BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 117: contrast

<OST: I Wanna Say To You - Suzy>

"Orange-" Jungkook said as he opened his mouth, and Jieun quickly delivered it. "Watermelon-"

Jieun smiled as she fed Jungkook and wiped his mouth with a piece of tissue.

"My shoulders kinda hurt-" Jungkook glanced at Jieun as he strummed at his guitar. "Give me a massage."

Jieun did it with a smile. "What else do you need?"

"Water-"

Jieun leapt to her feet. "I'll go fetch some."

"I'm kidding-" Jungkook laughed as he pulled Jieun back down onto the couch next to him and put his guitar one side. "Wow, you're really doing everything for me today."

"Of course-" Jieun smiled softly. "You're busy writing music... I can't be of that much help in that area but the least I could do for you is to make you as comfortable as possible so you can stay inspired."

"You-" Jungkook pouted. "You're the best."

Jieun smiled as she massaged Jungkook's shoulders a little more. "Anything else you need?"

Jungkook shook his head. "Just sit here by my side - your company is more than enough."

Jieun shrugged as she looked down into her phone.

Jungkook strummed for a while more at his guitar, before putting it down once more and reaching over to hold Jieun's hand in his.

"Why...?" Jieun frowned. "No inspiration?"

"You do know it's my title track, do you?" Jungkook sighed. "I've come up with so many melodies... but none of them seem to be... title-track worthy."

"Why?" Jieun furrowed her eyebrows. "It sounded good to me."

"It's not great..." Jungkook groaned as he glanced at the notebook on the table. "You heard all of my other five songs earlier, didn't you? They're all dark... but so far, I've only been able to think of bright cheerful songs."

"What's wrong with that...?"

"Usually, an album follows a certain theme..." Jungkook explained. "Let's say you're listening to a whole album filled with hard metal and then suddenly you hear a ballad. Isn't that kinda... weird?"

"Not for me..." Jieun shrugged. "Is it supposed to be...?"

Jungkook raised his eyebrows. "You really don't think it's weird at all?"

Jieun shook her head. "In fact, listening to many sad songs before you listen to a cheerful song... in contrary, makes the cheerful song stand out even more. And that's precisely what you want, isn't it? To make your title track stand out...?"

Jungkook raised his eyebrows as he let that sink in.

"Wait..." Jungkook glanced at Jieun, a small smile playing at his lips. "Why did I never think of that?"

"Really? Does it make sense?" Jieun laughed as she scratched the back of her head. "I totally said that without much thought at all..."

"I guess you must secretly have some musical talent in you-" Jungkook giggled, and his nose wrinkled. "But wow, it's funny how for the past few months all I could think about was sad melodies, but today, all I can think about is happy ones. Lee Jieun, do you really have that much control over my mood...?"

Jieun chuckled as she rested her head against Jungkook's shoulder. "Well, I guess so."

"I'm so happy these days..." Jungkook said as he fed Jieun a piece of fruit in return. "It's almost as if... I forgot how my life used to be like before I met you."