AN: I realize the first chapter might have been a bit confusing, but it's my style and I'm sticking to it. :D But that chapter was more of an introduction of what's to come, a sort of a taste? A pilot chapter perhaps? Yes. Let's go with that. In this chapter, I will begin introducing Lee and her background, and also, how she got to know Shin and the band very well. A flashback? –Gasp- How did you know?! I think for right now, the first few chapters, maybe 3 or four will be Lee's past. Then I'll start in the present day.

Shin shot a curious glance at Lee, trying to imitate her stimulating finger methods. Up and down, side to side her fingers were a blur on her guitar strings. Every sound wave that escaped her instruments was captivating to anyone sitting around her. A feeling of jealousy filled Shin's body, but decreased as Lee abruptly stopped and grinned at the desirous male. "What's with that look, Shin?" Lee spoke with a jaded voice, mostly due to the vigorous playing yesterday night at the concert venue, not to mention, an encore right after. BLAST was the best thing she'd ever come across in her life in terms of music. Even though she wasn't actually an official band member, she loved playing along with them at their practices.

"Lee, do you remember the first time we met?" Shin plunked his scrawny legs on top of Nana's dining table. The booth she built never really agreed with his lengthy stature. Shin twirled his silver orb lighter that hung around his neck. He directed his attention to the red-headed woman placing her guitar back into her case.

Lee set her case against the chipping, bone-white colored wall. "I think it was the time I was working at that old record store? Ricardo's Music Junk-box? Didn't you ask me my opinion about a Sex Pistols album?"

Shin squirmed in his seat. "So I made the first move? Heh, would you mind filling me in on what I said?"

Lee's chest let out a long sigh followed by a charming chuckle. "Well, this was, what, two years ago?" Her hands banged on the table in an attempt to help her remember these memories. "You walked into the store, and, ugh, I just had this feeling that you were going to try and make a conversation. The way you stared at me nervously, and pretended to look through RUSH albums, it was too obvious."

The curious male threw his head back, picking at his lip piercing. "I do remember that…and I was looking for stuff, you know."

"I'm sure. Hah." Lee tossed herself on the cushioned couch and bit her fingernails. Shin popped in a Nirvana album in Nana's CD player and followed Lee to the couch with his cigarette in his mouth. He sat next to her, the scent of her perfume giving him a sense of protection. "Anyway…like I was saying…" Lee began; weaving her fingers through the locks of Shin's fading blue hair. "You had the cutest expression on your face…"

Shin pat his neck and brought his item up to the register. No one else was behind him; actually, no one else was in the store. It was eight o'clock in the morning. "Hey, you mind giving me your opinion on this?" He spoke quietly to the tiny woman behind the counter counting recently donated jazz records.

Lee's snake-bite pierced mouth smirked as if she were expecting him. "Well, that's a genuine single by the Sex Pistols." She held the "God Save the Queen" single in her hand and examined it. "Released in nineteen seventy-seven. It's a pretty damn good track. How did you find it?"

Shin's foot tapped uncertainly. "What do you mean?"

"I hid it pretty well. Its how I find the best fans with the greatest taste in music." Lee pursed her lips very slowly then bit the right side of her lip.

"Heh, do I get anything special for that? I mean, it's a pretty big deal, right?" Shin set his colorless hands on the counter, waiting for Lee to respond.

Lee laid her elbows near him and cupped his face with her small hands. "Yeah, you get a sticker and a lollipop and perhaps a free ride to the carousel."

Shin rolled his eyes and took his wallet out from his ripped, tight jeans. "You know, sarcasm is a dry sense of humor."

"Who said I was being sarcastic?" The woman raised an eyebrow, lifting a box from under the counter that consisted of sweets, stickers, and coupons. "I was totally serious. It's your pick." She pushed the plain brown box toward him.

"That's sweet." Shin reached into the box and pulled out a giant cherry rainbow sucker. "I appreciate this…" He tapped the candy on his face like a child. "I'm Shin, by the way."

"Lee. Not Leah, not Leandra or Lisa, just Lee." Her smile beamed. "This is on me." She tucked the record into Shin's underarm and winked candidly.

"…Lee…what a beautiful name…"

Shin held his stomach in laughter. He now rested on Lee's body, completely casual. "Did you really give me a lollipop? That is so sketchy. I remember the record, but nothing else. You made that up didn't you!"

"No I didn't I am being completely honest!" Lee smacked Shin's arm teasingly.

Shin yawned and shut his eyes in bliss. "Tell me more."

But before Lee can begin another story, Nana and Yasu ran into the door and dangled keys in the air. "A trip to Jackson Hole anyone?"