Chapter 9 – Episode 9. Nayoung Hannah
“Wow…!”
When she entered the karaoke room, Nayoung couldn’t help but admire her, not much different from when she went to her PC room.
She was busy looking around at the cozy space surrounded by a sofa, a mirror ball hanging from the ceiling, and a large TV hanging on the wall.
I wonder if my reaction was like this when I first heard of karaoke.
I was curious about Nayoung’s fun and cute reaction.
However, it’s just regrettable that I can’t see myself in the past just because I want to see it.
“Do you want to call first?”
“Uh, huh…?”
When she handed over the remote control and asked, her eyes trembled non-stop.
It’s my first time at karaoke, so it might be a little awkward to sing first.
“Shall I call first?”
“Huh…!”
So I decided to try singing first.
My heart was pounding strangely because it was my first karaoke after crossing time and returning to the past.
“Ah… Wasn’t it at this time?”
Maybe it’s because I don’t know in detail when the song came out, but I searched for the song I used to listen to and sang along, but there was no search result.
I really liked this song. I put my disappointment behind and searched for other songs.
The result is the same. It also says that there are no search results.
I had no choice but to enter a popular chart and pick a song that caught my eye.
“…!”
In an instant, the lights went off, and when the mirror ball returned to illuminate the narrow room with various lights, Nayoung’s body trembled slightly as if she was surprised.
Soon, she seemed to have gotten used to it and saw me start singing and clapped her hands with a bright smile.
“Wow! Jihoon sings so well!”
“…”
After the song was over, I looked down with a disapproving expression on my face, but Nayoung, who didn’t even know my heart, lifted me up with a round of applause.
Write.
To be honest, I can’t sing very well.
I think it’s normal, but maybe it’s because I’m younger. I don’t like the voice at all.
Even if the treble part goes up well, the squeaking sound should be said to be disgusting even for my own voice.
“What would you like to call?”
“…”
Nayoung, who had been laughing until just now, stiffened her body.
Her shaking eyes gently averted my eyes.
It seems like he hesitates because he doesn’t have the courage to sing due to embarrassment, but it’s a different reaction from that.
No way.
“Nayoung, do you have any songs you know?”
She was asking just in case, but she dropped her head as if she heard it as an interrogation.
“It’s okay. Maybe you don’t know.”
I couldn’t hold back my tears thinking that I lived a closed life surrounded by walls to the point where I didn’t know a single song.
She smiled at her and gently took her into her arms.
“Then let’s choose slowly with me, huh?”
“Huh…”
He nodded her head with her flushed face.
She still climbed the top charts with the remote holding us close together.
“You know what?”
Even now, I thought I might know of a famous song that came out a long time ago, but is still on the popular charts and doesn’t even think of dropping off the popular charts in the future, but Nayoung looked at me and shook her head.
“Then what about this?”
“Mo, I don’t know…”
In addition, she asks if she knows songs that she must have heard at least once, but the answer that comes back is the same.
“Do you remember the song I just sang?”
Originally implicitly, there is a rule not to sing a song that someone sang again.
So I induced them to sing a different song if possible, but I can’t help it if this is the case.
“Did Jihoon call you?”
“Right. That one.”
“I remember.”
They say there is no song I know, but I can’t just sing like this. So I asked them to sing the song I just sang.
She placed her microphone in Nayoung’s visibly thinner hand and played her song.
As the lights went off and the accompaniment started playing, Nayoung kept glancing at me as if she was nervous.
Is it because I was afraid that I would be disappointed if I couldn’t call?
“It’s okay if you can’t sing. You can sing well or you can’t sing. Just have fun singing.”
When I said this, she nodded her head as her face gradually brightened as if all her worries had disappeared.
They even sang along to the accompaniment.
As expected, Nayoung sang incredibly well.
It’s because the kid didn’t study, to be precise, but he must have been incredibly smart in reality.
Even with the lyrics and sheet music, it was difficult for her to sing along perfectly unless she listened to it over and over again.
However, Nayoung’s rhythm and tone matched exactly with her.
I sing almost perfectly, like a song I usually listen to and sing, and even my voice is so beautiful that I feel like my dirty ears are being cleansed by the sound of my singing.
“…”
Nayoung, who had revealed herself as much as she could as the song was ending, gasped at her and she looked at me, not sure if she sang well or not, so she looked at my reaction and tried to judge.
“Nayoung. She can be a singer.”
“A singer…? I…? Did I sing well…?”
“You sang amazingly well. One of the best songs I’ve ever heard.”
“Really…?!Hee hee…!”
Nayoung shuddered at her joy as she poured out all the compliments she could.
“Let’s try another song.”
“I… Don’t you know?”
“It’s okay. I’ll call first and Nayoung will call.”
“Aha…!”
It gave me goosebumps to have to hear my terrible voice again, but thinking that Nayoung would sing the same afterward, she seemed to be able to endure it.
So, with Nayoung’s singing skills, if there was a song I wanted to hear, I sang it first and listened to it.
It doesn’t seem bad to play future songs stored on future smartphones later.
No, should I rather sing in Nayoung’s name? Anyway, at this time, those masterpieces are not even in the composer’s head.
I’m sorry, but it seemed worth considering.
She sang without wanting to the point that her throat was hoarse, and when she came out, it was already dark outside.
“Nayoung, do you want to go out for dinner?”
“Evening…? Okay!”
Nayoung, who had been replying brightly, thrust her hands into her pockets with a suddenly dark expression.
“No…”
I paid for the internet room and karaoke, but I belatedly shook my head as if I didn’t want to pay for it until the evening.
“I’ll buy it for you.”
“Aren’t you spending too much…? I’ve already spent over 10,000 won.”
At this age, 10,000 won is a lot of money.
However, to me who was mature in spirit, ten thousand won seemed like a small amount of money.
Even with how much money I have earned from FX, how much money I will earn in the future, I don’t feel like it’s a waste with just 10,000 won.
“It’s okay. It’s okay, so call your parents. They’re going to eat.”
“Oooh… Okay…”
In the end, Nayoung nodded her head as if she had decided to get her rice as well.
“I can’t contact you…”
“Why?”
“If you don’t… It’s okay…”
I know why.
Even when she was young, she treated Na-yeong as someone who had no name, but when she saw Na-young, who later became successful, she belatedly exposed it to the media to steal her back, filed a lawsuit against her, and made a fuss over her, so she couldn’t not know.
Judging by her reaction, it seemed that she did not want to tell me about her family situation.
If you ask her in an interrogative way, she will eventually tell you, but then she risks losing even a little of the likability she has built up.
I approached her again as she made her dark expression and took her hand.
It was cute how she was embarrassed and embarrassed when she suddenly grabbed her hand.
“Do you have anything to eat?”
“Ah, anything… Anything…”
“You know which one is the hardest? Just tell me one thing to be sure.”
“Oooh.”
There are a lot of things I want to eat, but I was cautious because I was in a situation where I got to eat.
Even if you wait and wait, you hesitate. When I couldn’t come up with something I wanted to eat, I just had to decide.
“Shall we go eat meat?”
“Rain, expensive…!”
“It’s okay. I eat because I want to eat. Since I said I was playing with Nayoung, my mom gave me a lot of pocket money so I can eat enough.”
It’s a lie.
It was a mother who complained of frustration because her son, who was locked in her room and sat only in front of her computer, did not think of coming out even if he was asked to play outside.
But she suddenly left the house today and doesn’t think of coming back even at night, so there were countless texts and phone calls until just now.
At that time, I was still at karaoke, so I ignored it because I hadn’t heard it.
I said I was going to have dinner, even though it was late, but it would be okay.
“Then let’s go eat.”
Anyway, so the money I spent today and the money I will spend are all my money.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Our house, which I’ve been sick of, was really spacious and even had a yard, so you would know that I was rich.
She said that he gave her a lot of money to have fun with her, but there was no reason to deny it anymore.
Rather, she let out an idiotic laugh as if her mother was feeling good when she mistook her for recognizing her.
Arrived at a nearby meat restaurant.
“What about your parents?”
“It’s just the two of us.”
After sitting down and receiving the menu, the owner of the store had doubts when no adult came.
“It’s just the two of you?”
She made a troubled expression at the answer that came back.
It seemed like the first time having two children as guests.
I also didn’t see children visiting a barbecue restaurant, so it must be natural.
“Do you have money to pay?”
“Yes. I have 50,000 won.”
“Okay… What would you like to eat? The lady will bake it for you.”
But what does age matter if you have money? He showed a nice smile and brought the meat we ordered and grilled it deliciously.
“Jihoon, do I have a wish ticket?”
“Wish ticket? Ah… Yes.”
In addition to the right to wish for pretty or not pretty, there was one more time.
“Would you like to write now?”
“No. I’ll write it later. There’s only one.”
Even Nayoung must have already realized the outcome of winning or losing.
“No. I’ll give you another one.”
“Why…?”
“I just want to give it to you.”
It would be embarrassing to give her the right to wish, but she wouldn’t use it. So I gave you another one.
“Can’t cancel!”
“Of course. Instead, I will continue to exercise steadily so as not to quit.”
“Yes! Of course!”
She’s pretty enough now, but I wanted a slim Na-young more than a chubby Na-young.
Just seeing Nayoung happily eating the meat she ate after a long time makes me feel full.
I want to feed my stomach until it explodes, but I can’t regain the weight I lost, so I ate only in moderation.
Then, after taking her to her house, I was able to return to her house.
