Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Intense ensemble.

Lee Doyoung’s bass rapidly played 16th notes and raised the song’s sense of speed.

The pre-recorded drums appropriately mixed tom and snare and revealed grandeur and rhythm sense.

Cha Seoha sang desperately and sexily on top of that.

While sufficiently bringing to life that feel of the original song.

“Wow, cool!”

“Hul, what is this song? Too good.”

“Head just! Like this! Shaking!”

“Like a crazy guy.”

The audience were enjoying the song in their own ways.

For the public who don’t know rock well the fame was similar to the previous song.

But was relatively a song with good sense of speed and a hooking taste.

Audience with smiles spreading on their faces.

Lee Doyoung also seemed to be regaining a bit of confidence seeing them.

But that alone was insufficient.

Because Kim Jihu was still wearing an unsatisfied expression.

A bit more...

‘Immerse a bit more. Lee Doyoung.’

A little later all instruments played with the same rhythm and gave off a nuance of facing a full-scale change.

An atmosphere like running out to some completely different world.

An unidentifiable gloomy sound was added long.

Finally it entered the first chorus.

This is the last time

I’ll abandon you

and this is the last time

I’ll forget you

As Kim Jihu’s piano joined a mysterious atmosphere chorus burst out.

This chorus has Kim Jihu’s piano as main.

And Lee Doyoung’s bass has to support heavily.

It wasn’t bad.

But it wasn’t excellent either.

Of course the audience’s position seemed a bit different.

“Awesome?”

“What was this song title again?”

“Don’t know, don’t remember...”

As soon as the chorus came out the cheers disappeared and the audience started murmuring.

They reacted to the unique change.

Of course in a positive direction.

As expected, Kim Jihu.

A very excellent selection.

After the chorus ended, in the interlude Heo Junseong’s guitar shortly played the main riff and introduced back to the verse.

The one who looks the most excited on stage is Cha Seoha after all.

Intensely in the verse.

Delicately in the chorus.

While also finishing very wildly.

It was a song that has the taste of singing.

Cha Seoha thoroughly drunk on music.

Regardless of how the members’ harmony is, he seemed to be diligently doing only what he has to do.

Of course the audience had no choice but to immerse in such Cha Seoha.

‘Is this right...’

Kim Jihu disliked that.

‘Clearly he does well but...’

Cha Seoha’s skill is beyond doubt.

Not just the most outstanding among us but a guy who has already reached that high place.

‘But why doesn’t he consider Lee Doyoung?’

It was like that during practice too.

While making this and that demands to Heo Junseong and himself, strangely he didn’t say anything particular to Lee Doyoung.

Even though currently in terms of performance the most lacking is Lee Doyoung.

‘A type who leaves alone? Or a type who sends infinite trust if close?’

Kim Jihu who was gradually losing interest in the ensemble.

Like that the second chorus arrived.

Similarly Kim Jihu and Cha Seoha were excellently doing only what they had to do.

Heo Junseong a pretty decent appearance.

Lee Doyoung not bad but seeming to be added on regrettably.

This is my RULE!!

Cha Seoha tightly gripped the mic with both hands and roared out the last of the verse 2 chorus.

And the following interlude.

Heo Junseong’s main riff was shortly played.

Immediately a solo part where guitar and bass have to show an intense performance together was scheduled to follow.

In a few seconds.

A part that will be shown in just a few seconds.

Cha Seoha headed toward Lee Doyoung with leisurely steps as if slightly jumping.

‘Huh.’

Why is this guy suddenly coming to me.

Lee Doyoung who had such a thought realized before any judgment was made that something was wrapping around his neck.

It was Cha Seoha’s arm.

Cha Seoha who put an arm around the shoulder and dragged Lee Doyoung out to the center of the stage.

The protagonist of this part is the guitar no matter who says what.

But for that guitar to become the protagonist, the bass’s ‘destroying with 16th notes’ full of sense of speed is needed.

So Cha Seoha suddenly entrusted the protagonist role to Lee Doyoung without any notice.

During a short moment of less than 1 second tens of thousands of thoughts flashed through Lee Doyoung’s head.

Can I do well?

I don’t have star quality.

What if I ruin this song?

Cha Seoha knew that Lee Doyoung is a performer who rarely has greed.

To put it nicely he has a habit of yielding the spotlight to the members, to put it badly he dislikes taking full responsibility.

But Lee Doyoung’s true value is displayed when he is the last bastion.

When if I can’t do it the team will be ruined.

So...

‘Alright, have to do well.’

It was that he shows an unexpected appearance when placed in front of just that one proposition after discarding all other complicated thoughts.

Because he had more solid basics than thought, and was stronger in more improvisational situations than thought.

Lee Doyoung had no confidence.

Because of that he also had no confidence to run away even in front of the audience shining their eyes and looking at him.

Then...

‘Eh, whatever.’

No choice but to jump into the performance.

The arm of Cha Seoha draped around Lee Doyoung’s neck fell.

It wasn’t that Cha Seoha removed it.

Lee Doyoung ran out.

Lee Doyoung who endures the heavy weight of the bass and shows fingering full of sense of speed.

His gaze was fully concentrated on the strings.

But that wasn’t an appearance without confidence.

It was an appearance fully immersing in his own playing, in the friends’ playing, in this music itself.

Even in the original song it’s a section like falling into somewhere.

A solo part where the modifier of violent beyond intense would not be strange to attach.

Lee Doyoung was sufficiently doing it.

When that part had progressed a bit less than half Heo Junseong thought this.

‘I want to join in?’

Heo Junseong thought this was the time and ran out holding the guitar and put his back against Lee Doyoung’s.

“Kyaaaaak!”

“Uwa!!!”

The thought that something touched behind the back instinctively made Lee Doyoung’s body twist to the right.

Like that the two people falling into ecstasy with the audience seats beside them.

Sweat droplets flew and the right arm was to the point of heating up.

Even though it was evening time summer was trying to extremely gnaw at their stamina but did not yield the two people.

Don’t know what’s hard, just this performance.

The perfect harmony of the two of us was too enjoyable.

There were slight miss touches, but the power the performance gave was too intense so it felt like an intentional mistake.

In the audience seats the people shouting because they liked this crazy performance that might not know when it would continue only increased.

Like that while everyone was being captivated the solo part ended.

Heo Junseong showed a few strokes and with an arrogant expression as if this much was nothing.

Similarly Lee Doyoung exited while brightly smiling toward the audience seats along with a sensory glissando.

An impressive exit of the extremely different temperature difference of the two people.

And the last chorus that continues again.

‘What, what...’

Kim Jihu wondered what he had just seen.

“Eot!”

In an instant there was a miss touch of one key.

It was the first mistake after joining this band.

Fortunately a mistake the audience wouldn’t know.

‘Tremendous... Is it intentional.’

Clearly Cha Seoha looked like he was not trying to cover Lee Doyoung at all.

But at the important moment.

At that timing when naturally everyone would think the guitar is the protagonist.

He pushed Lee Doyoung to the center of the stage.

No, it was pushing him to the edge of the cliff.

Lee Doyoung had no choice but to desperately take it on.

In the end he did his duty well.

Added to that Heo Junseong who directed an excellent two-shot.

It shone.

Kim Jihu suddenly had such a question for the first time.

Even if playing perfectly technically, could it have shone more than that?

Like that the last chorus ended.

It progressed even to the outro that doesn’t miss intensity and heavy atmosphere until the end.

Seeing this outro Kim Jihu could be sure.

That Lee Doyoung is now fully immersed in music and has found confidence.

And that the guy has clearly grown.

“Fun guys.”

Discovering something more fun than excellent ensemble was truly a long time.

“Waaaaa!”

“Kyaaaak!”

“Cool!”

After the stage of ended fervent cheers burst out.

It was the biggest cheer among so far.

“Thank you!”

Kim Jihu thought it was fun seeing Lee Doyoung who realized something in an instant.

And thought Cha Seoha who drew that out was an even funnier guy.

And at the same time Lee Doyoung.

‘Performance... is fun...!’

Ended up having such a thought.

* * *

“Everyone, this is our last song now.”

“Eoeoeoeoeo-!”

“Noooo!”

“Do more!”

“Encore! Encore! Encore!”

“Hahaha! There’s still one song left so I’ll receive the encore later.”

The audience increased more than at first.

They say rock doesn’t work in Korea at the current point but seeing these audiences even if a small number one wants to have hope.

“Alright, the next song... is...”

Thinking about it the last song is that song.

“Ahem. Um...”

“Hey, why aren’t you introducing the next song?”

“Ah, I will, wait a bit.”

While trying to introduce ‘that song’ Heo Junseong interjected with a playful tone.

“Uh, why? Is it a bit awkward to introduce because it’s an anime song you like?”

“No! This isn’t a song I like!”

A murmuring sound is heard from the audience seats.

“Anime? Animation?”

“Seems like he likes animation.”

“Euk, it’s not like watching weird otaku anime, right?”

“Doesn’t seem like that though?”

“You never know... I hear there are many otaku among people who do music.”

“Oh. Makes sense.”

“That person is an otaku too I guess.”

Damn it. Everything is heard.