It took seconds to comments guess who was at the phone. Accent was unmistakable.
Bangchan congratulated them on their broadcast and was just talking for a moment, telling he'd been working on a collaboration and a cover with Blue.
Viewers started asking who was Blue and some others answered it was obviously Allyson.
Suddenly the call was cut short and there was a knocking on the door. Twice's Jihyo, Itzy's Ryujin, Bangchan and I.N. entered the room making a lot of noise. Right after, Felix and Sana barged in smiling widely and carrying a cake.
If viewers hadn't gone wild before, now it was the time.
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"Too much to drink last night?"
She got out of her thoughts and looked up from her keyboard. Poor thing was being used as a table, filled with notebooks, paper and a pencil case. Jisung was leaning on the doorframe, smirk plastered on his squirrel face.
"I don't drink alcohol!"
"I never said you did... maybe it was too much coffee." He sat by her on a spare chair. "Chan said you have some lyrics for me."
"Yes. I think I need some help with the bridge..." She looked in the notebook for the page with the lyrics. "...on this one and..." She started sorting the papers that were all over her keyboard until she found it.
"And that needs a proper rap section."
He was full on producer mode and started mumbling reading. She put the extra things on a table that was empty on the other side of the small room. She closed the door to keep the music in.
"Do you want to listen the melody I made for those? It's quite basic."
He lifted his head and his hair hopped. Too cute.
"Yes."
She played the melody singing along, "I don't know what to say here", kept playing and sang again, "I have no idea Jisuuuung."
He laughed and by the time the bridge came the third time, he sang instead.
"Maybe I could hold your hand
Maybe I can tell you that you can
Maybe I need no words for you
I hope you know there's still time... For us."
She finished the song and looked at Han.
"That was beautiful! Gosh, I'll keep you in my bedside table." She took the notebook and scribbled in blue the lyrics he made on the spot. On a corner she wrote his name with the same colour.
"There."
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The room had no windows and they hadn't realized how much time has passed when someone knocked on the door.
Both jumped at the noise and laughed.
She got up to open and found herself looking at the muse for the songs she'd been writing and at the same time, the source of her distress.
Behind him, the other third of 3racha smiled.
"Was it productive, Han?"
Said man put a hand on her shoulders looking at the other two. He smiled.
"Yeah, she's got some good stuff in that mess of papers. I just helped make it sparklier."
"You're one to talk..." Chan mumbled.
"Though I think I'll be stealing one of those... What do you say, Blue? Should we make "The Light" a SKZ - Record, maybe a collab?"
"Shouldn't we have let them listen to that, before we decide?" She pointed to the rest of 3racha with her hand, making signs for them to enter the room.
"I think you can make a version with the band and a feature artist and then..." He was making gestures with his hands. "We release a Japanese version with a different feature artist. We wait a couple weeks and release a third one... In English!"
"I didn't even debut, man... Aren't you a little too ahead of yourself?"
The leader put a hand on his shoulders and looked just at him. "Of course not. Come on, I was looking for you to have dinner." Then, he looked at Changbin and Allyson. "See you later, bro. Good night Ally-ah."
Just like that, he took the happy quokka and left closing the door behind him.
She mumbled "Why did he took Han away and left you here?" But he heard it and it gave him a stab in the stomach. Jealousy.
She didn't know what to say, so she just spoke with the first thing that was on her mind.
"Do you want to listen to the song?"
Without waiting for a a reply, she sat and started playing trying to focus on the keys she was pressing and not on him, the man that had ignited all those foreign feelings a few days ago, staring at her.
As the last note sounded, the silence was too loud. She could feel his presence on her back. Ally focused on the keys. Black, white, black, white...
She had to fill the silence with anything.
"Do you hate it?"
"I like it..."
Silence.
"Can I get a hug?"
A second passed. She regretted it the moment those words left her mouth. She was sure he would just leave the room. "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked..."
He took the chair and put it behind her. He felt his hands holding onto her chair's arms and in one swift move, he spun her. She was caged between his arms and his stare, but he wasn't touching her.
Suddenly she felt self-conscious about the clothes she was wearing. Han didn't make her feel like this, she was comfortable with him. She kept using shorts, but she didn't like her legs and it didn't matter. But with Changbin it mattered. Why was she comparing the two of them?
"Are you going to keep avoiding me?"
"I wasn't..."
"You were." He came a bit closer. His knees touched hers. "If you're uncomfortable with me, just tell me and I won't bother you ever again..."
"It's just... we shouldn't have kissed."
His heart dropped to the first floor. Didn't she feel that way for him? Or worse...
"Did it hurt you?"
"No. You can't hurt me Binnie." She smiled. It was the saddest smile he had seen in her lips, but she was still beautiful.
Someday I'll find a way to leave, and I don't want to take you with me.
"Then if you like me, even if it's just a little, just let me like you back."
What? Did he? Her eyes drifted to his lips for a split second and back to his eyes.
"Whenever you want."
He made her forget why she didn't want to get closer. She left herself feel and crushed her lips with his, holding his jaw with her left hand. He had such a beautiful face. The kiss wasn't soft and tender as last time. It was out of need for eachother, desperate and rough.
He responded immediately, holding onto her head and her waist to pull her even closer. Both fighting for dominance, biting and just feeling.
As she got closer, his chair slide back and he let it go, getting up and letting go her lips. He was holding her up and pressing her gently to his chest, she looked at his eyes and couldn't remember why wouldn't she. Allyson could feel their hearts beating incredibly fast.
They breathed heavily holding eachother without the need to say anything.
She realised in that moment, that she had willingly given herself to him. He had her heart and he could do whatever he pleased with it.
Her heart didn't care if he didn't give her anything in return.
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a/n: I was listening to Evanescence's Good Enough when thinking about the song Han sang. I'm not a songwriter in anyway possible... I don't speak Korean to be able to write it as it should, so yeah, that's what I could do for this book.
For the second part of this chapter I was listening BTS's Serendipity, as you can probably tell from the title.