White Rose (rewriting)

20

ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I WROTE???

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I enter the classroom, flinging my bag near my desk.

"Holy shit guys, the last few days were so boring I thought I'd DIE."

"Gosh, (Y/N), you're so dramatic," Zoe says with an eye roll.

"Yeah yeah," I say with a slight grin. "But I feel like I'm missing something though..."

"Well today's the festival, if that's what you forgot," Zoe says nonchalantly.

"OH YEAH. I totally forgot."

"You should buy a calendar..."

Zoe and I leave the classroom shortly after, she leads me to the festival area, or whatever you'd call it. We're met with electronic music, the volume increases the closer we get.

Plenty of people were already there, including some DJs. I don't know them though, I'm not big on that stuff. There's a large variety of booths set up as well.

"Should we go look around, (Y/N)?"

"Yeah, why not!" I beam.

along the way, we looked at a lot of fun stuff, like snack bars, hair cuts, and hilariously enough, a try to punch Zack booth.

"Hey, I haven't seen Daniel in a while, what do you think he's up to?"

"That's a good question, I haven't seen him either, he's probably participating in the Slave Auction," Zoe ponders.

"...The what?"

"Did I not tell you? The slave auction is where they auction off guys for a date!"

"Sheeesh. You had me concerned for a second-" I chuckle. "Anyway, what should we do next?"

"Wanna go get some bread from the Baking Department?"

"Yeah, why not," I grin.

"We should hurry up before the events start!"

And so, we ate bread and sipped coffee. Soon after, we head to the fashion show.

I wonder how the sophomores got away with making that stuff—'

Just as quick as it started, it was over, then came the Slave Auction. Some guys from varios departments appear on stage, while the girls bid (or don't).

When Vasco comes on stage, he kinda intimidated the crowd, and nobody seemed to be bidding.

Then next was some guy from Vocal and Dance, followed by Daniel, who looked absolutely terrified.

Before I can comprehend anything, Zoe's voice is heard beside me.

"$300!" She exclaims with a confident look.

I wasn't really that surprised, that was until I heard some girl raise it to ONE FLIPPING THOUSAND??? LIKE- HUH?

"$2,000," another mystery girl says.

'Holy shit these girls need some hobbies'

The bidding war continues, but not for long. The bid reached $5,000, and girl one tried to bid her purse. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice Jay trying to bid too, but they denied him.

'don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh'

Zoe looks kinda sad.

"Hey, cheer up bestie! Let's go get some snacks, yeah?"

"Alright...." she says. She looks happier, but still downcast.

We get some ice cream, and then head to the stage area to see Vocal and Dance Department's performances.

Vin Jin and some other guy have a song, and then...Duke? And Daniel?

'Interesting...'

Daniel still looks absolutely terrified on stage, especially when the MC starts asking a bunch of questions.

"You are handsome. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"N-no!"

"I think you can pick anyone you like today!"

'Why's he only asking Daniel questions?'

Everyone's being so fucking disrespectful to Duke, and they haven't even heard him. How can they criticize him so easily?

"Okay! Let's hear it!" the MC says. "The title is Beautiful Day!"

Daniel starts off pitch, he looks super nervous. Duke steps in quickly and takes the crowd by storm. Daniel looks relieved, and soon sings his part, and does a great job. The audience looks surprised, hell I'm surprised.

The performance ends and everyone loses it. Especially Zoe. Speaking of, I wave goodbye to her and leave before the traffic gets too heavy.

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I check the trends and see Daniel and Duke's performance...but they edited Duke out.

'Man fuck that. Duke deserves better than these shallow losers'

I also notice Duke started a paprika live stream. The comments were mean, but there wasn't much I could do. I sent a few balloons before I got ready for school.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hi!! I finally got around to writing LOL. It only took me half a century. Anyways, is this a suitable place to leave off? I hope so! It's been so long since I last wrote. Bye for now!