mask and volunteer, hoping the article would include at least one line praising my character. But I was never one to listen to a manager. That guy was such an idiot. The person in that article wasn't me, so why was I running around and volunteering······.
"Hey, stop staring blankly and deliver the coal briquettes!"
While I was lost in thought, I saw a lot of briquettes and someone suddenly hit me.－. I turned around at the sound of him hitting me, and there stood a rather young-looking student. A chuckle escaped my lips as I watched him groan and carry the briquettes to deliver them. After briefly saying "Okay," I slowly handed the briquettes he had brought over to me. Just how many briquettes did he bring?
"Oh, there's a telephone pole over there－."
Jungkook blocked the student's path, preventing him from colliding with a telephone pole. The student smiled warmly, as if expressing gratitude, and tried to continue his service. However, Jungkook, as if possessed by something, thought that their meeting was fate, and stood still for a moment, wanting to know his name.－After stopping, he asked.
"······Your name, what is your name?"
"I told you not to tell anyone you don't know.－, it's Park Soo-hyun. It sounds like a man's name, right?"
"So now it's your turn, what's your name?"
"It's Jeon Jungkook. It sounds like a girl's name, right?"
When Soohyun asked for his name, I was flustered and tried to mumble, but when I saw the look in his eyes, I unconsciously cracked up and answered. As a kind of response to Soohyun saying that his name sounded like a boy's, I asked if it sounded like a girl's name. Soohyun, who looked like a high school student who was startled by the three letters 'Jeon Jungkook', smiled brightly and greeted him with a bright red face, saying that he was a fan. Seeing that, Jungkook asked Soohyun another question out of curiosity. More like fan service than curiosity?
"How old are you?"
"Ten, nineteen!"
He gave Soo-hyun a brief smile, his expression completely different from before, and offered to deliver the briquettes, shifting them a bit closer to me to lighten the load. Soo-hyun must have felt a thrill at Jeong-guk's gesture, but also a pang of regret, wondering when else they'd ever meet again.
"······This moment right now isn't a dream, right?"
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21.11.15 ~ Lee Jae-ya starts