Talking Eyes by Mia Lafreve Pedretti (bill gates books to read txt) 📖

YUMI

"What do you wanted to discuss with me president?" I asked sat in front of his desk. There was also Sweet Stones rock music producer, Park sung ho. A very flexible man that I was always content to work with.

He looked at me. "The songs..remember?" He asked frowning. Probably he knew that I was still daydreaming.

I shook off my mind, the intoxicating and addictive sensation of Ji Yong's tongue wrapped around mine, and focused on what the president was saying. It was difficult though. "Ah, yes." I mumbled blushing. "What's about them?"

"Well, they sure are good." Park Sung Ho begun. "Your songs, First Love and Thank You Chingu, are the best. I really love the lyrics." I smiled proud, but it didn't last long because he added. "I can't tell the same thing about the others songs though."

"Why? What's wrong with them?" I felt uneasy.

"Well, Hereos and To you (Fans) are likable, and Don't give Up too, but the lyrics don't really match with the music."

"The lyrics?"

"Yes. You did a great job with the songs you wrote by yourself, but these lyrics..are different." He said. "They aren't deep and inspired enough to match with the theme of the music's base." He explained. "Do you understand what I'm telling you?" He asked looking at me not convinced.

"Actually..no." I admitted. "Can you be more direct sunbaenim?" 

He sighed. "Look, I know that you're very close to your pals and everything, but they're not good enough with songwritting. They may have talent for producing the music's grounds, but they're totaly off point with lyrics." He sighed again. "Your songs, Yumi, are more mature and has deeper meaning in them, while the other songs sounds simple and...how can I say this nicely. Hmm..Commercial. You told me once that you wanted people to take you seriously, show them that you didn't lose your roots, but with these stuff, it's not going to be a good performance. People won't take you seriously if you come out with these kind of songs."

That really brung me down. Why did he have to be so brutally direct? "But..Then what do you propose to do?" I asked feeling bad for the girls..

"You, by yourself, have to re-write the songs. Heroes and Don't Give Up." He replied straight.

"By myself?"

"Yes. You're a really talented songwriter. believe more in yourself." He said serious.

"Well.." I didn't know what to say. I mean, the girls and I worked really hard on those songs. All together. And now I had to re-write all the songs by myself. I didn't know how they would have reacted at that news. They're gonna be so disapointed and upset at me.

"To you is a good song, since it refer to your fans." Park Sun Ho talked again. "And it contain each thought of you guys. I'm sure your fans will be touched by it." Well, at least he likes that song. "But the other ones, absolutely need to be re writed.. I know, they might feel disapointed at first, but they will certainly change their minds, when they'll see what a good job you did re-writing the songs." He smiled at me, but I still felt sorry and bad towards my bandmates.

"I hope you're right sunbaenim." His faith in me was too way high. What if I end up doing a bad, certainly horrible, job instead?

"Of course I'm right. I know how musician's mind works since forever." He replied.

"I hope they won't get too upset at me."

"They won't, I assure you." He patted my shoulder.

"I hope so." I said again, still not fully convinced.

And that was it. there wasn't other problems, so he said his goodbyes and let the room. I stood up and bowed to him, then I bowed to the president. "Don't worry too much Yumi okay?" I only nodded and left the room with heavy steps. I arrived at my dorm, walked in, closed the door behind me and sighed laying my head against the door. "Hey Yumi-ha!" Someone called my name. It was Yang Soo Ki.

She was in the living room, sat down on the floor. There were also Kim Min Hae and Yun Baek Ki with her. They were watching tv. "Eoni! You're back!" They exclaimed running towards me.

"Yeah.." I mumbled cracking a smile. What caught my eyes though, has been the damn and annoying presence of little crew of cameras behind them. Don't you have a life? Even if I was starting to get mad at the them, I ignored them and greeted my pals. I hugged them and kissed them on their cheeks. I'm Finally home.

"How was the show?" Kim Min Hae asked me.

"Are uncles Doni&Coni funny in real life as well?" Yun Baek Ki asked. "What did you do with them?"

"Did you played Random Play dance?" Kim Min Hae asked all excited. "Eh did you?" 

"HEY!" Yang Soo Ki came to my rescue. "She just got here, let her breath!" She pushed them delicately aside and hugged me and kissed me on the cheeks.

"Thank you." I whispered in her ear.

"Your welcome sweetie." She let me go and looked up and down at me. "I think you need to relax yourself, with a long bath."

"I think you're right." I nodded in agreement. I bet my body was smelly. My muscles hurt too. Before following her advice though, I looked at the girls. "I'll tell you everything when I'm done with?" I told them, hoping they weren't too disappointed.

"Okay eoni!" They said in sync.

"Sorry for had bombarded you with all those questions." Kim Min Hae added and Yun Baek Kee nodded in agreement.

"It's okay." I replied. "Now, if you excuse me.. A long bath is awaiting me." I added, then ran in our shared-room and closed the door behind me. I threw the bag on my bed and took off the boots. I quicly slipped jacket and mini dress off me. I did the same with the bra and white&pink slip. I grasped a towel, covered myself and ran in the bathroom. I took a shower first and then I slid into the tab filled with hot water. It didn't feel like being in the tot tub at the Spa center, but it wasn't so bad either.

30 MINUTES LATER..

Oh mamma.. This is good.. I smiled widely as I chilled in the hot water.

The day went somehow well. If you don't count my panic attack in the car and the girl that shouted that horrible thing at me. Obviously. Ji Yong's face appeared into my mind and my smiled grew even wider. Well, of course I didn't like to see Sunhwa-shi wrapped so tightly around him, but when Choi Seung Hyun told me that it was all planned, I didn't hold a grudge against her. I didn't like it though.

I tried to relax more in the Tub and think about better things. Like how it was amazing to kiss Ji Yong again. In the car when we were heading to the Weekly Idol studio. While we were kissing, my brain just melted and all I could think of was how sweet yet firm his lips were. I didn't believe that someone could make me forget the word around me, but he did. I forgot everything. Even that we were in the car with other people and not alone with him in his room. I forgot my damn name for that matter. Truthfully, I was starting to get turned on even now. Just thinking of his hands that caress my legs and his tongue on my neck. Woo..Calm down Yumi! Breath.. I tried to think about something else, but my imagination had already took control over my mind. So now, I wasn't only imagining his fantastic tongue licking my neck, but also my chest, breasts..and nipples. Then my belly and in the end.. slid down to the inner space between my tights.. Oh God. I can't continue like this.

"Ora basta."(That's it). I stood up, grabbed the towel and stepped out of the tab. I briefly glanced at myself in the mirror. My face was all red and even if I wasn't in the tub anymore, I still felt really hot. This your all fault Ji Yong. But lowering my eyes on my naked body..the fantasies shattered for all. What a freaky body you have there Yumi.. A voice inside my head mocked me. Who would ever want to kiss, or even touch it? Ji Yong? Keep dreaming Girl! I knew that voice, It was with me since the car accident, but I always ignored it. Or at least tried. I sighed. I held tightly my towel and stepped out of the bathroom.

While I was putting the skin-cream on me, I thought about the whole lyrics's issue. Here's a serious stuff to think of. I sighed. How the hell am I supposed tell the girls that the president didn't like their lyrics. I sighed even louder. Someone knocked at the door. "Yumi-ha, can I come in?" It was Yang Soo Ki.

"Are you with the camera crew?" I asked instead. I'm still half naked for God sake! I didn't want to display my naked body to the mass of viewers and camera crew along.

"Yes!" She answered.

"Then wait! I'm still half naked!" I said back. I put a blue&white pair of slip on, a white bra and my pijamas of hello kitty upon them. "Ok, now you can come in!" I shouted at the door. She opened the door slowly and checked if I was truly dressed up. She saw me and my plain pajamas and stated that it was safe to let enter the camera crew in along.

"You stayed in the bath for.. more than 30 minutes!" She said towering me, since I was sat on my bed. "How come?" She asked me a little concerned.

"I got carried away, that's all." I said shrugging.

"Come on. Tell me." She insisted. "Did something bad happened at the tv show?" She asked and I did wanted to tell her about that girl hid in crowd. But not in front of the cameras though.

"Yes, but I don't want to talk about it now." I looked straight in her eyes, she understood.

"Ok." She sighed and sat down on the floor near me. "At least tell me how the show was. I'm curious too." She revealed. Kim Min Hae and Yun Baek Kee entered then and said the same thing. They joined us and sat down on the floor with her. I gave up and told them everything. From when I stepped out of the car, untill Choi Seung Hyun and I did the hand-printing thing. I really had a great time, if you don't count again what happened out of the building.

"I can't wait to watch you on tv eoni!" Yun Baek Kee squealed all excited.

"Me too!" Kim Min Hae joined her. The show always aired every Wednesday at 18:00 pm, but today was Thursday, so we had to wait untill the next week. Yang Soo Ki noticed that I stayed silent though.

"Did something else happened?" She asked looking worried.

"Well.." I begun. "When we got here, the president called me in his office." I said.

"How come?" They asked me all together.

"Well, he wanted to talk about the songs we wrote, remember?!" Their eyes grew wide, looking both anxious yet excited.

"So?" Yang Soo Ki asked when I stopped talking.

"Well.. He liked all the songs." I begun and they all smiled, expect for Yang Soo Ki.

"Say the rest. I know there is." She said never breaking eye contact with me.

I sighed. "He really liked our songs, but.."

"But what?" They all asked in sync.

"But, he wants me to re-write two of them." I