14 Leaving

"How long do you think It'll take them?"

Park-Hoon asked his wife Park Yuna as they were in the car getting ready to drive Junho to Seoul.

"I don't know they skipped class yesterday to go to a theme park"

"Oh? Then It'll be easier"

"Can you two not look at them it's kinda weird after all."

Park Jihyun told her parents as they laughed and nodded.

"It's not my fault, your mother was like that when I was young."

"You're the one who cried a lot refusing to let me get on the plane."

"Of course you were going to Paris leaving me alone."

Jihyun rolled her eyes as she had already heard this story a lot of times already.

Meanwhile.

"Hyun-ah"

Junho looked at Choo-hyun who was hugging him tightly, he felt that his chest had gotten wet but he didn't mind and patted her head instead, he then gave a wry smile to Chae-hyun who was laughing from afar who was with her mother too.

"Don't"

Junho felt that she had hugged him even tighter than before.

"Even though yesterday was one of the best days of my life, still, I don't know when I'll be able to do this again it may take years or a decade or maybe."

"No stop right there Hyun-ah, first off we're going to in the future just you wait."

Junho hugged her tight also, before he could say more he then noticed Jihyun come out from the car and threw him her keys

"Take my car dumbass, you guys are taking too long we're going first with the movers, don't worry I'll drive Choo-hyun back since I'm still going to finish my degree before I move to Seoul."

Choo-hyun hid in embarrassment as soon as she let go of Junho.

"We're going back now Unnie! Dad's also waiting"

Chae-hyun waved her sister goodbye along with her mother as she took a picture of them, Junho followed after Choo-hyun who went directly to Jihyun's car, they saw that his parents actually went ahead with the movers leaving him and Choo-hyun back

"Well."

"No, Let's not talk about this in future interviews."

"I will talk about it."

Junho teased Choo-hyun as he started the car, he then saw Choo-hyun was fiddling and took something out of her pocket, she then opened the small box in front of him, it was a ring

"You did say Idols should have distinct looks, features or even accessories and your favorite color was blue right?"

"Is this a promise ring?"

"Well sorta, I'm not saying you should wear this all the time since you know group concepts and things like that."

"All right"

Junho took it from her and wore it on his right ring finger and showed it to her.

"This is all I can give for now."

"I know, let's step it up in the future."

"It's better than a teddy bear someone bought instead of winning it yesterday since someone can't shoot a ball through the net to save his life."

"Hey I'm not that good at playing basketball plus those games are rigged."

"Right, so is throwing a ring to a bottle."

"That's even more rigged!"

-

They had finally arrived at Seoul, Junho knew the way since he had been there once when he Lee Woo-Jin picked him up and also showed him the way, they had taken longer due to reasons only the two of them would know.

"They're finally here."

Jihyun told her parents as they finally saw Junho and Choo-hyun arrive, they then stepped out of the car and looked at the huge house inside, it was more like a mansion at this point as it was neatly decorated and was filled with art and pictures of their family inside.

"We had to pay up since Junho was moving in sooner or later."

"You guys are not gonna stay here?"

"No, the restaurant in Seoul is not gonna be finished anytime soon and we're still in the process of training some of the new recruits so maybe by next year when Jihyun graduates is the time we'll all move in with you, so you'll have the house for yourself for a year except for the times me and your mother will visit."

"Oh right come with me Choo-hyun"

Park Yuna dragged Choo-hyun along with Jihyun leaving Junho with his father.

"All right let's go to the recording studio we made for you."

Park Hoon showed the studio, it was near Junho's room, since there were a lot of unused rooms and instead of making them as guests rooms they converted them into something practical such as converting two rooms into Junho's personal studio, Jihyun's study room, and converting two rooms for food storage as the whole family loved to cook.

The studio room had a midsize console, a brand new computer, a recording booth with the latest microphone, a guitar, drum set, keyboard, bass and even a violin, Junho couldn't believe it as he saw it he then looked at his father and hugged him immediately.

"You're old now and this is our gift to you, right ask Jihyun for her car, we're going to give her a brand new one next week, and we asked Woo-Jin to buy this so I don't know the full price I just gave him a cheque."

-

Junho was finally now alone in the house, it was spacious but it was empty, it felt lonely for some reason but he didn't mind, he remembered the smiles his family and Choo-hyun gave him before they left him alone.

He hugged them and kissed them including Choo-hyun of course as he told them goodbye, he didn't know how long he'd see them again since they would all be busy and he too should be busy since tomorrow was everything would change, he knew once Woo-Jin picked him up everything would be different once more.

"Ah screw it!"

Out of impulsiveness he used one draw ticket and to try his luck and at the same time clear his head.

[ Congratulations you have earned another draw ticket! ]

"That failed successfuly."

After that he went directly to the recording studio, he wanted to try his vocal range one more time, he tried singing 'Fine' once more but to his dismay he couldn't quite hit it for now, he knew it would only be a matter of time till he could, he then wondered how deep he could go

"Well here it goes."

Although he didn't have the music for the song in mind he kept humming it

'Cookin' like a chef I'm a 5 star Michelin'

Even Junho was surprised as soon as he sang the part he wanted.

"I guess I can go that deep, but let's keep that to myself and surprise everyone later, but still."

"Open!"

Appearance : 8.2 > 8.4

Charisma : 6.2 > 6.7

Stamina : 5 > 5.6

Singing : 6.7 > 7.7

Dancing : 5.8 > 6.3

Producing : 8.5

Language : 7.9 > 8.1

Luck : 9.9 -

Skills.

[ Marathoner : Stamina consumption when performing his halved, stamina is increased slightly ]

[ Enthrall : People listening to the Host sing within 30 metres cannot stop listening until the host decides to stop singing they will also be enthralled by him ( Can be toggled and upgraded) ]

Junho looked at it, he didn't bother looking at it after gaining a skill he nodded in agreement since he knew this weren't actually representative for what his actual abilities are but still it made him smile to see he was improving.

"Time to sleep I guess."