Music and fashion

(Luong Tung Quang)
LTQ, having just received the news that Marie wants to meet him, is now walking toward her office. He wondered what it could be. Hopefully not some lectures she have for his last-minute performance--not that he could care less, since he had already made it to the finals.
He knocked on the door.
"Come in,"
He slowly opened the door and was surprised to find not only Marie To inside but also Minh Tuyet.
"Please have a seat,” Marie said, pointing to the empty chair besides Minh Tuyet. "Let's get to the point,"
You always do. LTQ thought.
Marie continued, "I want you two to duet in the upcoming Paris by Night. Any objections?"
LTQ looked at Minh Tuyet before making his reply and found her looking at him. They quickly turned away, feeling awkward.
She's pretty...and famous! Why say no? He thought.
"No." They replied in unison.
"Great. I can see you two getting along already." Marie said, without knowing that she was deadly wrong. "Let's move on... song selection. Here are the new songs to choose from. I want things to be fresh and new this time."
LTQ and Minh Tuyet reached for the folder at the same time. They quickly let go of the folder and it dropped on the floor. Once again, they both went to pick it up which resulted in bumping into each others' head.
"Ow"
"I'm sorry." Minh Tuyet said.
"My hair's messed up." He replied annoyingly, tired of having someone doing the exact same thing he's doing for several times in a row.
"I said I'm sorry."
"God...just when I ran out of gel."
"I'm sorry?"
"I don't even know if they sell my type of gel around here..."
"I SAID I'M SORRY!" Minh Tuyet ran out of patience.
"Geez, I hear you."
"Okie, you two! Break it up!" Marie interrupted and they grew quite.
"I want a ballad." Minh Tuyet said demandingly. LTQ was surprised at how fast the girl can get back on topic.
"I want something upbeat." He replied. Truth is, he didn't really want an upbeat song. It's just that he's tired of love ballads and the way she demanded it--not suggest it--caused him to go against her.
"Upbeat songs take more time to prepare and we only have a week. A ballad song is a better way to show the judges what your voice's really made of."
"Nowadays the voice's not all that matters for a singer"
Marie felt like a ping pong ball being bounced back and forth between the two. "STOP! You two are giving me a headache. I say we flip a coin. If it's head, it's a ballad. Tail, it's an upbeat song."
The outcome was head. Minh Tuyet smiled happily over her victory. To LTQ, it was very childish but if the outcome was tail, he'd probably do the same thing anyway.
"How about Ngay Mai Mua Thoi Roi?" Minh Tuyet suggested as she was looking through the new songs.
LTQ leaned over to look at the music and tried his best to make out the melodies but couldn’t. He should’ve taken music classes when given the chance. He felt like such an idiot. What can he say now? His instincts told him that the song must be just another cheesy mushy slow love song.
“Let me see the book,” he finally managed to say. LTQ pretended to read the music and then randomly chose a song. He just hoped that it wasn’t too slow or boring.
“Tinh Du Tram Loi”
“Wha…” Minh Tuyet stopped herself before finishing the sentence and continued. She simply smiled, “Alright then. Let’s go with his choice.”
“Okay. I’ll make a copy for each of you and I’ll bother you two no more…” Marie paused and murmured, “or vice versa.”
She went to the copy machine sitting at the corner of the room and made two copies of the music then handed it to them. “Minh Tuyet, you have more experience in things like this so I’m counting on you. You guys can go now.”
The two stood up together at the same time. LTQ tried to walk quickly to the door to avoid arriving there at the same time with Minh Tuyet but unfortunately, that was what Minh Tuyet’s thinking too so they once again bumped into each other on the way out.
“Will you stop copying me?” He said.
“You’re the one who’s copying me!”
“Quang, come here. Minh Tuyet, you can go.” Marie said, feeling like these two are students in a school and she’s their principal, trying to settle their dispute.
After Minh Tuyet left, Marie quietly said to him, “I want you to understand that Tuyet is currently the best-seller of this production. By pairing you with her, I’m giving you the advantages that other contestants does not have. Sure, the performance won’t be judged by the judges but you’ll sure catch a lot of the audiences’ attention and it’s their vote that counts more. So, there are two things I want to tell you. First, be thankful for this opportunity and use it wisely. Second, don’t displease Tuyet. She just got back on stage and I would hate to loose her again. Besides, you two gotta work more on the chemistry between you and her. Remember, you can be enemies in real life, but onstage, you’re lovers.”
LTQ felt dizzy listening to Marie’s long speech. It was all just some little fights they had and now she’s warning him not to displease her again…and all these other little things. But at least now he had learn the reason for Minh Tuyet’s actions—she’s too proud and thinks she’s all that just because she’s the best-seller and the production needs her. Still, Marie was right. If he wants to win this thing, he had to please her and make their performance work.
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(Minh Tuyet)
Besides music, one of Minh Tuyet's passions was fashion. Her closet is stuff full of couture clothing that she collected over the years. She was excited to see Calvin Hiep again, he always knew what she wanted and what suits her body. Today was the day both her and Luong Tung Quang was supposed to pick out what they were going to wear. She was entering his office when at the same time Luong Tung Quang was and before they knew it, they were stuck at the doorway. Calvin Hiep heard loud noises outside his office when he got there, he saw Minh Tuyet and Luong Tung Quang, side by side and stuck in the doorway, Luong Tung Quang was screaming "You and your stupid hips had to take up most of the room!" and Minh Tuyet firing back "At least I'm not a twig like you!" Calvin Hiep only shook his head after a few minutes of pushing and shoving, the two popped out and landed on the ground. Minh Tuyet pushed her singing partner to the side and got up. She straighten herself up before showering Calvin with huges and kisses, Luong Tung Quang got up and shook hands with the designer. Calvin told the two to go pick out what they like so the two ventured out to the racks while he sat down finishing his designs.

Browsing through the racks was like heaven to Minh Tuyet, each one beautiful in their own way and she wished she could have picked all them. With an armful of selections she excitedly hurry to her partner to see what he chose but when she she saw what he had, not only did they did not match with what she had. She imagined "Tinh Du Tram Loi" to be romantic but what he had looked like he was auditioning for a hip hop video.

"What the hell is this? They don't match with mine!"
"Exactly, that's why you go back and pick ones that do!"
"Why not you?(peering into her pile)"
"Heck no!"
"Well me either!"
"Urban trash!"
"Fashion whore!"

Luong Tung Quang turned around to head to Calvin, Minh Tuyet was boiling in anger. She took out her shoe and threw it at his head. He paused for a second before turning around:

"So, is that how you want to play huh?(he dropped his clothes to the side) "
"Don't let this dress fool you! I will fight back!"

The two ran into each other and started attacking one another, they fall to the ground knocking down the racks of expensive clothes, rolling around wrestling each other. Calvin Hiep rushed in to see what the ruckus was about and he was horrified to see what's happening to his beautiful creations, Minh Tuyet wrapped around a pair of pants around Luong Tung Quang's neck attempting to strangle him and he had a thin mini dress balled up and trying to gag her with it. Calvin looked at what they were doing to his clothes and he couldn't bare to take it anymore, he fainted with a loud thud. The two continued on their fight rolling around passing Calvin Hiep's lifeless body and out the door.