Find your faith

Chapter 116: The stress always returns

Ethan's POV
Lucas
Lucas: Ethan, Brawl Stars, Call of Duty, Fortnite or Mobile Legends Bang Bang?

Ethan: None! Shouldn't you be studying?

Lucas: Oh, I think you should! With mental health becoming an increasing focus nowadays, I think you should focus on making sure you don't burn out before the exams and flunk it.

Ethan: That's not my concern. My concern is more towards having to go back to school for dance practice 💀

Lucas: R U FR

Ethan: Yea, it's for the immersion.

Lucas: I wish you the best of luck 👍🏻

Ethan: OKOK GO BACK AND STUDY IDIOT 😡

Lucas: I'm heading home from my external orchestra activities WTF 😭
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I had no choice but to whip out my Chinese books and start working on my Chinese TYS in advance. That day, I decided to attempt a timed practice for my paper 2, the comprehension paper without the section on the vocabulary. Thankfully, I was spared for the vocabulary section since we could just memorise the phrases by heart this time, but I knew I wouldn't be this lucky at the O Levels. The comprehension felt like a line of words jumbled up together as the writers thought they understood what they were doing, but they actually didn't. I tried to use my minimal knowledge of Chinese to even try and understand how to answer the questions, but it did little to relief the exhaustion of dealing with 5 questions. Finishing those questions felt like forever...when I finished both passages, I heaved a sigh of relief.
Simon's POV
Since I had a rich dance background and a desire to become a professional dancer, I was forced to mentor my best friend. My rest time wasn't practicing my social media dances anymore, but more of mentoring my best friend. And to mentor, I not only had to find a way to practice my moves, but made sure I knew the moves well enough to make sure I was able to teach them to my friend. The fact I didn't take part in NDP last year was an insult to injury, so I was relying on the official NDP broadcast from last year to get me through.

Practicing was no easy feat. Trying to memorise the moves from one video so I can show I truly understood the moves was insult to injury. How was I going to convince my parents that it was a responsibility I had to fulfil in the midst of preparing for my exams? Hence, I decided to work on my schedule as quickly as I could and after that, practice my moves. After all, I did use the right methods to prepare for my exams. Nothing bad should be happening, right?
Leah's POV
"Arm raise, keep, arm raise...ugh, too slow," I mumbled to myself, rewinding the music to the beginning. I was trying to practice until I was able to remember everything Crystal taught me. She wasn't going to be in school the following week because she's down for some camp called OBS. I can't blame her, but that meant our mentoring sessions were limited. I couldn't rely on her to get better.

But every time I practice, I always feel a pang of guilt. This year is my streaming year, meaning it determines what subjects I can and cannot take. I am fighting my way through to take pure science because I do not wish to suffer through the rigour of O Level Art or Design and Technology (DnT). Every minute I spend on this dance was a minute less to raise my science grades enough. Can I push through and balance both responsibilities?