Where Do Broken Hearts Go? 🌹 {on hiatus}

Chapter 11

NOW

"Hey" Changbin whispered into the phone

"Hey" I whispered back, "Wait, why are we whispering?"

"I don't know why you are but I'm in the old music room, wanna come over?"

"Uhm, that's sudden but okay, I'm about to finish my practice, I'll be there in 10"

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I knock thrice on the door to the music room, thinking there might be other people, but I just hear a single voice saying "come in" which was definitely Changbin's.

A dusty smell of wood filled the air as I entered the room and I wished I had found this place earlier, it felt homely to be here, a lot of people didn't use this room anymore because a new room was constructed which was a lot bigger and free to accumulate the growing number of students in this university.

Changbin is sitting on one of the long seats in front of the piano, staring at the notes splayed in front of him on the stand and on the piano.
I walk towards him and place a hand on his shoulder, "do you need help?" I ask concerned.
He turns to look up and smiles, "do you know how to play the piano?"
He takes my hand off his shoulders and makes me sit next to him.
I look at all the notes and pick one up with the title 'PACE'
"I'm pretty decent at it, I mean I know how it all works so..." I trail off looking at him.
He sighs, "I'm really poor at it and I have this damn assignment I gotta show in a couple of days"

"Oh" I say, "what about the previous one you were doing?"
"The one I made you hear? It's a long term project, I have to submit it at the end of the semester only"

"Ah" I say scanning all the notes around me, "are these all lyrics you wrote?"
"Uhm" he blushes scratching the back of his neck, "you could say that"

"which song are you planning to present?" I ask picking up another sheet of paper with the title 'GLOW'

"I don't really know, I was supposed to choose this on my own because I don't like showing my lyrics to others before a song is complete but I'm a mess now" he shrugs laughing half heartedly.

"oh my god" I say as I start reading the paper I'm currently holding.
"What?" He peeps into the paper
"Changbin, you wrote all of this?" I ask in shock, the lyrics were beautiful, perfectly portraying the life in this uni, all the work, the urge to give up but the fact that we can't cause' we must keep going.

He nods hesitantly, "This is fantastic Changbinnie, I'm still unsure as to why you haven't auditioned to any company yet, this university doesn't need you, a whole music company needs you!"

"Oh my g-god, sh-shut up Felix, it's not so amazing either" he says stuttering, obviously flustered by the compliments.
"No you shut up, this is art" I say scooting towards him, "and I have a feeling this song is gonna go well with a piano"

"Really?" he looks at me unsurely.
"Trust me" I say smiling, "now, do you have a tune to this on mind?"

"Kind of? I don't really give tunes to all my lyrics" he bites his lower lip.

"Ah it's okay, you have a whole Sunday tomorrow, you're gonna nail this song on Monday" I wink.

He laughs awkwardly, "okay teach me how this huge thing works" he sighs looking at the piano.

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"Oh shit, that worked! Felix this is actually working!" Changbin widened his eyes and hugged me sideways after we finished the first para.

I freeze because I didn't expect him to hug, he senses it.
He slowly retreats and coughs, "I'm sorry, I just got, I am-gosh" he says running a hand through his hair

"it's okay, I was just caught off guard" I explain chuckling.

He smiles sheepishly and tries to change the topic, "I didn't know you could come up with really good tunes"

"I think I picked an habit while dancing to various songs" I shrug smiling.

"That's really nice" he says looking back at the paper, "okay we've got one more para and the chorus"

"okay!" I say cracking my fingers, "you teacher is sure taxing you by making you do all this in 2 days"

"I uhm kinda..." he starts biting his nails,
I look at him suspiciously, "procrastinated?" i offer

He nods, "sorry Felix, I really like the long term assignment so I'm putting my all into it, just forgetting the small ones" he says hanging his head down.

I giggle and lift his chin up, "it's okay, procrastination is my friend too"

He chuckles, "Wanna take a break? We'll could return in half an hour and finish the 2nd verse"

I grin at him, "Anything you say, sire!" I say getting up.

"Aye, shut up" he says slapping my shoulder lightly.

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[ A/N: I just get shittier and shittier at the content yikes™ ]