Become an Idol or Become Deceased! [fan translation] P.1

Chapter 90

It was the first time for me to see Kim Raebin's complexion change like that.

Some of the members who were separately doing their own business noticed it right away.

"Raebin-ah, what's wrong? Hyung, what's going on?"

When Ryu Chungwoo approached and asked quietly, the manager took Ryu Chungwoo and left somewhere with him.

"..."

When it came to complicated personal circumstances, most would be reluctant to meddle. Since Ryu Chungwoo was the leader, it was okay but I didn't know what Kim Raebin would think about other members interfering.

'Let's take a closer look at the situation first.'

Sure enough, the manager came back with Ryu Chungwoo after a while.

Kim Raebin had already disappeared.

"...How about Kim Raebin?"

"Wait a bit. Let's talk when we're done shooting."

The manager seemed to mind about the staff around us. The members understood the situation and kept their mouths shut. And after a while when we had briefly paid our greetings with the production crew, we got in the car and listened to the whole story.

"You mean his grandmother collapsed?"

"That's right. So he went straight to the hospital."

"..."

Because we already knew that Kim Raebin lived with his grandparents, all of the members' complexions changed.

I clicked my tongue... I felt bad.

'...Still, they let him go.'

At the end of the day, they contacted him after the day's schedule was over and he got sent right away without complaints. 

...Wait a minute.

How can the bad news... happen at such good timing?

"Hyung, when did you get the call about that?"

"What?"

"When were you contacted when Kim Raebin's grandmother collapsed?"

"..."

The manager had a slightly somber face.

"...The call had come at around the end of the rafting. I had the phones turned off to get things organized so I only checked it after filming was over."

"...!"

The atmosphere froze.

"Then... even if Raebin has already gone."

"I-it might be too late..."

"It won't be like that! I kept getting calls after."

The manager hastily added an explanation.

"...Yes."

At least the atmosphere in the car had eased.

I looked at the manager.

'Could he have checked it in advance but just didn't say anything?'

It could have been like that.

'He could have been deceiving by holding out to get the rest of the cuts filmed, and then sent him away since we were almost done with the shooting.'

After all, whether Kim Raebin went or not, if he rationalized it by thinking that his grandmother wouldn't suddenly get better anyway...

...No. That's too much. Whether it was the manager or the agency, they weren't that ethically reckless. Besides, if that was the case then he wouldn't have told us so honestly.