Brighter Than Sunshine

Chapter 24: How Will I Know

Chapter 26: First day in Andong

3rd Person POV:

The students arrived in the area at lunch time, food are already prepared by the cooks. Everyone is busy unloading their luggage and Ryujin is busy flirting with Lia on their way to their cabin which didn't go unnoticed by the other members.

Everything is going well for the both of them, Ryujin thinking that the possible confession will be just fine. No more what if's and no more hesitation.

For Lia, it was nice to finally breathe some fresh air and get out of the school premises, just to enjoy the view that's in front of her. Of course it's an additional bonus that she gets to spend some time with the person of her interest. She notice Ryujin's side remarks with hint of jealousy anytime Soobin comes near them. She couldn't help but think that maybe Ryujin likes her back or maybe she's just friendly like that.

It was in the afternoon where they were told that they have free time to explore the area around Andong and to also unpack their remaining stuff; activities will be started around late in the afternoon.

The sun was setting when their professors called them in the main hall to start the activities, some few parlor games were initiated but there were also an announced impromptu talent portion in which anyone can join

"Hello students!!! Are you ready for the talent portion???!!" The mc/professor announced wherein the crowd goes wild, chanting and shouting to hype the situation

"To officially start our talent portion, few students from the choir will be singing - please give a round of applause!!!" The mc shouted which brought the crowd into a frenzy mode, suddenly a calming piano started and few students came into the stage and started singing Melting by Twice

After the performance, two more singers performed "Aigoo that sounded like angels singing the song!!" Few moments later, "By the way, there's a rumor going around the campus!! Two of our students got into JYP! If it's fine with them, can they perform at least one song???" The MC hyped up the crowd once again.

Ryujin and Yuna couldn't help but look at one another, thinking that there's no other students in the campus who joined JYP but them. The cheers got louder and louder until they both decided to stand up, completely bashful and shy with what's unfolding in front of them.

"Do you prefer to perform together or separately?" The mc carefully asked "we'll just perform separately, we didn't really prepare anything special" Ryujin says over the mic

Yuna decided to perform Twice's TT while Ryujin performed NCT's Kick It, just like how they performed it few months ago.

The song started and everyone in the room goes wild. It's not the first time Ryujin performed live but she loves the feeling of performing. She gets this sudden rush inside of her that she never felt whenever she's doing anything else rather than dancing. For a moment, she says to herself that she could never imagine herself doing anything else than performing.

She pulled her sleeves and started dancing with the song. Boys and girls are cheering and shouting at the top of their lungs, charmed and enchanted by the girl performing in front of them. They couldn't believe the effect that Ryujin have, as if she's a pheonix hiding behind her school clothes. They never thought that a shy girl inside the classroom could be this talented.

Girls and boys are completely going crazy and it's not too long for Lia to notice that Ryujin's effect doesn't just affect her but also everyone around her. Sooner or later, everyone will see how truly special Ryujin is and that scares her a bit.

 She couldn't help but think that she got a whole universe as a competition when it comes to liking an idol and that thought slowly creeping in at the back of her mind. Suddenly, every insecurities dawn upon her, that Ryujin most likely only see her as one of those fans' that adores her.

After the activity for the night, lots of students are still surrounding Ryujin, hoping to talk to her before the school year ends. As much as she wanted to rest, she knows how important having a good image when it comes to being an idol. She still got a lot to learn when it comes to her attitude and she's very grateful for the attention she's been getting for the past few weeks.

Lia on the other hand is on the edge every time someone approaches RYujin for an autograph, thinking about how others should at least give her some space. She also understands that this feeling she gets is very uncalled for and she's aware that she still got to work on her insecurities more. 

After all, they're not together.