Second Life

Chapter 8: Ramble

A/N: Thanks for all your feedback, it's relieving in a way to know that people like this book so much! I've been trying to narrow my updates to once a week but making it within two weeks is a bit hard recently. But I'll try harder and also tomorrow (or today because it's like 12:12 am) a new chapter of My Dark Lover will be posted so look out for it.

As always, I hope you enjoy!~

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"Aaaaand that's a wrap!"

Everyone cheered sleepily, several long hours of recording and all the hype for the groups plans afterward couldn't even give them much motivation to complete the recording. It had taken a few breaks to get everyone motivated after a stump. On a normal day they'd blow right through but an album recording was different. There were several new songs that they hadn't recorded beforehand that needed intense practice and several runs before recording. Many times they had to stop and restart the songs again but things had wrapped up sooner than expected which had been a boost in everyone's confidence.

The last song came to a close and Natsu slipped the headphones off, letting out a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair. He loved to sing at any and all parts of the day but now his voice felt somewhat hoarse. He'd need to drink a lot of tea with honey before bed to avoid losing it completely. Especially since he would be singing even more tonight and he had to report to the guild in the morning for a mission Erza had warned him of during the middle of the past week.

"That was awesome," Makoto cheered, putting an arm around the pinkette. "You just keep getting better!"

Natsu chuckled, running a hand through his hair nervously, "As good as someone without a vocal coach could be."

"Why don't you get one?" Dana asked quietly from behind her guitar. "Then you could get even better."

"If I was interested in being the best then yeah, I would get one." Natsu chuckled, "But I just want to share my music with everyone."

"It's that attitude that all of us are here to begin with." Kyle called from the doorway, "I wouldn't want to play with a cocky bastard or some gold digger."

"You pretty much just described yourself," Lizabeth said, passing him to put up her keyboard. She gave him a wink and his face paled. Though it didn't take him long to bounce back.

"O-oi! You take that back missy!" He called after her, he vanished from the doorway. Not long after the door shut, everyone still inside the booth started laughing, so loud that you could likely hear it outside the soundproof booth. "And you guys shut up too!" Kyle's voice called over the speakers, only adding more for them to laugh at.

"Did you see his face?" Dana giggled as she slipped on her jacket.

"His face was so red!" Makoto said, swinging his guitar over his shoulder.

"And what was with Liz's little seductive wink?"

"Dunno but it was funny as hell!"

"What do you mean by 'dunno?'" Natsu chimed in, pulling his jacket over his tee. He couldn't see how they hadn't known about Lizabeth and Kyle yet. "Those two have been dating for a while now."

Makoto and Dana turned to the pinkette in shock, shouting in unison. "What!!"

"Yeah, they live together. How did you think they weren't lovers already?" Natsu sighed in exasperation. He was friends with a group of idiots. "Geez, and people call me dense."

"You are dense, idiot." Makoto deadpanned.

"How so?" Natsu said, a tick of irritation making him smile. "I do happen to remember helping you out a few weeks ago with Marie."