𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 • 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑊𝑖𝑛

6|𝐴 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛-𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑

"Alright, practice is done. Make sure that you guys would be able to remember all of the things that I have thought you this evening. By the end of the week, we'll be testing the waters and find out who's staying and who's not. Nene would be sending you e-mails about the performance, criteria, and everything that you need to know. Are we clear?" I inquire to the juniors that are on the floor, with their own guitars and other instruments in hand.

"Chai," they respond in a chorus and I hum in response with a lovely smile on my face, to not intimidate them too much. Though they already know how much I adore each one of them and would love to have them in the club, and yet due to some budget restrictions for each club, I cannot. Once done, they gather up all their things and places the instruments back to the proper stands.

Currently, I am in charge of being the moderator for the incoming club members that I sincerely hope joined us because they're interested in the club. Not because we had Bright give out flyers during the recruitment process from two weeks ago.

Also, it had been my way of coping up with my pain from being left out since my dear best friend started being chummy with the guy. It's not that I am bitter, I do am happy for him because I can clearly see how gleeful Bright had been, and how much I've been wallowing into the pits of self-depreciation. Though he did introduce Gun the week after they had started to go on dates and all the shitty couple stuff that they do. Luckily for me, I have been sick and didn't get that once in a lifetime chance to meet him. From then on, I had been busying myself from time to time so I won't be able to remember him. Nor the fact that I have been forgotten. So, I know Gun but he doesn't know me because I'm an aloof individual. Or maybe because I try my best to not meet them in the corridors, hallways, cafeterias, or anywhere in the school. I'm a practicing ninja now.

The club room is now almost empty, with only a few of the most trusted members left to tend to other things that need to be done. Guy still has a few classes that he needs to attend to. That's the reason that I had been left alone to cater to all of the members, and make sure that everything goes smoothly with the practice. I'm not complaining though, being in the club room and hearing the flow of music coming out from those lovely strings that our dear members had plucked had always been calming. It makes me sedated, and I get lost in the pool of sweet serendipity just being able to perceive such wonderful tunes. It's my own escape from reality.

"I'll go ahead," I excitedly say to Khaotung, JJ, and Pluem who then respond with a confused expression because it's unlikely for me to leave things to them. Why am I so excited to go home? Well, earlier, Bright invited me for a coffee date because he said that it had been a while since we had our own date. And of course, being the perfectly supportive best friend that I am, I agreed. I mean, I kinda missed him.

"Can you guys make sure that everything is clean before you go? I don't want Guy to snap at me tomorrow when he comes home to this place which is in disarray," I continue all the while shouldering my satchel whilst they give me nods of approval.

"Alright," I say and before I could even fill my happiness to the max, the door swings open revealing Bright in the doorway with an apologetic smile on his face — and Gun, standing next to him with their hands joined together. He says something to the smaller male who nods, before letting his hand go, and allowing Bright to walk to me while he steps out of the room.

I smile a forced one.

"Win, I'm sorry. Maybe we can go out next time? Gun has to finish something for his major and needs my help," Bright explains and I nod because there is really nothing that I could do if Gun wants him. Besides, he has every right to do so because they're practically a campus couple now. And I am one of Bright's friends as everyone knows. What right do I have as one of his best friends compared to being Bright's partner? Nothing.