Chapter 22. Be Careful : Audition

 Naya felt she would lose balance, then Naya thought quickly.  Naya turned her body all over, not forgetting to bend her body to get her balance back.

 Shreeet!

 Naya can balance back using her other leg.  Sigh!  Naya breathed a sigh of relief.  Naya then straightened her body while stretching her arms and did not forget to play with her knees a little to give the impression of respect to the judges.  Naya smiled so sweetly to cover up his mistakes that almost happened.

 The judges then smiled back and two jurors applauded.

 Phew!

 Naya felt very relieved.  She then turned around and stepped backstage.  Her performance has been completed, Naya can do well.

 Sigh!  Luckily I didn't fall.  If only I had fallen, it's over.  Hmm, next time I have to be extra careful.  I can't be careless anymore.  Inner Naya.

 "Congratulations, your performance is good. I hope you will be a finalist."  said one of the crews behind the stage.

 "Thank you." Naya smiled. Naya was glad that someone was watching her.

 Naya came home immediately after her performance was over because the jury had yet to announce who would be nominated.  This happened because the audition process had not been completed, so the organizers would announce it the following day.  Whoever will be elected and enter quarantine will be announced in two days.

 During the process of waiting for the announcement, the organizer hopes that all participants will prepare themselves because when the announcement comes out, the chosen ones will immediately enter quarantine for one month until one name comes out as the winner.  But there is bad news, participants who successfully entered as nominations and will take part in quarantine were only taken as many as 10 candidate models from the hundreds of participants who took the audition.  The odds are small.  But Naya doesn't want to give up.  It seems impossible for him who is still an amateur in the world of modeling.

 Naya was quite anxious about this, but she didn't want to be discouraged, she kept hoping that she could be one of the participants who passed the quarantine.

 At least I did my best today, hopefully, it will produce good results.  Naya said to herself.

 Naya left the audition building.  In front of the building, Putra was waiting for him.

 "Hey, done? How? Is everything going well? As expected?"  asked Putra impatiently.

 "Well, not bad."

 "All right, we'd better go eat and chat. That'll relax you."

 "Ok."

 Putra then took Naya to a cafe not far from the audition venue.  They sit at a table away from other diners so they can speak more freely.

 Putra has ordered food and drinks that Naya likes.  I don't know. Since when did Putra know Naya's favorite and became accustomed to ordering without asking Naya first.

 "Just sit here," said Putra.

 "Ok."

 Naya sat opposite Putra.  Naya looks not as cheerful as usual.  Putra immediately built the atmosphere to make it warmer.

 "Do I need to sing and dance in front of you?"  said Putra suddenly.

 "What?"  Naya gasped.  His forehead creased at the question raised by Putra.

 "Yeah, it's because you look lackluster, so I thought of comforting you."

 "Hmm, I'm tired."

 "The audition was tough?"

 "No, just walk and be seen by the judges."

 "Then why is your face like that?"

 "Hungry," said Naya carelessly.  "Where's the menu list?" said Naya.

 "I ordered it for you."

 "What do you order for me? Don't do it carelessly? I'll have a stomach ache," Naya said, pursing her lips.

 "I know what you like."

 "Oh yeah? Since when have you been so attentive to me? Are you sick?"  Naya reflexively placed the back of her hand against Putra's forehead to check whether Putra was hot.  Because his behavior suddenly became strange.

 "I'm fine," said Putra, lowering Naya's hand.

 "Oh, I thought you were out of your mind."

 "Shit."

 "Who knows," Naya chuckled.

 "I'm not in my right mind because I'm waiting for your love in return," said Putra flatly.

 Naya was stunned for a moment she didn't think that Putra would say that.  Naya feels guilty because until now she hasn't replied to Putra's statement of love, but what else can you do?

to be continued ...