THE BI'Z

CHAPTER 12

"Hi-" Maggie greeted, smiling.

Iris stood up, welcoming her inside even though herself was shocked. Maggie entered the studio and Bruce can't keep his eyes off her.

"HEY, LOSER!!" Han called, smirking. "I WONN,!!"

"Shush!" Sirius whispered, staring at Han. "You've won, we got it "

Han laughed in pride, holding his waist.

"Congrats," Maggie congratulated, smiling at Han, happy.

"Thanks Maggie, I actually knew I would win"

Maggie had her seat, comfortably. Iris and Hana was offering her some of the snacks to munch on and she could afford to refuse.

"Okay, let's start!" Adriana called the members to be ready in position.

"One, two, three"

They practiced playing while  Matthew, Joseph, Ean, Han, Bruce and Iris on the same table, awkwardly.

Joseph was trying to like the chocolate he had where Hana stated it tastes good. His focus was absolutely on his tongue and taste buds.

"HANA!!!" Adelia shouted, impatient. " You keep getting that chord wrong again!!"

"Joseph, do your duty" Iris called, polite

"How do I help?"

"How about watching her fingers position on the chords?" Sirius recommended.

Joseph nodded, agreed. He went in the room and tried to have the best view of her fingers.

"I think it'd be better if you squat down," Iris recommended, exchanging silky looks with the others in the room.

"Are you looking for a ring?!" Ean shouted, smiling with silliness pasted on his face.

"It's supposed to be like this, you see" Joseph ignored Ean as he touched her fingers to fix the position. "Than this one to here"

He continued. Hana tried practicing the chord and she can't seem to be doing it right.

"Let me try!" Matthew ran into the room, getting the bass. "Watch and learn!"

One movement of his thumb and the key was totally off, worst than what Hana played. Everyone laughed in satisfaction as Adriana played the joke on beat.

"Ean!" Hana called, "why don't you try it?"

He refused, started to stand on his foot and made his way to the room while nodding. He didn't take Hana's bass instead, he took Adelia's.

The eyes were stuck to Ean figure and Adelia didn't seemed to be surprised at all.

"She was not surprised?" Matthew questioned, curious

"It's called love telepathy, my guy" Ean took a breath as he shouts, "one two three!"

Ean messed up. However, Joseph was playing the chord very well.

"You did good, Joseph!" Han praised as he waits at the entrance room door. "You know, I think you should replace Hana"

The whole room went silence in awkwardness.

"I wish so" he smiled.

But something wasn't right.

"That's evil," Adelia disssed. Turning her view at Ean sending eye signs for him to agree.  

"No," In a low tone, he nodded his head down, disappointed. "We're leaving soon"

Matthew turned his head, insecure exchanging looks with the others of the room as well as Bruce and Maggie outside. 

"I forgot you two are exchange students" Adriana commented, laughing awkwardly trying to brighten the atmosphere.

"Yeah," Sirius supported. "We matched just like that"

She collected her fingers forming two fist and pulling them together 

"like magnet" Han stepped inside, smiling at Joseph and Matthew.

Iris clapped, smiling and nodding.

"Well,"  she continued. "We better off celebrate it"

"I mean, value it" She corrected. 

"How about going to the cyber café? " Adriana recommended. "We'll do quizes together"

"We'd love that," both Matthew and Joseph replied, smiling with satisfaction.

Hana was in silenced, speechless. She refused to let go of her friends but it is what it is. There's always a better way on the worse. As usual, the worse has to come first and no one had a choice.

meanwhile, as Adriana, Adelia, Iris, Hana, Sirius, Matthew, Joseph and Han are laughing and practicing, Bruce still haven't gotten his eyes off Maggie, munching on the exact same cracker she was offered.

"We've met before," His eyebrows were knitted together, unsatisfied. "Haven't we?"

"In past lives, maybe" Maggie joked, as she exchanged looks with Bruce's squinted eyes. "Hi, I'm Maggie"

"their fans?" he move his brown eyes towards the dorks laughing and sharing the same oxygen to breath in and joined laughing for a second.

Being shy, he nodded down as he laughs for another second and raised up, his head looking again at the one dorks.

"Me?" Maggie smirked. "never" 

her tone was weird and mischievous. 

Bruce had a sharp stare on her, cautious. 

"What happened?" He asked,

"its nothing, i just wanted iris to leave them" "Its for her own good, Ipromise"  

"Why?" 

"those girls has bad intentions"

"stop talking bullsh*ts!" shouting, he replied. "they are my friends"

"Does friend betray each other?"

"No," confidently he replied. "or is that a trend already?"

"Never,"

"You kept repeating that!" His voice was loud enough to scare her and getting to her nerves.

It was goose bumps that got around her.

"They read your diary!"

She shouted, surprised and startled. A book dropped off from her white tote bag and bang to the floor, catching Bruce attention. Being alert, he was the first to get his hands on the book. He squatted down to the floor.

"Hey," Han that has been keeping his eyes on Bruce alert the others. "Anyone has any explanation for that?"

Nine pairs of eyes were following Bruce's tall figure, under the table.

"I always knew there's something bad about him" Ean dissed, exchanging looks with the others in the room. "Don't you, Adelia?"

"I do, but not at the guy" Disgust was painted on her face. The right tip of her upper lips raised as she blinks multiple time trying to capture reality.

"You looked cute" Ean whispers, stealing a sight of Adelia.

She heard it, crystal clear but it's a good choice to play a little hard sometimes.

"Diary?" Bruce wondered as he attempted to return back to his seat, sliding to each page until he realized what had happened. "ahhh,"

He thought himself, smirking as he raise up. Both of his hands tapped both of his knees to get support. Tilting his head to the right once,

"I think I got you guys into unnecessary troubles" he pointed into the book, green covered. "It's not a diary, it's a-"

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1024 words, published at 12 July.

come on, spill your guesses in the comment. Is it a diary or is it a ly---