Chapter 10: Just a little bit more spice!
Misaki's notes: I'm so sorry I've been dragging this chapter for so long!!! Thanks for all your lovely reviews. The date today is March 12, and all my common tests for the term are over!!! YAY!!! So it's time to bounce back and write this chapter although I have no inspiration=)
The story so far: Shinsani and Shiyuan are to sing for Singapore's anime production show.
Scene: The next day, in the singing studio, at 4pm.
The clock struck 4pm and Cherissa glanced up from her stack of music score sheets. There was no sign of Shinsani and Shiyuan. Cherissa decided to give them more time allowance and she averted her eyes to the pieces of score sheets of her lap. She looked up at the clock five minutes later and she realised that there was still no sign of the duo. " Okay…relax relax." She told herself. She decided to give them even more time allowance.
Thirty minutes passed and Cherissa was getting impatient. She strided angrily towards the studio door. I shall mince them and slaughter them and give them a piece of my mind when I find them. She opened the door and she almost collided her head with Shiyuan's and Shinsani's heads.
'WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN???" Cherissa demanded to know.
" We were eating breakfast." Shiyuan said curtly and dumbly.
" She's just kidding. We had music remedial."
" Oh man. What a liar. We were having maths remedial. Honestly."
" Oh no we weren't!"
" Oh yes we were!!!"
"STOP!!!!!!!! Just tell me the truth and get over with it, kiddos."
Shiyuan sighed and folded her arms. " We were practising our lines together and we failed to notice the time and that we were late, so we sped here as fast as we could."
" Sorry, will you accept our apology?" Shinsani added in helpfully.
Cherissa smiled and skipped happily back. " Sure okay! Come in!" Cherissa was after all, only a teenager too but she was a qualified choir teacher, so she does not behave exactly like any of the adult music teachers. At the back of her mind, she was inwardly laughing. This is called tit-for-tat.
"I'm so sorry to say but you won't be singing Hilary Duff's What dreams are made of song today. We are simply just trying out some different songs." I must not fail to add that Shinsani and Shiyuan's faces turned into stone upon her speech. " Today we shall try out Linkin Park's Breaking the Habit. How about that? There are different genres of music. We did pop-rock yesterday, so we shall do rock today."
"But…it's unfair…" Shiyuan pouted.
" Or would you rather do William Hung's She bangs?" Cherissa asked slyly, with a twinkle in her eyes.
" Urm…Linkin Park it will be then."
The duo continued singing and singing and singing until Cherissa was pleased. They practised to pitch their tone voices and tried to sing off-pitch, much to Cherissa's displeasure. Cherissa was ready to use her trick on them. " And now…both of you will sing Titanic and both of you ARE to do some dance actions while both of you are singing. NO ARGUMENTS WHATSOEVER! NOW… QUICKLY!" Cherissa said, with a nice tone of sarcasm in her voice. She handed both of them the Titanic lyrics for " When my heart go on" and ushered them to the middle of the humungous music studio.
Shiyuan blinked. Shinsani blinked too. It was so obvious Cherissa was setting them up for purpose and probably because she wanted to punish them for being so late. " teachers…" Shiyuan murmured, sighing in despair. Oh well, what can I do? I shall just have to be a little spontaneous. After all, I don't want to kick up another fuss in front the music instructor. Once is enough. And why would I even want to embarrass myself with this little downtown boy called Shinsani?
As for Shinsani, he looked a little uncomfortable. DANCE ACTIONS? That will be way too awkward. He decided that he should use an excuse to cover up. " Cherissa Missy, can we not do dance actions? It's a bit awkward, since both of us have not practised and we don't like to improvise on the spot."
Cherissa pondered for a moment before smiling her cheery gleaming smile and she replied," NOPE! Dance actions and singing!"
Shinsani's shoulders slouched as he walked back to where Shiyuan was standing. Shiyuan was trying to resist the temptation not to roll her eyes.
Cherissa looked at her watch and said shrilly," OOH! I've got to go for a short briefing by the board of the music directors regarding this whole anime production! I'll be back. Both of you are now given the time and opportunity to INVENT NEW DANCE ACTIONS and sing! I'll be back! DON'T SKIVE!!!" With that, she left the music studio and the door closed behind her.
" So what do we do now?" Shiyuan asked, ignoring the fact that only both of them were alone in the music studio.
" Let's practise I guess…" Shinsani awkwardly replied. He was still feeling awkward.
So they sat down on the floor together and listed out and organised the different verses that both of them would have to sing, then they tried singing the verses together and they fitted so well! Their good singing was tantamount to a duet with Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson!!!
" What about the dance steps…" Shinsani asked.
"Erm…er…" Shiyuan stuttered and she was starting to feel awkward too. " Take some dance steps from Titanic the movie? How about we give Cherissa an excuse that we only finished practising the singing parts but we had no time to invent dance steps?"
Shinsani frowned. " That's dishonest…besides…she's already punishing us by making us do this Titanic song-dance item. Obviously she will punish us even more if we do not complete this dance item. Don't be stupid!" He hit Shiyuan's head, much to Shiyuan's surprise.
" Alright alright…" Shiyuan said and they started doing some dance moves. Some dance steps included swinging of the arms, doing splits, jumping around, doing a mini-kallang wave and they were stuck when it came to the ending position. Both of them were cracking their heads to think of a good pose…until Shinsani came up with something.
" Let's do the titanic ship-like pose!!!" Shinsani exclaimed enthusiastically, forgetting his momentarily awkwardness.
Shiyuan looked at him and stared imploringly at him with her big hazel brown eyes. " You mean the scene where Rose and Jack cuddle together and Rose holds out her two hands and they kiss?" She said matter-of-factly.
Shinsani scratched his head and had a sheepish look on his face. " erm…yes?" Was his reply.
Shiyuan continue staring at him, not producing any sound. " And why would you think of such a move?" Her eyes narrowed as she gazed at him, silent moodiness overcoming her.
" Because the scene looks nice?"
" Oh right. I thought you were a plain pervert that's all." Shiyuan said bluntly. " So are we still doing that scene?" She asked, choosing to ignore Shinsani's delayed and big reaction when he heard that comment about him being a pervert.
" Firstly, it's up to you and secondly, I am under no circumstances, a pervert!!!" Shinsani retorted like a spoilt kid, who resembled a child arguing with a teacher that 2+2=5.
They got into position. Shinsani slid his arms around Shiyuan's waist, Shiyuan then found her hands interlocked with Shinsani's hands.
" wait…I'm not supposed to be locking hands with you!!! I'm supposed to stretch my arms out remember?" Shiyuan asked. So they re-positioned themselves and they began singing on the spot, with Shinsani's hands on her waist and people peeping in from the music studio would have thought that they looked like a couple making out.
They soon began absorbed in singing Titanic's " My heart will go on" and they did not notice Cherissa, who had come back from her meeting, peeping in from outside the music studio's peep-through window. Cherissa smiled inwardly and giggled girlishy, clearly enjoying the chance to witness the process whereby Shiyuan and Shinsani…well, got closer together and their er, relationship strengthened. They should thank me…I brought them one step closer to each other!!!
"My heart will go on and on…." They finished singing the last note and they looked into each other's eyes. It was something indescribable and soon, Shinsani found himself pulling Shiyuan closer to him and both of them closed their eyes and they were so close…just so close to each other…their lips touched briefly for a moment before they heard a loud bang-the opening of the door with Cherissa collapsing as she lost her footing. Guess she was just too intent on capturing the scene until she forgot to take precautions for herself and alas, she ruined the perfect moment. Shiyuan heard the commotion, and she quickly pulled away from Shinsani, but Shinsani was still clinging on to her and so, both of them ended up falling on the floor.
"Erm…er…GREAT PERFORMANCE? I WATCHED BOTH OF YOU FROM OUTSIDE! GOOD JOB!!!" Cherissa complimented both of them, a tad embarrassed at being exposed of her "guilty" sin. Shiyuan, who had never blushed before, was actually blushing! Her cheeks were a deep flush of red as she stood up as Shinsani helped her up. He too was blushing a little.
Cherissa sighed and decided that the joke was over. " OKAY! We shall start serious training during the next session, which is next week. We will be focusing on the main theme's song, which is "What Dreams are made of" by Hilary Duff. See both of you soon!" She walked off again, like she did during the previous session.
Shiyuan and Shinsani were clearly embarrassed and both of them went to pick up their bags before heading off in different directions to go home after muttering goodbyes to each other.
Back at home, Shiyuan sat on her bed, running her hands through her blue-blackish hair as she sighed in confusion. "What in the world is happening to me and him???!!! He's supposed to be my enemy, for he was the one who slapped me at first sight. But why was he so sweet to me??? Why did he sacrifice so much for me, from teaching me how to fence to offering to drop out of the anime theme production song for me?" She lay down on her bed. " IT'S NOT FAIR…WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE MUSIC STUDIO WAS NEVER MEANT TO HAPPEN!!! NO!!!" Shiyuan screamed aloud, screaming one of her infamous shrieking shrill. She refused to accept the realisation that…she had fallen in love with Shinsani…
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