Theme: Saxophone, submitted by Ang.E.M.


"Baka-Strawberry, you've got to go with this."

"NO WAYYY! If you're so good at it, why don't you just play?"

"Because you're the waitress," Ryou snarked at her. "This band idea is golden, if you'd just try it. The other girls are learning to play instruments, too. Now here," he handed the one and a half by three foot black case to her, "I'm giving you this alto saxophone if you'd just learn how to play it. And I'm offering to teach you."

Ichigo huffed. Sure, the music teacher at school told her at an early age that the saxophone was one of the easiest instruments to learn how to play, but they also told her at an early age that she couldn't carry a tune with a bucket. How different was the saxophone from singing? If it had to do with music, Ichigo really didn't want to have any part of it.

"Shirogaaaaneee," she whined, fiddling around awkwardly, her slow mind trying to quickly think of a way to get out of the situation, "pleaaaaase?"

"Hmph. Well," Ryou thought, searching in his mind for an equivalent to please the kitten, "I guess you could sing. That'd be easier for you?"

Her face changing to match her hair and uniform, Ichigo hastily grasped the case and muttered ever so softly, "can you teach me when my shift is over?"

Ryou smirked, and ruffled Ichigo's hair with his hand, as if he were petting her. "Good girl. Meet me in the basement when you're done today then. Do you know anything about music?"

"Uhm," Ichigo pondered, bringing a finger to her mouth in thought, "I listen to the radio?"

He snorted shortly after her answer, and just before he left for the kitchen, replied, "It's going to be a loooooong night."

Which was no problem for Ryou at all.

After all, there really was no band.


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