Second Composer

Chapter 18

It is finally time to meet my group and my heart is beating at 100 mph right now. I am also running on coffee since I did not sleep at all. Despite my body being tired, my mind is restless. I have thought to taking sleeping pills, but I have less than 8 hours before class starts and I did not want my perfect attendance to be ruin. So, I decided to wait until the cafeteria is open and grab some coffee to at least be awake throughout the morning.

Now, it is time. I was the first at the library. I decide to sit at the table by the wall near the entrance of the library. I have thought about working at my secret spot, but I want to keep it a secret a little bit longer.

I didn't have to wait too long for one of the boys to come. As I expected, To- Ichinose-san arrives right on time.

"Good afternoon." Ichinose-san greeted as he takes a seat across from me.

"Good afternoon." I said.

We sit in silence as we wait for the others. It is awkward with the two of us here. That is why I am relieved to see Syo coming in. I wave to Syo to show where we are.

"Hey, guys." Syo greeted as he plops himself next to me. "Have you started already or were you waiting for all of us to be here."

"We waited." I answered.

"Well, don't bother waiting for Ren." Syo said. "He just texted me saying that he'll be late, so we should start without him."

"Alright." Ichinose-san said. "The first thing we need to address is the theme of our song."

I was about to announced that I finish composing the song, but Syo speaks over me.

"We should do something action-packed. With fast-paced melody." Syo suggested.

Ichinose-san nods as he takes a notebook out from his bag, flips to an empty page, and writes down Syo's suggestion. This went on for a while. I never got to voice out anything as Syo and Ichinose-san go back and forth suggesting the theme of our song. It is 30 minutes into our discussion that Ren-san shows up.

"So glad for you to join us." Ichinose-san said sarcastically.

"Aww, Icchi. Did you miss me?" Ren-san asked.

Ren-san sits next to Ichinose-san and throws his arm around his shoulders. Ichinose-san gives Ren-san a dirty look before shrugging him off. Ren-san seems to not be bothered and instead leans forward on the table and looks at me.

"So how far did you get so far?" he asked me.

"We have many ideas for the theme, but we haven't narrow down one yet." I answered.

"And I'm guessing love would be too overused for a theme, right?" Ren-san asked.

"Yes," Syo said, "but we did put it in the list just in case if we want to use it as our theme."

After that, we continue adding ideas to our list of themes. It takes longer for us to pick one, but we finally choice one and are moving on to the dance choreography. But before we can begin, I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket. I take my phone out and see who was calling me.

"Sorry, I need to take this." I said as I get up.

I quickly but quietly walk out of the library. I answer the call once I step out.

"Hey." I said as I put the phone against my ear.

"Sorry if you were busy, but I need to tell you something." Aka's voice said through the phone.

"Is it something important?"

"Yeah, but it's nothing bad. I just want to let you know that I'll be going to America for two weeks." Aka said.