Chapter 214: Study with Me
“Do Seohan, how did you even do well?”
A single sentence broke the silence.
At Jin Sehyun’s quiet exclamation, Seo Ian belatedly jabbed him in the side.
With a voice that sounded like it could crawl into a hole, he mumbled quietly.
“Isn’t that a bit harsh, asking why he did well…?”
But even the mouth of the hyung who said that wouldn’t close.
Seo Haim rubbed his eyes with his sleeves in disbelief.
“What the heck. Did Do Seohan study behind our backs or something…?”
“Hey, didn’t you say you just looked at the questions and came back?”
“I looked at them and solved them well.”
“I can’t believe this… The world can’t be like this….”
Seo Haim clutched his head and shook it wildly.
Since he’d already achieved a certain level of success as an idol, it wasn’t like he had any competitive spirit left for grades, so this was simply pure shock.
We had clearly spent the entire day practicing together in the practice room, so I could be sure there hadn’t been any time to study in between.
So this was like—
Like when a kid who never studied suddenly brings home a first-place rank, and the parent’s first instinct is suspicion.
Even if it was an easy test, scoring all in the 90s for Korean, English, and Math?
If I had known this would happen, I would’ve taken it a bit more moderately.
Why… Why was I so serious about it?
Objectively speaking, it was an extremely weird situation.
Did I study? No.
Did I attend school? Also no.
Tests are something you’re supposed to get right after learning something…
I was about to spout some excuse about secretly studying late at night without the hyungs knowing, or come up with something more plausible—
Just then.
Only one person.
Only Ha Junseo let out a pure exclamation of awe.
“As expected of our Seohan, a genius!”
“That’s actually true.”
Let’s just go with that.
[Apparently Seohan passed the GED]
Whoa, the results are out
Since when had he been preparing? I had no idea
Congrats to our baby Hamjji for passing!
–GED pass? Our baby Youngest, you worked so hard!!!
└Do Hamjji, good job!!
└Congrats on passing, Seohan~
–Oh… If he already stopped going to school since the Stardust days, that means he basically didn’t attend high school at all, but still passed the GED? He must’ve studied in the middle of all that busy schedule
└2222 He quit when he was 17 to prepare for debut, right?
└It’s hitting me again how young he was when he debuted
└Fr agreed, he still feels so young
└Still got 10 years till military enlistment, lololol
└That’s insane but true
└Youth is the best….
–Quitting school at a young age and debuting must’ve been tough, thank you for becoming an idol, our genius Hamjji!
└If Do Hamjji hadn’t become an idol, that would’ve been a national loss… or something like that
└Maybe not a national loss, but it definitely would've been a huge loss in my life
└2222 So thankful he became an idol
[Did you know? April Do Seohan lived the most godly life]
If the results are out now, then the test was in April
In April….
Concerts, comeback, schedules, self-content shoots—he had all that going on
Is this for real? Is this even possible?
He lived such a godly life that I can only admire him
Unnie will learn from you ㅠㅠ
–Damn, when you think of it like that, he really did live a godly life
└He’s living life split down to nanoseconds
└No like fr, how did he do it, weren’t they all staying up all night for concert prep?
└Is he living in a different 24 hours than me?
–Reminds me of that time in Siwoo’s livestream when he said Do Seohan really lives diligently… I guess he really studied whenever he found time in the dorms
└Ah… this is so attractive…
└Young, rich, tall, handsome, and now even diligent—what more do you want in a man…
“Hey, Do Seohan passed the GED.”
At the moment when the news of Do Seohan’s GED success broke on the fan community,
Dusty’s Jiyeon was on the phone with a friend.
Friends who had all watched Stardust Project together.
If you asked high schoolers to name the top boy groups in terms of popularity, Stardust would definitely make the list.
Commonly referred to as “school lunch picks.”
Stardust was quite popular among the younger crowd.
From the other end of the phone came the excited voice of her friend.
–No way. Seriously?
Same age as Do Seohan.
Both in their final year of high school, the two were currently stressed out preparing for the June mock exams.
The only joy in their exhausting exam life was, of course… stanning idols.
In fact, their voices were always the brightest when talking about Stardust.
“Hey, but it’s kind of unexpected.”
–What is?
“That Do Seohan took the GED. With a life like his, it felt unnecessary.”
–True….
After debuting with Stardust, he could’ve chosen to continue studying, but according to what fans knew, Seohan had given up on attending high school.
It wasn’t like it was a waste to not have a diploma at this point….
We all just thought he wasn’t interested in that path, but it turns out he took the GED in the middle of all this chaos.
There were even rumors that he scored really well.
Whatever it was, every little thing our baby does just looks admirable to us fans.
Of course, there are always people who love to hate for no reason.
ラブ @lfsdkfj233
Ffs those fans have been dramatic since forever lololol
You’d think he got a perfect CSAT score or something
└Fr tho what’s so hard about passing the GED lololol
└Leave it, guess they thought Do Seohan was so dumb he’d fail
ジョニング @hiwnk2a77
That genius-writing was god-tier….
└Who’s the subject?
└That person from Universe Dust
└Ah lololololol even though it’s obvious he’s dumb, the fans are desperately defending him
└Gasp, if Seohan is dumb, how do you survive with that brain of yours? ㅠㅠ
└We apologize, customer! Your brain is once again out of service today (prayer hands emoji)
└Shut up
└lololololololololol
It wasn’t like she hadn’t seen reactions like that, but she didn’t feel like mentioning them.
Just from the usernames, she recognized them as regular trolls.
They were the type to spew hate no matter what, so their opinion didn’t matter.
“Do Seohan, just live seeing only good things….”
–Huh?
Dusty Jiyeon muttered without realizing it, then shook her head hard.
“Sorry, zoned out.”
That’s how it is being a third-year in high school—you live half out of your mind.
But even amidst that, something managed to jolt her back to her senses.
It was Do Seohan’s dance cover challenge that was uploaded just last night.
“Oh right. Did you see the Rhythm Walk challenge that got uploaded yesterday?”
–Hey. Damn. He totally killed it….
The Rhythm Walk challenge, currently trending among idols.
A dance challenge with intense pop music and slick choreography—it was already captivating, and Do Seohan completely owned it.
We knew he danced well, but we didn’t expect it to feel that good.
At the end, when he smirked and turned his head, it almost gave her heart a problem.
“After watching that, I became certain… Do Seohan is definitely an oppa.”
–What?
He’d been feeling more and more mature lately.
She’d already started wanting to call him oppa these days anyway.
Dusty Jiyeon clenched her fist tightly and spoke.
“Hey. But seriously, I think I’m qualified to call Do Seohan oppa now, right?”
December 14th birthday.
He was born a full ten days before her…!
–Shut the hell up.
A sharp response came from the other end of the line.
So unfair.
Dusty Jiyeon shook her head and added.
“Seohan is oppa.”
–Yeah, okay~.
Just as she was about to hang up from the sadness of being completely ignored, her phone buzzed.
“Huh?”
A livestream alert.
As soon as she read the pop-up message at the top of her screen, Jiyeon’s eyes went wide.
[Study with me featuring Mam-Seohan]
At the same time, a panicked voice burst out.
“Hul. I’m going to study now.”
Dusty Jiyeon ended the call and immediately opened her iPad to join the livestream.
The viewer count skyrocketed in an instant.
Though not many looked like they were actually studying….
[Study with me featuring Mam-Seohan]
Today’s livestream theme was Study With Me.
Up until now, there had only been fan-made Zoom study videos, so she never expected Doubles to officially release one like this.
Seohan adjusted the camera angle with the hood of a gray hoodie pulled over his head.
It didn’t look like he had any makeup on, which only made his natural look even more flutter-inducing.
–Do Seohan is ridiculously handsome ㅠㅠ Ah ㅠㅠ I’m losing it….
–Ranked #1 by Forbes as the kind of video that makes you smile just by watching
–Seohan oppa, I’m a grad student, please do a thesis study session with me hehe
As Seohan read the rapidly flooding comments, he let out a soft chuckle.
“Yes, this is Do Seohan. Today… I decided to turn on a study livestream.”
In fact, a lot of fans had been asking him to do one.
Doubles had noticed that demand and prepared this content accordingly.
With a light smile, Seohan added a brief explanation.
“Originally, there was a suggestion that we pre-record each member and upload it on YouTube. But some people really wanted the live vibe, so we prepared it this way.”
Following this, they apparently planned to release livestream content from Kang Siwoo, Ha Junseo, and others throughout the week.
“Wow.”
Dusty Jiyeon let out a low exclamation.
Why is Doubles so good at their job?
Especially Study With Me featuring Do Seohan….
It gave her the feeling she’d end up replaying this hundreds of times throughout her senior year.
“But is he really going to study?”
He had at least laid out a math workbook for appearances.
Jiyeon opened the first page and listened closely to what Do Seohan said.
It wasn’t like he came completely unprepared—he rummaged through his bag for a moment.
–But what kind of studying is Seohan going to do?
–He passed the GED, so is he seriously studying for the CSAT now????
On screen, Seohan took out the same workbook. CSAT Special Lecture.
Of course, it was a brand new book.
Gripping a pen, Seohan flipped through a few clean pages of the workbook.
“It might be kind of boring since it’s a real study livestream. But I’ll give it a shot.”
–It’s fine, Seohan, just looking at your face is entertainment
–Honestly, I’m already having fun….
–A rare Study With Me brought to you by the Youngest Hamjji
–I can already picture Seohan going to drink water in 10 minutes, going to sleep in 30 minutes, and pulling his hair out in pain in 1 hour lol that’s basically me
Easier said than done.
Even in the comments where people were supportive, hardly anyone actually believed Do Seohan would just study the whole time.
Wouldn’t he end up shifting into casual chatting while fidgeting around?
Dusty Jiyeon was certain the workbook she had opened would end up being pointless.
There was no way she could actually focus on studying while staring at Do Seohan’s face.
“I’m just going to take it easy too!”
But then.
Three hours after the livestream started….
Exam-taker Lee Jiyeon had completely had enough.
.
.
.
“What’s up with his focus?”
Resting his chin in one hand, he mulled over the answers deeply.
In the still silence, only the sound of pen strokes scratching answers onto the page echoed out softly.
A comment popped up.
–…He’s seriously just studying
–Why is this happening
For three straight hours, Do Seohan hadn’t budged from that spot.