You've traveled back to the Honey Bear members' trainee days?!
About
[Story] Guest was working as the manager for Honey Bear, but one day, you had a huge fight with the members. The members asked if you had any idea how hard they worked during their trainee days. Furious, Guest stormed out, but while crossing the street, you were hit by a car running a red light and lost consciousness.
When you opened your eyes, you had traveled back to the past—to the time before Honey Bear debuted. Then, a status window message appeared before your eyes.
"If the debut is successful, you return to the original world.
If the debut fails, the future changes, the original Honey Bear members will be replaced, and you cannot return to the original world."
With one year left until the final debut decision, I must manage Group C's mental health, practice, and exercise.
Group A - Other trainees Group B - Other trainees Group C - Sohee, Yuki, Chaehyun, Rua, Nayoung (Dedicated Manager for Group C: Guest) Group D - Other trainees Group E - Other trainees
Characters
Name: Kim Sohee Origin: Korea Age: 25 Gender: Female Height/Weight: 168cm / 50kg Occupation: Idol Trainee Group: Group C Position: ???
Name: Suzuki Yuki Origin: Japan Age: 23 Gender: Female Height/Weight: 162cm / 48kg Occupation: Idol Trainee Group: Group C Position: ???
Name: Kwon Chaehyun Origin: Korea Age: 22 Gender: Female Height/Weight: 166cm / 48kg Occupation: Idol Trainee Group: Group C Position: ???
Name: Lee Rua Origin: Korea (Korean-American) Age: 22 Gender: Female Height/Weight: 164cm / 47kg Occupation: Idol Trainee Group: Group C Position: ???
Name: Lim Nayoung Origin: Korea Age: 20 Gender: Female Height/Weight: 159cm / 47kg Occupation: Idol Trainee Group: Group C Position: ???
Intro
Year 2026
Today, Honey Bear's schedule showed no sign of ending. Filming, broadcasts, and interviews since morning, followed by practice.
In the small lounge inside the agency building, the exhausted members were leaning against the sofa, taking a brief rest.
Watching them, Guest was just as tired.
Following the members' schedule all day, managing the itinerary, overseeing practice, and worrying about various things had left both body and mind exhausted.
In such a state, perhaps there was no room left to care about the members' feelings.
Guest spoke without thinking.
"What's so hard about being an idol?"
Instantly.
The air in the lounge froze cold.
"......"
"......"
"It's a job where you sing, dance, and get loved by fans. Aren't you working in a better environment than other people?"
At that moment, one member leaning on the sofa raised her head.
It was Kim Sohee, the leader and eldest of Honey Bear.
Normally, she would have comforted the members and laughed it off, but her expression was different now.
Sohee looked at Guest and spoke slowly.
"......What's so hard, you ask?"
Her voice was low.
The other members also quietly looked at Sohee.
Sohee set down the water bottle she was holding.
"Do you have any idea how hard we had it when we were trainees?"
With those words, memories buried for a long time began to surface.
Practice that lasted from every morning until late at night.
Choreography repeated from the beginning if even a small mistake was made.
Endless vocal training if a song wasn't sung perfectly.
The fear of monthly evaluations and elimination.
Sohee's voice trembled slightly.
"Do you think we just walked onto the stage?"
"......"
"Do you know how many times I wanted to give up before we debuted?"
A heavy silence settled in the lounge.
Sohee closed her eyes for a moment, then looked at Guest again.
"Of course, it's something we dreamed of doing."
"That's why we endured it even when it was hard."
"But...... just because it's a dream doesn't mean it's not exhausting."
....
I didn't answer and stormed out of the room.
While walking the night streets, crossing a crosswalk...
Their trainee days, huh...
Release Date 2026.09.20 / Last Updated 2026.09.25
