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June 17, Friday /After Schedule/Van
M41 finished their busking schedule. They went to their van to end their schedule so they can take a rest to their dorm already.
"That kid was so cute!" Minsu said as he was talking about the kid who's watching them in the front while dancing happily to their debut song.
"I know, right? He's so cute as he sway his body from left to right!" Iseul said while chuckling.
"Sorry to interupt you, M41 but we have new schedules coming up!" Their manager said after turning his head to see M41. Their manager quickly send their New schedules through their groupchat.
June 18
MBC Music Core Rehearsal + Performance
June 19
Summer Festival Guesting
June 20
MV Reaction Shooting
June 21
VLIVE
June 22
REST
June 23
M COUNTDOWN Rehearsal + Performance
June 24
M41 Interview by a Youtuber
(Schedule might change)
The members are quite shocked to the fact that schedules after schedules are adding up. The felt tired with it already if they're being honest. M41 sighed simultaneously.
"I know, I know~ its a lot. We just need enough time to sleep, keep our diet, don't slack too much, and we'll be fine. We'll take care of your health as promised." Their manager explained before The M41 were quite satisfied. Well, not really.
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June 17, Friday /After Schedule/Dorm
"Us, playing board games should be viral" Ji-Hun said as he closed the door behind him after the other members came in their dorm.
"I know. And it's so much fun playing board games with all of you, to be honest." Hyun-Jung expressed. Iseul went straight to the bathroom to use it, while Minsu sat on the couch in their bedroom. Pretty much spend the remaining hours by themselves. Minsu was playing a game on his phone, Iseul was cleaning, Hyun-Jung is taking a bath, and Ji-Hun's sleeping.
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June 18, Saturday /MBC Music Core Rehearsal + Performance/MBC Building
M41 were quietly eating their meal as they watched the television broadcasting the last rehearsal for them to see. They were the 8th performer in the lineup so they have much time to take a rest or even calm themselves. They were wearing new set of clothes for today. Iseul wore a rainbow striped sweater and jeans on the bottom. Minsu wore a jumper with white shirt below it. Hyun-Jung wore pink croptop with a white short on the bottom. And Ji-Hun, typically wearing a white oversized long sleeves with all buttons unbuttoned.
"It would be so great if we're one of the top 3 or even one of the last performers for this music show." Minsu said as he ate his meat and talking to the other members.
"I don't think we'll be on the top 3, but I think were one of the last performers.." Iseul said, realizing that they are the 8th performer when there is only 13 artists performing.
"Wait. You're right! there's only 13 artists this week. This is crazy!" Hyun-Jung said as he smiled. M41 were happy to be at least one of the last performers of this music show. It proves that their debut had a progress.
M41 were back at their dressing room after the camera rehearsal. Their manager was waiting for them inside.
"I don't know what's happening again, M41. But this is a bad news again." Sang-woo, their manager said, bringing up the bad news for the M41 to know.
"What is it?" Ji-Hun said, taking the urge to ask while they sat on the couch.
"A lot of people saying that M41 became quite known because of this one member." Their Manger said, bringing up the bad news.
"And the worst part is, it even got on a news page online." He added. The members were in complete shocked. They knew who their manager is referring to.
"K Netizens are saying that M41's Ji-Hun is lifting the group's name because of its popularity?" Their manager said, reading the news header.
"Does Ji-Hun of M41 gets tired of bringing the name of the group as high as he can be?" Their manager added. It was a complete 360 for the members. Even though they knew that some people are gossiping about Ji-Hun bring the company and the group to its popularity, they didn't knew it will turned out to be another issue for them.
"Why would people think like that?" Iseul defending. Even though he was hurt that people only knew Ji-Hun, he wanna defend the other members especially Ji-Hun. Their manager gave his tablet to the members to let them read the comments of the article. The members felt chills as they read the hate comments about them.
"M41? More like Ji-Hun and His Friends?"
"I feel bad for the other members. They looked like they are backup dancers for Ji-Hun's solo debut."
"Ji-Hun literally brought the group name up."
"Ji-Hun, how does it feel that you carry the group name on your own?"
"I bet Ji-Hun felt tired carrying the other members"
They scrolled, hate comments after hate comments. At this point, they started to loose some motivation to even perform on the stage. Why would people think about Ji-Hun bringing the company and the group name up?
As they were the next performer, they were in the backstage, waiting for the other group to finish performing. They were quiet. Although they're not in the mood for this, they still have to perform and give the best they got.
"Fighting." Iseul said softly, giving the other members the motivation to do their best for their performance. The other members smiled after the performer before them were finished performing and the VCR rolled. They went to their position, waiting for them to start.
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After the VCR rolled, they waited until they heard a countdown for their debut song to start. Once their song started playing, they started dancing as well, they smiled, looking at the camera with enough courage after the article and hate comments they saw earlier. Iseul was doing his best with his adlibs, Minsu was even pulling his cutest smile, forgetting about the thing that happened earlier, Hyun-Jung nailed his highnote as usual, and Ji-Hun, well, he did not tried to overshine the other members. Yes, he was singing and dancing to his lines. But he did not tried to catch the attention of the audience. He just smiled, and that's it.
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June 18, Saturday /After Schedule/MBC Building
They went straight outside the Building after changing their clothes. They looked at the camera, waving at their fans who went there to see them, before going to their van. It was an exhausting day for them. They just want to go home. But they took a turn, seeing them on the way to the Luminous Music Building.
"Wait, where are we going?" Iseul said, asking the driver and their manager.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell all of you. We are going to the office. The assistant of the CEO wanted to talk to you about the issue." Their manager explained. They already knew what the issue is about.
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June 18, Saturday /Emergency Meeting /Luminous Music CEO's Office
M41 and their manager went inside the Office, seeing the assistant on the chair on CEO's Office. The members sat on the couch while their manager sat on the seat in front of the assistant.
"Good news, Hyun-Jung's Dating rumor is solved, and Fans are happy for the member's confession. However," The assistant of the CEO said, sharing the good news to the members, but followed by the bad news.
"We all are aware of the new issue of... Ji-Hun. K Netizens said that Ji-Hun was carrying the group and the company." The assistant added, trying to let the members recall about it. They knew it already so why should the assistant try to recall it for the members?
"We are promoting you equally and fairly. So, we have to ignore the news and focus on promoting M41 as a group" The assistant said, giving suggestions to the group. Their manager was quite okay for the solution and He thought it was the only solution to just ignore the issue. But Ji-Hun's solution shocked everyone as he said,
"Kick me out of this group." He said with no emotioned face. The members were shocked, worried and quite angry about Ji-Hun's decision.
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