Three days before the school’s festival, the club did all their best to improve and blend their talents well. Suviss ended their practice performance with a last drum. So then, the performance ended and Tia started clapping her hands.
“Perfect! That was fabulous!” She proudly remarked as she walked towards Arthviu. She then messed up his hair and pinched his cheek.
‘So cute and hard working.’
The girls also walked towards her to receive a pat on their heads. So then, she also messed up Suviss’ hair who hesitantly walked closer to her.
“You all have done a good job. I am excited to watch your final performance in your school’s festival.”
“Thank you so much, teach!”
“Teach, please take this.”
Tia looked at Natasha who took something from her bag. She then handed her a paper.
“A ticket?”
“Yes. It’s a ticket for the school festival.”
“Oh, thank you. I’ll come to see you all at the festival.”
Arthviu who’s watching furrowed his brows. He got irritated to see that Tia already had received a ticket for the school’s festival. He should have been the first one to give the ticket! Damn it!
The next day came, the club decided to not practice for a while and that they should rest, which is why Tia had nothing to do. Tia decided to go to Sean’s workplace that day.
Sean put a glass of milk on the table of his office where Tia occupied his seat.
“Is it for me?” Tia asked, surprised that she actually forgot to drink one this morning.
Sean nodded as he walked to his mini kitchen to peel an apple.
“Thank you, Sean cutie.” He heard from Tia.
He had a small smile on his lips while walking towards the kitchen. He is happy that Tia spent her time with him. He had been worried about her these past weeks because she would come home late at night. He cannot even pick her up because his ‘other self’ was with her. He is also worried about the possibility of meeting that student coincidentally which he knows will cause a problem in the future.
After peeling and cutting the apple, he served it to her.
“Thank you!”
He tapped her head with a smile on his face.
“I’m worried you’ll be bored.” He sighed.
“I’ll be fine as long as I have an internet connection.”
“Wouldn’t it bore you?”
She took a peck of an apple. “Nope. That’s why you should have an internet connection in your magic tower.”
“I had it there.”
Tia’s eyes expanded. “What? When?!”
“After you visited Zeuyuera?”
“How did you have it? Don’t tell me you have something like a satellite?”
“We don’t have one.”
“Huh? But how?”
Tia stared at him intently as she waited for his answer. She was so serious to know how he did it. So then, Sean’s lips curved as he showed a thumbs-up and said…
“Magic!” with glittering effect.
Silence engulfed them as they stared at each other. So then Sean realized how embarrassing the pose he did. His cheeks flustered and when Tia suddenly burst out laughing, his head erupted.
“I-I’m going to work.” He lost himself to nowhere as he walked straight out his office but he even bumped his head to the doorframe.
“Oh my God, are you okay, Sean?” Tia stood up worried and was about to go to him when he raised his hand to gesture to her to stop.
He was cupping his head when he looked at her.
“I-I’m fine. I’ll treat this right away. I should go now.”
Tia was left hanging in the middle of nowhere without any idea how she would react. Should she laugh with what she just witnessed or get worried because Sean clumsily injured his head?
She found herself chuckling a bit after remembering the pose Sean did. She is blushing because of how cute he looked. It just became funny because he made a cute pose with a serious look on his face.
She went back to sit and took a sip of her milk coffee. However, she almost spit it out after recalling it again.
“HAHAHA.” She laughed again after gulping down a sip of the milk.
That whole day, Sean could not look her in the eyes because Tia would laugh when their eyes met.
Sean’s work was done for the day they left the hospital together. As predicted, medical staff were looking in their direction. It was not merely about Sean having a woman with him but they were also curious about who he is with. Since the day they were seen together, Sean had become the talk of his hospital and everyone was curious about this woman.
“Can we drop off to the sidewalk before going home?” Tia asked Sean when they were near the exit.
“Okay.”
“Yayy!”
At their back, a man stopped after hearing Tia’s voice. He just went in from the entrance and he heard a familiar voice. He turned his back only to see the back of two people. His eyes widened after seeing a woman with red hair as he could only think of the woman he wanted to meet so badly.
He wanted to approach the couple but he hesitated half-way because he remembered that his daughter was waiting for him.
“Is that you… Tia?”
He could only clench his fist as he looked at the woman’s side profile from his distance. His chest suddenly felt heavy as he looked at the woman’s smile. He can see the real Tia… He can see her within that smile.
He closed his eyes to suppress the tears that wanted to come out. He then turned his back and continued walking towards the hospital room of his daughter where she was admitted.
The next day, Tia could not go to Sean’s workplace again because she woke up late. She can remember Sean waking him up but she feels so good in sleeping that she does not want to get up. Sean did not want to force her so he let her be as he told her that he is going to work.
Later that day, after finally getting up from bed and having a meal, she heard the doorbell. Since she was free, she stood up from just relaxing on the sofa to go to see who was outside. After opening the door, she saw Arthviu outside the gate. She immediately went to open the gate for him.
“Hello, Cyn.” She greeted him with a wide smile.
She is calling him Cyn now since he once asked her to call him by his nickname. It was a bit surprising that Sean and Cyn had almost the same nicknames too.
“Don’t you have school for today?” She asked.
“I skipped.”
“Why?”
“The school is busy for the upcoming school’s festival anyway.” He paused. He then hesitated a bit before speaking again. “Can I practice with you?”
“Of course. Come in.” She invited him in.
Arthviu could not suppress his feeling of envy while looking around the house. It is just everything… Everything is his dream. From the formation and landscape of the garden, to the garage, and to the outer appearance of the house. He was even more amazed after seeing its interior design. It was simple but elegant. He likes the combination of three colors within the house.
Arthviu was so mesmerized that he did not even notice that Tia was watching her because he stopped walking after they arrived at the living room. He even bumped the sofa without realizing it.
“Do you want to take a picture?” Tia beamed as Arthviu realized what state he was in.
He tried acting normal. He showed a cold look but he cannot waste the opportunity she gave so he spoke, hesitantly.
“Can I?”
“Of course,” she replied enthusiastically to not make him uncomfortable.
So then Arthviu took a picture of the interior of the house. Tia invited him to sit on the sofa and he did so. After his admiration of the house, he finally decided to practice. Tia listened to his song while looking at how he strummed the guitar. She would compliment him with his hardwork and dedication until then, they found themselves recording a video of them singing together. It just naturally came to their minds to film so then they watched the performance together.
“You improved a lot from when I first saw you performing.” She remarked before tapping his shoulder.
“Thanks.” He muttered and for the first time, he smiled at her.
Tia does not want to show too much reaction from that growth but she could not help but stare at him as she can see the image of Sean smiling to her. Her heart then overflowed with ecstasy.
After the practice, Arthviu went straight home. Upon opening the door of his home, he stopped, petrified, upon seeing his father embracing a half-naked woman. The woman was on top of his father who was sitting on the sofa.
“Arth?” His father was shocked to see him as he expected Arthviu to have gone to school.
Athviu tried his best to suppress the disgust, shock and anger feeling he had by clenching his fist. He then started walking past the living room without batting an eye to his father. He went upstairs hurriedly as he locked himself in his room.
He then felt the weakening of his body and he fell on the floor. His body is trembling and all negative thoughts swirled throughout his mind. He then found himself crying soundlessly while pulling his hair in despair.
He did not expect this to happen. He cannot believe that his father is now bringing that woman in their home where his own family reside. How could he shamelessly think about bringing his mistress to a home where he was once happy with his wife and son? How… could he?
It is the day of the school’s festival. Some students from the other schools have also attended the said event. This includes Tia who is now perfectly wearing a disguise. She wore a black wig and a bit of thick makeup for her to look mature. She also wore formal attire to fit her ‘mature’ look. The reason why she decided to look older is because she was once asked by Natasha about her age. When she told them that she is ‘twenty two’, they told her that she looked younger like a high school student.
Sean wanted to support her and come to the school’s festival too but it will cause a problem. So he could only take her to the school.
“You don’t have to open the door for me.” Tia retorted when Sean went out to open the car’s door for her.
A lot of people were looking towards their car and it even got more attention when an extremely handsome and charismatic man came out.
Sean kissed her head. “Take care.”
“Yes.” She watched him go back to the car. She then waved her hand when he ran to the car and left.
When the car disappeared in her sight, she sighed before turning back to see Arthviu’s school. She then started walking towards the gate as people started talking about her.
“Is she a model?”
“Damn. She is gorgeous.”
“Was she the girlfriend of that handsome man?”
“Is she a parent?”
Tia looked around to look for Suviss who said to be waiting for her in the gate. She spotted him to the guard’s house so she raised her hand to wave at him.
“Suviss!”
Suviss flinched as he unconsciously stood straight after realizing that he was actually staring at his teacher and not a gorgeous woman who will be attending the festival.
“Teach?” He ran towards her, still dazed that his teacher was actually this attention-grabbing woman.
“Yes. This is me.”
He gasped as his cheeks blushed.
“You’re so beautiful, teach.” Those words naturally came out of his mouth. He wants to compliment her no matter what. She needs to hear that she is really an apple of the eye.
He could not understand why his teacher needed to disguise herself but he then remembered that she is a celebrity. He is worried now. What if she gets discovered? But he could not even recognize her with that disguise so it would be alright.
Tia chuckled as she tapped his head. “Let’s head in.” Suviss just looked so cute to her because she can see Ruvis in him.
“Yes!”
They walked together to the school where they caught much attention again.
“Is she your mother, Suviss?” Someone asked to Suviss.
“No. She’s my music mentor.” Suviss answered, proudly.
They walked to the school’s hallway until they arrived at the music club.
“Let’s start changing!” Suviss immediately announced excitedly after opening the door.
“Why are you here? I thought you were waiting at the gate?” Natasha started nagging after seeing Suviss without their teacher and arrived with some woman.
“Where is Teach? Did you not see her?” Ruzelly asked as she started choking him. “What if Teach gets kidnapped by other clubs?!” She started shaking his head. “Teach is so beautiful that they might think that she is an angel! Do you know that there are some students who just grab a woman?!”
“W-Wait— T-Teach is—” Suviss could not speak because he started feeling dizzy.
“Did you wear a wig?”
They all stopped when Arthviu spoke. They got confused as to why he was talking to the woman behind Suviss earlier.
“I had to disguise myself.” Tia answered with a smile. She is happy to see them all getting well.
Upon hearing the woman’s voice, Ruzelly dropped Suviss in shock.
She gaped. “T-Teach?”
“Yes?”
“Is that really you? Oh my God! I’m so sorry I didn’t recognize you!”
Tia could only laugh with their adorable reactions. She told them to start preparing because she wanted to see them warm up. She helped them with their outfits. She also checked the condition of their instruments in case.
Some moments later, Tia is now cheering her panicking students in the back stage. She would tap their back to calm them down while Arthviu is holding her hand tight. The other club mates would glare at him because they are jealous but they could not beat Arthviu’s sharp eyes that were sending them threats. With the look in his eyes, he seems to dislike if one of them holds Tia’s other hand.
Minutes later, their band was called to the stage and they had a group hug before they went up to stage. Tia heard the loud crowd of girls, screaming Arthviu’s name. The screaming was so loud that she can already say that he is popular in his school. As expected of a ‘Sean’ in the other world.
Arthviu’s gaze turned to her after settling the microphone. She then showed him a good fighting spirit to cheer him up and he replied to her with a smile.
So then, Suviss’ drumming started the performance and the group started rocking the whole school’s gym. Tia could only panic from the back as she watched all of her students did all their best to pull an amazing performance. When Arthviu’s voice echoed all over the place, everyone got silent to listen to his soothing voice.
She could not help but tear up with the gratitude she felt because of them doing a good job. Her heart was pumping so fast as she suddenly remembered her first school performance in her first life. It was like this. It started with a band in her school where she got scouted by an agent. It was a very memorable moment to see Troy cheering him up on the back stage because she was so nervous before the performance. She still can remember his face on the frontline of her first concert… How could she forget those first times where her first supporter was only Troy?
“We did it, teach!”
She came back to her senses when the girls jumped towards her.
“Yes! Congratulations! That was an amazing performance!” She hugged the girls to her arms as she sobbed because she could not take it anymore. She is just so proud of them as she is also feeling nostalgic.
After hugging the girls who also cried in her arms, she messed up Suviss’ hair.
“You have a good future, Suviss.”
“Thank you, teach!” Suviss could not suppress it, he wanted to embrace Tia but before he could do that, Arthviu pulled his shirt to take him away from her.
Tia’s eyes meet Arthiu’s. She thought that he might want her to give him a hug so she raised her hands to invite him but Arthviu started wiping her tears with his handkerchief instead.
“Your makeup is ruined.” He commented with a frown on his forehead.
“You look uglier than before.” He added.
She could only laugh as she concluded that Arthviu is that type of person who does not show his feelings through the mouth. She found herself pinching his cheek.
“You’re so cute.”
Arthviu stopped wiping her face for a while and continued it after clicking his tongue.
“I’ll take that as a compliment.” He muttered, frowning.
She chuckled.