If there ever was such a thing as love at first sight this feeling would be it
Like magic was being worked on your heart
The butterflies in the stomach the weakness in the knees and everything else that came with falling head over heels for someone
It all happened in one small moment
This encounter with first love? All thanks to one faithful day.
"Onee-san, welcome home, you're early today." you said as Yumiko nee-san entered the room. She greeted you briefly and went to lay down on the couch. "Are you okay Onee-san?" you asked, she was so unlike herself. "My boyfriend broke up with me today, and I had tickets to the ballet show! I don't know whats more upsetting, being dumped or wasting such good tickets!" You tried to distract her and sounded entertained by the idea of the ballet "What ballet is is Onee-san?" "A very famous and classical French ballet, Coppelia, have you heard of it Syusuke?" you nodded "I've heard about it and saw pictures of a Broadway production of it." you smiled, Yumiko nee-san lifted herself from the couch "Then how about you and me see it Syusuke? The tickets are front seat, too good to waste." Before you could even answer, Yumiko nee-san was ushering you into your room to get changed "Wear something handsome, I'll meet you in the car." You obeyed, a night out with Nee-san, seeing a beautiful ballet wouldn't be bad. What pretty pictures you could take of the ballerinas, you grabbed your camera and headed out the door.
The story of Coppelia is the story of a mad scientist, who created a doll, to accompany him so he wouldn't be so lonely. He sets her out of the balcony and she is noticed by a boy. The boy falls in love with her with the scorn of his fiance. The boy declares to the scientist that he wishes to marry Coppelia, whom he doensn't know is a doll. His fiance, jealous reveals everything to the boy and the boy realizes the one he loves is just a doll and marries his true love in the first place.
The seats were front row, so close that you could see the sweat on the dancers bodies. You took plenty of pictures and enjoyed the play as much as you could, but your attention drifted. Then Coppelia appeared on her pedastol on the balcony. And you watched her and looked at her and admired her in her still composure as if you were the lovestruck boy in the ballet. Coppelia was not the main dancer and she only had a few dance numbers, but she drew your attention more then any of the other dancers. She was spectacular and more beautiful than anyone you have ever seen, movements graceful and precise. You focused your camera on her and took a picture as she finished her dance number, and it was the last picture you had in your roll of film. When the ballet was done, Nee-san went backstage to meet the director her close friend. "Did you have a favorite ballerina Syusuke?" you nodded and showed her the picture of your Coppelia. Nee-san was kind of suprised "How come its her? The lead character was a better dancer and she had more dances to do. Coppelia was beautiful but all she did was mostly just sit there and look pretty." you smiled "She looked very pretty sitting there too, but when she was dancing she was the only one on the stage for me. When she was dancing, my heart kept spinning and she cast a spell on me like no other person ever did. My Coppelia is beautiful and very perfect, she is my favorite." Yumiko nee-san nudged you "When did my little brother learn to say such sweet words. I'll tell you what, if you're interested I'll get my friend to hook you up and you can meet the Coppelia ballerina yourself." you nodded and anticipated the meeting, but when you met the director, he told you that Coppelia had already gone home for the night. Seeing your disappointed face, he gave you tickets to the next nights show and promise that you could catch her next time.
The following night, you went to the ballet again, and watched Coppelia with Taka-san, he mostly fell asleep through most of it, but you didn't mind, you preferred Taka-san over anyone else on your team. Coppelia looked perfect tonight as well, she was still when she was suppose to be and vibrant when she moved. You picked up several things about her you hadn't noticed the previous night. Her eyes were frightening blue and beautiful just as a doll's, her hands were pretty and very small and delicate, and her smile was graceful and added even more charm to her face. In the midst of her solo dance, you pulled your hand over your heart, feeling as if your heart would explode right now. Once the curtains were drawn, you and Taka-san made your way backstage. You found her dressing room, it had a big star on it with the name Coppelia across, and under that in smaller print was the name Ryoko Shirashi. As you were reading this, a woman came out of the door and was startled by you. "Are you a fan? Coppelia isn't seeing anyone today, so go home kid." "Really? Can I come back tomorrow then?" she shook her head "We're not dancing here tomorrow night. We're moving performances to Chiba and then Yokohama as part of our Kanto Region tour." "And when will you be back in Tokyo?" you asked. "Don't know kid, we'll see how the schedule plans out." When she left, you couldn't help but hide the disappointment on your face. Taka-san placed his arm around you, don't worry about it Fuji, they'll come back soon enough and you'll meet your Coppelia."
You took out the picture you took last night of Coppelia and admired it.
My star, my Coppelia.