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Summary: Forced by Amou to make Violin Romance comes true, Hino met the fact that she HAD to choose one of the guys, when an accident happened and took her life away!
Disclaimer: La Corda d'Oro's not mine, though i desperate to make it mine....
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Chapter 1
"Tsuchiura Ryoutaro?" Amou Nami mused, humming some tunes as she walked side by side with me. My day started really good, with the bright sun, the cool air. I was enjoying it, then Nami appeared. We walked and we entered the cafetaria for lunch.
Tsuchiura-kun, eh? A lot of students think that we're together, with our closeness and all.
"Mmm.." I answered absent-mindedly.
"Shimizu Keiichi?"
Seriously, Shimizu-kun?
"Mmmm.."
"Hihara Kazuki?"
Hihara-senpai?
"Mmmmm.."
"Yunoki Azuma?"
That teasing, pretty face. Couldn't she chose a better person?
"Mmmmmmm.."
"Ok.. Tsukimori Len?"
Uh. Eh. Wha--
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.."
I tried to disguise the sudden change of emotion with a longer answer. That'll be good.
Amou Nami goggled and started to wrinkle her forehead, not satisfied with the answers she got. She's really the pushy type. If she wanted it, she'll get it. Gah.
"Hino-San, get serious! What makes you not satisfied with the five of them?!" She screamed to my poor ear. I wished that it'll survive.
"Eh..", I forced myself to grin, sweatdropping with her attack. It's not that I'm not satisfied.. Really.. It's only that...
"Listen, they all handsome, a lot of people admire them, and Hino-san, you have chances to be closed with them, and yet you dissipate them!" Amou Nami stood enthusiastically, pointing her index finger to me, while her other hand hit the table loudly. She kept silent afterward, goggled, waiting for my answer.
"Eh.. Amou-San, it would be better if we stop talking about this.." I said with an awkward smile, my both hands raised in front of my face, palms toward the newspaper club president. My eyes starting to peek around the cafetaria, worried for the stare caused by Amou. Attention would be a big problem if ever. I could imagine students murmuring about the latest news in my life. News Flash: Hino Kahoko's love interest? Will Violin Romance come true? Yea, right.
"No! We will start one more time, Hino-San! Now, you should answer my questions seriously, I want to ensure who's the best candidate for your Violin Romance partner!" Amou sat again and started to write some alphabets, read as Tsuchiura, Hihara, Tsukimori, Shimizu, and Yunoki. As if that'll make me answer...
"From the beginning.. Tsuchiura Ryoutaro?"
"Ehm..He's kind, but.." I left her hanging.
He has a big body which sometimes makes me scared, what if, well.. WHAT IF he fall and suppress me? I'll die. See? Now that's a really biiiiggg.. Big problem.. Big news.. Big body.. Big.. What is happening to my mind? Why does Tsuchiura-kun have to be so freaking big at everything!
"But?"
"No, I only think him as a good big brother," I answered her quickly with smile. Whew. Safe answer.
"Shimizu Keiichi?"
"He looks like a sweet little brother,"
Even though I adore his angelic features, his fantastic cielo playing, I didn't think that I'll feel something deep for him. And not to mention that I don't know what to talk about with an alien from a Music Planet. If I ask him an 'A', he will give me a 'B' answer. See? He's an alien, and me, as a human, don't talk with aliens.
"Hihara Kazuki?"
"Ehm, he's very cheerful and kind, but I don't think of him more than that,"
Except he makes me feel like his baby-sitter everytime he makes noises and attracts people's attention. It really, really irritated me. I don't have any experience for caring a baby. Hey! After all I'm the youngest in my family. So, it's normal, right? And I didn't plan on being a caregiver at the near future. Maybe a chef, or a musician, though it's a long way to go. I refuse to be Hihara Kazuki's caregiver!
"Ok.. Then, Yunoki Azuma?"
"Ha..ha..ha.. I would definitely get killed by his crazy fangirls.."
And suffering a heart attack caused by his another personality. His 'devilish' personality. Great, now I'm lost at words, he's just too much to handle. Add his grandmother. He's given me a lot of problems of life; we're not even together!
"Last person, Hino-san! I do hope your answer will be better from the previous. Tsukimori Len?"
"No." I stated.
"No?"
"Yes, no. He's not the type of guy who has interest with romance."
And he's also cold, an ice cube, no expression, narcisstic, boring, he thinks he's the best, the glorious honorable, and his best skill except for the violin is only for making people hurt by every words slip from his lips. Tsk.. Right, may be I have a lot of complains about him, a lot more than the others, but I can't help it. He asks for it. Ha! He gets what he deserved!
"Right. We won't be able to get his help for the Violin Romance, even though he's actually one of the prime candidate," Amou leaned her head to her right hand, while her left hand lifted her pencil and made a circle pattern in the air. Violin Romance?!
"What do you mean?" I frowned hearing the words, prime candidate.
"Yep, you knew, didn't you? Violin Romance, a triangle love story happened 25 years ago between the concour participants. It's called a Violin Romance because the couple both majored in Violin." She narrated with her perky voice.
Why be so happy about it?
"Hmm.." I nodded, though I'm not really paying attention.
"So, Hino-san, you and Tsukimori-kun indeed become the prime candidate for the second Violin Romance. Despite the fact we still need one more candidate for the love triangle scenario. Well, after all, you both play violin, something that already 25 years never happened again, two participants majoring in violin."
"Ha..ha..ha..", I forced myself to laugh. "Yes, I know your point, Amou-San.. But we're talking about Tsukimori-kun here, so maybe.. No. It's not a 'maybe' anymore, you HAVE to wait until next year's concour, or may be a couple of years from now, until there will be a couple of participants majoring in violin again, and the second Violin Romance will happen then."
I don't want to get involved with the 'almighty' ice cube. Or else, I will be outcased like a fly for disturbing his very, very, super important practice. Ah, okay, like I want to disturb him. Never! I'm too nice to be with him! See that? I'm not a narcisstic 'like him', but honestly, who wants to go out with an ice cube anyway? Ice cube's only great for juices, and cola, and tea, and coffee, and.. Okay, you get what I mean?
"Hmmm. .Hm.." Amou nodded her head repetedly, closed her eyes, wrinkled her forehead, thinking. Her hands in front of her breasts, folded. "I know."
"What, Amou-san?"
"If it's really a burdensome for you to be in a 'Violin Romance' with Tsukimori-kun, you just have to create a new legend!!" Amou stood enthusiastically and pointing her index finger to me - again. She grinned, happy with her idea – which is for her, and ONLY for her – a very brilliant one. And thanks to her idea, I'm going to be doomed. Even though I didn't get it at first. I didn't care about her stupid idea!
"Hah?" I wrinkled my forehead, trying to absorb her words. It's stupid, right? But I tended to overreact at things. People are staring at me, again.
Amou folded her hands in front of her breasts, wrikled her forehead, thinking for the next step. "Violin and piano make a good couple."
"Heeehh?"
Wait.. Maybe I have problem with my ears. Violin and piano? Did I hear it right?
"Violin and piano." She repeated, irritated.
Tsk. That explains my ears are fine. Should I be grateful? Or not? Maybe no. Not when I'm talking to Amou-san.
"Amou-san, I and Tsuchiura-kun aren't.."
"Aren't like 'that'?" Amou cut my words and smile naughtily. "It's just not yet like 'that', you will see him like 'that' later," she continued, winking her right eye. Something's up in her sleeves.
"What do you mean?" Okay, my forehead started to wrinkle deeper.
This girl is really dangerous. Maybe I should save myself from such danger and ran away quickly, then bury myself so I'd never see Amou Nami again.
"Hino-san, between the five candidates, only to Tsuchiura-kun you didn't complain so much. From your 'Hmm..' answer above, he got the shortest one, didn't he?"
Tsk, she's right. But, so what?
"And from the last incident in the first concour – the one that made him willing to help you as your accompaniment – you both are rumoured as a couple."
Well, that makes him different from the other 4 guys indeed. He's a lot more friendly to me, a lot more closer.
"So, you can't deny anymore, Tsuchiura-kun is your prime partner!"
Good, what else can you expect from an Amou Nami, a 'gossip' genious.
"So, work hard, Hino-san! Chase after him!" She gave me a little push.
"Amou-san.." I tried to stay calm, though I really wanted to rip her head off her body. "Look.. I think Tsuchiura-Kun is not interested in me, and that – about being a couple – only an unfounded gossip after all.."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk.." Amou swinged her index finger in front of my face, objecting.
"Hino-san, you're too dense. Okay, I have a plan." Amou groped inside her pocket and took out something. Great. Another one of her plans.
"Here."
"Cinema tickets?"
"Right! Take this and ask him for a date!"
"HAAH?!" Is she crazy? Maybe she's crazy. No. She's indeed crazy. Everyone knows. So why can't I realize sooner! I could've spared myself from this.. this.. Gah! I couldn't think of a word that'll match this!
"Hino-san, you're way too close with him. If you ask him to date, maybe you will see him more as a M-A-N," Amou played with her voice and gave me another right eye wink. Her hands forced me to receive the tickets.
"Amou-San.."
KRRRING..
Saved by the bell, or NOT.
"Oops, time for class! Alright, Hino-San, the tickets are for Saturday, 10 am! Make sure you ask him out this evening! Bye!"
"Wa-wait!!"
Didn't bother, Amou ran as fast as she can, disappear from the cafeteria.
Uh..
I stared at the tickets, my head leaned to my hands.
Geez.. Can't help it. I'll just take it as a 'going out with a friend', so we are NOT going to have a date. I was never one for dates, and I refuse to try it. It's better if Amou-san would be the one to ask Tsuchiura-kun.
I hurriedly went back to my class, afraid from being late, while accidentally my foot step on a piece of paper, and..
Oh NO!
Every seconds passed slowly. I could feel my body floated, slowly, with my head below. My neck must be broken.
"HINO!"
~ To be Continued ~
Next chapter: Hino' DEAD??? So what about the 5 guys?
So, how was that? Please review! I'm usually a lazy girl, so please give me reasons to continue this story. Reviews are needed! Thank you.