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★☆★[ 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪]★✩★
"Well then, let’s move on to the next question." 𝖲𝖺𝗒 𝖺 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗏 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖾
[Q: Houhou-nim, what is the most unique or surprising thing you’ve ever heard in your life? Please tell us! <3]
"The most unique thing I’ve heard… hmm~~~ Ah! I know.
It’s probably about Hojin. " 𝖠𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗎𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 (𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄) 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰.
" Ohh? The Eclipse leader? The one and only Hojin? Now I’m curious—and I’m sure all the viewers are too!" 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗈.
𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗒, "It’s about his stage name."
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𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 - 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨
♥︎♡︎ 𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨 ♡︎♥︎
[Isn’t the name “Hojin” kind of lame?]
↳ Reply:
> [Yeah, it’s so common.]
>> [𝖻𝗋𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅]
>>> [𝖨f I’m not wrong, wasn’t there another idol from a disbanded group with the same name?]
…and more comments like that.
Hoyun stared at the screen.
There were too many.
Too loud.
Without hesitation, he reported several of them.
It was normal for idols to search their own names online… but still 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝗋𝗎𝖻𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌.
Maybe he should check on Hojin later.
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𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙟𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚
Hoyun cleared his throat, “Ehem. Hojin… you know you don’t have to care about those comments, right? Just ignore them. They’re just faceless people on the internet anyway.”
He skipped the whole 'You probably already saw the public opinion about your name' and went straight to comforting him.
Usually, people would be confused if someone suddenly said something like that out of nowhere.
Luckily, Hojin had mastered the art of 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗴'𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀.
If there were a diploma for that, he’d probably already be a professor.
But 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 —
“Oh, it’s okay, hyung. They’re not bothering me at all. Actually… it’s undeniable proof!”
Hoyun blinked.
𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾
𝖲𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽
“Dongsaeng, did you hit your head? What proof?!” 𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌.
Hojin’s eyes sparkled, “It proves that Seo Hojin can still grow.”
He stood up dramatically.
“Hyung, I’ll make myself 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻 that everyone remembers. I’ll become the one and only Hojin they think of when they hear that name.”
His voice grew louder.
“I’ll make my name common—yet completely unique.
I WILL BE THE ONE AND ONLY HOJIN. THE HOJIN."
Then he grinned. “So wait for it, hyung. Anyway, did you cook? I’m hungry.”
Just like that—
he shifted the mood.
That 𝗂𝗌 𝖧𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 talent.
Knowing his priorities.
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𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 - 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬
“And that’s how it happened,” Hoyun said, smiling softly.
“Now, whenever I hear someone mention ‘Hojin,’ I somehow just know they’re talking about my brother. The leader of Eclipse.”
He leaned back proudly 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒, “Hojin has truly become 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻."
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽
"Wow… I don’t even know what to say. Let’s see the viewers’ reactions!"
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♡︎♡︎ Viewer Comments ♡♡
[ Wahhh, Hojin has grown so much since then. Now when people say 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻, everyone knows it’s the Hojin from Eclipse! ]
↳𝖱𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒:
> [ 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁]
>> [𝗂 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖧𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗒𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇.]
>>> [𝗐𝗈𝖺𝗁𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍]
[ Such composure. If it were me, I’d be heartbroken seeing so many people dislike my name. He really deserves the title 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇. ]
↳𝖱𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒:
> [ 𝖥𝖱 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖻, 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾, 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝖺 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾. 𝖨 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌.]
>> [𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖯𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾, 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾. 𝖦𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺 𝗃𝗈𝖻]
[ 𝖨s this what they call dreaming big? Our Hojin really became the one and only Hojin for his fans. Be assured, my bias—you’re my one and only The Hojin. ]
↳𝖱𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒:
>[𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗄𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗂𝗍]
>>[𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗄𝗒, 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽!]
>>>[𝗈𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗌]
[ Two years ago my sister named her baby after her bias—Hojin. It’s becoming a common name 𝗇𝗈𝗐, but @𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘏𝘰𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘌𝘭𝘴 you’ll always be our one and only Hojin.
See more >>>>
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𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸
"Wow, everyone is so moved by Hojin’s success and hard work. I mean—The Hojin!" 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝖽𝗅𝗒.
𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽, "Yeah… it really came true, didn’t it?"
𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗇ow when people hear 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻, they remember him first.
I didn’t think I could be prouder than I already was…
but it seems I was wrong.
𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒
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𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙟𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙊𝙑
Before 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 (𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄, 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇) 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝗈𝗒𝗎𝗇. 𝖮𝗎𝗋 𝖧𝗈𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌,
𝖠𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖤𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁e others were asleep.
Hojin was scrolling through his phone.
⌨︎ Search bar: Seo Hojin ⌫
He read the comments.
[ Isn’t Hojin such a common name?]
[ There was another idol named Hojin before.]
[ It’s kind of bland.]
He blinked.
“…Hmm.”
Scroll.
“…Oh.”
Pause 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 “Ah. 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯.”
He leaned back on the couch, thinking seriously.
“But my name isn’t bad though.”
Another scroll.
“Yeah. It’s not ugly.” 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 nodded to himself, completely 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.
Then a new thought appeared.
“If this keeps going… manager-hyung will probably suggest changing it.”
He imagined it.
Stage name change.
𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾.
Confusion.
He frowned slightly.
“No. I don’t want to change it.” 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒.
Silence.
Then—
His eyes lit up.
“Ah.” A small smile appeared.
“I just have to make it so when people say 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻 they mean me.” He sat up straighter.
“Instead of changing my name… I’ll change what the name means.” He started typing something in his notes app.
𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Hojin of ELS = 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗷𝗶𝗻
He nodded firmly.
“I’m a genius.”
No hesitation.
No heartbreak.
No overthinking.
Just strategy.
“Okay. Then I just need to grow fast.”
He stood up.
“Tomorrow I’ll practice harder.”
And just like that—
Decision made.
*𝗒𝖺𝗐𝗇* "𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝗉𝗉."