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5: Groupwork

A week has passed since the last time I chatted with Alex. I kind of miss him. Maybe he was too busy, too, like me.

"Good morning, class." The music teacher said as soon as his foot landed inside of our classroom.

We stood up and bowed. "Good morning, Teacher Fei."

"Take your seats."

"Thank you, Teacher Fei."

"I'm in a hurry today since the music teachers will be having a meeting for the program that will be held on September 26. I will just leave you with your activities and whatsoever with your secretary." Teacher Fei looked at Xiaying, our secretary, and said, "Go to the faculty and claim the activities for this week later this lunch, okay?"

She nodded her head and Teacher Fei continued.

"Today, I'll leave you with a group activity. I will group you into five, which consists of six members since you are 30 in class, right?"

"Yes." We answered.

"I will group you first before explaining what to do." She took out our index cards and shuffled them.

A student at the back raised her hand and asked, "Teacher Fei, can't we just group ourselves?"

"No."

The teacher dictated out the names of the students and their groups while the secretary, Xiaying, wrote down the members in each group on the board.

I was grouped with Song Yaxuan, Zhang Xiaying, Febg Qiva, An Shiwen, and Ban Wuxian.

"Okay. Now that we have all your groups, I will now explain what to do. It's just simple. Pick a song or a set of songs, if you want, and record it. If you're going to sing different songs, then it should be performed by different lead singers. Also, the deadline will be on September 29. Just send it to me anytime that day. The group that gets the highest score will get the chance to perform for next month's program."

After Teacher Fei left, the students went to their respective groups. Shiwen, being the friendly girl, called out my name and smiled at me as she gestured that we would just have our meeting at the back of the class.

I nodded my head and saw Yaxuan still sitting on his seat, staring at... nothing? Shiwen sighed and called out, "Yaxuan, come on!"

"Coming!" Yaxuan replied.

He walked to us and sat in between Shiwen and I. "Okay, so what songs should we sing?" Xiaying asked.

"Songs?" Qiba asked.

"Yeah. I mean, it's better if we show Teacher Fei different genres of songs, right?"

They all agreed and started suggesting songs. When it was my turn to give a song, I froze. I don't know what to say. What if they don't know the song I'm going to suggest?

"So... ? What's your suggested song, Selin?" Wuxian asked.

"Uh... Um... I don't know."

"It's okay if you don't have just one suggestion. The more the suggestion, the more the options." Qiba encouraged.

"Yellow." It's an English song by Coldplay. This song relaxes me so much.

They decided to just keep my suggestion as a backup plan. They continued listing songs that I didn't even know. I guess those are songs that I haven't heard of before. I just sat there quietly while listening to their suggestions.

After getting ten suggestions, they chose the songs that were going to be sang. Shiwen suggested doing the songs by pair, so she announced the pairs: Xiaying and Qiba, Selin and Wuxian, Shiwen and Yaxuan.

Everyone seems to be okay with what Shiwen said but me. A part of me was upset because Shiwen got to be Yaxuan's partner while another part of me was celebrating because he didn't get to be my partner.

"Can you sing?" Shiwen asked Qiba and Xiaying.

"I'll try." Xiaying shrugged.

Qiba said, "If I'm in the mood."

"Wuxian, can you sing?"

"Yeah."

Shiwen turned to me, also Yaxuan. "How about you, Selin? Can you sing?"

I know that I have a horrible voice so I shook my head slowly. Am I the only one who doesn't have a good voice?

"You sure?" Qiba asked while suspiciously looking at me.

I looked at him and nodded my head.

"Then how are we going to do it if one can't sing?" Xiaying asked.

"I'll just film. Wuxian can just do a solo." I suggested and Shiwen immediately agreed.

They decided for the songs that they were going to sing while I'm here, quietly watching them pick their songs.

...

I stood beside the school gates while fiddling with my hands and the strap of my bag. We all agreed to meet by the school gates before going to places. I tiptoed and tried to look for their silhouettes but there's none. I stood properly and clenched on the strap of my bag before looking at the time in my phone. 13:27.

Just as I looked up, I saw a... van? A white van. I clenched harder on the strap of my bag while I stood there, frozen. What if I get kidnapped?!

The door slid open and revealed Song Yaxuan. I saw Jiaqi Gege pat him by the shoulder and smiled at him. He closed the door of the van and waved before walking to me. I breathed out like I've held my breath for a year. I puffed out my cheeks and pouted, letting air flow out of my mouth.

Yaxuan noticed it and puffed out a chuckle. "What are you doing?" He asked.

"Huh?" I looked at him innocently. "It's just that I thought I was going to be kidnapped because of the white van."

He laughed and just as he was about to say something, he got cut off. Shiwen came with Xiaying, Qiba, and Wuxian. "Guys, we've been waiting for the two of you!"

"Didn't you say to meet up by the school gates?" I asked.

"Didn't you see Shiwen's message that we will meet in Kafei Jiayou instead? She changed the location." Xiaying said.

Suddenly, Yaxuan put his hand on top of my head before walking towards them.

"Woah, there! Are you two... d-d-dating?!" Qiba dramatically exclaimed.

Xiaying smacked his head and nagged, "Shut up! What kind of mind do you have, huh?!"

"Well, I have the same thought, too." Wuxian shrugged.

"Where should we start?" I asked, trying to change the topic.

"Let's go to Kaifei Jiayou first." Shiwen answered.

We nodded our heads as a sign of approval and went to the cafe while Yaxuan put on his cap, glasses, and mask. He noticed I was looking at me and looked at me. Yaxuan ruffled my hair before walking ahead of me. I froze in place and tried to hide my blush as I tried to process what had just happened. It's a small interaction but I felt like cherishing this moment.