After Seto Hiroko's house shift, Kousei had completely stopped playing the Piano, and he didn't even talk about it anymore. Tsubaki and Watari had tried their level-best to bring him back, but Kousei never returned and this went on for another 6 years.

Kousei's past: Time lapse to 6 years after Seto Hiroko had gone away. (Still a bit far from the present)

…………… Now Kousei is a 14 years old teenager who is totally detached from Music. Tsubaki and Watari are still his friends. They still go to the same high-school together. Tsubaki still takes care of Kousei just like a sister. Whenever Kousei is in need, Tsubaki is always there to help him. But there's one thing that pains Tsubaki the most. The Piano that lied in a close, dark room in Kousei's house looked absolutely pathetic. It pained Tsubaki to think how desperate Kousei might be, to be able to resist himself from doing the one thing that he loved the most: Playing the Piano! Tsubaki had tried to talk to him about the subject, but Kousei had completely avoided it.

This was going on well. Tsubaki, Watari and Kousei were happy together. It was characteristic of Watari to run after girls. He was always busy running after beauties of the high-school while Tsubaki was busy curbing him off. Kousei, on the other hand, was very calm and quiet now.

The Tuesday of the third week of high-school: 6th April. Kousei will forever remember that date in his life. That's the day when he had met her for the first time: The love of his life Kaori Miyazono!

On the day before i.e. Monday, one of Tsubaki's friends had told her to introduce Watari to her. It seemed that she was interested in Watari. Tsubaki was busy at Watari's home, and so she had called on Kousei to let him know that she might be late to school and Kousei mustn't wait for her.

That was the first time Kousei had been alone to school. The straight road to the high-school took twists and turns, one of which led him to a park just beside the TOWA HALL. He was dragged by a sweet melody of a Melodica. On searching for the source, he had found out that a beautiful girl with large eyes was playing the melodica along with a group of three children. That damn morning was so beautiful! The soft sunlight on the dark hairs of the damsel was so enchantingly amazing that for the first time in his life, Kousei could be gazing at something for so long other than a piano and that too without being bored! The melodica she played was sweet in tune too. Kousei had thought about taking a picture of the group to have a cherishing memory. So he had taken out his phone and was looking for a suitable moment to click a picture, looking at them on his screen when it happened…..

The first breeze of the spring had kicked in suddenly, blowing up the knee-length skirt that the damsel was wearing! Kousei could almost swear that he had seen her undergarments. Almost out of reflex, he had tapped on the shutter button of his phone and there it was! The picture of the era! The damsel was busy adjusting her skirt when she realized what had happened. She had instantly lunged for Kousei with the Melodica in her hands, using it as a club to strike him down, all the while saying that Kousei had ruined her chances of marriage. Kousei was busy saving himself from the vicious strokes of this she-demon he saw before himself when he heard Tsubaki call someone from behind the stranger girl. Kousei had heard Tsubaki aright. She had shouted "Kao-Chan!" There was no mistake in it.

What followed took Kousei further surprised. The demonic facial expression of the stranger girl changed to angelic within moments as she turned around shouting "Tsubaki-Chan!" Kousei was still pinned down below her and she still held him down with the melodica on his chest with both her hands. Yet her face, that was so viciously demonic some moments before, looked so beautiful that Kousei couldn't take his eyes off her. By then she had lunged towards Tsubaki. Kousei could see that Tsubaki wasn't alone either. Watari was there with her. This new girl 'Kao-Chan' had bowed down before Tsubaki with the morning wish "Ohio Tsubaki-Chan!"

By now, Kousei had pulled himself up from the ground and was busy in rubbing off the dirt off from his clothes and his glasses. Tsubaki walked towards Kousei and helped him in doing so while Kousei was a bit surprised to see the new stranger girl talk to Watari so freely. Just then Tsubaki held his wrist and talked in a slightly higher tone "Kao-Chan, I don't think that it matters, but this is Friend-A Arima Kousei and Kousei, this is Miyazono Kaori." The stranger girl was too busy talking to Watari and didn't give it a second thought and she had just waved her hand unmindfully showing that she had listened to Tsubaki. Tsubaki, in turn had nudged Kousei in his ribs with a grin, whispering is a voice which none but him can hear "What's the matter Kousei? Were you trying to beat Ryouta by meeting her before him?" Kousei was seriously angry now and he had whispered back "Its not like that at all! The matter is……." But it didn't seem like Tsubaki didn't hear him and she continued "It won't work Kousei! She likes Watari. You're just a Friend-A to her. That's all!" Kousei nonchalantly tried to look away from the newly accustomed girl, but something inside him had prevented him from doing so. "Her personality blows! She leaves the worst impression……." Kousei's mind was shouting out loud, yet something inside of him whispered in a prominent voice "……….. but she is beautiful!" Kousei gazed and gazed at her without being able to move his eyes away from her. Tsubaki could read Kousei like an open book. So she was a bit surprised understanding that Kousei felt, for the first time up until now, something different about a girl!