A/N: Expect OOC-ness and me not following what's in the "Genre" tag, also a half-assed chapter

Also, I don't even know what's going to come to my mind as I type this, I didn't set a plot whatsoever (Ignore the inconsistent writing style.)

This is the last Chapter, so...Enjoy(?)

Reviews/Criticisms Appreciated

The Next Day...

Kobayashi's Apartment, 6:00AM

Kobayashi slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes open.

Today was the day she finally got to do what she had stopped doing.

Taking her glasses from their cup thing then proceeding to wear them, she slid over the side of the bed, her feet landing on her indoor slippers; Standing up, she proceeded to stretch and scratch her back, her eyes landing on the small white plastic bag on the corner of her room.

She wondered if it still fit, as it had 3 whole years since she last wore it; Scanning the room, her attention landed on her drawer.

Taking a few steps closer, she grasped the handle and slowly pulled, revealing a small blue notebook

It looked new at first glance, but in reality, it was already 3 years old, the stench of old paper wafted through her nose as she opened it, reading it's contents and memorizing everything she wrote; The notebook held what would've been her future, a different future which was now in the past, a future away from where she was right now.

Closing the notebook and putting it in her brown bag, she opened the door to her living room and was greeted with the sight of Tohru making her all-time favourite coffee and Kanna eating Omurice.

"Good Morning Kobayashi-san." The Dragon Maid and Gothic Lolita Dragon greeted, as soon as she sat down on her side of the table, her all too favourite yellow mug was placed in front of her, taking a sip, she eyed Tohru.

The entire time she since she got out of her room, she felt like she was being watched by a pair of eyes, this wasn't the first time she had felt like this, but this felt more stalker like than Tohru's usual glare.

After finishing her breakfast (Omurice like Kanna's) and taking a bath, she had quickly dressed up in her usual work clothes, she really didn't want Tohru to know what she was going to do, especially when doing it in front of a live audience.

Which is why she had two tickets in hand.

As she exited her room carrying the white paper bag and her usual work bag, she handed Tohru the two tickets.

"Wear something formal." Was the only thing she said before exiting her apartment.

The second Kobayashi left the apartment, Tohru could only sigh as she looked at the tickets.

'Oborozuka Theatre? Isn't that the place where they host plays and stuff?' She wondered as she read what was on the tickets, an event started at 6PM and ended at 8PM, Two hours long, and had several special guests.

The fact that Kobayashi was inviting her to watch something together with her made her feel overly-happy, but at the same time she felt suspicious, the person Kobayashi was meeting with yesterday was probably going to be present too.

Tohru felt conflicted, she could come and watch with Kobayashi, but that man would be there too, and she didn't want her perfect night with Kobayashi to be ruined by that person.

A light bulb clicked in her head, she could bring Kanna with her, that way, Kobayashi would be too focused in taking care of Kanna rather than with the person she was with Yesterday.

She smiled giddily, complimenting herself about the great idea she came up with, the extra ticket could be taken care of with magic, and Kobayashi was sure to be there, so-

Her thoughts were disturbed when the phone rang, picking it up, she was greeted with the voice of the love of her life.

"Tohru, Yeah, I'm sorry, I won't be able to come, take Kanna with you instead, I really want you to see this performance." Kobayashi said on the other end, the sound of a train departing and people chatting among themselves could be heard in the background.

"Okay, Kobayashi-san." Was her only reply.

Knowing that Kobayashi wouldn't be able to come hurt her.

It hurt her more knowing that that man was the cause of her absence.

"Tohru, I don't want you two to miss this, this is the only chance you could see me on stage."

The last two words before Kobayashi dropped the call left her dumbfounded; What did she mean when she said 'On Stage'?

Her mind was racing with questions as she did her usual house chores, before she knew it, Kanna was already home and it was already 5PM, 1 Hour before the start of the event.

Telling Kanna to get dressed, she casually morphed her usual maid outfit into a formal, open back, black 1-piece dress, with matching black elbow gloves; her hair was tied into a neat bun, she decided to borrow some of Kobayashi's make up (which was a scant few of course) to complete the picture.

7PM

Oborozuka Theatre

Kobayashi watched the performances on stage.

It was the first annual Oborozuka Piano Concerto, a showcase of original piano concertos created by the participants.

She wasn't participating of course, she was one of the Special Guests, she had requested that her name not be included in the advertisement and in the ticket, as her appearance was supposed to be a surprise.

It had been 3 Years since she last played the piano, her skills in typing had helped her 3 years ago, and 3 years of neglect in playing the instrument made her nervous; She only had 3 days of practice, which was too short to make her muscles remember.

She didn't even know what she was going to play, even though she had 12 more hours to think about what piece she was going to-

In the midst of her thinking, her eyes landed on a formally dressed Tohru, she had to thank her later for choosing to hide her horns and not wearing the head piece, Kanna was right next to her, wearing a smaller version of Tohru's dress but with sequins and without the elbow length gloves.

"Up next is a special performance..."

As the Emcee introduced her, she came walking on to the stage, Susumu was the conductor, and she was the pianist.

She could see Tohru's surprised expression, which was followed by jealousy.

As the clapping died down, she sat in front of the grand piano while Susumu stood on the raised podium, the music stand in front of him, Kobayashi was placed on the left of Susumu, with the entire audience to her right and the entire ensemble on her left.

Putting her fingers on the keys, she started Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Opus Number 18. (A/N: Just search up "Piano Concerto" in Youtube and click AVROTROS Klassiek's video.)

Tohru sat there, stunned, all the while she listening to the piano concerto going on in front of her.

She knew her Kobayashi was a woman of many talents (by "many" she meant drinking, and understanding technobabble), but she didn't expect her to be able to play the grand piano.

Her eyes shifted to Kobayashi, unlike her usual outfit, she was wearing a sleeveless single piece open back grey dress with her hair loose and without her glasses; her perfect outfit was enhanced by her shoes, it wasn't heeled, but was a matching color, and gave her enough freedom to press the pedals.

Shifting her focus on the movement of Kobayashi's hands and fingers, she couldn't help but feel awe as every key was hit with perfect elegance and finesse, not a single mistake could be spotted as she played her part; Despite not being on stage, she could feel every single person in audience shift their attention towards her woman, she could feel the awe struck gazes they were giving Kobayashi.

Knowing that her woman was being looked up upon made her feel happy, this was probably the happiest she had been while in this world.

As soon as the last note ended, there was a moment of silence before the entire theatre erupted in applause, she could see Tohru and Kanna applauding too.

As the commotion died down, Kobayashi and Susumu bowed, Susumu left the stage while she stayed there, she had a one last piece to play.

The Emcee announced what was next: A Solo performance by Kobayashi with an Original Piece, composed and arranged by her, for a special few.

Sitting down, once again, she placed her fingers on the keys.

And started for one last time (A/N: Youtube, search up: "Dragon Maid 'A New Start' " and click the video by PianoPrinceOfAnime.)