In This Life, The Greatest Star In The Universe

Chapter 87:

Chapter 87:

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: Rxel

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An Ambitious Moment.

When Woojoo asked the two people who came to his studio to watch his acting, they did so with a light heart.

“Um, I’ll show you first.”

He stood in the middle of the studio with an awkward expression.

Bijoo smiled quietly.

He was amazed to see his brother, who flew on the stage, being nervous because of an advertisement acting.

He clapped his hands with Daisy and cheered him up.

‘...Huh?’

The atmosphere suddenly changed.

The one who was scratching his cheek sheepishly just a moment ago disappeared, and there was someone else in his place.

He had the same face, but his expression was different.

He had a confident, if not arrogant, look.

Not only his face, but also his detailed movements were different from the Seon Woojoo Bijoo usually knew.

He moved leisurely.

He minimized his body movements, as those with high dignity did.

He was good at dancing, so he felt the difference in his gestures more than anyone else.

“Who is that guy, Oppa?” Daisy asked with a thud, but Bijoo had nothing to say.

He saw him for the first time too.

When his head was complicated, Woojoo walked towards the studio wall with a relaxed step.

Then, he stopped upright.

“Hello.”

A pleasant low voice.

Woojoo’s tone was a little lower than usual, but it didn’t sound awkward.

“Are you the transfer student?”

As if he was in a situational play, Woojoo continued his lines towards the air. Naturally, without being embarrassed or anything.

His soft voice carried on the conversation with the transfer student.

Bijoo picked up the advertisement script that was lying on the corner of the sofa.

He carefully recited the lines in his mind, being careful not to tear the worn-out paper end.

“Is this your first time at our school?”

-Yeah, hello.

“What did you come to this school for? Magic? Potion making? Or...”

As he read the dialogue, Bijoo couldn’t help but stick out his tongue.

He didn’t know if he practiced considering the time for the other person to speak, but it was flowing like a real conversation.

Daisy, who had peeked her head in, soon realized the situation and made a strange expression.

Bijoo stared blankly at the person in front of him.

‘...What is this.’

He always thought he was a versatile brother, but he still thought he had some limits.

He thought he would have something he couldn’t do, at least.

And since he recently heard from his own mouth that he ‘got a not bad review for his acting in TJ days’, he thought acting was an exception.

‘I got scammed again.’

A bitter laugh came out.

As expected.

He shouldn’t believe him when he said he couldn’t do something.

“Uh?”

He realized that the two were looking at him with weird faces, and Woojoo’s acting stopped.

Everything went back to normal.

His arrogant expression turned into a relaxed face.

His leisurely steps became light.

His gestures, which imitated someone else, changed flexibly.

When they felt the air of the studio return to normal, Woojoo asked, “Why are you like that?”

Why are you like that?

That was the question they wanted to ask him.

***

“Didn’t you hear that you have talent for acting?”

Daisy asked him as he locked the studio door and came out.

Bijoo nodded his head too.

“Hyung, did you really never learn acting?”

Why were they like this?

“Yes, I heard that I have talent for the first time today. And to answer your question, Bijoo, I learned it once.”

“What did he say?”

“Why didn’t they stop you from becoming an idol?”

“You two get along so well.”

“Answer me first.”

“Hyung, are you asking me seriously?”

Woojoo was about to go outside, but two kids blocked his way.

He laughed.

“No.” He said, after gulping down some water, “What did I do in there that made you both react like that?”

Daisy asked, squinting her eyes, “Are you really asking because you don’t know?”

“Yes.”

“You said it was awkward and you couldn’t do it.”

“It was awkward and I couldn’t do it.”

To be honest, he didn’t know what he did so well.

He just applied what he had learned from imitating various actions.

Did it feel like acting?

It wasn’t anything special. He didn’t put any emotion into it or anything.

What was this?

Woojoo thought for a while and concluded that good was good.

“Well, I’m glad you liked it. I was worried what I would do if I couldn’t do it, but now I have one less thing to worry about when I go to the set.”

They were pounding their chests at his calm response.

That was a bit of an overreaction.

If this was a preparation for a stage like singing or dancing, he might have been very excited by this reaction, but it was just okay.

It was like, ‘Wow, that went well.’

Acting was not his interest.

After being tormented by the kids for a while, he said goodbye to Daisy, who was going back to her studio.

“By the way, I wanted to ask you something, Sunbae.”

“What is it?”

Woojoo asked for a moment of understanding from Bijoo and talked to her alone.

“Scarlet also puts their own songs in every album, right? I know you have about four songs.”

“Five, if you count the mixtape.”

“He’s good, I think I’ll download and watch his drama when it comes out.”

The last one was Junghyun.

He spoke as he felt, because he couldn’t lie, and Jiho was the only one who reacted positively.

When they belatedly realized the youngest’s mood and were restless.

“Wow, this is so fun.”

The youngest got up from his seat with a chuckle.

“We all did well. Rihyuk Hyung is really bad, though.”

“Hey, Wang Jiho.”

“And I was scammed by you, Hyung.”

“Me?”

“Yes, you said you couldn’t act and acted weak. But you’re really good even though you never learned.”

“It was easy because the lines were simple. I wouldn’t have a chance if I had to do emotional acting.”

“I don’t know, I got scammed.”

Everyone was relieved to see the youngest member return as usual, but Woojoo was the only one scratching his cheek.

Something seemed off about him.

He would have preferred if he acted annoyed like he always did when he teased him.

But this was too unexpected.

He was a person full of desire for his own things.

He thought he was the best, and he wanted to make a career out of the field he chose. How would he feel if someone who had never learned anything suddenly entered that field?

He would have been upset.

“What’s wrong, Hyung?”

“Nothing. It’s nothing.”

Woojoo felt uneasy seeing him smile like that.

***

The problem occurred during the acting lesson.

The teacher who claimed to be teaching Jiho just watched them silently as they read the script.

And as soon as they finished, she gave him an ambiguous expression as if asking him how it was.

“Jiho.”

“Yes?”

“Your acting today seemed a bit too forceful. Did you have a reason for that?”

“...No.”

He answered in a flat voice, and the teacher’s gaze turned to Woojoo.

Please.

Woojoo hoped she wouldn’t say anything weird.

“What was your name again?”

“Woojoo, teacher.”

“You did well. You could have gone into acting with that level.”

“...Thank you.”

“Did you really never learn anywhere? I heard it was the first time.”

She then bombarded Woojoo with various questions for five minutes, and he felt like dying since he could see the youngest member right across from him.

But Woojoo was relieved that there was nothing problematic until then.

The acting teacher narrowed her eyes as she looked at the advertisement concept.

“Did you guys divide the roles among yourselves?”

“Ah, yes.”

“Hmm...”

She muttered with a subtle expression.

“I think you chose the wrong lead for this.”

Woojoo panicked and swallowed a gasp.

No.

How could she say that when her own student was right next to her?

If words had shape, he would have shoved them back into the teacher’s mouth, but they had already reached the youngest member’s ears.

When Woojoo turned his head.

The face of the youngest member, who had been cheerful all day, was cracked.

New Black’s dorm.

After the lesson was over, Jiho had to endure a whole day of being surrounded by his Hyungs, who alternated between scolding him for being a bad student and praising him for being the best maknae, every minute.

A night of ambition.

Wang Jiho lifted the curtain and gazed at the full moon. He bathed in the moonlight and fell into a deep thought.

One thought led to another.

And when his thoughts reached a certain point, Jiho put on his tracksuit pants and grabbed his phone, then tiptoed downstairs.

Soon, the door of the dorm closed quietly behind him.

At that moment.

“What the hell.”

His four Hyungs, who were pretending to be asleep, got up at the same time.

“Where is he going?”

***

“Were you awake?”

“What about you, Hyung?”

“None of us slept.”

“No, I saw him pretending to sleep earlier.”

They had been sleeping in the same room for almost six months, so they could tell whether he was really sleeping or faking it without looking.

They all seemed to be worried about what happened earlier, so they just watched him silently.

Rihyuk changed his pants.

“This crazy bastard... Does he not know how scary the world is and ran away!”

“He didn’t run away,” Woojoo said. “He’s too timid to go anywhere.”

“Hyung, I think we should go out and look for him anyway.”

“I was going to do that. Junghyun, you’ve been around the dorm a lot with him, right? Do you know any places he might go?”

“There are a few places, yeah.”

They all grabbed their clothes and ran out of the dorm.

But as they were going down the stairs, they had to stop.

Jiho was sitting on the stairs in front of the first-floor entrance.

They heard him sniffle.

Judging by his breathing and how he rubbed his eyes with his arm, he seemed to be crying.

Woojoo’s heart felt a pang.

Gulp-

Suddenly, they heard a sound and turned their heads.

What was that?

As they were all looking at each other from behind, they heard Jiho cry again.

And then.

Gulp-

We tilted our heads a little and saw what made that sound.

Their maknae was crying and eating convenience store tteokbokki.