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Chapter 3:Little fairy in the wind
A week after Kaori had been released from the hospital, me and the two new couple Tsubaki and Watari were there to celebrate her release.
"Yay! Im FREE!"
"Congratulations Kao-chan, here is your release present from me and Watari."
"Uwahh Flowers thanks Tsubaki-chan."
"Hey Kaori don't get too excited or you may faint again."
"Don't worry Watari-kun, the doctor said the disease is all cured and anemic is was just a side-effect from it so it means im better weehee!"
Kaori was so cheerful, it made my day just by seeing her innocent smile, I could stare at it all day but today was an important day so I must get myself straight.
"Kaori, do you want to leave now?"
She looked at me and almost gave me a heart attack by the sudden change in personality from wild yet controllable to docile yet adorable, "damn Kaori is cute when she act like that."
Her smile towards me was was angelical and divine, as if she was an angel sent down from heaven to be beside me, I was a lucky man to have such an angel right beside me. I wanted to stare and enjoy our friends time together but it was pretty late, as I daydreamed about us in the future, Kaori replied to me.
"Sure Kousei lets go."
"Where are you going Kao-chan?"
"A secret Tsubaki :D."
Tsubaki stole a glance towards me as I avoided her leer, I took Kaori by the hand and left the hospital, Watari seemed to understand what was going since he shouted out "Good Luck Kousei!", leaving only Tsubaki to be left clueless to the situation at hand.
It was our first date, me and Kaori promised to go on a date after she was released from the hospital. I was waiting for it anxiously, even allowing my anxiousness to be affecting my daily lifestyle, I overslept and was late for school due to me sleeping late (since I couldn't sleep … truth is I am very sleepy since last night I played the piano the entire night unable to contain my excitement for the date.) and moreover I couldn't even teach my student Nagi well, what an embarrassment, I hope Kaori didn't notice that im really tired.
Kaori's POV
"Kousei looks so tired I wonder whats he is up to? He has been yawning here and there non-stop, is he alright?" I pondered over my tired boyfriend as I noticed him being very exhausted for some reason. I was really worried if Kousei was going to pass out on me, so I held Kousei's head lightly and let it rest on my lap.
"Kaori? What are you…"
"Shhh… stop talking you are tired aren't you? Come on get some rest, I'll wake you up once the bus arrived."
"There are people looking at us." Kousei was a shy and timid person so this level of attention makes him very embarrassed.
I couldn't help but giggle, a boy prodigy who changed my life by playing on the grand stage with thousands of people watching him play but was alright with that attention, is so nervous off-stage with so little people watching him. I gently pat his head and told him to rest until the bus came, Kousei tried to resist at first, but his exhaustion was too great that he immediately fell asleep on my laps.
Kousei is so cute when he is asleep, the smooth yet a bit messy black hair was covering his delicate girl like eye brows, he breathed gently and frail I was worried he was not getting enough oxygen, his small pointed nose became docile and cute, his posture of sleeping was like a baby's so cute and endearing . My heart skipped beats just looking at Kousei sleeping, I couldn't believe that he was being tortured from young and was suffering for his entire life until today, he was so fragile like a glass about to break any moments, his fingers was soft and gentle like a pillow, so soft, if you asked anyone that doesn't know about Kousei, they would probably say he is an ordinary person who no talent of whatsoever, My boyfriend who suffered up till now was just sleeping like a log peacefully and cutely, I swore in my heart that I will not let this fragile and weak boy be alone ever again, I once again gently patted his head and as if it was reading my mind, the bus arrived.
Kousei's POV
"Wake up Kousei, Come on Wake up sleepyhead."
I can hear someone calling me, who was it? Then, all of a sudden, I could hear Love's sorrow being played on the piano, "Mom? Is that you?" I call out to the voice trying to wake me up.
"Kousei are you okay?" Kaori tried to call out to me, I finally woke up after hearing Kaori's panic-stricken voice. When I woke up, I saw Kaori crying tears and immediately panic at the sight of her tears,
"Kaori, are you okay? Whats wrong?"
"mmhmm.. nothing is wrong Kousei." Kaori sniffs as she says those words, I wondered if I did something to her until I recalled my dreams and understood that Kaori was very worried .
"Did I call for my mom in my sleep."
"mmm… you did Kousei, Baka!" She hugged me tightly, a little too tightly making me unable to breathe as I asked Kaori to loosen the embrace.
"Kousei you idiot, don't go and make me worried about you, when I heard you were calling for your mom I was so worried, please Kousei don't leave me to go to the afterlife to see your mom. Im begging you Kousei." Kaori started to wept into tears, I understood how worried Kaori was as I sat up and patted her head ensuring her that I won't leave her alone in this world, I promised Kaori that we will be together forever so I won't be leaving any time soon.
"Kaori, I am happy you are worried for me but I'll make this clear, I will not leave this world just to meet my mom and leave you alone, just like how you colored my world, You brought life in my dead world and saved it from the abyss of the dark, maybe if I had met you any later than that fateful day that we met, I would have probably died by now. You have given me a new life, you are my savior my everything, I will not leave you alone. I won't die."
"Kousei… thank you."
"Urmm I am glad to see some young love but are you getting on the bus?" the driver asked
We turned to look at our surroundings and saw people staring at us, some were even laughing at my open proposal as we both turned red in embarrassment and blushed, what was I thinking openly proposing in the public. I was so embarrassed that I wanted to die then I remembered my confession and forced myself to endure it since I brought it upon myself, Ah gods why you got to be so mean to me.
Kaori took my hand and we boarded the bus together, we managed to find a silent couple seat and rested on the bus until our stop which was 1 hour away.
"Hey Kousei, where are we going by the way?"
"You will see, I planned a fantastic date for us, I think you will love it."
"Hehh… I am excited to see what did you plan for our date, make sure it is a good one okay sweetheart."
"Sure you will love it Kaori."
Kaori called me sweetheart for once making my heart flutter for her cuteness, we chatted about music and some other things about famous musicians like Chopin and Beethoven, how they led their lives or how beautiful their music are, we also talked about some upcoming competitions which Kaori can enter and hope to win.
"Umm Kaori maybe you should join the Kiza Hall Competition, it has a good reputation for being one of the best musical competition and the criteria for winning is to produce the best music the way you like it, the judges are famous violinist and they will judge you by how well you sound, no need to follow the score, it's a perfect competition for you who doesn't follow the score and they won't restrict your accompanist. So I can join you in this competition aswell."
"Hehh… we have such a competition? I didn't know about it, I guess it is a good way to start earning some trophies, Kousei be my accompanist."
"Sure Kaori, the song piece is not set and you can play whatever you want so what do you want to play?"
"Hmmm… maybe Beethoven violin sonata no.5 op 24 Spring?"
"eh why?"
"Cause I feel like it."
I burst out laughing at that comment, I couldn't believe it, she was going to enter a competition and expects to win it by playing a random piece she felt like playing, it was so typical of Kaori, I will be having a hard time to keep up with this wild horse.
"Kousei! Stop laughing."
"Sorry hahah but it is just hahah so funny XD you will be playing a song you just felt like playing for an important competition, I find it pretty funny."
"Mou Kousei you stupid, indecisive, camera voyager. But I guess because you are like this, that's why I love you Kousei."
Kaori pulled me towards a hug as we slowly kissed. Her lips was really soft and I could not control myself to keep kissing her, unable to let her catch her breath, I placed my hands on her cheeks to prevent it from escape, my head was spinning in ecstasy, my mind was heating up and making me dizzy, after a few more seconds, we released ourselves from one another to catch air. Man it was intense, I was so hungry for Kaori that I did not even let her escape from it, many at times, it was Kaori in front of me while I was behind her chasing after that back of hers, now , I could take initiative when it comes to kissing and Kaori would be at my mercy while made me happy to have something over Kaori, Hiroko once said I was a bona fide extreme sadist, I am beginning to see the reason for her comment as I wouldn't let such a frail and innocent girl go.
I looked at Kaori to see her reaction, she was flushed red and pink, her hair was in a slight mess and her eyes avoided contact mine, her cheeks were reddish that if one didn't know well enough, he or she would think she was having a fever, Kaori took out a comb from her bag and immediately brushed back her hair, her finger tips was touching her lips as if remembering that ecstasy filled kiss and was wishing for more, she was cute, cuter than a cat and prettier than painted bunting, and trust me they are really pretty birds with brightly colored wings.
"Kousei, kiss me once more please?"
"Umm… emmm."
"no? pretty please." She cutely begged for me to kiss her, My male hormones were on the verge of going out of control, I battle an intensive war with the hormones I had in me knowing if I kissed her once more will make me go out of control. It took all my professionalism to keep myself rational, If not I would have kissed Kaori until she fainted.
"Sorry Kaori, If I kissed you once more, I will probably can't take it anymore and will want to kiss you silly, once we are older than we should do this okay?"
"Kousei… Okay than I will await that day patiently." Seemingly satisfied with my answer, I took out some chocolate and gave it Kaori.
"Mmm.. this is some delicious chocolate, where did you buy it from Kousei?"
"I made it."
"Wow you can bake Kousei?"
"Yeah I lived alone after my mom died and my dad was not around, I didn't want to keep bothering Tsubaki so I learnt how to cook, baking and making chocolate was something I did so I can have some chocolate since buying them are expensive."
"This is really good Kousei, if you fail to be a musician, become a baker at our shop, we will welcome you!"
"Only once I fail, which I don't intend to since I got a pretty girlfriend now, I don't want to disappoint her."
"That's right Kousei, but can you sometimes make some chocolate for me? I want to eat them."
"Anytime you want Kaori."
We reached our destination after a long ride, we arrived at Asakura to try out some Japanese sweets and I brought her to Kamejyuu to try out the dorayaki there, it was delicious the batter is like pancake batter that is baked and then later sandwiches a sweet red bean paste.
We moved on to Karintoh Kozakura , their Karintoh is a delicious fried sweet with a honey glaze making it very sweet and crunchy for sweet tooths to enjoy.
We tried out many other sweets shops that I lost count and since we ate so much, we decided to head to the park for a stroll.
"Ah it was all so good, I am full thanks for the meal."
"No problem Kaori."
I spotted a boat rental and decided to take Kaori on a lake trip down stream.
"Hey Kaori you want to go on a boat ride?"
"Sure Kousei lets go!"
I rented a boat and we took the boat out and I rowed the oars and we stopped till we were in the middle of the lake to enjoy the beautiful blue stream, the water was so pure and clear that the bottom part of the lake could be seen clearly, small fishes could be seen swimming freely in the vast blue valley, the trees surrounding the area gave it a nice and relaxing greenery and the air was so pure and untainted, Sweet smells of melted sugar could be smelled from a far and I was on a peaceful boat trip with my girlfriend Miyazono Kaori, nothing was better than this.
"Ah the air is so clean right Kousei?"
"You are right Kaori, I am glad this boat trip was worth it."
"Hey Kousei"
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Earlier in the day you were calling out to your mom are you okay now?"
Kaori was worried about me about this morning slight incident, I was happy Kaori cared so much about me, I was one happy boyfriend.
"Yes I am thanks for worrying about me Kaori."
"I see well lets go and eat dinner and visit some place together okay?"
"Sure lets go."
We stopped by a restaurant name Sekaichi and walked in to have our food, the waiter brought us to our tables and gave us a menu as she excused herself to let us choose our food in peace, I stared at the other table thinking that their figures looks so similar to someone and I finally realized who it was.
His blonde hair spiked up to make several small mountains on his head making him seem very wild while his blue eyes makes him seem very mature and collect, while on the other hand a familiar girl with long and blonde twintails was sitting beside the boy with spikey hair, her eyes were brownish and black making her seem very young and energetic, I called out their names as I recognized them on sight.
"Aiza takeshi-san and nagi-chan?"
The two blonde hair siblings turned to look at who was calling them and noticed me with a shocked look in their eyes.
"Arima why are you here?"
"Arima-sensei such a shock to see you here."
"Yeah me too I was here to eat what about you guys?"
"Our parents went on a honeymoon, so we decided to eat outside and coincidentally saw you hear arima-sensei, By the way who is that women behind you?"
"Hi nagi-chan right? My name is Miyazono Kaori."
"Let me explain nagi-chan she is my girlfriend, we are out on a date."
My words seemed to be shocking for the 2 blonde siblings as Nagi gave me a look of disbelieve while Takeshi was at a loss for words. I just then remembered I never told Nagi anything about Kaori, even at the time when we performed a duet together, I only said I was going to give someone a punch in her face
"Arima you have a girlfriend? Since when?"
"About 2 weeks ago."
"I see…" Truly at a loss for words, Takeshi no longer spoke for a while until nagi broke the silence
"Arima-sensei congratulations."
"Thanks Nagi."
We combined our tables and ate together , we were a gathering of musicians so we only discussed about music and some other things regarding competition and stuff.
"Hey arima, are you going to enter any competitions?" my rival asked with curiosity,
"Well I plan to enter a violin competition with Kaori to help her win it, it's the Kiza Competition."
"Woah that's a really high level competition, emi once told me that many famous violinist are all award winners from that competition."
"Don't worry Takeshi-kun, me and Kousei are the best combination every out there, we are the best nothing will stop us from winning this competition." Kaori brimmed with confidence as she replied Takeshi.
Surprised at her overwhelming confidence, Takeshi asked me "Do you like hot-blooded and overconfident girls like Kaori? That's surprising especially since you are so timid." He teased me making me blush.
"Well I guess you can say Kaori is like my everything, she was the one who brought life in me when I lost my mom to the death gods, I really love Kaori not because she saved me, but because she is Kaori."
Kaori blushed and dipped her head in embarrassment, I think she was happy about that comment as Nagi grinned and remarked.
"So cliché Arima-sensei. So what exactly happened to her during the gala concert, if she was like you said, why didn't she appear on the day of the concert?"
We both slowly remembered about Kaori's illness and took it pretty hard, but now, Kaori was alright and saved from the misery of deaths, we slowly explained everything to the unknown Nagi and Takeshi, when we finally finished, Nagi was on the verge of tears while Takeshi only felt pity for us, being a well-known prodigy of the piano, he heard and played many sad songs that he got used to sorrow, I understood it very well.
"I…see… Sorry Arima that happened to you while you came back to the music world, I didn't know, even though I thought I was the closest to you when it comes to music and you."
"No its fine now, Kaori survived the surgery and now we are together, so in the end, it worked out pretty well."
"Arima-sensei, you must have suffered a lot when Miyazono-san was in the hospital, I am so happy for you."
"Thank you Nagi-chan."
We chatted for the rest of the time and the two siblings had to leave for home as we parted ways, Takeshi gave me his phone number and I gave him mine, we became good friends after the entire thing has happened.
It was getting very late , we walked around the park once again to digest our dinner, I sneak a peek towards my watch and it was time to bring Kaori to our final destination.
"Kaori, I have something to show you."
"What is it?"
"Follow me."
I took her by the hand and brought her to a hillside near the area. Kaori had no idea what was going on as I slowly counted down.
"3, 2 ,1"
A light was shoot up in the air and exploded, the colors made after the explosion shined in the air. Illuminating the night sky with pretty dazzling colors, the fireworks was just like Kaori, I was the cloudy night, so dark that no one was able to see, my life was a mess and Kaori lighted up my world like a firework, sparkling the flames or life in my heart, I looked at Kaori and our eyes met, dark ocean met azure sky, we are so similar yet so different, I embraced Kaori in a hug unwilling to let go of her, her respond was to hold me back, as we embraced our warmth in the lights of the dreams.
It was very late, I sent Kaori back from after arriving back to our hometown, I walked her back to her house.
"Hey Kousei."
"Whats up Kaori?"
"This night just seemed so nostalgic, do you remember it?"
"Yeah, I do, I sent you home after you stayed late at my house to practice for the gala concert, this was also the night we sang twinkle twinkle little star together."
"You know Kousei, this is one of the best nights I ever had, I never would had imagined that I would be cured from my disease, I was ready to face death and enter the door to heaven, just then, I heard you."
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"I heard you play during the surgery, you were crying as you saw me perform with you as the last time, I could hear you call out to me telling me to stay and live, it must be stupid right? It was all a dream, yet it felt so real yet so fake, the gods had called me and said it was time to leave, my body slowly started to disappear into thin air, I was so afraid, I was scared that I would leave this world, but you stopped me, your voice stopped me Kousei, I can't thank you enough, even though it was only a dream."
I was really shocked, a miracle has happened to us, we both saw the exact same thing during our performace and Kaori left slowly after disappearing into petals.
"Kaori, you know that sounded like what happened to me aswell. You were standing there, playing your violin alongside me, then all of a sudden you started to fade away like the sakura petals being blown away into the ever distant wind, never returning back, I was crestfallen, you were so cruel and was going to leave me alone in the world, I couldn't forgive that. I decided to play so well that you would miss my music so much you won't leave this world, my feelings reached you and now we are together, thank you Kaori for giving me another chance in life and allowing me to forgive myself once more. Thank you."
"Kousei…"
We slowly brought our faces closer, the distance between us was almost nil and our lips contacted each other once more and we had our third kiss.
"Kaori, your lips taste like dorayaki, so delicious."
"It is sweet right? That's what I am!"
We both laughed together and I sent her home safe and sound, I left for home and rested, I started to prepared for the Kiza Competition the next day immediately and for the upcoming 3 months, It was a tiring, tiring long months.
Hey Guys AndyNnimeFreak here, thank you guys for being awesome and reading my series, I finally gotten myself a beta reader which he will start working next chapter so the chapters may delay for longer, I will continue to work at this and my English since it is a crucial thing to this. Leave reviews on what do you want me to include in the upcoming chapters, im free for suggestions but I have a few ideas in mind, If you want to be a beta reader please PM me as I do really want a pro to help me in this. So thank you guys for reading this and the next chapter would be up next week unknown date.
