School's out but I had so much to do recently, yeah, kill me now. :'( Finally, a new chapter, though. Replies to reviews first! [bionicwizard14, thanks! And sorry for the delay in update T_T] [alex, yeah, well, I've always felt tension between SW and TK. Or is that just me? LOL. Sorry for the late update :(] [sirinnette, thank you for reading Promise and this! And thank you for reviewing! Hope you stick around for the next chapters still :D]

Again, sorry for taking so long to update T_T Here's Chapter 8! Borrowed Love Light by CN Blue for this chapter again~ Please read and review! Enjoy! :D

"Moshi moshi?"

"Ran-chan!"

"Eh? Yuki?"

"Seikai! How'd you get it on the first try, Ran-chan?"

Ran laughed.

"Yuki-chan, hisashiburi ne?"

It was 7 AM, but the phone conversation went on for about an hour, before Ran realized that she was running late for work again.

"Ya, Yuki-chan. I kinda have to go. I'll call you up some time, okay?"

"Wakatta. Ki o tsukete kudasai, Ran-chan!"

"You, too," Ran smiled as she spoke. "Annyeong!"

"Eh?"

"What?"

"You used Korean."

Ran could not see her friend, but could tell that she was smiling from the other end of the line.

"It seems like you are happy there, Ran-chan."

"You're… right. I am happy here," Ran answered, her smile widening.

"Ja, go and work already!"

The two laughed as they said their goodbyes.

Ran checked her phone one last time before leaving the apartment. There were three missed calls from Manager Ma and a text message from –

"Shin Woo Oppa?" Ran thought aloud, wondering why Shin Woo would be sending her a message so early in the morning.

Do you have work to do tonight?

Ran's heart skipped a beat when she read the first line.

I need your help with something. We're going to see each other later at band practice, but I'd rather you replied to this message all the same. Thanks!

Help with something? And why does it have to be discreet? Ran thought up a reply as she walked to her car. Sitting in the driver's seat but not starting the engine just yet, she typed.

Good morning, Shin Woo Oppa. I don't think I have anything scheduled tonight. What do you need help with?

Ran threw her phone on the dashboard and put the key in the ignition. Before she could turn it, her message alert rang.

I'll tell you later. Just don't leave right away after band practice. Okay?

Ran couldn't help but imagine things. A date, maybe? A surprise date? Ran giggled to herself and immediately felt stupid, wanting to punch herself in the head. Perhaps Shin Woo really just needed some help. After all, he knew that she was part of the sound tech team before. Maybe he was writing a song and wanted Ran's advice.

Ending up more confused, Ran drove to the AN Entertainment building.

"Ya, Ran," Manager Ma yelled across the lobby as the assistant manager jogged in. "You're going to supervise the whole practice today, alright? I have a full schedule today."

Manager Ma did not wait for Ran's reply and turned away, but she remembered this morning's calls and message.

"Ah, Manager," she said, walking up to him. "You were calling earlier?"

"Oh, yes. I was planning to tell you this morning about supervising the practice, but you weren't picking up. Why?"

"I – I ran late."

Manager Ma sighed.

"You are still young, aren't you? Don't go around showing people you don't deserve this job."

Ran scowled.

"I'm not saying you're showing it. Just, don't get worse. Alright?"

"Oh, and another thing," Ran said again. "This morning, Shin Woo sent me a message saying he needed help with something. Is he working on a new song?"

"None that I'm aware of."

"I see. Well, I'll go to the studio now then."

Ran walked across the lobby and made her way up the stairs. Manager Ma followed her with his gaze, thinking over what she had just said.

Shin Woo was asking her help with something, but Manager Ma had not approved of any production project for Shin Woo recently.

Kang Shin Woo, what are you doing, really? Manager Ma thought to himself, shaking his head, as he walked out of the building.

It was 9 AM, and band practice doesn't start until another two hours, so that Haruno Ran had the studio all to herself.

"President Ahn said you should practice a piece or two for when he comes back."

Ran remembered Manager Ma telling her.

"When he gets here, you're going to perform to a panel, him and myself included. In my professional opinion, I think you should include Go Away in your practice. It's something they're looking for these days."

Ran arranged the guitars and the drum set. With the exception of the band leader, those boys, and girl, could get really careless at times, leaving their things lying around like that. Ran got to organizing the clutter on the computer desk.

Practice a piece or two for when he comes back.

Ran plugged in her USB and transferred an audio file. The blend of acoustic and electric guitars started and she got behind the microphone. The band doesn't come in until another two hours anyway.

Geudael bomyeon eolgeuri bbalgaejigo
Geudael bomyeon gaseumi dugeun dugeun
Aicheoreom sujubge malhago

Ran remembered Tokyo, and how she used to be back then. Curiously, she could better remember her highschool days, when all was well, than the years after that.

Geudael bomyeon gwaenshiri useumi na
Babocheoreom jakkuman geurae
Ama naege sarangi on geot gata

Sure, she missed Japan. But things were better off this way. She was happy where she was now.

Geudaeneun nae maeum sogeui president
Nae gaseumi byeol sunohji
I'm genie for you girl
Nae sumeul meotge haji
Geudaega weonhaneun geonda
Neoreul saranghanikka
Nae sarange iyuneun eoptjanha you know

"It seems like you are happy there, Ran-chan."

Ran remembered how Yuki and so many others were baffled with how she wrote her songs. It even got to the point where people asked if Ran was interested in girls. Ran just laughed.

Geudaeneun darling
Bam haneun byeolbitboda areumdaweoyo
Nae mamsok gipeun goseseo banjjakgeorineun
Na maneui sarang bit

"I'd like to believe that there's someone out there who would look at me that way… someday," she told her close friends.

"That's either very sweet, or you're in love with yourself."

Geudaeneun lovely
Jeo haneul haetsal boda nuni busyeoyo
Nae mamsok eodun gotkkaji balkke bichuneun
Namaneui sarang bit

Geudaereul saranghaeyo lovely
Du nuneul gamabwado geudae boyeoyo
Ireohge barabogo
Barabwado nuni busyeoyo
Geudaen naeui sarang bit

By the end of the song, Ran was smiling weirdly to herself from reminiscing her days in Japan. Suddenly, someone applauded.

"It sounds better now that you got to finish it," said Shin Woo from the door way.

"Shin Woo Oppa," was all Ran could say. Shin Woo caught her.

"I wonder, though, how you came to write that song. I'd love to sing that to a special girl sometime in the future."

"Shin Woo Oppa," Ran said again. "You said earlier – "

Shin Woo smiled. Ran looked rather worried about the "help" he mentioned.

"I'll tell you about it over dinner," he said, sitting down on the couch.

"Dinner?" Ran repeated, her fan girl mind racing once more.

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