My First Love ✅

10: "It's from my friend"

(Starting from this chapter, I suggest you read with an oxygen tank and a blood pressure monitor beside you, for health and safety purposes only)

Lee Yuna

I stood up straight and held my head up high in front of the school gate that is going to be opened anytime now. I took a deep breath and reached out my hand to Cheer who was standing behind me. She gently squeezed my hands as a little sign of "Good luck" for the both of us.

Prof. In approached me and gave me a sweet smile, she fixed a few strands of my hair with her eyes full of endearment and genuine happiness.

"5 minutes more... You're so beautiful, my dear. Thank you" She said with full sincerity

"For what ma'am?" I politely responded

"For always being there to save my name and my reputation. I wouldn't be here in this school today if it weren't for you, the principal could've fired me months ago but you proved them that the chance they gave me was worth it"

I got touched by what she said so I gave her a tight hug and a pat on the back.

"Don't cry or else you'll ruin your makeup" she jokingly said, she let go of the hug and proceeded on the side where the other student and teachers lined up.

"This is it" I said to myself and inhaled deeply.

The big school main gate opened slowly, and the marching band started playing behind me. With my shaky hands and wobbly knees, I started walking out of the school, twirling the repaired baton in my hands.

People were watching from the window of their houses while the students who wished to watch were lined up on the sides of the streets. I admit that I felt really pretty in my white skirt and knee-high boots with a sparkly top full of glitters. My headdress was also really pretty with the elegant plain white feathers in it and little gemstones in the center.

We paraded around the city and passed by my house, there I saw my mom with my sister and also Kie and Nim watching and waving vigorously at us, I simply smiled at them and continued to do my act, while I was walking, I couldn't help but look at the audience to see their reactions and also to see if HE is watching.

He didn't watch my Snow-white play but that was very reasonable because he had band practice but today, he doesn't have any reason to miss my performance, I want him to be here as the person why I'm doing these things and why I'm pushing beyond my boundaries.

As I get nearer and nearer to my friends, I perceived that they were aggressively pointing on a particular direction so I lightly turned my head to look at it and saw Hyunsuk and Mashiho at the other side of the street.

My heartbeat started racing since he was watching and this was the time when I needed to throw the baton, I stopped in the middle while the marching band marched in place, still playing their instruments.

I threw the baton high up in the air and successfully caught it, I smiled while I twirled it a few times and then continued walking. I was so happy that I successfully executed an act that I practiced for only two weeks, plus, Hyunsuk was there, he saw me do well in something that I couldn't even imagine myself to do.

(This is an unseen part, figure out who said which while Mashiho and Hyunsuk are having a conversation)

"She's so pretty"
"She always is"

As I passed by them Mashiho was smiling widely at me while Hyunsuk was taking photos of me in his camera. Though their conversation was inaudible, I knew that they were talking about something but I just ignored it and kept walking.