episode_0523

I want to hear myself sing, and I feel embarrassed to sing in front of myself because I have never sung in front of others except when I was young.

I smiled briefly as I saw Dang Soso, who was clearly torn between the two.

And yet… I also thought about it.

‘I feel like I should start this first…’

If I were to call you, what would I call you?

Of course, the songs I used to sing at karaoke won’t be there… I don’t know much about Chinese songs.

Should I at least sing a song about my hero’s true colors?

That’s what I said, but I actually didn’t know that.

To begin with, I am a very vocal fan of ballads, so when I go to karaoke, I only sing domestic ballads.

If there is a foreign song that I know at least… is it a pop song that is also famous in Korea?

Isn’t there a song like ‘Ttto Castle’s Baby’ or something like that?

I knew that much.

I don’t know if it even exists in this world.

Still… perhaps it exists?

I understand that some world-famous pop songs have been inserted into the game because there is something like a karaoke event in the game that is the basis of this world.

What is important is which of them has remained unchanged…

‘If it doesn’t work out, I’ll at least sing the game theme song.’

Since it is literally the theme song of a game that is the basis of this world, even if I don’t know the other songs, I think that song would not have disappeared and would have been carried over as is.

While thinking the same thing in my mind and pretending to think about what to sing, I looked around to see if there was a song I knew, and what caught my eye was…

‘Hey, this is still there.’

Fortunately, it was a song I knew.

How can I just know?

Because I’ve sung it a few times, I know the pitch and even the lyrics.

Of course, I’m literally just memorizing it roughly, not at the level of memorizing it from beginning to end, so there are some missing links here and there… but you can figure that out by looking at the lyrics printed on the machine.

‘Okay, let’s do this.’

Have you made your decision?

Now we have to inform the other side.

So, before making a reservation, I first looked toward the restaurant.

Are you still contemplating whether to sing it or not?

Looking at the narrowed eyebrows, it seems like that…

“Are you still thinking about it?”

“···Yes? Ah… yes…”

“Then I will sing it first, so listen and think a little more.”

At first glance, it seemed like he was being considerate of the party, but the reality was different.

This was no different from the act of imposing a debt on the party.

That’s because the moment I sang first, I thought you wanted to hear it, so I sang the song despite my shame, so it’s possible to develop the logic of ‘what on earth are you doing?’

Wouldn’t the party be unaware of that fact?

Of course you would know.

Even though I know it, the reason I end up nodding after thinking about it like that is probably because the desire to hear me sing outweighs that.

‘Hmm… is the way I sing that pure?’

Thanks to that, I even had that thought for a moment… but I thought it was okay and decided to move on.

So I skipped through it, searched for the song I found earlier, and placed a reservation.

“2017…? It’s a very old song…?”

What an old song.

In reality, the song was released less than 10 years ago.

Well… that’s a realistic standard, and if we take this world as a standard, it’s true that the song is almost 100 years old.

“You know that I stayed in the mountains and trained until I was old, right?”

“Yes, I know.”

“The only thing that could be said to kill the boredom there were old songs like this.”

“Ah…”

I guess this was a sufficiently understandable explanation.

It seemed fortunate to see Dang Soso shaking his head as if he understood.

Thanks to this, I was able to play the song without having to worry more.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

As soon as we pressed the play button, what started echoing inside the karaoke booth we were in was the signature sound unique to the original singer of this song.

A sound like the indifferent plucking of a guitar string.

As I focused on the sound… I naturally started singing to the beat.

The club’s not the best place to find a lover

So I head to the bar

The lyrics seem to describe how you first met with a light heart, but as you get to know each other, you fall deeper and deeper into the other person.

In a way, Dang Soso’s eyes widened slightly at the lyrics that seemed to allude to the relationship between me and Dang Soso, which started out as a contract but eventually became sincere toward each other.

Of course… it wasn’t intentional.

I just found a song I knew and sang it, but coincidentally the lyrics of that song were like this.

Is this why there is a saying that a successful person will succeed no matter what he does?

And we start dancing

and i sing

Girl, you know you want love

Your love was made for someone like me

Being careful not to miss a beat, I slowly moved my hand and held Tang Xiaoxiao’s hand.

Then Dang Soso naturally intertwined his hands between his fingers.

“Okay, that’s it.”

“Yes…? No, why…”

It was good to hear, but did he even try to say why it stopped here?

I saw him looking at me with an expression that seemed like he genuinely didn’t understand, so I thought that was it… so I smiled and scratched my head.

“I’m a little embarrassed beyond this.”

“Ah, um…”

“Okay, so what’s the next song? Can I look forward to it?”

After hearing my words, he made a sound like he was in pain for a moment, but eventually he made a decision.

Dang Soso took the remote control that was on my lap and started pressing it with his fingers.

Is he looking for a song he knows?

After writing and deleting several times, Dang So-so’s expression brightened noticeably, as if he had finally succeeded in finding a song he knew.

Then he put down the remote control and held the microphone in his hand instead.

How long has it been like that?

Eventually, what started to resonate was-

~🎶

‘···?’

It was a song that had a somewhat children’s song feel to it.

It doesn’t feel like a children’s song outright, but I guess I should say that there’s a bit of added flavor to it.

Thanks to this, as I was making a slightly dumbfounded expression… Dang Soso’s voice, giving off a different feeling than usual, began to echo through the booth.

A very serious expression that does not match the cute melody line.

Is that why?

‘···It’s not that bad, isn’t it?’

More than anything, it was cute.

The sight of him singing along with the lyrics of the song with a slightly nervous expression, clutching the microphone with both hands in case he misses the beat or pitch, is so cute that it makes you laugh.

That was why he reflexively reached out and grabbed Tang Xiaoxiao’s waist and lifted her body up.

“Kya-eup?!”

So I made Dan Soso sit on my lap and engulfed her lips.

A squishy sound made by wet things mixing together frantically.

It instantly replaced the sound of Tang Xiaoxiao’s singing.

However, there was no way it would leak out.

Because the cute melody was carefully masking the sound.

So… using the melody coming from the karaoke machine as a shield, we kissed until the song ended.

“Haa···· Hmm···♥️”

“The song is already over?”

An expression full of regret.

After seeing that expression, he started moving the hand he was using to grab Tang Soso’s waist.

The hand went down past her thin but strong waist and dug into the light gray dress that Tang Soso was wearing.

What welcomed my hand that dug into the hem of my skirt…

“You’re wet?”

“···.”

“Did you feel it while kissing?”

The air was hot and humid.

I moved forward, feeling the air swirling around my fingers, and something wet touched the tips of my fingers.

I ran my finger through it.

“Huh…♥️”

It was right after that that a groaning voice came out of Tang Soso’s mouth and the female body on my lap let out a strange tremble.

“Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“···?”

“The wish ticket.”

If you are going to use the wish ticket you obtained earlier, now is the time.

A whisper secretly spoken in the exact same way.

At my whisper, Tang Soso’s lips twitched for a moment.

How long has it been like that?

“Please hug me, Gaga.”

Tang Soso’s lips opened, as if he had finally made a decision.

“Jeol···Please make me your woman···.”