Disclaimer: As much as I wish, I do not own La Corda D' Oro and any of its character.
One Wrong Note
By: deceivingpurplehimesama
***Part 2***
'Hino Kahoko… it's been a year…' Len stood behind the tree trunk where he can hide and watch them.
They all stood in front of her. All of them were there. May it be her friends from the concourse and her friends from the general education department. They were crying like crazy idiots and at the same time laughing as they talked about their memories together.
That's the reason why Len didn't want to go. Well, he never was fond of any company except hers. She was the only company he actually allowed and will ever allow. And now, loneliness is his only company.
'You know how much I'd want to rewind everything with you, right?' And as if on cue the wind blew. The leaves danced in mid-air and he found himself at the front of his usual practice room.
**flashback: second year high school**
Len noticed a red-haired girl inside his usual practice room and he was certain she wasn't a music student. Well, her uniform basically told him that. She was wearing the school's black-colored uniform which was the general-education students were prescribed to wear.
'Now, what is someone like her doing in my practice room?' He thought irritably as he opened the door.
The red-haired girl was surprised at the sudden entrance that she dropped every piece of music sheet she'd been holding and had been trying to read.
Len saw the mess and realized, they were his music sheets. "I-I-I'm s-sorry…" She apologized as she clumsily picked up the sheets. Now that irritated him more.
"Leave." He coldly said, his eyes staring at her.
"B-but…" She tried to protest, meeting eye-to-eye with Len. Wrong move. She was silenced by his cold stare. She gulped; can't move.
"Leave, you're wasting my time." Len said, still with that stoic expression. And the next thing he knew, he was alone in his practice room, his solitude.
After picking up and carefully arranging the music sheets, Len started playing 'Ave Maria' and was in deep concentration with his playing.
He didn't notice, someone was listening by the window. But then, 'Boogsh!' Someone tripped. He stopped and opened his eyes. Outside the window the red-haired girl was there.
She was smiling. "That was a beautiful piece you played there… I'm sorry if I disturbed you, I was just so amazed by your performance that I didn't notice I was going to trip." However, he didn't hear a word she said. He cared less about that. He'd always hear that, anyway. He was hooked to her sweet smile and the dreaminess of her golden orbs.
That was the first time, Len ever felt happy again. All those years, he'd been trying to be perfect, trying his best to surpass his parents, that's why he forgot how happy he was playing the violin.
"Uhmm… If you wouldn't mind, could I…" Before, she could actually continue, Len had come in front of her and closed the window. That told her, he didn't want an audience.
But, Len didn't know that after he closed that small window, he was opening a big door for her.
**end of flashback**
And again, her smile flashed before him. It was really her smile that caught his attention. It was her smile that made him close the window and at the same time opened the door for her.
Then he heard them playing 'Canon.' He had one duet with her. That was their first ever duet that only the two of them had heard.
**flashback**
Len was in the auditorium, practicing for the upcoming concourse alone. He was on his second piece now. 'Canon.'
Suddenly, he noticed someone playing along with him. It wasn't perfect, not even considered a learned playing, but somehow, it touched something in Len. He didn't want it to stop, but then the music has ended.
He opened his eyes and he still was alone on stage, but he knew someone was there. 'Behind the curtains?' He thought to himself and looked to his right.
"Show yourself…" He uttered, his blank expression still on.
Then that red-haired girl showed up from behind the curtains, holding a violin and looking down on the floor, flushing red. Embarrassed. "I-I'm sorry… I was just so… I couldn't help myself, I'm really sorry. I better leave now, I might be disturbing you again."
She was walking away towards the back door when, "Matte! Stay!" Len stopped her. She looked his way, shocked.
"Eh?"
"I don't mind." Len didn't understand why he said that as well. Why he allowed her to be there when he hates it when someone watches him practice. For him, it was a disturbance, but then this girl was an exception.
"By the way, I'm Hino Kahoko." She finally introduced herself, smiling yet again. And from that moment, Len could never forget her name, no matter how much he tried.
**end of flashback**
No matter how much he wants to forget her, he just can't. He made to much an impact on him. They've spent too much time together. Memories flooded him. Bitter-sweet memories, that pricked his heart again and again and again.
'How can I ever forget someone who has changed my whole perspective of life and love… How can I ever forget the woman I have loved and had never stopped loving… How can I ever forget that sweet smile? How can I ever forget you when you're all I could ever think about? How can I ever forget you and move on with life when you have always been my life? How can I forget someone I never ever want to forget?'
The wind was with him. Cold and chilly. The atmosphere of loneliness.
Author's note: Hey guys! ^_^v Done with the second part, thanks for reading this. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did in writing this one. Thanks for taking your time reading this.
And I'd like to dedicate this chapter to the very first person who actually commented on this story. Thank you, thank you so much Hehe...
Special mention: Takane-sensei's Nurse
Hopefully, I'd hear from more people out there. Thanks a bunch in advance and see you again on the next part. This story's going to be just short so don't worry, we're almost at the finish line so bear with me until then... hehe
Lovelots
