First Love

Chapter 17

Thursday, 7th September

The phone buzzed as Jae was restocking the shelf at 2.30 a.m. Yoongi was calling her through Skype. She received the video call and moved to the area that abled her to see the store entrance and the manager's room.

"Yo Jae!" Yoongi greeted as she accepted the call.

"Yo Suga!" Jae greeted back.

"I still prefer you call me oppa than Suga," he complained.

"You wish. How's LA?" she asked.

"The crowd was great. The manager said we sold out the 3 days concert," he said and yawned afterwards.

Jae calculated mentally, it was roughly 10.30 a.m Wednesday in LA. "Did you just wake up?" she asked and as she looked closely his hair was tousled and a bit messy and she could see the headboard behind him.

"I did. We're gonna head out in a while for lunch at noon. Gotta hit the gym before that." Yoongi stood up and went to the desk to get a bottle of water. He propped the phone on it and Jae caught a glimpse of his keyboard and laptop on it.

"You brought your studio with you?" she asked, amazed. A songwriter never actually have an off day especially when they have an active mind. She was amazed that he actually brought his equipment along.

"I still have to work when I'm touring," said Yoongi.

"Of course, but just how many equipment did you bring?" Jae was curious.

"Laptop, speakers, headphone, mixer, audio interface, keyboard – you know the drill," he said, showing what he got on the desk. Girls would love chocolate or jewelry, but Jae was practically drooling at what she saw. The speakers were the top of the line as well as the audio interface.

"Working on the next album?" asked Jae.

"Just dabbling around. You're working on the next track?" he asked her back.

"Dabbling around too. Got a few projects going on," she replied.

"Game soundtrack?" he asked again.

"Yes. It's easier than what you are doing," said Jae.

"I don't think so. Soundtrack is more difficult."

"Well that's what makes us different. I could think better with the pictures, videos and story concept given. You can't just tell me to make a happy song but not telling me the whole picture," she clarified.

"You're attached to an agency or are you doing freelance?" asked Yoongi.

"Is that question 2?" teased Jae. She laughed when Yoongi groaned. "Bet the whisky you had last night is giving you a headache."

"You're a headache. How did you know I had whisky?" he asked as he massaged his temple.

"There's a bottle and an empty glass on your desk just now. I just made a deductive reasoning," she replied. "I'm doing freelance. But if Blizzard wants to hire me as an in house songwriter, I would gladly do so. But I'm not picky, Square-Enix would be fine too. In my dreams," she jokingly added, referring to the top game developer in the world.

"It could come true."

"Maybe. One day. You play video games?" she asked.

"I played some but I don't play much. Taehyung and Jin are the game junkie."

The entrance rang, alerting for the incoming customer and Yoongi could hear it through the call. "Duty calls," said Jae.

"Take care," he said.