As this memory surfaced in his mind, Sailub was even more astonished, almost incredulous. “So, the boy I met all those years ago… was you?”
Thanapon murmured a “yeah.”
“So, this guitar is the one I gave you back then… You’ve been using it all these years?”
Another “yeah” from Thanapon.
“Wow…” Sailub sighed, not sure what else to say for a moment.
After a while, he asked, “When did you recognize me?”
As the words left his mouth, he suddenly had a guess. “The night after the first recording session ended, when you drove me home, was it because you recognized me?”
“No,” Thanapon glanced at him. “Actually, I don’t really remember what you look like.”
“Then…”
“I gave you a ride because you seemed in a hurry. If I had known you were in a hurry to see…” Thanapon frowned. “I shouldn’t have given you a ride.”
Sailub chuckled and was about to say something when Thanapon continued, “And, even if I had recognized you that early, I wouldn’t have taken that photo. I wasn’t lying just now, the lighting was too dim that night, and you had your cap pulled down low. Besides your eyes and contours, I didn’t really see what you looked like, and with so many years in between, even if I had seen clearly, I probably wouldn’t have remembered, let alone recognized you.”
“That makes sense…” Sailub nodded. “So, it was the melody at the music festival night that made you recognize me?”
“Perhaps.”
“Hmm?”
“When you went to the bar to return my clothes, and when you helped Sammy with the music score, you used that tune to tune the guitar. It sounded familiar to me, but you only played a line, so I wasn’t sure if it was the same song. Also, you seemed to have no impression of that guitar at all, so I was more inclined to think it was just an illusion. Then, you played it again at the music festival, and I could confirm it was the same song. Later, I watched the video of your performance at the Ramira Music Festival, and you were holding the guitar I used. That’s when I was completely sure it was you.”
“I see…” Sailub nodded, feeling even more incredulous.
That such a coincidence could happen to him…
For a moment, Sailub didn’t know what to say, but he felt a sense of sentimentality.
After returning from Ramira that night, his life quickly underwent a dramatic change.
A fan uploaded a video of his performance at the music festival to a video platform, and not long after, he suddenly received an invitation from the movie “Thirteen Days” crew, saying that director Aob specifically requested him to sing the movie’s theme song and ending song.
Shortly after, “Thirteen Days” was released in major theaters, and the film’s OST spread everywhere, catapulting Sailub to fame.
After that, he signed with KQ, busy every day with making albums, meeting the media, participating in programs, organizing tours, and holding concerts…
The memory of that night meeting the boy and giving away the guitar gradually faded away amidst the noisy voices and overwhelming invitations, pushed to the extreme periphery of his mind, never to be recalled again.
During these ten years, his life had been so turbulent.
Looking back, that night in Ramira seemed to be the starting point of everything.
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TO SHOU WITH LOVE
FanfictionA reckless and prepared to sting instrumental performer (gong) x a gentle and mature mentor (shou). On Sailub Hemmawich's twenty-ninth birthday, his friends in the circle organized a small birthday party for him. Outside the window, the sound of ra...
