"Sei! Melody! We've come to see how you're doing!" Astrin barges in before jumping up in shock, "Whoa! Are you guys okay?"

Lying on the floor is both Sei and I as we pant heavily for air. None of us answer Astrin as we don't have the energy to. Sweat that was coming out of us is slowly turning into a pool.

"Seems like both of you worked hard." Yukio chuckles before raising up a bag, "We've bought refreshments."

As they head towards us, we both sit up as they sit beside us. Yukio hands Sei a towel as he instantly begins to wipe his sweat. Instead of handing me a towel, he puts it on my head before drying my hair.

"I can do it by myself." I pant.

"Just let me do it. Astrin, give them the energy drinks." Yukio demands as Astrin opens the bag and hands us a water bottle.

Both of us chug it down before wiping our mouths. 

"So how did it go? Did you guys come up with a dance?" Astrin asks tilting his head.

This gets Sei and I to look at each other before smiling, "Yeah, we did."

"I wanna see! I wanna see!" Astrin chirps excitedly.

"Let them rest. They probably non-stop dance the whole time!" Yukio scowls but both Sei and I stand up before looking back at them.

"It's fine. We can do it." we both answer at the same time before taking our position. 

As the music starts again for I don't even know how many times we've played it, our bodies already know the dance to it. I pretend that I'm Astrin when it's his part and when it's Yukio's part, I pretend to be him. When the music finally ends, Sei and I pant heavily as we look up to the sky at our connected hands. Finally letting our arms down, we turn towards the two surprised boys.

"So what do you think?" Sei asks as I wipe my sweat again with my shirt.

Yukio smiles happily, "I can't wait to see the final of this."

We both smile back at him before noticing the energetic amber hair boy not talking. He's looking down as his hair covers his face.

"Astrin, what's wrong?" Yukio as we all head over to him.

Sniffles could be heard from him as we continue to wonder what's wrong with him until he suddenly jumps onto all of us. His arms wrap around us as he cries out.

"I love you guys!" he shouts as we fall to the ground.

"Idiot! Don't say that, the president could hear us. There's rumors that he cloned himself the same number as the students here so they can listen in on them." Yukio slaps Astrin's head.

He cloned himself? I know he's crazy but not this crazy. I hope.

"Anyways, let's teach them the dance as soon as possible so they can as much practice as they can." I speak standing up dusting off my shorts before smiling at them, "So we can win the prize and be on top."

They all look up at me before smiling and nodding. 

Looks like being absorbed into their happiness isn't so bad.

~~~~~

Biting the tip of my quite long nails, my feet top repeatedly on the floor as I wait for the boys to finish changing. Chattering can be heard from outside getting me to peek behind the curtains to find all the seats occupied by people mainly students. 

"Melody-chan! Let's go to the front seats!" Ringo shouts grabbing my attention. 

Looking towards him and the changing room, I bite the bottom of my lip wanting to wait for them to come out. And right on time, they reveal themselves in their stage costumes. A smile appears on my face as they are fixing a few parts of it. Astrin catches my presence first, of course.

"Melody!" he chirps rushing over to me.

"Hurry up. We're starting in a minute." I gesture as they jog over to me.

We all stand at the side of the stage peeking out to the audience. I can feel their nervousness as the announcer begins to speak after the group before us finished performing.

"This performance is the final one of the day. This group consists of three idols and one composer, all in A-Class. Please welcome, Astrin Alfred, Sei Hikari, and Yukio Hashimoto!" 

Looking over to the boys, I see their nervous faces as I just smile and look at them brightly, "Come on now. We've practiced this so many times. You guys are going to do great."

They look at me before smiling.

"We wouldn't have done so great without you." Sei states getting my eyes to widen before smiling.

"We did this all together. As a team." I correct as they just smile even more.

"I know! Before we go! We have a good luck charm!" Astrin pipes up.

"Eh? But what will it be?" Yukio asks tilting his head as Astrin begins to think before an idea pops in his head.

"How about this?" he leans towards me giving a kiss on my forehead. 

Everyone's eyes widen from this including mine as I watch the boy who kissed me smile cutely before heading to the stage. 

"Wai—" I try to talk to him but that's when Sei also leans in and kisses my left cheek while Yukio kisses my right.

Without me noticing that I was blushing, I just watch their backs as they head towards the stage. Where they belong. Pushing the kisses aside for now, I smile as I can't wait to see how their future will turn out to be.

~~~~~

Sitting there in the crowd along with the rest of the audience, Hyuga and Ringo both sit at my sides as I look up to the stage. Being in the front row isn't so bad, especially right now. As the chattering dies down, I find lights flash onto my friends as the music starts with them singing too.

I say

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

Ubuge no kotoritachi mo

Itsuka sora ni habataku

Ookina tsuyoi tsubasa de tobu

Akiramecha dame nanda

Sono hi ga zettai kuru

Kimi mo kanjiteru yo ne

Hajimari no kodou

Ashita yo kaware!

Kibou ni kaware!

Mabushii hikari ni terasarete kaware

START!!

Kanashimi ni tozasarete

Naku dake no kimi janai

Atsui mune kitto mirai o kirihiraku hazu sa

Kanashimi ni tozasarete

Naku dake ja tsumaranai

Kitto (kitto)

Kimi no (yume no) chikara (ima o)

Ugokasu chikara

Shinjiteru yo... dakara START!!

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

Ameagari no kibun de

Takamaru kitai no naka

Tsumazuita koto sae mo

Omoide ni shiyou

Ashita ga saku yo!

Kibou ga saku yo!

Tanoshii Merodii kuchizusami saita

DASH!!

Yorokobi o uketomete

Kimi to boku tsunagarou

Mayoi michi yatto soto e nukedashita hazu sa

Yorokobi o uketomete

Kimi to boku susumu darou

Sore wa (sore wa) tooi (yume no)

Kakera (dakedo) itoshii kakera

Kanata e to... boku wa DASH!!

Mata hitotsu yume ga umare...

Kanashimi ni tozasarete

Naku dake no kimi ja nai

Atsui mune kitto mirai o kirihiraku hazu sa

Yorokobi o uketomete

Kimi to boku tsunagarou

Mayoi michi yatto soto e nukedashita hazu sa

Yorokobi o uketomete

Kimi to boku susumu darou

Sore wa (sore wa) tooi (yume no)

Kakera (dakedo) itoshii kakera

Kanata e to... boku wa DASH!!

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

Hey, hey, hey START:DASH!!

My eyes sparkle as I find them breathing heavily but also beautifully. The whole place was silent as I don't notice the huge smile on my face. Suddenly, loud claps of cheering erupt the whole room as people stand up all around. The two teachers beside me do the same with a smile on their face. That's when the lights turn off and I stand up rushing over to the back stage wanting to see the boys.

When I arrive, I find them there panting as they wipe their sweat. When they see me, they also smile along as I jump over to them. We all fall down as we laugh smiling like idiots. 

Ah, I'm definitely an idiot for actually getting dragged by them to be like this. But it ain't so bad.