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"I'm going to start now. This is the last take, if it isn't better than the other one then I think we should go with the one where you forgot the transition. I can pull it off with editing I think."

Minho was getting annoyed. I just never seemed to get it completely right, we had an endless amount of takes by now and the sun was going down. It was cold outside, and allthough our houses were right there, we had promised not to go back inside until we got the right take.

I quickly reread my text and repeated it again.

"Dear children. Children, yes, that is what everyone our age is. But do you know that not everyone gets to be a child? Some of them work hours and hours in factories or farms for extremely low wages. In this video, we will tell you what you should know about child labour and what you can do against it."

That is what we started our video with, I kept the intro short but spontaneous. The other parts were already filmed earlier inside my house, we only had to film the intro now.

"Okay I'm ready now, sorry.
Dear children. Children, yes-"

Something caught my eye.

There were a few teenagers walking through the street, looking confused.

"Why did you stop?"

I pointed discreetly in their direction, behind Minho's back, he looked back immediately.

"Strangers? How weird. I wonder what they're doing."

"Should we go ask them if they need help?"

He nodded his head, hung the camera around his neck and walked in their direction.

We got closer, and closer, and I gasped. They were NOT strangers.

"Minho! Minho, come here!"

"What is it?'

I buried my head in my hands.

"My old classmates, it's them."

He turned around and facepalmed.

"The ones you were texting in the bus that time because you posted a pic of us?"

"They still think we're in a relationship. Ah shit why didn't they tell me they were coming?"

He shook his body.

"I'll just pretend to be your boyfriend. Nothing wrong with that. Come on, let's go. They're probably looking for you."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. Act like we're in love. We just went on a walk together to take photos of the nature and I'm dropping you off at your house."

"You live across the street."

"They don't need to know that. Imagine the rumours they would tell about you if people knew your boyfriend lived across the street."

He grabbed my hand, intertwined our fingers and walked away, with me this time.

I hated this moment. Being in love with your bestfriend who these people think is your boyfriend, having to pretend you're in love, without letting the fake boyfriend know that you're in love.

The girls had noticed us now, and seemed to recognise me.

"Hi Sora! Oh my god it has been so long!"

"Hello, Jisu. What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean? We were nearby for this really cool bowling place, so we thought we should visit you. We were curious about you. What actually happened when you left? I knew you had issues at home but I didn't know it was that important."

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