Jia Li broke into a smile as she saw him near the stage and started to croon lines from his favourite song by Aerosmith .

Tang hummed the lines in his head as a swarm of emotions flitted through him and he was transported back to the first time he had heard the song on his iPod . He had been naturally gifted with a s.e.xy baritone suited to sing the rock songs and most of the girls in town were crazy about his voice . He had spent the whole night learning the song and its nuances . During lunch break, the next day, he had taken Jia Li aside and sung it for her .

"Oh, I absolutely love it", she had gushed, hugging him hard .

"I think you should perform this as your first song now onwards for any of our band's performances" .

"Did you really like it so much", a delighted Tang had asked?

She had shaken her head and told him, "if you don't believe me, wait for the girls' reactions when they first hear it" .

But he had never ever sung it for anyone else after that .

"She remembers that the song was special to me . It was the first declaration of my feelings for her", he thought as Jia Li brought the song to its culmination .

Amidst loud cheering and applause, she came down and took Tang by hand to take him up to the stage .

"Did you think we were going to let you get away", shouted Chung from the drummer's post .

"But I haven't sung even in the shower for the past ten years", protested Tang .

"Yeah? And do you think I have been giving live performances all this while? Stop making excuses . Now tell me what song are you going to perform so that we can cue it", she muttered in his ears .

"Ok, I will do it but on one condition – you have to sing with me", he told her .

Her eyes widened for a second while she tried to make an excuse to extract herself without giving away the reason behind it .

He held her arm and said intensely, "just this once", forestalling any half formed thoughts in her head .

She broke the gaze and nodded mutely .

She took the microphone, "thank you for your appreciation . We are being joined by the star of our now defunct band – Xie Tang . "

In the meanwhile, Tang had a quiet word with Chung and Li Jie . After that, he joined Jia Li on the centre stage .

"Good evening everyone . You are lucky enough to witness our first performance after a decade", said Tang as people laughed and clapped .

Jia Li broke into a smile as she saw him near the stage and started to croon lines from his favourite song by Aerosmith . Tang hummed the lines in his head as a swarm of emotions flitted through him and he was transported back to the first time he had heard the song on his iPod . He had been naturally gifted with a s.e.xy baritone suited to sing the rock songs and most of the girls in town were crazy about his voice . He had spent the whole night learning the song and its nuances . During lunch break, the next day, he had taken Jia Li aside and sung it for her . Oh, I absolutely love it, she had gushed, hugging him hard . I think you should perform this as your first song now onwards for any of our bands performances . Did you really like it so much, a delighted Tang had asked? She had shaken her head and told him, if you dont believe me, wait for the girls reactions when they first hear it . But he had never ever sung it for anyone else after that . She remembers that the song was special to me . It was the first declaration of my feelings for her, he thought as Jia Li brought the song to its culmination . Amidst loud cheering and applause, she came down and took Tang by hand to take him up to the stage . Did you think we were going to let you get away, shouted Chung from the drummers post . But I havent sung even in the shower for the past ten years, protested Tang . Yeah? And do you think I have been giving live performances all this while? Stop making excuses . Now tell me what song are you going to perform so that we can cue it, she muttered in his ears . Ok, I will do it but on one condition – you have to sing with me, he told her . Her eyes widened for a second while she tried to make an excuse to extract herself without giving away the reason behind it . He held her arm and said intensely, just this once, forestalling any half formed thoughts in her head . She broke the gaze and nodded mutely . She took the microphone, thank you for your appreciation . We are being joined by the star of our now defunct band – Xie Tang . In the meanwhile, Tang had a quiet word with Chung and Li Jie . After that, he joined Jia Li on the centre stage . Good evening everyone . You are lucky enough to witness our first performance after a decade, said Tang as people laughed and clapped .