𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒂𝒚 | AOUAD

-ˏˋ⋆ 1.1 - ɢʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ

𝕲𝖗𝖔𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖚𝖕 as a human, wasn't that fascinating, especially in this cruel world. There is always a greed for everything, everything means everything from water to blood, from food to money.

Now being a student is not easy when you are a volleyball player representing the school and are expected to score the highest grade. Well, I am a volleyball player but just an average kid in terms of academics.

My practice will begin in another 30 minutes, I have 2 bags on my shoulders, one has my team uniform which I just changed into and the other has my usual books.

I am on my way to meet On-jo unnie to give her my book bag. That's her daily task. When I enter her class, I see students cleaning the classroom; cleaning the floor, wiping the green board, arranging the benches and cleaning the windows. I see a random student near the brown shelves, I call her "Um... hello. Do you know where On-jo unnie is right now?" she scoffs as soon as she heard the name 'on-jo'. Then she rolls her eyes before replying, "I don't know" with that she gets back to her cleaning. Damn, that's rude.

I then turn back and get back searching, when I turn back to my heel, I bump into someone, and I stumble back, rubbing my nose. I look to see who it was, it was a tall dude, with a slim figure, he was holding his bag and he wearing a blazer. "ON-JI!" I hear a familiar voice calling me. I look behind the dude, it was my sister and her friend.

"unnie! You are finally here, I have been looking for you all day. Can you take my bag? Please." she nods her head and takes my bag from my hand. "wow it's so light. Do you even bring books in it?" she asks while swinging it to her back. "I just brought my English book and a random rough book and of course my pencil case," I say sheepishly. Then she makes a motion to hit me.

But Cheong-san stops her, "aish! You should be proud of her. She is representing the school even though she is 2 years younger than us." "Exactly unnie." I tease her. "you punks. Anyway, when will you come home?" On-Jo asks me. "Around 6 PM, but after that, I have after school," I say. She nods in agreement. I bid goodbye to everyone and leave the spot.

I quickly run to the teachers' room to meet Mr Lee to give him the science project file that I have missed giving it to him in the class. When I enter the room, I see no sign of him, but I see Ms Park and a few other teachers. "hello Ms Park." I greet her. "Hi, On-Ji. Did you trouble the teachers again?" she asks in a jokey manner. "no, I came to give the file to Mr Lee, but it seems like he is not here. Ms Park, will you please give the file to him when you see him? I have to go to the practice right now." I ask her. "yea sure." she replies. I give her the file and thank her and leave the room.

I come outside the school to go to the volleyball court, which is on the other side of the ground. I see On-Jo unnie and her friends. Wow, I see that my bag and unnie's bag are with Cheong-san.

I finally reach the building, when I enter, I see the team archery practising. When I am walking to the other door, I spot Hari unnie sitting with a bow in her hand. I gave a quick smile and waved at her. She returned those gestures.

I finally open the door to the volleyball court. I see students scattered around and just then Coach San enters, "pile up everyone! I have important news!" with this notice, everyone starts to gather around him, making a circle. "so I have enlisted all of your names for the national boys and girls team respectively. And you all should give it a tryout, it's like an audition. The ones who are selected will be in the national team, representing South Korea, the junior volleyball team. And the tryouts are next week, Wednesday, sharp at 9 AM in Hyosan stadium. Got it, everyone?" "YES, COUCH!" "Today practice, serving drills." with this everyone goes to their positions.

I get the ball, I make a simple server with my fingertips and the practice game officially starts.

-time skip, after the practice-

We hear the whistle go off. This means that today's practice is over. "alright everyone, today's practice is over. See you tomorrow. Go home safe." he dismisses the class. "On-Ji, can you tell Ae-Cha about this announcement?" "yes sir, will do" he smiles at me and I bid him goodbye.

I look at my phone, it is almost 6.30 PM and I got a notification from unnie 30 minutes before.

'Hey, we are going to Cheong-San's chicken shop at 7.30? do you want to join?' that was the text. I reply by saying that I couldn't and I have after classes.

I enter the school building, and I see only the first-floor lit, which indicated that there are students still present. I go to one of the bathrooms and change my clothes to simple and comfortable wear.

I go to my designated classroom, I see the teacher sitting in the classroom, waiting for the students to come. I go near my table and take my seat.

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After feels like hours, I look at my watch, 8 PM. One more hour to go. We all hear a sudden sound, which sounds like someone's banging on a metal surface. This sound lasted for a few seconds and it died down. Weird. Who could make such a noise in school at this time?

"Ignore it and let's get back to work." with this the teacher gets back to teaching.

-time skip, 9.15 PM-

I am on the bus, on my way back home. I finally reached home around 9.30 PM. Dad is awake. He told me to freshen up and he's gonna serve dinner. After freshening up, I had dinner and we were off to bed.