Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 163

Music Genius Overnight! Episode 154

Chapter 47. Hee-jeong

“Is it hot today?”

“Ah… yes.”

It was because, unlike his casual suggestion to grab a meal together, Young-chan approached her differently that day.

It wasn’t that she was wearing makeup or dressed up as if she were going to an official event.

Rather, it would be more accurate to say that Young-chan’s attitude toward her had changed.

It was a subtle quality that couldn’t be explained in words, but it felt like a huge change from her perspective.

Thanks to that, the time they had spent together, which she thought had made her comfortable and familiar, was reset as if it were a lie.

As a result, she acted like a girl standing in front of her idol star, not knowing what to do.

“It’s not like I’m going to eat you. Why are you so nervous today?”

“Huh? Eat me?”

Jamie swallowed hard and asked back in surprise, and Young-chan shook his head, looking a bit embarrassed.

“It’s a Korean expression that means I’m scaring you. It doesn’t mean I’m really going to eat you.”

“…….”

Young-chan quickly made excuses, thinking she might misunderstand because she was a foreigner, but in fact, Jamie, who had lived in Korea for a long time and almost mastered Korean, knew what he meant without further explanation.

However, the reason she was surprised and asked back was because she knew that there was another meaning hidden inside.

‘If it’s the CEO, I wouldn’t mind being eaten… Aish~’

She unknowingly revealed her deep-seated desire to Young-chan, who felt different today, and then quickly turned away, feeling embarrassed.

Young-chan seemed to find Jamie’s reaction cute or funny, and he smiled silently before saying,

“Let’s have a cup of coffee first. If we eat like this, you’ll get indigestion. Iced Americano?”

“Yes? Yes!”

“Okay. Wait a minute.”

Young-chan made his own iced Americano, which he often made when working.

The iced Americano, made with coffee beans specially sourced from a coffee machine worth the price of a car for business use, had a unique aroma.

It wasn’t for nothing that Young-chan was making coffee for Jamie, who could be called his ‘썸녀’ [some-nyeo: someone you have a ‘some’ relationship with, implying romantic interest but not yet a committed relationship].

“I made it to my taste, so I don’t know if you’ll like it.”

“I like it. Thank you.”

Young-chan chuckled at Jamie, who said she liked it even before she tasted it, and took a sip first.

In fact, after solidifying his decision with his younger sister’s help, Young-chan couldn’t hide his nervousness before meeting her for the first time.

However, as soon as his ‘썸녀’ (some-nyeo) showed more nervousness than him and made mistakes, Young-chan was able to relax.

Was it thanks to the caffeine?

After that, the two had a pleasant conversation. It was because they were talking about different topics than before, mostly personal stories.

Young-chan mainly talked about his family and uncles, while Jamie talked about her crew, including Semi, and occasionally about her aunt and mother.

She also said that her mother, who was receiving psychiatric treatment, was recently improving, and that she was writing a song about her younger sibling.

She was embarrassed, but she played a song she had worked on, and Young-chan listened to her recording for a while before immediately starting to compose a song on the piano in his office.

-Da-da-da-dan dan-dan-dan!-

The piano performance, lasting over three minutes, unfolded like flowing water.

If someone who didn’t know would see it, they might mistake it for an existing song, as the quality of the song was very high.

In fact, the piano alone was enough to fill the song.

“I can roughly come up with this much, and I think the lyrics should be like this.”

“!!!”

Jamie was completely surprised, as if she had seen the true nature of Young-chan, who was even called the god of music.

However, her surprised expression changed as Young-chan immediately started singing.

The lyrics, which were written with the longing for her younger sibling, were enough to shake Jamie’s heart.

The song itself would have been enough, but Young-chan, who was able to draw out more than the song’s potential, sang it, so there was no need to say how big the emotional wave would be.

-Thump, thump-

Her heart was racing like a rabbit’s, and by the time Young-chan finished the song with the last piano note, she was crying her eyes out.

“…Um.”

Young-chan, who belatedly realized that Jamie was crying, was startled and hurriedly brought a tissue to wipe away her tears, but then naturally hugged her.

It was because he knew that it was not an emotion that would easily stop.

He just patted her back silently and quietly waited for her to calm down, but Jamie’s sobbing emotions did not subside easily.

“Sniff… I’m sorry.”

Jamie, whose eyes were swollen from crying so much, apologized shyly, and Young-chan smiled and shook his head.

“It’s going to be hard to eat like this.”

“I’m sorry.”

It was his words with a joke, but Jamie didn’t have the luxury to take his words as a joke.

Knowing her feelings, Young-chan picked up a tissue again and wiped the makeup off her eyes, saying,

“It’s okay. Anyway, it’s a really happy thing that a song that touched your heart so much came out.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

“Okay. Then let’s start recording in two days. I’ll send you the song, so study it properly.”

“Hehe. Yes.”

Young-chan then showed an awkward smile to Jamie, who was finally smiling.

It was strange that the private meeting ended up being a public affair.

If the time with Jamie was like that, the time with Kang Ah-young was different.

Perhaps because of her age in her 30s, but also because of Kang Ah-young’s calm personality, the time they spent together was not very dramatic.

Instead, it quietly approached like the happiness felt in the warm sunlight in everyday life.

“I think I know why the elders like Kang Ah-young.”

“Yes?”

Young-chan smiled and continued, surprised by the sudden remark.

“Hahahaha. I would say that she looks like a wise and virtuous woman who would appear in old stories.”

“A… a wise and virtuous woman?”

She realized that Young-chan was joking and smiled her unique elegant smile before continuing.

“The reason you see me that way is probably thanks to my grandmother.”

“Grandmother? Ah! That’s right, you said you grew up under your grandmother when you were young.”

“Yes.”

She nodded and talked about her grandmother, who was like a friend but also scolded her severely when it came to etiquette.

“Perhaps because I grew up without parents, she was even more so afraid that there would be gossip.”

“Your grandmother was a wise person.”

“Yes. I have no choice but to feel really sorry and grateful.”

Because such etiquette was ingrained in her, people couldn’t easily treat her.

Thanks to that, she benefited a lot during her work life, and it became her driving force during her difficult unknown singer days.

And Young-chan felt that she was amazing again because of her appearance.

It’s easy to say, but it’s not easy to maintain the kind heart that you learned in childhood.

He also knew how difficult this was because he had a difficult past.

Young-chan, who had spent time with the two of them, which could be called ‘썸’ (some), realized his feelings about a month later.

He knew exactly which of the two his heart was leaning towards.

“Jamie. If you’re okay with it, would you like to go out with me?”

“Yes? Yes? Yes?”

Jamie, who had become a little closer to Young-chan after recording the song that had brought her to tears, couldn’t come to her senses at Young-chan’s sudden words while chatting today.

“Let’s meet seriously.”

And Young-chan, who knew her thoughts while meeting her, immediately confirmed what he had said again.

“…That seriously meeting means.”

“Let’s date.”

“!!!”

Jamie’s face turned red like a teenager at the word ‘date’. In fact, Jamie’s head turned white and she couldn’t easily continue thinking, but even so, her mouth uttered what she had to say.

“Yes. Yes. I like it.”

“Hahahaha.”

Young-chan then burst into laughter, relieved.

He knew that Jamie had a great liking for him, but apart from that, confessing was bound to be a nerve-wracking thing.

Summer of 38 years old.

That’s how Young-chan started his first relationship.

* * *

“What? Marriage! Who decided that!”

In front of the bleak end of 2020, Hee-jeong, this girl, made an absurd statement at a family dinner that we had together after a long time.

It was fortunate that we were drinking tea after finishing the meal, or I might have choked properly if I had heard it while eating.

The younger sister’s statement, which included the important matter of marriage, was surprising enough, but for some reason, the mother did not show any signs of surprise.

I was so frustrated with that appearance that I urged my mother.

“Mom! What are you doing? Tell that girl something!”

“…Sigh.”

However, for some reason, the mother looked at me as if I were a naive child, sighed, and then turned her gaze back to her younger sister.

“You thought well. No, it’s actually late.”

“…What does that mean!”

I shouted as if in despair, but my mother didn’t blink an eye and turned to me, saying,

“You! Hee-jeong is already 31 years old!”

“No, I’m not! I’m still 30 years old.”

The younger sister flared up at the word 31 years old and shouted 30 years old, but the mother lightly shook her head and continued.

“Whether you’re 30 or 31, you would have heard the sound of an old maid a hundred times in the old days. Fortunately, there was a decent man who had been dating for 3 years, so I didn’t say anything else. If not, I would have sent Hee-jeong to a blind date several times.”

“…Um. Hyun-cheol is too good for her.”

-Slap-

“Ugh!”

I had a few private meetings with Hyun-cheol after knowing that he was dating my younger sister, and I realized that he was really a man who was too good for my younger sister.

So, I was upset that I was hit on the back by my mother even though I was just telling the truth, but what’s important now is not that.

“Still, it’s a bit much to marry off this little kid already.”

“Little kid!”

Hee-jeong flared up, but the mother waved her hand at her younger sister and said to me.

“It’s not that I don’t know your heart, Young-chan, but everything has its time. Hee-jeong’s marriage is like that too.”

“…….”

The mother calmly said that it was time for her younger sister to get married, but I couldn’t say anything in the end.