Colourise

Chapter 15

Someone encouraged me to come up with a playlist for the characters, and so I did. I'll slowly write each character down. Try to imagine them singing to these :3

Kevin's playlist

His wandering, deep nature: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

When he's thinking about Tammie: Best Friend by Jason Chen 

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Gemma's playlist

Her fierce girl power nature: Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys

The adventurous lover: Blank Space by Taylor Swift

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Chapter 15

The next morning, Henry decided to use his well done facade to capture everyone's attention in school.

He had asked the audiovisuals crew to crank up some good music the day before, and asked Gemma and Ginny for advice on the outfit he needs to pull off. It was the post-exam activities, so everybody could wear whatever they wanted.

They had told him to wear a white short-sleeved shirt and brown pants, the sleeves cuffed. His shoes have to be a lighter shade of brown, and his hair has to be styled up at the front.

'I think you should wear a long necklace,' Ginny answered.

'You can wear sunglasses if you want to,' Gemma added.

He took all of their notes to heart, and by the next day, he was ready to make sure his plan would turn out awesome. 

Henry didn't need to come to school early, so he spent the morning to gel his hair and dust his shoes. He wore the exact same outfit the girls had told him, and put his shades on his collar. After so much practice, Henry finally got comfortable with his contacts. It was a relief to be able to see things clearly without squinting.

Upon stepping out of his apartment block at Yish, the heads had already turned, however few.

'Who's that dude coming out from Henry's room?' He heard whispers from his other male neighbours. He continued walking.

The walkway was quite empty, because most of the students were already in school, so Henry was still able to keep his cool and prepare himself.

He hopped onto a shuttle bus to the campus. There were three students already inside, all sleeping or with their earphones. Henry saw Yuki with his phone not too far away and sat with him.

'Yuki,' Henry nudged his shoulder.

'Yes?' Yuki turned to him and narrowed his eyes. 'Um, who are you?'

Henry was stunned. Even his close friend couldn't recognize him up front.

'Yuki, it's me, Henry,' he replied. 

'I don't believe you,' Yuki creased his eyebrows, brushing dust off his school shirt. Apparently, some people still wanted to stick to the rules. 'You can't be Henry. You and him look totally different. Aren't you the new guy everyone's been talking about?'

'Please,' he pleaded, and took out his blue-rimmed glasses. Despite his well done facade, he still kept his glasses in case he wanted to prove to his friends that he was still Henry.

He put them on and covered his hair lightly with his snapback. Whenever he did that in front of the mirror, he felt his raw, clumsy Henry coming back.