Chapter 172 – Episode 172 – She X She X She (21)
‘Hmm, okay, here. Like this……’
Click-
“Ah.”
Inside a stylish studio.
Ye-hwa, who had been humming along with her headphones on, stopped moving and frowned.
Again, it’s happening again.
How many times is this today? The keyboard she was playing failed to recognize the input and only made a ‘beep’ sound.
“Aish, what’s wrong with it, really.”
This darn master keyboard!
She bought it because it had many good reviews, but its condition has been terrible lately. It was a bit glitchy, but now it’s almost completely broken.
“……Ugh. Should I use the tablet?”
She usually used her laptop when finishing up a project, but she mainly used the keyboard-type MIDI controller for her daily work.
She was used to it.
If she left it alone for a few minutes, it would return to normal, but Ye-hwa’s patience wasn’t deep enough to wait that long every time it beeped.
“I guess I need to buy a new MIDI controller… sigh.”
Ye-hwa sighed and got up from her seat.
Since it turned out this way, she decided to go to the cafe and work from there.
Without the controller and other equipment, working at the cafe was more efficient for her.
“……When are they going to give me the diffuser?”
Now, whenever she thought of the cafe, Jin-hyun’s face immediately came to mind.
When she had the diffuser he gave her, her work went so well, and the scent was nice too.
‘No…! Don’t rely on it.’
Ye-hwa pouted her lips, but she quickly changed her expression and shook her head.
After going to the amusement park together, Ye-hwa had been avoiding Jin-hyun a little.
She could think that she wasn’t avoiding him when she went to the cafe, but it couldn’t be helped! She was trying to avoid making eye contact with him as much as possible.
There wasn’t a big reason, she was just strangely conscious because of the kiss.
And every time she talked to Soo-jung, she was always on edge.
[Kang Soo-jung: LOL, I got a 500,000 won donation yesterday!! ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ*) It’s seriously awesome, right? LOL]
[Kang Soo-jung: (Picture)]
[Kang Soo-jung: (Picture)]
[Kang Soo-jung: I’ll buy you something yummy next time LOL]
“Huu.”
Fortunately, it seemed that she hadn’t told Soo-jung about the kiss at the amusement park yet, as the content of her texts was no different from usual.
Well, she was bragging about getting a 500,000 won donation, but why she was sending pictures of herself with her boyfriend Jin-hyun next to the monitor, making a V sign, was beyond her…
“……They look happy.”
Soo-jung’s smile looked so happy.
Jin-hyun too.
She replied with appropriate emoticons and was about to pack her things and leave the studio.
As she was about to close her laptop, she suddenly remembered something.
“Ah, right!”
She quickly entered her ID and checked her inbox.
There was an email from an anonymous person.
[Sender: HJC5021]
She usually exchanged opinions in composer communities, but honestly, it wasn’t very helpful.
It was a community that emphasized the analytical elements of music, but in her case, where inspiration was much more important, she often composed as she felt.
Of course, she learned a lot of tips and tricks about operating equipment.
However, Ye-hwa was often curious about the impressions of ordinary people, not composers.
When she asked her friends, including Soo-jung, for their impressions, they always said it was good, and the comments were the same.
When she asked her mom or dad for their impressions, they would give her quite detailed feedback, but she still felt thirsty. In the first place, her parents tended to listen more favorably.
But, two days ago, someone who claimed to be a fan sent her an email.
They exchanged emails, and the feedback was really detailed.
She could feel that they really liked her songs, and they even gave her feedback, and when she reflected their opinions, she felt that her songs became more diverse.
‘Who could it be?’
A smile appeared on Ye-hwa’s face as she finished checking her emails. She packed her laptop while pondering the content.
She thought she would try it out this time as well, and Ye-hwa headed to the cafe.
******
Singer-songwriter Jin Soo-ah.
She won the survival audition program Singer Song Star and debuted right away.
Jin Soo-ah, a popular singer who topped the charts every time she released an album, was one of the few people in the music industry that Ye-hwa liked.
The reason was simple.
The songs she wrote and composed herself were so good, and she was someone who sometimes composed songs without lyrics.
Above all, her songs were mainly sweet songs based on piano, violin, and cello, which was exactly Ye-hwa’s style.
Her fan meeting and lecture will be held tomorrow, Saturday, November 10th.
It wasn’t a big event, but a small fan meeting and lecture held in a rented buffet.
Of course, the competition was quite fierce, but Ye-hwa managed to get a ticket.
“You can’t go?”
“Yeah. I’m really sorry……”
“No, it’s okay, but are you busy these days? You could have told me a little earlier.”
“My grandfather passed away yesterday. I was a bit out of it. I’m sorry. The funeral is from tomorrow until Monday……”
“Ah……”
Evening.
Ye-hwa, who had left the cafe and was walking home, sighed.
She was wondering what to wear tomorrow when she received a call from a friend who was supposed to go with her, and she heard unexpected news.
It was sudden, but if her grandfather had passed away, there was nothing she could do. Ye-hwa offered her condolences and carefully ended the call.
“Hmm… then who should I go with?”
Ye-hwa muttered to herself as she thought.
The lecture allowed each participant to bring one additional person.
Originally, she was going to go with a high school classmate who also liked music, but unfortunately, her grandfather passed away, so she couldn’t go.
She immediately thought of Soo-jung and was about to contact her, but she suddenly remembered her text saying that she was doing an extra broadcast this weekend.
“Umm.”
Then she couldn’t use this either…
Ye-hwa opened her texts and went into her chatroom with her dad.
The musical tickets he had sent her recently caught her eye.
[Dad: {Musical, ‘Cat Life’ 2 tickets (R seats)}]
This was also a musical that was happening tomorrow.
Jin Soo-ah’s fan meeting and lecture were held at lunchtime.
The musical was conveniently held on the same day, in the evening nearby, so Ye-hwa was planning to have a fulfilling weekend with the lecture, shopping, and the musical.
But that plan was ruined. Or rather, she didn’t have anyone to go with.
‘These tickets are expensive.’
She scrolled up and saw the texts they had exchanged on Monday a few days ago.
[Me: Give me any leftover tickets in the future.]
[Dad: Did you have fun?]
[Me: Yeah]
[Dad: Did you go with Soo-jung?]
[Me: Ah, yeah.]
[Dad: Okay, I’ll give you some next time]
After going to the amusement park with Jin-hyun, she had a lot of fun, so she thought it would be good to go out somewhere about once a week, so she sent that text to her dad.
Honestly, there was no way she would get tickets like that, but looking at the musical tickets he sent this time, it seemed like her dad had just bought them himself.
R seats cost over 100,000 won per ticket. The fan meeting and lecture also had a value that exceeded that.
“Kkeung.”
She was scrolling through the profiles of the people registered in her texts, wondering if there was anyone she could go with, and Ye-hwa realized that she didn’t have many friends.
She had some classmates she met occasionally, but there weren’t many friends she could suddenly invite to a place like this.
If she thought about it, maybe about five people.
But most of them were very busy.
‘Should I go alone? It’s a bit of a waste…’
For a moment, Jin-hyun’s face flashed in her mind, but Ye-hwa quickly shook her head.
‘No, no.’
Yeah.
“Still, it’s not Jin-hyun.”
He didn’t seem very interested in music anyway.
Let’s just go alone.
She was used to eating alone, so it wouldn’t be awkward.
Just as she was about to start walking again, she heard a voice from behind.
“What’s not?”
“Heuh? Ah, you startled me.”
When she turned around, Jin-hyun was looking at her. Ye-hwa sighed faintly. Jin-hyun was smiling.
“What were you looking at?”
“It’s nothing.”
“It’s nothing, but why did you say my name?”
“Ah, it’s just……”
She was about to say it was nothing again, but Ye-hwa glanced at Jin-hyun.
He probably wouldn’t be interested in this kind of thing anyway.
Should she just say it?
“Actually……”
She roughly told him that she had a ticket left but no one to go with. Jin-hyun looked a little surprised when he heard the story.
“Wow. I never thought Ye-hwa would ask me out on a date first.”
“It’s not like that.”
When she glared at him, Jin-hyun smiled again and asked.
“What time is it tomorrow?”
“The lecture is at 11:30. The musical is……”
“Then let’s meet around 10:30 in the morning. How about we meet at the cafe?”
“Huh?”
“You said you don’t have anyone to go with. Let’s go together.”
Ye-hwa was a little dumbfounded by the promise that was made so readily.
******
Click.
“I didn’t think you would give me a ride.”
“You gave me a ride last time, Jin-hyun……”
When he looked at Ye-hwa with surprised eyes, she looked away slightly and said.
Indeed, it was worth chasing after Ye-hwa with the silence field on until yesterday’s event.
He had been sitting at the cafe until 10:30, the agreed time, and around 10 minutes earlier, he received a text from Ye-hwa saying that she had arrived.
When he came downstairs, he saw that Ye-hwa had brought her car this time.
“Oh, your car is really nice.”
“Ah, this isn’t my car. I’m just borrowing my dad’s car for a while.”
Come to think of it, Soo-jung said that last time too. Honestly, it was the same thing.
“I’ll start driving.”
“Okay.”
Ye-hwa moved the car as she said she would start driving.
Usually, when you get a ride, you tend to look out the window or at your phone, but since Ye-hwa was driving, his eyes kept going to the driver’s seat.
‘……Hmm.’
It was nice to ride with a beautiful woman, but he thought that getting a ride like this wasn’t bad either.
