Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 428

Seo-jun, who had no idea what his parents were thinking, was watching over the swimming pool for his siblings’ safety.

The swimming pool was divided into two sections, one for children and one for adults, so that families could enjoy it comfortably. 

One section was shallow enough for the children to touch the bottom, and the other was deeper for the adults.

Yellow and dark blue.

The colors of the tiles on the pool floor made it easy to distinguish the sections, and the children liked it.

“Eun-soo, Soo-bin. You can only play here where the tiles are yellow. Your feet can touch here.”

“Okay!”

“And only come here with me.”

“Okay okay!”

He wasn’t sure if they were listening properly.

Seo-jun chuckled at his siblings who kept nodding their heads and took out his phone. 

He played a video of a cartoon character doing warm-up exercises that Eun-soo and Soo-bin knew.

‘I can’t skip the warm-up exercises.’

[One, two! And!]

“One, two! And!”

Seo-jun stretched his arms and bent sideways, doing the warm-up exercises with ease. 

Eun-soo and Soo-bin laughed and followed him. 

The tubes around their waists moved around.

Their warm-up exercises looked a bit clumsy compared to Seo-jun’s professional ones. The adults who were watching them also laughed.

“Warm-up exercises, huh… They have everything well prepared these days.”

“It must be because of the summer vacation.”

“Well, it’s better to show them a cartoon than to tell them what to do.”

[And lift your hands up to finish!]

“And lift your hands up to finish!”

“Yay!!”

“Done!”

Seo-jun, Eun-soo, and Soo-bin lifted their hands up.

After doing the warm-up exercises, they wanted to go into the pool as soon as possible. 

Seo-jun smiled at the two children who were tapping their feet impatiently and went into the pool first.

“Good. Come in slowly.”

Soo-bin and Eun-soo held Seo-jun’s hand and entered the pool with a slightly nervous expression. But as soon as they realized that their feet could touch the water, they started to swim around like fish.

“Soo-bin. You said you would take this with you.”

“Mom! Wow!”

Choi Soo-hee came with something in her hand. It was a water gun shaped like a dolphin.

“Don’t shoot at mom and dad.”

“Yes!!”

“Me too! Auntie! Me too!”

“I have a water gun for Eun-soo here.”

Kim Hee-sang handed another dolphin water gun to Eun-soo who had regained his energy. 

Eun-soo and Soo-bin, who were floating on their tubes, started to aim at each other with their water guns.

Splash!

While watching out for the kids not to go to the blue tile section, Seo-jun was sitting on the edge of the pool and blowing air into a tube. 

He got soaked by a stray water gun shot.

His blue hair that was fluttering in the wind got wet and stuck to his head. His thin white shirt also got wet and clung to his body.

“Who was it? Eun-soo? Soo-bin?”

He pretended to be angry and made a playful face. He went into the pool and moved through the water, making waves. Eun-soo and Soo-bin ran away laughing.

“Brother! It wasn’t me! It was Eun-soo!”

“No! Soo-bin oppa did it!”

Seo-jun swung his hand and made a splash of water. 

Eun-soo and Soo-bin also kicked their feet and made water spray. 

The water droplets sparkled as they hit the sunlight.

Click- Click-

Seo-eun-hye and Lee Min-joon, who were enjoying the cool breeze under the parasol, looked at their younger siblings who were busy taking pictures.

Seo-eun-chan and Kim Soo-ryeon had somehow gotten a camera with a huge lens and were taking pictures of the kids diligently.

It didn’t look like they were taking souvenir photos; it was strangely professional and they seemed to have no time to spare. The camera lens also seemed to be pointing more at Seo-jun than at the kids.

“Are you taking pictures of Seo-jun?”

At Seo-eun-hye’s question, Seo-eun-chan, the president of Cocoa Entertainment, and Kim Soo-ryeon, the head of the PR team, nodded their heads.

“Daho said he wanted some pictures to put in the photobook.”

“We can’t take pictures like a pro, so we’re trying to take as many as possible.”

…Shouldn’t they do the opposite?

A manager who asks the president for a favor, and a president who agrees to the manager’s request.

“What a relaxed company.”

Seo-eun-hye and Lee Min-joon chuckled.

Seo-eun-chan, who didn’t stop pressing the shutter, said.

“We’re not going to keep taking pictures. We came here to relax, so we’re trying to take enough now.”

Seo-eun-chan and Kim Soo-ryeon planned to take pictures for only thirty minutes and then stop.

They had already told Seo-jun. He knew that the pictures they were taking would go into the photobook. He looked at the camera and smiled while playing with his siblings.

Bang!

Seo-jun, who was soaked from playing with the kids, brushed his hair back with his hand.

The water droplets dripped down, and his hair, which was still blue, looked like it was dyed with water.

Click, click.

Seo-eun-chan and Kim Soo-ryeon’s hands moved non-stop. 

They took pictures of Seo-jun, who smiled like sunshine at the camera, as he came out of the pool and dried his hands with a towel. 

He pressed his phone.

Every moment of him looked like a photo shoot.

-Park I-deun: What are you doing?

-Park I-deun: We’re preparing for rehearsal now.

-Park I-deun: (Picture)

He sent a picture of himself with the pool in the background, making a playful face, in response to the picture of the Blue Moon members dressed in stage costumes.

<(Picture)

<(Picture)

The picture was enough.

In a few seconds, he received envious messages from the Blue Moon members. Seo-jun laughed out loud.

***

Seo-jun, wearing a hat, got into the car. Ahn Da Ho, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, greeted him.

“Seo-jun. Did you have fun?”

“Yes. We had a barbecue party in the evening. And the air was so nice. I could see the stars at night. They even lent us a telescope at the pension.”

Seo-jun took off his hat and smiled as he told Ahn Da Ho what had happened at the pension. Ahn Da Ho also smiled and turned the steering wheel.

“The pictures came out well.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. They were all A cuts. It’s going to be hard to choose.”

Seo-jun grinned at Ahn Da Ho’s words.

They chatted about this and that until Seo-jun saw his blue hair reflected in the window.

He raised his hand and touched his blue hair. 

It was soft and smooth, even though he had bleached it twice and dyed it. 

He wondered if it was because of Seon-gi’s power.

While waiting for the signal, Ahn Da Ho glanced back and opened his mouth.

“Seo-jun. You know there are idols in Mirinae High School, right? Wouldn’t it be okay to stay a little longer?”

“It’s hard to get around with blue hair.”

“That’s true. But there were more sightings.”

As Seo-jun and Ahn Da Ho moved inside the school gate, Ahn Da Ho’s voice entered Seo-jun’s ears.

“Seo-jun. Do you know? There are not many people who dye their hair blue like this among ordinary people, but some idols started to do it too.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. They even have a name for it.”

“A name? What is it?”

‘Usually, it’s the name of a celebrity or a famous person that comes first…’

Blue Seo-jun?

Seo-jun guessed inwardly while Ahn Da Ho said with a smile.

“Blue Moon Blue.”

“Haha. It suits them well.”

Seo-jun and Ahn Da Ho talked while the car arrived at their destination for today: the salon. 

The hair designer greeted Seo-jun with a regretful face.

And a few hours later.

A picture of Seo-jun’s black hair was uploaded on [From Sprout].

-Blue hair was good too, but black hair is the best…!

=22 Black hair is the best

-Oh… I wish they uploaded more pictures… No music video, no broadcast?

=When will we see it again? Blue Moon Blue

-Is it just me who liked the blond right after bleaching?

=22 The blond that passed by like light

=33 They dyed it right away so there was no music video or broadcast

-Do they have any plans to dye it another color?

=There are many colors and they are very diverse!

-Whatever color it is, Seo-jun is Seo-jun.

=22 I’ll be waiting for your graduation performance!

***

Wednesday.

It was the first day of school for the second semester.

Seo-jun looked around the school again as he stood in front of Mirinae High School gate.

It felt like yesterday when he entered high school, but it was already his second semester of senior year. 

He couldn’t believe that he would graduate next year.

He would go to college, but he wondered if this would be the last time he wore a school uniform except for next year’s graduation ceremony.

‘Oh, maybe not?’

Seo-jun scratched his cheek.

There were actors who played student roles even after they became adults, so maybe Seo-jun would too.

“Seo-jun!”

He turned around at the familiar voice calling his name. 

Han Ji-ho, who usually came to school late, ran over to Seo-jun and put his arm around his shoulder.

“Hey. Do you know how surprised I was? I thought you debuted as an idol!”

“Hahaha.”

Han Ji-ho’s eyes met Seo-jun’s black hair that had been dyed back.

“I thought you would come with blue hair, but you didn’t?”

“I don’t have any stage to go on anymore. It’s hard to get around with blue hair.”

“True. There were more sightings, though.”

Seo-jun and Han Ji-ho walked inside the school gate.

A few students who came to school early saw Seo-jun and Han Ji-ho. They sparkled their eyes and talked to their friends.

Especially the first-year students, who still found Seo-jun and his friend amazing even after a semester.

“But I think this is still a small number of sightings. You should have at least five every time you go out.”

“Why are you here so early?”

Seo-jun sometimes came at this time, but Han Ji-ho usually came later.

At Seo-jun’s question, Han Ji-ho took his arm off Seo-jun’s shoulder and rolled his eyes. 

He looked at the other side of the field and then rolled his eyes again at Seo-jun.

Seo-jun tilted his head.

“…Well…”

“Well?”

Han Ji-ho scratched his chin and opened his mouth.

“…I was waiting for the graduation performance announcement.”

Seo-jun blinked.

There was only one announcement left, since the other teams had already been decided.

“…Mine?”

“Who else? The other teams are already set. You’re the only one left. You’re the only one. Did you finish writing the script?”

“Yes. I did, but…”

“Then let’s go and post it right away! I want to see it too!”

Han Ji-ho dragged Seo-jun, who was heading to the classroom, to the bulletin board.

“I didn’t expect you to bring a completely original work this time.”

“I couldn’t find any work that I liked.”

“People should know how to compromise a little.”

Han Ji-ho suddenly thought of something and frowned.

“Or not. Is it because you didn’t compromise that you became so famous?”

“Haha.”

“Then you should just keep not compromising. You’ve been doing well so far.”

“What about you, Ji-ho?”

“Ordinary people should compromise a little and live. Unless they have more fame and skill. I’ll be like that someday too.”

Seo-jun laughed at Han Ji-ho’s cheerful smile.

“Oh? You’re here first. Hi, Seo-jun.”

“…Jae-han, why are you here?”

Seo-jun saw Kang Jae-han in front of the bulletin board and widened his eyes. Kang Jae-han smiled softly and tapped his phone.

“I was waiting for the announcement.”

“…Mine?”

“Yes. There was nothing to refer to since it was completely original. I thought it would be better to know what kind of role it is as soon as possible.”

At Kang Jae-han’s words, Han Ji-ho nodded repeatedly. Seo-jun asked with a puzzled face.

“How did you know I would post it today? I was busy during the summer vacation.”

“You have to practice and make props for the play. And there are college entrance exams too. But I thought you would make a perfect script during the summer vacation since you’re Seo-jun.”

Seo-jun blinked at Kang Jae-han’s words.

‘Am I such an easy person to read?’

Or was it because they had spent six years together in middle school and high school?

He sighed without knowing it as he saw his friends who understood him well. But Han Ji-ho and Kang Jae-han were not the only ones.

“There you are!”

He looked up at the lively voice from above.

He saw Kim Joo-kyung and Yang Joo-hee sticking their heads out from the second floor stairs. 

Han Ji-ho said in surprise.

“You guys came really early too?”

He thought he was the only one who came early, but they all had the same idea.

“We were waiting at another bulletin board!”

Yang Joo-hee said as Seo-jun widened his eyes.

Kang Jae-han seemed to have sent a message somewhere. He was calling the others who were waiting at another bulletin board.

“Wow, do we really need to gather like this?”

The kids poked Seo-jun, who was confused, with a grin.

“Hey, stop talking and post it already.”

“I hope there are more roles than last time.”

“It’s completely original from start to finish, right? I’m curious about what it is.”

“There are a lot of SF elements in it, right?”

“I practiced only that all summer long.”

Seo-jun left behind his chattering friends and turned his backpack around. 

He unzipped it and took out a clear file with a wrinkle-free graduation announcement.

He put the graduation announcement on an empty space on the bulletin board and fixed it with pins.

The kids who had been focused on the announcement stuck their heads around Seo-jun. And they exclaimed.

“The title is totally SF.”

“Is that the name of a spaceship?”

Seo-jun slipped out of the crowd of friends.

The other students who were coming into the school also looked curious at the crowd of friends. They seemed to realize something and opened their eyes wide. They approached the bulletin board.

Seo-jun smiled at the sight and headed to another bulletin board with the rest of the graduation announcements.

He posted them on every bulletin board in the school. He took off the last one he posted because it seemed a little crooked and put it back on.

He stepped back a few steps and looked at the graduation announcement. He smiled with satisfaction.

[MOEB-436]

It was the title of Seo-jun’s high school graduation performance.