Chapter 2: He's Got Some Guts

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Dawn's POV:

"Are you going to the cafeteria???" The same big bully asked Ash and he nodded as his response.

"Then you should go with us." The same big bully stated and he walked to Ash with his hands inserted in his pockets and he locked his gaze to Ash's brown eyes when he got closer.

"You're inviting me then???" Ash asked appearing to be interested about the offer.

"Of course! You're the new kid around afterall!" Big bully said and patted Ash's back with a force. "I'm Ezlan. Leader of the gang... Welcome to the class, by the way!"

"Nice to meet you, Ezlan!" Ash extended his hand and Ezlan was obviously surprised about his action.

Ezlan received the handshake and Ash was clearly smiling genuinely while they were doing that.

"Alright, now let's go?? Shall we??" Ezlan led Ash out of the room and were soon gone from sight.

I took out the lunch box from my bag and began eating alone.

"May, are you going to go to the student council now??"

I heard a classmate talking to May, a classmate who is currently part of the student council body.

"Nah~ I'll be going to my brother's school this lunch..." She replied and took her bag before she left.

I stayed in the room the whole lunchbreak mostly sleeping on my desk after I finished eating my lunch.

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...🎶"It was just a piece of your music that I heard from the audio clip you've sent......

...It was just a few notes you've played yet I ever wanted to hear more of it.......

...How come it kept on playing in my mind......

...How come it's been recorded and-"...

..."And.... "🎶...

The strumming of the guitar stopped and I longed to continue hearing it but it didn't play again anymore.

For a short silence in the room, I opened my eyes realizing that I have been sleeping all the while and was only brought back to my consciousness after hearing the song of someone.

When I tilted my head from my desk, I caught sight of a black-haired guy holding a guitar. He was tapping his pen on a paper that was on his desk and his foot was also waveringly beating onto the floor.

He began to play a plucking again and sang the same lines he sang before.

...🎶It was just a piece of music that I heard from the audio clip you've sent......

...It was just a few notes you've played yet I ever wanted to hear more of it......

...How come it kept on playing in my mind?...

...How come it's been recorded in my head?...

...How come I am still hearing it over and over again?...

...How come I can't forget the melody that etched a sweet refrain?...

...Can you please just one more time...

...Play to me that musical line??🎶...

And he followed it with a playful plucking rhythm before he played off a prolonged cord.

"Gotcha!!!" He exclaimed after finishing the song that he even got up from his seat with a big smile raising the paper that was on his desk.

He turned his sight to my spot and he was suddenly silent biting his lip after seeing me as if he was surprised of my presence in the room.

"Oh~ Did I wake you up???" His concerned voice inquired and he sat down back quickly on his seat.

I lifted my head and looked on my sides realizing that there was no one in the room except the two of us.

He was still looking at me interrogatively when I returned my gaze at him that I even stuttered when I replied.

"N-no~! Not at all~~! I'm good." I replied to him and quickly averted my eyes away from his gaze and onto the desk.

"Oh, really?? Well.... That's fine then... I forgot that there's actually someone around here. I think I got caught up with what I'm doing just now. Hehe~" He replied simply rubbing his nape before he took hold of the paper and he looked at it.

"I-I guess you really did..." I muttered to myself and hugged my bag after I placed it on my lap.

"Say then... Since you-uh... I think you've heard me just now... So what do you think???" He suddenly inquired that I lifted my brows confusingly at him.

"Oh~ What I mean is this." He said and picked the paper on his desk and showed it to me before his face that I noticed it to be a written lyrics of the song he was singing earlier.

"You were.. Uhm~ Composing then, Huh????" I told him and he closed his lip forming a smile with his eyes displaying a sense of happiness as well and he succeeded with a couple of nods.

"It's nice... I think..." I replied to him and I got to hum the tune of his song for a short time.

I saw him smile even more vividly hearing me and he even gestured a thumbs up to me.

"You sound nice too! I guess you'll be better singing than humming then." He spoke and chuckled on his seat.

He sat on a better position facing me and he tapped the side of his guitar with the pick he was holding.

"Wanna sing along then???" He asked and started playing his instrument smiling at me like he was saying to sing along with him.

"Come on... Just the lines I sang earlier..." He insisted but I only looked to him. "Oh~ Yeah.."

He rested his guitar on his lap with the strap around his neck and he took hold of the paper that was on his desk. He then folded it until he was able to make an airplane origami.

He threw the paper plane to the air and it flew straight to my forehead. I even heard him chuckled on his seat and gave me a peace sign with his fingers.

"Alright!" He spoke and held his guitar and began strumming.

...🎶It was just a piece of music that I heard from the audio clip you've sent......

...It was just a few notes you've played but I wanted to hear more of it......

...How come it kept on playing in my mind?🎶...

He eyed me and continued strumming as if he was waiting for me to join him in.

...🎶How come it's been recorded in my head?...

...How come I am still hearing it over and over again?...

...How come I can't forget the melody that etched a sweet refrain?🎶...

I have least realized that I was humming with him already that made him smile while he was singing.

...🎶Can you please just one more time...

...Play to me that musical line?🎶...

At the last sound of his guitar, he made a soft whistle before he clapped his hands with an open mouth smile.

"You should have sang along..." He said.

I only smiled shyly at him and he started to play a different song on his guitar. It was a song that I easily recognized as the new recent song that has been released by the Alpha Band Chorus. I knew the song so I was able to at least sang along with Ash's singing.

...🎶Ohhh-ohhhh🎶...

...🎶Every shadow brought upon by the sun brings in a figure of a silhouette......

...Every strum on my guitar by my arm sounds behind the pressure on the fret....

...And every music, every note, every line that has been written yet,...

...Are all made possible just because of what's behind the set.🎶...

And he played a lively intro for the chorus...

...🎶And now I'm telling it's you who's behind my smile~...

...Who's behind my mind....

...I've been dreaming of you some time at nights,...

...And before those nights....

...Cause I've been thinking if you have been alright,...

...If you're safe and sound...

...Cause simply it's you...

...Who's occupied my heart... 🎶...

Ash continued to play the instrumental part and he is undeniably getting the vibe of the song and it's melody.

"Woah~?! Is that ABC's 'Behind My Smile??? I have been listening to it since before and kept it on repeat over and over again!"

Brock exclaimed after entering the room that interrupted both me and Ash from continuing. He even showed us his playlist from his phone before he went to his seat.

There were also others who followed after him and most of the girls who have heard gathered around Ash when they entered in.

"So you can play a guitar, Ash??? And it was ABC's you have sang! You sounded like the lead singer of that band!" They told him which I easily heard from my seat since they were talking with loud voices given the feeling of excitement.

"Yeah~! Ash is so cool! He really sounded like ABC's Flame Meteor, the lead singer and guitarist." I heard Iris stated gritting her teeth after that.

"Eeeh~! Just don't forget Blizzard Comet, the band's drummer, and Aero Asteroid, the one who plays the keyboard!" I heard Misty interrupted and I heard a long squeal from them.

"Hey~ I heard that they've disbanded though~" Paul, who sat behind me told Clemont in a whisper.

"R-really???" Was Clemont's doubtful response that he even fixed his glasses because he moved his glasses after hearing Paul.

"Shhh~" Paul quickly covered Clemont's mouth and eyed him.

"I have just heard it though. You can't let them hear you... Our classmates will likely argue with it.." Paul whispered to Clemont but little did they know that I was able to hear them behind me.

Besides, I am not that of a deaf person.

But, hey, ABC disbanding??

I can't imagine it... They've been a secret band that never showed their faces in the public or even in their music videos since the three months they started getting famous and to hear that they'll be disbanding?? That will be pretty heartbreaking for those who actually loved their music and would want to know who they really are...

"So Ash, are you an ABC fan?? You seem to know a lot of their songs!" I heard Serena talking to Ash since he has already played a couple of ABC's songs.

"Well.. You could put it that way, I guess.." Ash replied.

"Well, I think it's natural since ABC is really amazing!" Iris exclaimed.

"Laaammmee~" Ezlan suddenly interrupted the cheerful talk and he raised his feet on his desk.

"ABC is a band of cowards! If they're really amazing then there's no need for them to be hiding behind masks and should just reveal who they really are to the public.." Ezlan straightforwardly stated crossing his arms over his chest and everyone else fell silent before him.

"How can you say such rude thing about them, Ezlan??!" Iris asked back being offended.

"Nothing in particular, Iris... It's only too obvious isn't it?? They're hiding something, that's the fact. ABC is not so cool and great as what you think about them...." Ezlan supported his claim.

"It's their way of giving mystery it's meaning. It's the attracting aura that ABC has developed and it's part of their identity exposure..." Iris mumbled and Ezlan only eyed her that she didn't say anything more.

Sooner, the teacher came and our classes began.

During dismissal, Ezlan has announced on the microphone of the school about what he said regarding the bad things he believes about ABC and seemingly some students were offended by it specially Iris who pursued him to be brought to the Principal's office.

I have returned the book I have borrowed from the library before heading my way home and then I passed by the printing and photocopy room. I ended up hitting myself against a person who came out carrying a pile of photocopied papers with drawings on it that those papers fell to the floor.

"Huh~!? Oh no, I'm sorry. I was clumsy enough.... Wait~ Is this Ezlan???" I raised the paper with a drawing of a character that looks like Ezlan but was chubby and ugly in looks.

"Oh~ that's mine!" The paper was quickly taken from my hand and that's when I got to see whom I encountered.

"Shh~ Don't tell anyone... I am going to make him receive his consequence for what he has done about ABC by posting these drawings of mine around the campus... Please don't spill this to anyone, okay???" Ash pleaded before he broke into a run carrying those papers.

Did he just said he'll do such as that?? He's got some guts...

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End of second chapter! Signing out~! 👋

#ABCband

{Original Character: Ezlan}

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