Chapter 103 - Performer's Lineup

"This place is amazing.." Sato wowwed when walking around the house. On the second floor of Gray's private home, everywhere he looked had a glass wall overlooking the surrounding area. The sea of red was covering the entire place, making it feel like the house was the one and only safe zone.

"How did you get to build a house in a nature reserve?" asked Sato curiously. It was a known fact that government-declared nature reserves were a straight prohibition for all parties that wish to destroy the flora and fauna.

Gray walked up behind the shorter boy and slung his arms over Sato's shoulders. He rested, speaking softly. "My grandfather was a founder of Country Z. And so, this was actually once his home."

"A founder?" Sato turned his head in attempts to look at Gray questionably. "How is that possible? There's only.."

"Four?" Gray completed the sentence for Sato. Pulling Sato's hand, he guided him to the black leather sofa that oversaw the calming view.

"I'm going to show you something," Gray then stood up and picked up a rustic photo album, bringing it to where Sato sat, "Something that would change the way you saw things."

Flipping open the first page, there was a photo that had five individuals in it, four guys and one girl. All of them were youthful and exuded great confidence. Sato soon realised from their familiar facial features of whom they really were.

"Aren't these the founding fathers of Country Z? How do you have their picture? Wait a minute. The man standing beside Mr. Nicholas Wake looks so much like you." Sato pointed at the face of the man that resembled Gray.

"Well of course the man looked like me. Rather, I looked a lot like him." Gray laughed lightly at Sato's bewilderment. "That man in the photo is my grandfather, Byron Tobion. He is the fifth founder of Country Z."

"Wh.. What?" Sato stuttered slightly, unable to comprehend Gray's words.

"It all started all the back when they were still university students..." Gray told Sato the exact story that his grandfather told him. The great burning passion to transform a dream into a reality, allowed the five founders to create the great and powerful Country Z.

"That is simply mind blowing.." When Gray told finished the story, only then did Sato close his jaw-dropped mouth.

"When I heard it at the age of 16, I too was baffled." Gray replied agreeingly. Following which, he looked at his watch and asked out. "It's already quite late into the afternoon, are you hungry?"

"Yes! Especially after listening to such a mind boggling story!" Sato grinned as he picked himself up before helping Gray off the couch. They went ahead to the kitchen to whip a delicious meal for themselves.

The rest of the day was history. They spent their time watching a horror movie together. Both of them weren't the shopping type of people. And so, this date was the most perfect kind for the new couple.

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Back to the present, the school's sports day was almost arriving. This year, the University had went above and beyond. They started preparing for the event on the Monday of the week. They hired external vendors that sold delicious snacks and treats for the people that were participating or simply just watching the sports day.

For University Z's sports day, everyone in the country was allowed to come into the campus grounds to watch the games, so long as they purchase tickets. Usually, there wouldn't be too many spectators. Yet, when the school realised the list of several guest performers, there was a shocking influx of people that wanted to come.

"The Sirens are performing at our school on Friday?!?" Sato exclaimed in excitement when sitting in the living room. He was checking out the list of performers that the school advertised.

The Sirens were a contemporary pop band that grew to fame two years ago with their cover song, You're Home To Me. When Sato was all alone, this song helped bring his mood up and had cheered him on through highschool and university. When the band had a concert last year, Sato really wanted to go. However, due to his lack of income, he wasn't able to go. This time when he realised the school had hired The Siren to perform, he was over the moon.

There were many other famous performers that were coming to the Sports Day, like the band, Summers Day, the singer, Yander Roo and even the famous magician, Roger Jacobs.

While Sato was admiring the stunning lineup, Gray came back from home to find the boy starring deeply into his phone.

"What are you so engrossed with?" Gray peeped from Sato's back.

"Oh, welcome back!" Sato greeted Gray with a grin like a Cheshire cat.

"I'm looking at the people that are going to perform at my school's sports day."

"Is there someone that you like in there?" Gray looked at the phone, alongside Sato.

"Yeah! The Siren is performing that day. Have you heard of them?"

"No, I do not think so?"

"What? Are you serious?" Sato shocked, immediately pulled Gray into the seat beside him. "Here listen to this song by them! This is definitely my favorite!"

Sato played the song from the app on his phone. If the app had recorded the number of times he had played the song, it would definitely be in the hundreds or maybe even, the thousands!

The song started to play our loud. Since Sato had heard it countless of times, he was singing along with the singer of the band. Rather than paying attention to the song, Gray was more interested in Sato's every action. Although Sato doesn't have the best singing voice, he had a slight raspiness that complimented the song.

When the song ended, Sato was brought back to the world. He opened his eyes and saw Gray looking at him with his adoring eyes. He asked, "So how was it?"

Of course Gray gave Sato the answer that he wanted. Except, the young man did not know that Gray wasn't refering to the song. "It was eye-opening."