Prince from another dimension becomes an Idol chapter 65

In front of a practice room.

Louis stepped out of the car and confidently opened the door to the practice room.

“Hello!”

When he greeted them loudly, the dance team that was already there welcomed Louis warmly.

It was Louis’s first time meeting the dance team, but he effortlessly displayed his natural sociability.

“Please take good care of me until the stage! I’ll work hard!”

The dance team members laughed happily at Louis’s words.

The female dancers gathered there smiled brightly at Louis and said:

“Aren’t you just twenty years old now? You still look like a baby! So cute.”

“Right. I could believe you were still in high school!”

“Your skin looks great in person too, not just on screen!”

Louis’s smile grew even wider at the dancers’ compliments.

His dimples, which were just faintly visible before, now showed fully.

“Oh my, he has dimples too!”

The dancers laughed and giggled.

Even though the dance team leader told them not to be silly, Louis said it was okay and seemed to enjoy the compliments.

“Have the others not arrived yet?”

At Louis’s question, the dance team members nodded.

Louis had arrived earlier than the scheduled practice time.

The special stage Louis was preparing for involved the youngest members of popular boy idol groups from the past year remaking the stage of a senior singer.

The main stars were the youngest members of MOST, The Origin, Upside, and Infinite Boys.

The youngest of Upside was the youngest at nineteen, but MOST had debuted the latest.

“Is MOST’s Kang Dojae really that handsome in person?”

One of the female dancers who had been complimenting Louis suddenly asked.

Even though the dance team frequently collaborated with famous singers, there were still some they wanted to meet.

The dancer next to her blushed and apologized to Louis.

“This unnie is really silly! Sorry about that. She just recently watched Campfire…”

The dancer thought it was impolite to show interest in another member of the team.

Celebrities are inherently attention-seekers, so if someone showed interest in another member, they would usually feel jealous and upset.

There had been instances where singers got upset when asked about another member’s recent activities.

However, instead of feeling upset, Louis’s eyes sparkled at the mention of Dojae.

Louis was a huge fan of Dojae, even more than an attention-seeker.

“It’s okay! Dojae hyung is really handsome, right? He looks even better up close! Totally!”

“Oh my, really?!”

“Yes! He’s originally handsome, but he’s getting even more handsome. His handsomeness really shines through the screen.”

Louis looked proud as if he were talking about himself, which made the dancers even more eager to meet Dojae.

As they were chatting, the main stars of the stage started arriving one by one.

First to arrive were Youngjin of Infinite Boys and Eunsang of Upside.

The two groups had debuted around the same time and seemed close, and Louis had met Youngjin once in a music show’s waiting room.

The three quickly became comfortable with each other.

They warmed up while waiting for The Origin’s youngest member, Chaehyun.

“He’s a bit late.”

It was ten minutes past the scheduled time.

Youngjin glanced at his watch and commented.

Youngjin was the most experienced and the oldest among them.

“It must be Korean time, hyung.”

Louis, who had already started calling Youngjin ‘hyung,’ responded, making Youngjin chuckle lightly.

“Maybe. The roads around here are really crowded.”

Fortunately, everyone seemed to have a good personality.

Louis glanced towards the door while warming up with the dance team.

*

Chaehyun arrived at 3:26 PM.

It was hard to coordinate schedules, so they only had two chances to practice together for the special stage.

Today, they only had three hours, but Chaehyun was nearly thirty minutes late.

“Hello!”

But Chaehyun showed no sign of guilt as he greeted them confidently.

The three were taken aback by Chaehyun’s bold entrance.

“Ah… hello.”

“Oh, Louis’s here too. Long time no see, hi?”

“Uh… hi.”

Louis and Eunsang awkwardly glanced at Youngjin.

Youngjin seemed like he wanted to say something but kept his mouth shut.

It was clear he didn’t want to cause unnecessary conflict on their first meeting.

Instead, the dance team leader called out.

“You’re late. Let’s get ready quickly!”

Chaehyun nodded slightly and handed his padded jacket to his manager.

Then he started slowly stretching his wrists and ankles.

The previously friendly atmosphere started to feel tense.

*

But they were all professionals.

When practice started in earnest, the four quickly synchronized their moves based on the choreography they had learned from videos.

Since all the members had some skill, there were no major issues.

“But the angles aren’t quite right. Let’s rest for ten minutes and then align our angles again.”

Since they were from different teams and had practiced separately, it was understandable.

A few more practice sessions should fix it.

At the dance team leader’s words, the practicing members scattered.

The practice was quite intense as they had to match many things in a short time.

Wiping off the sweat pouring down like rain, Louis sat on a chair to catch his breath.

“You’re working hard.”

Chaehyun came over and sat next to Louis.

Louis glanced at Chaehyun and gave an awkward smile.

Louis had entered New as a trainee around the same time as Chaehyun.

Back then, with his natural sociability, Louis had gotten along well with Chaehyun and other trainees of similar age, but sometimes Chaehyun made him uncomfortable.

‘I’m pretty straightforward, but… he’s a bit too much sometimes.’

It seemed like Chaehyun didn’t care about others’ opinions in a different way than Louis.

It hadn’t mattered much when they were trainees, but now that Chaehyun was a member of The Origin, it felt a bit more uncomfortable.

‘He’s probably here as the dance member… replacing Dojae hyung, I guess.’

Though it was a bit surprising, back when he was in New Entertainment, Dojae was a trainee whose main skill was dance rather than singing.

But then, he became good at singing too, which is why he was chosen as a member of the debut team…

‘No. Even if the others in The Origin don’t know, Chaehyun didn’t bully Dojae hyung. Don’t be uncomfortable, Kim Louis!’

Louis made up his mind to continue the conversation with Chaehyun.

Chaehyun spoke first again.

“Is your team on a break these days?”

“Yeah, we’re preparing an album. What about your team…?”

“I was in Japan for a New concert and came back to Korea yesterday.”

“Wow. Japan.”

Louis, who had never performed overseas, expressed his admiration without hiding it.

New used to gather all their entertainers at the beginning of each year and hold a big concert.

“Did you perform at the Tokyo Dome?”

Chaehyun chuckled as if to say, “What are you asking?”

Performing at the Tokyo Dome in their first year of debut. It was impressive.

It must have been an incredible experience.

“Yeah. Why did you leave? If you had stayed at New, you could have debuted in our team instead of me… Ah, maybe that’s a bit much. Anyway, you would have debuted in the next team.”

“…Not really.”

“Kingdom is still… Isn’t it like a small shop?”

“Hey, Chaehyun.”

“What? It’s not wrong, right? I’m saying this because I feel bad. Even if you’re doing okay now… In the long run, you might fail? It seems you’re not breaking into variety shows either. We’ll be on TV soon.”

This wasn’t a conversation; it was provocation.

Louis furrowed his brows and snapped back.

“You should watch your mouth.”

“Still using your bad English, huh. If you were in our team, Zeus hyung could have taught you English. Your team doesn’t have any foreign members and the lineup is just…”

However, Chaehyun looked refreshingly bright as he mocked MOST.

Chaehyun wasn’t being honest; he was being rude.

Louis felt his forehead heat up and sighed to cool down.

“I like my team. I like the company too. I’ve never regretted leaving New Entertainment.”

He was sincere.

The moment he saw Dojae boldly confronting the bullies at the debut team result announcement, Louis felt a strong destiny to leave and follow Dojae.

It was reckless, but he wasn’t scared.

Louis followed Dojae without hesitation.

He only felt a bit anxious, not regretful, until he got the call to audition for Kingdom, worried that Dojae might be annoyed by his persistence and silently move to another company.

But he never thought his choice was wrong.

“So, please don’t make unnecessary comments about my company or team in front of me.”

For Louis, this was a firm tone.

Chaehyun pouted.

When Louis was in New, he seemed light-hearted without much thought, but now he seemed quite serious.

It was also evident how much he cared about his team.

“Boring.”

After provoking Louis thoroughly, Chaehyun lost interest and turned away.

Then he took out his phone and started doing his own thing.

Just then, Youngjin called Louis over, so Louis got up and walked lightly towards Youngjin.

*

At the end of practice, Jung Giljoo came to pick up Louis again.

“Did practice go well?”

“Yeah.”

Louis lightly responded as he got into the passenger seat.

He had his usual smiling face, but his expression was subtly dark.

It was because Chaehyun’s annoying remarks during practice had left him feeling exhausted.

“Was practice really tough?”

“Yeah. But no matter how hard it is, compared to the practice I used to do, it’s like easy mode.”

Jung Giljoo nodded in agreement and started the car.

“But I’m kind of… hungry. I need to go eat dinner with the hyungs soon.”

Muttering to himself, Louis started humming again.

Thinking about dinner made him excited, and he was also looking forward to seeing the members.

No matter how well he got along with new people, it was natural to feel more comfortable with the members he had known for a long time.

Louis opened the group chat with his members on his phone and thought.

‘I want to see Dojae hyung.’

Although he had seen Dojae just a few hours ago, he felt that seeing Dojae would help ease his mood, which had been spoiled by Chaehyun.

Dojae had a way of making any problem seem insignificant.

He was always calm, never swayed by any negative words or events.

Because of that, the members, including Louis, quietly relied on Dojae.

Being next to Dojae’s strength made everyone feel at ease.

[Just finished practice and heading back to the dorm]

[Super hungryㅠㅠ]

As soon as he sent the message, he got a reply from Heungmin.

[We’re still outㅋㅋ Come quickly so we can eat togetherㅋ]

Seeing the message, Louis quickly told Jung Giljoo.

“Hyung. Please drive faster! I’m hungry!”

“Okay! Just fasten your seatbelt tight.”

*

However, there was nothing Jung Giljoo could do about the traffic on the way home.

A distance that usually took twenty minutes took almost an hour to reach.

Louis hurriedly ran up the dorm stairs.

“I’m home…!”

He opened the door wide and was startled.

The dorm was pitch dark.

“Nobody?”

Surprised, Louis looked for the members, but the dorm was really empty.

[We’re eating out. Order delivery or something. There’s some budaejjigae left in the fridge.]

As he turned on his phone, only a message from Kijoon was there.

“What the heck. That’s mean…”

He felt a sudden urge to cry, maybe because he was so hungry.

When he turned on the light, the empty living room came into view.

Louis trudged towards the fridge.

At least there was his favorite budaejjigae left, which was a relief.

Feeling a bit drained, Louis sighed and walked to the fridge.

“Aaaaah!”

Louis screamed as he opened the fridge door.

The moment he opened it, something with an unpleasant texture fell from the ceiling onto his head.