•AUTHOR'S POV•
The day that had a surge of excitement arrived faster than anybody could have imagined. Everything behind the stage was chaos. The conundrums of the students, their stage-fear, the first timers.. Everything hit them simultaneously. But even after all this the atmosphere seemed lit and radiant.
And yes the contest began in just a blink of an eye. Each student sang with their euphonious voice confidently and shined bright like a diamond every time they entered on the beautifully decorated stage.
Eventually, it was now Ethan's and Adrian's turn to do duet performance. At the backstage, Ethan adjusted the sleeves of his black leather jacket and grabbed the drumsticks. Adrian cleared his throat and sighed. They entered. Ethan sat. Adrian grabbed the standing microphone in his hands. Suddenly, the stage lights were darkened to cherry red. The spotlight fell on both of them. Their performance began with Adrian saying
Put your loving hand out, baby.
'Cause I'm beggin'
( The beating of the drums began)
I'm beggin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your loving hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your loving hand out, darling
Ethan particularly insisted Adrian to perform this specific song since it is a lot of his type and has continuous drum beats.
•SOPHIA'S POV•
I was sitting with the audience spending my time with Michelle, sharing my laughter, cracking jokes. It was almost so perfect. But, then I heard the next contestants coming. Ethan. It is Ethan. I immediately paused myself and looked carefully on the stage. I saw him. Him. He is wearing a black leather jacket, adjusting his drums and we made eye contact. He winked at me. My mouth was left a centimetre open. The song began with the opening lines of Adrian. It is 'Beggin' song by Måneskin. "Oh my God." I said to myself. He is so aggressive on stage. For the first time, I saw another personality inside him which I could have never thought of. "Never knew Ethan was like a lion leading and commanding the stage." said Michelle. I said nothing but nodded slowly again shifting my attention to Ethan. My eyes were stuck only on him as if the world around me disappeared into ashes. The particular moment felt so unnatural and there was a weird, unfamiliar feeling inside my stomach. He is an extremely fast paced drummer. An aggressive one. He sweated alot. I could see his one side of his jacket falling off. He looked devastatingly handsome, heat radiating from him. I looked at Jenny. She was staring into my soul as if I had stolen from her that was owned by her. I was scared for a second the way she has such an unsettling energy after what Ethan told me about her.
•ETHAN'S POV•
I am like a beast on stage. My hands are automatically beating the drums after thousands of practices I did. But my eyes are on Sophia who was dressed so elegantly and wore a cream coloured attire. However, my attention shifted towards my mom who is sitting just in the V.I.P front line. I passed a warm and genuine smile at her. Our performance ended with huge claps and standing ovations. I felt extremely proud of how much of a lit performance my buddy and I delivered. My hands were basically begging for some rest and my body needed some water. But, I heard it is Sophia's and Michelle's performance. "Nah..I am probably having water later on.." I thought and sat with the audience.
•SOPHIA'S POV•
"GURLLL!! WHAT THE HELL! IS IT OUR PERFORMANCE!?! WAIT AFTER ETHAN'S AND ADRIAN'S PERFORMANCE? NAH, I AM GOING BACK HOME. AFTER SUCH AN ENGERTIC PERFOMANCE, PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY HATE ON US..AND I AM SO FREAKING ANXIOUS." I said while saying the same thing over and over again to Michelle who calmed me down eventually going backstage. The mood of the stage shifted from cherry red to bright yellowish kind of golden colour. Michelle began.
I was a ghost, I was all alone, ha
In the dark, ha, on this road ahead, ha . Given the throne,
I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen I was meant to be
It is "Golden" song by HUNTR/X from K-pop Demon hunters. I particularly chose this song because of how it echoed my whole childhood, of how I underestimated myself every time thinking I wasn't enough but never realising my own value. Our performance ended with my high note
~Oh, I'm done hiding
Now I'm shining like I was born to be
Oh, our time, no fears, no lies
That's who we're born to be
You know we're gonna be, gonna be golden
We're gonna be, gonna be
Born to be, born to be glowing
We shine bright
You know that it's our time, no fears, no lies
That's who we're born to be~
Our performance is finally over. I am trying to catch my breath. Everybody was impressed by us. Besides this, we got hootings and standing ovations too which mattered to me a lot. I went backstage again with Michelle to drink some water and gain some energy. But I want to go to the restroom to relieve myself. I was heading towards the restroom but suddenly like literally out of nowhere, I collided with a well-dressed, middle-aged woman who looked affluent and delivered a bossy aura.
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