A/N: I really seriously felt Hino in the last chapter.
So heartbreaking :(
Well, here's another chapter and I hope you guys like this ! It'll hopefully be something that'll make your day. (Tell me if it does, cause that would make my day.)
Enjoy !
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It's been a week since Hino's first day of rehearsal and a week more till the concert.
Hino just couldn't wait for it to all end.
Everyday it would be the same thing. Tsukimori would just come to Hino's rehearsal room minutes later, rehearse with her, then that's it.
Not a simple 'Thank you,' or 'Goodbye, See you tomorrow,' greetings. None, nada, none of that.
'Course Hino was this close to quitting but this was going to help her someday. She would take this to her advantage and be able to stand up on her own once someone discovers her or better yet she gets a good agent, then she'll be free of this chaos.
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The next morning, as she was just on her way home from rehearsal, she bumped into Minami and Hihara.
"Oh, Minami-san! On a date tonight with Hihara-kun?" Hino smiled and saw Hihara walking towards them.
Minami smiled too, "Oh, yes we are. You just came from practice?"
"Yup." Hino muttered.
"You don't seem happy to be rehearsing with Tsukimori, is something the matter?"
"Minami, I seriously want you to accompany me in piano again like old times please !"
"Seems really bad alright." Minami laughed and Hihara finally caught up with them.
"Hi Hihara-kun, sorry for interrupting your date."
"Naw, it's fine, the movie hasn't even ended yet and we're still waiting for our turn."
"Oh, I see, guess I should be going too. Bye !"
"Uhm, Hino wait!" Minami called her, Hino turned back on her heel and raised her eyebrows, "Yeahp?"
"Since you're feeling a bit low during rehearsals... could we visit then? Maybe this wednesday, I'll ask Mizue and the others to come bring something to help celebrate in advance."
Hino almost got on her knees, "OH, MINAMI-CHAN,THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! That's absolutely what I need ! See you guys then !"
"Hahaha, k bye!"
And Hino couldn't wait for the next two days.
* * * * *
"Well that was a good idea, Minami, I'm so happy that you could help Hino that way." Hihara held Minami tighter in one arm as he smiled proudly at his beloved.
"Well, what could I do? It's my nature to help people, now c'mon, the movie's about to start."
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"What do you mean something is wrong with the movie?! I paid expensive tickets for this in advance and you're telling me you're closing?!" Hihara fought with the ticketguy when he announced that something went wrong with the movie projector.
"I'm really sorry sir, maybe you could just buy another set-"
"Another set ?! You're tickets are freaking expensive you know that!"
"Well then sir-"
"Just shut up and fix-"
"Hihara! C'mon ! Let's just go," Minami tugged on Hihara's sleeve and pulled him off, she turned to the ticketguy. "I'm really sorry 'bout that, maybe a refund?!" Minami smiled sweetly at him.
"Sorry miss that isn't possible."
"WHY YOU-"
"Minami, let's just go. Our night's ruined cause of this stupid cinema!"
And when they finally left the cinema, they were left to walk without having done anything for the night.
"I'm really sorry about that Minami, if only I knew-"
"But you didn't Kazuki, now come on let's stop by my place and let's just watch some late night movies there."
"You always know what to do, Minami." Hihara smiled gently, he always felt peaceful with her.
"Well, I love you too."
"Love you more."
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Once the couple arrived at her house, they both snuggled, giving each other warmth by both sharing a blanket, and turned the t.v. on to watch some movies that showed on television.
Sadly, the movie that showed was totally ancient history.
"You got any dvds?" Hihara asked.
"No." Minami suddenly yawned.
"Here, lean on my-" He was about to say 'shoulder' but Minami just grabbed a pillow, laid it on Hihara's lap and laid down there. "uhh...."
"Is this okay?"
"S-s-s-sure, sure. It is."
"Okay, let me close my eyes for a minute okay?"
"Okay."
They fell silent for awhile as Minami slowly fell asleep, not that Hihara noticed but he too was getting a bit tired.
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After what seemed like minutes, Minami was able to wake up from her short sleep and noticed that Hihara fell flat on her sofa; snoring.
"Kazuki, Kazuki! It's late, you need to go home! I-" she knew that it was too late for him to go home, he'd get beaten by stalkers or something. She sighed as she unwrapped the blankets and shook Hihara again.
".ki! Wake up you big moron ! You're too huge for me to carry upstairs!"
Hihara rolled over, now lying his entire body, occupying the entire sofa. "Sleep beside me..." he murmured as he threw one arm over Minami and pulled her closer to his body. Their heads just a few inches apart.
"Aaahhh... Kazuki, this isn't the right time and the right place. I-I'm not sure this is a good idea..."
"Minami-chan..." Hihara murmured, still asleep.
Minami sighed and pushed him off her... and ended up falling on the floor. "Oof !"
This woke up Hihara. "Minami ?! Minami ?! Where are you?!"
"...down here." she croaked but was unharmed.
Hihara jumped off the couch to pull Minami up from the ground, "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. Let me take you upstairs."
"No, the couch is fine. You can take the bed upstairs."
Hihara made a face at Minami, "To be honest Minami, I would be called a jerk if I did that."
"fine." she pouted as Hihara laughed and carried her on his arms as they both went up to her room.
"You know, I might get used to this." Hihara murmured happily.
Minami hit him on the chest, "Jerk."
"Ouch."
Once Minami was on her soft bed, Hihara gave her a loving goodnight kiss on the forehead and whispered, "Goodnight," before he finally left the room.
"Kazuki! Wait!"
Hihara turned around to see what was wrong, "Yeah?"
Minami hesitated, "It's pretty late... and dark to go home... so I was thinking..."
"Yeah?"
"That maybe you could stay for the night, you know... just so that you don't get in trouble along those dark streets."
Hihara sat down on the bed across Minami, his hand on her knee. "You're worried about me?" he smiled.
"Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?" She hit her fist on the matress angrily. Hihara laughed harder;
"Oh, you silly beautiful girl." he leaned in towards her to kiss her forehead, "I'll stay, I'll stay. But I'll just sleep on the couch downstairs, k?"
"Well, maybe..."
"What now?"
"Maybe you could just lie down beside me until I sleep, then you can go downstairs." Minami lowered her head to cover her flushed face, not that Hihara could notice since the room was only lit by the moonlight coming from the window. It made everything look black and white;
"Alright, your wish is my command." and he dropped flat on the bed, his arm around her, and waited until she fell asleep.
.
This was yet to be the best date they've ever had.
* * * * *
Hino stood up late practicing the violin. She loved the view of the moon right now...
She knew deep down inside something great is just going to happen.
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Len stood in front of his window, staring at the moon as he wiped the edges of his bow. He never felt so shameful in his entire life.
He placed his violin and bow back in it's case, slammed the case shut. "Tch," he muttered to himself, his right hand balling up in a fist.
He took a short shower, put on light clothing and tried to fall asleep.
Only every time he'd close his eyes, he'd see the sad look on her face.
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Hino's classes just ended again and she dragged her feet heading to the theatre...
. . . .
She finally arrived in her room and opened the door, placed the violin case on the piano gently and took her violin out.
A sudden knock on her door startled her, "Ah! Geez, what is.." It was Tsukimori, "...it."
"I'm sorry to interrupt, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Shoot."
Tsukimori looked unto Hino but Hino wasn't looking back at him but was staring at the ground. "I think we should start with the duet now..."
"Okay."
Tsukimori raised an eyebrow but Hino didn't seem to notice. "Hino, look... I want to talk to you-"
Hino exhaled, it seemed she was holding her breath. "About what, Tsukimori?! You've been avoiding me this entire time."
"That doesn't matter now, what I want is-"
"Well, you know what I want?!" Hino turned to glare at him, "I want to know why you act as if you never knew me!"
Tsukimori didn't answer, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes glared back into hers.
"Oh, so you're angry too? That's great, you're so predictable Tsukimori."
"You don't know me enough that you can predict my actions."
"Oh, I do. I know I do."
"Then if that is true, why can't you explain to yourself why I haven't been talking to you when the truth is-" Tsukimori stopped.
"The truth, Tsukimori?"
"The truth is that I wanted to leave first, then you..." Tsukimori closed his eyes, "You went away first and didn't even explain to me; aside from the reason that you were going for the sake of your mother and older sister. I really don't think that was the point."
"I admit, it wasn't."
"Do the others know about this?"
"I've already explained to them."
Tsukimori opened his eyes only to show how deeply disappointed he was. Hino was shocked from his expression, he had never seen him so angry. She started to walk backwards but was only cornered to a wall.
Tsukimori walked towards her... "So I'm the only one who doesn't know...?"
"It's because..." Hino couldn't finish her words, she was getting scared. It was just like that one afternoon where Tsukimori had caught Hino playing with another violin and heard that screech. She was so scared that he'd find out about the magic violin...
Now, Tsukimori was inches away from Hino. His expression had softened with a slight frown on his lips. "Care to tell me?"
"It's because I didn't feel... deserving to be in the concours."
A tear fell.
"I wanted to just run away, this wasn't my choice... my calling. I didn't choose this!"
Tsukimori was utterly shocked by her words. '...didn't choose?' And he noticed that she was starting to cry.
Hino felt a soft caress across her cheek as it wiped the drop of water away, she looked up to see Tsukimori staring back at her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." he muttered.
And those words were the only things she needed to hear from him, so many years it took for him to finally show that side of him again.
"It's okay." she whispered back, looking down again on the floor.
"That's still not a good enough reason to run away." Tsukimori frowned. "You were one of the best competitors around..."
"And you still are." he added.
"T-thank you, Tsukimori." She looked up to smile at him. He slightly smiled back, making his eyes glimmer.
It was a sight that Hino longed to see for so long, she started to tiptoe... just to see those lips smile once more...
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"Kaho-chan~ We're heeeere~!" They heard a sudden voice call for Hino.
If only Tsukimori wasn't in front of her now, she could've slapped herself on the face for all she knew. 'Today's Wednesday ! I totally forgot !'
"What are Hihara and the others doing here?" Tsukimori glanced behind his shoulder then back at Hino, "Did you know about this?"
"Kind of." she bit her lip.
"Well we've got no choice but to see them." He caught Hino's hand and tugged her forward. "Let's go."
"Uhm-" she felt a little confused except for one thing.
Tsukimori was holding her hand and nothing could be as great as that.
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The next chapter will be the advanced celebration for the concert.
Stay tuned for that, it's well worth it ;;)
.com/watch?v=AaQHBoqXb9A ;; Watch this, it's about hino's solo. This is the piece that she will be performing and just imagine the pianist as Tsukimori (although the pianist there is a girl.)
And please, feel free to give me any suggestions for Tsukimori's solo. I have no idea which song to give him.
P.S. Give me a song that will show Tsukimori's true skills. (Which means give me a song that's kind of hard.)
THAAAAANKYOUUUUU.