"I don’t know, they just don’t wanna sit next to me"
"Oh god, I can’t believe there are still such narrow-minded idiots like that" she’s angry
"Yeah, by the way, I’m grateful you're sitting next to me, at least I don’t sit alone anymore" Dahlia tried to open.
Flory was the first person to talk to Dahlia without giving her a judgmental look. The fact that Dahlia has found so much in common with Flory after they exchange stories in Dahlia’s apartment makes her feel happy to have Flory as a friend. They have the same taste in music, and what is even more perfect is that Flory loves to sing and Dahlia will play the instrument. Then Flory, who saw the huge potential of Dahlia in music, had the idea for them to join the extracurricular band so that they would be better known in high school and not be looked down upon anymore. At first, Dahlia refused because she was shy and felt she was not good enough to play musical instruments, even though she is good at playing more than one musical instrument, such as guitar, ukulele, and keyboard.
After several attempts, Flory convinced Dahlia to join the band, finally, Dahlia agreed with her and stepped out of her comfort zone. But the journey has just begun, Dahlia and Flory don’t know that before they can officially become band members, they must first be tested by the seniors and alumni of the extracurricular band. They were directed to the band's studio rental place but when they arrived at their destination, they were taken again to an empty land, like a field. During the trip, Dahlia only looked down and occasionally looked at Flory, she didn't dare to look at the faces of the seniors for fear of being judged for her unique skin. Until finally one of the seniors asked.
"What happened to your skin?"
"It’s a birthmark" Dahlia lied.
"I've never seen anyone with birthmarks all over their body, it's horrible." disgusted tone.
Flory wanted to defend her but was held back by Dahlia. Next, they and the other newcomers were ordered to crawl while singing a song, after that, they were required to drink bitter gourd juice, those who couldn’t finish their drink would be flushed with their own vomit. Furthermore, they were divided into groups, Dahlia and Flory are in different groups, and they were told to make dance choreography while singing Dangdut songs. Before performing, their faces will be scribbled on using a marker by their seniors. Dahlia's face and hand were streaked with 'deformed cow, human chessboard, zebra demon, my mom slept with tapir and they had me, panda’s illegitimate child, weirdo’ while Flory was streaked with ‘bee hive hair, stale soy sauce, ugh I never take a bath!, black bastard, ugly queen, dirty’ the seniors burst out laughing, but the newcomers had no idea what they had written.
When it was Dahlia’s group's turn to perform, the seniors and alumni cheered wildly, they laughed and hurled insults at Dahlia and her teammates.
"Hey kid! why don't you bleach your whole body as well?" shouted one of the alumni.
