~play the music

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She came out of the building while running like crazy. Instead of coming out of the gate, she went towards the direction of the football ground and as she assumed, there was not a single soul.

She looked up towards the lab window and gulped. There was nothing, simply nothing.

Sia heard the watchman calling her as he was confused to see her going towards the opposite direction. "Hey, student! What're you doing there?! Come out quickly if you're done finding your notebook!"

It all felt like a dream all this time and then reality hit her as soon as he heard him. She didn't wait any longer and came out through the gate with her notebook and felt at ease.

"Did you get the notebook? Where're the keys?" Asked the lab assistance as soon as he saw her coming out of the gate with a dreaded face.

But she could hardly answer him. She froze...each and every part of the body became numb except the heart, which kept on beating like crazy.

"Sia, you okay?" He asked again softly.

Without answering anything she handed him the keys, hands shaking and palms wet in sweat.

"Hong Sia! Hey, why aren't you saying anything?! What happened-" Suddenly his face changed from annoyed to horror and he immediately looked at his watch.

Crap! Its already past 7 o'clock!

Without waiting anymore he gave the keys back to the watchman and borrowed a water bottle from him. He then gave it to her and said, "Sia, first calm yourself, drink some water and relax. Forget about what happened today and get back home sa-"

He was patting her shoulder to calm her down, but she interrupted and asked in a scared voice, "Do you know something that I don't?"

Suddenly all of it felt connected- him stopping her from entering school late hour, not agreeing at first, their school stopping the after school sessions of study and banning all the after school clubs. And she felt that he also knew something like the teachers and the school authority, which didn't reach the students' ears yet.

He looked at her in concern and said, "Even if I do, I'm not allowed to break this to any of the students. I hope you understand that my mouth is zipped by the authority." He smiled at her a bit to make her comfortable, "See, nothing happened to you! Aigoo- You're a brave girl!"

She murmured, "I'm sorry sir for not listening to you..."

He nodded with a smile and petted her head.