The Process.

I'm (not) With The Band.
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Adrienne had a certain way of approaching the music making process, she liked to be completely and totally immersed in whatever she was working on. That meant blasting the sounds she haphazardly blended together as loud as possible until she could think of a way to make them work together in an appealing way. The sounds of unfinished demos blasting, the scent of lavender incense burning and filling up the interior of the Bangtan work room while Adrienne danced around to get her blood flowing had become a common thing to hear at any hour of the day or night when she was working alone over the past few days. It was a crazy process to look at from the outside but it hadn't failed her yet so Adrienne was planning on sticking with it.

Of course, just because she planned on doing that didn't mean that she would get to.

The incense and loud music worked fine when she was alone but once Yoongi was in the room that all came to a stop. He preferred to work in silence, or as close to silence as he could get. Which meant he had his headphones in to listen and critique every subtle sound effect and background noise that he wasn't sure about adding. Doing that calmed Yoongi but made Adrienne anxious, she was constantly bursting with energy and that seemed to amplify during the nighttime when she was in a good mood and Yoongi just felt like curling up and going to sleep. Adrienne needed the conversation, the back and forth of ideas that could really be the best part about being forced to work with someone else. Their partnership seemed to be in a slightly more stable place than it was last week, even though they still barely knew each other and had definitely not stopped arguing about nearly everything; they were at least willing to communicate instead of shutting down when complications arose. 

It was after twelve on a Tuesday night, or was it after one? Truthfully Adrienne stopped keeping track hours ago, the only thing she knew for sure was that it was dark outside and the halls outside the workroom door sounded empty which meant that it was late enough for people to have already headed home. Adrienne planned on heading out herself as soon as she made some progress on the melody she had been working on for most of the day. It started off with the intentions of being something upbeat and whimsical but over the course of time it morphed into something lighter, more gentle and Andy was having trouble finding a balance between the two styles.

"Are you okay?"

Yoongi's voice yelling over the music from the door made Adrienne stop the strange interpretive dance she was acting out in the middle of the room. With her arms stretched upwards and her neck extended towards the ceiling she kind of resembled a stork preparing to take flight. If Yoongi wasn't so unbelievably tired he might have actually found the energy to laugh at her.

"Ah, Yoongi-ssi"

"-oppa"

"You said I should be respectful, -ssi is very respectful."

Yoongi grumbled and moved his tired body towards the couch, motioning for Adrienne to turn down her song like he always did. Andy sighed and moved to the computer to completely turn it off then took a seat.

"What are you doing here? I thought you guys had schedules all day today."

"I wanted to get some work done before I go to bed, and it's two o'clock in the morning; what are you doing here?" Yoongi answered with his head resting against the back of the couch.

"Oh shi-, is it really?" Adrienne gasped and turned to look at the bottom right of the computer screen, it indeed read 2:13 am and Andy groaned and pressed her forehead against the keyboard. She wanted to be in bed hours ago but time completely got away from her.

"I've been working on this song for....well I'll just be honest, the entire day and I just cannot get it to sound right. That's why I'm still here."

Yoongi huffed and looked over at Adrienne, who looked back at him with a small smile, and made a spectacle of getting up and slowly walking over to the console where Adrienne sat. He leaned forward and pressed his palms on the edge of the desk then looked at Adrienne like was waiting for her to do something.

"What are you doing?"

"Let me hear the song"

"No, it isn't arranged!"

Yoongi frowned and gave her a slightly harsh look, making Andy kiss her teeth, hit play and immediately cover her ears so that she wouldn't have to listen to the song again. She was getting sick of hearing the reminder of her incompetence.

Yoongi, on the other hand listened carefully to everything that played over the speakers. He could see what she meant about it not being arranged properly since it was still very rough around the edges but there was something there that could be worked out with a bit more time and attention. The corners of his lips turned upwards slightly when the gentle voice that had been harmonizing to the melody switched to sounding more aggressive and raspy.

"Is that you singing?"

"What? Oh yes that's me. I had idea of which of you I want to sing which part so I tried to imitate your voices with random lyrics"

"Was that supposed to be me?"

"Yes, I didn't think you would notice" Adrienne chuckled.

"I don't sound like that"

"Yoongi, that's exactly what you sound like. My imitation of you is actually the best one."

Yoongi rolled his eyes but didn't disagree and returned to the couch once the song ended.

"You're a good singer"

"T-thank you," She answered, slightly taken back by his sudden compliment since it was the first one he'd paid her since they met.

"About your song, it has potential but you're making the backing instruments way too loud, it's distracting" 

Adrienne frowned gently and brought her knees up to her chest, his suggestion had crossed her mind earlier but she was afraid that if she lowered the instruments it would lose the dynamic feeling.

"I don't even want to think about it anymore" She rested on her knees "Thank you though."

Yoongi nodded silently as he sank further and further into the cushions of the couch, his plan was to work once he was here but he was already falling asleep just sitting there.

"Yoongi-ssi..."

"Hm?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to want to work on something?"

"Yeah, I will" he answered but made no attempt to move.

Adrienne sniggered and shook her head as she got up from the office chair and occupied the empty seat next to him on the couch.

"You should go home if you're just going to sleep"

Yoongi snorted and sat up straight, his spine becoming rigid when he heard her so close to him.

"I'm okay, I just need a second to wake up"

"Well i

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TONNTONN #1
Chapter 13: Awww....can't wait to read more
MissJimin
#2
Chapter 13: Let’s get it ?
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MissJimin
#4
Chapter 12: can't wait to see what kind of crazy emotional rollercoaster you'll take us on!
desiredbe
#5
Chapter 12: holy hotness!
phew! I'm very glad to have you update! but the ending was quite unexpected, not that I'm complaining :p
can't wait to see what kind of crazy emotional rollercoaster you'll take us on!
kaye15 #6
Chapter 12: Hoseok knows. Hoseok has always known lol Good update!
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Siboney28
#8
Chapter 11: I was scared for a minute when Hobi approached him, it looked like he was gonna go back on his word. But they are cute together and I can't wait to see how this relationship works out. Great update!
kaye15 #9
Chapter 11: This chapter was cute though! You did great as usual. But now other people are beginning to notice how "friendly" they are? Uh oh lol I can't wait to see what happens.
ThinkPinkTink #10
Chapter 11: I love this story but think Adrienne is an idiot lol Can't wait for the next update! I wonder whats going to happen to Namjoon. It would be funny if him and Yoongi brawled lol. I feel bad that he still has hope.