She's Stupefied. He's Blushing.
A/N: Hello once again! I'm kinda having a little bit of a stay here in the LCDO universe so I'm making another La Corda work. Just strikes me that I find writing in this universe easier than any other of those that I've done. But I cant say that this is the easiest of all. Maybe the characters are just…hmm… stereotyped well so there's not much trouble creating an atmosphere.
Anyway, enough with the talk. Please review and enjoy my humble work!
Disclaimer: I do not own theses LCDO characters, which is so sad.
One: Yes, she's stupefied, isnt she?
Tsuchiura was walking idly around the practice rooms area of the Music building when he saw the special red haired girl peek her head out. She swayed her head left to right, as if scanning the area. Her golden orbs saw his figure and a divine smile crept on her face. "Tsuchiura-kun!" She said and let her full figure emerge. She waved a hand and he felt his speed increasing. A small smile appeared on his face as well. "Hello, Hino. What's up?" he greeted. Hino nodded back in greeting. "Well, I'm sort of looking for someone who could help me with this piece. Can you play the piano part for me?" she asked. "Ah," he said. "Of course, I'd be happy to help. Besides, I'm also looking a room to spend my free time." He said and the two went in. "By the way," he started as he sat on the bench. "Where's you pianist?" he asked as he flipped the pages of the score. "Ah, Mori-san? She has something urgent to attend to this afternoon. I think it was some family matters so she got off ahead of me." Hino replied. "I see. Very well, let's begin?" he asked and with three taps on the piano's body, the two began to play sweet music.
At five thrity, Hino had decided to go home. Tsuchiura decided to stay for a while but agreed to send her off to the school gate. After bidding each other their goodbyes, the two departed from each other. Tsuchiura, then, decided to grab some drinks on the nearby vendo machine so his way was altered. On his way back, he saw the door to the practice room slightly opened. He remembered shutting it close before accompanying Hino to the gate. He readied his self and silently went to peer inside. The lights were turned off and the position of the tree by the window deprived the remaining traces of sunlight from penetrating the room. He saw a sillhouette rushing across the room, as if looking for something. The figure then saw Tsuchiura's bag and began to walk to it. The figure seemed reluctant but in the end, rummaged inside his things. And that was where he took action. He flicked on the lights and immediately grabbed the hand of the intruder.
"Aaah!" a shrill scream of surprise and fear reverberated from the small figure. Tsuchiura blinked in disbelief when he realized that Mori was the intruder. "Mori-san!" he said and let go of her hand. "Tsuchiura-kun!" she said in reply.
"What are you doing here?" they both asked at the same time.
"Well, I was using this room." Tsuchiura answered first, as Mori was still breathing hard from the small attack. "So Hino-san has left." She whispered. "Yeah, I had just sent her off a few minutes ago." He added. "Now, what are you doing here and why are you shuffling through my stuff?" he asked again.
"Ah, I thought that Hino is still using this room. I came back to apologize and give her the scores that I have promised to give her some time ago but I found this room empty. I thought that she left but I saw a shadow of a bag. Making myself believe that it was hers, I decided to just place it in and leave since I was only allowed a few golden minutes. That was when you suddenly appeared." She related.
"You were in a hurry so you didn't bother to open the light?" he inquired further. Mori nodded reluctantly and looked away. "Yeah." She said. Tsuchiura crossed his arms. "Why did you acted so reluctant a while ago when you had already believed that my bag was Hino's?" he inquired further. Mori looked away and smiled nervously. "Well, I-I'm not really used to doing these stuff. You know, the creeping in the darkness stuff, yeah so, I'm going. Sorry for disturbing you." She said animatedly and inched her way out of the room. Tsuchiura's eyes twitched and he barred the door with himself before she could get out. "Eh? Is something wrong?" Mori asked. She shifted from left to right but Tsuchiura did the same. "You're not telling the truth, aren't you?" he asked and cocked his eyebrows. Mori blushed a little and waved her hand frantically. "No! I'm telling the truth! I swear-" she cut her own word as the calculating gaze of Tsuchiura bore into her. "Well?" he asked, leaning in to the succumbing figure of Mori. "Oh, alright, you win. I was lying. I knew that Hino's already out of the school. And everything was planned." She confessed.
"Planned?" Tsuchiura asked. "I lied to Hino about the emergency. I was really planning on leaving her, predicting that she'll find you or maybe she'll look for you so that she can havea pianist. I know her schedule so when you left, thankfully, together with her, I snuck in the room." She related. "And why would yo do that?" he asked then walked in to check his things. He rummaged in until he found the alien item.
"This?" his tone sounded like he it was not the thing he was expecting. "Were you expecting some love letter confesion?" Mori asked in annoyance. Tsuchiura coughed the comment away. "Anyway, what's in this old looking envelop?" he asked as he waved the item to her. "Why don't you just read it?" she said. "Tch. For a girl, you're pretty bossy." He said then opened the envelop. He read the contents and was taken aback with its content. "What the—" he muttered after doing a third run on the letter.
"Hmm? What does it say?" Mori asked and walked near. "You mean you don't know what in this?" he asked as he gave the letter to her. "No, my uncle wrote it in his study and it was already sealed when give to me." She said then read the contents.
Her eyes went wide and she covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my goodness!" she muttered. Tsuchiura didn't felt good with her reaction. "You're pretty stupefied, arent you?" he asked and took the letter back. Mori could only nod, her face bright with a crimson shade. Tsuchiura gave back an uneasy smile and pocketed the letter away.
Pretty when stupefied, that is. He told himself and laughed a little.