Out of sheer weariness, with time to spare, you and Ryo chose to have a little (non-friendly) riff off.

Taking into account it was Christmas break, everyone was occupied with getting ready, yet did you try to help and contribute? Nah. The school had like 200+ students, it won’t harm if 2 of them decided to not help out.

You cleared your throat and took your bass. Your fingers on the strings, gradually playing —

"…Bro, stop." Ryo says suddenly, interrupting your performance with a bored voice.

"That’s so bad… " She says, as though bewildered that somebody's THAT awful at playing the bass. You can't resist the urge to groan in humiliation, damn…