Winter's Love

Bonus Chap. 2

I got up off the floor of the practice room. Everyone had already left, so the lights of the company were dim. With a towel on my neck I went looking for a bottle of water. I was thirsty. In that process someone singing stopped me. I knew all the voices of the company, I had a perfect ear for that. I followed the sound with curiosity. The closer I got, the more I listened to one of the songs I wrote. The surprise was pleasant when I noticed the door of Ha Neul's office a little open. When I looked out I discovered that she was the one who sang. Her headphones were in her ears, and I assumed she thought she was alone. She really sang. Who would've have thought?

The audio was loud so the song Beautiful Liar was heard clearly. Ha Neul was painting some things that I could not decipher. For the moment, she let go what she was doing and focused on looking at the screen. She was watching the video on YouTube. When looking at me in the video I remembered when I had to make an effort not to laugh to record it. From her reflection of the small mirror I could see her expression full of pride and admiration along with a smile. Has anyone ever been so proud of something or someone? I doubted it. That made me feel butterflies in my stomach. That was a song that I composed and she enjoyed it. She continued to sing Leo's part very well. When my part arrived, I opened my eyes as a plate when, instead of remaining silent, she began to sing it. She did it well, something I didn't expect. But in a moment the tongue stuck, causing her to let out a frustrated noise.

-Argh, someday I'm going to sing all your parts you'll see -She said to me of the video, making me let out a low laugh.

Ha Neul continued with her work. The song was over and she put it back. She was repeating that process twice more. Did she really like that song so much? The VIXX songs kept going, and she kept on singing doing the dance steps from time to time. Waaah, she knew even the dances. Although I already discovered that the night I saw her dancing. Here I was again, watching her. I should leave this bad habit, I wasn't a stalker. What happened was that this was a Ha Neul that isn't seen all the time, and I liked this side of her. It was like opening a box of surprises. You will never know what you are going to find.

I couldn't stand the desire to sit down and watch. She was crazy, but this was totally different. As entertaining as she was, she didn't notice when I entered and sat in the back seat, staying in the blind spot of the mirror. The songs kept going, she was still in her world and I was enjoying it for some reason. Suddenly she turned back to the computer and I didn't see what she was looking for until I recognized my Ghost song at the concert. She stopped doing everything and watched the video. I never expected to see such a reaction in a fan. She made me fly and I was speechless. Then she put Lean on me, but after the song her happiness was replaced by, disappointment? Then abruptly the song changed.

From the screen came something like a video-call that she accepted in less than a blink, immediately began to greet the caller in another language, which I assumed was her native language. They spent a lot of time talking and within what I could distinguish I only understood: VIXX and the names of us. I assumed she was a Starlight too. At one-point, Ha Neul made an annoyed face and her friend a puppy face. What had she asked her to do? She said a few words and the call was cut short. She opened a score on the screen and a song on the piano was heard from the headphones.

My curiosity was satisfied when she took her cell phone and began to sing. Was she recording the song? It was a choral song. Of all the things she could do, I never thought that singing was one of them. Leo would have loved to follow her with the piano. With fatigue, she put her cell phone on the desk when she finished and threw herself on the back of the chair with a sigh, massaging her left shoulder. She changed the music and put on a livelier one, although she had been in the company all day and it was late at night, she still had a good mood. Another call came to her computer, this time she answered in Korean.