Staring at Sound (English)

Prologue

"Where are you going?" Roy asked me before I finally got out of the house. I turned to him and winced.

"Why? I'm just going to see Lynne."

"Are you sure? Or maybe him, again?" He asked me seriously.

Iblinked and finally turned to the door knob.

"I'll be right back," I said to him, then I went outside.

I hurried to text Lynne to pick me up here because we had a conversation today about going to the place where he is now. I waited a few more minutes outside the house before he came, so I was very annoyed.

"What took you so long? I already told you about this," I told her irritably as I got into the passenger seat of his Fortuner.

I heard her swear, so I looked at her sharply.

"What?"

"Shut up, Acel. Do you want me to hit this car, so you can stop there?"

She could no longer continue what she was going to say because of a black Sedan that overtook from behind us. We cursed together and she blew her horn loudly.

"Stupid! You're going to die too!"

I was furious at the driver of that sedan even though I knew it could no longer hear me. What else did Lynne and I say about it until we got to the parking lot of the building where the two of us were going. I could feel the sudden pounding of my chest even though we were still in the lobby.

The receptionist greeted us and immediately asked us if we had an appointment. Lynne just shrugged her shoulder.

"Just ask her, Miss."

"None. What now?"

"Oh, Ma'am, I'm sorry. You can't- "

"You think I didn't know that before I came here? I'm not stupid like you. By the way," I lazily told her that surprised her.

I just noticed Lynne was shaking her head. Won't she help me?

"Ma'am, wait a minute. You're not allowed to stay-"

I quickly faced her and raised an eyebrow. Before I could finally ruin her morning, Lynne took me in.

"I'm sorry, Miss. We have an appointment with Celina Samonte and we're in a rush now. We're late for our meeting with her, so, can you excuse us?"

My eyes rolled because of what she said to this female receptionist while still smiling. As of it was real. I saw the receptionist nod and handed me a paper. Lynne pulled me towards the elevator.

"So, what are we actually doing here, Acuzar? You're really going to have trouble," she preached to me while his cat-like eyes stared at me.

I just looked at her as she held that book with the navy blue colored cover. It was from Coffee Deim. Why is it still in her? She borrowed that book from the coffee shop a long time ago. I sneezed and nodded.

"Who is Celina Samonte again?" I asked her.

She glared at me quickly and did something to her cellphone.

"I'll just wait for you at the lobby. You can do it yourself."

I just simply nodded at her and let her go down to the floor where we stopped, because there were other people with us who also went down there. I silently stared at the screen of my cellphone.

Staring at him like this makes me want to see him right now, right at this moment. I can't seem to bear not to see him at all.

"I hope to see you," I almost whispered to myself.

I kissed my cellphone's screen and hid it in my jeans pocket. I had adjusted myself when I saw I was on the 31st floor. I was walking slowly towards where he was now.

Recently, I was excited about coming here just to see him after a long time, but now I feel like I suddenly fainted. I don't know, but I feel like I just want to go back to the elevator and just go home. What is wrong with me, now?

Istopped walking and stood on the side of the fire exit. I peeked at the door where he was now, expecting someone to go inside or outside from there so that I can see who is inside. A woman holding a folder knocked on their door.

Later, a tall woman with red hair appeared. I suddenly wanted to scream when I recognized her face. She's Celina Samonte, their manager! Now I just saw her in person and she is really a rock star goddess, as others say.

"I'll leave this door open so you don't have to knock. It's hard to go back and forth," I heard

Celina said to the woman who knocked recently. I suddenly felt jealous of that woman. It's like I suddenly want to work here just to be with them whenever I want to. Damn!

"All right, Ma'am. I'll just call them when it's over, " the woman said goodbye to Celina.

Celina smiled at her before she finally left. When the woman disappeared from her sight, her expression quickly changed. She just changed her expression into a stiff one from a tame one in just a snap. Whoa!

I slowly stepped towards the open door. I just hope no one sees me here, because otherwise it's all over. When I was sure no one would notice me, I quickly peeked inside. My jaw automatically dropped when I saw them and him. Oh my god!

"You need to practice more songs, guys. Come-on! " Celina said to them, so my chest throbbed even more.

They will sing! They will play their instruments in front of me, indirectly. Oh my fuck! They will fucking sing their songs while I am actually listening here! Shit, Acel!

"Is this the last song, Cel? Then we can eat?" Miko asks Celina, the lead guitarist of the band. Fucking shit!

"Yes. So, you can start, now," she commands them.

I even put my head in the doorway just to see him clearly. I want to see him clearly! I want to see how he moves, how his mouth opens with every song he sings. I want to feel his soul, too. Just like what he does every time he sings. Fuck! I'm gonna cry!

(Vapor by 5 Seconds of Summer playing at the background)

I suddenly felt a softening of the knee. Whatever I do to hold on to where I fell on purpose, so for a moment, I looked away from him because otherwise, they would catch me. I sighed deeply. I tried to get more air, but it's not even enough for me to even breathe properly. I feel like someone is choking me. Damn! Fucking help me!

I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes while still listening to him. His voice... his fucking voice that always makes my knees melt.

"F-fuck...what should I do?" I faintly whispered to myself.

I was sitting on the floor when I heard the chorus of them singing. I wanted to sing with them, but I couldn't. My voice is slowly breaking. My poor eyes can't stop themselves from crying. I can't with this tears!

"Wait a minute! What are you doing there, Caleb?" I immediately stood up when I heard Celina's voice.

Next, I heard the answer from Caleb, the bassist and vocalist of the band, and their commotion inside.

"Let's eat first!" I heard Ash shouting, the drummer in the band, so I quickly peeked at their open door.

But it was too late to even know that he was in front of me. I just felt my head collide with his chest, which surprised us all.

"What the hell?" I heard he cursed, so I looked up at him.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" I swallowed three times when I heard that baritone voice from him.

I don't know if he was ordering me to answer his question or if that was really just his reaction.

"Uhh..." I murmured.

"What happened?" I heard Celina said.

"Who are you?" he asked me again, and at the same time, he was staring into my eyes.

I suddenly felt something inside my chest and in my stomach. Like I want to vomit or what because it looks like someone is tickling the back of my stomach. His pair of blue eyes are staring at mine. What should I do?

"K-kiel," I whispered.

He didn't know me?