BOYFRIEND | ( ningning ) ✓

fifteen

THE DAY OF THE TALENT SHOW

"I didn't think this much people would come and watch the talent show." Jake gasps once him and Keyu had entered the auditorium.
"I mean what did you expect? It's a freaking talent show Jake. People either come to watch other people's talent or laugh at them." Keyu replies at his friend's foolish statement.
"And that is why I came. For the second reason! Shaun said that him and some of the casts were performing a comedy at the talent show, so that's why I wanted to come and watch hehe." Jake chuckles as it made Keyu shake his head in disbelief.

Keyu just came along because Jake didn't want to come here alone. And maybe because he wanted to come and see Ningning...
Don't get me wrong, he was just returning the favour. Since she came to support him for his play performance, he should do the same and watch her sing for the talent show right? It was obviously not because he wanted to hear the song that she's been working on for the last month, or because he missed hearing her voice or whatever.

"This place is fucking packed man, so we only managed to get seats at the back." Jake complains before looking over at his friend.
"Good thing that you finally got your new glasses so you could see the stage." He then says as Keyu could just hum in reply.

He started wearing his glasses again because contacts weren't doing it for him. Plus he was a forgetful person so he always forgets to take them off after a long day.

"Yes. I can't say the same for you though. Your blind ass can't see the stage." Keyu retorted as Jake gave him an offended look.
"Good thing that I brought these bad boys with me tehee." He says. Grinning mischievously before retrieving a binocular from his bag.
Keyu widens his eyes when he sees what Jake had just taken out of his bag before looking away in embarrassment.

"I can't believe I'm friends with you. You're embarrassing me." Keyu says through gritted teeth's.
"Man I gotta do everything just so I could see the stage. The perks of not having 4k vision." Jake shrugging his shoulders before pouting.

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A yawn leaves his lips as he lets out the third yawn that afternoon. Keyu was getting bored.
When was Ningning going to perform? He did remember that her friends had said that she was going to perform last or something. He didn't think that there'd be THIS many participants in the talent show.

"Gosh why are all these people so talented. Maybe I should've taken part as well." Jake says. He's been enjoying the last 30 minutes of the talent show. You can't really say the same for Keyu.
"What are you going to do? Just go up on stage and flash everyone a smile?" Keyu replies sarcastically as Jake could just smile at him.
"I am pretty charming. That's got to be a talent for being handsome. Is it not?"
"It's not, you fool."

"This is so boring. I'm so close to falling asleep. Wake me up when someone talented actually goes up on stage." Keyu stated as he lets out another yawn before closing his eyes.

"Last but not least, we have Ningning from the music department, where she'd be singing a song that she made for this semester's project."

Hearing her name finally be called, Keyu opens his eyes seconds later as he puts his full attention to the stage.

"Wah, you're like a dog Key. Only interested when Ningning's name gets mentioned." Jake snickers as Keyu pushes his shoulders.
"Shut the fuck up."

He watches as Ningning goes up on stage. The girl having a nervous smile on her face as she walks to the middle whilst holding a microphone in her hands.

"Hello everyone, I'm ningning haha.." She introduces herself awkwardly. All traces of every other students that was in the auditorium disappeared when he sees her standing there alone on stage. It felt as if he was the only one there to watch her perform.

"Today I'd be performing a song that I wrote and produced myself for my songwriting class. I wasn't expecting my teacher to like my song this much to the point where he asked me to perform it in the talent show... Someone inspired me to write this song, so when I wrote this song, I was reminded of them. I hope you could enjoy my song: Bored."

His eyes widens when he hears the name of her song. He didn't actually think that she was going to use the idea that he had suggested. Besides, how was she even supposed to make a song with that prompt?

Keyu watches as she sat down on a stool as she adjusts the microphone in its stand before signalling that she was ready to sing. The lights turning off as all the spotlight was on her. The sound of the auditorium going silent as the music starts to fill the whole room.

"I'm so pretty in your head boy, yeah
Picking flowers, put 'em right behind my ears
Eyes catch you daydreamin
Look at the sign, love as advertised"

He furrows his brows as he listens to her sing. He got to give it to her, she had a magnificent voice. This was probably the first time that he'd ever heard her sing. He just got used to her squirrelling and screaming that he didn't know that behind all of that lies a beautiful voice that had managed to entice him.

"Am I messing with you
Falling for you, falling for you?
(But I'm not the one to keep)
Falling for you, falling for you, loving with you

Taking up a good rush, don't try to fight it
Paradise on Venus in your eyes
I always come in hardcore
I'll love you 'til the day I'm bored
Taking up a new rush, I can't deny it
Turning your hellos into goodbyes
I always come in hardcore
Love 'til the end of the road then I tend to get bored"

He listens to the lyrics carefully. He was also not expecting her to write a full song in English. Through the two weeks that they'd been working on their English project, Ningning would always complain over how hard the English language was. But look at her now. Singing a full song that she wrote herself in a different language.

A small smile appears on his face.
She really was a genius. She just doesn't acknowledge that. No wonder why he'd manage to fall for her this hard.

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A round of applause eroded in the room once Ningning was done with her performance.
They really did save the best for last, Keyu thought to himself.

"Oh my god Keyu. I didn't know your girlfriend could sing that well." Jake says in astonishment as he claps his hands loudly, enjoying Ningning's performance.
"Duh she's good. She's my girlfriend after all." Keyu replies shortly after.

"Well, that was the end of the talent show. We should probably start heading out now so we don't have to be the last to leave this place with the amount of people inside." Jake says as he puts his binoculars away and stood up from his seat.
"You go ahead of me Jake. I'm gonna go and visit Ningning." Keyu tells him as Jake nods his head in understanding.

"Good luck talking to her. I'm gonna leave now. I really need to use the toilet!" His friend says before smiling at him and running off.
"You and your bladder problem!" Keyu exclaims before Jake was out of sight.

Keyu then starts to make his way over to the front so he could access the backstage.

Ningning's three friends that were making their way out of the auditorium couldn't help but to grin when they see him walking past them.

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it's 3am and I can't sleep :( so I decided to write instead 😭 my sleep schedule is so fucked up man, I have a class too later in the day 🙃