Chapter five

Beloved Leader

Chan Woo POV 

It's been 3 days since we first came in the group. And there was still an awkward tension between us all. Jinhyeong seems to be fitting in to the team more than me. I need to keep my head in the game. 

 

Flashback 

5 months ago

 

"Hyung, I am thinking of being an idol." I said to the closest hyung I had grown to over the years of being an actor. The great Lee Minho. I don't brag about it because I don't want to seem as that kind of pushy friend. He was much older than I am and had always been a hyung to me since the first time I played being his youngerself in boys over flowers.

 

"Again? Chanwoo you keep saying that but when are you going to actually do it?" He said looking at me as he sipped on to his coffee. We were at our usual hang out cafe. I don't really get to see him a lot but when he has the time he makes it a point to check up on me. "This time, I am really going to do it." I said determinedly as I looked over to him. He smiled and ruffled my hair. 

 

"You are making me regret buying you that ticket to go to that Big Bang concert." Hyung said with his deep chuckle. I smirked and smiled back him. 

 

"I am going to audition tomorrow. Any word of advice?" He raised an eyebrow at me and looked at me seriously. "You are being serious right now aren't you?"  I just nodded my head. I could understand why he is reacting like that because it has been countless of times I have mentioned that I wanted to be an idol but never really pursue it because there was nothing that pushed me to do it. But after watching Who is next win, that when I saw it. I wanted to be on stage like them. Team B really touched my heart and was they were the push that I needed to start doing it. 

 

"You do know that it's not going to be an easy challange. I mean, look at acting. Just getting a role was hard think about debuting as a singer and under YG at that. You are going to have to shed blood and tears for this." He said with his serious face at me. He was always the hyung that I could rely on. He just didn't want me to get hurt but I am serious about all of this. I was more determined than I was before. 

 

 

"So I am guessing you agree with me auditioning?" He looked at me weirdly for a  second and shook his head at me. 

 

"I am not your parents Channie. I can't tell you what to do and what not to do." He said handing his half of a cake to me. He could never really finish his cakes. Makes me wonder why does he even bother buying it. He is seriously not helping me loose the fat on my cheeks. 

 

"But you are my hyung. I'd like it if I know that you are supporting me." He smiled at me and pinched my cheeks. Which hurt so I quickly swatted his hands away from my chubby cheeks. "You have grown so much. The last time I saw you, you were this adorable kid that loved acting. What happened to that kid? Did I lose my acting buddy?" He said pretending to be depressed. I scoffed and just shook my head at him.

 

"Somehow you can never act good in front of me hyung. You are not the amazing Lee Minho hyung that I know. Give him back to me~" I said laughing while shaking him. We laughed it off and then suddenly, the cafe bell rang. It was a common thing to see actors and idols in this cafe, but I still couldn't get over with who I saw walk in the cafe. It was Hanbin, Jinhwan and Bobby. Me with my wide mouth open I saw them getting ordering their coffee. I swear I look like a kid that just saw their crush walk through right now. Suddenly, there was a tap on my shoulder. 

 

"What's wrong?" Hyung asked as pointed a fork at me. I grinned and shook my head. If he knew why I was so red right now he would surely embaress me.

 

"Come on. Don't you have a CF shooting later hyung?" He looked at his watched and nodded his head when he finally realised the time. "Alright, come on let's go." 

 

End of flash back~

 

 

Eventhough it was just talk with Minho hyung. I still couldn't shake off what he said. He told me that it wasn't going to be easy. That meant that he approved in somewhat way and was just giving me advice. I quickly packed my clothes in my bag and tried hard not disturb the other members. Then suddenly, Yunhyeong came to me. 

 

"Hey, aren't you going to join us with dinner?" He asked as he pointed to the other hyungs eating in a circle. I smiled at him and shook my head. "No. I have to meet a hyung soon and later I am going to stop by and practice. I still can't get the dance right." He smiled sadly at me and patted my back.

 

"I know how you feel Chanwoo. I was in your position too but you don't have to avoid us. It would make the situation more complicated and hard. If you don't think that you are not fitting in you should just keep on trying. There is no harm in trying." I chuckled at him and nodded my head. "Yes, hyung. I'll keep that in mind." 

 

He smiled at me and patted my back before walking off. Then a sudden thought ran my mind.. I walked over to them all and it was awkward because I was the only one standing. They all stared at me for a while and looked at me expectingly. I knew it was not easy breaking their walls.. but like Yunhyeong hyung said, there is no harm in trying right?

 

"Hyung."I said stuttering a bit. "Yes, chanwoo." Yunhyeong said with a smile on his face. The rest were still unsure about me so their faces were serious and I was kind of scared of them at first. 

 

"Do you guys want to go out with me? I am meeting a hyung for dinner and since it doesn't seem like we have enough food. He said I could ask you guys to join if I wanted to  and that its his treat." I said still stuttering. It was true anyways. The announcement was so last minute that the food in the house wasn't enough to feed 8 people. Hanbin, jinhwan and junhoe had serious faces on them but the rest were all smiles.

 

"What is he treating?" Hanbin hyung said slowly. My smile became wider, he was finally talking to me anything besides our monthly evaluation. "Beef." Everyone's eyes perked up at the mention of me and shouted loudly. 

 

 

No one's POV

 

"YES! BEEF!!" Finally the food monster B.I was out. Everyone laughed and went to get ready to go out with Chanwoo who was grinning proudly. This might be the chance for him and Jinhyeong to get close to the team so he went over to Jinhyeong who was just fixing his hair at the mirror. 

 

"Hyung, I think this is our chance." Jinhyeong looked at him for a while not understanding the situation. Chanwoo smiled. "I am doing this so that we can be closer to them. But I am sure you were doing fine without me having to do this but still." Chanwoo said excitedly. Jinhyeong chuckled and shook his head at the younger. 

 

"Yah, I thought I was going to die of awkwardness out there. I was wondering when you were going to join us. Hanbin, junhoe and Jinhwan are no joke man. They are really hard to get through."They both laughed in agreement and high fived each other knowing so much how hard it is to break the walls of team B.

 

"Who is your hyung anyways?" Jinhyeong said as he sat on the couch with Chanwoo as they wait for the other members. "Lee Minho. But don't tell them yet. I want it to be a surprise." Jinhyeong eyes went wide and looked at Chanwoo like he was crazy or something. Chanwoo just smiled since he was so used to it when people ask about his hyung that he always talk about. 

 

"He said that he was going treat us to beef to celebrate my belated birthday since he wasn't here." Chanwoo said casually as one by one the members went out of their room. Jinhyeong just looked at Chanwoo blankly. He couldn't believe a single word that the younger was saying but then again, the younger did worked with the actor a few times. 

 

 

 

 

 

At the restaurant~

 

The members still didn't know who Chanwoo's hyung was but they were amazed by the shop that they eating at. Then when they saw Lee Minho their heart started beating rapidly. "Hyung~" Chanwoo said cutely as he went over to greet the actor. Minho just laughed and greeted everyone there. Minho was always excited when he met up with the younger because the younger never fails to pull up something unexpected as usual. 

 

"Hyung, this is my members. And hyungs, this is is my hyung. Lee Minho." Bobby faced was already excited and nervous meeting the famous actor and was so was the rest. But the only thing that was different about Bobby was that he managed to let out the word out of his mouth. Jiwoon's face went red since they all could hear it since Bobby didn't say it out loud. 

 

"How about you guys introduce yourself first?" Minho said smiling. He had always had the effect to calm people down and be friends them easily. One by one, they greeted themselves and warmed up to the actor. 

 

"So has Chanwoo cause any trouble yet?" Minho said shocking Chanwoo who choked on his water. Chanwoo glared at his hyung and smacked his shoulder. "I have never cause trouble on purpose before hyung!" Chanwoo said trying to defend himself. "Oh, please. You guys should have been there. He was a kid back then I got to admit that but he is still a kid now anyways, so he was on set getting ready to film when-"Before Minho could continue, Chanwoo quickly closed the olders mouth but the older just pushed Chanwoo off and continued the story. 

 

"He thought it would be fun to tackle the other kids. So they were running around and he was about to tackle on of the kids when he slipped on a banana peel that he was suppose to pick up after their break and fall backwards on his instead. He was walking funny for the whole day after that." Everyone was laughing at Chanwoo. The nuaghty boy that Minho was describing wasn't at all what the boy in front of them looked like. 

 

"How about you Jinhyeong hyung? Where you a naughty boy when you were a kid?" Jinhyeong blushed at Chanwoo's question and looked down at his plate. Everyone laughed and looked at Jinhyeong. "So you were!" Chanwoo said grinning widely. Chanwoo looked over to everyone and saw that they were enjoying each other company execpt B.I who was just smiling like he was forced too. Chanwoo walked over to HanBin and sat next to him since Minho was already occupied by sharing embarassing stories about Chanwoo to Bobby and Donghyuk.

 

"Hyung." Chanwoo approached the older slowly. The leader didn't oppose him but the leader was having a hard time. He really doesn't like the situation at all. He felt like he failed at protecting s again. 

 

"Are you okay? You don't seem like you want to be here?" Even though the leader was the first one to shout Beef but Chanwoo knew it was because the other members wanted to go but they were waiting for him to answer. "I am fine." He said building up a bigger wall away from the younger. 

 

"Hyung, I know that you don't like having me and Jinhyeong hyung here. I know that you might think we are free loading on everything. You guys have practiced for 4 years and we have only for a few months. Trust me I didn't expect it either but when I am offered anything, I know I am not going to let it slip away just as an amazing offer like this one. I hope you can know my sincerity that I want to debut with you guys. For me, I think of you guys as role models and want to be as better as you guys." Hanbin looked closely at Chanwoo and stared at the younger. "Why do you want to sing? If you have to drop acting would you?" 

 

Chanwoo smiled sadly at the leader. He was always asked that question after and before he joined YG. He nodded his head with out a doubt. Some might say that it is reckless to answer that fast but for Chanwoo he had been thinking about it alot that he had a clear mission in mind. 

 

"If it comes to that then yes." Chanwoo said looking over to Minho. He knew if Minho had heard him now, he would totally pissed at Chanwoo and would most probably kill him. 

 

"Happy birthday to you~"Suddenly, Yang Hyun Mo's voice was heard Chanwoo's cast mate in the heirs came in.Chanwoo looked over to the door and saw him bringing in a cake with candles on it. And like that their conversation ended like that that night. 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation day~

 

Chanwoo's  POV 

 

It was time for us to get feedbacks from YG. This was the first time and it was nerve wrecking. But I knew I had to stay calm for it so I did what I always do when I get nervous. I listened to Minho hyung's advice, just do your best. I didn't know why but Hanbin hyung reminded me alot about Minho hyung. I could see how Hanbin hyung loved the other members like they are his real brothers. Just like Minho and I. 

 

"Chanwoo, you did better than expected. You seem like you blended well with everyone else, I think that's because Hanbin did a good job in giving out the parts." I nodded my head and thanked him. Yes, he was right. I was amazed as well that Hanbin hyung trusted me enough to give a lot of lines. I didn't want to let him down so gave everything towards the performance. I could see him smiling at the compliment that was given to us. 

 

He talked about the performance a bit more, on how Junhoe stood out and that the performance was fun. After that we did the Dance and it went on smoothly. "I think the dance was okay. The other members seems to be blending in very well in the performance."  He started off. 

 

"But I think you guys work better when there is tension and pressure, so to keep all of you guys on your toes. I am going to change the rules a bit." I could feel my heart beat so fast. At that moment, I could think about anything. What is he going to say? I couldn't predict it at all. 

 

 

 

"I am going to add another group member into the group and the 6 members will be competing as well to be iKon members." After  YG said that, my heart dropped. What is he talking about? I couldn't help but feel sad and mad at the same time. I wasn't mad about the whole adding another member in the group. I was that kind of member so I didn't have the right to judge. But I think I felt sad and mad about making the hyungs compete. I knew what they had went through after watching Who is next win. I knew how badly how they wanted to debut together. After YG went out of the room, we all stayed and tried to process what happened. 

 

 

Bobby hyung was hugging Donghyuk and Hanbin said was telling them not to cry. He knew if he let Donghyuk cry he was sure that everyone else was going to cry as well. Yunhyeong knew that as well and tried to help calm Donghyuk hyung down. I just couldn't help but feel sad for them. But it doesn't mean that I didn't want to debut anymore. 

 

 

"Don't cry Donghyuk-ah." Hanbin said. I could tell that he was as upset as well. 

 

 

 

Hanbin POV

Looking at Donghyuk cry was making everything worse. We didn't want this. I felt like the team B was slowly breaking up if one decided that they weren't good enough. I knew this is suppose to make us stronger but I couldn't help but feel like I just failed them again. 

 

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faevyre #1
Chapter 20: I'm still waiting for your update :(
Puteri_
#2
Chapter 22: Thank you so much :)
baekyeolmaniac #3
Chapter 1: i just cried at this.. i know it has been years but just couldn't tolerate the amount of hate chanwoo was getting back in those days. Anyhow, he had improved so much now. much love to chanu giant baby!!
PenguinLOvers772
#4
Chapter 21: Why the deletion? Is everything alright?
The story ia getting good u know it's a pity to end :(
butterfly__
#5
Chapter 19: I read this after watching legend of the blue sea, I've fall in love with minho all over again just like from boys over flower. Him being protective elder brother is all chanu needs
BeaRamora
#6
Chapter 19: Poor our giant baby Chanu...