DO RE MI
"Okay. Let's start again. Do...re...mi..." Jungwon immediately asked his students to repeat after him. His hand gracefully pushed each tile of the piano.
Jungwon just smiled as his students groaned in annoyance.
"Mr. Yang, we already did this ten times in row. Why we need to repeat all of this for an hour?" they asked as they really tired of it.
"You know your mistakes and you still repeated the same mistakes. The tone, the chord and everything especially your pitch. You keep on messing with this song and I need to bring you to the basic." He sarcastically says while lean on the piano.
"We don't want to do this anymore." One of his students grumbled again and Jungwon's left brow curved. He looked at him with a serious face.
"I don't want to do this either but you left me with no choice. Listen, your choir will be held coming soon and you can't play around like before, especially you, Mister Kim." He spoke.
Kim Tae Ho, pouted as Jungwon mentioned him in the middle of the music class.
"You're the main vocal here and we need your voice to make the audience clear with this song. You supposedly be aware and understand than everyone else here. Now, should I mention all your names here just because you are complaining about learning basics?" He asked them again and his student became quiet.
"I know this is not easy but please be more focus on your voice and performance. Understand?" He asked them again and slowly nodded their head as they understand.
"I hope you understand and be focus after this. I would never let you guys play around after this." Jungwon warned them and start over. But, now this he straightly play the song of All I Do is dream of you.
***
"Mr. Yang, I'm sorry about before." Kim Tae Ho immediately stopped Jungwon before that guy pack his things and left the place.
Jungwon frowned as he found out that little boy just being sorry for no big mistake. Jungwon just gave him a small smile before pat his shoulder.
"it's fine but I hope you be more aware of what you did. I rely on you, Tae Ho." Jungwon said and his gazed shifted to the main door of the music room. From a curvy lip of forming smile, his face turned serious.
"You should leave Tae Ho. It's getting dark outside. Be safe and take bus on east side of the school." He said without looking at the boy.
Tae Ho left him alone without asking him anything as he understand what he tried to say. Something bad will happen.
As soon as he left the place, Jungwon sighed heavily and stared at the piano before shifted his gazed towards the main door.
"You can't hide there, Niki." He said and sighed.
The main door finally closed by itself. There was a dark shadow behind the door and it gradually change its form into human figure.
Niki.
Niki grinned and finally came towards Jungwon before sat on the bench next to the piano.
"I thought you would not notice me..." he said while watched Jungwon arranged all papers on his desk.
"I can still feel your existence if you turn into water." Jungwon said to him and smirked.
Niki chuckled as he heard that. It's been 10 years and finally he could spend his time more with Jungwon.
"how's your day? Seems like your student make a lot of trouble today." He said but Jungwon just didn't give any reaction.
Indeed, he just stay quiet for a while.
"What about you? Seems like you make a lot of money." He jokes out that causing both them laugh. Niki nodded his head as it sounds so true indeed, it's fact.
After 10 years, finally Niki made his life be more normal like humans always did but what was his job?
"So far, I don't find any smart living things in this world that could ever pay me back. At first, they beg me to help them but, they didn't give me anything in return. Plus, they're just wasting my time by searching them in every space and corner." He replied while fixing his necktie.
"You're still young for this job but you make a lot of people scared of you. Indeed, you should be more humanly to them out there. Give them money and asked them to return it back means nothing."
"I know but this is for a hobby. After few years, I can make money without doing so much job like you. All I need to do, give them money, ask money back and hunt them by using my shadow." He said in proud tone but Jungwon just shook his head in disbelief.
"And finally, they give me by a nickname of "shadow man". Sounds cool, right ?" he asked and giggled.
"yeah. Make a lot of money before you die."
"vampires never die."
"they will but late. You should know that."
"yeah. So, you should make a lot of money too. By teaching all your little monkeys in this school." Niki playfully said and laughed as Jungwon stared at him.
