For people that aren't loved

-Practice-

Nico Ernest Campos
Today is Friday. Not a normal Friday like last time. Akino convinced me to join the theatre club earlier. He told me it will boost my confidence. We will practice the whole day since I'm new. I'm still at home texting Aki if this is necessary and he is 100% sure I'll love it so I'll just go with it.

I got out of bed and went to my closet and picked out the usual black clothing. Skinny jeans with a black t-shirt and a grey jacket. I slicked my hair back so I look more polite. I want to make a good second impression and since I want to play Evan the slick back hair fits. Maybe I'm just overreacting about the whole thing. Akino will calm me and everything is fine again. I like saying Akino in my head more because it sounds so special to me.

Going down stairs I saw my parents. They didn't go to work yet and they will think I'm dressing up for a girl or something.
"Nico you look so polite. Is there a school event today?" My mom asked. Of course she tried to be nice as usual but it did kinda sound mean. I shook my head. "I'm in the theatre club from now on and I want to make a good impression." They smiled at me probably thinking there is someone special there. I mean Akino is there but he's just a good friend so he isn't really that special. Well for me he is but everyone would think it's normal.

They gave me a ride today since they didn't want the wind to destroy my hair. I thanked them and gave them a kiss. Just as I stepped out of the car I saw Akino waiting for me. I looked back to my parents and waved them off. They didn't see him so I guess that's good. I turned around to see Akino standing right in front of me waiting to hug me. He hugged me really tight and thanked me for joining the theatre club.
"Oh and by the way, Nico, your hair looks really hot." He smirked at me laughing afterwards. I was about to slap him. This boy can't hold back. He walked me to the theatre club where the other ones were already there. The teachers turned to look at us and directly smiled at me and got up to hug me. "Ahh Nico I'm so glad you joined us." She greeted me and led me to the stage. She told me what we'll be doing today. It was going to be games, vocal exercises and suggestions by the other kids. She also introduced me to everyone. They all had such unique names not like me.

Akino always stood next to Malou and me. He wouldn't leave me with someone I don't know yet. The first thing we did was vocal exercises which I could do just perfect. The teacher asked me if I would be okay with singing a bit for them so they can get used to it. I hesitated but Akino made me confident so I sang Dear Evan Hansen with him. I was Evan and he was Conner+Jared. The teacher was impressed about how I could control my voice. Same as Akino that never heard me sing before. They all clapped for us and we moved on to the next vocal exercise.

The next thing we did was playing games. One of them was ying and yang. You had to clap in a direction saying ying and when you turned it back in the other direction you had to say yang. You can also say 'peng'. That's means you can give it to anyone you like in the room. We played this game for so long and it actually boosted a bit confidence. At first I was really quiet and the teacher told me that I can scream as loud as I can and it got louder every time. Akino was laughing so hard at this game. I can guess it's his favourite now. The next game was improvisation. You had to play a random scene that comes to mind and when someone claps the scene has to freeze and the one who clapped can choose which one they want to be and play a different scene. I can give you an example of a scene where I clapped.

"Oh no Romeo i think I'm going to fall." Amber said in a Julia voice. Akino was Romeo and helped her up and they hugged. I then clapped and switched with Amber so that I hugged Akino and he hugged me. I started of with "What are you doing? You're my ex boyfriend." I punched him off.
"But I still love you. All these years I did. Please come back I need you." He continued. I'm about to make a big scene into this.
"Why didn't you tell me while we were dating? I'm trying to move on and all of the sudden all i see is you." I stayed so serious doing this and everyone around us was so invested in this.
"I didn't know how. I love you in so many ways that I can't express it. It's too hard for me to express so many emotions but I learned how I can. Please give me another chance." He gave me puppy eyes. I planned on saying no but now I can't.
"I usually hate to do this but I still love you too so come here." Just in the moment we want hug eachother someone clapped. Mae came into this and tapped on Akino so she could do a scene with me.

That went on for a long time. After that game we decided to discuss about the musical. We all already decided which role we want to play but we will still audition. No one wanted to play Evan and they all wanted me to play him and I'm also glad that Amber picked Zoe since I think she is really nice. After the discussion Amber started to talk to me and told me she thinks I'm doing really good and she's glad that I joined. I thanked her and told her that she's really nice and that we could practice together. While talking to Amber I felt someones eyes on me. It was Akino seeing us and he looked me directly in my eyes. I was so intimidated by them so I turned back around to Amber again and started to exchange numbers with her. She asked me which zodiac sign I am since she's interested in that. We fit together she told me. Scorpio and Pisces is a good duo. I've read a lot about zodiac signs and I know that Scorpios are emotional but hate to show it which fitted me. Amber told me more about her sign and our friendship in zodiacs. It was really interesting I have to say.

After theatre club was over I decided to head to the bus stop not noticing Aki was behind me.
"Will you wait for me, little one?" I heard Akino say in a angry tone from behind me. I instantly turned around because I was scared since he sounded angry. I looked down and waited. He put his arm around my shoulder but I still looked down in fear.
"Hey Nico look at me. Why aren't you looking forward?" He still sounded so angry but I still looked up at him. I shrugged and he looked confused and a bit angry.
"Aki? Did I do s-something?" I stuttered. He looked down at me with confusion and just continued to walk. Mean. An answer would be good, sir. I then put his arm down from my shoulder and continued to walk to the bus stop.
"Oh god, Nico. You didn't do anything. Are you alright?" He is acting. He is a actor and I see when he's acting. I mocked him and continued to walk. He then hit me jokingly and laughed.
"Drama Queen." He mumbled which everyone around us could hear. I rolled my eyes and hit him jokingly too. I started to smile and I couldn't hide it.
"Don't hide your beautiful smile, little one." He teased me. He does this all the time and I only know him for about 2 weeks. I started to run so I don't have to hear his stupid sentences. He ran even faster than me just so he was already at the bus stop. Wasn't he mad at me 5 minutes ago for no reason? He is so complicated I wish I could read his mind.
"I hope my bus comes earlier than yours." I said hoping for the opposite.
"Oi that's a bit too mean. You can't do that to me, little one." He is a little baby. "Now I need a big hug from you." He pouted and put his puppy eyes on his face again.
"I hate you so much, Aki." I said while going in for a hug.
"Thank you for this." He took my phone out of my back pocket. This little freak.
"Chill. We have enough time till the bus comes and if we miss them there is another one that will come." He smirked at me.
"Yeah but only mine and not yours." I said with a serious tone. Oh, he meant that he can go home with me. He is so clever. I took my phone from his hands.
"Is there something you're hiding from me on your phone or what?" He teased again. I nodded to make him jealous. He pouted again and pretended to be sad.
"Are you texting Amber?" He asked sounding serious.
"Are you jealous? Me and Amber just met I'm not gonna replace you."
"How do you know? Time can change."
"If time can change then there's a possibility that you date Malou." He looked like he was disgusted by that.
"If me and Malou dated I would not even talk to anyone. She is a control freak sometimes and so jealous. Once had a boyfriend and he didn't talk to anyone except her. She's my best friend but never in a million years I'd date her." Good that I'm meeting Malou's bad side first. It's good to know I guess. Oh no just at that moment my bus came. We hugged and said goodbye.

That's it for today. I'm tired and the only thing I'll do today is sleep. I'm gonna text Amber and then drift off...