Silk & Cologne | Miguel O'Hara

Chapter 22 - Promotion

"I can't find it in myself to just walk away

I can't find it in myself to lose everything~"

My dance crew and I stepped lightly as we walked through a rough routine I had managed to plan out in the span of a mere two hours. I stayed up a little longer than I should have, exhaustion over taking me after fighting a stone golem to rescue your boss and crush will do that to a person. But after a quick run to Starbucks for a cold brew, I was back on my feet.

We all turned, forming a circle as Touya, Touga, Hannah and I surrounded Kasey. We all reached our arms out towards her as she crossed her arms over her chest, something similar to the Wakanda Forever salute before flexing her arms down to her sides. As she did that, the rest of us dropped to one knee, kneeling as we bowed our heads to her.

"Feel everyone's against me, don't want me to be great

Things might look bad, I'm afraid to look death in the face~"

Kasey then propelled herself forward, sliding along the floor. Hannah and I steered clear of her entrance. As we faced in her direction, Toya stepped behind Hannah and Touga stepped behind me, the boys hoisting us up to our feet and became our dance partners. The pair of us did a sweet waltz as Kasey was up front performing her own solo.

"I'm good now, who's really bad?

I choose me now, what's wrong with that?

Wish you could see me

Now, now, mm, who had my back, baby?

Know no love lost, good always will win~"

As Kasey finished her solo, the boys slowly dipped Hannah and I closer to the floor as the music began to fade. When it was over, they pulled us back up and the group erupted with a series of cheers and applause.

"That was so good!" Hannah exclaimed, her eyes twinkling with excitement.

"You guys really liked it?" I sounded hopeful as I looked at their excited faces. "I mean, it's not done yet, I still have the rest of the song to figure out–!"

I tried to not let my rambling get the better of me. I couldn't help but as the nerves coursed through me and I began to crack my knuckles out of habit. They all seemed so thrilled, the rush of adrenaline still coursing through their veins.

"Lisa, that was stunning!" Kasey praised as she clapped her hands together. "I knew making you our team captain was the right call,"

"Got any other sick moves planned?" Toya asked with an accelerating look in his eyes.

"Yeah, I wanna keep going!" Touga nodded his head eagerly in agreement.

"Sorry guys, but that was all I could manage to come up with and write down before clocking out for the night," I rubbed the back of my neck, casting an apologetic look at the boys.

"Well, I thought it was wonderful!" Hannah smiled sweetly. "Maybe next time don't do it in the middle of the night and pace yourself?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea," I chuckled with embarrassment.

"But hey, we've got a framework now, so let's use that when figuring out the rest of the routine," Kasey grinned with an eager look on her face.

We all agreed and ran through the routine once more before taking a break. I sat on the floor, leaning against the wall as I rummaged through my bag for the banana bread I had bought during my Starbucks run. As I pulled it out, the screen on my gizmo lit up.

My face lit up as I tapped on the screen, bringing up the message before taking a bite out of my snack.

"Just got discharged, wanted to let you know I'm feeling okay." - Miguel