Don’t Misunderstood! - Chapter 89

October 15 the Year 2022

“Yahoooo!!! Are you still alive?” Liam loudly said as he waved his hand in front of the absentminded Klein

Currently, the whole newbie team was inside a bus, on their way to their shooting area

The series project that they have decided to create might possibly take the remaining time of the semester to finish

The series might be short compared to the ones played on national television but it was also a bit long

Since the students have classes, exams, quizzes, and such, it would take them a long time to finish

As a result, their weekends would also be used to create the series. After all, it wasn’t only the acting part that needs time, there is also the editing and overall production

Klein was sitting in the window seat and in his side was Liam that has several bags of chips in his lap

Ever since they rode on the bus, Klein was literally staring outside as if he was in deep thought

“Shut up, you’re too loud” Klein said annoyedly while shoving his palm into the poor Liam’s face

Liam didn’t just wave his hand in front of Klein, he even moved his head too close to Klein

“Why so grumpy?” Liam complained with a pout

“Whatever, just go ask your father to help you with your boredom” Klein replied in a dismissive manner

The father he was pertaining to was none other than Tristan that became Liam’s ‘caregiver’ that replaces both Klein and Shane

“Who was it again that force me to sit with you?” Liam said while rolling his eyes

If his seatmate was really his ‘father’, he would receive the highest level of care. It was Klein that forced him to sit with him and now, he’s like this

“Not like I have a choice”

Shane is an option but she has been avoiding Klein for the past week. She’s afraid that Klein would take her life if she were to commit even just a single mistake

The Klein she met one week ago was just too scary!

“Gasp! How dare you treat me like an option!” Liam dramatically argued too bad that Klein is not in the mood

“Can you lower your voice or not just speak at all? You’re disturbing other people”

It’s not like they are the only people on the bus. With how loud Liam’s voice is, he’s like a big disturbance

“Hahaha, it’s fine!”

“Yeah, it’s actually cute watching our adorable little Liam”

“He’s like a talkative kid”

“Makes you want to hug him!”

The group members expressed their approval. Since for the past weeks, Klein was well … disturbed, his ‘likeability’ among the club members have dropped quite a lot

He became much grumpier and less friendly than before. As such, it became Liam’s stage

His adorable face and pleasing personality captured the hearts of the team. Even if he were to shout, they wouldn’t scold him in fear that he would cry, although they think that will also look adorable

“This is your fault” Tristan put all the blame into Calix. Since Liam is sitting with Klein, it gave the other club members a chance to ‘tame’ his pet

“What did I do?” Calix asked with a frown. He was in a similar state as Klein, he has also become really grumpy after the incident a week ago

As such, the group was torn. Klein and Liam were sitting in the middle part of the bus while Calix and Tristan was sitting in the back

As for Shane, she was afraid to be close with Klein, and being close with Calix felt awkward. As such, she and Cain decided to sit at the front part

It’s not like the group didn’t meet and bond the past week (except for Calix that was missing in action most of the time) it’s just that, it was awkward to be sitting with each other on the bus compared to simply going outside

“Tsk” Tristan just made an annoyed sound without explaining since both he and Calix knows that this seating arrangement was that guy’s fault

The members of their group would be big idiots if they didn’t realize that there is something wrong that happened between Klein and Calix

The two have always been fighting each other but this time is different. It even comes to the point that Calix has been avoiding them for the past week

“Whatever,” Calix said as he took a peek at Klein’s back

In the past week, he of course thought about talking with Klein again. When his mind and heart calmed down, he that Klein would not let himself be kissed nor have those myriads of expressions in his face if he also don’t feel something

It’s just that, Calix is ​​also a human. He has his own pride. Since Klein is set on pushing him away, why should he force himself to him?

Besides, Calix admits that he has some feelings for Klein but it’s not like he has fallen in love with him completely yet

Having some feelings are being in love are two completely different things. What state a person is in between those two would give them the corresponding tolerance for heartache

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After some time, the group has arrived at their destination. It was a large mansion that has medieval-style architecture

With proper lighting, editing, and capturing skills, it could definitely pass as a Palace owned by an Imperial Family

In fact, this mansion is really used to shoot Historical series or movies and it was actually provided by Klein’s family

His family owns a talent agency with lots of famous actors and actresses along with a film production line

To not spend a large amount of money renting shooting sites, the company has brought some. Even if they wouldn’t use it for their own film, they could still rent them out, giving them income to continue nurturing more actors

A lot of rich students attends Stanford University and oftentimes, they are willing to spend a lot of money on their hobbies

Klein contributed to the shooting site and the others contributed in other ways. Their group has a budget that comes from the university but it was very little and simply not enough to cover all the production cost

Of course, if they want to make a simple series, they wouldn’t need a lot of budgets. But the members decided to go all out

“Wooaaahh, this is amazing. Makes me want to go back in time and become a rich Prince” Liam exclaimed in amazement

Although his family is also rich, it’s not like people would most of the time say something like “Why don’t we go sightseeing in a medieval-style mansion?”

“Damn, we came here too fast” Klein cursed in his head. The reason why he was absent-minded back on the bus was all because of Calix

There is already the ‘strange things’ that happened between the two of them but now, they are even the leads of this series

Klein would act as the main character, Emperor Avery Clyde Eldenberg. Calix on the other hand is the male lead and he would act as the ruthless Duke Ryden Carstensen

Wouldn’t it be too awkward for the both of them to act together? Not to mention, although the script doesn’t have extremely explicit content due to the academy rules, there were still some intimate scenes

“Should I back out?” Klein wondered before he shakes his head. He is not someone that would let his effort go to waste

Not to mention, he auditioned and accepted the role. He already committed to this and he can’t back out no matter what

“Alright guys, we will have 15 minutes break first and after that, we will start. The equipment has been prepared beforehand already and as soon as the actors and actresses are finished changing clothes and putting their make up on, we will start” the student coordinator notified everyone and they immediately went around to stroll the mansion

Instead of resting just like what the 15 minutes break was intended for, the students just went around enjoying the great architecture style. By enjoying it meant taking pictures and posting them on their social media accounts

The groups were quite laid back. It wasn’t an exaggeration when people say that Stanford University is a school for the rich

There are many club members that are willing to spend a lot of money on the group project. As can be seen at how the filming equipment are already ready even though both the actors and crew just arrived

“Klein, come with me. I want to take pictures”

Liam was really amazed at this place as it has a different architectural style that he is used to. He wants to take tons of pictures inside just like the other members of the club

“Just go take Tristan with you lest he rips me to shreds for taking you with me” Klein replied. He was feeling too exhausted to have the strength to take pictures of Liam