Chapter 10: The Start/Pt 1.
2004/ Seoul South Korea.
I was currently still inside the recording studio looking over the songs of my album that was just published a moment ago on the computer, only to notice a very important thing that I seemed to have missed which is my album picture that has a red letter L on it with blood dripping from it and me sitting on the bloody letter in a balled up sitting position with no shirt or shoes on just pants.
(Daehyun's POV)
"Why does my album picture have a bloody letter L with me on it." I asked, looking at Jyp who was busy getting his stuff together so he could head back to his office to finish some up some important work.
Jyp was sweating hard and said trying to explain "That was a mistake on my part you see I accidentally spilled something on my computer and when I tried to wipe it off I accidentally hit the letter L on my keyboard and..."
"You can stop lying now I was just asking." I said cutting him off, really not feeling the vibe today at all and know he must have did it for a reason which in my opinion is to bring out the meaning of the album.
Jyp sighed in relief but suddenly remembered something important and asked "Can you do a english version of this album."
"Yes Im well versed in english." I said knowing jyp's thoughts clearly.
"Ok then let's get to work then." Said jyp taking a seat in the rolling chair while gesturing me to get back into the studio, intending to expand my fanbase to america.
I sighed and got up and headed into the studio.
TIMESKIP: 4 Months later.
I was currently Inside my room laying on my bed on my phone reading the comments about the songs of my new album L that I now consider my songs and since sam smith doesn't exist here and was ignoring some of the comments while smiling at others.
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Comment 1: Are you fucking serious is this singer really korean why wasn't he born over here in america and what is his name how come I can't find him on the Internet.
Comment 2/ Replying to comment 1: I know right and i think his name was L or tae daehyun.
Comment 3: FINALLY HE HAS RELEASED HIS ALBUM.
Comment 4: What a beautiful album please make more in the future.
Comment 5: I can't stop listening to lay me down.
Comment 6/ Replying to comment 5: Same with me the song is so good.
Comment 7: AHHHHHH L IS MY BIAS.
Comment 8: I'm not really liking this new artist.
Comment 9/ Replying to comment 8: Then stop leaving unnecessary comments and go look at some other artists.
Comment 10: I'm a fan now.
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I read over the comments and chuckled at them, only for my phone to start ringing and seen it was my cousin ari, which made my smile drop and answered the phone.
"Wassup small booty." I said while laughing.
"Shut the hell up vefore I come over there and fight you because your really getting on my nerves right now all I wanted to do is check on you as your cousin and best friend." Said ari from the phone, already pissed.
"Well your the one who called me so you should have expected this." I said chuckling, knowing it's her fault.
I waited for her comeback but was disappointed and looked at my phone and seen she had hung up which made me laugh again and remembering her lame comebacks and sometime nonexistent ones.
I calmed down but suddenly felt my phone vibrate and seen it was my new manager named kim changmin and got up from my bed while grabbing my cane, only to notice a distinctve feature that stood out about me which are my legs.
I had a confused face while looking at my legs and said "Has the former owner always been bow legged or is it because of this disease, or is it because I've never payed attention to the lower half of my body."
While I was In deep thought wondering if my legs are harmful I walked forward a little and didn't feel any pain in my legs and just shrugged it off since I have more important things to think about since during these past 3 months my newly gained manager name has been snagging opportunities for me such as performing at award shows and modeling etc to make my already famed self even more famous.
"Ugh now I really realize how tiring it is to be in kpop." I said while putting a hat and a mask on to cover my face and headed out of my room and went downstairs, heading towards the front door.
"IM LEAVING MOM." I said shouting while opening the front door.
"OK BE SAFE." Said aera shouting from her room.
I shut the door behind myself while locking it and seen manager kim was waiting for me in the car.
I walked towards the car and got in the passenger seat and leaned my cane between my legs while taking off my cap and mask and took a breather.
"Did you br...." Asked manager kim only for me to immediately intercept his question.
"Can I ask you an important question." I asked while smiling at him.
Manager kim had a suspicious face and said "What is it."
"Do you like eating hotdogs everyday." I Asked still smiling.
"Yes why it's my favorite food for lunch." Said manager kim confused.
"So you like putting hot dogs in your mouth everyday." I said, still smiling while wanting to burst out laughing in his face.
Manager kim suddenly caught on and screamed "WHAT THE FUCK MAN I'M NOT GAY I'M HAPPILY MARRIED."
My smile dropped and said with a straight face "Then stop asking questions like are you brushing your teeth, are you taking a shower, are you eating well, how is your exercise going, every damn day it's getting annoying and I know how to take care of myself and it also makes you sound like a pedophile so stop."
Manager Kim sighed and said with a stern face "it's my j...."
"Shut your refrigerator looking head ass up and start driving ,Now what, that's your job." I said roasting with no remorse.
Manager kim was shaking with anger but calmed himself down quickly with deep breaths and started the car and started driving towards the location of mnet asian music awards aka the mama.
Manager kim took a deep breath again to calm himself down and said with a chill smile "I'm surprised that you where Invited to perform at the Korean music awards."
"Me to but if you actually think about it it's not really that surprising since you and jyp have been snagging a lot of opportunities for me which also gave me a lot of exposure and on top of that I've been performing at all this years award shows and doing my own performances nonstop." I said thinking deeply and sighing at my constant working.
"And your very popular despite debuting 4 months ago but you've been doing a lot of gigs back to back so of course your on the top search list of google." Said manager kim with a happy smile, turning the steering wheel.
"Perks for having sam smiths musical talents" I thought while scrolling on my phone, going on my facebook profile and immediately seen, 10.5 million followers with a checkmark next to where my real name was supposed to be that now is replaced with the letter L, which almost made me choke to death on on air and my spit from shock.
Manager kim chuckled and said "I'm surprised you didn't notice the huge change sooner."
I was still staring at my phone screen with a shocked face and said "Did they literally hack into my phone and changed my my profile name."
"Wait...they changed your profile name I thought you where just talking about the followers and the checkmark." Said manager kim while pulling into a parking spot and turning the car off.
While I was about to respond I received a text from ari that had a middle finger emoji with laughing emojis which made me laugh and say "So she probably changed it while I was working out in the gym."
"What happened." Asked manager kim confused, wondering if he needs to find the hacker and file lawsuits and take other necessary measures.
"My cousin is the culprit but she sure is patient and has good timing how scary." I said chuckling.
(Ari's POV)
"ACHOO." Said ari sneezing in her arm.
"Are you ok girl." Said a gay korea boy next to qri in a fashionable outfit.
"Yea I'm ok I think someone is talking about me." Said ari while fixing her makeup, thinking of her repulsive cousins smirk, making her snicker.
"ARI YOUR TURN IS COMING UP." Said ari's manger screaming, making Ari come back to reality.
"You got this girl walk that runaway like your stealing yourself a sugar daddy ok boo." Said ari's gay friend, being extra while making sure ari's outfit is ok so she doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction while on the runway.
Ari chuckled while rolling her eyes and made sure her outfit was ok to and took a deep breath to calm her nerves and got Into her mode and started cat walking to the stage with other new models in the background cheering her on.
"GO GIRL YOU GOT THIS." Said a random female Korean model cheering.
"GO ARI." Said a male korean model cheering.
"YESSS BITCH." Said ari's gay friend cheering.
"WOOHOO." said another female Korean model cheering.
(Daehyun's POV)
I was currently inside a dressing room backstage doing vocal trills with my mouth while my stylists were working on my hair and face, with me sporting a black fashionable shirt that reveals just a little bit of my chest and black dress pants with black dress shoes and a little bit of jewelry.
"Ok were done." Said the makeup stylist.
I nodded and got up from the seat and checked my outfit out in the body mirror that showed a black fashionable shirt that reveals just a little bit of my chest and black dress pants with black dress shoes on and a little bit of jewelry, with my makeup done flawlessly, hair slicked back with a Few strands hanging in the front.
"Thank you all for your hard work." I said with a smile which made the stylists smile.
"You don't need to say thank you it's our job and we're getting paid for it." Said the female hair stylist, chuckling.
I nodded and chuckled while looking at the clock on the wall and seen it was time for me to head to the stage and bring the mnet asian music awards to it's knees.
(unknown girl POV)
The unknown girl was walking down the hallway of sm entertainment wondering where everyone went and turned back around and headed in the direction of the training room.
As the unknown girl made her way to the training room she opend the door and entered it and seen the idol trainees and even some company executives watching a huge tv screen in chairs and even some sitting on the floor on matt's.
The unknown girl walked up and said with a confused face "Aren't we supposed to have dance practice today why is everybody watching tv."
A male trainee looked at the unknown girl and said with a smile, clearly enjoying his relaxation time "We are about to watch the mnet asian music awards."
"But isn't dance practice more important right now." said the unknown girl, worrying about her career more than some award show.
"Taeyeon just sit and watch the show you can learn from some of these Idols and I heard a rumor that L might be performing." Said a random female executive, who appears to be high in the company's rank.
Taeyeon sighed and took her seat in one of the chairs, while wondering who this so called L was.
"Who I..." Asked taeyeon, only to be cut off.
"Oh the presenter is about to announce who is performing." Said one of the male idol trainees.
"Welcome to the 2004 mnet asian music award, I hope everyone will enjoy the rest of their night because I know i will." Said shin jung yup on the tv, with a sleezy face, making the audience laugh and start clapping, while taking his leave from the stage with the other host who is a woman named kim jung eun following behind, while the lights of the whole auditorium shut off.
"Um...so is no one performing." Asked one of the random female idol trainees watching the tv with a sigh, thinking it's a waste of her time.
Suddenly a soothing beat came in on the tv, making taeyeon and all the idol trainees and even the executives turn to look at the screen with surprised.
"OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHHHHH, OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHOOOO." Said the background singers in sync, going up and down on the registers, holding the notes midway, with the drum beat coming in On the tv.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Said the fans in the Audience screaming crazily on the tv, making the idols in the audience confused.
"OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHHHHH, OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHOOOO." Said the background singers in sync again on the tv, going up and down on the registers, holding the notes midway.
Suddenly the drum beat suddenly faded out and a soothing piano melody suddenly came in on the tv.
While taeyeon and idol trainees where watching the tv you could see a handsome shadowed figure coming into the dimmed lights In a black fashionable shirt that reveals just a little bit of his chest with black dress pants on and black dress shoes and a little bit of jewelry, with his makeup done flawlessly, hair slicked back with a few strands hanging in the front, walking up to the gold microphone with a black cane in his hand, on the tv.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH L." Said the fans screaming crazily, with some kpop idols losing it to while some others where just clapping, on the tv.
I stood in front of the gold microphone with my eyes closed for a moment and let the female pianist play, on tv.
"So this Is L" Thought taeyeon surprised, watching the tv.
I opend my eyes and took a deep breath and said singing in a breathy voice with my eyes squinted, with no notes, while doing gestures with my left hand, on tv "Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-nightstand."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Said the audience screaming crazily, on tv.
"Such a powerful and commanding stage presence without even doing anything." Said a random male executive with a shocked face, watching me perform on tv.
"But I still need love cause I'm just a man." I said singing in a breathy voice, holding the notes a little, on Tv.
"These nights never seem to go to plan." I said with an emotional face singing in a breathy voice and going higher in the register into the head voice a little but went back down register with control, with no notes, on tv.
The fans in the audience were going crazy and screaming, on tv.
"I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand." I said singing in a breathy voice, holding the notes a little, With my left hand reached out to the camera that is recording live, on rv.
Taeyeon and the other koreans idols and executives in the room where shocked by how good my singing and lyrics where with some trainee idols being envious and taeyeon couldn't take her eyes from the screen intending to see everything.
"Now won't you." I said singing going up in the register a little bit, with no notes, with my arms slowly rising, on tv.
"STAY WITH ME." Said the Background singers in sync, holding the notes midway, on tv.
"Cause your." I said singing in a breathy voice, with no notes, spreading my arms at the whole audience, on tv.
"ALL I NEED." Said the background singers in sync, holding the notes midway, on tv.
"The background singers aren't to be played with." Said a random male idol trainee, becoming my fan.
"THIS AINT LOVE, ITS CLEAR TO SEE,HA." I said singing in a high register but went back down, holding the notes a little, on tv.
"SO CLEAN." Said a random shocked female idol trainee loudly, with everyone else being shocked even taeyeon.
"But darlin." I said singing, with no notes, on tv.
"Stay with me." Said me and the background singers in Sync, holding the notes a little, on Tv.
"Seoul Let me see your hands, Ayy." I Said with a smile that showed my straight white teeth while taking the microphone off the stand with the drum beat coming in and grooving, on tv.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOU L." Said the audience crazily, on tv.
"Such stage presence." Said a random female executive shocked, with the others agreeing.
"I'll get there some day" thought taeyeon with her fists clenched, still staring at the screen intently.
(Daehyun's POV)
"Why am I so emotional." I said singing, with no notes, doing gestures with my cane in my right hand, making the crowed cheer.
"No, it's not a good look, gain some self control." I said singing, going up and back down playing with the registers a little with a smile, With no notes.
"DEEP DOWN, I know this never works." I said singing in my head voice but went back down the register, holding the notes a little.
"But you can lay with me so it doesn't hurt." I said Singing, with no notes, gesturing to myself.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH L I LOVE YOU." Said the audience screaming Insanely.
"Now won't you." I said singing going up in the register a little bit, with no notes, pointing at the audience with my cane.
"STAY WITH ME." Said me and the background singers in a high register in sync, holding the notes midway.
"Cause your." Said me and the background singers in sync, holding the notes a little, gesturing towards the audience on my left.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Said the audience crazily.
"ALL I NEED." Said me and the Background singers in sync, holding the notes midway.
"THIS AINT LOVE, ITS CLEAR TO SEE." I Said singing in a high register but went back down, with a little notes, with my eyes closed feeling the song.
"But darlin." I said singing, with no notes, while gesturing towards the audience with a smile.
"Stay with me." Said me and the background singers in sync, holding the notes a little.
"OOHHHHHHHH." Said me and the background singers in Sync, holding the notes longly.
"OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHHHHH, OHHHHHH, AHHHHHH, OHHHHOOOO." Said the background singers sync, going up and down on the registers, holding the notes midway while i was grooving back and forth making the audience groove.
"OOHHHHHHHH" I said singing in a high register, holding the notes longly.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Said qudience screaming madly.
Suddenly a guitar beat came in with the other beats fading out, making the audience shocked and started cheering madly.
"Now, he can be a sinner, or a gentleman." I said singing in a soft voice, holding the notes a little, while leaning my cane against the piano and walking towards the right side of the stage.
"He can be a preacher, when your soul is damned." I said singing, holding the notes a little while waving at people in the audience with a smile.
"He could be a lawyer on a witness stand." I said singing, holding the notes a little longer.
"But he'll never love you like I can, can." I said singing, holding the notes a little, while pointing at random people.
I Walked on the stage walkway and said singing, holding the notes a little "He could be a stranger you gave a second glance."
"He could be a trophy of a one night stand." I said singing going higher in the register while holding the notes a little, pointing at a gay couple who smiled, while still walking on the stage walk way.
I looked at the kpop idol named rain in the audience and nodded to him while singing, holding the notes midway "He could have your humor, but I don't understand."
Rain bodded back smiling while grooving to the beat, making some others kpop idols stand up and groove.
"Cause he'll never love like I can, can, can." I said singing, with no notes.
A drum beat Suddenly came in, making the audience sance wildly.
"WHY ARE YOU LOOKING DOWN ALL THE WRONG ROADS." I said singing in a high register, holding the notes a little while waving at some female fans who fainted from my attention.
"When mine is the heart and the salt of the soul." I said singing, with no notes, with my hand on my chest.
"THERE MAY BE LOVERS WHO HOLD OUT THEIR HANDS." I said singing in a high register with a clean register flip, holding the notes longly, while slowly moving the microphone away from my mouth with my head raised upwards.
I slowly brought the microphone back to my mouth and said singing with emotion, with no notes "But."
"HE'LL NEVER LOVE YOU LIKE I CAN, CAN, CAN." said the background singers in wync, with no notes, causing a echo affect, with the beat stopping on point.
I looked at the background singers with a smile and gestured towards them with my right hand.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH L, L,L,L,L." Said the audience screaming and chanting.
"I wish I had more time." I said with a smile while walking back to the main stage.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Said the audience screaming madly.
I Walked up to the microphone stand and put the microphone back on it and took a deep breath and said Singing in a breathy voice, holding the notes a little "Yes I do, i bealive that one day i will be where i was right there, right next to you."
"Sing along if you know it." I said smiling, as the audience started singing along, as the pianist played masterfully.
"And it's hard, the days just seems so dark the moon, and the stars are nothing without you." I said singing in a higher register beeathy voice, holding the notes a little, while looking at the kpop idol trainees who were also singing along.
I looked at the audience in the middle and said singing in a high register a little, holding the notes midway "Your touch, your skin, where do I begin no words can explain the way I'm missing you."
"Deny this emptiness, this hole that I'm inside these tears, they tell their own story." I said singing back in the lower register, holding the notes a little.
I gestured towards the kpop idols seating area and said singing while gesturing with my hands, going up a register a little and holding the notes midway "Told me not to cry when you where gone."
"Hmmm, yeah." Said a female background singer singing in a breathy voice, holding the notes a little.
"But the feelings overwhelming It's much to strong." I said singing, doing a register flip a little while also holding the notes a little with a little grit.
"CAN I LAY BY YOUR SIDE." I said singing in a high register with a little grit, holding the notes a little, making the idols surprised by my range.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY, WOOHOO." Said the audience screaming, with someone whistling in the back.
"Next to you, you." I said singing in a breathy voice and climbing the registers and hitting the head voice and holding the notes a little long, while pointing at the audience on the left that happens to have some actors attending.
the left audience was screaming madly, leaving the actors who were enjoying the performance confused by the fans.
"AND MAKE SURE YOUR ALRIGHT." I said singing in a high register with a little dramaticness, holding the notes longly, with my head tilted upward and taking a deep breath.
"I'll take care of you." I said singing in a breathy voice and climbing the registers and hitting a high head voice and holding the notes longly, while slowly moving the microphone stand away from my mouth creating a echo affect.
"AHHHHHHHH." Said the audience screaming, for the millionth time.
I brought the microphone stand back up to my mouth and said singing in a high register while going back down the registers, holding the notes longly at the lowest note i could muster "I don't want to be here if I can be with you tonight."
Suddenly a slow drum beat came in, making the audience dance slowly back and forth with smiles.
"I'm reaching out to you." I said singing in a low register, holding the notes midway, looking at the audience with my arms spread out.
"Can you hear my call." I said singing in a high register but going back down the lower register, holding the notes a little.
"CALL, CALL, CALL." Said the background singers in sync climbing the registers, holding the notes midway.
Hmmm, Yeah." Said a female background singer singing in a breathy voice, holding the notes a little, coming in smoothly.
"This hurt that I've been through I'm missing you, missing you like crazy." I said singing while doing register flips, hitting the head voice and going back down to the lower register, holding the notes a little long.
"You told me not to cry when you where gone." I said singing, holding the notes a little long.
The audience was swaying in there seats with some dancing while the kpop idols were grooving.
"But the feelings overwhelming." I Said singing, with no notes at all.
"IT'S MUCH TO STRONG." I said singing in a high register with a little register flip, holding the notes longly, with my head raised upward taking a deep breath.
I was still looking upward up and said singing in a high register with a little grit and my left hand raised a little with my right holding the microphone stand "CAN I LAY BY YOUR SIDE."
"Next to you, you." I said singing in a breathy voice and climbing the registers and hitting the head voice while holding the notes a little long, smiling enjoying myself.
"AND MAKE SURE YOUR ALRIGHT." I said singing in a high register With a Little dramaticness, holding the notes longly.
"I'll Take care of you." I said singing in a breathy voice and climbing the registers and hitting a high head voice and holding the notes longly, while slowly moving the microphone stand away from my mouth creating a echo affect again, gesturing towards the audience who were crazy screaming.
"I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE IF I CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT." I said in a very high register while doing a register flip, holding the notes very longly, while slowly moving the microphone stand away from my mouth creating another echo affect again,
while looking up and taking a deep breath, with the beat going up a notch.
"Lay me down tonight." Said me and the background singers singing in a low register, with no notes in sync.
"Lay me down tonight." Said me and the background singers singing in a low register, with no notes in sync.
"Lay me down tonight." I said singing in a low register with register flips, holding the notes a little.
"LAY ME BY YOUR SIDE." I said singing in a high register With a growl, holding the notes longly.
"CAN I LAY BY YOUR SIDE." I said singing in a high register with a little grit while going back down the register, holding the notes longly.
"Next to you, you." I said singing in a breathy voice and climbing the registers and hitting the head voice and holding the notes very long, ending the song while slowly moving the microphone stand away from my mouth with my head facing upwards and taking another deep breath.
"AHHHHHHHHHH." Said the audience screaming and clapping, giving me a standing ovation.
"Welcome to the the mnet asian music awards." I said with a smile, with my arms raised slightly taking in the energy of my fans.
"AHHHHHHHHHH." Said the audience cheering again while giving a standing ovation, with some people crying.
"Wow just wow, everyone give L another round of applause." Said host shin coming back to the stage with the female host following behind.
"WOOOOOOOOAH." Said the audience screaming madly.
Host shin was shocked but quickly collected himself while I nodded and waved at the audience while taking my leave from the stage so host shin could do his job while not forgetting my cane, with the audience still cheering behind me while not knowing that i raised the ratings of this year's mnet asian music awards by alot.
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