<Y/N's POV>

Minhyun hyung decided to tag along with me, in my room, while I'm busy looking for something decent to wear for today's event.

"Ya, you sure you wanna go with that?" He asked out of nowhere. I turned towards him, and with knitted brows, asked why would he say that. I mean, what's wrong with this?

"There's nothing wrong, really. You can pull anything off but Freshmen Week is all about you guys. You need to you know, at least, look somewhat different. I've known you since what? Right. Since you're still sucking on your thumb, mate." He finished his sentence right after seeing my reaction in the mirror. I already faced the mirror by the time he started talking.

"You're a fashionista, Y/N. Let the whole world witness it, show them who Hwang Y/N really is. And I bet many girls will go loco over you." He twirled his pointing finger near his head to express the word loco even more, grinning as he looked at me playfully and with wiggled brows.

"Ugh. Hyung, I don't want to go overboard." I groaned whilst contemplating whether or not I'll take his comment into consideration but my body is already betraying me; I only noticed now that my hands are busy rummaging my closet yet again.

"Atta boy~ I'll leave you be. And please do enjoy this week, okay? Make some friends! Get along with them! Gosh, I sounded like Dad. Anyways, Good Luck and God Bless to your opening performance with Irene." And with that, Minhyun hyung went out of my room giving me the very privacy I longed for a whole while now. He sure sounded like a Dad sometimes.

"Tch. I hate that he's right sometimes. Ugh~ what to wear?" I glanced at the wall clock and knew that I don't have enough time to spare so I quickened my pace and now, I am down to two style.

Hmmmm~ so which is which? I really do not want to go overboard sooo....

Or

( I'll leave the decision making to you guys. We'll go with whatever you like )

After a painfully long deliberation, I chose to wear the one that's not too flashy; just the right vibe for me today.

"You looked brighter today, Y/N. Breathe in and smile, for a change." Doing a tiny bit of pep talk to myself right before coming out of my room and head out of the house. I came across Minhyun hyung and his pet-- they must've went out for a jog.

"That's the way uh-huh uh-huh, I like it~ uh-huh uh-huh~" He said it in a sing-song manner, patted my shoulder and gestured me to get going or I might be late for the final rehearsal.

I swung the strap of my guitar case around my shoulder correctly, bid farewell to my hyung, walked my way to the bus stop, and waited for my ride to arrive. </>

<Irene's POV>

Seul and I headed out of our apartment earlier than expected. It came to me by surprise on how early this supposed bear in hibernation woke up.

"You're not that excited, aren't you?" I mocked her from time to time as we head out. We also decided to take the subway today since we happen to have a lot of time 'til the final rehearsal.

"I missed riding subways, Hyunie~ It's great that we get to experience it again and on top of it the train is half empty. See? We can take a sit here without much trouble unlike any other day." I listened to this bear talking about almost everything that's running inside her head. Amazing how she still got the energy to talk nonstop today, I mean we slept real late last night because Y/N and I decided to tweak the song we're going to perform and Seul helped us a lot by suggesting things to make the song more enjoyable to the crowd.

            
          [ Flash back to last night ]

I have a hobby of mixing and editing beats of a song. And it just came out of nowhere, the idea. I told Y/N about it and he seemed to agree with me and in no time, we both are sitting on the living room's couch, my laptop turned on and earphones shared between the two of us.

"Want it to be more upbeat? I can also add some rap here just you know, to increase the hype; after all we are performing last and they might lose interest." Y/N said his take to this silly idea of ours.

"As long as it'll turn out great then I'm all in, Y/N." I replied before pressing the play button-- which is the space bar.

We started out smoothly, took turns in giving ideas until we're stuck in a rut. The transition between the chorus and his rap seemed off and we tried everything to remedy it but to no luck, we can't move on. And the fact that it's already 12 a.m. made me more anxious because we haven't finished editing, not even close to practicing the new piece, and most importantly both of us have to sleep early since all of us decided to have the final rehearsal early in the morning.

Maybe tweaking this song was a bad idea? Bae Joohyun, you and your mouth.

"Umm, Y/N-ssi we can just--"

"Eo? You're still here, Y/N?" Seulgi cut me off as she sleepily walked over to us, rubbing her left eye along the way, and sat beside our guest.

"We should be early, why are you two still awake? Oh! You're editing! Can I listen to it?" The once sleepy bear was replaced by an overly excited kid. She looked at Y/N with that ridiculously charming eyes of hers that will only be seen when Seulgi's about to bargain with ahjummas at the market place; and mind you, she's hella good with that.

"It's not yet done, Seul. We're in a rut right here." Y/N laughed my roommate's silliness off, pointed the part where we are stuck and he immediately let her listen to it. Since the gap between Seulgi and I was remarkably big, when Y/N tried to place the earphone on Seul's ear, the one on my ear got off and it made Y/N look at me, was about to apologize but I waved him off; gesturing him to continue what he was doing.

And there I wondered, as I am looking at them, how and when did the two of them got that pretty close. Y/N calling Seulgi 'Seul' was way friendlier than before. I wondered what happened to them on their way here. Oho~ look at that girl smiling and tucking some hair strands behind her ear. Aigoo~ Kang Seulgi, you're too obvious.

And right after listening to it for a couple of time, Seulgi handed out suggestions that eventually made it possible for us to finish at exactly 12:30 am. Bless you my dear Seulgi~

We started practicing our piece with Seulgi as our only audience. She never stopped giving us comments and suggestions on how to make our performance the best one yet. Does she really want her crush to be more popular? It'll get harder for her to reach him out if she kept on giving us points, most especially him.

'Y/N you should smile while looking at the crowd and do it from time to time. You looked awesome, really.' I can't believe I'm witnessing this crap. I can't help but frown at the back while the two are busy doing their thing.

                [ PRESENT TIME ]

"Earth to Bae Joohyun!" I snapped out of my reverie when I heard Seulgi's slightly higher voice now.

"Eh? What? What?" I replied back to her in a haste while still looking dazed.

"I've been calling your name for the past 15 minutes already, what were you thinking?" She frowned at me and poked my left cheek, wanting some answers. She's a curious bear, really.

"Cut it you bear! It's nothing. I'm just thinking how would our performance be like later." I playfully swat her hand away and massage the part where she continued to penetrate just to mess with me.

"Oh. Okay. You know... I, We, brought 4 boiled eggs to share. And the thing is.. I've been calling out you're name and you haven't responded to me and I already consumed my portion of the eggs, unfortunately it did not suffice my hunger for this morning. So I ended up eating one of yours since you did not answer my call, thought your silence means yes just like the usual." She said it to me like a five years old kid who was caught eating too much candies.

"Aigooyah~ You're a one hella of a hungry bear. Tch, be thankful that I'm not that hungry or else I might throw you out of this ride." She laughed at my remark and gave me a peace sign. I grabbed the remaining egg and ate it slowly since I don't want to upset my stomach, and ruined our performance. We put blood, sweat, and tears to that rendition so I have to be careful not to be the sole reason our hardwork might become of no use and value. </>

<Someone's POV>

"You should dance with me in this part. We could add a background music while you play at the beginning, we just have to make it faint enough for the crowd to hear, just turn the volume up when you're about to come forward and dance along with me up to the very end." We are sitting at the back of the cab while listening to my friend's chosen song. He was invited to be part of the opening performance for a week-long event in our school.

At first he was so happy after learning the news and that he can't stop yapping about it for a second, but there came an incident and he's been down for awhile. As a friend, I wanted to cheer him up and decided to be apart of his performance so that he won't feel sad and lonely anymore.

We continued discussing his performance as we neared our school.

"Are you ready for this? At rehearsals we could just showcase the first part and we'll go somewhere else to practice the other half discreetly. You in?" I asked him before hoping out of the cab and waited for him as he paid for our ride.

"Whatever you say bro, I'm all in and I can't friggin wait to show them what I've got!" He grinned at me and threw an arm around my shoulder. This act alone tells me that he's doing better; trying not to ruin the mood and just wanting to have fun.

"That's the spirit! First to arrive at the Cafeteria will have dibs on the banana milk!" I scurry off and left him dumbfounded knowing it'll take him a damn minute to process the information. I just need to run at full speed since I know for a fact that, that guy is way faster than I am-- so a lil cheat wont hurt.

After I minute I heard him yelling after me, calling me names and that he'll cut my balls to pieces. So much unnecessary threats that boy is spewing, I tell you; early in the morning, and he might get detention for causing ruckus on school grounds.</>

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Author's Note:

Here's an update! I know it's still short but I will update every 3-4 days. I hope you guys understand and be patient with me. Thank you for the love and support you have given to this book. Lovelots! 💛