This is my very first in series story~! I decided to take a break from doing sequels. I will continue it next week or when there's no classes.
I do not own La Corda D' Oro but I do own this story and the new characters ^-^
After the concourse, our fellow musicians, excluding Keiichi and including Aoi, confessed their feelings to Kahoko, same day, yet consecutively. Sadly, she turned them all down, in a good way. In one word, rejection. But one remained strong to express his feelings, despite of the rejections his co-musicians encountered. He may be the last one to express what he feels but he was the one who won her heart.
Ryoutaro's Confession: 7:00 am
Kahoko was working in Minami Instruments that time to afford her own savings. Yes, not the violin lessons. Why should she find a tutor for the violin if she already have one? Forget that. She was alone in the store since Minami-san left for an occasion. She was wiping the piano when Ryoutaro came in to the store.
"Yo!" he greeted.
"Ah, good morning Tsuchiura-kun! Is there something you need?" she asked him as she finished wiping the piano.
"Apparently, yes. Can you listen to my playing for a while?" he asked, walking towards the bench of the said instrument.
"Sure!" she stopped beside him.
He played Fantaisie-Impromptu by Choppin. It was the same piece he performed last third selection. He was playing it emotionally, as if he wanted to say something.
He finished the piece wholeheartedly. Kahoko clapped her hands. "That was amazing Tsu-" she was stopped when he mention her surname with a serious voice.
"This piece of Choppin was dedicated to Fontana, his close friend." he explained without further ado. He heaved a long sigh.
"And I am dedicating this to you because I like you." he shifter his gaze to her and added, "Hino."
She was dumbfounded. It was the first time that someone confessed to her. She didn't want to hurt his feelings, yet she didn't want to lie to him. She didn't know what to do. All she can do was to give him an apologetic look.
He smirked when he saw her. "Don't feel sorry. Besides, I'm expecting an outcome like this ya' know."
She enlightened her face with a smile. "Sorry and thank you Tsuchiura-kun!" she said.
He scratched his back. "So, friends?" he extended a hand.
She nodded. "Always." and shook his hand. He suddenly walked towards the shelves of CD's.
"Tsuchiura-kun? Aren't you supposed to go now?" she asked, not sure of what the lad was doing.
"I'll help you while Minami-san isn't here." he replied as he wiped the shelves.
"Eh! You don't have to! I can handle it myself!" she insisted.
"What are friends for?" he gave her a wink while she just smiled.
Kazuki's Confession: 11:15 am
Kazuki was on the front door of a pastry shop. He was done eating his favorite sweets and cake and was about to leave until something, someone rather, grabbed his attention. It was the red-haired girl whom he always chases- take that out of your mind, you writer.
"Hino-chan!" he waved to her while shouting her surname.
She approached him with a smile. "Hihara-sempai! What are you doing here?"
"I just che-" he was interrupted by someone.
"Hey, get going! You don't own this shop, do you? Move!" shouted by a boy. He somehow resembled Kazuki's face. The only difference was his hair's color was black and his face's expression is not that good to look at.
"Uh, sorry sir?" he apologized as he did what the boy said. It supposed to be shouted, right? The boy stomped like he wants to fissure the road.
Kazuki and Kahoko watched the boy walked away. "What's his prob-" she was cut off by a girl. The girl was look alike of Kahoko but she was taller than her and her hair was black, too.
"Where is he now?" she asked herself. Kazuki and Kahoko looked at the worried girl, switching looks from left to right, right to left. It's not possible for her to look from up to down or vice versa of course.
"Um, miss? Are you looking for a boy who looks like him?" Kahoko pointed to Kazuki. The girl nodded fast.
"Well, he's kinda mad and not in the mood. Do you know what happened?" asked by Kazuki.
The girl slowly nodded. "Yeah. He confessed to me but..." she paused. "I rejected him..."
Kazuki and Kahoko just formed an `o` on their mouths. Kazuki, feeling uncomfortable to the situation, pointed to the direction where the said boy walked to.
"There." he smiled to the girl. The girl beamed a smile. "Thank you!" she said before she ran towards the boy.
Kazuki scratched his head. "That was some situation, ne, Hino-chan?"
Kahoko nervously laugh. "Y-yeah. That reminds me of what happened earlier, not including the stomping boy." He gazed to her questioningly.
"What do you mean Hino-chan?"
"Tsuchiura-kun stopped by to Minami Instruments and confessed to me." she said.
"And?" he asked. Did she approve it? Reject? What? Oh God, please help me! he thought. His heart was shaking as if there's an earthquake inside his ribs.
She looked at him smiling. Noooooooo! shouted by his mind said.
"I rejected him but we stayed friends." The world stopped for Kazuki. "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!" his mind shouted, yet he screamed in joy.
She almost covered her ears. "H-hihara-sempai!" the crowd looked at them.
"Hino-chan, do you mind getting in this shop?" he invited her like there's nothing happened. She nodded and followed him inside.
They sat on the nearest table from the door. In case she rejects me like that guy, I would runaway with my whole body he thought.
"Uh, Hihara-sempai, what do you-" another cut off. He spoke on an unusual voice.
"The piece that I performed from the last selection, Jupiter From the Planets..." he was looking outside.
"Oh yeah! That's an amazing piece! Carefree and joyful." she exclaimed while eating a strawberry cake.
"It's like how you are Hino-chan, carefree and joyful." he muttered under his breath. Kahoko's face heated.
"A-anou, H-hihara-sempai, a-about that..." she stammered. She then extended her strawberry cake with a word written"sorry". He looked at her anxiously and smiled after wards.
"I know, I played it because I'm setting you free Hino-chan. I mean, I do like you but I know that you just treat me as an older brother or something like that." he explained, back to his old self again.
Kahoko gave her sempai a smile. "Thank you Hihara-sempai! I thought you will be grumpy like the guy earlier." she kidded to him. They just both laughed and continued chattering.
Aoi's Confession: 12:30 pm
Aoi was sitting on a bench at the park, watching passers by until someone called him. He looked at the direction and he saw her. A smile was put on his lips.
"Kaji-kun! What are you doing here?" Kahoko asked as she sat beside him.
"It's so nice to see you here Hino-san." he smiled. "I am waiting for my friends to come. How about you?"
"I just passed a pastry shop and since it's just near here, I tried to stroll around!" she happily babbled.
Maybe this is the time he thought to himself. "Hino-san" he called her.
"Yes?" Ask her or not?Not to ask or ask her? he asked himself.
"You know from the start that I like you, right?" it was a statement at first but it turned out to be an interrogative one.
She slowly nodded. "Uh, yeah. W-why do you asked?" she asked him in a trembling voice.
He took a breath.
He made a quick sigh.
He gulped.
He looked at her.
"M-may I-I k-know y-your a-ans-swer?" he sounded like Shouko. He was flushed in red. He was not ready for any outcomes. He just wanted to know what she feels towards him. No more.
She blinked, asking herself if it was Aoi he was talking to. Seconds had passed when she surprisingly laughed.
"S-sorry Kaji-kun about my behavior. I just found it funny that you are cute when blushing!" she scratched her head. He just smiled, knowing what her answer is. It was really obvious from her reaction, wasn't it? he thought to himself.
She quickly averted her gaze to him. "Kaji-kun, I'm so-" she was stopped by Aoi.
"I understand it Hino-san." he assured her, making two thumbs up.
"I'm fine. At least, it turned out good." She raised her brows, not able to get what he said.
"You did reject me but it a funny way." he winked at her. She giggled.
"Actually, you are the third one to confess to me and you are the third one too that I, you know." she further explained. He silently laughed at her statement.
"So I guess, I'm not alone in mourning?" he kidded.
"And I guess, we still remain as friends." she added. He gave her two thumbs up plus smile added by a wink.
"Aoi!" someone called. It was his friend beside of his' another friend.
"Ah, Hino-san, would you-" he stopped when he saw her ran towards an unknown girl.
"Ame-chan!" she shouted while running. The girl she called stopped in walking. She looked from behind and made a big smile to her face.
"Kaho-chan!" she called her name. They hugged each other and separated after a few seconds.
"You know her?" Aoi and his friends asked to both of them. They happily nodded.
"She's Ayame Kanazawa, my friend since kindergarten. I can say that she is one of my best friends!" Kahoko introduced. Ayame has a long straight brown hair. Her hair was divided more to left than right `like when girls do to their hair, simply that, sorry if not that good in describing`. She bowed to the boys.
"Ayame Kanazawa, 17 years old, vio-" she was cut off when the two boys, Aoi's friends, held her hands and shook it. She cringed and looked worriedly at Kahoko with her help-me look.
Kahoko was about to open her mouth when Aoi pushed his friends backward. The two boys glared at his back as he walked towards the said girl and kissed her left hand in the public.
"Aoi Kaji, 17 years old, vio-" he was stopped when he looked at the girl's red face.
Kahoko giggled and stated, "I guess, there's a new blooming romance here." She once again stared at her old time friend and bid her goodbye after she whispered something. The girl turned redder.
Meanwhile, Aoi's friends patted his back, whispering to his both ears. He blushed.
Kahoko and Aoi's friends whispered, "Viola Romance"
Azuma's Confession: 1:30 pm
Kahoko was walking towards her house when a black limousine car stopped in front of her. The driver went out and opened the door, revealing a sitting pretty Azuma.
"Please do enter milady." he commanded Kahoko. She just did what he say, afraid of any words that would come out to his mouth.
Inside the car was a smiling evil- took it out from your head after you read it. She sat on the right side, making a big gap between them.
"Good afternoon, my Kahoko." he greeted and glanced at the red-haired girl. Uh oh she thought.
"G-good afternoon too, Yuno-" she was cut off by his dark voice- back it off, please? He narrowed his eyes to her.
"Didn't I tell you to call me-" he was now cut off by the stammering Kahoko.
"A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-" she rumbled to her voice. I'm going to die soon she reminded herself.
He chuckled."My, my, you how will you suppose to call me in my name when you can't even say a syllable of it?" it was turned into a sarcasm.
She was hardly clutching her own hands. "Now what?" she asked her own self, yet she audibly said it, enough for him to hear.
"You're really annoying Kahoko." he said while playing his hair. She glared at him. Yes, for the first time, she glared to their school's womanizer.
He smirked. "But that's what I love about you." he added.
Her glaring eyes became saucer. Nonetheless, her brows almost reached her top forehead. It's now or never she said to her mind. She took some air before she said these words, non-stop.
"I'm really sorry Yunoki-sempai but I can't return your feelings for me because I alrea-" she stopped her own self. What the heaven did my reflexes added? she asked herself.
All he can do is to smirked wider. "You didn't let me finish my sentence, now did you? I'm about to say that I'm really annoyed by and to you and I hate it."
Her jaw mostly dropped. He laughed gracefully. "Yet, I find out that you already like, maybe love, someone else."
Her face was reddened and it can be compared to her hair. Please, anything that can save me? she pleaded.
For her sake, the car stopped in front of her house. She sighed in relief,
"I guess, luck is in your side this time." he said to her while smiling.
She almost fell from her seat, if possible, because of his old sweet voice- I hate that these words were describing his voice. Kindly erase them in your thoughts.
She smiled like nothing happened between them. The driver opened the door for her.
"Yeah, I guess so." were the words she left in the car before she went out.
"Ah, Yunoki-sempai! Thank you for riding me home!" she said just before the driver closed the door and went back to the car.
Azuma just nodded to her and signaled the driver to go. He smiled to himself as they left the Hino's residence.
"I got rejected without even confessing to her, huh?" he closed his eyes and continued.
"You really are something, Kahoko Hino."
Yosh~! I'm done with the first chaptie~! Sorry if there are some well, not that nice words for the individuals especially Azuma. v^^'
Anyways, next chaptie would be the last lad's confession~! Tune in if you want to~!
This is the first time that I beg for your reviews. Kindly please do review, those reviews serve as my inspiration and sort of aspiration to write. One review is enough for me~! ^_^
-Nik Van Fresces