Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 90
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| Episode 90. Job Competency Improvement Training (4)
‘At this point, isn’t it just a torn nose?’
I looked at the drops of blood dripping down my hand and onto the toe of my shoe and thought for a moment. Why do nosebleeds come so often?
I was seriously considering whether I should get electrocautery when a piece of tissue was suddenly shoved in front of me.
I raised my head slightly and saw Park Joo-woo’s face, as pale as tissue paper.
“Brother, tissue… … .”
“Oh, thank you.”
I pinched my nose as hard as I could. Jeong Seong-bin asked me.
“Brother, are you okay?”
“Yeah, it’s okay. It’s nothing.”
Then Choi Je-ho said, pulling out tissues one by one.
“Isn’t this something? The floor is red?”
“floor?”
I lowered my gaze and looked at the floor.
Since you’ll just wipe it anyway, why go that far…
“No, why is the floor like this?”
Blood stains were spotted on the practice room floor.
I must have stepped on some blood while I was hesitating, because there were even shoe prints left in a few places.
“Why, why? Brother, take off your shoes and go over there and sit down!”
Then Lee Cheong-hyun started wiping the soles of my shoes with wet tissues. Kang Ki-yeon, who received a few wet tissues from Lee Cheong-hyun, also joined in wiping the practice room floor.
“Hey, okay. I’ll… … .”
“What? You’re cleaning the floor? With your nose bleeding like that?”
Kang Ki-yeon, who was crouching down and cleaning his shoes, glanced at me and said.
Lee Cheong-hyeon also added a word.
“I knew this day would come. How can someone who doesn’t sleep and only practices and works every day get tired?”
“Is it just me or is it that it sounds like you’re being sarcastic, Cheong-hyeon?”
“sure.”
While I was exchanging words with Lee Cheong-hyeon, Park Joo-woo slowly grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him. Then he sat me down on the sofa and handed me a new tissue.
“It would be better to go in early today and rest.”
Jeong Seong-bin said.
But that won’t work.
You have to fill up the practice hours to be able to color the job competency enhancement program!
I just have to hold out for the next two hours. I can’t go to Idae.
I decided to endure humiliation for the sake of the cause, and spoke solemnly.
“No, I’ll just block it with tissue paper.”
“yes?”
From a distance, Lee Cheong-hyeon answered as if he was amazed.
When I raised my head, all five of them were looking at me.
“This kind of thing should stop right now. Just hold your nose and do it… .”
“No. No matter what, I don’t think I should dance like this, hyung.”
“I agree with Seongbin. It’s not like I’m just moving… … .”
Jeong Seong-bin and Park Joo-woo spoke from the left and right.
This is ridiculous. I told you I won’t do much. Just give me two hours!
Things were going awry. I racked my brain and offered them a more moderate proposal.
“Then how about at least the route?”
“Do you think practicing a few more hours today will make a big difference? Just go back to your dorm.”
Choi Je-ho said as he threw the wet tissues into the trash can.
What’s so different about that, you buddy? How long are you going to share the same stage with members whose dance skills are in the single digits?
‘I have no regrets, right?’
It’s so annoying. It’s bad enough that I can’t do it, but don’t bother me with my practice, that’s it.
I had no choice but to look at Kang Ki-yeon, asking for help.
If that guy, who has a stronger obsession with practice than anyone else and has conflicts with Choi Je-ho more often than any other Spark guy, is the one who will definitely take my side… … .
“Giyeon, what are you doing?”
I asked Kang Ki-yeon, who was picking up my bag without even making eye contact with me.
Kang Ki-yeon opened my bag and answered while putting my water bottle and diary inside.
“Pack your bags.”
“Is that my luggage?”
“That’s why we fight.”
Kang Ki-yeon, who had finished packing, closed the bag tightly, even buttoning it up, and handed it to me.
“Let’s go to the dorm, hyung.”
“what?”
“If you’re worried that practice won’t go well without hyung, we’ll end practice here for today. Seongbin hyung, can we go home early just for today?”
Kang Ki-yeon’s expression was cold.
No one stopped him from doing this. Instead, Park Joo-woo and Lee Cheong-hyeon were hurriedly packing their bags, as if to say that Jeong Seong-bin was not doing it.
“What are you guys doing now?”
“What are you doing? I’m packing to go home from work!”
Then Lee Cheong-hyeon stood up, carrying his backpack on his back and my bag in front.
It was so absurd. They used to act like they would die if they didn’t practice, so I couldn’t understand why they were suddenly doing this.
If there’s someone who can’t do it, you can’t help them become human. Is now the time for you to show your good intentions?
The one who delivered the final blow to me as I sat there in a daze was Choi Je-ho.
The guy followed his younger siblings who were running away, then stopped next to the practice room door, placed his hand on the switch, and spoke.
“What are you doing? It’s not coming out?”
X-Fuck, leave me alone!
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The room was dark with the lights off.
The warm light seeping into the living room, and my roommate’s affectionate words telling me to get some rest.
It’s all X. F*ck.
I covered myself with the blanket and suffered endlessly, as if my 20 hours had just flown away.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such intense anger.
It was quiet for a while, but why is this nose making a fuss again?
‘Are you feeling tired again?’
I turned on the system with a hopeful mind, and the system glowed brightly in the dark blanket.
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Cumulative fatigue: 45% (employment support service applied)
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No, when did this get like this?
I think the last time I saw it was in the 30% range, but before I knew it, my fatigue level had gone up a lot.
‘Come to think of it, my limbs started shaking even when my fatigue level was only 60%.’
Then I understand why I ended up like this.
Even so, it’s still like that. When I was an employee at Hanpyeong Industries, no matter how much my nose bled, I had to shove cotton wool into my nose and work.
As I was mumbling the old-fashioned sayings that no one would listen to, I heard someone entering the room.
Immediately afterwards, the lights in the living room went off with the sound of a switch being flipped.
“Good night, bro!”
“uh.”
I could also hear Lee Cheong-hyeon and Choi Je-ho saying goodbye at night.
I thought I heard people talking in the living room about managing their physical strength and lack of sleep.
It seemed like they had agreed to go to bed early to refresh themselves since they had finished practice early for the first time in a while.
Refreshing is good. Better than getting coffee and passing out.
There were a few sounds of the blanket turning above and across from my head, and then it became quiet. The outside of the living room also quickly became quiet.
Are you guys going to sleep after leaving the ticktock like this?
I can’t close my eyes because the fire is going out.
Why do they want to keep idols under such strict security?
……for a moment.
Now these guys are all sleeping.
Then wouldn’t it be okay if I just got out without getting caught by them?
There were only two hours left until we finished today’s practice period.
It was such a waste to waste all the practice time I had accumulated over the years because of this.
If you had done something else during that time, wouldn’t it be frustrating if all you did was practice and you didn’t get any results?
That experience is enough to say that I worked overtime like crazy but didn’t receive overtime pay because the company had an all-inclusive wage system.
I clenched my fists under the covers and made a decision.
‘Let’s go!’
I couldn’t set an alarm because I didn’t know who would wake me up, but I could just stay up and endure it.
I filled my practice time with so much. I can’t stand seeing myself get thrown out like this.
I wished the guys a quiet night, a holy night, and kept my eyes wide open and my ears tuned in.
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The Spark children fell asleep faster than expected.
After waiting for about 30 minutes, there was no more noise in the living room.
This is all thanks to all the hard work I’ve put in. Good job, past me.
“after…….”
Luckily, I didn’t get another nosebleed while practicing. Yeah, if you have any sense, you should keep quiet about it too.
I almost had to practice breathing through my mouth. Thank goodness.
I’m desperate, but those Spark guys won’t even cooperate.
I cried as I recalled how I had been two hours ago, when I had to sneak out and even bring my socks with me.
If you had just let me practice from the beginning, I wouldn’t have done something crazy like voluntarily returning to work in the middle of the night.
I turned off the music, muttering to myself. At the same time, the blank space for the dance (2) in the system was filled in.
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[SYSTEM] Progress of the job competency enhancement program
▷ Kim I-wol
Dance (1) ■■■■■□□
Dance (2) ■■■■■□□
Vocals ■■■■■□□
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I’m so excited, I’m full today too!
If I can just hold out for the next two days, I will become a slightly more evolved Ttuktak… … .
“brother!”
It’s a surprise.
I grabbed my heart that was about to fall and turned my head toward the door where the loud noise came from.
There, standing, was Jeong Seong-bin, with the door wide open, drenched in sweat.
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Jeong Seong-bin has been feeling complicated these days.
There was nothing difficult about work.
People tried to treat them well since they were the youngest in the company, and even then, when things almost got out of hand, it was Kim I-wol, the eldest in the group, who would step in and direct the traffic.
The group’s atmosphere was also good.
At one point, Jeong Seong-bin worried about what would happen if they debuted in this condition.
It’s not that we’re on bad terms – maybe some of us are – but we’re not on good terms either, so whenever I see the members bickering awkwardly.
Jeong Seong-bin knew that relationships between boys couldn’t improve overnight, but he still hoped that they would.
Is it because of my fervent prayers?
Since the arrival of the eldest member, Kim Yi-wol, the group has gradually taken on a better appearance, overcoming the seemingly precarious conflict.
So, has this team reached a stable point now?
Jeong Seong-bin couldn’t easily answer that question.
It was because of ‘Kim Yi-wol’ who has been mentioned continuously up until now.