When Minji and I reached the company building we immediately made our way to the studio to work on the song. I pulled up the draft of the song I had been working and played it as Minji took her seat. She silently nodded along to the beat as she listened.

Minji stayed silent for a few seconds after the song ended, lost in her own thoughts. "I think this is a great start but I feel like it needs more impact." She grabbed a notebook from the pile on the desk and started writing. " I was messing around with my guitar last night and had a great idea for a chord progression we could use if it helps."

Minji slid the notebook over to me and I examined the chords. Even though I couldn't imagine how it would sound on a guitar I imagined a piano playing the same chords in my mind and I was impressed.

"This could work actually. Do you think you could play it for me on a guitar though?" Minji nodded her head but when she looked around the room she seemed disappointed.

    "Well, I would but there's no guitar here."

    "There's one in my personal studio but we have to go to the dance studio to get to my studio." I stood up and gathered my laptop from the desk I had left it on the night before. "Grab the notebook and lets go."

Minji grabbed the notebook and we both left to go to the elevator that would take us to dance studio in the basement. The elevator was filled with awkward tension until Minji started humming a song to herself. Usually I would find this very annoying but this song caught my attention. It seemed like it would be a very sad song but it also had a little bit of anger in it like the singer was angry that she was sad. Before the elevator could reach the basement I looked over at Minji and asked what song she was humming.

    "Oh, it's not a song it's a melody I've been working on. I don't have any music to go with it yet but the melody was too nice for me to forget." I nodded in amazement as the elevator doors opened behind me.

    Exiting the elevator we made our way down the hallway towards the dance studio. Even though we were at the opposite end of the hallway I could already hear my groups song being played. I slowed down because I was very un-eager for my members to see Minji and I together again. That and I think that if they were to see Minji they might die and I don't need to deal with that right now.

    As we reached the door to the dance studio the song ended and I carefully started opening the door to avoid knocking anyone out. It's not an exaggeration I've actually done that to Namjoon a few times by accident. With the door fully opened the members all looked over at me in surprise.

    "Hyung, did you come to join practice?" Hoseok ran towards the door as he asked his question, obviously prepared to drag me in and force me to practice.

    "No of course not. Minji and I need to work on our song." Minji stood beside me and Hoseok looked over and finally noticed her standing there.

    His face turned bright red and he looked down and the floor as he made his way over to Seokjin to hide behind him. None of the members besides Seokjin would actually look up at Minji and I had to force myself not to laugh at them. If only they would wear clothes while the slept.

    I grabbed Minji's hand and led her over to the door of my studio. I told her to go in first and looked back at my members.

    "Since we'll be working on our song all day I suggest everyone stay out of my studio or they might die of embarrassment." I smiled and started to close the door when I heard Seokjin start to say something.

    "Keep it rated PG-13 in there. You never know when I might stop by." Seokjin raised his eyebrows and smiled at me. I just rolled my eyes and gave him the middle finger before closing the door to my studio.

    "Okay, now we can finally start this song." I walked over to the corner of the room and grabbed my guitar to hand to Minji.

    As soon as Minji had the guitar in her hands she sat down on the floor and started to tune it by ear. I watched in fascination as she focused on her guitar. I joined her on the floor but she didn't even notice.

    Once the guitar was fully tuned she strummed once and then played a scale. Seeming satisfied she looked up at me and smiled.

    "Okay now I'm ready. So this is what I had in mind for the chord progression during the chorus." Minji started to play and I was almost teleported to a different place.

    The progression expressed the frustration and sadness of losing someone you care about. It's like she was reaching into my soul and pulling about the part of me I had buried deep down inside of me. Closing my eyes I enjoyed listening to her and getting into the emotions of what would become our duet.

    Before I knew it she had stopped playing and we just sat in silence for a few moments thinking. I thought about my past and how I tried to forget but I never could. I thought about the frustration, anger, and sadness I felt once she left me. Then like a ton of bricks the song's intro and verse hit me.

    I jumped up out of the floor and headed over to my computer and keyboard. Quickly, I pulled up my recording program and slid my chair over to the keyboard on the other side of the desk. Minji walked up behind me but I ignored her and started playing the notes floating around in my head.

    As I played a sweet melody filled the room. It was full of a listful sadness of something lost and something gained. Not paying attention to my surroundings I played and let out my emotions. The sadness I felt of being left behind. The anger that followed because I seemed to mean nothing. Lastly, the longing of wanting to experience every moment again just so I would be able to cherish it more. When I was done I felt like a little bit of the weight on my shoulders seem to disappear and I sat back in my chair and let out a long sigh.

    Time passed with me just sitting there thinking about everything and trying to collect my thoughts. All of a sudden a beautiful melody filled the studio and I opened my eyes and looked over at Minji.

    She was sitting on the floor picking out the melody I had just played a few minutes ago. I watched her play with her eyes closed. She was truly feeling the music as her fingers seamlessly slid from fret to fret and string to string filling the room with emotions. I watched in awe and felt tears filling my eyes. As she picked the last note I quickly blinked away my tears and grabbed my recording mic and set it up to record.

    "Minji can you play that again so I can record it?" Minji looked up surprised and nodded.

    She slipped the guitar strap over her shoulder and walked over to where I had set up the recording mic. I put my headphones over my ears and counted off with my fingers and hit record. For the next hour or more we recorded over and over and over again until I thought I had the perfect cut and then I put my headphones around my neck and smiled at Minji.

    "I think that's good." Minji basically collapsed on the floor at my words and I stared in shock. "Are you okay?"

    Minji nodded and smiled up at me. "I'm fine just really tired. And hungry."

    I smiled and took my headphones off to set on the table. "Sorry I tend to forget about other people when I record or work on a song. I'll go grab some snacks I'll be right back."

    I walked out of the studio and was surprised to see the studio empty. Shrugging my shoulders I headed towards the door and then I noticed the clock. It was late night and what I thought had only been around an hour of recording had turned out to be almost five. Quickly I went back to the studio to apologize to Minji and tell her it was okay if she wanted to head home.

    I opened the door to the studio and found Minji sound asleep in the floor. Surprised I just stood there for a moment looking at her. Her long dark brown hair was spread around her head and in a mess, she had curled up into a ball on her side and was peacefully enjoying her dreams. I silently laughed and grabbed a pillow and blanket I used when I took naps. Gently I lifted her head and put the pillow underneath so she wouldn't hurt her neck. I moved the guitar from her side and put the blanket over her. I was getting ready to go put the guitar away when I noticed a stray piece of hair on her face. I softly moved it off of her face and looked at her sleeping face.

    Minji still looked like the Minji I had went to high school with. She hadn't aged and had only grown as a person. Compared to the Minji I knew in high school, Minji now was much stronger and happier. I was glad she was able to grow as a person in my absence. I just wished I could have been there to see her grow and to grow with her.

    I watched her sleep for a few more seconds and then I leaned down and softly kissed her on the forehead.

    "You've gotten so strong Minji." I whispered as I pulled away from her.

    Quietly I put the guitar back in the corner and went to my desk to work on the song some more, inspired by how hard Minji was working for it. I rolled out my neck and put my headphones on to edit and work on our song. Looking at Minji sleeping one last time for strength, I pulled up my music editor and got to work