There are only two people embracing each other comfortingly. One crying, one appeasing.

“Alice, thank you so much!”

“Leviz, I have to thank you. I would not have gotten trapped in the previous exam if you had not helped me. I won’t forgive them if they hurt you.” Alice helps Leviz stand up, brushes the dust off his skirt, and wipes Leviz’s tears with a very affectionate look.

The two hand in hand walk to class. In the distance, I smirked and then headed back to class.

My class is on the 8th floor, I run to the elevator that is about to close. A handsome looking friend sees me running and presses the open for me.

‘Thanks.’

It is just me and him in the elevator. I wonder that this time is definitely late. If anyone is outside of class, how can he be outside of class? Looking at his uniform, I realize that he has a gold tie clip with the word “student council president”.

His scent is wooden, delicate and faint. His face deserves to work as an actor because it can allure others with his eyes or smile.

He says, ‘Are you a new transfer student?’

‘Yes. I’m Ivy, it’s a pleasure. You are…’

‘I’m Vincent, student council president.’

He looks at me and then looks away. His expressions do not look very interested in me. When the elevator opens, two of us walk out.

The class is at the end of this corridor. They’re starting their voice lesson in the room. He comes to the nearby conference room. I follow the direction he pointed, it turns out to be a large auditorium. I open the door. Many people in the class look at me with weird eyes.

‘Well, you’re a new student, aren’t you? Come in.’

The teacher is younger than I thought. I have seen her in some film magazines. She invites me and announces, ‘This is a new student in our class, she’s just moved in the middle of term. She ranked in the top 10 students who excelled in the entrance exam. Give her a round of applause. Could you introduce yourself to others?’

‘Hi guys. My name is Ivy, nice to meet you. Looking forward to your help.’, I force a smile at this welcome.

Looking around, I see the characters participating in the parking lot. Before starting to learn, I see there is a student council president earlier and a few people are discussing something outside, then they open the auditorium door and enter the stage. Everyone in the room howl loudly as if they had never shouted before.

‘Student council president!!’

‘So handsome.’

‘President Vincent is coming to my class!! Ah... so handsome.!!’ ...

They all howl loudly until the teacher clear her throat, but there was still a murmur all around.

’’Hi everyone, I’m Vincent, student council president. Coming up, we have a European tour with the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. We will select 50 people for this play. Everyone has the opportunity to participate and I will be one of the judges there. Hope everyone can participate. Please register in the main hall. Thank you.’

After saying that, he walks out immediately. Some girls in class look at him as a beast and think of ways to make others defeat the casting. Because of this competition, the next few days, those people do makeup, spray perfume on their whole body, and huddle together in groups of three or seven who plan to do later to even get the role of the masses. It’s all been chaotic over the past few days. The hall is crowded. I don’t care too much and just see what they are doing next.

As soon as I turned around, I coincidentally bump into Vincent. He is a little bit startled but also keeps his composure.

‘I’m so sorry!’

‘It’s okay.’ Then he made a circuit into the lobby.

I walk towards the stairs. Walking for a while, I hear the voice of someone there. It is girl's voices.

‘I need you. you know Alice can’t get into the casting. I’m going to transfer tonight.’

‘We’re taking a bit of money!’

‘Don’t you want a role in the upcoming play?’.

I go down and get closer and closer to that sound. The person’s silhouette becomes more and more obvious. Oh, it turns out to be that person…