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Chapter 006: Colors (5)
Black's POV
Today is club recruitment day. It's a day designated for the freshmen and transfer students to check out the clubs and join one that interests them. There aren't any classes today, so the whole day is used for clubs to recruit members. Luckily, I already have a club, so I don't have to go through the trouble of trying to find one. I entered our club room, and surprisngly, Crimson wasn't there. While waiting for him, I decided to work on some schoolwork. I'm currently part of the light music club. This place is honestly just a club in name only. We don't do any club activities. Instead, we just hang out here. Crimson and I are the only members, and I don't think Crimson intends to recruit any more. It's surprising that the school allows this, but I'm not really complaining. The clubroom's doors were suddenly swung open, making a large banging noise. I flinched and turned around, seeing Crimson all tatteRelated chapters
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Black's POV"I'm home." I said as I entered our house, but nobody answered. I guess Aunt Autumn hasn't come home yet.I sighed and went straight to my room. I changed my clothes, then lied down as I took my phone out and put my earphones on. Our performance will be in two days, so I have to learn the song by that time.I took out the lyrics inside my bag and read it as the song played. Surprisingly, Crimson had a really soft singing voice. It was unexpected considering his rough-sounding voice whenever he talks.I knew something felt weird when I was listening to the song, but as I skimmed through the lyrics, I could understand what it was. The song sounded lonely. It wasn't just the lyrics, but Crimson's singing and the tone of the song made it sound very lonely too.When I finished the song, I didn't notice that I had
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Black's POV Ever since we were suddenly told we had to perform at the end of club recruitment, Crimson and I have been practicing whenever we had free time. I wondered why we had to perform on the last day, but Crimson said it was because the principal knew we didn't want any new members. The principal and his parents were actually friends, and I guess his parents asked for a favour from the principal? I'm not really sure about the details, but it was something like that. The only reason we had to perform this year was because I joined, and the principal wanted to see what we could do. It's pretty much my fault that Crimson had to go through all this, but he wasn't as mad as I expected him to be. "Hey, you okay?" Crimson asked as he placed a can of juice on my desk. "You nervous for later?" "Ah, yeah, a bit." I replied as Iaughed nervously. "I guess I'm just really not used to this type of stuff." "Geez, you've neve
The Stories Of Those Around Us Chapter 009: His Music (3)
Black's POV"I flunked it." I said as I buried my face into my hands."You did great." Crimson replied as he sat down next to me. "Didn't you hear the crowd cheering earlier? They loved you."Our performance finished, and I honestly couldn't remember much of what happened. I got so nervous that I blacked out, and when I came to, we were already done. I can't help but feel robbed, but I'm glad that we're finally done with it.The doors to the music room opened, then Scarlet peeked inside. "There you two are." She said as she handed us a plastic bag with food and drinks. "Congratulations to the both of you. The freshmen won't stop talking about your performance, especially you, Black. They loved your voice.""Thank you." I replied. "Ah, your clothes.""You can keep them. Just remember the agreement we had. We'll
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Black's POVAfter Crimson and I ate lunch, I walked back to my classroom. On my way there, I noticed Lilac carrying a bunch of notebooks on her own. They were definitely too much for her.She was swaying from side to side, and it looked like she was about to fall anytime. I walked up to her and grabbed half of what she was carrying."Where are you taking these?" I asked."Oh, Black." She called my name and smiled. 'Thanks for helping me. I just need to get these to my class.""Are you on class duty?""How'd you know?""I'd be an idiot if I didn't. Why are you doing this alone? Where's the other one on duty?""She said she had to take care of something else, so I just offered to do it myself."I sighed as we coincidentally arrived at her classroom. I took all the notebooks from her and placed them on the teacher's desk. "Don't do reckless things like these again.
The Stories Of Those Around Us Chapter 011: She And Her Worries (2)
Black's POV"White, this is Scarlet and Crimson." I introduced them to each other. "They're my friends. Crimson, Scarlet, this is White, my...classmate.""Nice to meet you, White." Scarlet said as she approached him. "You don't mind if we join, right? We'll pay for the karaoke room.""We will?" Crimson asked."You will. I'll pay for the food you order as well. How does that sound?""U-Um..." White stuttered as he looked at my direction, but I avoided eye contact.I'm sorry, White, but they want your answer, not mine.He eventually agreed, but the aftermath was horrible. The atmosphere was really awkward, and it looked like Scarlet was the only one enjoying herself."I'm so sorry about this, White." I whispered as I sat next to him. "I really didn't expect to see them here. I'll make it up to you.""Ah, no, it's okay." He replied in a whisper as well. "The more t
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Black's POV"I know I said we should start over, but you don't have to stick with me all the time." I said as I placed my notebook in my bag and grabbed my wallet."Isn't it fine?" White replied. "We're friends, so it isn't a big deal to hang out like this.""I'm not your only friend, White. What would your other friends think if you just keep sticking to me? I'll be okay on my own.""Black!" Someone called my name from outside the classroom. Scarlet and Crimson were standing by the door, waiting for me."That's my cue." I said as I stood up. "Go hang out with your other friends."I went over to Scarlet and Crimson, then we had lunch. As always, we hung out at the club room. This is often my routine here at school. During lunch and dismissal, I hang out with Crimson here in the club room. Sometimes, Scarlet joins us, but she's been frequenting here too. Nothing much has changed, except for the undesirable popula
The Stories Of Those Around Us Chapter 013: Their History (1)
Black's POV"Hey!" Scarlet exclaimed as she suddenly burst open the doors to the clubroom. "Have you seen this?!""What is it?" I asked as she approached us."Somebody posted your performance on the school website.""They did??" Crimson joined us. "Why?""I have no idea, but even students from other school are watching it. Not only that, but Black's been getting a lot of attention again.""What do you mean?" I asked.She scrolled up the website, then stopped on one post. "A mysterious transfer student with a cold gaze, but heavenly voice." She read the caption of the post aloud as she showed us a few candid pictures of me. "The students are fawning over you."Well, there goes my quiet life.Crimson chuckled. "Guess you aren't getting a peaceful school life after all." He said with a smirk on his face."Shut up." I sighed. "I hope p
The Stories Of Those Around Us Chapter 014: Their History (2)
Black's POV"Good morning." White greeted me as he sat down on the seat in front of me."Morning." I replied as I yawned. "Did you need something?""Can I get your online ID? You aren't in our group chat yet, right?""Online ID? Was my number not enough?""This and that are different. You probably didn't know, but we're gonna be changing classrooms later. We're gonna have a merged class for first period. The class president posted it on the group chat.""Ah, so it's for convenience... I don't have an online ID. Can you teach me how to make one?""You don't have one? Why?""I never really needed it. The only person I keep in contact with is my aunt.""Oh, then hand me your phone for a bit."I gave him my phone, then he set everything up for me. He added me to the group chat, then sent me a direct message too. Now, I had his onli
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