Chapter 95 95 - Shameful


    ??"Do you know ckVelvet?" Ashley asked her cousins in surprise, since ckVelvet was an artist she had met this week when she found his song Boyfriend on one of the ylists she was following on Spokify.


    "Yeah... I''ve known him since In The End!" One of her cousins, who was into rock and emo music, said excitedly.


    "I met him this week because of his vlog." Her other cousin exined. "When I saw that another artist wanted to fight with him, I got curious and clicked on the video... after that, I got hooked on his videos and songs..."


    "Do you know Boyfriend?" Ashley asked excitedly, getting a big smile from the two girls who were about to answer but were silenced by Ashley''s parents.


    "Shh, talk after the ceremony, girls." Ashley''s mother scolded them in a low voice.


    Hearing The Lazy Song yed in a slow, melodious piano version made this song sound like a normal romantic song that the bride and groom used to enter the wedding, but those who knew this song, like the three girls, knew that this song had no romantic lyrics at all.


    Unfortunately for the girls, they didn''t look around the room to see who was ying the song, because if they had, they would have found the author of the song himself, ckVelvet, ying the piano in the same suit he wore to record All of Me.


    The ceremony was quick because Sarah wasn''tte and everything went ording to n.


    Ashley and her cousins spent the whole time whispering about various things instead of paying attention to the ceremony, until they finally left the ce where the ceremony was held for the party.


    The first thing they noticed was the stage, where a drummer and a keyboardist were setting up, while in the middle of the stage was an empty microphone, probably where the singer would stand.


    "Do you know who''s going to sing?" Ashley asked curiously.


    "I don''t know, Sarah usually likes more romantic songs, is this a romantic band?" A cousin replied.


    "Could be, too bad I don''t know either of them, maybe the singer is more recognizable?" Another cousinmented.


    "Maybe..." Ashley replied as she thought about it for a few seconds, but then pushed the thought to the back of her mind and focused on the food that was being served.


    One by one, the waiters arrived with several different tters of appetizers for the guests to choose from.


    Ashley and her cousins sat together as they chatted and began to sample the food.


    Unfortunately, alcoholic beverages could not be served to teenagers, so the three of them drank only juice or soft drinks.


    Suddenly, they heard a familiar ring tone.


    It was the same ringtone they heard when Michael entered the wedding, the ringtone of The Lazy Song, and just like when he entered, at this moment only the piano version of the song was ying, making the girls roll their eyes.


    "Aren''t these singers ashamed of ying ckVelvet''s song non-stop?" Ashleyined.


    "Yeah, don''t they have an original song for them?" A cousin alsoined without paying much attention.


    "It''s kind of shameful to put so much emphasis on another artist''s music without even ying your own..." The other cousin alsomented while rolling her eyes.


    "Good evening everyone, today we''vee to honor Sarah and Michael''s beautiful wedding, please give a round of apuse for the two newest brides and grooms!" A very beautiful and maic voice was heard over the loudspeakers.


    If it was just a pretty voice, with the negative opinion the girls already had, they wouldn''t even pay attention, but this time it was strangely familiar, and for those who had seen ckVelvet''s vlog, those lines were even more familiar.


    "Is he even copying ckVelvet''s way of getting the attention of the vlog audience?" Ashley asked with a frown as she looked around in confusion.


    Her cousins looked around as well, trying to understand what was going on.


    Her rtives didn''t think much of it and smiled as they pped for the bride and groom who had just arrived in the ballroom.


    When Ashley''s eyes reached the stage, she froze. "No way..."


    On stage, a handsome young man with bleached hair, a ck suit with a gray shirt underneath, and a blue tie smiled as he looked at the bride and groom and pped as well.


    Remembering the bleached-haired young man she had seen carrying a box before the wedding, Ashley realized that she had seen ckVelvet before and hadn''t recognized him!


    "It''s him!" One of her cousins, the one who knew ckVelvet from the vlog, recognized him immediately.


    "Yeah!" The other cousin was also excited as she stood up to get a better look at him.


    Ashley looked at the stage and was shocked that he was not more handsome in the video than in real life, it was the other way around! ckVelvet managed to be even more handsome in real life than he was on MeTube or Instabram!


    "Since Michael chose my song The Lazy Song as his entrance theme at the wedding, I thought I''d sing this song as an opener so the guests know what you''re up to when Sarah''s not home, Michael..." The boy on stageughed as he looked at Michael with a yful smile.


    Michael, the groom,ughed sheepishly as he smiled and nodded at him, making the guests even more curious about this singer.


    Ashley already knew what The Lazy Song was about and knew that there was nothing wrong with it, but the other guests didn''t and thought that there might be something wrong with the lyrics.


    Thinking to get some gossip from the couple, practically all the guests had their attention focused on the stage, waiting to hear the lyrics of the song, which might talk about how Michael would act without Sarah at home.


    Taking advantage of this, ckVelvet on stage turned on a projector next to him and projected the music video for The Lazy Song onto the wall behind him on stage and they began to y the song.


    Unlike when he yed the song alone to record it, this time he yed the guitar apanied by the band ying drums and a keyboard, which made the song much more full-bodied!


    ??????


    Today I don''t feel like doing anything...


    I just want to lie in my bed...


    Don''t feel like answering my phone...


    So leave a message at the tone...


    Cause today I swear I ain''t doing nothing...


    ??????


    When the guests who were waiting to hear some gossip about Michael''s life, thinking that he would be doing something wrong alone at home, heard that the lyrics were actually about beingzy alone, they were a little disappointed, but soon were captivated by the lyrics and the music video that was ying.


    Gradually, more and more people approached the stage with sses of drinks in their hands to pay attention to this interesting band and this charming singer.


    Among the people approaching the stage, the three most excited were Ashley and her two cousins, who recognized ckVelvet and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to interact with him.


    But they weren''t the only ones who knew him, there was also a boy among the guests who liked to listen to ckVelvet normal songs and was shocked to realize that it was the artist he liked who was singing at his cousin Sarah''s wedding.


    Although he was focused on singing and interacting with the rest of the guests, the three girls at the front of the stage were clearly the most excited about his show, and Noah would asionally look at them and smile, making the girls even more excited.


    Considering their ages, this made Noah even more attractive to them, as they were girls of 15 and 16, while Noah was only 17, although he looked a little older.


    Ashley was shocked at how cool this show turned out to be, not only because the band made the songs much cooler than she normally knew them to be, but also the way ckVelvet acted on stage to keep the audience''s attention, how he interacted with everyone was much better than she had imagined.


    The way he spoke to the guests, how he joked back, epted drinks as gifts, all of this was something she felt was too distant for artists who were normally arrogant to do, but ckVelvet did it naturally and it made her feel that he was bing much closer to her and the audience than just a random singer.


    At one point, Ashley decided to get over her shyness and handed ckVelvet her cell phone.


    I hope he understands and gives me his phone number...'' she thought as she handed it to him.


    But Ashley didn''t realize that she had given him the blocked phone.


    In the middle of the song, ckVelvet saw the phone being held out to him and picked it up, looking at the screen.


    Surprised to see that it was locked, he didn''t think twice and clicked on the camera icon in the corner of the phone, put it on the front camera and started recording a selfie video of himself pointing at Ashley behind him.


    This video of him singing on stage while pointing his phone at her in the audience was very cool, but unbeknownst to Noah, he had just demonstrated a possibility that hadn''t urred to the other guests.


    Seeing that he was so helpful in recording a storys for Ashley, several people thought it would be nice to ask him to record it as well to post on their Instabram profiles, and soon several cell phones were pointed at ckVelvet on stage.