Perseverance

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Nine arrived at school and was met with a bolstering crowd placed in the halls. Through the crowded hallways, he tried to find Junji and Mill to make sense of this chaos. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Mill and tried calling out to him but his voice couldn't reach and most certainly couldn't reach the already popular stranger next to him.

Mill, on the other hand, was trying his best to escape the grasp of the craziness.

He was enjoying his morning with Junji until the sudden arrival of his tutor Yoojung. Though a bit apprehensive, Mill knew to give him a good impression and make this time for him worth it. Mill was able to get Junji to help him in shooing away any newcomers curious about this new upperclassman. "What are you doing here?" He whispered to Yoojung who was talking to everybody he could. He faced Mill. "I wanted to be closer to you so I could assist you even better!" Mill groaned. Yoojung was too kind.

Soon the crowd dissipated and Nine could he see whom the two were accompanying. He was a beautiful male around maybe Junji's height. His hair was long and light brown and his chestnut eyes gleamed in the light.

"Hi," Junji waved bashfully at the new guy as he saw Nine walking to them.

Yoojung waved back with a bright smile.

"So," Nine spoke as he met up with them and left a pause filling the awkward air. "Who is he?" Nine asked.

"Oh," Mill spoke first. "He's my tutor Yoojung. He'll be in most of our classes! He's new here and a bit nerdier than one would think." Mill explained with an annoyed glare. The rest all nod to learning new information. Soon, they all sat together and learned more about Yoojung. Junji and Nine learning he likes dancing and busking in his spare time. Nine brought up their promising music career. "Wow," He beamed. "That seems great! Mill has told me about it! I could dance for your songs if you want!" He proposed.

Nine nodded enthusiastically.

"Speaking of music," Mill spoke up, showing their growth on his phone. "We got extra comments on the new song!" He exclaimed in which the two were stunned.

Yoojung peeked over and the three cheered in jubilee while Yoojung beamed, happy for them. "You know, Junji dances too and he's amazing at what he does!" Nine spoke, making Junji the center of attention. Mill egged him on, talking on and on about Junji's skills leading him to blush.

Then the bell rang. The now, four made their way to class and took their seats all neighboring each other in the back. As the class settled down, the teacher was able to introduce Yoojung.

"Hello, welcome our new student, Yoojung."

The whole class gasped at him in amazement.

He looked at the three who have already begun to get close to him. "I see you've made some friends," To which Yoojung nodded with a warm smile.

The minute class ended, Yoojung could even get a word in as half of the whole class stormed to his desk.

All the questions flooded him but he just needed to know if Mill was coming today for his tutoring session.

Soon he tried to answer all the questions but he couldn't so thanks to Nine for having everybody go away.

As Yoojung left the room, he bumped into somebody from the cooking club. As the two collided, flour spilled all over him. Before apologizing profusely, Nine helped him wash it all off in the bathroom.

After all that washing, the two walked outside and sat on a bench watching as Junji and Mill just so happened to be there walking around. Soon they all sat down on the bench. The quad stayed like that. Yoojung exhaled before he spoke.

"Is it that bad here?" He asked with a chuckle.

"You're my tutor you've been having to hear my stories for how long?" Mill questioned.

Junji smiled.

"Seems like you weren't listening." Nine joked.

"I mean you three seem like good friends already." Yoojung replied.

"Good. So then you can stop talking to everybody else," Mill rejoiced with the two others beaming from delight.

"Yoojung," Mill started. "You could do a solo dance to our cover!" Mill expressed his thoughts to the four and let them think hard.

Nine nodded amazed.

Junji looked down.

"What's wrong Junji?" Yoojung asked.

"Nothing I'm just... thinking which dance would suit you!" He lied. He wanted to show them he could dance well but he was too shy. He wanted to really show Yoojung what he was capable to do with his talents. Maybe when the time came he could?

The day ended and nightfall came. Junji went home and Mill and Yoojung had the tutoring session then Yoojung was off to the studio to dance.

And Nine, who had a good midnight snack before dozing off.

Suddenly, he thought about the group's growing fans. "We need a logo... an emblem." He thought to himself. He pulled out his sketchbook to jot some ideas down.

He drew out some ideas with the name they'd been using recently. Only One.

"JustOne? AllOne?" Genuinely, he was lost. He drew a big 'O' and symbols inside it to experiment.

It seemed tacky but it seemed like a good filler logo until he could reach the others when it wasn't midnight.

"Okay, done!" He closed the sketchbook and hopped into bed, ready for whatever tomorrow may bring.

He was ready.

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