Chapter 6.7 - Faster 7 (1/2)

After the exams were over, a relaxed atmosphere filled through the school… or it should’ve, but instead, the times flew past faster than before.

It wasn’t like the schedules had changed.

Students received school lessons, went to practice rooms, got specialist lessons, and went to dorms to sleep. There weren’t many things outside of these for students to do.

But the atmosphere had changed.

With the actual mid-sem exams on normal subjects over and done with, the tension within the class had become denser than before. Seeing empty chairs due to concours and concerts, I even felt worried, questioning what I was doing here.

More so, when announcements like these were made.

“…We will end there for today… ah! Right tomorrow was an important day right?”

End-of-the-school meeting.

After giving a clap, teacher Kang Heewon searched her bags before taking out a bunch of papers.

“Tomorrow at noon, you know that the [Future Central Music Concour] is opening right? The ones participating in the preliminaries must ask for leave beforehand okay!”

“Ah…”

Groans filled the classroom.

The Future Central Music Concour.

It was a music concour that was quite famous nationwide. The prize was decent and the number of participants was quite large as well. Since it was a national concour, performing arts students that were quite proud of their skills all gathered so the competition was quite tough.

Although I couldn’t be sure, kids that were confident in their skills would’ve all participated.

…Not me though.

Turning my head over, I started talking.

“Did you guys apply for it?”

“Of course.”

Noh Jusup who was at the front replied but the ones in the back all nodded their heads.

Chloe, Lee Suh-ah, Han Dasom, Jun Shihyuk… they were all participating. Well, making it through the prelims would be quite prestigious after all. I was thinking when Noh Jusup stabbed at my sides with a grin.

“More importantly, who was the person that came to our class yesterday?”

“Who?”

“That tall and pretty sunbae. Was she a second-grader?”

I saw Han Dasom’s body flinch.

“Ah~ She’s from the composing department. She wanted to do a song with me.”

“Do a song?”

“I promised to participate as a performer. So I followed her and learned a bit about composing songs as well as watching her make one.”

Noh Jusup tilted his head.

“Really? How did that sunbae know about you though? She came all the way to the class as well.”

“Un?”

That was true indeed.

Thinking back, I remembered hearing that she had picked me after seeing me perform in the Improvement Concert but… that alone was quite strange. If she just needed a good singer, there was Lee Suh-ah and Kim Wuju as well.

It was good for me because I thought that I would learn a lot by cooperating with the top student of the composing department but, what did she see in me? While I was in thought, teacher Kang Heewon gave a clap.

“Ah! There’s one more thing I need to let you know.”

Raising my head, I could see teacher Kang Heewon gazing around the students within the class. After glancing around, she rested her chin on her hand with her elbow on the lecture desk and smiled.

I felt an ominous presentiment.

When I was in thought with a blank expression, the teacher finally opened her lips.

“Do you guys watch youtube a lot by any chance?”

“Yes!”

“Then has anyone seen this video before?”

Click.

Along with the sound of a key being pressed on the keyboard, light started to be emitted from a screen located in the corner of the classroom.

A large TV was turned on, and on that, something was being played.

…Don’t tell me.

I was thinking, ‘no way, there’s no way’ while watching but… unfortunately, the starting scene was all too familiar. Morning, in the pathway to the main building, the camera slowly turned and showed a building in front of which stood a pair of a boy and a girl.

And after that, Han Dasom and I…

Unable to watch any further I closed my eyes, and could hear teacher Kang Heewon’s seemingly laughing voice.

“It’s the video with Yunjae and Dasom coming out and this video had recorded 300,000 views on youtube.”

“Wow~”

I could hear laughter mixed into the gasps of admiration.

300k? This got 300k? I don’t know – conversations like that could be heard through the chuckling of the students.

You’re laughing?

I was about to open my eyes into a glare but held it back.

…Right, I admit it. Back then my practice had been lacking and the song seemed quite funny. As if to prove that, Lee Suh-ah sitting over there had her head lowered with her shoulders shaking and was in full-scale laughter.

“Puph. So bad. Ahaha.”

“…Enough laughing.”

Teacher Kang Heewon who had tortured me for a few minutes like that turned off the video with a click. She then stared at Han Dasom and me before smiling.

“Yunjae and Dasom. Thanks to you two spreading your efforts to the outside of the school, the teachers were very glad. And that’s why talks came out, that to encourage students to do more creative and amazing activities like Yunjae and Dasom…”

The teacher that had been slurring the end of her sentence clapped as her eyes flickered with light.

“We have decided to open [Future Arts High UCC Contest] especially!”

…What contest?

*

UCC Contest.

After hearing the explanation, it meant something like this.

[Make any video you want and the team with the highest number of views is the winner]

* But it shouldn’t bring dishonour to the reputation of the school.

With my arms folded, I thought.

Mhmm…

This – the backstory was just too obvious. Should I try guessing how it happened?

[One day, the teachers discovered that Han Dasom and my video were popular for some reason.

The comments were positive as well.

‘It’s cute to see the kids trying hard; they’re good at singing; the school building is good as well…’

Seeing the spread of positive reactions of the Future Arts High… they finally thought.

‘Ah, we can just publicise our school like this.’

And with the thought to strike when the iron is hot, they decided to open a contest throughout the school…]