Devil’s Music

Chapter 384: Small Connection

Jinyeon grabbed Yunjeong's hand and exclaimed,

"Let’s go too!"

"Oh, oh my, where to!!"

"We won’t be recognized anyway. Let’s just get closer and at least see the face, we don’t even know if we’ll meet him, since we came here blindly, we should at least take a look up close before we go! Hurry!"

Standing in front of the car, responding to the cheers of the students was Geon, but it was uncertain when he would enter the school, so Jinyeon, feeling anxious, forcefully pulled Yunjeong and started running.

Even though they ran, it took quite some time due to the distance, so Jinyeon, without taking her eyes off Geon's movements, urgently said,

"Ah, he's going in! Faster!"

Seeing Geon being guided into the school by some large men wearing sunglasses, Jinyeon shouted even more urgently.

Dragged along, Yunjeong also wanted to see Geon as much, so when the two, having increased their speed, finally reached Geon, they only managed to see his side profile as he was entering the doors of Juilliard.

Panting and with regretful eyes, Jinyeon got pushed along with the students who were crowding into the school.

"Ah, so, sorry. We're not students!"

Since there were many students surrounding Geon, and they too had to enter the school, many people continuously pushed through the doors.

Stuck to the wall, the girls, who were not good at English, watched with fearful eyes as foreigners brushed past them, hoping the situation would pass quickly.

After several minutes, as the influx of students dwindled, Jinyeon, leaning against the wall, let out her strength and sighed.

"Phew! That was scary..."

Yunjeong looked around with a gloomy expression.

"Let's get out quickly, it's only going to be trouble if we get caught, especially since we can’t even speak English."

"Yeah, let's go."

Jinyeon took Yunjeong's hand and headed towards the main gate of Juilliard, but suddenly stopped and looked back.

Seeing the free-spirited atmosphere of the school, Jinyeon quietly observed the students and staff. Juilliard, being home to a diverse student body, did not pay any attention to the two Asians standing there.

Their age also matched that of typical college freshmen, so no one cast a suspicious glance their way. Seeing Jinyeon suddenly stop, Yunjeong whispered,

"What are you doing, let’s go."

Yunjeong, pulling on the arm Jinyeon was using to point inside the school, said,

"Yunjeong, look. No one cares about us."

Yunjeong cautiously looked at the people. A white student leaning against the wall chatting with a friend, a black female student struggling up the stairs with a large cello case, three Asian male students playing the violin in the corridor, students running around and riding skateboards, all contributed to the free atmosphere of the school.

Initially cautious, Yunjeong also began to admire the liberating atmosphere of the American school she had only seen in movies.

"American schools are really like this... It’s kind of envious and cool."

"That’s right, we’ve only enrolled in college but haven’t really attended, so we don’t even know about college life in Korea."

"My sister said it feels like getting cancer from all the assignments. It must be different here."

Jinyeon said, looking at Yunjeong’s side profile.

"There... No one seems to care about us... Shall we pretend to be students and look around the school?"

Yunjeong was tempted but still looked worried,

"I want to look around too... But what if we get caught? We can’t even speak English."

"We’ll think about that when it happens, what could be worse than being kicked out? If we get caught, just say sorry, sorry and leave, hehe."

Grinning at Jinyeon's pleading gesture, Yunjeong slightly nodded.

"Okay, let’s just look a little. Actually, it’s been my dream to attend here."

"Hehe, yeah! That looks like the library. Let’s go!"

Exploring the library, cafeteria, lecture rooms, and a small performance studio, the two were exhilarated until they reached a quiet second floor.

Seeing the doors closely packed along the long corridor, Jinyeon ran and peeked through a small window of one room and said,

"Wow, looks like these are private practice rooms."

Yunjeong also pressed against the window and saw inside. A red-haired female student around their age was playing the violin and practicing.

"It seems like there are a lot of assignments here too. All these practice rooms are fully occupied, aren’t they?"

"Yeah, I saw some students practicing hard, sweating a lot. Everyone is so passionate."

"That's why they attend such schools. I’m really jealous."

"Oh, there’s a third floor. Shall we go up?"

"Yeah! Let’s go!"

Running up the stairs hand in hand, the two girls tilted their heads as they looked down the corridor of the third floor.

"It's really quiet here, what is this place?"

Jinyeon went ahead and looked at the nameplate on the door at the front.

"Pro... Professor? What’s a professor again..."

"It’s a teacher, looks like this is for staff only, let's go down before we get caught."

"Wait! Maybe Professor Price from that opera performance is here?"

"That old lady retired, let’s go."

"Ah, wait... Maybe Professor Sharon is here too!"

"What for? You want to get an autograph from a professor?"

"No, I just want to see her from a distance."

"No, what if she starts talking to us, let’s go!"

Jinyeon wanted to explore the professor’s offices, while the fearful Yunjeong pulled on her arm, trying to drag her towards the stairs.

Just then, the sound of a door opening echoed through the corridor, and both girls turned their heads at the same time. Seeing a man coming out from a door in the middle of the corridor, Jinyeon's eyes widened.

"Ke... K!! Uh!!"

Quickly covering Jinyeon’s mouth, Yunjeong pulled her and whispered urgently,

"Let’s go!"

"Uh!! Wait, it’s Kay!"

Geon, who had come out of the professor's office, was laughing and talking with Sharon.

"Ha ha, professor. Thank you for understanding that I came a bit late today."

"No problem, you don’t always have to come in the morning, just come freely. I’m always here at the school anyway, and I'm sorry for making you come every day, it’s the dean’s orders."

"Heh, I know you're looking out for me. Thank you always."

"Ha ha, I appreciate that. Have a good day today."

"I’ll come again tomorrow."

As Sharon professor's door closed, Geon slightly smiled and then walked towards the stairs. Geon’s eyes caught the sight of two beautiful young Asian girls.

Being just over twenty, and looking cute and lively, Geon briefly gave them a glance and nodded as a greeting, and without realizing it, the two responded.

"Ah, hello..."

Having many students greet him at school, Geon smiled briefly and was about to pass by when he noticed that the greeting from the two students was in Korean, and they politely brought their hands together and bowed.

"Are you Korean?"

The two girls, startled by the sudden question, flinched. Geon tilted his head, speaking in Korean.

"Or not?"

"Yes, we are!"

Jinyeon stepped forward, looking pleased, and Geon approached a bit and laughed.

"Is that so? Ha ha, there aren’t many Korean students here, you must be freshmen given that I haven’t seen you before?"

"Ah... No, actually... we are not students here... we just came in by chance and thought we’d look around the school... sorry..."

Idols, the youngest members, are always cautious around others. The girls, who had to act friendly even to strangers and lived apologizing even when not at fault, instinctively apologized.

"Hmm? You can come to look around, what’s there to be sorry about? Are you on a trip?"

As the two girls hesitated, looking at each other, not knowing what to say, Geon smiled and said,

"I’m just glad to see Koreans, it’s been a while. If I was rude, I apologize."

Geon offered an apology and turned to leave when Yunjeong frantically waved her hand and spoke,

"No, it's not that! Brother!"

It was natural how easily 'brother' came out, but seeing Yunjeong, who called him brother, Geon smiled slightly. Yunjeong twisted her body, looking at the ground.

"It’s just... we came because of work, and just happened to walk in while taking a break."

"Oh, I see. Alright then, enjoy your visit and take care."

As Geon was about to turn around again, Yunjeong, gathering some courage, lightly grabbed the sleeve of Geon's jacket.

"Um!!"

"Yes?"

"Can we take a photo just once..."

"Ah, ha ha. Sure."

After taking a photo with the two and even giving an autograph, Geon seemed about to write their names on the autograph.

"What are your names?"

"I’m Yunjeong, and this is Jinyeon."

"Hehe, okay."

After signing, Geon handed back the autograph paper, and Yunjeong cautiously reached out for a handshake.

"Um... can I shake your hand..."

"Ha ha, sure."

After shaking hands, Geon waved and disappeared. Yunjeong, standing

in the middle of the stairs, raised her trembling hand.

"I... shook hands with Kay..."

Jinyeon, too, appeared dazed.

"Did you see him smile? I thought my heart was going to melt..."

"Awesome... he's really handsome. And so nice!"

"Kyaa!! Did I really talk to Kay? You saw it too, right? This isn’t a dream!!?"

"Kyahaha!! I'm not washing my hands today!"

"Look at you! You said you didn't like that 'Kay' thing before, and now you won’t wash your hands?"

"Kyaa, he’s so cool in person!"

"Puhihi, but let’s not post it on SNS, just in case it gets us in trouble with the older members."

"Yeah, I’ll just look at it when I'm feeling down!"

"Hehe! Let’s search for a nice place to eat dinner before we head back!"

"Great!"

Elated, the two girls excitedly ran down Juilliard's corridor. At that time, Team Manager Lee, sitting in the hotel lounge with a glass of single malt whiskey and smoking a cigarette, gestured for Soojung, who was approaching with the sound of high heels.

"Have a seat."

"Yes, Team Manager."

Soojung, wearing a sexy dress and fluttering her long hair, sat down and seductively looked at the bartender.

"Mojito, please."

As the team manager watched Soojung order, swirling the ice in his glass, he said,

"It won't be easy, the threshold is higher than expected. It might take a few days, so keep the kids in check. It looks like there won't be a sudden call back, so it's okay to go out."

"Yes, Team Manager."

"Yunjeong and Jinyeon might not know, but you, Soa, and Yunhyeon should be careful about paparazzi. Cover your faces when you go out. We don't want other agencies getting suspicious, it's still a secret."

As the ordered drink arrived, Soojung, contrary to her sexy and innocent image, downed it in one gulp and lit up her eyes.

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