Chapter 61: What If I Can’t Do It?

“It’s the last one, so I wanted to challenge myself too.”

“Then you should just do it, right?”

At his simple response, Park Seo-hu let out a yelp, then started shaking his shoulders again.

“I just went for it, but suddenly I got a feeling I wouldn’t be able to do it!”

Finally stopping the shoulder shaking, Park Seo-hu lowered his voice as if telling a secret.

“You saw it earlier, right?

7 out of 10 people said they could learn the choreography.

Does that even make sense….”

He quietly looked down at Park Seo-hu, who was making gloomy sounds, saying that seeing that had instead made him lose his motivation.

Come to think of it, the teams Park Seo-hu had been on so far never had many participants who were particularly good at dancing.

He had experienced a similar situation when he was on the ‘July Snow’ team, and the other team members were either capable of learning choreography themselves or were in dance positions, so they probably weren’t as shocked.

Thinking about Seo-hu being the only one flustered by something everyone else took in stride, his current bizarre behavior seemed somewhat understandable.

“What if I’m the only one who can’t dance there!”

Then, suddenly grabbing his shoulders and shaking them again, Jae-seo squeezed his eyes shut.

He decided to retract the thought that it might be understandable.

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After being tormented by Park Seo-hu in the vocal practice room for a long time, he finally escaped and returned to the ‘Time Killer’ team’s practice room.

Only Yeo Hyun-tae, who was stretching, was there to greet him.

“Where did you go?”

Answering Hyun-tae’s question that he’d gone to the vocal practice room, he looked around the empty practice room.

Where did everyone go?

He didn’t say it out loud, but Hyun-tae seemed to notice his thoughts and answered first.

“Jae-ho hyung isn’t back yet, and Jun-jae went for an interview.”

Adding that the others had gone for individual practice, Yeo Hyun-tae suddenly raised his hand towards Jae-seo’s face.

His long fingers touched Jae-seo’s bangs, gently smoothing them down, which had gotten thoroughly ruffled from rushing down the stairs.

At that moment, for some reason, what Kwak Jun-sung had said before came to mind.

That Yeo Hyun-tae’s actions towards him didn’t seem like just friendly behavior…

“…Dance!”

Remembering the conversation with Kwak Jun-sung, he suddenly became overly conscious of Hyun-tae’s current action, flinched back, and blurted out the first random word that popped into his head.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a completely random word, so he tried to continue somehow.

“Th-the choreography, you got it all down?”

Only after saying it did he realize what a stupid question it was.

Given Hyun-tae’s personality, if he hadn’t finished what he was supposed to do, he wouldn’t be stretching…

Cursing his own belated foolishness, he bit his lip.

Yeo Hyun-tae, nodding as if answering his question, suddenly frowned slightly, then reached his hand straight towards Jae-seo’s mouth.

…Ah, this really doesn’t seem right.

As if a warning light went off in his head, he tried to pull his body back, but that now tiresomely familiar sensation washed over his entire body.

This crazy perverted psycho game….

His body, which would otherwise be thrashing about with sheer willpower, wouldn’t budge.

As if time had stopped, he stood frozen.

Just as Yeo Hyun-tae’s fingers were about to touch his lips—

“What’s this, where did everyone go?”

Kim Jae-ho opened the practice room door and entered.

At the same time, he felt his frozen body twitch and loosen.

He immediately turned towards Kim Jae-ho, subtly dodging Yeo Hyun-tae’s hand.

“A few of them are probably in the vocal practice room.”

“Then go get them.

We need to practice!”

At Kim Jae-ho’s words, he happily nodded and quickly escaped the practice room.

What impeccable timing, he thought, letting out a sigh of relief as he hurried up the stairs towards the vocal practice room.

He found Park Seo-hu, Lee Ha-jin, and Kim Woo-hyun practicing in the vocal practice room and brought them down to the team practice room.

By then, all team members had gathered, including Seo Jun-jae who had returned from his interview.

Kim Jae-ho, standing in the center, confirmed the four of them entering the practice room, clapped his hands a couple of times, and opened his mouth.

“Now that everyone’s here, let’s start practicing!”

At Kim Jae-ho’s words, the team members began to warm up and take their positions in front of the mirror with practiced ease.

He also stood in a spot where he could see the mirror well and carefully stretched various parts of his body.

He hadn’t danced it yet, but just from watching the choreography video, it was clear this would be harder and more difficult than all the dances he had done so far combined.

Soon, Yeo Hyun-tae, standing in front, began counting and explaining the moves.

Among the participants who smoothly followed the choreography, which they were obviously seeing for the first time, he was awkwardly creaking along.

Occasionally, Seo Jun-jae would come over and correct his mistakes.

“Jae-seo, you’re bending your back too much.”

Following Seo Jun-jae, who had come to stand next to him, he tried to straighten his back, but the game’s mischief seemed to strike again, and his back snapped straight without any middle ground.

When he was told he’d straightened too much this time, he tried bending again, and once more, he bent all the way without stopping.

Seeing his movements, more like a wind-up wooden doll, Seo Jun-jae looked puzzled and moved closer to him.

“So, about this much….”

Seo Jun-jae firmly grabbed his waist, manually adjusted the angle, and asked if he understood.

Still holding his waist, Jae-seo stretched his neck to avoid Seo Jun-jae’s face right next to him and barely managed to nod.

…This crazy perverted psycho game, part two.

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[Please Take Care of My Idol) The previews for the final contest songs are up]

[http://tv.navum.com/56053474501]
[Debut Evaluation Song Preview | Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2]
They say the first song is by the composer who did Me and Me

[Comments]

Oh both songs are good picks!

CheonSangJeu please pick song number 2, number 2!!ㅠㅠ

↳ Fr even just listening to the song, I can auto-play CheonSangJeu dancing it,,

Sim Jae-seo choosing song number 2, day 1 of voting

If Lee Chan-seo doesn’t do the rap part in preview number 2, it’s dereliction of duty, right?

Jae-seo, you were sexy last time, so let’s go refreshing this time!!

↳ Same let’s go refreshing Jae-seo

What if Park Seo-hu and Lee Woo-rim both end up in song number 1? (nervous)

↳ Seems like both will choose number 1, the main vocal battle will be so fun lol

Both songs are good, so I just hope our kids are togetherㅠㅠ

↳ *222* Pleaseㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ *33* I hope my bias at least makes it to the finalㅠㅠ

↳↳ Fr I don’t even hope for debut, just making the final would be enough…

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[x00602 Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2 Episode 10 Live Discussion Thread]

[x00602 Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2 Episode 10 Live Thread
It’s the 3rd ranking announcement]

[Comments]

It’s the last week for Please Take Care of My Idol 2 next week..

↳ I feel relieved but also sad lolㅠㅠ

↳↳ I didn’t want it to end, but now that it’s ending, I think I’ll feel empty,, lol

It’s starting!!

Oh!! Is this the first time we’re seeing Seo-hu and Woo-rim’s agency entrance?

↳ I guess so, I didn’t even know they were trainees from the same company lol

K-Stars are so handsome today too

↳ Right, you’d think I’d be used to it by now, but I’m still freshly amazed every time I see them lol lol lol lol

↳↳ (tingling_new_handsome_is_best.jpg)

Jae-seo and Gyeom!

Are they doing Me and Me?

↳ Looks like it lol

Look at the kids singing along lol lol lol lol lol

Woo-rim seems more excited than Jae-seo lol

Holy did Han-ul get a perm???

Han-ul’s fluffy hair is so cuteㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Chae-i-nim is beautiful as always

(PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol_SuitChaei.gif) In my books, the most handsome person on the show = Son Chae-i

↳ Fr truth truth truth truth

📢The ranking announcement has started📢

Holy Young-bin makes it to the finalㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ Congrats congrats!!

Young-bin is 18th?

↳ Yeahㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Na Yoon-jae!

..Yoon-jae is 17th??

I don’t know why Yoon-jae suddenly dropped so muchㅠㅠ

Holy holy Jae-young is 16th, is this for realㅠㅠ

↳ It’s Jae-young’s first time in the top 20, and it’s the 3rd ranking announcement, daebakㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ (PD2_VillainTeam_GroupEnding.gif) Looks like it’s thanks to the Villain team benefitㅠㅠ I love the Villain teamㅠㅠ

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📢The debut group announcement is starting!!📢

Nervous..

9th place Kim Woo-hyun!!

Holy Wakers all survived!!

Since the live audience are fans of the show, I’m so relievedㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ Holy Joondbuㅠㅠ Please cheer for Ha Jin-woo and Kim Woo-hyun for me tooㅠㅠ

Woo-rim got 8th place, feels a bit riskyㅠㅠ

Woo-rim is 8th? Wasn’t he 4th last week?ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ There are many people who vote for Woo-rim and Chan-seo together, and since Chan-seo’s rank dropped last week, maybe Woo-rim’s votes went there?

Kang-hoon is 7th! Thankfully he rose!

↳ But since he’s 7th this week, I’m worried the voting power might not be there next weekㅠㅠ

↳↳ Same I think 10th-12th would have been best, so I’m actually worriedㅠㅠㅠㅠ

6th place! Captivating fans with a charming voice, sounds like it’s Jae-seo~

Huh?? They said Chan-seo??

Charming voice suddenly Chan-seo? lol lol lol lol

Chan-seo’s rap tone is charming too, but this feels like bait lolㅠ

Who’s left in the top ranks??

↳ CheonSangJeu, Jae-seo, Jae-ho

Looks like the Beautiful Hate kids got a lot of sympathy votes because of NJW lol

↳ Regardless of that, they just did the stage amazingly well though? lol

↳ Kim Jae-ho, being from the same group, got the votes from those who used to vote for NJW. Sim Jae-seo rose because of consistently good reactions from A Letter -> Beautiful Hate mid-point check -> Beautiful Hate actual broadcast. It’s really ugly how you’re trying to provoke fans no matter what.

↳↳ Same the people still trying to hate on Sim Jae-seo are seriously disgusting

5th place Jae-ho! Congrats congrats!

Holy is Jae-ho talking about NJW in his speech now? lol lol lol lol

The subtle jab at Nam Jin-wook is hilarious lol, but what’s going to happen to Code:Kids now..

↳ I don’t know about anything else, but if Kids’ Father has any conscience, he should leave;;

↳↳ Kids’ Father lol lol lol lol lol

Jae-seo is probably 4thㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ Our Jae-seo was a permanent resident of the PTSD zoneㅠㅠ When did he get this bigㅠㅠ

Holy 4th place is Yoon Ji-heon???

Ji-heon, be the giving tree for the July Snow kids lolㅠ

↳ Fr it’s funny and cute how he’s always getting pushed down by his younger team members from the July Snow team lol

↳↳ Same I’m a Ji-heon fan, but the July Snow kids’ chemistry and situations are all so cute, I don’t care about his rank dropping, I just hope they all debut togetherㅠㅠ

Holy crazy Jae-seo is 3rd place? My heart is beating so fast right now

I knew this would happen since he was called Baekguㅠㅠ

↳ Same with that visual, how could he be a permanent resident of the PTSD zone;

Jae-seo 3rd place!!!

Looking at Jae-seo’s expression, he probably thought he got pushed out entirelyㅠㅠ

Is Jae-seo’s speech about Nam Jin-wook too..?

↳ Could be,, the Beautiful Hate kids went through hell because he suddenly leftㅠㅠ

↳ Isn’t it just a general comment lol?

↳↳ Same Jae-seo’s speech content has always been similar, and today seems like an extension of that, why connect it to Kids’ Father;;

2nd place Jun-jae!

↳ Congrats congrats!!

I can never really say anything about the K-Stars kids because they keep swapping between 1st and 2nd

↳ Same when I say ‘he dropped to 2nd, rise upㅠㅠ’, then he gets 1st next week lol lol lol

↳↳ Crazy that’s hilarious lol

1st place Hyun-tae!

Hyun-tae for center!!

It’s funny but also enviable how K-Stars fans never talk about debut, only about center lolㅠㅠ

↳ Fr, and even the center talk is peaceful without any arguments, so enviable

↳↳ Same Jun-jae is my bias and Hyun-tae is my family’s bias, but whichever one gets 1st place, they congratulate each other. I’ve been an idol fan for n years, and it’s so amazing.

📢Announcing the final 19th and 20th places📢

The four-way split announcement at every ranking ceremony is so draining and annoyingㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Who are the candidates?

↳ Rohan, Jae-hee, Ye-chan, Woo-jae

I feel this every time, but I wish they wouldn’t zoom in on the kids when they’re struggling..

20th place is Jae-hee

↳ Holy crazyㅠㅠ Jae-hee, congratulationsㅠㅠ

No, both Beautiful Hate kids are eliminated..?

Rohan was always in the top 10, does this make sense?ㅠㅠ

↳ Same how could he drop like this; isn’t this rigged?

↳↳ Right, he was 10th last week..

↳↳ I know it’s hard when your bias gets eliminated, but let’s not throw around accusations of rigging carelessly

↳↳↳ *222* Rohan is my bias too, but this is a bit..

Ah I can’t send off 14 people, don’t goㅠㅠ

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📢The final mission is starting📢

Why are the Season 2 contest song qualities so goodㅠㅠ

Holy Time Killer’s choreography is so intense??

Is that possible to do live..?

↳ Sim Jae-seo probably can

↳↳ Agreed lol lol lol lol

The choreography is crazy..

Shout out to God Jinwoong!

I like ALL Time for the song, Time Killer for the dance

Son Chae-i promoting her own song is so lol lol lol lol

Holy Dust is such a classic hitㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ Same I’m a Dust fan, it’s my favorite Son Chae-i song

For those who watched Season 1, what happens to the original trainee if they get pushed out of a position?

↳ The higher-ranked trainee pushes them out and puts them in any empty spot

The dance position trainees are all choosing Time Killer

↳ If I were them, I’d probably choose Time Killer if I danced well too lol lol lol lol

Holy the pushing out has started lol lol lol

Ah this is so fun~~

Park Seo-hu is choosing Time Killer??

↳ Holy a big twist lol

↳ Well, Time Killer’s main vocal part has impact and is good too

I wanted Woo-rim and Seo-hu to do it togetherㅠㅠ

Why is ALL Time’s Sub-Vocal 6 so popular? What kind of part is it?

Chan-seo chooses Time Killer!!

Just thinking about Chan-seo crushing the rap part from the preview makes me so happy, that’s itㅠㅠ

Holy Han-ul gets pushed into ALL Timeㅠㅠ

↳ But honestly, ALL Time suits him better

↳↳ Fr lol I’m a Han-ul fan, but I think Jae-ho made a good move..

Huh? Yoon Ji-heon chooses ALL Time??

No, there are spots left in Time Killer, why?ㅠㅠ

↳ Ah because he prefers the ALL Time song..? Well, it is good..

↳↳ Fr personally, it’s the best contest song in Please Take Care of My Idol 2

What is Jae-seo going to do?

↳ I’m a firm ALL Time advocate, but knowing Jae-seo’s personality, he’ll probably just pick a remaining spotㅠㅠ

↳↳ Same he’ll probably pick Sub-Vocal 7 depending on the music

↳↳↳ I 100% agree lol

Holy Jun-jae pushes Jae-seo out here?

Wait, Rapper 2???

↳ No!!!

↳↳ Ah it’s Sub-Vocal 1, thank goodness…

Kim Jae-ho lol lol lol lol

Why is everyone teasing Jae-seo lol

Hyun-tae just picks a remaining spot tooㅠㅠ

↳ Whatever he picks, he does well anyway~

Since the top ranks aren’t trying to steal, it’s become a bit boring,,

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