Emy went straight at the recording studio to meet Saff and the producers, when she got there; she saw Taylor was already present at the room, which is more convenient for Emy as she needs to announce the result of the meeting earlier, and Taylor being the leader of their group needs to know it as well.
Seeing that no one had a violent reaction with Saff's idea, Emy handed over the copy of recorded demo and lyrics to the producer for them to listen and review.
After three minutes, Taylor spoke "This recorded demo has one voice only, if we'll change it into a duet, we should also revise the whole recorded demo so the producers would be able to plan the music arrangement for the song" his voice calm, without a hint of surprise on his face as he informed everyone in the room.
"Okay, I'm working on the list of possible female artist, maybe I could contact them one by one to set an appointment as early as tomorrow" Emy stated.
"We still have time today Manager Emy, I think we can do a sample demo today" Taylor said his face shows decisiveness with his words.
"Today? Okay then let me see who is available on my list" Emy said preparing to call the names listed on her notes.
"I think having you here is enough, manager Emy" Taylor directly said to her as he gave her a smile.
"What do you mean?" Emy's eyebrows knitted in confusion, 'did she hear it right?' Emy asked herself.
As if reading her mind, Saff finally speak "I think that would be a good idea, since we only have a week to finish recording my song, this will help in advance for the producers to plan ahead the music arrangements, while looking for the available female artist. Besides, I doubt someone will show up at our sudden notice today"
"It's alright Manager Emy, no judgement here, in fact it would be helpful for all of us who are following a tight schedule" Taylor added as he smiled politely at her.
'Oh! God Why I'm always caught up on an awkward situation like this?' Emy complained in her mind.
The producers didn't argue with it as the two of them appeared to also agree with Taylor's suggestion, and since she is his manager and this is his song, she should cooperate even if it is against her will right?!
'It's just a sample demo Emy, you can do it! Just a sample demo! Not the real thing!' Emy mentally convinced and prepared herself about this sudden change of plan.
Going back to last night at the Idol's dorm house, Saff is sitting in front of his computer desk for an hour as he continuously play his song which he just recorded by himself earlier that afternoon when someone knock on the door of his room to see Taylor who slowly went inside.
"You don't need to hide it from me, I've already seen it" Taylor stated as he saw Saff closing his laptop as soon as he came inside.
It was because Saff was staring at his wallpaper while listening to his song before Taylor came, Saff says "I just don't want others staring at her" his face serious but his words are only teasing Taylor who chuckled after hearing him
"Are you done with your song? I noticed you are recording awhile ago" Taylor asked
Saff opened his laptop to let Taylor take a look of the lyrics at the screen, and then Taylor says "hmm...is it a duet song, Saff?" tilting his head as he was a bit confused.
"Actually, I wanted to try something different with the new upcoming album, and I wanted to ask for your opinion regarding my idea" Saff directly said his face holds decisiveness.
"Yeah...What is it?" Taylor curiously asked as it's very unusual for the young man to ask for any favors.
Saff is not the type of person who openly speaks his mind, he may state suggestions if needed but he obediently follows what has been planned most of the time, and he leaves the decision making on Taylor as he trust his word. Because of this, Taylor make sure that he is all ears when he wants to state his opinion as the young man is usually silent with his thoughts.
"I wanted my manager to feature on my new single" Saff said without beating around the bush.
Taylor was taken aback as he was utterly surprised with Saff's idea and it took him a minute to process what he had heard from him before he speaks "That is really something new, Saff. But I think it is a bit complicated on her part as she is not a signed artist, and with that I don't think the management would agree with the idea"
"Yeah… that's what I thought so too" Saff nods as he look down and sighed.
Taylor was like a big brother to him since then that is why he seemed to understand his ways even without Saff uttering a word about how he feels or what goes around inside his head.
"I know this new single is so important to you that you wanted her to take part on it, but I doubt it would be officially recorded and released" Taylor said with his words carefully chosen so as not to offend Saff.
With Taylor's word about 'official record and release', Saff suddenly think of another idea, and he says "How about helping me on recording a demo with her instead?" his eyes gleamed at the thought of it.
Going back to the present time at the recording studio, Emy called four of the production staffs to give them assistance on the preparation. The two went to the music room to get the needed piano as this will be the instrument that Saff will play for recording the song, while the other two, assists in setting up the microphones with headphones and the camera for recording.
The producers are also getting ready and just on standby together with Taylor as they will be in charge on the audio workstation for the whole recording process, at the midst of the preparation to where everybody inside the room is quite occupied with their assigned duties, Emy on the other side is feeling extremely anxious as this will be her first time recording, and with the uncertain outcome it makes her more nervous.
Noticing her reaction, Saff walks towards Emy who stood not too far from where he is, and he asks "Nervous are we?" his eyes showed concern to the woman in front who is also staring back at him.
"Is it written all over my face?" her brows are pulled up together while biting her lower lip
"I can see through your eyes"
Emy exhaled a deep sigh while already feeling the warm liquid on her palms as it gets sweaty right now. Noticing this, Saff felt a bit guilty as he is somehow the reason why Emy is in this tight spot, but then he thought this would be a chance for her to showcase her hidden talent.
Indeed! Saff knew all along about Emy having a good quality singing voice, all thanks to her best friend Ada who told extra bits of her life to Manager Anne that time, when they had talked about hiring a new manager.
Although Saff haven't heard Emy singing voice, he put all his trust to the lovely woman in front of her, because he wanted to take this risk on recording a song with her as this was how he had visualized it when he wrote the song. For him being an artist, there is nothing more satisfying than having the moment came to life as how he had imagined it to be, and when he wrote that confession song, all he had thought about is Emy.
"Alright then, let's get you ready...Follow what I do" Saff said as he taught Emy some of the warm-ups that they usually do before recording and performing.
Both of them do the vocal warm-ups with Emy following Saff's lead as they do the humming warm-ups, lip buzz, tongue trill, and jaw loosening exercises.
Emy giggled with the way they both had produced a motorboat sound as their lips vibrated in the air, curling their tongues and rolling R's, and yawning with their mouths closed. Emy thought somehow they look a bit silly now for Saff to felt relieved when he saw her smile.
When everything is ready, Saff and Emy went inside the recording room. He leads her to the microphone that she will be using, picking up the headphone to put it on her head as to place it on both of her ears. This small display of affection is something hard for the producers, staffs, and even Taylor to not notice.
Feeling the two producer's gaze on him, Taylor glance back at them, his facial expression is as if saying 'what?! Is it your first time seeing people doing that kind of sweetness?!' and he pull out his phone that is on the back pocket of his pants to ready his camera as he also wanted to capture this moment.
Thinking he could use this video to blackmail or make a trade with Saff in the future when there would come a time that he will need something from him and Taylor's eyes sparkled with excitement as his mouth curved into a smile at the thought of it.
'This young man is really something! He looked more charming when he acts like a matured man' Taylor thought to himself.
Saff take a sit at the front of the piano, he adjusted the microphone at his sitting position level, and also put on the headphones. When both of them appeared to be on the standby position, they heard one of the producers through their headphones as he signaled them that they will now start the recording.
Emy inhaled a deep breath to suppress her nervousness, her palms are still sweating with the tension when she looked at Saff who is also staring back at her, he then blink at her and smile as if saying that 'we can do this!' for Emy to smile back at him.
Saff gently presses the piano keys as he starts to play the song, and Emy just stared at the calm features of the young man with the way he gently moves his fingers that causes the instrument to produce soft sounds, his charming face holds the emotion of what he sings, and his voice that sounds comfortable as he can project without any trouble as always.
Emy closed her eyes as she listens with all the sounds passing through the headphone as she slowly immersed herself with the song that came pleasant to her ears.
Saff was glancing at Emy from time to time while continuously playing the piano, and when his first verse and chorus part was done, he excitedly anticipated to hear her voice for the first time that it made his heart pound, only he never let it show.
Finally, the second verse came and when Emy opens her mouth, everyone at the studio was stunned for a moment as a euphonious sound echoed, covering the four sides of the room.