"What?" Emy's forehead furrowed at his words,
"Of course, I think it would be fair enough that I would be judging from your eyes and words if what you will say to me really holds sincerity. Don't forget that it's my heart that is at stake here, it's my raw feelings, Emy" his eyes glinted and his lips holds mischievous smile as he retort at her disapproving tone.
Emy's jaw went slack at his scheming strategy that it made her wonder now if she really does have an option here. Her mouth twisted at the thought of it, she took the bottled water and drink it all up to the last drop, before she speak,
"I thought you said that you wouldn't want to pressure me? Then why does it feel like there is no decent option for me here? If I say yes then there is this harsh reality that is just waiting to swallow me, but then if I say no it's like you wanted me to feel guilty about it" her voice raised a bit and she complained like a child who is having tantrums now.
Saff chuckled seeing her reaction, he then stood up from his Indian style sitting position to move closer to where Emy sits, he then crouched down at her side but still in front of her, his toes supporting his bending knee while his elbows resting in his thigh. He stared at her closely that got Emy's face reddened, her heart beats faster with their closeness.
Saff raised his right hand to touch her pink cheek, rubbing it with his thumb, he says "Don't be cute in front of me Emy, or I'll lose my control here right now" his voice now is seductively low and it's like bewitching Emy's mind and body.
"Saff, people can see us..." she said her voice almost like a whisper,
"Let them see us then...After all, it's your fault"
Saff leans closer as his gaze fall down on her juicy lips and teases her first by gently brushing his lips on hers before their lips completely met, and they kiss.
The kiss went quick this time, compared to what they had at his car earlier. Saff slowly pulled back, leaving Emy's lips as soon as he had noticed her stiffness and discomfort. When he shifted his gaze from her lips back to her hazel eyes, he caught her consciously staring at their surrounding, particularly to those other people who is passing by the shore.
Following her line of sight, Saff saw other people glancing at them, some had malicious look, while some whispers to one another while looking at them.
Saff had the least worried face about them, maybe because he was already used to that kind of attention that it doesn't bother him anymore, or because it just doesn't bother him as he doesn't have any interest with those people who have poor attitude, particularly those who likes to meddle in other's personal life.
Emy immediately raise both of her hands and cup Saff's face, turning it to face her back again and avoid showing his face to other people who is already staring at them. This cause Saff's Attention to suddenly went back at Emy as he felt his head snapped back and turned to face her again.
"What are you doing? Don't stare at them!" Emy said scolding Saff, but it sounded sweet to his ears as it utterly shows her concern for him.
"I wasn't staring at them, I am glaring at them! They are nuisance to us, particularly to you and I don't like being disturb when I'm having my time with you" Saff retorted, his face serious as his tone, but Emy found it somehow amusing and fluttering.
Emy smiled at seeing Saff's reaction, "I love…your smile" he said with his brown eyes scanning her full face as his mouth curve into a smile seeing something so fascinating in front of him.
Her face flushed, staring at his brown eyes she says "Hey Mr. Saffron Kale! Don't make it a habit"
"What habit?" Saff asked as if he doesn't know what Emy meant, when he just pretended only to tease her again.
"The kissing"
"You don't like it?"
Of course she liked it! Or else she wouldn't let him kiss her again! Emy exclaimed as she thought it in her mind, but she prefer not to say it this way.
"It's not like that...Not until I sort things out" Emy said her voice gentle and careful as to not offend the young man.
"I know...I know you need to clarify and put in order your feelings. I will give you time to sort your feelings out, but I'm hoping that you will choose me" Saff responded, his voice now calm with his solemn words.
Once they are done with their breakfast, Emy helped Saff to clean up and fold back the picnic blanket. He sent Emy back home, and he drove back to the dorm as well.
That night, Saff sent the copy of his song to Emy, and she immediately played it at her laptop, listening to the demo record while looking at the copy of its lyrics.
The next day, the whole company is full of passionate and driven people once again as the employees are back from their two days work off, this includes the production team of the Idol group – STAR. Emy requested Saff to visit her at the manager's office as soon as their group arrived at the company for them to discuss his song, which Saff obediently obliged.
When Saff came, Emy leads him at the receiving area of their office that looks like a living room with comfortable big soft couches with a wooden coffee table at the center.
"I have heard the demo record of your song and also reviewed the lyrics of it" Emy said bringing her laptop in front of them, and placing it on the coffee table as she connects it to the surround sound system of their office.
She played the song, while Saff quietly listens to it as she continues to say "The verses are interesting and the story is catchy, though I have noticed that the lyrics appeared to be from two different perspectives, is this musical composition for two voices, like a duet?"
Emy is curious since last night because Saff haven't mentioned before that the composition will be for duo, and so she instantly asked him now.
"I'm thinking about making it as a duet song, as you know the story is about a confession, which the first verse is from the point of view of the man who is confessing, and the second verse is from the girl's point of view who is being confessed to" Saff simply answered her.
"You didn't mentioned about it before, and this should be a solo single for you to include on your upcoming group album" Emy asked her voice worried of the sudden change that Saff wanted to do.
"I'm thinking, the girl's voice will be heard on the second verse only and to the bridge part, while on the chorus and refrain, her voice will be like a second voice only, a backup so my voice could still be heard as the lead"
"Then I need to discuss it first with manager Anne and the others so we can also discuss it to the producers, but we need to talk about it immediately as we need to record your song this week, you know that we need to follow the given timeline"
"Okay" Saff simply answered and smiled at her.
Later that day, Emy requested for an urgent meeting with the managers and producers which was held at the manager's office meeting table.
Emy discussed with them about Saff's plan with his song, which made them a little surprised as this is the first time there was an Idol who wanted a featuring artist on a solo song. Though this is new, they accepted it with full optimism as it could bring a new vibe to their upcoming album. Sometimes, a change could positively help to improve the promotion of the album and the ratings as well as this will produce curiosity into the listener's mind, which eventually will become a trending matter to feed their intrigued minds.
"You'll just need to make a list of the possible female artist who can feature for Saff's song" Manager Anne politely instructed Emy who nods in agreement with her.
"I'm currently working on that" Emy responded as she gave her a polite smile.
When the meeting was done, and the others left the office to attend other work concerns, it was Manager Anne and Emy who were left at the office.
Thinking this would be a good opportunity for Emy to finally approach Manager Anne, she carefully walks towards her table to ask "Manager Anne, hmm...I need to talk to you about something"
"Yes dear what is it?" Manager Anne looked at her and smiled.
"It's nothing urgent but it's something private so I'm wondering if I could invite you to talk about it over coffee? Maybe we could have it the next day, if you could reserve me an hour on your schedule?"
"It must have been important for you to ask me out, okay then, let me know where"
"Thank you Manager Anne, yes it's important"
"Okay dear, I'll see you then" and both of them separated as they still needed to attend on other matters.