Chapter 36: Melody – 124 Words

A/N: Well, things are speding up in school. We're reading "Common Sense", which is apparently small, yet chock-full of stuff, completely opposite from Deerslayer.

Also, during the month of November, this will only be updating once a wek, since Nanowrimo is that month.


Ryou took a deep breath, carefully watching the band director as he counted off the beats before the song. There was a soft intake of breathe from the low brass section started playing soft, low notes.

The band director motioned to the clarinet section, and they entered with slowly fading quarter notes. From the dying clarinet sound, Ryou started his solo, buoyed up by the mellow tubas and euphoniums. He let the melody surround him, loosing himself in the music, not even noticing when the rest of the band joined in.

At the end of the song, the crowd applauded more wildly than before, and when he stood up for us bow, he saw his father in the front row, starting a starting ovation.


A/N: This is fluff, right? Please tell me it's fluff...