Chapter 7.9 - Lightly 9 (2/2)

They were all good, and just listening to them overflowed me with things I could learn.

For that song, it’s better to sing like that;

You can use that technique easier by opening the mouth wider and;

Making mistakes like that suppresses the overall feeling of the song huh…

Indirect experiences were really nothing to scoff at and it was especially so when they were coming from geniuses. Like that, I was absorbing information like a sponge with a smile when the study lesson came to an end in a flash.

A sigh left unconsciously.

“Haa… I need to go to the dorms soon… I want to practise more…”

“…Do you like practising that much?”

“Yeah… Oh, but I would attend this and listen even if I had to pay, you know?”

“…”

I was watching Song Mirae’s face that seemed to be somewhat turned off, when a nervous Lee Suh-ah entered my sight from behind her.

‘Nervous’ and ‘Lee Suh-ah’ – they were quite the paradoxical words. Thinking that, I stared at her when she opened her mouth.

“Hey…”

“Un?”

After glancing at Song Mirae a bit, Lee Suh-ah slowly walked up before whispering softly.

“Come outside for a bi…”

“Outside? Why? Just say it here.”

“If I tell you to come, just d… huu…”

After flaring up a bit, she gave a deep breath in and out before forcibly raising her lips with the same angry eyes.

This… she looked like Jigsaw…

“I have. a. favour to ask… can you come outside for a bit, please? Yunjae?”

Blinking my eyes, I tilted my head.

A favour?

*

After dragging me out from the practice room far enough, she dropped my sleeve.

“What is it? And why not just say it back there? Why so secretive…”

Lee Suh-ah glared at me before clicking her tongue.

“Why so many words? Are you still a man?”

“Woah… that’s being sexist you know.”

“Whatev…”

Suddenly, she flinched and stopped there before stealing a glance at me.

“Whatev?”

“No, no. So… so… sorry… uut, so…! Please, I have a request.”

“What request?”

She heaved out a sigh and silently turned her gaze towards me. I could see the black pupils filled with a sharp gaze soon encompassing a serious light.

“You. How did you do that when you were singing back then?”

“’How’?”

“That… you did something in the middle. It was all over the place at the start before suddenly changing after you did something. What did you do?”

It was more like her words were all over the place, and I couldn’t really understand her question.

When I was singing?

I blinked my eyes and reflected.

Hmm… I don’t remember doing anything in particular. I just sang but…

Ah, I guess I did get absorbed into the song more than other songs because the lyrics seemed to be talking about me.

Was she talking about that? Tilting my head, I opened my mouth.

“Our family isn’t very well off financially so I could really empathise with the lyrics. Is that what you’re talking about? But what was different? The other kids didn’t say anything really.”

Confusion flashed through her face.

“What…? The other kids didn’t say anything?”

“Yeah. I just got criticised about my lack of practice on the techniques.”

Lee Suh-ah suddenly seemed to have come to an understanding as she opened her mouth slightly.

“…Ah. Empathise…”

“Empathise?”

She was still talking about things I couldn’t understand. I silently observed her and when she came to herself, Lee Suh-ah smiled awkwardly and changed the topic.

“Nothing. In any case…! That… do you think I can do it as well? How do I say it, embedding emotions?”

That was quite the literal name.

“Um… For that song just then, it wasn’t really intentional so I’m not too sure how it works. I also did put emotions into my other songs as well.”

“But still somehow…”

“I don’t know. I’ll try practising it but… although I don’t exactly know what you are talking about, it wouldn’t come out immediately.”

“…I see.”

Heaving out a sigh, Lee Suh-ah tapped the ground with her foot before turning around.

“?”

I stared at the back of her head with confusion when Lee Suh-ah suddenly started typing something after taking her phone out.

Uuung. I could feel a vibration.

…What in the world was she doing?

I heaved out a sigh myself and took out my phone as the previous messages I sent her entered my sight.

…

[Let’s practise]

[Oi]

[Oiiiiii]

[Reply after reading my messages–]

The messages that had never gotten a reply back despite having been read. Underneath those, there was a message that had just arrived.

[Lee Suh-ah: Okay haha…]

With a dumbfounded expression, I stared at the back of her head and saw it flinch.

“What is this?”

“…That… you wanted… to practise together. Let’s do it.”

Barely holding back the laughter that was about to sneak out, I played dumb.

“Oh~ Practice? I thought you were busy though? You ignored my messages quite hard, didn’t you?”

“…I’m not busy anymore…”

“Noo. I can’t dare to hold back our Miss Lee Suh-ah who has no free time. I’m sorry for bothering you so much~ Then, see ya!”

Suddenly turning around, Lee Suh-ah screamed.

“I said let’s do it!”

I could see Lee Suh-ah’s face that was full of anger and… ah, this was so interesting. When would I ever get to tease Lee Suh-ah if I didn’t right now?

Feeling quite happy, I gazed down at Lee Suh-ah with an arrogant look and raised the corner of my lips.

“‘I said let’s do it~’? Did you perhaps just yell at me?”

“…”

After lowering her head and trembling, Lee Suh-ah opened her mouth.

“I’m so…”

“What? I can’t hear you properly.”

“Sor…”

“Speak louder please~”

Lee Suh-ah suddenly shot her head up.

“So… son of a bitch! You were the one that wanted tooo…!”