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Chapter 012: She And Her Worries (3)
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Black'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 populaRelated chapters
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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
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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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Black's POVI somehow ended up in this awkward situation.Earlier today, I heard Scarlet and Crimson talking about something private. They mentioned something about Scarlet spending the night in Crimson's place, and somehow, I was forced to tag along with them."Just place your stuff anywhere." Crimson said as he started stripping.Scarlet threw her bag at Crimson's head. "Don't just start stripping out of nowhere!" She exclaimed with a flustered expression on her face."Geez, fine!" Crimson begrudgingly went to his room.Scarlet let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the couch. "What do you want to order, Black? Should we go for some fried chicken?""That's fine with me." I replied."Great! Crimson likes the spicy kind, so let's order that too. For drinks, we can just buy some later. There's a convenience store near here, so that is
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Black's POV"Welcome!" A familiar voice greeted me as I entered the cafe. "Oh! You came!" One of the waiters, Alabaster, exclaimed as he walked towards me. "I'm glad to see you here again.""Well, you gave me a coupon." I replied. "It would be a waste not to use it, right?""Of course, of course." He smiled, then escorted me to a seat by the counter.He went behind it and started making a drink."Are you not gonna ask what my order is?" I asked."This is a personal recommendation." He replied, again with that bright smile on his face. "You'll love it.""You sound so sure of yourself.""I wouldn't be working here if I wasn't confident in my own recommendations."Today is the weekend, and since Aunt Autumn wasn't home again, I figured I should go out, just for a change of pace. Going out when I don't need to feels really awkward, but somehow, as soon as I go
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Black's POV"A school festival?" Crimson asked as he tuned his guitar."Yeah." I replied. "Do you remember that guy from the cafe before?""The one with the tattoos?""That's him. He gave me a ticket to their school festival and told me I could bring two friends. I was thinking you two might wanna go.""I'm gonna be busy because my part-time job starts next week. I'm not really sure if I can go.""I might be busy too." Scarlet added as she handed me a coat to put on. "I have to make an altered school uniform for the competition I joined."That's a shame." I replied as I sighed.Today, Crimson and I went to the design club to help Scarlet. Well, it's mostly just me helping. Scarlet wanted me to model for some sample clothes that she made for an assignment. Since we didn't want Crimson to be left alone, we decided to bring him along too. Even though our agreement was tha
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Black's POV"Wow." White said as he stared at the school's entrance, which had extravagant decorations. "This is a school festival, right?""I guess so." I replied.I don't know what White sees, but everything that I could see was just monochrome. I'm sure these decorations make people feel festive or something, but I guess that's gonna be impossible for me.'Should we go inside?" White asked."Ah, yeah. Where do we give the tickets though?""I think over there." He pointed to a small booth right past the gate.We gave our tickets, then they stamped the back of our hands with something. I guess it was some kind of permit for the festival. I texted Al to ask where he was, but he wasn't responding.I looked at White and saw him looking around. "Do you wanna walk around?" I asked."What about your friend?""He hasn't replied yet
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