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Chapter 8: A Part Of Her?

"How long will it take for me to remember everything, doctor?" So Yeon asked the doctor that treated her while she was in coma. It was the day after Kang Joon insisted her to go home and rest when they were out, drinking. She went back to the hospital alone that morning since she noticed her painkiller's medicines are running out.

"It depends on the person themselves. I can't say a specific duration for you to fully remember everything back, but you can try going to the place where you had the accident before. Just walk around and try to meet anybody you possibly met that time. I ensure you, that's the best way you can retrieve back your memory, Ms. Kim." He explained and So Yeon could do nothing but nodded, understanding it's not going to be easy.

"You could also look at some significant things like any pictures, accessories or even clothing. It could be a trigger." So Yeon thanked him and went on her way. She got to the music store later than usual since the traffic was bad and the hospital is quite far from her apartment.

"Sorry for showing up late!" She shouted as she enters the music store. It was extremely quiet for no reason so she was weirded out at that fact. "Guys? Anybody here?" She called out and checked aisle by aisle but she found no one. She even checked the basement but the results were the same. She heard one of the studio door swung open so she went to look.

It was Kanghyun, with headphones on his neck and a book in his right hand. "Hi, Kanghyun. Where are the others?"

"Out to grab some food. I'll inform Yonghoon hyung that you're here." Kanghyun said before typing something on his phone. "Tell him not to buy me anything since I already ate." He nodded, eyes are still glued to his phone.

"Oh, Da Vinci Code? I've never read that before. It's on my list of books to buy." So Yeon had a glimpse of the book he's holding realising she had the book on her personal list. Kanghyun then turns his attention to her. 

"Urmm you can take a look at it." He handed it to her. The moment she took it, she flipped the pages to get the smell the book. She was happy after doing that so she decided to examined it further.

"You should bring me to the bookstore. I'm a bookworm so that is my heaven." She said while reading the first page of the book. Kanghyun looked at her and said nothing. Only the sound of flipped pages were heard until So Yeon's ringtone was heard. "Yes, sunbae?" She handed the book back to Kanghyun and went to sit down on a chair.

Their conversation wasn't long since So Yeon came back moments after Kanghyun settled down inside his studio. "May I enter?" She asked and Kanghyun nodded. "So, what are you working on? Instrumentals?" Kanghyun took his guitar and started playing it. So Yeon listen attentively and when it stopped, So Yeon clapped her hands. "That was good but it sounded empty in the chorus and you got a hanging ending."

"What?" He asked, curious as to what she will bound to say next. "Your melody started off strong, mostly arpeggios. Following that, the bridge was a mix of some suspended chords and major chords. Your chorus was from major to lots of minors. Your ending was left on hang. Like you haven't thought about it thoroughly or a story that had been left unsolved."

Kanghyun's face changes as she noticed he was thinking of something. She didn't want to interrupt him so she takes a look of the notes on the music sheet. Besides his computer, there's a mini MIDI keyboard controller in which she slowly picks it up and adjusts it. Kanghyun watches as she readjust the sounds that was similar to his guitar. She played the notes on the music sheets and after a while, she got a hold of the piece. While she was playing random notes, Kanghyun took notes for inspiration on another blank music sheet. After 20 minutes of So Yeon playing random notes to fit in his song, the blank music sheet was filled up by Kanghyun. Their producing session was interupted when they heard the other members were back.