Luna Shining
Miki plucked the compact disc from the player. He twirled it around his pointer finger, watching the light bounce off the undecorated side as though hypnotized. Suddenly with new mischievous intent, he placed the CD back into the player he had just grabbed it from. Shutting the player door, he clicked the play button. With a small smile Miki dashed to the music room door. Peeking his head out into the hall, the pianist checked that the coast was clear. Seeing it was he closed the door so as to gain some privacy.
He sat there, listening the words of the first song when suddenly a chord sounded familiar. Blinking he listened to the melody instead of the singing. Yes, yes that string of notes. It was somewhat familiar.
"The Sunny Garden!"
He screamed out. He swung his legs around so that he was facing the keys of the piano. He sat there waiting for the familiar notes to come along once again. As soon as they did, his fingers came to life moving along the keys as if by magic. "The Sunny Garden" played along "Less Teeth, More Tits".
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Over an hour later...................
He was still playing "The Sunny Garden". The last song on the CD slowly faded. With sudden anger at no success, Miki began banging his head against the piano keys.
AA#BB#CC#
AA#BB#CC#
"It wasn't my shining thing! Those ladies will never be my sister! Not even the one with blue frosting!" He screamed. Bang, bang, bang, AA#BB#CC#, AA#BB#CC#, AA#BB#CC#.
Then suddenly, the boy froze as a new idea flitted into his head. A smile twitched across his face as he slithered from the piano seat. He tiptoed over to the CD player and clicked it open. After Miki pulled the CD out, he dashed from the music room in search of Nanami. She would be able to relate to the words of track two. Mwaha.
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Wakaba returned to her dorm to find it empty and deserted. Only her bedroom items remained. It would have looked like she had been the only one to live in the room if it had not been for the letter. The aforementioned letter was pinned to the edge of the top bunk. A gentle breeze from the now open window caused the paper to move about as though waving good-bye.
Slowly, Wakaba edged over to the letter. Dread filling her she pulled the letter to eyelevel. Her heart jumped into her throat as she pulled the letter to eyelevel. It was Ana's handwriting. Wakaba began to read the words elegantly scrawled across the page.
"Dear Wakaba,
I'm off to my own fantasy world. Make the most of yours and then escape. I bet I'll hear about your academy often. Tell Juri-sama she is the greatest. Enjoy the CD and keep it. Everytime Saionji (Whoops, I wasn't supposed to know that, was I?) does something, put on that song. Never use it on anyone who really didn't do anything and never forget me. Well, I'm off. Look me up in,"
The words were smudged. Wakaba puffed out her cheeks but then decided to just move on.
"I'll be there, running from destiny. Never run from yours. You were a great roommate. See ya.
Love and kissies too,
Anastasia Roma"
Wakaba stood there blinking. Ana was gone? She didn't let that get her down, instead her face lit up with a smile. Dashing over to the window, she poked her head out the window. Staring up at the faint moon, she called out to her former roommate, "Good luck, Ana! I'll see you when our destinies meet up again!" After waving to the moon, Wakaba flopped into her bed. She fell asleep, thanking her roommate over and over. Ana had been almost like an angel. A savior.
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"News! News! Have you heard the news?!" A-ko dashed up to B-ko, leaping onto her back. "Have you heard? The news! Have you heard?!"
B-ko leaped up and down, A-ko still clinging to her back. "Have the puppies been born? How many?"
"No, silly." A-ko slithered from her fellow Shadow Girls back. "The words of another can go very far."
"To outer space? Where the aliens hide?" Antennae appeared on B-ko's head. "Or down to Hell? Where the sinners celebrate?" Horns appeared on B-ko's head.
"Yes! And all around fantasies!" A-ko suddenly had wings on her back.
"Fantasies like this?"
"Yes! Words of another get around fast!" The wings disappeared and A-ko came crashing down.
B-ko leaned over her, "But are words really that strong?"
~To Be Continued~
