Let There Be Stars Chapter 10
Kagami had just called her parents for a ride back to her house because carrying a bass guitar all the way back to her house would be an annoying hassle.
"Hey Kagami I could ask my dad if he could give you a ride home you know." Konata said to the purple haired girl who was slowly packing away her stuff,
"No that's fine, besides your dad will probably make a pervy comment or something" Kagami laughed in response and finished packing away her things.
"Yeah that's true, does your mum know about the concert and the guitar?" Konata asked who had just followed Kagami out of her bedroom.
"She knows about the concert tickets but she doesn't have a clue about the guitar but I think she'll figure it out when I walk outside with it" Kagami replied sarcastically.
Kagami placed her guitar on the floor so she could put on her shoes and jacket, just before she finished putting her arms through her sleeves the doorbell rang and Konata opened the door to see Miki standing there with a shy smile on her face.
"Hey Kagami, how is your nose" Miki asked in a worried tone who immediately inspected her daughters nose.
"Mum its fine I used the stuff the doctor gave me and the swellings gone down, it'll be better in a couple of days" Kagami sternly replied.
"Sorry, you know how I worry about my daughters" Miki tried to laugh off her worry to avoid embarrassing her daughter.
"See you tomorrow Konata, don't forget about the homework and try to practice a little" Kagami said whilst collecting her belongings and heading out the door along with her mother.
Miki didn't notice what Kagami was carrying until she opened the boot of the car, "Hey Kagami what did you just put in the boot?" Miki asked suspiciously whilst settling into the driver's seat.
"Oh, I'll show you when we get home and are you okay with me and Konata going to that concert?" Kagami asked as Miki started up the car and begun driving back to the Hiragi household.
"Yeah, as long as you don't get lost and need picking up because your dad is at work and I won't a car to pick you up." Miki explained.
"We'll be fine, We know our way around and if anything goes wrong we can just call Konata's dad" Kagami replied hoping her mother was reassured knowing her daughter would be safe.
They parked outside the Hiragi household and Kagami retrieved her guitar from the boot and her mother went inside.
Kagami went inside the house shortly after her mother and as soon as she made it through the front door she saw her mother, father and all her sisters standing before her.
"What you got there Kagami?" Matsuri nosily asked whilst eyeing the object Kagami held in her hands.
"Well I was going to show you if you didn't ask so rudely" Kagami replied who was used to Matsuri's constant teasing.
"Don't listen to Matsuri Kagami, were all eager to see it since Tsukasa told us about it" Inori said who had just thumped Matsuri on the back of the head for teasing Kagami.
"I knew Tsukasa couldn't keep her mouth shut" Kagami laughed which made Tsukasa show an embarrassed grin.
"Well give me a second and I'll get it out" Kagami said whilst placing the case on the kitchen table hoping her mother didn't mind.
Kagami opened the case and picked up the object within and held it towards her family so they could get a decent look, she then put the strap connected to the bass guitar around her neck and began fiddling with the strings in front of her curious family.
The Hiragi's continued to watch Kagami in confusion as she fiddled with the bass guitar until her mother decided to break the awkward silence, "So hun, can you play anything yet?" Miki politely asked.
"No not yet, me and Konata are getting lessons off Kuroi-sensei after school and there's always lunchtime to practice, and if its okay with you I might go to Konata's a lot more often and invite her round here to practice" Kagami explained.
"Yes I'm sure that's fine, you seem to be taking this quite seriously Kagami" Miki said in response who seemed quite interested in her daughter's new found hobby.
"Yeah, believe it or not, Konata is really determined about it as well, she's the one who bought me the guitar.
"Really, that must of cost quite a lot" Matsuri rudely interrupted.
"Yeah it probably did, but she seemed really happy about it and is taking it seriously so I think if we practice we could really get somewhere" Kagami said with a smile on her face.
Most of the Hiragi family had lost interest and the only ones still standing before Kagami were her mother, Tsukasa and Matsuri, all the others seemed to have drifted off mid way through the conversation.
"I have started learning a few notes and chords though and Konata said she is working on learning some chords" Kagami quickly said before packing her guitar away once again.
Her family dispersed from the kitchen shortly before her, she headed towards her room and wondered whether she should continue learning some chords or do her homework which would no longer be an annoyance if she got it over and done with, in the end she decided on homework after realising it was more important and would be easier if she finished it early in the day.
Yutaka decided to spend her day over Minami's house hoping to get some help with the weekends homework and to practice her keyboard playing a bit more but, what she really wanted to do was practice was her singing.
They were both seated under the kotatsu in Minami's oversized bedroom with pens in hand and there heads deep in their books trying to absorb the knowledge that was contained within them.
"Hey Minami-Chan have you done this question yet?" Yutaka curiously asked holding her book up, showing it to Minami.
"Yeah the answer is x=5.5, I'm on the last question so if you want to borrow my book later then you can" Minami nicely said realising that Yutaka had difficulty answering some of the questions.
After another 10 minutes of working (well struggling for Yutaka) Minami decided it was time for a break, "I'll go make us some tea" Minami politely said and left the room.
As soon as Minami left the room Yutaka looked around the room and spotted Minami's keyboard set up in the corner of the room, she decided not to go up to it but her curiosity got the best of her and before she knew she was walking towards the keyboard.
She quickly found the on button on the electronic keyboard and played a few keys which gave out a quiet noise, she wondered why it was so quiet and then she realised how low the volume was. She went to adjust the volume but panicked when the door opened. She saw Minami standing there with a tray carrying cookies and two cups, she shyly looked at Minami and said, "Umm, I though we could do a bit of practicing"
"Yeah, I guess so" Minami said with little emotion and placed the tray on the kotatsu and began clearing away the books and studying equipment.
Yutaka continued to play the keyboard, not doing terribly badly but she was trying her best. Then Minami approached her and grabbed her hands. Yutaka began to blush wildly when Minami grabbed her hands.
"You have to hit the keys in time, like this" Minami said as she began to play the notes perfectly with Yutaka's hand as her instrument.
Shortly after Minami released Yutaka's hands from her grasp Minami said, "Do you want to try singing like last time Yutaka" Minami asked once again in a polite tone.
Yutaka smiled and replied with an enthusiastic nod.
Minami went to her bedside cabinet and pulled out a piece of paper containing lyrics that were familiar to Yutaka and handed it to the smaller girl.
"Oh I remember these, are we gonna try the whole song this time?" Yutaka happily asked.
"Sure if you want" Minami said who was preparing to play the keyboard.
"Whenever you're ready" Minami said to Yutaka who was studying the sheet.
Yutaka replied with a nod and immediately after that nod Minami began playing, after a short intro Minami nodded giving Yutaka the signal to begin
Don't put your doubt on my shoulders
My feelings are crashing down like boulders.
I hope that next time you will see
How far you'll get without me
And then you'll see the breeze blowing through your hair
And trust me I swear
And you wouldn't dare
To return my feelings in a normal way.
After the first chorus Minami played a melodic introduction to the second verse and then once again nodded towards Yutaka
Now that you've learned of what you can earn
And realise how easy these photos burn
But next time you will see
How far you'll get without me
And then you'll see the breeze running through your hair
And trust me I swear
And you wouldn't dare
To return my feelings a normal way
Yutaka's singing ceased immediately after the second chorus because she was unfamiliar with the bridge.
Minami looked over at Yutaka who was smiling happily knowing that she had done a good job, "Yutaka, that was really good, you've got a lot of potential" Minami said which caused Yutaka's smile to grow even wider.
"You think so, I thought I did well too" Yutaka joyfully replied.
"Shall we go through it again?" Minami asked.
"Sure!" Yutaka exclaimed who was clearly excited about singing again.
Konata was sat at her computer with her guitar in hand just like when Kagami woke up this morning, but this time she was doing her best to memorise and perfect some of the simple chords, she was currently on the power chord which she found relatively simple but though it sounded odd.
"Maybe the sound will change when my fingers get used to it" Konata said aloud to herself.
Before Konata could get back to practicing the door to her room opened and a familiar green haired woman walked through.
"Hey Konata, hook me up with some manga, I hope you've got the newest volume" Yui said with her familiar smile on her face.
"Hey nee-san, how's it going?" Konata asked who had stopped strumming her guitar to talk with her energetic cousin.
"Good, wow when did you get a guitar?" Yui asked whose attention was immediately drawn to the instrument.
"Just the other day, I've already learned a few chords but I'm still getting used to it, I've been at it almost all day" Konata said with a grin on her face.
"Cool, why'd you take up guitar all of a sudden?" Yui asked who had made herself comfortable on Konata's small bed.
"Well Kagamin said I should find a constructive hobby so I took up guitar but I dragged her along for the ride" Konata laughed.
"What do you mean by dragged her along?" Yui asked who had gotten her hands on the manga she had mentioned when she arrived.
"I got her a bass guitar so she could learn with me and I can't believe how enthusiastic she is about it, I'm glad she agreed to it otherwise I'd feel kind of lonely if she wasn't doing it with me" Konata explained whose tone of speech slowly drifted into melancholy as her sentence drew to a close.
"Wow, she must really like you to do something like that" Yui gently said.
"Yeah I guess, I hope you right" Konata replied.
She then back to learning some chords and left her cousin to read the manga.
Konata then thought, "I hope she is right"
A/N- Theres another chapter down, They'll be some lyrics up on my profile by the time the next chapter is up i should think
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