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As planned earlier, Win and Bright headed out at 9 am to reach the company building at 10 am for their shoot. Win was extremely nervous for two reasons: one, he's actually modelling for Vogue! and two, his match. When the two boys reached the studio room of the building they saw that everyone was already setting up the backdrop, cameras and the lighting.
"Come on you guys, change up", Dew said hurrying towards them.
"They actually set it up on time!", Win said still surprised.
"Of course! We are on a mission Win!", Dew said with enthusiasm which was really cute. Bright and Win were given their outfits to change and the make up artists were assigning for them. In about 15 minutes, the models were ready and good to go.
Dew's father had walked into the room and greeted everyone that were present there. And that's on being a respectful manager.
"You boys look stunning! Now GOODLUCK!", he told Bright and Win who bowed and thanked him both for the opportunity and the motivation. They went in front of the camera and did their thing. Like the KQ magazine, they used the tips given by Tay and Gun from the workshop. This time there were a lot more people in the room watching them. They seemed to be from the Vogue base. The cheered for the boys which was pretty new for them since usually the only sounds they used to hear were the camera flashes going off and the photographer asking them to move around.
After a lot of clicks, the photographer headed to the editor side to check the pictures on screen. Win had to wait till the pictures were approved before he could change and leave and he knew that would take some time. So he decided to call up his coach and ask what was going on.
"We're all here. Keep me updated on when you're leaving from there alright", the coach said from the other end.
"Yeah for sure", Win then heard a lot of chaos from the other end. It was the other players trying to ask him about the shoot. Win just laughed and ended the call since he was going to meet them in a few hours anyway.
"How's it going there?", Bright asked Win, laying his hand on Win's.
"They are just hanging around there. Watching the other matches", Win replied and Bright nodded. Dew came towards the two with two water bottles and sat next to them.
"You guys did so well", Dew said with his thumbs up. "I hope they process everything soon so that you guys can have lunch soon and get to the stadium"
"You're coming with us", Bright told Dew.
"What? Are you sure?"
"Of course! You're our friend! Off and Luke will get to the stadium as well. The three of us can go there from here", Win said with a smile. Dew couldn't believe it. He had only dreamt of having such friends, who genuinely wanted him to be there with him. And who actually hung out, not just because he was a new kid at school.
"Boys! This is perfect!", a man exclaimed from the editor side who had introduced himself as the manager of the Vogue Thailand base earlier. Hearing those words gave a lot of relief to Win, he really wanted to run out now but he knew that would be disrespectful considering how big of a project he had done now. The three boys headed to the monitor to see the pictures and as usual, they were stunned.
"I'm so happy that you two are the opening models for our new project", The manager for Vogue said.
"Thank you for giving us this opportunity sir", Bright and Win said together and bowed to show respect.
"Go change up quick", Dew's father told Win.
"He knows?", Win asked Dew looking surprised.
"Of course he does! Now go", Dew said pushing Bright and Win to the changing rooms before the headed outside the building.
"Let's just get noodles from our usual place?", Bright asked Win and he agreed. He didn't care. He just wants to get something and leave. The three boys rushed to Central Mall and went up to the food court to get their lunch.
"Everything is going according to the plan. Ahh this is great", Win told Bright who was busy texting someone. Just then he got a call from his coach.
"We are done with the shoot. I'll be having lunch and heading there soon", Win said without waiting.
"There's a problem"
"What is it?", Win asked sounding anxious which made Bright look at him. Dew had arrived at their table with their food as well and sat down, waiting to know what was going on.
"Since some team couldn't make it they have preponed our match",the coach said. "But don't worry. I will try to stall them. Just get here as soon as possible"
Win's heart dropped. This cannot be happening. Even if Win tried to leave now, he had to get there within an hour. And using the bus would take more than an hour to get to the stadium since it is a public bus after all, it will keep stopping. Bright and Dew were waiting for Win to tell them what had happened.
"What's wrong?", Bright asked, shaking Win
"They preponed our match. We have to leave now"
"Eat first!"
"There's no time"
"There's no way I will let you play without eating. We will get there on time trust me"
"Bright I don't think you get it! If we take this bus we will not reach on time!", Win said, raising his voice at him. He didn't mean to. He regretted it immediately, but he couldn't calm down.
"Win just trust him and eat quickly. We will get you there in time", Dew said which gave Win no other choice. He quickly ate the noodles in front of him no matter how hot it was.
"Slowly or you'll choke", Bright said calmly and rubbed Win's back. After they were done, the rushed downstairs.
"There you are", a voice familiar to Bright and Win called out from the entrance of the mall.
"JOSS?!", Win screamed surprised to see Bright's brother leaning against his car.
"Get in quickly if you want to make it in time", Joss said and got in the car while Bright pushed Win to the back seat and joined him and Dew sat in the front with Joss.
"Let's go!!!", Joss said and sped up through the roads of the city to get the three boys to their destination.
"Wait so is this why you called your brother yesterday?", Win asked Bright.
"Yeah. He lives in the city since his university is here and he had a car so why not make some use of him right?"
"I heard that! I'm not your slave lil bro, you should be thanking me", Joss yelled from the front which made the younger boys laugh.
'I don't deserve you guys'
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