Chapter 192: Watch Your Son (3)
"They’re finally coming out!!!" Justine cheered in excitement at the little crowd that had gathered around the stage.
Due to the early time, it was mainly students from UCLA who weren’t in class, a few adults and children, older people who attended the Cultural Festival, since it was a community event, and of course, fans of the show who could spare an hour or two to come watch the free performance.
A decent-sized crowd of close to two hundred people had gathered around the small stage area as the student MC began greeting the crowd and introducing the afternoon performances.
As the student MC spoke, the Pop Star Academy contestants began arriving and grouping up behind or around the stage, with groups of them wearing different costumes and camera crews recording their every move.
When some of the boys waved, cheers rang out as people recorded and waved back, but Grace stared in concern, wondering why the only security for the large number of boys was two campus police officers standing far away.
There weren’t even that many staff shirt-wearing members for the number of contestants present, and even though they weren’t famous yet, she thought the production team should do more, especially considering some of the hate the boys had been receiving online.
Personally, she didn’t think that was enough for protection, but seeing that the audience was calm and not trying to swarm the boys, she relaxed as she, Justine, and Rachel began scanning the faces of the boys while on their tippy toes, looking for one particular face.
The contestants were dressed in a variety of costumes, ranging from hip-hop-style clothes to Western-style suits, kimonos, and traditional Korean hanboks.
And towards the very back of the group of boys in a variety of suits that featured a mixture of red and black with gold embroidery and buttons.
The person in the lead was a handsome Brazilian boy with long hair tied into a ponytail, then a Spanish boy with curly caramel brown hair, a blonde boy with a bowl cut, and a boy with freshly dyed red hair that seemed to be bleeding a little.
There was a bit of a gap until the next person who was a tall pale boy with a golden blonde buzzcut a holding his jacket over his shoulder, a handsome boy with golden skin with doe brown eyes and a gentle smile as he looked around, a taller boy with shoulder-length blonde hair covered by a white cowboy hat, and in the middle of the pack was a slightly shorter, slender boy with slicked-back, jet-black hair and slightly pointed ears.
Even if she couldn’t see all of their faces, Grace immediately recognized them as Levi, Carlos, Jamie, and Ari from their distinct profiles.