Chapter 1

Riu's POV

Say why do people tend to fall in love to someone they can't have? It's just so pathetic. I can't understand why'd they waste their time and efforts unto something that will hurt them. Just why open your heart and give them the privelage to either care for it or just break it. I sound like a bitter person but I'm not. It's just... I've had enough of those crap.

I'm walking down the hallway on my way to my club. It's just the start of our school year and we need to do something to recruit new members so we need to prepare. I ain't that good in arts but at least I get extra curricular right?

"Hey, you're not yet going home?" asked by a girl smaller than me with a copper red head whose name is Hale which is my best friend by the way.

"Nah, I have a club meeting today" I boredly said, well it's not like I don't like being in the club, I just feel so restless this days even though the school just started a week ago.

"Your life sucks Riu" that goes without saying Hale. I didn't answer but I did frowned by the thought of it which made her laugh. We then headed out of our room since it's supposedly the end of the day but I can't even go home yet.

"Just why does our classroom has to be on the 3rd floor? what a punishment for the seniors"-Hale

I know right. I pity my legs since after I walk down this building I still need to go to the second floor of the left wing building. I just want to sleep but I don't want to skip either, they can easily notice if I'm there or not, I'm the only woman in the group after all. Let's just deal with this.

Hale went home and I'm currently in a meeting regarding the upcoming audition for our club.

"Riu, what do you think of our plan this Friday?" asked by our leader, the one and only Adrian. Arrgh! why ask me? I'm not even in the right mind to say anything. Oh well it's not like I have a choice.

"Well I do think that having 2 categories in the audition is good. After all even though we focus on art and designing at times that we need to do our job it's better that we know where they are good at so the work can be done easily. Other than that this also allows us to help them improve on what they're not good at. We just need to judge fairly and see who really deserves to get picked. Honestly speaking, on the judging I'd rather we choose those who have perseverance and not just potential. Having potential is good but if they don't have perseverance, their talent would be just a waste in our club. The art club is not a club for those who just want to escape their school lesson or a place to have leisure time, it's a place where you grow together" I seriously said. Well even though I always look bored this club it doesn't mean that it's not important to me. "Very well said, ok so will wrap this meeting up now so we can go home and rest, to summarize our plan for the upcoming audition, we'll be occupying the first room at the 3rd floor which is basically room 3-A" Oh that's the room besides ours, good it's close.

"It will be held at the same day as the audition on the other clubs as usual and we'll be having the portrait and calligraphy category, is there anything that you might want to add or say?" Adrian asked, but we just said that the plan is already ok. *sigh* wooooh finally I can go home.

So I'm actually in front of our house and is basically on the door but I don't feel like going inside, arrgh nevermind let's just get over it.

---Friday Audition---

A few days passed and here we are on the first awaited event of the students for the school year since there's no lessons. Well I was like that too anyway. "Hey Riu is everything set?" asked by my close friend from the other section. "Yup, all is good here Jay" I told him as we finished setting up the room. "Guys attention, we'll be opening the room for the participants in a minute so I want you to do your job properly so we can pull this off, Got it?" And so with that being said by Ian(Short for Adrian) 2 of our people opened the doors in the room.

I can actually see that there's quite a number of participants compared to last year which is basically just the 7 of us.

The room is starting to get filled which is actually great, it's surprising that they're interested in joining our club considering that our club has a lot of work to do. There's some juniors and freshies, I just hope they do their job if they really want to get picked. I walked around and held the camera firmly so it won't fall if I accidentally bump into someone, after all this is important for documentation. As the students get in to the chair they want to sit, our new club adviser entered the room and explained the mechanics of the audition while "us" the members are monitoring.

30 minutes have already passed since they started drawing and you can definitely see who's giving effort and who's not. Some of us are busy watching the other participants while the others are either drawing for fun with the participants or admiring those who obviously has talent. We only gave them an hour and a half for this category, hope they utilize the time properly at their advantage. Very much to my surprise the door that was closed opened and someone went inside making me look. "I'm sorry I'm late, can I still participate on the audition?" asked by the black haired newcomer. Judging by the blue ribbon she has, she's also a senior, hmmp you have guts coming here late and still want to participate.

Our adviser allowed her as long as she can finish it in time so she quickly went at the back of the room and sit near a short haired girl, judging by their actions to each other I assume their friends. Why am I even staring at her arrgh look away Riu. I started taking pictures of the participants but then I found myself pointing the camera to that black haired woman and absentmindedly took pictures. I looked at the photo I took and look at her... and there's only one thing I can say, she's beautiful. Damn! why so weird Riu, snap out of it.

Pulling myself together as I walked to the front I then stopped after realizing something. I turned to look as I remembered, she's her...

The girl I saw on the hallway last school year...

She's the girl who smiles with a sad eyes...Just why are her eyes like that...

I don't like it... I hate it.