THE ZOO [FF NCT AESPA]
The Part 24

“Hya, again.” Giselle pulls on Jeno's arm which she is using to become a selca wand.

“Again? We have taken pictures more than 3 times,” Seru Jeno protested.

“Aniya, but ugly all,” said Giselle annoyed.

“Here-here, just try me,” Taeyoung put his hand together to take HP Giselle.

“Mwoya.” Kang ssaem came with 5 bottles of mineral water. “you are not nervous?” Ask.

The entire band smiled and exchanged glances. Now they are behind the stage of the band's race in commemoration of Chuseok which will fall in 5 days. The entire band did not look as panicked as they once did. They were casually talking and joking with each other.

“Maybe because we've performed this song,” guess Hendery.

“Oh the one in the parlor huh?” Ask Kang Ssaem who still remembers the story of his students when they visited the orphanage with the charity club.

“Ne,” nod Yangyang. “should Kang ssaem come, there is exciting,”

“Haha. Thank goodness you enjoyed it,” Kang ssaem opened a bottle of mineral water and gave it to Giselle.

“Gamsahamnida,” Giselle took the bottle and drank it immediately.

“Stay do your best, and n...”

“Enjoy your games,” say Yangyang, Jeno, Hendery and Taeyoung.

“Ahahaha! Till memorization!” Exclaimed Giselle who almost choked on hearing her members finish Kang ssaem's sentence.

“Ahaha, yes.. yes you already know,” Kang ssaem laughed while patting Taeyoung and Hendery on the right and left.

...****************...

Taeyoung stared at the mading on display near the main entrance. He was amazed by the speed of information the broadcasting club had. On that day, there was news that the band club from Seo Seoul school won the 3rd place in the High School Indie Band Chuseok Festival held last Saturday.

“Yooo!” A loud header was received by Taeyoung from the side.

“Yuta hya!” Taeyoung.

Yuta ignores Taeyoung's upset voice. He read the news attached to the mading. “heol, win again?” He asked while pointing at the mading in front of him.

“Vote 3,” said Taeyoung confirmed.

“Ya the ‘kan win,”

“Iya anyway.” murmured Taeyoung.

“Chukae!” Yuta walks while embracing Taeyoung's shoulder. “This is from your song?”

“Release.” Taeyoung took off Yuta's arm and hit his back slowly. “makeku and others,” he corrected Yuta again.

“Yeah anyway....duringaatttt!!” Yuta who now hugged Taeyoung until he had difficulty breathing.

...****************...

PLOK PLOK PLOK

Giselle and Yangyang looked timid as they were about to return to their seats. They just came from the broadcasting club to do a live broadcast about the race they participated in yesterday.

Haechan, Minjeong, as well as several 1-3th graders clapped their hands to welcome Yangyang and Giselle.

“Cieee..” Goda Haechan.

“Be quiet,” Yangyang smiled widely while pushing Haechan's body.

Minjeong who was sitting on Giselle's table looked closely at Giselle who was sitting back in her chair. “Yesterday I saw the race table, ‘will be on local TV,”

“Yes. I also see,”

“I too,”

Some of Giselle's classmates responded.

“The song is so cool, Giselle ah,” Minjeong raised her thumb.

“Honestly I prefer your song, than the champion 1,” chirps Haechan. “jinjja hya, I do not exaggerate,” he said while forming a number two on his finger.

“Ey, gwaenchana. They got the champion 1 because there are superior to us,” Giselle flicked her hand.

“Vote 3 is also good,” said Yangyang while taking his tablet out of his bag. “supposedly, you see this one,”

All of Yang's friends are getting closer to her tab screen. Yang then tuned in to the band performing their song ‘I’ at the orphanage a few weeks ago.

“Wuaah.”

Decak amazed Yangyang friends heard when they saw the children on the show cheered enthusiastically even sing along following the voice of Giselle.

“Daebak, I got goosebumps,” commented Minjeong while stroking her arm.

“Wooohooo..!”

The sound of calls from the home and charity club were crowded, heard from the speakers of the Yangyang tab whose volume was quite tight. Haechan automatically clapped to see the appearance of his friend who had been recorded.

“Keren.” praise Haechan.

“I'll soon upload it on my account, hehe,” Yangyang smiles happily while squeezing the screen on the tab.

“Very many of his children,” Minjeong is still amazed by the atmosphere of the parlour that he saw through the screen of the Yangyang tablet.

“Mm,” nod Giselle. “yah about 20 people. There are people the same age as us too,”

“Ah, you must see the performance of Hong ssaem, our theater teacher,” chirps Yangyang who still has an exciting spectacle for his friend.

“Hong ssaem?” Minjeong.

Which then set the look of pantomime and magic done by Hong ssaem.

The pantomime their teacher displayed was so cute that Yangyang's friends laughed and clapped their hands while staring at Yangyang's tablet.

...****************...

Since that race, Taeyoung has not been a member of any club. As a 3rd grader, he was already unable to attend club activities and had to focus on the college entrance exam he was due to take in November next year.

Taeyoung is no longer coming to the school club building which is quite far from his Science department building. His only activity he fulfilled by studying until late at night.

Hendery, aided by Giselle, is still preoccupied with band club activities; handling the band's regular club practice schedule every Thursday. Hendery felt the increase in the ability to play music experienced by all members of the club.

Kang Ssaem is not only training Giselle. Now he trains all students who are interested in becoming a vocalist in this band club.

Some bands formed in band clubs already exist who dare to take part in inter-school band races. Sometimes, when there is one band member who is still not confident with his performance, both Yangyang, Giselle, Hendery and Jeno, are ready to become replacement members.

“I thought you were here,” casually, Johnny walked into the band club room with Yuta.

They found the friend they were looking for. Taeyoung was seen sitting on the couch in the band club room while holding an acoustic guitar that he had been playing. The room looked empty. The entire second and first grade students had already gone home from earlier. Taeyoung deliberately asked Hendery not to lock the room, so that he could relax before returning to class to follow the curfew.

“Out first snow, loh,” said Johnny as he walked to the cupboard belonging to the band club. “ don't want to see?”

Taeyoung laughed, showing his teeth, “Why should I see the first snow with you? Haha,”

Johnny is seen advancing his lips annoyed, he then continues to observe new trophies that decorate the wardrobe of the band club.

“Aigoo...” Yuta took a seat and leaned his back on the soft sofa. “just a few weeks left the band club, already miss playing guitar?” Goda.

“Haha.” Taeyoung laughed crisply while still sticking his left finger on the guitar string. “a long time I have not been to this room,”

“O. I did too,” said Johnny who suddenly turned his body to look at Taeyoung, after he had seen the new trophies in the closet of the band club. “for a long time I did not play basketball, aigoo.” continued Johnny dramatizing his condition while twirling his right shoulder.

“I'm normal,” chirps Yuta.

“You ‘kan often skipped training,” sambar Taeyoung without seeing Yuta who was sitting on his right.

“Aniya.” Yuta pushed Taeyoung's body to the side.

“Taeyoung ah, you've been to BK room ‘kan?” Ask Johnny who this time sits in the chair behind the keyboard. “just you're the one who hasn't collected,”

Taeyoung replied with a headband. “Tomorrow I was called to BK,”

“It's been a week, you still haven't decided?” Yuta pushed Taeyoung again. “choose one, instead of having to talk to teacher BK,”

“Hya, it's ‘kan questionnaire for the future, where can you fill carelessly,” said Johnny in a fairly high tone.

“What direction did you choose?” Yuta asks Johnny who looks confident while filling out the questionnaire of the destination college major that their homeroom teacher shared a week ago.

“Business Management,” replied Johnny. “if you?”

“International Relations,”

“Mwoya,” now Taeyoung nudges Yuta's thigh with his guitar. “asal select?”

Yuta nods confidently without guilt. “from his name, sounds cool,”

“Ckckck, this you.” Johnny shook his head in disbelief at the behavior of his friend.

“So I met Doyoung, and asked what college major he chose,” Yuta still continues the conversation. “I think the name is cooler than my choice,”

“What is Doyoung option?” Taeyoung changed his sitting position to face Yuta completely.

“Food-Science,” Yuta answered while moving his right hand from left to right. “cool, ‘kan?”

“Haha, yes, yes,” Johnny laughed through Yuta's remarks. “only Chemical Engineering students can enter that department. From now on, you focus on the majors you choose,”

“Arasseo.” Yuta answered by advancing his lips hearing Johnny's advice. He also now patted Taeyoung's arm. “you still haven't chosen? What is waiting for advice from teacher BK?”

“Ani,” Taeyoung Gel. The answer was greeted with curious eyes from Yuta and Johnny. “if I choose Psychology majors, what do you think?”

“Ha?”

“Psychology?” Johnny parroted after staring at Yuta who was also twitching his forehead.

“O. It seems that I am interested in a science that studies human mentality, human behavior, and the flow of the human mind,” Taeyoung explained as she pointed her eyeballs upwards like she was imagining something. “i've always been curious about the human figure itself,”

“Ah geurae? I didn't know you were interested in such a thing,” Johnny smiled and said in a warm tone welcoming his sahabant choice.

Yuta nodded to Taeyoung. “By also,” comments. “again the name is also cool,”

BUCK

Taeyoung put a sofa pillow on Yuta's face. “hya, I'm different from you,”

...****************...

Jeno put her hand in her padding jacket pocket. He sat down on his chair. Currently the class looks crowded, all students who have opened a laptop on the table are seen playing games while waiting for the teacher who will come to enter his class soon. He glanced at his new friend. In this 2nd semester, the guardians of class 1-1 randomized their seats and made Jeno get a chair beside the window, with Karina sitting on her right side.

Jeno still glanced at her colleague who was asleep with the laptop on her lap. Karina made her cheeks as a pillow. Karina turned her head towards the window and faced Jeno.

His lips slightly pursed because of the pressure from his cheeks that he made as a bed. Jeno is seen raising both ends of her lips for a second and then lowering them again, hoping no one sees her.

Jaemin who was sitting behind Jeno restrained his smile. He clearly saw Jeno's cheekbones rising as he stared at Karina. Jaemin then threw away his face by continuing to stare at the window that displayed the daytime sky in winter.

Karina suddenly opened her eyes. Makes Jeno shocked. Karina was staring at Jeno while still putting her head on the table. “you noticed me?”

Jeno moved her lips and scrunched her forehead. “A.ani!” Rebuttals.

“But our eyes meet,”

“Su... I told you no!” Jeno, trying to deny Karina's true accusation.

“O!” Jaemin.

Jeno quickly turned to the friend behind her.

“Jinjja?” Karina immediately returned to the upright sitting position to see the small snowflakes that first fell this year. “wah. yes.”.

“Come make a request,” invite Jaemin.

“Mwoya, indeed there is a birthday,” Ningning who is sitting next to Jaemin, commented briefly while focusing on his laptop screen that is displaying the game he is playing.

“Not that, Jaemin ah,” Karina looked at Jemin sitting behind Jeno. Those first “snow, should be seen with the person you like, so that your love is eternal,”

“Jinjja?” Jaemin laughed at Karina's myth.

“Heol...more weird again.” comments Ningning.

“Both are true.” Renjun spoke who suddenly stood up and smacked Ningning's head softly. He looked at the window and enjoyed the first snowfall. “the name is also a myth, so you can trust any one,”

“Woo. the literature club.” sneer Ningning.

“There is someone you like?” Ask Karina.

“Eh? Me?” Karina appoints herself. “aa.. mm. ak.”

“Jesus you guys,” sela Jeno to Karina who has not answered questions Renjun. “ini ‘kan only natural phenomenon,” he said, turning off the atmosphere of discussion about the first snow myth.

“Heol, unromantic base,” Karina nudged Jeno's arm.

Jeno then threw away her face facing the window. Once again, Jeno's behavior, which was clearly seen by Jaemin, made Jaemin laugh softly.

...****************...

“Hyaaa jinjjja mianhae!” Giselle pleaded with Yangyang.

Giselle rubbed her palms against Yangyang to apologize. In this sports lesson, Giselle accidentally threw a volleyball towards Yangyang who was on the sidelines. This made Yangyang bleed from his nose.

Giselle was still staring at Yangyang who was cleaning the remaining blood from inside her nose in the tap of water that released warm water on the sidelines. “ini..” Giselle gave Yangyang a towel.

“Hya.. You are,” said Yangyang furious. “if smash the ball ‘kan forward, towards the opponent, why sideways?!” Excitement angry. “aish.. when I did not play volleyball, why did I get hit.” murmured with a raised voice.

“Hya mian, I accidentally.” Giselle is still apologizing to Yangyang. “still sick? Want to uks?”

“Dwaesseo,” reject Yangyang who is still checking blood from inside his nose.

“Ssaem!” Haechan's loud voice rang out to the sidelines. It caught Yangyang and Giselle's attention to look at her, Haechan was now seen pointing at the sky. “Snow!” yells.

Yangyang and Giselle automatically stared at the sky. Haechan said, the first snow has fallen.

“First snow..” murmured Giselle.

“Ya.”

After a few seconds, they stopped their gazes towards the sky.

“What a look,” said Giselle ferociously to Yangyang, when their eyes accidentally met.

“Hya, mwo?!” Who gnashed his forehead. “alak once you, after making me nosebleed,”

“Hya I ‘kan accidentally. Do I have to apologize 100 times?!”

“Geurae, try it..”

“Dor!” Minjeong came without realizing the situation of Yangyang and Giselle. “mwoya, why?”

“That ah!” Haechan came over to Yangyang while hugging his neck. “good news! I asked Min Ssaem to shorten the lesson hours because of the snow, and he agreed! Yey!”

“Yey!” Minjeong also exclaimed happily. “Giselle ah, let's go to the cafeteria!” bring him.

Giselle ignored Minjeong's invitation. He extended his hand towards Yangyang. “Mianhae,”

“Mwoya? You haven't apologized?” Minjeong.

“Sst! Shut up!” Giselle called out to her best friend. Giselle also repeated her apology, “Yangyang ah, mianhae, I was accidentally,”

“Hya what are you waiting for,” whispered Haechan.

“Ck, you this,” Yangyang nudged Haechan's arm with his elbow. Yangyang then grabbed Giselle's hand and received her hand. “geurae,” she replied.

...****************...

A first snow miracle also appeared in grades 2-3 majoring in Music. Xiaojun looked startled, he woke Hendery who was fast asleep on top of his English dictionary.

“Hendery ah.. hyaa!” Xiaojun shook Hendery's body so that he would wake up from his deep sleep during the daytime break.

“Wae wae wae?” Mark with high curiosity, asked Xiaojun.

“Give him first, jebal,” pinta Xiaojun.

Mark knocks on Hendery's desk until Hendery wakes up. Their efforts paid off, with a slightly swollen face left asleep, Hendery had already opened his eyes.

Hendery rubbed his eyes and tidied his hair. “Wae?”

Xiaojun also showed his HP screen. Mark is approaching. “Isn't this you?”

Hendery rubbed his eyes again. In Xiaojun's HP screen, he saw a display of himself along with his band, performing singing at an orphanage event they visited in early October. “Mm, it's me and the others,” replied Hendery still limp. “What's with that? Which indeed uploaded the recording on his Youtube account,”

“Hya, ani.. this is not a youtube account Yangyang!” Xiaojun moved his HP, furious with Hendery's reaction.

“Hya this page newspaper!” Excite Mark who managed to read the website address on the HP screen Xiaojun. “video you are much talked about!”

“Tu..wait.” Hendery raised his right and left hands. His brain that had just worked, could not process all the information from his two friends. “I was confused,”

“Ah you are,” Xiaojun sounds annoyed.

“So, that video that Yangyang uploaded a few months ago, has lately become a talk on the internet, to the extent that it goes to the Seoul daily newspaper, look at that, see,” clearly Mark while pointing back at the HP screen Xiaojun which if swiped down, will display some writing from the work of a journalist.

“Jinjja?” Hendery grabbed Xiaojun's HP and read it closely.

“Finally you are aware too,” commented Xiaojun.

Hendery read the news carefully.

The news said that the video uploaded by Yangyang had already been viewed 1 million times. Hendery increasingly read the news until the article brought up the comments on the Yangyang video.

“The song is so good,” Hendery read the comment inwardly.

“This song is like taking us flying free!”

“Where is that? Why do they sing in front of the kids?”

“Lol. I also sing”

“I've heard this song!”

“Omo, they performed this song at the chuseok festival!”

“I will subscribe to this account song, you also have to see their other videos!”

Hendery's eyeballs moved to and fro reading every article in that article. “daeebak..”

“What is not yet aware that he got so many comments from his video?” Mark wondered.

“Mwoya. You're a famous person now!” Xiaojun.

...****************...

A few days after Hendery learned of the fame of their video, Yangyang began to realize that he already had a lot of new followers on his account, and Hendery also said that their song is famous among young people who see videos of Yangyang.

The five of them had an impromptu meeting in the afternoon. Yangyang asked his band members to gather in the club room to talk about a message that Yangyang received.

“See,” Yangyang shows a message that Yangyang received from his social media instagram.

Hendery who stood closest to that Yangyang HP screen read carefully. It was a message from a producer for indie bands. The producer introduced himself and invited Yangyang to record the song I in his studio and publish their song officially.

“Mwoya,” Giselle shut her mouth in shock after she heard Hendery finish reading the message obtained by Yangyang. “s the recording?”

“Read the next message too,” pinta Yangyang which shows the next message from the producer.

Hendery read again. It was the second solicitation, regarding the producer asking them to perform at a new year's event to be held on stage near Namsan Tower.

“Daebak!” This time Taeyoung rounded his eyes in shock. “we became one of the guest stars?”

Nod Hendery. “Say, the event will be attended by a line of indie singers and bands, as well as some idols,” continued Hendery who just finished reading the entire message. “hyung, we will be paid, we will get paid,” Hendery lowered his voice while closing his mouth.

Jeno who had been staring at the HP screen which finally stopped bouldering and mulled. “what should we do?” Ask. Making the whole band look at each other confused.

“Pe..first of all, I have to reply to this message,” Yang who grasps again his HP. “I have to answer what?”

“You want? Recording?” Ask Taeyoung.

Giselle nodded the fastest. “..Ne..”

“Then to be a new year show filler? How?”

“I have no problem, oppa,” replied Giselle again.

“i also don't have any events during the new year,”

“Wah, you're so excited,” comments Yangyang.

“Mm!” Giselle nodded. “I'm so happy, hehe!” Giselle smiled sweetly replied to Yangyang's comments. “if you guys, how?”

“If for recording, I'm fine,” replied Yangyang. “but to perform on the big stage... Jeno..” Who glanced at Jeno, he still remembered that Jeno had problems when appearing in front of a crowd.

“I?” Jeno pointed at her.

“Ah is right too,” Giselle considering Jeno's problem. With his chest, he still hung a smile on his face.

“Gwaenchana, recording only, yes?”

Taeyoung and Hendery hear the discussion of his underclassman. They both knew about Jeno's problems.

They let the three first-grade students make a decision together.

“Mm, geurae,” nod Yangyang. “how, hyung?”

“Iya, it's up to you,” Hendery smiled and let Yangyang type a reply message for the producer who already contacted him.

“Wait,” Jeno makes a sound, stop the movement of Yangyang's thumb. “a.I want to appear.”

Taeyoung holds Jeno's shoulder. “Gwaenchana? It's okay if you mind,” Taeyoung tries to convince Jeno once again.

“Aniyo, hyung,” Jeno staring Taeyoung. “Publish our song without showing it in front of the audience, what's the point?” jeno continued with a smile.

“i think I'm starting to enjoy our performance on stage,”

“Wah, really?” Giselle smiled broadly at Jeno's progress.

“But I still need time, I can't be as confident as you guys,”

“Gwaenchana, be yourself,” Hendery scrambles slowly Jeno's hair.

“Mmm…. So... do we come on the show?” Yangyang asked who had been holding his thumb to make a sentence of agreement.

“Ya,” replied Jeno. “we will be present at that new year's event,”

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