Chapter 321 (1/2)

He slid his left leg backwards and took a bow. His right arm was on top of his bellybutton. He stayed in that position for about three seconds before raising his head again.

“I’ll do that as an introduction. It will be boring if I do it for too long.”

“Wow, you look really different, seonbae.”

Aram applauded. Maru shrugged before sitting down. They had started practicing Romeo and Juliet, the adlib version thanks to Aram’s suggestion. As they couldn’t ad-lib everything from beginning to end, they decided to practice just the crucial parts of the play.

“I’ll go out from time to time as the narrator. It’s an ad-lib after all.”

“Okay.”

The director of this play naturally became Aram. Daemyung had stepped back as well. There was no strict practice since this was a play where they should enjoy themselves. They just prepared the play when they had time left over after practicing for the competition.

“We got permission. 1 hour in the hall. There’s the applied music club’s performance right after so we have to pull out quickly after we’re done.”

Taesik entered through the front door and handed out drinks as he spoke.

“What time?”

“From 12 to 1.”

“That’s lunchtime though.”

“Other than that, there’s no time available. If we do it in the school field, we might have more freedom, but that sounds a little difficult, doesn’t it?”

“We can do the play wherever we like other than the hall, right?”

“No. The entrances of the buildings are for showcasing the prizes our school won over the years. I think the good places and good time slots are already taken by other clubs through a lottery.”

Hearing that, Aram abruptly stood up.

“I didn’t hear anything like that! What do you mean, a lottery?”

“The student council should have put up a notice before. On the noticeboard for the 2nd years.”

Aram rushed out the back door. Her loud footsteps could be heard from the classroom. After a while, she came back with a depressed expression.

“I think it’s already set in stone.”

“Probably. Well then, what do we do? We did get permission to use the hall, but if you don’t like the time slot, I guess we can’t help it. I did have a hard time getting it, but lunchtime is no good after all, right?”

“If we do it at lunch, no one will come to see us.”

“That’s true.”

After contemplating for a while, Aram spoke again.

“How about we do it on the school field?”

“The school field?”

Aram walked towards the window.

“The platform to the right of the school field. I think that’s a good place. It’s close to both the gym and the lab building. Also, we get school lunch on the day of the festival itself, right?”

“Probably.”

“Then everyone has to walk past that place at least once, so that looks like the best location. You did something similar at the beginning of the semester when everyone was going to get their lunch.”

Something similar. That referred to the event where Maru did a performance along with Daemyung and Bangjoo in order to attract new club members. Aram’s words sounded plausible. Considering how the students would move about, that location was definitely one of the important spots. The problem was that other clubs would be aware of this as well.

“They said that the main building and the lab building will be taken by the clubs that have applied for permission, so what does that mean for the school field? Do you think it’s first come first served on the day itself?”

Daemyung asked as he looked down on the school field. Maru was curious about this as well. Since it was a festival held by students, the student council should be the ones managing most of the things. Perhaps the school field was already planned out since there were plans for other places as well.

“I’ll go ask.”

Aram stood up this time as well. Today was Saturday, the 31st of July. As today was a half-day, there should still be some students at school. It was very likely that the student council was still here since it was only 3 in the afternoon.

“She’s hard-working. I guess we should help her out a lot.”

Daemyung made a smile of satisfaction. It seemed that he liked the fact that his juniors were enthusiastic about the club. Maru thought that Daemyung wouldn’t be able to cheer for her that much if he knew what her true objective was. After all, the more effort Aram puts into this, the bigger the level of panic that Daemyung and Jiyoon would have to go through.

“Moderately. Everything is good when it’s done moderately.”

Maru tapped on Daemyung’s shoulders. Daemyung looked confused. He would find out on the day of the festival itself.

“Seonbae!”

Aram came back and rushed in through the door. After panting for a while, she raised a fist in the air.

“We just have to win rock paper scissors!”

“Rock paper scissors?”

“Yes!”

After taking a deep breath, Aram explained the situation in detail.

“I went to the student council and asked, and they said that they’re dividing up the school field into different regions and are receiving applications for each area. I told them that we want the platform on the right, but there seems to be 7 other teams that want that spot. That’s why they decided they would hold a rock paper scissors match to decide who wins that spot,” Aram spoke in a proud voice.

“So, who’s going to do it?” Maru asked.

“For now, let’s hold one amongst ourselves.”

The club members gathered around. Then they held the first round of rock paper scissors. After a few repetitions, the winner was Jiyoon.

“I-I’m not good at this.”

“But you won though. Today is your lucky day.”

Aram grabbed Jiyoon’s arm. Jiyoon shook her head and pulled her arm out.

“I just won because of coincidence. Let’s try that again. Please?”

They had no choice but to do that again. This time, Daemyung won the overall match with rock.

“Uhm… I’m not really confident,” Daemyung spoke bitterly as well.

As they were actors in need of a stage, this was a sensitive topic. It was giving pressure to everyone because this rock paper scissors was going to decide that.

“Does it have to be that spot?”

“Yes!”

Aram spoke without hesitation. Maru sighed.

“Then do a match with me.”

“With you, seonbae?”

Maru looked into Aram’s eyes as he prepared to do a match of rock paper scissors. No speech bubble appeared above Aram’s head until the match finished.

“I won.”

“Then this time….”

Maru looked at Aram once more as he spoke.

“I’m going to go with rock.”

“Eh? Rock?”

“Yes.”

They raised their hands above their heads like last time. Aram smiled as though she found something interesting before hiding her hand behind her waist. At that moment, a speech bubble appeared above her head.

-He said he’s going with rock, but that means he’s going with scissors, right? Then I’m going with rock!

Maru lowered his hand in the still-clenched position. What appeared from Aram’s back was scissors. Aram twitched her eyebrows.

“Again.”

“I’m going to go with rock this time as well.”

“You’re not fooling me this time.”