SING ME A SONG - CHAPTER 13&14
“Surpri….” Lani’s word hang in her throat and she gave out a thunderous scream when she saw Lonnie’s inner chamber.
“Holy sh!t” Lonnie bursted out and quickly picked up his tower, wrapping his around his waist.
“What are you doing here?” He asked and Lani looked at him and raised her right hand up.
“annyeonghaseyo” She said, smiling sheepishly.
Lonnie looked at her and sighed.
***
“How did you get in here? The door was locked” Lonnie asked some minutes later. He was wearing a big tee shirt with baggy trousers.
Lani pouted. “I knocked on your door and when you weren’t answering me, I took a spare key from my house and opened the door” She said childishly.
“You have a spare key to this house?”
“Yes. My grandma owns the house, so it’s essential we have a spare key to our tenant’s house. I’m sorry for barging in like that, I swear I didn’t see anything it. It was just little of it….”
“Stop talking!” Lonnie said trying to hide his embarrassment and Lani pouted.
“I’m sorry Lonnie. It’s not going to happen again”
“Of course it’s shouldn’t, else I’d charge you for trespassing”
“You will do that to me?” Lani asked, making a face like she wants to cry.
“I won’t do that to you, but don’t ever come here, unannounced, okay?” Lani nodded, grinning.
Lonnie looked at her uniform and his eyes went to the wall clock.
“School isn’t over yet, so why are you back so early?”
“Well I… Lectures aren’t serious in school that’s why I left” Lani said, rolling her eyes sideways.
“You are not a good liar, so stop making an effort to lie”
“I’m telling you the truth, Lonnie. We don’t have any plans to do in the school that’s why I left”
“If you lie to me again, I will pack out of your house”
“I feign a cramp pain so I can leave school and come back home to see you” Lani said in a rush.
“I knew it” He raised up his hand like he wanted to hit her head, and Lani flinched in fear. He smiled and ruffled her hair.
“Silly you. Don’t do it again”
“Why?”
“You’re already dumb, so don’t add to your dumbness. I’m not going anywhere, so you will always see me anytime you want”
“Really” She asked with a cute smile.
“Yes Lani. You said it yourself, I am all yours”
Lani brushed and covered her face, while Lonnie admired her cuteness. He thought he won’t be able to smile again after finding out that he lost his voice in singing, but here he was smiling countlessly at her.
He may not know what he feels towards her but one thing he understood is that her cuteness makes him smile.
“How do you know I am dumb? I didn’t tell you about it”
“Cuz I saw how your friend answered wrongly about the meaning of irony and melodrama, and you praised her without knowing she was wrong”
“Posy didn’t get the answers correctly? Is that why they failed in the test?”
“You and your friends are unbelievable. How can you be in your final year in high school and still don’t know the meanings of irony and melodrama”
“That’s because we don’t pay more attention to our books”
“Why?” Lonnie asked.
“Because Posy won’t be able to go to college because her mom won’t be able to avoid it. Dami has no plans for the future, cuz her mom keep telling her to quit school and marry a rich man, and my male friend Rory, he is just an orphan who wants to finish high school and dive into learning a trade. While others are busy reading and struggling to pass the exams to go to Seoul national university, we don’t have such plans”
“What about you? Why don’t you want to go to college?”
Lani smiled at him and said. “It’s because I want to be a K-pop idol like you. Most popular K-pop idols didn’t go to college, and yet they’re successful. I want to be successful like you” She said, smiling.
“Being a K-pop star isn’t easy Lani. You have to train day and night just so you won’t be eliminated. Your industry we push you into the mud when they see you no longer have something to offer to them”
“What are you trying say?”
“If you want to become a K-pop idol, you should be ready to withstand what comes with it, because in just a day, your candles will stopped shining and you won’t be able to do anything about it”
“Does this have something to do with you? Your company announced you were suffering from a disease, but you look okay to me”
“I… I just want to take e break” Lonnie said, lying to her.
“I’m glad you took a break, cuz if you didn’t, I won’t have seen you here” She said and Lonnie smile.
“Will you become my tutor?”
“Why?”
“It’s seems like you’re intelligent. My grandma won’t allow me to become a K-pop idol if I fail my final exams. I have few months left until I will be through with high school. Will you help me?”
“Sure”
Lani jumped in excitement. “One more thing” She said demonstrating, happily.
“Which is?” He asked, smiling.
“Will you do a collaboration with me when I become a K-pop idol”
Lonnie looked at her with a sad smile.
“What’s wrong? You can’t do it? Does your company go against it?”
“If that day comes and I have something I lost back, I will gladly to it”
Lani smiled and jumped on him, hugging him so tightly.
“Thank you so much. If this is a dream, I don’t want to wake up from it” She said, resting her head on Lonnie’s shoulder.
Lonnie patted her back with a smiling face.
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•SEOUL, THE UNBREAKABLE MANSION•
“Your new comeback song will be aired tomorrow, how do you feel?” Mr. Kang asked, with a smiling face.
“I feel so happy, Mr. Kang. It’s been four years since we released a song” Miles said, obviously happy.
Sage sighed sadly. “It feels so different without Lonnie” She said and Miles frowned.
“I feel the same way too. He used to have the longest lines in our song. I feel like I stole something from him” Camren said.
“Yes you did” Mary-Jane said, entering the house.
“Ma’am….
Camren was cut short with a slap from Mary-Jane and everyone gasped.
“Why did you slap me?”
“You must be all over the moon now that you have gotten the position of the main vocalist. You stole my son’s spotlight!!” Mary-Jane yelled at him.
“I didn’t steal anything from Lonnie. He himself told me he didn’t have a problem with it since he can’t sing. I feel so unhappy that he is not going to be an idol anymore” Camren said and Mary-Jane slapped him again.
“Ma’am, you’re going to far!” Sage said.
“All of you’re nothing but betrayers! Enjoy it when you still can, because I am going to find Lonnie and he will be back in the k-pop world” Mary-Jane said and leaves.
“Camren, are you okay?” Mr. Kang asked, Camren didn’t say anything and left.
“Lonnie is just like his mom” Miles muttered.
“Just a piece of advice, Miles, if you don’t have any useful thing to say, I think you should just keep quiet, rather than annoying me with your words”
“Sage” Miles held her hand when she tried to leave.
“Get your filthy hand off me, else you won’t like what I will do to you”
Miles sadly let go of her and she went after Camren.
“I think you should get some rest”
“Do you find me annoying too” He asked Mr. Kang.
“Huh?”
“You don’t have to answer, I know what’s going to be. No matter how much efforts I put in, no one appreciates it, so wh@??ver I am doing right now resulted to you all pushing me away like an outcast”
“Miles….”
“Good night, Mr. Kang” He said and went to his room.
***
Sage went to the Lonnie’s room and sees Camren looking around the room.
“I have been searching everywhere for you, I didn’t know you were here”
“Looking around the room reminds me of Lonnie. I feel his mom is telling the truth, I stole Lonnie’s position. I’m a bad person”
“No you’re not a bad person, Camren. You didn’t wish for Lonnie to lose his voice. I also miss him too”
“Do you think he is doing fine whenever he is? Knowing how he is married to his career, he might be soaking himself in tears because of it”
Sage walked closer to Camren and held his hand. “I’m doing all I can to look for Lonnie”
“Will you finally tell him about your feelings for him when you find him?”
“Yes I will. If I find Lonnie, I won’t let him go, even if I have to quit being an idol just to be with him, I will gladly do it” Sage said, and Camren smiled at her.
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•HADONG, COUNTRYSIDE OF KOREA, NIGHT•
“My mom slapped Camren?” Lonnie asked. He is talking to Mr. Kang on the phone.
“Yes she did. I didn’t know your mom cares about you”
“She doesn’t Mr. Kang. She is only looking for me because of her business. How is Camren doing?”
“He feels sad about taking your position as the main vocalist.
Sage and Camren are worried about you and I feel so guilty lying to them”
“It’s more better this way, Mr. Kang. I have overshadowed them for too long, I guess it’s time they shine too. Their comeback song will be aired tomorrow, I am happy for them”
“I know you’re sad about it, Lonnie”
“I will be fine”
“How’s the countryside treating you?”
Lonnie remembers Lani and smiled. “It’s peaceful here compared to the life in Seoul. I like it here”
“I’m happy to hear about it. Do you need anything? I will come over to Hadong and give it to you”
“No I don’t….”
Lonnie stopped talking when he heard Lani’s voice from upstairs.
“I will talk to you some other time” He ended the call and rest on the wall.
He smiled wildly as Lani’s voice brought solace to his heart. It was actually his solo song before the accident.
“She even sang it more than I did” He muttered, closing his eyes.
“Lani!!!! Dirty girl, go and have your shower and stop singing!!!”
“Stop shouting grandma, someone might hear you!”
Lonnie smiled because he knew Lani was referring to him.
***
Lani jumped on the bed after having her shower. She spread her legs widely on the bed, with her eyes looking at the ceiling.
She remembered how she saw Loonie’s ?ï?k earlier today and she giggled covering herself with the duvet.
“I should have taken a good look at it. It was so perfect” She said, grinning, but she stopped when she got a call from Sean.
“Hello Sean, why did you call?”
“How’s your cramps? Has it reduced?”
“Cramps? What cramps?”
“You suffered from painful cramps today, remember?”
“Oh yes I did! I’m okay now” She said, faking to be in pain.
“I’m glad you are getting better. I was worried about you. Will you be free this weekend?”
“Why?”
“I will love it if you come to my birthday party this weekend”
“Will I be allowed in your mansion?”
“Yes you will, but it will be held in a grand hall. You can bring your friends too”
“Alright Sean. I will be there”
Sean rolled on the bed happily, still he fell down.
“Are you alright? Did you fall down?”
“I’m so happy that is why I fell” He said, smiling like an idiot.
“Good night” She said and ended the call.
Lani lay down on the bed and continued reminiscing about Lonnie’s ?ï?k, smiling from ear to ear.
******
•NEXT DAY •
Lonnie had a sad smile on his face as he watched the MV of their comeback song. He’d have been a part of it if not for the fact that he lost his voice in singing.
Tears falls down from his eyes and he quickly turned his phone off.
“I became a K-pop idol just to get my mom’s attention, who would have thought it’d be part of me” He muttered sadly.
A knock came on the door and knowing it’s going to be Lani, he cleaned his tears and went to open the door.
“Hi Lonnie” She said, entering inside and he locked the door.
“Did you skip school again?”
“No I didn’t I waited until school was over”
“Why are you still in your uniform?”
“I wanted to see you first, but are you okay? Your face look sad” She said raising her toes to touch his face. He was more taller than her.
“I am okay” He said, flashing a smile at her, and Lani returned the smile.
She took his hand and made him sit on the tiled floor.
“What are you doing?” He asked when she brought out a microphone from her backpack.
“I just listened to the comeback song of your group, and it’s trash without you in it. Sing the chorus part of it” She said with a smile, giving him the microphone.
“I don’t want to” He jerks the microphone off and it fell from Lani.
He stood up from the floor, backing her.
“C’mon Lonnie, it’s just the chorus part. Sing it for me”
“Just go home, Lani”
“I don’t want to, sing” She whines holding his hand.
“I don’t want to sing!!!!” He shouted at her, forcefully taking his hand from him and Lani fell to the ground.
Lonnie came back to his senses when he saw Lani bleeding from her knee, and he quickly squat in front of her.
“Lani, are you okay? Sorry I hurt you”
“You should have just said you don’t want to sing rather than shout at me” She said in a crying voice standing up to her feet.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going home. I won’t come here again, I thought Lonnie was a gentleman but he is not. He shouted at me. I h@?? you” Lani said crying, heading for the door, but Lonnie wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind.
“I am sorry Lani. I didn’t mean to shout at you. Don’t h@?? me, you’re my only redemption” He said as his eyes became misty.
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TBC