LOVE FROM A VIOLIN
Chapter I: LOVE AT THE FIRST HEARING
"Oh yeah?"
Akira and Benitora were having their break time in school canteen. They were second-grade high-school children. Akira nodded lazily as he heard Tora speaking about a girl whom was moved to their school.
"Yes! Yukimura from the class beside ours told me!" Tora answered excitedly while eating his fried rice. Akira frowned.
"So, why did you tell me anyway?"
"Akira-kun," Tora said, suddenly became serious. "I pity you for having no girlfriend in whole of your life. I don't know about your taste, I've offered all kind of girls but you've never responded. Perhaps this one could raise your manly desire."
"What 'manly desire', idiot?!" Akira threw a spoon towards Tora for saying something so vulgar yet silly. Tora dodged it while laughing evilly. "You're definitely not a Don Juan, it seems."
Now a chopstick flew in Tora's direction. He caught it. "I'm behaving nice to you and look what you did to me!"
"I don't have any responsibility to respect you, I'm sorry," Akira said harshly and decided to finish his spaghetti. Tora smirked.
"So you don't have any desire to meet her, do you?"
"No at all."
"It's up to you, then," Tora sighed. "Some people asked me about my relationship with Mahiro and I always answered it proudly. I wonder why you don't have same feeling, Akira-kun. They asked me, 'Why don't you find a girl for your best friend-what's his name?-oh yes, that Akira?' and I have no will to answer it. In fact, I've done it!"
Akira raised his shoulders, "Not that I care."
"What a pity, you are not so ugly that you don't have to be so unconfident," Tora shook his head, confused by his best friend's behaviour. "By the way, I'm sure you have not replied the letter from Suzaku, have you?"
Akira shook his head while blowing the smoke away from his hot spaghetti, "I have another thing to do then writing a silly letter full of bullshit words."
"I pity her," Tora dished up his last spoon of rice. "She must be waiting for the reply. She admires you so much, you know, and all people in this school have known it. Don't you know how embarrass is it if you don't feedback her feeling?"
"I've never told her to show up her feeling-whatever the hell it is-to every living creature in this school, so it's not my fault."
"Akira," Tora shook his head for thousandth times that day. "You've been too cold to those girls. You will lose your fans if you keep on doing thing like that."
"Whatever you say," Akira replied carelessly.
"You will regret it later," Tora said threateningly.
"I won't," Akira replied surely.
"Yeah, so, do you really have no desire to meet this girl?" Tora suddenly turned the topic back.
"Suzaku?"
"Nope, nope! The one I've told you firstly!"
"Oh, the girl Yukimura told you about? No."
"Huh," Tora got bored with Akira's cold respond.
The bell rang as a sign for the students to go back to their classes and continue studying. Akira and Tora walked towards their class lazily. This is a very boring day, Akira sighed in mind while walking, with this man gives me lecture all time. Who cares if I don't have any relationship with those creatures called girls?
That afternoon was so cool. Akira headed to the school garden, in case watering the plants, since that day was Tora's turn but he shuffled that he had a family agenda and told Akira to do his duty. Before Akira could refuse, Tora had made a way to run.
Akira sighed as he let out a yawn. What a damn day, he cursed silently, Tora lectured me all day and after he's gone he ordered me to do his duty. Akira promised himself to give Tora a nice kick or two in the next day.
In his way to school garden, Akira heard a sound of violin waving from somewhere.
It sounds nice, che? Not an oh-so-dreadful day, but a just-dreadful day, Akira mocked himself for having a bad day like this.
The sound was still playing, romping both of his ears. Watering the plants can wait, he thought, it's more fun to find who plays a violin this perfect. I've never heard such lovely music like this before, Akira smiled as he wondered who played the violin.
The sound of violin brought Akira to the front of school aula. Slowly he opened the entrance door, centimeter by centimeter.
Hee? Akira stuck in astonishment. Who's her?
A small-postured girl was playing a violin excellently. She looked so reverenced that she didn't notice Akira's existence. Her eyes were closely shut as her hands played the violin agilely. The miracle of the music bewitched Akira to stay there for at least ten minutes.
"Who are you?"
Akira was surprised by the girl, whom was now standing in front of Akira. He didn't even conscious that the music had finished. Perhaps he was too sleepy, because of both too tired and was swung by the music.
"Who are you?" He's not answering but asking back. Next second he regretted his action. He must be looked idiot. She asked him and he even didn't answer, moreover, he asked back. How nice.
"I'm a new student here. Nice to meet you," the girl set her hand to shake his.
"Eh, I'm Akira," he cursed himself as he felt heat began to spread on both of his cheeks. She must be the new student Tora told me in the break time, he thought while shaking her hand. She smiled. His heart began to roll in a beat. "Yo-your violin play sounds good," he said nervously.
"Thanks," she smiled sadly. Akira frowned confusedly.
"Why?" He asked.
"What why?"
"I adored you, but you look so sad. Did I say something wrong?"
"Oh, no. Nothing," She set a pure smile. "I must go home now. See you tomorrow."
"Ah, yes," Akira nodded blankly. "See you."
She gave him a last sweet smile before she left. He waved good bye to her.
"Ah," He finally remembered to water the plants. He headed to the school garden. As he watered the bushes, his thought flew to his new friend. He had never been thinking about a girl like he did that time. His cheeks heated once more, made him rubbing it angrily. He used to be so cold to girls and never had a desire to stay with a girl, moreover, to hear her playing violin.
Shit, he chattered his teeth, how idiot I am! I even forgot to ask her name! Tomorrow I must have known her name!
He promised himself to give Tora the tightest hug a best friend would give, for ordering him to water the plants, so that he got the chance to come to the aula and let the sound of violin brought love into his frozen heart.
A/N: This story is simply a spontaneous idea. I love the AkiraxTokito pairing so much that I decided to make a specified story of them. Firstly I want to make one-shot story, but I just can't help writing and writing more about them. I'm sorry if I made many errors, I hope you still can enjoy it. And sorry for the OOCness. I decided to change the characteristic of Tokito-chan, from a boyish girl becomes a kind-hearted (well, she IS kind-hearted) and mellow-profile girl. Please review to let me know what you want!