Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 101



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 101

101. Fragrance

“Welcome, Hye-yoon.”

“Ah! Hello.”

When Sungjun greeted her, Seol Hye-yoon, who had a blank expression for a moment, greeted him with a start and came into the house.

Seol Hye-yoon takes off her red sneakers and sneakily sticks her head out to look inside.

The sight of it somewhat reminds me of a meerkat, which makes me chuckle.

“There are no cameras. This is not a surprise broadcast.”

Seol Hye-yoon coughs slightly, as if embarrassed, as if her thoughts were read.

“Ahem. Excuse me. Oh, and this.”

Then she handed me a gift wrapped beautifully in colorful wrapping paper.

Seongjun checks the contents after receiving permission to open it.

“Oh! I’ve been wanting to sleep well lately, so I was looking into cervical pillows. Thank you, Hye-yoon.”

And the two of them sat down in the living room.

Seol Hye-yoon sits quietly on the sofa.

But for some reason, he seems more restless than usual.

Why, do you want to go to the bathroom?

“Hey-yoon, if you need to go to the bathroom, over here-”

“No!”

No, I’m confused.

“Anyway, this is the new Sungjun House. Enjoy your time.”

Seol Hye-yoon got up from the sofa at Seong-jun’s words and started looking around the living room.

“Who chose the furniture and appliances?”

“Oh, I saw it at Ilkea and chose it myself. I think it’s good value for money.”

“I see. Oh, this must be the bulldog speaker that Monsta Z gave you. It’s cute. And that’s the moss pot that Yuna gave you. It’s so. Pretty. It’s a pink heart shape, isn’t it?”

Seol Hye-yoon quickly realizes that he has been watching ‘Naholsan’ diligently.

I don’t know why my eyes became narrow when I saw the moss pot.

But somehow I felt that I shouldn’t let people look at that flower pot any longer, so I quickly decided to move the location.

“This is the living room and dressing room. And this is the home studio.”

“Wow.”

Seol Hye-yoon looks around the studio with her eyes sparkling as if the distraction tactic has worked.

Seongjun said after seeing that.

“Actually, I called Hye-yoon here today because I wanted to invite you.”

“To the studio? Why?”

“To keep my promise.”

“Promise…is that so?”

When Seol Hye-yoon tilted her head, Seong-jun smiled and answered.

“Hey-yoon, I promised to make you a song if you got over 1 million subscribers on YouTube. Why, that day when I ate beef? Don’t you remember?”

“Did you remember, Seongjun?”

“Of course. He threatened that he wouldn’t let it go if I forgot when we made the promise that day… Anyway, that’s why I thought Hye-yoon would contact me first.”

“No, just.”

Seol Hye-yoon changes the subject while twirling the side of her hair with her finger.

In fact, I really wanted to contact Seol Hye-yoon right away and attach a photo to prove that she reached 1 million subscribers.

And I actually got to the point where I was about to hit the send button.

But then I held back at the last moment.

If I contact you right away as if I’ve been waiting for the day when you reach 1 million… I’m afraid I’ll look like I’m anxious about something.

But, coincidentally, the person he was talking to, Seongjun, remembered his promise and did not forget it.

Seol Hye-yoon pretended it was no big deal, but inside she was so happy she felt like she was flying.

“So are you going to compose something today? Like the impromptu composition you showed during ‘Ryudo’?”

“It would be hard to finish a demo, but I thought I’d at least come up with a concept. But wow, Hye-yoon, you really seem to have watched all the stuff I’m in. I’m really touched.”

“No, it’s just that I have a habit of monitoring people around me when they appear on TV.”

“Huh? Are there any other celebrities among the people around you?”

Seongjun asked me about the words I blurted out without realizing it.

Seol Hye-yoon hurriedly made an excuse.

“Ah, that… there is one. Among the ‘younger friends I know’, there’s a singer similar to Sungjun, but he’s a troublemaker who makes explosive remarks whenever he appears on TV.”

Seol Hye-yoon recalls the scene where the troublemaker’s explosive remark exploded without a trace in this episode of ‘Naholsan’.

‘I have a sister who is much prettier than me, but can you believe I’ve been single all this time?’

Mosul outing right away.

Thanks to that, I spit out my coffee while watching TV.

– I clearly asked you to edit itㅜㅠ I’m sorry, unnieㅜㅠ

I forgave him because he begged me so desperately, but even now, thinking about it makes me dizzy.

Well, if it were normal, I would have said that.

It was edited in a fun way even on air.

But I was a bit nervous because Sungjun was there when the bombshell statement was made.

If you imagine that Sungjun knew that he and Yuna were sisters…

“That bitch…”

A ghostly figure appears behind Seol Hye-yoon’s back.

Seongjun, who felt the chill, instinctively changed the subject.

“Anyway, let’s come up with a composition concept for today. Would you like to sit next to me?”

Seongjun taps the auxiliary chair next to him.

As Seol Hye-yoon carefully sat down, a fragrant smell wafted out.

It was the scent of shampoo that spread as her hair swayed.

“Okay, then let’s begin.”

Feeling awkward for no reason, I coughed in vain and placed my hands on the master keyboard.

Then, he activated the buffs he had prepared in advance for today’s work and asked.

“Since it’s a song that Hye-yoon will sing, I want to get the concept from Hye-yoon. Do you have any thoughts on a certain atmosphere or emotion that you would like? Or even just a simple keyword.”

At first, I planned to compose the song by myself, just thinking of the image Seol Hye-yoon had.

Then, out of the blue, the thought occurred to me that maybe a better song would come out if I reflected her tastes and opinions.

After all, music is one of the means of expressing myself.

“hmm···.”

Seol Hye-yoon was lost in thought for a moment after receiving Sung-jun’s question.

And after a while, the word that would become the concept of this song appeared from her slowly parted lips.

“Cherry blossoms.”

On the way to Seongjun’s house a little while ago,

“The cherry blossoms were pretty on the way here.”

It was a keyword that was spat out while reminiscing about the streets that were dyed pink.

“Cherry Blossoms. It’s nice. It’s a spring song. I think it goes well with Hye-yoon’s voice. And it’s almost spring.”

Images begin to form from specific keywords.

A street where pink cherry blossoms fall like rain.

Below that is Seol Hye-yoon.

As I held out my palm, a cherry blossom petal gently landed.

Let’s blow it away again with a “whoosh” and it floats high into the sky and heads somewhere.

Seol Hye-yoon hums a tune as she walks along the rustling sound.

Spring blooms with every light step as if you were going on a trip.

‘Cherry Blossom Tour.’

This alone is enough to establish the skeleton of the song.

As soon as the concept came out, the instrument design was also finalized.

Acoustic guitar, jazz piano, and cajon.

We plan to create a splendid spring carol using materials that can maximize Seol Hye-yoon’s elegant voice.

After that, it was a breeze to get the beats going.

“Wow… that’s amazing.”

Seol Hye-yoon couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration after witnessing the miracle of creating a beat on the spot with just one keyword, not on TV but in real life.

In the midst of this, a musical staff that only he could see was spread out before Seongjun’s eyes.

Sinkerbells wearing cherry blossom-shaped hats flipped over on five pink-tinted rows flutter and land.

“Mmmmmmm~ Mmmmmmm~”

Sungjun recreates the melody the guys drew with sweet humming.

As I played the melody recorded through the condenser microphone, a very attractive song began to flow out of the speakers.

“This is… my song?”

Seol Hye-yoon blinked her eyes with her mouth wide open.

I only recorded the first verse and the chorus lightly, but I was captivated by that little bit of melody.

A song of this caliber would not be strange if it were included in Sungjun’s album.

the other side,

“hmm.”

In contrast to Seol Hye-yoon, who was lost in admiration, Seong-jun was furrowing his brows.

An expression that is 100% dissatisfying somewhere.

“I think it sounds a little less real because I recorded it with a man’s voice.”

No matter how high you raise the pitch, the tones of men and women are different.

As a result, the feeling I had in mind didn’t come out well.

“Would you like to record this part, Hye-yoon?”

“Yes? Me?”

Seol Hye-yoon is surprised by the sudden suggestion and asks back.

“We need the refreshing voice of Sulkari Sweat, who has 1.3 million subscribers.”

“all right.”

Seol Hye-yoon responded with a sly smile to Sung-jun’s playful encouragement.

Seongjun took off his headset and handed it to Seol Hye-yoon.

Then he sets up the microphone in front of her.

“This is enough-”

Suddenly, the faces of the two people become close.

For a moment, Sungjun and Seol Hyeyoon froze in embarrassment.

In that short time.

As if time had stopped,

A moment that felt like eternity was passing by.

at that time,

Ding dong-

The intercom sound, which came in suddenly, broke the silence.

“Huh? Who, who are you?”

Seongjun, who had come to his senses, headed to the living room.

An intercom illuminating the common entrance.

A random person appeared on the screen.

“Who are you? Huh? A woman···?”

Seol Hye-yoon’s eyes, which followed, became long and narrow.

On the other hand, Cha Seong-jun’s eyes grew wide.

Because that woman was his own blood relative.

“Why did you come all of a sudden, sister?”

“Who, your older sister?”

Seol Hye-yoon’s sharp eyes turn 180 degrees into rabbit eyes at Seong-jun’s embarrassment.

“no way.”

Seongjun checks his phone after a sudden intuition.

As expected,

[I’ll stop by in thirty minutes, little brother. Your mother told me to bring some side dishes for her son who’s working hard. She’s upset that your fridge is empty after watching the broadcast.]

A message had arrived from Cha Seong-eun.

I was so focused on composing that I didn’t have time to check.

In the first place, Cha Sung had the notification settings turned off for messages.

Besides, there is a reason why he was able to sneak through the tight security post without making a sound and into the common entrance.

Manager Oh Hae-soo and his family’s vehicles were registered on a regular basis.

Because it’s annoying to have to ask the security office to visit every time I come home.

Well, whatever the reason, it was an emergency situation at the level of a Jindo dog.

‘If I show my older sister the situation where a man and a woman are alone in the house…’

It was obvious without having to think too deeply about what kind of misunderstanding this would cause.

Seongjun wasn’t the only one who thought like that.

Gulp,

A cold sweat formed behind the backs of Sungjun and Seol Hye-yoon.

“Hye-yoon.”

“Mr. Seongjun.”

Two people opened their mouths at the same time without anyone giving a signal, made eye contact, and nodded.

And then Seol Hye-yoon quickly packs her bags and heads to the front door.

“I’ll come back again next time!”

“I’ll contact you!”

Seol Hye-yoon hurriedly goes out the door.

And just in time,

Brrrrrr-

When Seongjun didn’t open the shared front door, Cha Seong-eun called.

“Oh, sis. I was just taking a nap. Huh? You’re saying it’s downstairs now? Why? Mom’s giving me side dishes? Okay, I’ll open it for you.”

Sungjun opened the common front door, showing off his natural acting that he had developed through music videos.

After a while, my older sister Cha Seong-eun came up.

“Does your child not go out and play on the weekends and just stay at home? Even celebrities are like that. It’s pitiful.”

Then he held out the shopping bag he was holding.

“Here, here’s some side dishes. She told me to tell her that she had to go out because she had an appointment. Anyway, your mom has been taking care of you like this ever since you bought her the Hermus bag.”

“Yeah, I see. I’ll call Mom and thank you.”

Seongjun nods after checking the lunch box.

at that time,

“Yeah. Oh, but you know what? Have you heard that any other celebrities live here besides you?”

“I didn’t hear anything separately. But why?”

When I replied that it was my first time hearing about it, Cha Seong-eun said something meaningful.

“No, just now, as I was coming into the common hallway, a really pretty woman passed me by. She was dressed casually, but her demeanor was different. She was definitely a celebrity.”

Seongjun swallows his saliva.

As soon as I heard who the beauty my older sister was talking about was, I immediately knew.

There is no one but Seol Hye-yoon.

I hoped we would pass each other, but we ended up meeting each other.

Well, still, Cha Seong-eun doesn’t know who Seol Hye-yoon is.

So, of course, there would be no way to know that she had been here.

That must be the case.

“But somehow it smells good in the house? Did you spray some perfume?”

Cha Seong-eun sniffs the air.

Seongjun also followed carefully and sniffed.

And oh my.

The scent that came through my nose was not perfume, but Seol Hye-yoon’s shampoo scent.

“Huh? Hey, hey. You saw that broadcast, right? The one where Yuna gave me a teddy bear air freshener as a gift. That’s the smell.”

“Really? Can’t you see the teddy bear? Wasn’t it next to the TV?”

“Huh? Aaaah. My feet stink for a second, so I put them here and then moved them again. You know, when I smell one foot. Want to smell it?”

Cha Seong-eun’s eyes narrow at the awkward answer.

Lips curled up as if trying to find something.

It was a time when Seongjun was very nervous.

“Well, let’s say that’s true. Then eat well and I’ll go. Oh, right, next time I’ll definitely contact you the day before. I’m sorry for waking you up, little brother~”

Contrary to expectations, the logic witch Cha Seong-i left without saying anything.

And with an incongruously kind tone and smile!

Somehow I feel uneasy.

Of course, that won’t happen.

‘Surely… I didn’t get caught…?’

*

‘You’ve been really bad at lying since you were little, my little brother.’

Cha Seong-eun, who got into the car, raised the corners of her lips as if she thought it was cute, recalling Seong-jun’s awkward face from a little while ago.

At that moment, the common entrance door opened.

The elevator door opened and a beautiful woman appeared.

The moment someone passes you by with hurried steps.

Bam-

In such a hurry, the woman’s handbag hit the wall and a lipstick fell out from inside.

Also, the car is moving forward.

Cha Seong-eun picked up this lipstick.

But that lipstick was a brand she knew well.

The company my younger brother Seongjun worked for, ‘Saehyang Cosmetics’.

“Here, you dropped this.”

At Cha Seong-eun’s words, the woman turned around and walked away, saying, “Ah.”

“thank you.”

And then he bowed his head politely and greeted me, and a nice fragrance wafted out.

A warm shampoo scent.

The same scent that wafted faintly from Sungjun’s front door.

‘So that means that woman must have come out of Sungjun’s house.’

Other people can be fooled somehow.

This older sister, who is a blood relative and natural enemy, and the logical witch Cha Seong-eun cannot be fooled.

Well, anyway, I had no intention of meddling in that.

My younger brother is now thirty and a full-grown adult.

Besides, that woman was quite beautiful.

The polite greeting was also pleasing.

As an older sister, I felt proud and proud of her.

“By the way, celebrities also do things without telling others.”

With a light feeling of appreciation, Cha Seong-i left the parking lot.

*

From that day on, Sungjun changed all his phone notifications to vibrate instead of silent.

I never want to create a similar terrifying situation again.

And then I developed another temporary PTSD.

Brrrrrr-

Ouch!

He said he had become extremely sensitive to cell phone vibrations.

(Of course, it was an overreaction that lasted less than a week.)

Anyway, Seongjun checks the caller and answers the phone with a relieved expression.

“Yes, Director So. Hello. It’s been a while.”

Let’s call him Director So for short.

His full name is Haruto Sotozaka.

He was the director of the animation production company Muportable.

And then came some welcome news that would blow away his PTSD.

– The third season of Na Hon Bul will finally air for the first time in two weeks. Simultaneously on Plexnet.