The Healing Life of a Music Genius - Chapter 91
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Beep-
Beep-
The gaze of the convenience store part-timer who is scanning barcodes keeps turning outward. Then he glances at me.
Outside again.
Me again.
I was secretly concerned about those repeated looks.
‘hmm······.’
It was a convenience store that I often stopped by when I came to the Korean music studio, so I knew my part-time sister at least by face.
Maybe that’s why they seem to pay more attention.
It may be a shallow thought, but I had the illusion(?) that the girl sitting at the table outside was constantly shedding tears.
“Is that guy over there your friend? He cries so much. “What should I do?”
It wasn’t an illusion.
“That’s right, my friend. And there are difficult days in people’s lives.”
“A child like that?”
“Just because you’re young doesn’t mean there aren’t hardships.”
“oh! I didn’t mean it that way. Sorry.”
“are you okay.”
Before you know it, the barcode is scanned and the item is placed in an envelope.
Meanwhile, Alba asked one last question. In a slightly quiet voice.
“You’re not the one who made me cry, are you?”
“Hey, what am I…”
I stopped talking.
uh? Did I make you cry?
Did I make a 14 year old girl cry?
You didn’t mean to do that, did you?
I unconsciously looked at Lee Ha-eun sitting at the table, and when she saw me, she started sniffling again.
Sister Alba looked at me intently.
“You have to get along well with your friends. And do you know how sensitive girls are at that time?”
“······.”
I felt a bit unfairly and received a couple of words of admonishment. I apologize unconditionally. Even if I didn’t do something wrong, unconditionally.
so.
“Sorry.”
“huh? “What river?”
First, I tried to apologize.
When I explained what happened inside the convenience store, Lee Ha-eun shook her head.
“It’s not like that… Shall I go and tell you? “It must be unfair to you.”
Maybe my nose was stuffy from crying, but I ended up making a lot of noises when I spoke.
I first handed him a tissue.
“Because that’s okay. Blow your nose first. “It must be stuffy.”
“······.”
“hurry.”
“······ huh.”
I listen more obediently than I expected. He blows his nose, says ‘Huh!’ and throws it in the trash can.
Meanwhile, I put a straw in the banana-flavored milk. He also handed me a wet tissue.
Lee Ha-eun, who normally would have boasted and said, ‘I can do that too!’, calmly followed my instructions.
I wipe my eyes, my hands, my nose, and drink a lot of banana-flavored milk.
He suddenly became a gentle sheep.
“That’s nice.”
“······ huh.”
“Have you calmed down a little?”
“······ A little bit.”
Lee Ha-eun was the first person to think that crying could lead to dehydration. I was really surprised when she shed tears like beads that you might see in a cartoon.
‘You seem to be more soft-hearted than I thought.’
In fact, he may have acted stronger on the outside because of that.
Just like a hedgehog.
That way, you will be able to completely hide your story.
In fact, I didn’t know anything until Lee Ha-eun told me directly.
and.
With those thorns completely gone, Lee Ha-eun looked like a completely different person.
“Seojin. thank you. For being my friend. really.”
While doing that, my cheeks blush slightly.
I watched him intently and opened my mouth.
“But Ha-eun.”
“huh.”
“Your eyes are really swollen. “I guess that will last until tomorrow?”
“······.”
Lee Ha-eun’s face immediately turned bright red.
Go away from the ripe strawberries.
He looks at me and grumbles slightly.
“It’s all because of you. Who has been making songs like this for so long? Where can you find something that makes people cry like this? It’s a foul! “It’s disgusting!”
To some extent, Lee Ha-eun seemed to have returned to her usual self.
“Did you like the song?”
“Are you asking that of someone who was crying a little while ago?”
“You never know. “Maybe I shed tears of disappointment because the song wasn’t that good.”
“······ what?”
Lee Ha-eun eventually burst out laughing.
“I cried and then laughed because of you. What is this?”
At the same time, it tells you how you feel about the song.
Every word Lee Ha-eun said was very warm and sincere.
He replayed the song on his smartphone and told me his thoughts on each verse.
It seemed like he thought it would help me.
Thanks to this, it took over 15 minutes just to listen to Lee Ha-eun’s impressions.
“······ To put it all together, it was a song worth giving 120 points to me. I will remember this song for the rest of my life. “It’s a song that told my story and gave me comfort.”
“I’m glad you listened.”
“I am truly grateful. For making this song. So when are you going to release this song?”
“······ huh?”
“Ah, you haven’t decided on an announcement time yet? okay. It may take a long time to arrange it until you like it. But I also liked that there was only one instrument, the guitar. I’m just giving my personal opinion. As a listener.”
“no. That’s not it, I have no intention of releasing this song?”
“Eh? why?”
“Is this a song you made to listen to?”
“······?”
No matter how hard I try, would I still sell my friend’s story?
If Lee Ha-eun listened and said she liked it, that would be enough.
However, Lee Ha-eun, who was listening to my explanation, once again burst into tears.
“why! why! “What did I say this time?”
“It’s because of you that I burst into tears today! “Where in the world can I find a friend like you?”
“······ here?”
“······ okay. “It was here.”
I had no choice but to hand the tissue back to Lee Ha-eun.
“you stupid! You are the number one composer. “Don’t you think the money you get for writing just one song is enormous?”
Although it is somewhat like that…
“I don’t even accept it from friends. For your information, the rights to this song are 100% yours. really.”
“Anyway… I can’t survive. “Then you wrote a song that wasn’t even going to be released just for me?”
“Because this is the song that came to mind after hearing your story. “That was all.”
“Did you even sing a song?”
“Because it wasn’t difficult. For your information, I played the guitar myself.”
“······.”
Lee Ha-eun played with her smartphone in silence for a while. It didn’t seem like I was doing anything special, I just scrolled up and down the music app repeatedly.
Then, suddenly, he asked me a question.
“Then I can do whatever I want with this song?”
“yes. “Because it’s your song.”
“Really?”
“That’s right. “You don’t trust your friends that much.”
“······ then.”
Lee Ha-eun continued speaking a little firmly.
“Please release this song. “With your stage name.”
“I said there’s no need to do that. “I’m already writing other songs, so it’s okay.”
“That’s not it. I felt very relieved after listening to this song. That’s why I cried. I’m sure other people feel the same way. So, I think this song is one that I shouldn’t keep to myself. “There are many people in the world who go through breakups like this.”
Rather, Lee Ha-eun began to persuade me.
“I know you care, but…”
“Uh-huh! You say this song is my song? “When are you going to tell me to do whatever I want?”
“······.”
“how is it. “Don’t you have anything to say?”
And then smiles.
“For me, the fact that you played this song to me is enough. I just don’t know what to do with this. So please do as I say.”
“······.”
“Please. Seojin.”
“······.”
It was difficult for me to be stubborn any longer.
Lee Ha-eun’s attitude was soft yet strong.
I felt like I knew what Lee Ha-eun was thinking when she said those words.
A child with a good nature.
He was a friend who knew how to be thankful for everything.
So I eventually nodded.
Lee Ha-eun smiled brightly when she saw me.
“That’s enough. Thank you for listening to me. “I hope many people listen to this song.”
It seemed like we had been talking for quite some time.
It was already past 9pm.
Perhaps because it was time, Lee Ha-eun’s mother called. The voice that could be heard through the speaker of her cell phone was filled with worry.
We got on the bus and hurried back to Saebom-dong.
And I saw Lee Ha-eun off near her house.
“There was no need to do this…”
“I was on my way home anyway.”
“lie. You live in Saebom Apartment. “It’s the complete opposite from here.”
“You… know too much.”
“Hmm! “It’s like that.”
Under the streetlight with its faint orange glow, Lee Ha-eun held out her hand to me. handshake. It is a sign of gratitude.
I held Lee Ha-eun’s hand. And I was a little surprised by my hands being smaller than I expected. It’s a bit cold too. You play the piano well with hands like these.
On the other hand, Lee Ha-eun also seemed surprised when she saw my hand.
“Seojin, your hands are bigger than I thought. Warm…”
“you······.”
“Stop. Until there. “Isn’t talking about hands the same thing as a pianist’s pride?”
Then, shake your joined hands up and down vigorously.
Just like a child.
The house Lee Ha-eun lives in was an ordinary house.
Second floor.
After seeing the front door close, I walked towards Saebom Apartment.
On the way back home, I received a message from Lee Ha-eun.
There was no special content, just an emoticon of a white cat repeatedly bowing loudly.
‘It looks like you like white cats.’
I sent a reply saying that I had a lot of fun today.
This time, the white cat jumped up and down and said, ‘Me too! An emoticon came shouting, ‘Me too!’
Lee Ha-eun’s next reply was quite long.
‘I sent it as if I was some kind of lifesaver. I don’t think it was that bad. ‘What are you going to pay off your debt for the rest of your life?’
A middle-class exaggeration.
It even looked a little cute.
As soon as I returned home, I received a brief glare from my mother. She was told that no matter how good she was at piano practice, she shouldn’t overdo it. I wasn’t late today because of practice. She felt a little guilty.
Suyeon was sleeping on the living room sofa. I listened to what his father said and it turned out that he was waiting for me and that’s what happened.
After taking a shower in the bathroom, I moved Suyeon into the room. He must have woken up from his sleep and said, “Oppa. It’s late. I could hear a sound similar to sleep talking, “Jigaaagh.”
I returned to my room.
I sat down at my desk and opened the album CD that Lee Ha-eun had given me as a gift.
Billboard’s best album, which includes ⌜Live forever⌟ composed by Uncle Miller.
‘someday······.’
When I got courage
I thought I might tell my story to someone,
I listened to ⌜Live forever⌟ again.
.
.
.
“Do you know how worried Mom was? “She was never this late in her life.”
“I thought it was okay since we talked on the phone. sorry.”
“no. I’m not sorry… Her mom was just worried about Ha-eun, so she did it. “You are the only mother.”
Lee Ha-eun’s mother hugged her tightly. Lee Ha-eun was held in her arms and patted her mother’s back.
After staying like that for a while, her mother suddenly touched Lee Ha-eun’s face.
“But Ha-eun. Did you cry? “What’s wrong with your eyes?”
“Ah… that’s it.”
‘I guess Seojin was right. They said it was noticeable.’
I hadn’t even thought about it.
Seeing Lee Ha-eun panicking, her mother began to worry even more.
“You can tell mom. Are kids bullying you at school?”
“Oh, no! That’s not it…”
“then?”
“······.”
Lee Ha-eun clenched her fists with both hands.
Normally, I would have answered that this happened while reading a sad novel or watching a sad movie.
Not today.
Lee Ha-eun answered with a trembling voice.
“I missed my dad. “I haven’t seen your face for so long.”
“······ what?”
“That’s why I cried. But I also like being with her ex-mom. “That’s it.”
“······.”
Mother said nothing. But soon she hugged her daughter again. And she sobs quietly.
“Sorry···. Mom···. all···.”
“no. There are things in this world that can’t be helped. I know. So I just didn’t say anything. And there are days like today where I suddenly feel sad.”
“okay. okay···. okay······.”
Lee Ha-eun felt warmth in her mother’s arms for a while. It seemed like her eyes were about to close. Just hearing her mother’s heartbeat put her mind at ease.
After a while, Lee Ha-eun entered the room.
A white cat figure was carefully placed on a shelf with several picture frames.
Among the framed photos, there was one photo of a white cat with a kind grandmother.
“I chose it in the end.”
Lee Ha-eun lay down on the bed.
If it were some day in the past, rather than today, I might have curled up hugging my pillow out of overwhelming longing.
But not from today.
I felt like I had become a person who could truly be calm.
Lee Ha-eun held her smartphone and thought about it for a while.
It was because I had no idea what to say.
So I ended up sending a white cat emoticon. To express gratitude, I chose the emoticon of a cat bowing loudly.
‘I don’t think you think it’s too sincere. That’s not what I meant…’
Those worries are for a moment.
A chat notification popped up and a fairly long reply came back.
Lee Ha-eun jumped out of bed, screaming “Wham!” without realizing it.
A smile that comes naturally.
Lee Ha-eun immediately sent a new emoticon.
I also sent a somewhat lengthy reply.
Without a single lie, with only sincerity.
I once again expressed my gratitude to my friend.
* * *
next day.
“What about you? “My eyes are still swollen.”
“It’s because of you…”
“is it. “I’m sorry for no reason.”
“no! no! no···. “I was really grateful…”
Lee Ha-eun gently covers her eyes with her hand. Even so, it had no effect.
We stood in front of class A of the piano department.
Never has a classroom door seemed so difficult to open…
“What are you guys doing?”
“Wham!”
“Who are you?”
It was Baek So-yeon.
Baek So-yeon looked at the two of us in turn, then fixed her gaze on Lee Ha-eun’s face.
“Haeun! “What are you doing…”
First, Baek So-yeon was kidnapped.
Lee Ha-eun was going to be hearing that sound all day today, so some kind of solution was needed.
In an uncomplicated way, Lee Ha-eun’s eye condition was explained with a story about how she had been in a slump in the past, and with the excuse that she was worried about it happening again.
“Wow. Ha-eun! “If something like that happens, tell me!”
First of all, Baek So-yeon was on our side.
“What are you three doing…”
Shin Joo-won appeared.
We also kidnapped Shin Ju-won.
“W-what is it?”
“Stay still when I say nice things.”
“Huh?”
anyway.
The four of us started a discussion about Lee Ha-eun, who still had traces of her luck yesterday.
“Is this right?”
“Let’s give it a try.”
“It’s better than nothing, right?”
“Haeun. “But your puffy eyes are so cute!”
“······.”
Baek So-yeon secretly enjoyed this situation.
We made an eye patch using paper and hair ties. There was an opinion to cover at least one side.
The result is…
“Haeun, what are you doing?”
“Um, me?”
Lee Ha-eun immediately caught the attention of teacher Yang Woo-joo during assembly time.
I was diagnosed with ‘second-year disease’ as the name of the disease.
“Thanks to you, I moved up a grade.”
“······.”
“Congratulations on skipping a grade.”
“Leave me alone. “For today…”
It was youth.