I Am The World's Most Famous Idol
Chapters 179. Home [S2]

In an area of Jakarta, a man with a blue hoodie covered his face with glasses and a mask.

The man stood next to a radio shop, and listened to a song played by an antique radio from the store.

From the eyes behind the glasses, there is a deep sense of nostalgia.

The man standing near the radio shop, was none other than Riandi, who was recalling his past.

This is where his dream of becoming an Idol first came into being.

Riandi can see the shadow of his childhood next to the radio shop.

A boy in a dull, dirty outfit stands in front of a radio shop to listen to a song that will start his dream. That was her past self.

While Riandi was nostalgic, the entrance to the store opened, and an old man walked out, approaching Riandi.

The grandfather stared at Riandi for a while, as he could not see the entire face of Riandi, who was covered in hoodies, glasses and masks.

"Did you like the song that the antique radio was playing?." Ask the grandfather to Riandi, arriving suddenly.

Riandi did not expect that the grandfather would ask him, but Riandi still answered honestly."I like it."Nod Riandi, then move on." I can remember my past while listening to that song from the radio."

"Is that so?." The grandfather stroked his beard and walked into the radio store.

The grandfather went into the store, took the antique radio referred to by Riandi, and put it in a cardboard box after turning off the radio.

Riandi from outside the shop could only watch in bewilderment at the actions taken by the grandfather.

After wrapping the radio with cardboard and plastic, the shop owner's grandfather went back out and handed the antique radio to Riandi.

"Take it, it's for you." Said the Grandfather and handed him the plastic containing the radio.

"Make me?, but kek~."

"Take it, I give it to you as a gift."

Riandi received the radio with a astonished expression, and checked back on his mask or glasses, what was wrong, fearing that his identity had been seen by the grandfather in front of him.

But Riandi felt that nothing was wrong, even Riandi saw himself through the shop glass, with his appearance now covered, no one would be able to see his identity.

So Riandi dispels the thought that this grandfather in front of him, knows his identity as an Idol.

Then what was the reason that made the store owner's grandfather suddenly give this antique radio to him?, This is what now makes Riandi curious.

"Thank you cake, I'll take good care of it." After receiving the radio, Riandi thanked him first, before asking what reason made the grandfather, give him free radio."But cake, it doesn't matter that I receive this radio for free?, and how can grandfather give it to me for free?." Asked Riandi curiously.

Riandi estimates this radio store is not a store that often has customers, Riandi who receives radio for free feels bad.

"It's okay, just accept, there's no good reason to do good."Grandpa said with a smile.

After being silent, the grandfather said as he looked at his quiet shop with nostalgia."When you see you standing in front of the store while staring at the radio that plays music. Makes me remember a few years ago, there was a kid who used to stand in front of my shop every day, to listen to a song from the radio I gave you."

"The child seems to be an incapable child, because of his dirty and dull clothes ... I always pay attention every day, the child will stand in front of my shop to listen to music for 1 hour. I intend to give the radio to the boy, but baby, the boy has never appeared again ... I saw the child's image of you, as you stood in front of the store listening to the music from the radio, so I gave it to you, I hope you can take good care of it."

After finishing his words, the Grandfather walked slowly into his radio shop, and sat on a bench waiting for customers.

Riandi who listened, had been stunned for quite a long time, because he did not expect the reason the grandfather gave him the radio, apparently because he saw himself in the past.

"Thank you." Riandi bowed to the store owner's grandfather before leaving with a parcel containing a radio.

Riandi did not want to tell her identity that the child referred to by Grandpa, was her past self.

After walking far enough, Riandi took a photo of himself with a parcel containing a radio, then uploaded it on his personal social media.

'I really like this radio, Grandpa the seller is very good.'

Riandi uploaded the photo while giving the location of the radio store in his post.

This is a reply from Riandi on the kindness of the store owner's Grandpa towards him in the past and now, Riandi hopes with this post, can attract customers for the Grandpa.

After that, Riandi again walked to the next destination, the place where he grew up.

Although it had not been here for a long time, but with his instincts from the past, led Riandi to the right path.

"Why is it so quiet now?." Riandi said to himself while looking at the environment that was not quiet, different from ancient times.

While looking at the environment that had changed quite a lot, Riandi continued to walk in the direction he remembered.

Finally after a few minutes of walking, Riandi managed to find the location of the warehouse where he lived first.

Now the warehouse is already in very bad condition, and there are already many vines where it surrounds the warehouse.

The condition of the warehouse became like this, because there was no one to take care of him at all since Riandi left.

Riandi stood in front of a dilapidated door to enter the warehouse, with an extremely complicated and nostalgic gaze behind his glasses.

This was the place where he grew up, which Riandi had considered home, which was the place for him to go home.

Riandi opened the door of the broken warehouse and said quietly."I'm home."

As in the past, there was no answer at all, and no one welcomed his return.

What is different now, is only the condition of the warehouse that is very bad compared to the past.

Riandi walked a few steps while looking around dirty and dusty, when he saw there was a cardboard moss on the floor of the warehouse, Riandi immediately guessed that the moss cardboard was his mattress in the past.

Riandi can see the shadow of his childhood, who slept coldly on a thin cardboard as the base.

The various shadows of his past were appearing simultaneously, in this warehouse.

Like Riandi was a child who was sitting eating with rice side dishes with crackers alone, but at that time he was very greedy to eat, a very simple food.

Little Riandi who was crying thought about herself and her future.

And various other shadows, about his childhood memories that once occurred in this dilapidated warehouse.

Riandi who saw the various shadows of his childhood, when he wanted to tell himself in the past.

"Don't give up!, Don't be Afraid!. The future will lead you to a better life. Please hold on strong and pursue your dreams as best you can."

That's what Riandi wanted to say in his past.

Because only Riandi himself knows, in those days, the thing that is needed most by him is the encouragement of someone, but there is no one who gives encouragement to him in those days.

Riandi who remembered her own past while in this dilapidated warehouse, involuntarily shed tears behind her glasses.

This dilapidated warehouse was his home, and was filled with his sad childhood stories.

Riandi, who visited after a few years, was deeply saddened to remember his childhood life.

Only himself knew how many tears and hardships he had gone through in childhood.

So when recalling that moment, Riandi could not help his sadness.

"That's the past, now I've been very happy with a lot of people who care about me." Said Riandi while wiping her tears.

Now he already had many people who cared about him, so Riandi did not have to worry about being lonely like in the past.

"That's fine, Master now has a lot of people who care about you and there's also Mimi."

Mimi suddenly appears on Riandi's right shoulder, and acts cute to encourage Riandi.

Riandi smiled seeing the appearance of Mimi on his shoulder, and said."Aren't you sleeping?, normally you wouldn't show up without me calling."

"Mimi can't sleep when she sees you're sad." Mimi flew with her little wings to the front of Riandi."So now you have to smile and be happy again, so that Mimi can sleep without worrying anymore."

Riandi laughed after hearing Mimi's words."Haha, sorry to interrupt your sleep Mimi, I'm fine now, you can go back to sleep again." Riandi said with a smile to reassure Mimi that she was not sad anymore.

"Well that's good, Mimi's going back to sleep, bye."

After feeling that Riandi's expression was not made, Mimi happily disappeared back to sleep.

Riandi can only shake his head with a smile, looking at Mimi's sleep-loving behavior.