“You said the competition is today, right?”

After hearing that question from the person next to her, Gaeul nodded her head.

“Is it in the evening?”

“No, I have to go after 2nd period.”

“Really? Then are you going to skip classes?”

“Probably.”

“Sounds nice. On a day like this, I’d love to ditch class and play outside,” said her friend as she looked outside.

The weather definitely looked good today. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky outside. The sun that was high up in the blue sky looked like a ceiling light in a theater. Today, her juniors would also get to act under one of those lights.

“Over there, if you’re gonna chit chat, you might as well raise your hand and do it openly,” said the history teacher as he smacked the chalk on the board.

Gaeul became quiet.

As soon as the period was over, her friends all rushed to her class. During nationals season, the school hung up huge banners above the school gates and on the walls of the school. ‘Win the Grand Prize this year too!’ - thanks to this promotion line, everyone knew that today was the day of the competition.

“Those of you going to cheer for the acting club, go downstairs and get on the bus,” said her homeroom teacher who came in as soon as it was break time.

It seemed that the 3rd year students who had...