| Real Chap— Lookism ep. 23 |
Ep. 20  Challenge

Y/N L/N.
An Elite combination of looks, height, fighting skills, and even fame.

Right after transferring school she easily took out Zack Lee. And she was the hottest girl in school.

She can even create beats and melodies for songs.

And this beautiful girl and her extraordinary handsome boyfriend...

'Is at my house right now!' Duke thinks as Daniel and you began to kick off your shoes, you whistled lowly as you looked at his house.

We planned to practice here for the festival performance.

'My house is so shabby. They probably never been in a house like this, what if their disappointed?' Duke thinks, nervously looking around his a tad bit messy household.

"Duke..." Daniel was the first to speak up as you just diddled with a picture frame on the wall.

"Yes?!" Duke chimes up, surprised.

"Why is the light on during the day? You'll have to pay more for electricity." Daniel begins, before he rushes over to Duke's sink "Also collect water to use for laundry! And you have to first use a tissue to wipe off the dishes not water!"

Daniel...

"Put a brick in your toilet tank, do your dishes with rice cleaning water!"

"S-sorry"

...Is much better brought up than I thought.

"Don't mind him." You tapped on Duke's shoulders as you watched Daniel's antics tiredly, "He does the same thing when he went into my house."

Daniel continued doing what he was doing in the background as Duke flushes at the thought, 'They... go to each other's houses?!'

And thus another misunderstanding happened.

"Do you want to hear this? This is the song I wrote..." Duke says as he went over to his desk, which you had to admit he had a nice small studio set up already. With microphones, PC headsets, sound blockers and everything.

"Wow! You write songs?" Daniel exclaims as he finished his little whatever he was doing.

"I-It's only for the festival." Duke says humbly before pressing the space bar on his keyboard, a melody plays along as Daniel and you paused, listening to it "How is it?"

The beat, the drums in the background... And that fucking synth, damn... This could be a real chart topper if it ever released!

"It's still in the earlier stages so it might not be good enough. After improving and mastering it'll be a lot better so you guys don't have to worry" Duke says like he was embarrassed by it, "You get started with a melody. You two have a lot of appeal so it'll work well. If I start first, I don't want you both to sound weak. Since my tone sounds pretty strong"

"Sounds cool." You said, leaning into his computer, just watching how the bars moved.

"Yeah... I think it'll be great." Daniel smiles, you took note at how he was standing a bit far from Duke and you.

***

"I think I got it all down" Daniel says looking over the lyrics.

"Hold on, I have bad memory." You said as you stuffed the paper into your face trying to memorize it as fast as possible.

"Oh can you two sing it?"

"Okay"

"Wait! Hold up!"

***

You three were starting the walk back towards your homes, finishing an extensive session as you were completely wiped. Daniel even started dry coughing as you instinctively patted his back.

"Does your voice hurt? If you sing too much you'll lose your voice" Duke asks worriedly, looking back and forth at the both of you as he walked in the middle.

"Oh Duke" A sudden voice intervened as you glanced to the owner of that voice. It was an old lady at some sort of food stand, "Our Dukes has so many friends! You three should eat something!"

You stayed silent as you looked at the old lady who was smiling so gently. She started to cough as well as you started thinking that you should keep cough drops in your pockets or something.

"You should stay home, you're sick" Duke walks over as the grandma coughs harder this time. You watched Duke from the back as he started to remind you of someone...

"You alright?" You walked up to the grandma as well as Daniel looked even more worried.

"Do you need any help?"

***

You sat at home, memories were flooding back into your head. That guy Duke... really reminds you of your ex boyfriend.

Your ex was... an interesting guy you were dating back in (country name), through you decided to break up with him a year ago— you can't help but think about him once in a while.

He was unbelievably poor, one of the poorest kids at our school. How Emmitt and you became a couple was beyond you— he would always think about his family, he was the type to always be kind and always be smiling whenever and wherever. And the way Duke had treated his grandma reminded you of how your ex would treat his sister and mom.

Honestly, Daniel also reminded you of your ex as well... And it made you uncomfortable, especially when Duke and Daniel mirrored your ex so much.

Your fist tightens before glancing at your phone, you had blocked several numbers, including your mother's. You sighed before picking it up and going to your mom's contact. Shakily pressing the unblock button.

'I should call my mom more' You thought placing down your phone— your stomach starts to rumble as you only got up from the bed and went to your kitchen cabinets. 'Empty'

You only looked down before pulling on your jacket and slippers as you walked your way to the convenience store. Daniel must've already switched his bodies and started working too.

The cold night breeze felt nice as the street light illuminated your way down the road.

And when you finally got there, you saw a pretty girl walking up just ahead. She was walking towards your direction as you couldn't help but stare at her.

She was extremely gorgeous, the Korean beauty standard honestly. Her long black hair that framed her smooth, flawless face, as well as those large black eyes she has... She could even be a model or even a Kpop group's visual. And you could see her eyes lifting up to match your gaze, she was also staring back at you.

And as the two of you passed, you may have never guessed you two were gonna have a complicated relationship in the future.

As you walked into the actual convenience store you saw three familiar faces sitting on the stairs right outside the automatic doors. Jiho, Daniel, and Duke. Jiho, or mushroom kid, was smoking a cigarette— saying something as you walked up to them.

Jiho was surprised by your pretense as he smirks, thinking he might've looked cool for a second as he smiles at you, "H-Hey Y/N! Didn't think we'd see you so late at night."

You shrugged.

"We were just talking about Daniel, you know a lot about him right?"

"Which one" You glanced at chubby Daniel as he looks back at you shyly.

"The one going to our school, you two always walk home together, do you two live close together?" Jiho began asking way too many questions.

"Yeah, Daniel actually lives together with him" You pointed at Daniel's chubby self without a second care in the world. 

"Really?! I didn't know that" Jiho looked surprised as the bud of his cigarette fell.

"You do?" Duke asks Daniel.
"Yeah"

"Tell him that I said he's a really great guy." Jiho smirks at Daniel.

"A-Actually, Daniel and Y/N, the two of you have been helping me out a lot." Duke begins as he fumbles with his fingers, "You two would help me prep for the festival, and let me eat lunch with you guys. I honestly thought you two were just gonna bully me but... you guys are really kind!"

There it was again. That nostalgic feeling.

"The truth?" Vasco asks, appearing out of nowhere as he puts out the cigarette using his bare fingers which you had to admit. Was pretty badass.

And where the fuck did this guy come from, just appearing next to you.

"No smoking by the way" Vasco directs it to Jiho, staring holes into him.

"Ok..." You could see both Jiho and Duke were trembling at the sight of him, they probably knew what Vasco was about but Daniel and you both looked as cool as a cucumber.

Because this dude, the so called leader of an infamous gang at J High... was a total airhead.

"Yeah Y/N and Daniel would always invite us to their lunch table!"
"He doesn't show off his strength either"
"And Y/N had to fight Zack to protect Daniel!"

After Vasco heard this about us, he looks at you for a second with apologetic and large eyes.

Guilt evident in his stare as he remembered how he acted towards you and Daniel before.

He stood by himself for a while, looking deep in thought, wondering how he could ever fix up his behavior he showed to you before.

"Y/N." Vasco spoke your name as you side glanced at him, not saying a word "I-I'm sorry, for everything, and I'll do what I can to make it up. I'll apologize to Daniel too when I see him."

You pursed your lips, your thoughts turning mischievous.

"Anything?"

"Anything." Vasco says as he turns his entire body to face you, you smirked.

"Don't regret saying that." You still didn't turn towards him as he could only look at your pretty side profile, your lips pursing out as you tucked a hair behind your ear. Snicking to yourself as you think of all the things you could force Vasco to do.

How exciting.

Vasco felt a bit of regret, only because of how you were snickering but he just lets it go. He then kneels down to Daniel as he told him, "And you, convenience store clerk."

Daniel looks at Vasco, "Find me whenever you can, so I can teach you."

After saying those words, he left.

Just like that.

Cool.

Until he came back again because he actually needed something at the convenience store.

"Oh right, one chocolate milk and one burn balm please! My fingers are one fire!" Vasco cries out because he had actually burnt his fingers when taking Jiho's cigarette.

"That'll Be four dollars" Daniel states as you were in awe at how this man managed to survive so far.

***

What's this?

How did their skill improve so much in the last ten days?

"How is this possible? Were you two only hiding your skills?!"

"Oh really? I just practice my butt off" Daniel laughs as he scratches the back of his head, knowing he cheated by using both bodies to practice his vocal range.

"Nah, I'm just cool like that." You lied through your teeth, you actually did work your ass off, spending your food money at a karaoke place with Mira, practicing every afternoon and chance you got. By the end of those ten days Mira never wanted to sing again.

'With this, we can totally knock away the entire crowd!' Duke thinks excitedly as Daniel just continued looking over the lyrics while you stuck a finger in your ear, picking at something itchy.