Rebirth: King to Superstar

Sighing to himself, Joon-won took a deep breath as he looked inside once again before closing the balcony door. He wanted some peace to reflect on what has been happening the past few days. It has been a rollercoaster ride for him. First, he gets a role to make his debut, then meets a woman who looks way too familiar to his wife, then meets his father and sister for the first time, and now his talk with Min-Seok. Too many things happened, and it seemed like he just went along with it. As he looked back, he could see the changes in himself, the way he talks, the way he thinks, so many things are different and feels like his emotions were going haywire. 

Looking at his feet, he said, "Hey, system. What is happening to me? I never had a parent and only after spending a few days in this body, I feel too many emotions that I shouldn't. So, what's happening? What happened just now in that room was too new but familiar at the same time for me." 

As he finished, he didn't get an immediate reply from the system and there was only silence. He continued to wait for a few minutes and slowly got a bit irritated at the system for completely ignoring him, so just as he was about to ask once again, the system responded.

[Sorry for the delay. I was not expecting the sudden question and was busy with some other things. Now, what was your question again? Something about the new emotions you are feeling, right?]

Joon-won felt his nerves pop out when he heard its lazy and nonchalant voice. The system has always been like this and went at its own pace. But before he could even respond to it, the system continued. 

[Oh! So, you want to know about the strange emotions you are feeling, ha. Well, it is pretty simple. You see, even though the previous owner of the body, the real Joong-won, died and his soul has already entered the cycle of reincarnation, the body still stores the memories and emotions it went through at that time. So as you go through all these memories, it naturally affects your emotions too. That's why you let out so many emotions and dialogues, even though it is the first time you are facing this situation. Get it?]

What he heard kind of shocked Joon-won a bit. After hearing what the system had just said, he felt everything made sense. The past few days were the very proof of that. Before he met Min-Seok and Yun-hee, he was very nervous. Even at the bus stop, before he picked them up, he was very nervous. But the moment he met them, everything vanished, and it seemed too natural to even be true. Everything in the past 2 days seemed very natural. His conversations with Min-Seok and Yun-hee just flowed naturally, without any nervousness. 

"So, that's what happened. That is why some of my actions and decisions are a bit immature. But how do I stop this? I do not want this to affect my judgment in my career. If I have this type of mentality, I can make some irrational choices like how the original Joon-won has made in the past. You got anyway?" 

[Well, it is easier said than done. Looking through memories of a person can affect you in multiple ways, and trying to separate yourself is very hard. The most you can do right now is to keep constant peace of mind. You need to stay focused and try not to look too deep into the memories you have. Try meditating or reading a book, something which would slow down your mind and help you mentally. It's going to be a slow process, but a helpful one. Got it?]

Joon-won nodded as he just a deep breath before looking out once again as the sun was slowly setting. He took out his phone and noticed Do Hwan sent him a message with several files attached to it. So he went back inside and sat on a chair before opening one of the files and going through it. 

After 2 hours, he kept his phone down and took a deep breath. He went through all the 5 or 6 scripts Do Hwan sent him and once again felt how useless people could be at writing stories. They were very generic stories. There was nothing new about the scripts and as soon as he read them, he knew the movies won't do any good in the theatres. 

'Damn, these movies are going to do so bad. I guess it makes sense that none of the directors of these scripts are well known or have any notable movies to their name. Will doing any of these films even help me? Ugh, what should I do now? I won't get any good auditions for movies if I don't have some experience to show in my portfolio. So should I now act in these bad films just to have something to show for? Too many things to think about. I'll decide after I finish the current situation and have some time.'

He sighed as he kept the phone aside. He didn't like the situation he was in even a tiny bit. Even though he could consider going back to the drama house until he had any better offers, it was not an ideal thing to do. He can't just go back and wait, he also needs to throw himself out there now that there are some audition opportunities for him before he had none. 

Checking the time, he noticed it was almost time for dinner as he got up and went towards the kitchen to cook some food. Joon-won wanted to cook something lite as they had a late yet heavy lunch in the restaurant. As he cooked food, he heard his dad wake up from the couch and slowly made his way into the kitchen before he started to help him.

Joon-won didn't talk as he allowed the man to help him. It didn't take long for Yun-Hee to wake up from the smell in the house. She yawned as peeped into the kitchen before jumping on the couch and opening her phone. 

After a few minutes, the food came out as all three people had a light and hearty meal before Yun-Hee wanted to have a movie night. As it was a suggestion from her, Min-Seok agreed and they immediately watched a family film from one of the rising stars of the movie industry. 

The next day rolled around, and it passed quickly too as the group was busy finalizing everything Yun-hee needs. They went out on another small shopping spree to buy everything they still need before packing them into bags. At night, all three of them sat in the living room with Joon-won on the ground as he listened to Min-Seok talk with Yun-Hee and tell her about all kinds of things regarding the outside world.

They ended the night early and everyone went to sleep once again. Yun-hee was on the couch and Joon-won was sleeping on the mattress as he heard rustling for a very long time, making him unable to sleep properly. He turned around to see Yun-hee just moving around on the couch, not sleeping. 

He sighed as he could feel her excitement and anxiety from her body language. Tomorrow she was going to start living in an unknown place, sleep with unknown people in the same room. These things might even cause her to have second doubts about living in the dorms. 

"What happened Yun-hee? Having second doubts about going to University?" as he laid on the side, facing the couch with his head on his hand, supported by his elbow. Yun-hee slowly turned around as she peeked her head out from the blanket before slowly nodding and muttered.

"Did you also feel like this?"

Joon-won nodded, and he slowly replied, "Of course I did. That is why I am living here. But I know you aren't like me. You are more powerful than me, and I know you can do it. So don't worry, you will be fine. Even if you have a problem, I always have the couch in the house for you to crash. Just call me and I will pick you up from there."

Yun-hee nodded as she closed her eyes and slept peacefully.

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