It was closing time at the café, and Retasu was the first to finish cleaning up. She quickly headed to the back of the café. Digging around in her duffel back, she brought out her pastel-pink iPod nano. The screen was scratched from overuse, and the spinwheel was worn also, but it still worked all the same.
Retasu turned the device on with her thumb and spun through her albums. When she came to one, she looked around her in mild paranoia, then turned back to the screen. Clicking the album twice, the music began to play.
Now, Retasu was the shy-girl sort of person, and so you would expect her music to resemble something of smooth jazz or classical orchestra. However, Retasu's music preference…wasn't exactly typical of her personality. For, from her headphones, blasted the loud, rock tunes of the j-rock band "Arashi".
Retasu mouthed the lyrics along to the song,
"yurari yureru hikari hitotsu
itami iyasu kotonaku kieru
I TAKE YOUR LIFE FOREVER
YOU TAKE MY LIFE FOREVER"
Completely lost in her music, she began to do an air guitar along with the song,
"hirari ochiru namida hitotsu
omoi todoku kotonaku kieru
I TAKE YOU LIFE FOREVER
YOU TAKE MY LIFE"
She stopped short, however, when she spied movement from around the corner of the back room. Slowly turning her head, she saw Ryou casually walking in with a bemused face on. She turned red and immediately began apologizing,
"I-I'm sorry, S-Sh-Shirogane! I'll be more careful and pay attention more and not be so-"
"Retasu."
Retasu looked up at Ryou, who began walking closer. He pulled out one of Retasu's earbuds and listened through it. Retasu bit her lip and turned an even darker shade of red.
Ryou nodded his head thoughtfully,
"Arashi, hm? …you have good taste."
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(A.N./ The song Retasu is listening to is called "Truth" by Arashi. That song owns, seriously.)