"O-oh! I'm sorry I just…! H-here you go!" The student gave up his seat immediately with a flustered look on his face.
Han Dori smiled faintly as he sat down and took the microphone, and looked at the student again.
The guy saw his line of sight as he looked down to his guitar.
"Umm… do you perhaps, need this?" The guy offered Han Dori his guitar willingly, which made Han Dori smile at him again.
"Thank you."
"You- you are welcome!" The guy bowed immediately after watching Han Dori smile, his heart was beating so fast that his face flushed in crimson red.
Taking a deep breath, Han Dori tuned the guitar with his fingers.
The people scurrying around here and there, the moment the sound of guitar went up, they stopped in their tracks to see the person, to listen to the sound again.
"I want to walk with you…"
With just one sentence, Han Dori captured many hearts.
"Make a small nest inside your chest…"
Because this voice, his tone, was on a different level, different than anyone else from before.
"If you are upset in the middle of the night,
Let me lend my chest to cry ~!"
A song so common that people heard so many times, on so many different occasions. Yet, they couldn't help but stop in their tracks and turn around to see who it was that voiced the heart of those of millions.
"…Want to take me with you!"
After stopping his singing, Han Dori opened his eyes as he looked in front of him, only to be shocked out of his wits.
It seems that all the passerby, as well as the people around the area around here gathered around Han Dori, some were reminiscing the old memories when some people cried without meaning to.
The melody Han Dori used was not that of ones that many korean students do in the karaoke bars, rap or jazz, less it could be called pop.
Rather, it was a melody, like the sound of a solemn rainy season, that reached people's hearts, in a new way that no one had thought of before.
At once, someone within the crowd started to clap their hands, leading to others doing the same one by one.
After a wave of clapping sound, Han Dori asked the student to raise the money for charity. The cap which didn't make more than 200 dollars in any other normal days was getting full of money today.
Han Dori took off the guitar to return it back to the guy whom he borrowed from. At the same time, the crowd also dispersed slowly with peace of mind.
Han Dori also took his backpack and started walking back home while scrolling his status window.
[Congratulations!]
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[Mission Update : Singing
Sing in front of the Audience ~ 200/ 10x
Done!
Sing in front of Audience ~ 200/ 100x
Done!
Mission in Progress :
Sing in front of Audience ~ 500x
Sing in front of Audience ~ 1000x
Sing in front of Audience ~ 10M+ ]
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[Vocal Progress Bar : 25%
Left to level up : 75%]
EXP : 500 + 250
Current EXP : 750
Wow, this was a good progress.
Han Dori didn't know a simple try could help him grow this much.
[Other Missions ~
Dancing : Locked
Chorus : Locked
…]
[New Reward Unlocked!]
[Inventory ~ S class]
It's true that practice makes a man perfect.
There was a lot of blank and locked space in the screen that appeared as Inventory. Based on it's looks, was it something like a space that he could carry things with?
Though Han Dori was curious, he didn't ask the System for the information because he didn't want to hear things like, 'I didn't know I contracted with a stupid host like this~'
This system of his was really annoying!
As Han Dori thought, he left the place with long strides. Unknown to him, a certain girl hid in the dark alley past the shopping mall of the area, she was breathing with difficulty while clutching onto her camera close to her chest.
Just a while ago, she was crazily taking pictures and videos of Han Dori singing while standing among the crowd.
However, as a devoted follower of K-pop singers and Idols, her first impression of Han Dori was…
'Holy moly…! What's with this cute faced guy singing such a melody! He is just a perfect man to make an ideal Idol!'
The girl immediately fell in love with Han Dori's face, voice and singing. Her heart was still beating so fast that she had difficulty maintaining her facial expression.
"No, this can't be done…" She mumbled with a heavy voice.
"As a devoted follower of Idols, I must take this responsibility to make him known, a talent like him shouldn't… mustn't go to waste! I'll become his number one fan and follower after his stage performance…!" The girl screamed while pointing her finger towards the sky, her eyes blazing in determination.
Some uncles sitting in the bench by the street side saw the girl who was acting strangely and conversed on how children these days do so many weird things and go around, their morals and degeneration etc.
Without Han Dori's plan or involvement, things were changing with the course of time.
Just like a predestined fate written only for him…
***
A week later,
"Finally!"
Han Dori breathed a sigh of relief, because his Kakaotalk ID was finally approved. It's been two days since he made the profile, because of the technical problem within the verification process it took two days to finally start over.
During this whole week, Han Dori behaved himself very well, like Mama's son at home, very obedient, self- reliant and helpful in work.
Han Iseul was also happy to see his brother's change of behavior, as if the things he did in the past had never happened.
To him, It felt like it was just yesterday when Han Dori lashed out at him with a frying pan, chasing after him till he gotta hit at least once.