End of beginning?[Hwang Hyunjin]

No more tailing?

Grace's POV
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I entered the classroom before the teacher came and sat somewhere in the middle.
Oh my god how did I say all that. Am I bipolar? Where did those words emerge from?
That was impressive but the broken looks on their faces made me sad. Guilt rushed down me remembering their teary expressions. I agree that was harsh. But I had to become the bad one for them to leave me alone. The only thing that was true in my little speech was the 'keeping you around will bring back unfortunate memories' part. Everything else was truly false. Don't want become friends, feel nothing towards them, forgot about them, nothing. Nothing is true. No matter how many friends I have I can never forget them. Ever. I want to but I can't.

Now hopefully I don't encounter them again. They've heard very disgraceful words, they won't try again. They'll just get used to me being around, but not around with them.

The teacher came. Oh wait I haven't even decided what song I'm singing.

Fuck I'm gonna die today.

We all greeted her as she told us to sit. Then they came.

"Why are all EIGHT of you late in my class??! It's the FIRST period." The teacher screamed, totally annoyed. If I were her I would be too. She's getting these disturbances simultaneously.

"We're sorry miss we just got a bit lost." Said Changbin, who didn't seem much sorry.

"Have you prepared something for today?" The teacher said eyeing them up and down.

"Of course." Seungmin said, nonchalantly yet confidently.
His charm worked on the teacher as she let them in.

"You better not disappoint me two times in a row." She said, warning.

They all went sat in another row, right beside me though.

Shit am I the only one who has not prepared? Well I guess this whole school is a damn bad luck for me.
C'mon Grace think! Think of a song!!, You've sung so many on Instagram C'mon.

I was brainstorming when a song finally clicked in my mind.

Yeah I'll go with that.

"Alright let's get the test started, shall we? Who would like to go first?"
Oh thank god she's not choosing by herself like last time.
A student raised their hand.
Oh. It's Kai. I'm anticipated to see his performance honestly. He brought his guitar too.

He starts to sing while shredding(a way of playing guitar). Wow, his shredding skills are mind-blowing, I didn't expect this much. How can his hand move so fast, while switching chords so perfectly? He must've more experience than me. Someone's definitely getting selected today.

I listened to his song while humming my own when I took a glance at stray kids. They seem absolutely chill. Not worried and they aren't even looking sad. I mean that's good, maybe they're finally accepting the reality. Great.

I took out my guitar and practiced some chords while some other students performed. I would usually focus on all the performances but I don't wanna mess up my own.

A student finished as everyone cheered, including me. Now they stood up.
They went down, stood straight in front
and introduced themselves.

"STEP-OUT, HELLO WE ARE STRAY KIDS." They all said in sync.

"Today...as a group we'll be performing a song called 'On track'. It's also a self-composed song. By Changbin." Chan said, smiling slightly, proudly.

On track? That's a new one, must've composed after I left.

"Alright, lovely. Cue." The teacher snapped her fingers as they started to sing.