Chapter 11.10 - Act 11: Slowly 10 (2/2)
That was why the more recent ones didn’t have their names written.
Coming to an understanding, I resumed staring at the painting as Yun Soojin-sunbae nonchalantly continued her words after throwing a glance at me.
“That’s good then. I was thinking of placing it in the club room after the exhibition ends.”
“Sounds like a good idea.”
“…”
She quietly stared at the painting for some time, before touching the end of the canvas and opening her mouth.
“You know what, actually I wanted to draw the kids in, but my fingers wouldn’t move when I tried to.”
“…”
Her eyelashes slowly lowering down towards the ground appeared sorrowful.
“Two years ago, we had quite a lot of people. We had slightly less than the musical club so we were on the big side compared to other societies.”
From what I remembered, the musical club had around fifty members, so it seemed that there had been around that many people two years ago. I was baffled, wondering how that could suddenly be reduced down to around ten members, when sunbae’s voice dug in through my ears.
“But… after I came in, there was a little incident with the musical club and… last year, they all left in huge groups~. And this year… you know the rest right?”
“What exactly happened…”
In response to my question, Yun Soojin-sunbae with her gaze lowered to the ground tapped her feet and replied.
“Nn. They fought, apparently. With the musical club.”
“…”
“Well, the number of members was on a decrease from before that but that incident was like a turning point. Our society’s atmosphere wasn’t good either and… there were also bad rumours about us so this year, I wasn’t expecting anyone to be joining.”
…That’s the reason for their strange publications huh.
I observed Yun Soojin-sunbae with a myriad of emotions when she suddenly raised her head up and met her eyes with mine.
“But these days, it’s good~”
Wearing a bright smile, she patted the painting and joyously continued her sentence.
“When I go in, it’s bustling with people~ they smile a lot more~ and practise hard as well. Don’t you feel a bright aura just like this painting?”
“…You’re right.”
As I replied with a grin, she stared at me with a warm gaze.
“Thanks for coming. Let’s do our best together!”
“Yes.”
She patted my shoulder a few times before walking away with a wave.
“…”
Staring at her back, Song Mirae nodded and added a bit more words.
“You know, that president of the Musical Club, Kim Sukwon. That guy seemed super upset about having people taken away by our society. Maybe it’s related to what happened before.”
Hearing that, I entered a deep contemplation.
Well, Kim Sukwon wouldn’t have been there two years ago, but he might have heard about it while taking over the club president position.
‘For some reason, I keep getting involved with that sunbae.’
Soon, I organised my thoughts with a shrug of my shoulders.
Regardless of what happened in the past, the things I had to do were the same.
Practise hard, learn about musicals and make a good performance.
As long as I do that, other problems should be naturally solved right?
Thinking that, I laid my foot on the main building with a smile.
*
Since we decided to do ‘Animal Farm’, now it was time for us to allocate the roles.
“Hmm… First off, the protagonist, ‘dog’ role will be taken by Jo Yunjae…”
“Yes.”
When I nodded from teacher Hong Yoojin’s statement, Lee Suh-ah sneered from the side.
“A perfect fit.”
…Feeling slightly offended, I was having a staring contest with Lee Suh-ah when Chloe suddenly turned towards me and reached her hand out.
“Hand!”
“…”
Dumbfoundedly, I stared at Chloe’s small palm before thinking, ‘ah whatever’ and placed my hand on top of hers. Seeing that, she began laughing aloud.
“Huhuhuh. So cutee.”
Suddenly I was being treated like a dog and was getting patted by Chloe, when teacher Hong Yoojin tapped the white board.
“You guys. Focus a bit would you?”
“Sorry.”
We closed our mouths shut as the teacher then resumed her words.
“And Mirae will be the ‘goldfish’ role. Dasom chose ‘rabbit’ huh? The songs for the rabbit are a bit more difficult so that’s a good decision.”
Since it required a higher vocal range, Han Dasom might be the only one that could pull it off properly. After reading down the list of names and our chosen roles, the teacher reached the end and called out Lee Suh-ah’s name.
“Suh-ah, you chose a ‘cat’? The cat doesn’t have that many lines though, right?”
Lee Suh-ah, who had been staring indifferently at Chloe, turned her head away with a flick.
“It’s fine.”
“…Well, it’s up to you. Now, since we finished choosing our roles, let’s actually start practising, shall we?”
Shooting out of her seat, teacher Hong Yoojin carried her heels across the floor and continued speaking.
“The scripts and the music sheets I handed out last week – is it safe for me to assume that you guys have all read it and are familiar with it?”
Considering how the music sheets had been given out a week ago, everyone should have definitely read through it at least once. Checking that we all nodded, the teacher came to an abrupt stop.
“But can you be certain that you have properly read through everything?”
“…”
We all rolled our eyes and avoided eye contact. Haughtily, the teacher gazed down at us before turning her gaze to me.
“Let’s see it then. Oi, protagonist over there.”
“Yes.”
“Come up and sing your part.”
“…”
As expected, it’s the main vocal that gets beaten first huh…
I slowly stood up from the seat with blinking eyes and headed to the front of the club room. From behind, I could hear Han Dasom’s whispering cheer.
“Do your best…!”
Gradually, I formed more distance with the club members while getting closer with the teacher. After meeting eyes with teacher Hong Yoojin, who had her eyebrows lifted up, I turned around.
There, I found twenty-or-so members staring at me and only me.
“…”