The next day at school Shiko felt her life get faster. As if it was being fast forwarded. She spent the next few weeks with little to no bullying because she was always around Kuro, Haru, Aiko or even the YNTK. Kuro and Haru spoke to Zero and convinced him to allow the karaoke competition. As Haru expected; Zero didn't resist much; thinking of it as an opportunity for students to embarrass themselves. So Shiko kept taking deep breaths as they all started practicing. She practiced with Kuro alone in the music room and sometimes even at her own house as Hikari became their audience. Later; they practiced in Kuro and Haru's room as Aiko and him became their audiences. And vise versa, because they were also planning on entering the competition separately. So was Kuro. It wasn't allowed to compete as groups so they were all going in separately. They kept practicing all four before finally Shiko worked up the courage to do the same in front of the YNTK. Her talk with Hikari gave her strength to be in front of them. So now and then; she'd find herself strong enough to stand in the council room. Practicing with Ningyo, Tsubasa, Kuro and very rarely Yami. She couldn't believe her stage fright had gotten so much better. She ALSO couldn't believe she could interact with the YNTK like she had been doing. She thought less about their pasts and tried not to ask too many personal questions. Slowly the Karaoke competition drew closer and closer. A list of people who'd enter became public. The Trouble Trio, Shiko and her three friends and many other students that Shiko didn't know was entering. And even though it hadn't been made public; Ningyo was gonna sing a song too right before the winner was announced. Just for fun. Shiko felt herself getting nervous as the day of the karaoke competition drew close. Everyone was focusing on their own practices so the bullying rate had gotten a little lower. The Wednesday show & tells took a stop for a while and the first exams passed. Shiko got nervous; wondering why tripple trouble hadn't tried to trip her down for so long. But she tried to not think about that and focus on herself. The karaoke competition, was coming up...
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Teen FictionThe world is cruel indeed. Our story takes place in a school where that is no joke. Bullies are normal and nobody cares enough to do anything about them. Woman who don't bully are treated as fragile as paper and the men are supposed to be hard wille...
