SING ME A SONG - CHAPTER 11&12
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Lonnie’s eyes widened as Lani’s lips fall on his. This isn’t the first time he’d be getting a kiss, but his eyes were open because he wasn’t actually expecting it.
As for Lani she stayed glued on his lip. She can’t still believe Lonnie the golden voice of Korea is with her right now. Even if she is just imagining right now, she wants to make use of the moment.
When Lonnie noticed that she wasn’t ready to stand up from his body, he tapped her and that’s when Lani quickly stood up from his body.
“Why are you still here? Imagination is over. Get a grip, Lani Han” She said, slapping herself.
She was about slapping herself for the third time when Lonnie held her head, and she looked at Lonnie with widen eyes.
“I’m real. It’s me Lonnie Lee”
Lani gulped down hard, and her hand slowly went to Lonnie’s cheek, and she pinched it.
“Ouch!” Lonnie whines and Lani gasped covering her mouth.
“I… I… I wasn’t seeing things all this while” She stammered.
“No you are not. Why are you acting this way? It’s not like I’m God” He said with a smile.
“Oh my gosh! I can’t believe this, my bias is in front of me. Lonnie is standing in front of me, I just kissed my Lonnie!” She screamed almost fainting, but Lonnie catch her, wrapping his hands around her slender shoulders and waist.
Lani looked at Lonnie as he held her and she smiled like an idiot.
“I don’t mind dying right now, I have see my Lonnie” She giggled staring at his handsome face and Lonnie chuckled with a smile, with his hands still on her waist and shoulders.
“Lani, are you okay? I can hear your voice from inside” Eloise said, coming down from the stairs, outside.
Lonnie quickly took Lani’s hand and dragged her inside his house that was occupied with darkness. Even if he already revealed his face to Lani, he can’t let others see his face, else the whole of Seoul will know he is in the countryside.
Lonnie place Lani on the wall and he covered her with his body, while watching Eloise from outside through the window. Meanwhile, Lani was busy inhaling his sweat scent, and smiling. She just couldn’t believe Lonnie is here with her live and direct.
She smiled and wrapped her hands around his waist, and Lonnie smile still looking at Eloise through the window.
Eloise sighed and pick up Lani’s badge from the ground. It fell from Lonnie when Lani jumped on him.
“Aigoo! She is so careless, here she was whining that she couldn’t find her badge, but it’s just lying on the ground” Eloise cleaned the badge, looking around the compound.
“Where did she go? I thought she was here some minutes ago. She is definitely going to be the end of me. She is dumb and yet she hangout with friends who are more dumber than her” Eloise said shaking her head as she went back inside the house.
Lani was still wrapping her hands around Lonnie’s waist with a smiling face.
“Can you let go of me now?” He asked calmly, but Lani held him tightly.
“I don’t want to, you might disappear if I let go of you. I have waited for so many years just to meet you face to face”
“I promise I won’t disappear, so let go of me, and you will see I won’t disappear”
“You won’t?” Lonnie laugh. Even if he couldn’t see her face, her voice was sounding like that of a baby.
“I won’t. Where will I go when I live here?” He said and Lani let go of him.
“You live here?”
“Yes”
“Are you the new tenant my grandma was talking about?” She asked again.
“Yes”
Lani was about screaming again, but Lonnie covered her mouth.
“Don’t shout. Your grandma might come out again. Promise me you won’t scream” He said, with his hand still in her mouth, Lani nod her head.
Lonnie let go of her mouth, but Lani almost screamed again, and he quickly covered her mouth.
“You promised not to scream”
Lani rolled her eyes sideways, and he let go of her.
“This is a hard pill for me to swallow, I need water” She said hitting her chest. She is not just seeing Lonnie, but he also their tenant which means she will be seeing his handsome face every day, she felt like rapture is almost taking place.
“Water?” He asked, and she nodded her head, still hitting her chest like she choked on something.
Lonnie quickly turned on his phone touch light and rushed towards the refrigerator to get her a bottle of water.
“Here you go, Lani” He gave it to her uncapping the bottle water.
Lani took it from him and emptied the bottle water.
“Slap me”
“Huh?”
“I don’t still believe you are here with me. I think I am in a dreamy world where the almighty Lonnie Lee is my tenant. Slap me or perhaps punch my face”
Lonnie smiled and walked closer to her and ruffled her hair.
“Get a grip, Lani. I’m real”
Lani hugged him so tightly and began to cry.
“Do you like crying? What’s your reason for crying this time around?”
“I cry when I’m happy too”
“Happy?” He asked, and she nodded.
“I’m so happy that’s why I’m crying. I have always wish to see your face, thanks for coming to me, Lonnie. I thought I wasn’t going to see your face again, because you disappeared without a trace” She said, increasing her cry.
Lonnie smile and his hands slowly went to her back.
“Don’t cry too much, cuz you’re always going to see my face everyday” He said.
Lani sniffled, hugging him tightly and he chuckled.
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“Why is your house so dark? We don’t run out of electricity here”
“I cut off all the lights”
“Why?” Lani asked. Their phone lights were on.
“Cuz when I left Seoul I wanted to live quietly, with no one knowing where I am” Lonnie answered.
“But you showed your face to me. Why?”
“Cuz your cuteness is irresistible. I saw you crying because of your badge, I didn’t want you to cry, so I decided to give it to you, but it’s with your grandma now”
“I still can’t believe I am talking to you. It’s still feels like a dream”
“Am I that special to you?”
“Yes, you’re. I have been your fan since I was 13. I had to cry day and night so that my grandma could get me a Tv, because I wanted to see you on Tv. I was the saddest person on earth when you were involved in an accident, and I did my best to go see you in coma”
“Thanks. I guess it’s because of you, I woke up from coma”
“Of course it’s my doing. I’m your number one. I’m not a counterfeit, ready to stand by you anytime, any day” She said with a cute demonstration and Lonnie smile.
“Sing me a song” She said all of a sudden and the smile on Lonnie’s face disappeared.
“I think it’s time you retired to bed”
“Why?”
“You’re a student, you should sleep on time, so you can go to school early”
“Can I come and see you tomorrow?”
“Yes, as long as you don’t tell anybody I’m here”
“I won’t. Do you know how many fans you have? Thousands of it. I’m always dragging you with so many people, so I won’t say a word because I want to have you all to myself”
“I’m all yours, go to bed”
Lani smiled at him, and left.
Lonnie swiped his hair to the back, but it fell back on his forehead, giving him a cute boy look.
“Will she still like me when she finds out that I can’t sing anymore?” He muttered resting his head on the wall.
He recalled his life as a K-pop star with lots of fans, cheering for him, and painful tears falls down from his eyes.
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•SEOUL, NEXT DAY, D•K ENTERTAINMENT.•
Mary-Jane banged her hand against the table angry and Mr. Jung looked at her in shock.
“What is this nonsense that I am hearing? You lied to the public that my son is recovering from a disease when he clearly don’t have one, what game are you playing, Mr. Jung!”
“Your son no longer have his voice in singing. A K-pop star is nothing without his voice, that’s why THE UNBREAKABLE Is making a comeback without him”
“How can you do that to my son? Where is he? Where is Lonnie!!!”
“Don’t act like you care about your son, Mary-Jane, because you don’t!”
“Wh…what?”
“If you really cared about your son, you won’t have left for a business trip the moment he woke up from coma. You’re only using the innocent boy to gain clients!”
“Don’t try to play saint here, Mr. Jung. You also used Lonnie too. Your entertainment industry developed only after Lonnie debuted under your industry. You will never have come this far, if not for Lonnie. It’s not over yet, I’m going to find that son of mine and bring him back to the K-pop world. Even if he has to sing with his noise or eyes, he will do it!” Mary-Jane said and leaves the office with her heels making tapping sounds.
“Is she really a mom? Shouldn’t she at least care about his well-being first?”
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•STEWART HIGH SCHOOL, HADOND•
“Lonnie is mine!”
“He is mine, not yours!”
“He’s mine!”
Girls argued as they looked at Lonnie’s pictures in their various phones.
Dami made a tsk tsk tsk sound and looked at Lani.
“Those girls are your people” She said and Lani smiled.
“So what’s up with Jimmy, has he say a word about Lonnie?” Posy asked.
“I don’t need words from him, Lonnie is with me”
“Huh?”
“I mean he is here in my heart” She said, smiling sheepishly. Dami and Posy shook their head.
Rory ran inside the class, wearing a headband. He isn’t in the same class with them, cuz he is a science student, but despite that, he is still dumb like his fellow friends.
“Posy!”
“What?” Posy asked with a smile, while Dami rolled eyes at him.
“Your favorite Bulbogi is been sold in the cafeteria”
“Really?” Posy asked in excitement.
“Yes, let’s eat it together, it’s going to be on me” He said, and Posy nodded her head in excitement.
Rory stretch his hand, and Posy accepted, they both left the classroom, talking and laughing.
“I know we’re friends, but those two should just date already. I can’t believe Posy and I failed the literature test. Posy didn’t know what she was saying, you’re lucky, the teacher isn’t in school today which means you have better chances to read”
Lani said nothing to her, because she was busy smiling, thinking about Lonnie.
“I wish I can go home, I’m more comfortable in my boyish clothes rather than this uniform. Are you even listening to me?” She asked, tapping Lani.
“Huh?”
“I have been talking but you’re busy blushing. What are you blushing about?”
“How can I go home?” Lani asked.
“Are you nut? We can’t leave school until school dismissed, except you are sick”
“Except I’m sick” Lani muttered.
She quickly stood up from her seat, took her backpack and ran out of the class.
“Lani!!! Where are you going!!”
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•PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE•
“You want to go home?”
“Yes sir, I’m suffering from cramps. I forgot to take my pills, I want to go home so I can take it and rest” Lani said, pretending to be having cramps.
“Is it that bad?”
Lani nodded her head, sniffing.
The principal wrote a permission letter and gave it to Lani.
“You can show this to the gatekeeper on your way out”
Lani bowed to him and leaves with the permission letter. She was still pretending to have cramps when she met Sean on the hallway.
“Lani, what happened to you?” He asked, worriedly. He really cares for her.
“I’m having cramps” She feign pain.
“Get on my back, I will take you to the school’s clinic” He said squatting.
“No don’t. I want to go home”
“I will take you home”
“But…”
“My dad owns this school, so I don’t need a permission letter to leave school. I bought my scooter to school, I will take you home with it”
“I don’t want to bother you” She said, still pretending to be in pain.
“You’re important to me Lani, so your burdens I will bear” He said flashing a cute smile at Lani.
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Sean’s scooter halted when he arrived in Lani’s house. She came down from the scooter and gave him back his helmet.
“Thanks for bringing me home”
“Don’t thank me, Lani. Make sure you take your medication, and have plenty of rest. I will call you after school”
Lani nod.
“See you around” He said with a smile, starting his scooter.
Lani waved at him until he was out of sight, and she stopped feigning to be in pain.
“Lonnie!” She jumped on her feet, entering the compound.
She knocked on Lonnie’s door, but there was no reply from him, and she pouted.
“Was I dreaming last night?” She muttered, touching her lips.
Lani quickly went to her house and brought the spare keys of Lonnie’s house.
She opened the door and smiled cutely when she entered inside.
“I wasn’t dreaming, Lonnie is staying here. I wonder why he choose not to get furnitures” She said, smiling.
She had splashing sound from the bathroom and she smiled.
“Lonnie is having his bath. He is really staying here” She giggles.
The splashing sound from the bathroom stopped, indicating he has finished having his bath, and Lani hide inside the wardrobe to give him a surprise.
Lonnie came out from the bathroom with wet hair, which added to his cuteness and he walked up to the wardrobe, taking off the towel he tied around his waist.
“Surpri….” Lani’s word hang in her throat and she gave out a thunderous scream when she saw Lonnie’s inner chamber.
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TBC