71 Helping him to improve...
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Ray asked Mia, who was standing beside him.
"Why are you so worried about him? He is not a baby. He can do it." Mia said firmly.
"Yeah maybe…"
"Oh come on Ray. He is here just to get enrolled in the music club!"
"Hmm….Do you think this will help?" Ray asked.
"Absolutely! I told you I have a plan.
First thing we needed to do was to get him in the music club. By doing this, he would get to interact with the people who are also interested in the music. He'd not only get friends but he'd also get to learn a lot of new things from them."
"Yeah. That's true. And by interacting with new people, he'd also feel confident." Ray said.
"Right! It would help him get out of his shell." Mia agreed.
"You know what….Hahaa…." Ray laughed.
"What?"
"Nothing. It's just that….I feel like a parent right now. Like we've come here for his admissions or something… Hahaa…."
Mia widened her eyes as he she heard his words. 'Parents?'
"Cause he is just like a kid you know…" Ray kept talking.
'.....Oh God!....Am I the only one here who's feeling like this now?' Mia thought to herself as her cheeks turned red.
Suddenly, "Hey!!" Someone's voice came from a distance. Mia and Ray looked in the direction.
There was standing the president of the student council.
"You two!" She pointed at both of them as she started walking towards them.
Mia and Ray looked at each other and then at her again.
"Yes! You two! What are you two doing outside the music room?
The lunch break is about to get over. Run to your classes now." She came before them.
"Oh! It's you two! Lee Mia and the Fighting Junior." She said as she recognized them.
"Uh..Um….Yeah." Mia said a bit confused.
"What are you two doing here?" The president asked.
"We are just—" As Ray was answering,
"Are you to dating???" She asked out of nowhere.
Both of them were really shocked by her sudden question.
"…What?...We…." Mia hesitated.
"Haha…We…Dating??..." Ray muttered.
"So you two are!"
"NO! WE AREN'T!!!" Both of them spoke at the same time and looked at each other. Mia's cheeks and Ray's ears were turned red; when their eyes met they hurriedly looked to the other side.
"Okay. Okay. I thought because whenever I saw you, you were always together.
So that was just a thought. Don't mind me."
"….."
"….."
"By the way, the lunch break is over. Run to your classes now."
"Huh?...Yeah…But we are here with our friend." Ray answered.
"Yeah. He has gone in the music room. He—"
When Mia was talking about Jun, he stepped out from the Music room.
"Thanks again." He said before closing the door.
"Sorry guys to make you wait. There was a form to fill—" Jun stopped talking as soon as he turned back and saw the president standing with his friends.
"Oh! So you're the other fighting junior! What a trio!!" The president said looking at all 3 of them.
While, all of them didn't know how to respond to this, they kept looking at her.
"What are you guys waiting for? Get back to your classes now." She said hitting Jun friendly, in the back. With the hit, he got pushed forward.
While the president laughed, Jun also joined her awkwardly. "Hehe..." And he looked at his friends.
"Umm....Let's go now. We should go." Ray said and started walking towards his class with Jun and Mia.
Mia remembered something and she turned back to president.
"Can I ask you something?" Mia asked.
"Yeah."
"How do you know my name?"
"Hahaha...There is nothing impossible for a President, you know."
Mia got even more confused by this.
Looking at her face, the president smiled. "It's not that much. I saw you at the time of the training tour. You seemed a nice person to me. And I keep a track of nice people. So if you need me, you can tell me anytime!"
"Huh?"
"Okay?"
"….Yeah…Okay…"
And after that, Mia ran towards her friends.
"She is kind of scary…" Ray said as Mia came beside him.
"But she seemed happy today…" Jun said.
"Hmm." Mia agreed.
~
After about a week,
"So you have enrolled your name in a local contest of singing?" Ray asked, sitting next to Jun.
"Yeah. She said it'll help me overcome my stage fear." Jun answered.
"Yeah. She's right!"
"Hmm."
"She is really working hard for you." Ray said smiling.
"Yeah. I know."
"She has always been like this. Doing everything she could for her friends."
"Hmm."
"She is really an amazing person." Ray said as he looked out from the window while a smile was still on his face.
While Jun was observing his expressions, a bit confused.
"We all will come to cheer you up." Ray said looking at him.
"Thanks bud." Jun smiled back.
~
"And the winner of this contest is....Do Jun!!!"
As soon as the anchor announced Jun's name, all his friends, started screaming.
"Wooohoooo…."
"YEahhhhh…."
Jun climbed the stairs of the stage proudly.
"And he has won a one night/ two days free pass for five persons, to the... 'Wonyang Hot Spring!!!!!' Congratulations Do Jun!!!" The anchor shouted happily.
Jun accepted his prize with a wide smile on his face.
"Thank you! Thank you!!" He thanked the judges, the audience by bowing down several times.
.
"I knew you'd do this Junaaa!!!" Mia screamed as Jun came to them.
"Congratulations Jun!" April gave him a smile.
"Thanks."
"Congratulations." Hana said.
"Thank you."
"Well done my man!" Ray said giving him a tight hug.
"Thanks bud…" Jun was really happy to see all his friends being happy for him.
So Hee was the last person to talk, "I think you were pretty good….And…Congratulations on your win!" Though being so stubborn, she still congratulated him.
"Wasn't expecting that. But still, thanks!" Jun said teasingly.
"Ha? What do you mean by that?" So Hee got offended.
"Let it go So Hee…" April tried to calm her down.
"So?" Ray asked. "Who'd be coming with you on the hot springs?"
"….Umm….The passes are only five. You'd be coming for sure, Ray!" Jun said.
"Yeah! That's my best bud!" Ray said happily.
"…And then there is friend of mine in the music club, who gave my name for that contest in the school….I am thinking of taking him too…."
While Jun was talking all this, Mia was looking at him desperately. But he wasn't taking her name.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" She said finally.
"…Am I?....Umm….I don't think so…." He said with a teasing tone.
And everyone started laughing on this.
"Oh come on!!" She hit him hard on his shoulder.
"…Haha…Yeah…Yeah….Okay….Okay….I am taking you too…."
"Now it's four of us. Only one pass left." Ray said.
"But I don't wanna go just the five of us. I want everyone with me." Mia said.
"Yeah. But what can I do? We have only 5 passes." Jun said.
"We don't want your passes. Right April?" So Hee said with pride.
"You don't wanna come?" Ray asked.
"Who said we are not gonna come? We'll come but we'll pay for ourselves. Is that okay April and Hana? We can do that while we'd use that pass for Ye Rin!"
"So Hee!!!" April glared at her.
"What? What did I say?" So Hee pouted.
"It's good that Ye Rin is not here today. Otherwise she would have eaten you alive for saying these things." April said.
"…Alright…I am sorry. Fine?" So Hee said rolling her eyes.
"By the way, when is it?" Hana tried to change the subject.
Jun took out the passes from the envelope and read it.
"….It's on the second Saturday and Sunday of the next month." He answered Hana's question.
"….Is it?" Hana asked again concerned.
"Why? Is there any problem Hana?" Mia asked.
"Actually. I couldn't come that day." Hana said putting her head down.
"Why??" Mia asked.
"I have a family function on Sunday…" She answered with a sad tone.
"So couldn't you try to come?" So Hee asked.
"No…I don't think so. I am sorry you guys…" Hana apologized.
"That's okay Hana. Don't say sorry." April said.
"So…Now it's the seven of us, right?" Ray asked.
"Yeah." Everyone nodded.
"Five with the passes and two on their own."
As soon as So Hee said that April hit with her elbow in her stomach.
"Oww!! ….Now what??"
While all this was happening, others couldn't help but sigh and think the same thing, 'She would never change….'
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