Battle of The Bands

The Life of A Soloist

Chapter 1 

The Life of A Soloist 

     And.. perfect! I stare at myself through the mirror, admiring my features. Everything looks on point. My soft blue pink hair doesn't clash with the rest of my appearance. I even wore a baby blue hair clip with a little bunny attached to it. I decided to go simple, I don't want to over-do the look afterall. The look is just a white ruffle sleeve shirt, a pink skirt and leg warmers. Satisfied with myself, I grab my bag and go through it to make sure I have everything. Good, everything's there. I put my bag and shoes on, grab my keys and leave my house. Unfortunately I have to take a bus but it's better than the train. I always make sure I'm not late to the bus stop, or else it'll get crowded. I even go out of my way to memorize bus schedules, I wonder if that's just a me thing though..

     To be honest, if there was a better way to get to school I'd take it. Everyday I manage to get stares from people. It's strange, why is it that I'm always being stared at? In a world where people are so diverse, I'm the center of attention on a public bus? Even at school, the stares follow me everywhere. It's because of how I present myself, I'm aware of that. But what am I supposed to do, dress like a 'normal person'? What even is normal? My thoughts are put to an abrupt pause as the bus pulls up in front of my school. Great, I actually have to go into school now. I hate how short bus rides are. As nasty as the bus is, I'd rather be stuck on a long bus ride than in school. It’s never a good feeling when I have to get off the bus and go into the building.

     I thought I'd be having fun in school, especially since so many students are pursuing music here, including myself. Instead it's just hell. I was truly disappointed when I started coming here and realized that I’d basically be an outcast. I've been here for over a year now and I haven't made a single friend. Most people these days join groups, the groups getting popular within the school, some even being popular outside the school. But here I am, a lonely soloist. Well, actually, I have one friend here, but I wouldn’t consider us close friends. As I enter the school I'm met with the same judgemental eyes as always. I have to ignore them, I have no choice.

     I go over to my locker and put my bag in it, however.. There's fun little messages spray painted onto the locker. The color they used doesn't even match with the color of the locker, what were they thinking, honestly. I don't even want to look at them, the image might accidentally get engraved in my head. Now that I think about it, there's posters all around the place, I wonder what they're about. Going over to the nearest one, I sigh in disappointment. A talent show, really? It seems like anyone can join though, that's.. that's definitely something. And of course they're using this talent show to promote new groups, I'm not surprised they're plastering pictures of groups like New Jeans and Le Sserafim all over these posters. As talented as those groups are, it seems like it won't be worth my time. 

     "You thinking of joining?" says a familiar voice from beside me. I turn around and see a classmate of mine, Seungmin, staring at the poster. He's the closest thing I've had to a friend this whole time. If our schedules lined up better, maybe we could've been friends. "Tsch, no. It just seems like the school is trying to promote the new groups." "True, but I think I might join. If I can showcase my voice well enough I'll be able to become a soloist." "In this world? Soloists are losing popularity, it's best to join a group." "Joining a group is playing safe, I have my voice so I don't need to play safe and join a group. Besides, I might get overshadowed." "True, dancers are becoming really popular these days." "Maybe we can join as a duo?" "Excuse me?" I say rather bluntly to Seungmin. "You don't want to join a group and I don't want to join a group, why don't we work together?" "I'm sorry but I don't even want to join this thing to begin with. I won't even be attending performances." Seungmin sighs. "That alright, well, I gotta get to class, see you around, Jeongin." Seungmin pats my shoulder before leaving.

     After about half a day of absolute boredom, it's finally lunch. I don't even eat at lunch, I'm just happy I'm no longer sitting listening to an old hag explain complete utter nonsense for like an hour. The only thing I look forward to in a day at this point is being able to practice singing with Seungmin after school. He's practically my vocal teacher. I guess it would be nice to perform with him, but at the same time it's in front of not only the whole school but also random people outside the school. People can buy tickets and go see our shows, that way groups within the school gain more popularity and the school gains more money. This whole talent show is just a way for the school to get even more money. 

     At the end of it all, today was just a normal day. Only difference is that damn talent show. Part of me wants to go and see what the new groups have to offer. But.. the other part of me couldn't care less about the whole thing. It’s clearly just a cash grab, nothing worth my time. While that talent show is going on I can stay inside and take the day to myself. We'll see what tomorrow me decides on. Maybe I might end up going, although I might only go if Seungmin does. It wouldn't be all that fun if it were just me there. I dunno yet though, again, tomorrow me will make that decision.

a/n note- chapter 1 yippie ! I hope you all enjoy sorry abt the length tho i promise as we go on the chapters will get longer.