new chappie. :] i won't be updating for friday and saturday so here it is. doing homework helped me with this. anyway. read and review! reviews help me update faster.

disclaimer: i don't own la corda. if i do, there'll be more len x kaho.

Len's POV

I went home, dragging myself because of the anger and emptiness building inside me. I was furious when I heard the word 'engagement' and 'me' in a sentence. Can't they just let me have a life? I mean, I leave in a monotonous world where people expect me to be like my parents, but I can't. I need to live a life, experience more things. I want to be out in this world. I want to be free,

Free. Free from the curious eyes of the high class world. I've been under the watch of millions of people and yet I'm not happy with the attention I'm getting. Maybe because all they think about is what they want and I'm just a child in front of the. I want to be free from this seclusion. Being alone isn't helping; I want to be with someone I want to be with. I want to be the one making decisions in my life, choose what I want, marry the one I'm in love with, and life a happy life with her.

Her. All of a sudden, an image of a red-haired girl flashed in my mind. Kahoko. She's not an average girl that swoons over my presence. She blushes, that's right, but she knows how to guard her emotions. She's there when I feel hopeless and the world is crashing down on me. She's like a light in the darkness, ready to reach a helping hand. She showed me how the world is, that not because I'm good doesn't mean I'm the best.

That night at the summer house haunts me. Her posture, her face, her music. Everything about her drags me closer. Everytime she's there, I feel my heart fluttering in my chest. When she's near, my stomach does flips and turns. I never felt anything like this before; being nervous at her sight. I don't know why but she drives me crazy.

"Len." my mom called as soon as I entered our house.

"Good evening. ." I greeted them as I passed the living room.

"I assume you've heard the news." my dad said.

"Yes. I'm aware of it." I'm aware that you're ruining my life. I added mentally.

"Do you want to meet your future wife?" he asked. Can't he understand why I'm acting uninterested in this matter? It's because I don't want to talk about this!

"Not now. I have matters to give attention to. Sorry." I answered. I'm not really in the mood to discuss this. It just makes the anger inside of me worse.

"Len. I want to-" my mom started,but I cut her.

"Mom. There's nothing to explain. I understand if you do that. I'm just your kid, you have the right to change everything in my life." You have the right to make my life miserable. You have the right to make me suffer.

"Just. Please listen." she pleaded, but I'm too stubborn.

"Maybe if this is done. Not now. I have my problems. Excuse me." I emphasized on the word problems, hoping they'd know what's happening.

I escaped to my room, locked the door an got my violin. I went to the terrace. I'm not in the mood to eat, I just want to feel the air hit my skin. I want it to knock me off. I want to escape this. What did I do to deserve this fate? If there's just someone to help me, someone to understand me, to lean on.

I played Ave Maria, letting it rown me. It helped me remember the times I have with Kahoko. Those times are the only ones in my life that makes me smile in the midst of this problem. I want her to help me. I want to hold her tight. I want her to know that I regret the times I snap at her. I want her to know what I feel.

Tonight, I figured out what I really feel. The thing that complicates everything.

Tonight. One thing is for sure. I'm in love with Hino Kahoko.

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Kahoko's POV

I sat in front of the beach, watching the sun as it sets. I was amazed my the sky, horizon, and ocean. How they blend inspite of their differences. How the existence of one affects the other one. How the sky and ocean meets at the horizon. It's like two lovers from opposite sides of this world fighting fate. The good thing is that they met. That's my explanation of this thing happening of me.

I have this crazy feeling toward Len. I know we'll never get the chance to be together. After all, he's getting married at this young age. Also, I have this one-sided love for him. I care for him, a lot, despite the fact that he's annoyed with me. He has this certain pull. Like magnet.

Like the sky and ocean, Len and I were from two different worlds. He's up there, I'm down here. How come can we feel the same thing with each other? I'm simple, he's great. I've got nothing, he's got everything. I don't know how I had the right to face him every day.

As the night approached, the stars in the sky began to show. They look like diamonds from here. I want to reach out for them, to prove that they really are true. Like him, they're too far to reach. They're too high, and I'm too small. I care for him so much that when I learned he's engaged my boy went numb. I started to cry out of nowhere. I have no right to do that. As if he belong to me.

I grabbed my violin from my violin case and played Ave Maria. I want to cherish the times we've had together. They told me I've melted the ice block. I want to play with him again, even for the last time. Even though that's the lst time we'll be with each other's company.

Tonight, the tears that are falling from my eyes are given meaning.

Tonight, I learned the worst thing I could do.

Tonight, eveything is as clear as crystal glass. I've fallen for Tsukimori Len, and I've fallen hard.