The bell rang, and school session is over. I stayed in class for a while more to finish a task.

"And... done! Great, I won't need to do this anymore when I get home" I smiled as I placed my pen down. I packed my bag and exited the class.

I looked around the hallway. Noone's around right now. By now, they all should have started their club activities or went back home.

I checked my phone. Mrs Takamine told me that the store shouldn't be busy today, so I thought I'd go home a bit later.

"(Y/N)-SENPAI!!!!"

"Hello, senpai!!!"

Two familiar voices appeared beside me. "Ah, Hinata-kun, Yuta-kun. Hello~" I waved at the two. "Hehe, hello senpai! Would you mind us kidnapping you for a bit?" Hinata asked.

"Huh? Sure" I answered without thinking. "Wait, what?"

Suddenly, the two lifted my body and carried me on their palms, above their heads. I panicked. "A-Aaahh! I'm gonna fall!" I screamed.

"Don't worry senpai, trust us!" Hinata smiled mischievously. "Yep, yep! Let's go, senpai!" Yuta cheered before the two ran across the hallway. I have to admit, it wasn't any better when we went up a set of stairs.

Finally, we stopped in front of a door. I saw the sign briefly. It's a soundproof practice room.

The twins carried me inside and placed me down. I immediately fell onto the floor from exhaustion.

"Oh no! Senpai, are you okay?!" Yuta panicked. I slowly lifted my hand and showed them a 'thumbs up'. I don't even know if I'm actually okay or not.

"Ahaha, what did you do to her, my dear children?" a familiar voice chuckled. "Nothing, Sakuma-senpai! We brought her here as you requested!" Hinata told. "Thank you. You are dismissed now. No club activities today" the voice spoke.

"Aye aye!" the twins cheered, before footsteps heading outside the room can be heard. I finally lifted my head from the floor.

In front of me, is Rei. No wonder he sounded familiar. "Oh my, young lady. Please forgive my children" he extended his hand to me with a smile. I took it, and he helped me stand up.

"Sakuma-senpai...? Why am I here?" I tilted my head. The room is a standard dance practice room. Spacious with a huge mirror on one of the walls. Still, why am I here anyway?

"Good question. Please come and sit first. You must be exhausted" Rei guided me to some chairs. I sat down quietly. He sat beside me.

"So, young lady, your performance yesterday went well, didn't it?" he began. I immediately thought of the audience's treatment towards 2wink. However, I prefer not to mention it yet. I nodded.

"How would you think of a second one? This time, with a unit?" he asked. "Hmmm.. it would be amazing. I'd love to perform again. But.. what do you mean by... with another unit?" I raised an eyebrow.

Rei chuckled. "Say, if we, UNDEAD wanted to invite you to perform with us in the future, will you accept?"

My brain lagged. "Huh?"

"E-eh??! Me... perform with you....?" I realised. Rei nodded. "Yes, exactly, young lady"

Oh my... I've seen videos of UNDEAD's performance online. They were amazing... I felt so lowly watching them. The crowd, the atmosphere.. everything was perfect.

Honestly, it would be an honor, and I would love to. But my damn insecurities said no. "U-uh... I'd love to... but maybe when I'm skilled enough" I smiled awkwardly.

"Huh? But you're already amazing, aren't you? Look, your performance is going viral" he told, before checking his phone for a while and showing me a video of my performance on social media.

It turns out, someone recorded and posted it. It received tons of likes, and the comment section is full of positive comments praising me.

"Wow, she's amazing!"

"Magnificent voice! Who is she?"

"Is she a student of Yumenosaki? She's so good!"

My heart fluttered when I read the comments. My face turned bright red. "So? Does that prove you're good enough?" Rei pulled his phone away. I was too stunned to speak.

Suddenly, the door opened. Adonis walked in with a rather furious Koga. "Oi, Vampire bastard! Why did you not tell me we don't have activities today? I waited so long at the band room!" he fumed.

"Oogami, I told you to calm down" Adonis massaged Koga's shoulders in an attempt to calm him down. However, Koga roughly slapped his hands away. "Easy, puppy. How considerate of you to wait for me" Rei smiled innocently.

"Who made me do it, huh?!" He was about to fume again, before he suddenly realised me there. He coughed and exhaled. "You're lucky she's here. Or else..." he balled his fist.

He and Adonis sat on the other chairs close to me and Rei. "Where's Hakaze-senpai?" Adonis asked, looking around. "Oh, Kaoru? Who knows?" Rei simply lifted his shoulders. "There's another one. How dare he make me wait too? Aren't we supposed to practice?" Koga muttered angrily.

"Anyway, what do you say, young lady?" Rei looked back at me. "A-ah, Sure... but are we actually doing it?" I answered, a little hesitant though. "I'll think about it. For now, We can't do it yet, since UNDEAD's next performances are already planned. Plus, we have the Spring S1 later, so that's not possible yet" he shook his head.

My mouth formed an 'o' shape. Koga and Adonis, however, seemed confused.

We proceeded to wait for Kaoru. We had a light chat while we wait, and I found out many things about them and the unit.

However, Kaoru still hasn't turned up 50 minutes later. "ARGH!!!! WHERE IS HE????" I was shocked when Koga suddenly screamed. Seems like he had lost his patience.

"Sakuma-senpai, can't we just start without him? We are wasting a lot of time" Adonis suggested. Rei yawned. "Unfortunately, no. We agreed to practice our full performance today, so if he's not here, we can't do it" he answered.

"Where do you think he went? Did he not know about the practice?" I asked. "Actually, I think he does. I told him. But it seems he has other plans" Rei showed us his phone screen. It showed Kaoru's social media post just a minute ago, of him with some girls at a cafe.

That's when Koga fully lost his patience. "He- ARGHHH!!!!" he screamed. Honestly, I would feel the same, but I kept quiet. Adonis is quiet too. I guess he is pretty angry, but he's not one to show it.

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"Grrr....." Koga growled. Guess where we are now? Walking on the streets, searching for Kaoru to confront him. "I believe this is the cafe" Adonis pointed to a cafe across the street.

"Ahh.. I should've stayed back there. I'm sleepy.." Rei yawned. I had to hold an umbrella for him since he's becoming weak in the sun.

We went to the cafe, and sure enough, Kaoru's there, with two girls, chatting. We approached them. Kaoru realised our presence and spoke to the ladies for a bit more. The ladies then stood up and left, waving happily at Kaoru.

We sat at his table. Safe to say that he was confused. "Hey, everyone. Why are you here?" Kaoru asked innocently. "You're asking?! We waited so long for you!" Koga half-shouted. "Hakaze-senpai, we have practice today, don't you know?" Adonis asked calmly.

"Eh? Really? Ah... I didn't check the messages..." Kaoru checked his phone, a little guilt in his voice. "Kaoru, usually, I'd forgive you, but you must be more responsible in the future" Rei lectured tiredly.

"So... should we head back now?" I asked. Kaoru realised my presence. "My my, seems like you are also looking for me, babe" he winked. I looked away.

"No, I don't wanna go back. I'm too tired walking all the way here already...." Rei placed his head on the table. Boy, he's indeed very tired.

"A-ah... As an apology, how about I treat you guys to some drinks?" Kaoru smiled awkwardly at Koga and Adonis. "I don't usually treat guys to meals but... I'm really sorry" he added.

"Hmph. Fine" Koga scoffed. "My time is wasted... Tch" he muttered.

Well, safe to say we spent the evening at the cafe instead of practicing. Rei slept the entire time too. Even Koga is already too exhausted to be angry. Me? Kaoru didn't stop flirting, but I'm too used to it now. Adonis just sat there, quietly while sipping his drink.

What a turn of events. Thinking back, it was quite hilarious.