Act 1/First Run

== Chapter 1 ==
Mark is seen waking up and playing the piano before going to school. He takes the train station to go there. Before entering the train, he is messaged by his groupmates, Louise Ordunia and Ryan Soriano, about the slide deck for their presentation, Crime and Punishment. Mark forgot to make them and makes the slides with his groupmate Ryan in the library before Louise enters and asks what they are doing. She asks if they are playing Darkfiends 3, not thinking they are doing the presentation. Before presenting, Louise mentions that she's glad it is no longer raining, but Mark says it hasn't rained for the month. Louise might have mixed up some memories from before. Just about to present, Mark, worried that Louise might see that the slides might be bad, presents their group report, but when delivering, he makes his classmates laugh through his mistake in his introduction to the group.
After class, Mark's best friend Catherine 'Cathy' Portillo comments on his introduction. Soon after, his other best friend, Ridel Gonzales, joins them. They talk about Ridel's short film, their crushes, and the two new transfer students. Mark experiences a strange sense of déjà vu at the mention of the new students.
Later at night, Mark is seen messaging his best friends when Cathy sends them a picture of the poster of their promenade night and its information. They talk about it and its prices and the uses of its fees by the principal. At the same time, Louise messages Mark to congratulate him on creating the slide deck. She invites Mark to attend her chess tournament tomorrow. Louise invited Ryan but rejected the invitation due to his basketball practice. Louise mentions that her best friend Sofia will join them. She talks to Mark about Darkfiends 3 and later mentions she has something important to tell Mark after the chess tournament. Louise messages their class group chat about the prom poster, and their classmates make remarks about it. Louise announces later that there are two new classmates in their school. Cathy has messaged the friend group chat about the two girls, and Mark mentions to his best friends that Louise has talked to him about inviting Mark to her chess tournament tomorrow. Cathy and Ridel tease Mark about Louise. Mark later sends a picture of Cathy and her crush, Jaggy, retaliating on their teasing. Mark continues to practice his piano skills before sleeping.
The next day, Mark attends Louise's chess tournament and meets Sofia. They go around the tournament checking the players and later go outside to eat street food; they talk about Louise before going back to the tournament while eating food. Louise is done with her game and wins; the pair congratulates her. Louise invites them to eat pizza, but Sofia couldn't come because her grandma was hospitalized. While waiting, Mark and Louise talk about Sofia's grandma and the Ruling earthquake. While talking to Mark, Louise remembers what she would tell Mark: she has a boyfriend, Mike, in the other class. She has been with him for a month, and he has helped her open up about her emotions and find more friends than to keep studying for school. They later talk about the rain that Louise mentioned during the presentation. Mark says it is possibly a dream, shared and false memories. Mike arrives with a gift for Louise, and they all later go to a pizzeria to celebrate.
Mark is seen sitting in front of a store. Ryan and Sofia message Mark to ask if he knows about Louise having a boyfriend. Cathy later arrives to meet Mark in a store; Ridel is supposed to join but has to study for exams. They talk about Louise having a boyfriend and the two new transfer students, Kate Corpuz and Nicole Lacsamana. Mark is seen having déjà vu on both students. Mark internally states that he's known them and has "known Nicole for so long". Cathy's mom calls her to come back to her house, and Cathy asks for a few more minutes. It began to rain and Cathy walks to the street, holding her hand out to touch the rain. Mark hurriedly finds an umbrella to keep Cathy dry, and sticks his hand out into the rain after Cathy. Under the umbrella, they talk about both the past and future, and Cathy makes Mark promise that they'd always stick by each other's side. Mark feels the déjà vu again.
== Chapter 2 ==
Mark enters the classroom very early in the day with Cathy, arriving first and checking his test scores beforehand. He finds out he did satisfactory in all subjects except for art, getting a 13/50. Feeling delirious from sleep deprivation, he chooses to practice piano on thin air in his seat, not noticing Cathy arrive to spook him in the midst of his act. While he was practicing, he sees glimpses of his mother playing the piano.
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