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PART 18 Music For the Heart


Marron tightened the rope around her bags.
"There!" she said. "I'm done! All packed up."
(flashback)
"Marron, you've been working very, very hard lately." Juuhachigou
told her daughter.
"It's my job, Mother." Marron replied.
"I think that you should take a break and go on a vacation."
"Why?"
"Your job has really gotten to you. You need to relax once in
a while. Why don't you go around the world for a few weeks?"
"My work is really important."
"More important than your well being? Take a vacation. Me and
your father will gladly pay for it. Think of it as an early
Christmas present."
"Christmas isn't coming for another five months, Mama."
"It's a very early Christmas present."
"I really couldn't..."
"You've missed your whole summer and now you want to pass up
a very good opportunity to relax."
"Well...I'll go. As long as you count it as an early birthday
present, too."
"Oh, Marron. It's a deal."
(end flashback)
Marron's plane was leaving tomorrow. She could go around the
world. It was the best gift she'd ever received. She plopped
down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"My dream vacation, here I come!"


"Flight 758 to Honolulu will be boarding in 2 minutes. Flight
758 to Honolulu..."
"I guess that's our cue." Kurillin said.
"I'll miss you two so much!" Marron exclaimed.
"Now don't forget," Juuhachigou said. "Look your best all the
time so some handsome, young foreigner might fall in love with
you."
"Oh, Mama!" Marron said, hugging her mother. When they pulled
apart, Juuhachigou glared at her daughter. Marron pouted and
then smiled.
"All right, Mother. I'll look my best." Marron sighed.
"Good!" Juuhachigou replied.
"Flight 758 to Honolulu will be boarding in 2 minutes."
"Well, it's time for you to get on your plane, princess." Kurillin
said, giving Marron a slight push towards the gate. Marron looked
back at her father. His eyes seemed to get teary. Marron went to
him and gave him her tightest hug.
"I love you, Papa." she whispered.
"I love you, too, Marron." Kurillin replied. Marron looked
up at her mother.
"I love you, Mama." Marron said.
"Me too." replied Juuhachigou. Marron's parents gave their
daughter a kiss and Marron walked toward the gate.
"I'll be back soon and I'll write!" she called out. Her parents
waved goodbye to her. She stopped and bowed. They nodded their
heads in response. Then the crowd of people made them disappear.
Marron went to the gate. She stood in line. It was almost her
turn when someone grabbed her hand and pulled her away.
"What in the..." She saw that it was Trunks. "Trunks? What are
you doing here?"
"I want to ask you one last question before you leave." Trunks
said.
"Well..."
"Flight 758 to Honolulu will be boarding in one minute."
"I really need to ask you something very important!" Trunks said.
"All right." Marron agreed. Trunks seemed so serious and she
was anxious to hear what he had to say. Trunks held her hand and
kissed it. Then he knelt before her.
"Marron, I've realized now that I...I cared about you. I've
remembered everything now and I'm willing to answer the question
that I've wanted to ask ever since the last time that we were here
in this airport."
"What is it?"
"I...I..."
"I have to hurry up!"
"I love you and I...I..." Trunks took out something from his
pocket and put it in Marron's hand.
"Will you marry me?" he asked as he looked up at Marron, locking
with her eyes. Marron gasped. She bit her lip to keep it from
trembling. Her eyes started to get teary. She pulled up Trunks.
"Will you?" he asked softly. Marron looked into his eyes. She
wanted to say 'yes' so badly but she just couldn't. Then images
came to her head. Trunks and Pan, Trunks and Nusumi...but there
was no Trunks and Marron. She just...
"Flight 758 to Honolulu is now ready for boarding. Last call
for flight 758..."
"I..." Marron said. She looked deep into Trunks eyes. Her
view was getting blurry from the tears that were starting to fill
her eyes. "I...I..."
"Please say 'yes'..." Trunks whispered so softly that it could
not even be heard, only seen.
"I..." Marron's voice was now trembly. Her hands were shaking
under Trunks' touch. "I..."
The images clouded her head again. Pan and Nusumi with Trunks.
Trunks and her...
"I...I..." Marron hesitated. How could she say it? It was so
hard. She just couldn't. She couldn't say it...
"Flight 758 is now boarding."
"I HATE YOU!!!" Marron yelled as her hand went across Trunks'
face. She burst out into tears and dropped the ring in her hand.
She stepped back and then ran into the plane.


Marron opened her suitcase. Then she frantically wiped the
tears that still overflowed her eyes. There were bathing suits in
her bag, all set for admiration at the beautiful beach right
outside of her hotel. But she couldn't wear it. She was not
worth it at the time. Her bathing suits had such cheerful designs
on them but she was not like that at all.
If she didn't want to go outside to the beach, what could she do?
She didn't feel like going to the ocean but she didn't feel like
being cooped up in her room all alone. Her parents paid lots
of money for this vacation and the least she could do was enjoy it.
She looked at her watch. It was 1:13. She didn't get to eat lunch
in the plane so she went downstairs to the dining room. The dining
room was HUGE. It was so majestic and beautiful. Marron searched
the hotel for a less extravagant place to eat lunch. There was
an outdoor cafe just by the pool and Marron decided to go there.
Since she wanted to be somewhere where there was water and
cute boys and was not the beach, she might as well go to the
pool and at the same time, have lunch. She got some club sandwiches
and a soda then sat at a table shaded by a palm tree much like the
ones on the island at home.
She was wearing sunglasses to protect her eyes from the sun
and to hide the puffiness of her eyes. She was all cried out and
needed a break. She munched on her sandwiches as she watched
the people in the pool. Children were playing on the pool side,
girls were getting a tan and talking about the cute boys, boys
already had a tan and were talking about the cute girls, elderly
people were in the smaller, heated pool, mothers were calling
out to the babies who were playing by the pool while the fathers
were teaching the toddlers how to swim, although Marron thought
it was quite odd because most of the toddlers had an inner tube
around them. This scene made Marron smile a little. When two
girls who looked like 5 year olds pushed two teenage boys into
the water, Marron couldn't help but laugh.
Marron was sipping her soda when somebody came up to her. He
had a light tan and a very nice body. His auburn hair was highlighted
a dark blue and he had a charming smile.
"Hi!" he greeted.
"Hello." Marron replied. "May I help you?"
"I just saw you from that table over there," the boy said, pointing
to a table near the cafe. "And think that you're absolutely
gorgeous. You look WAY better than Jennifer Aniston."
"Jennifer...who?"
"You don't know her?"
"Not really..."
"Well, you look stunning. I just wanted to tell you that."
Marron felt a blush on her cheeks.
"Why, thank you." she said.
"Well," the boy said. "I'd better be going. Hope to see you
sometime!"
The boy bowed and left.


When Marron finished her lunch, she headed for her room to rest.
Then she bumped into a sign that said:
TONIGHT! EIGHT P.M.,
AOI "BLUE" SENRITSU
THE GRAND WHITE HOTEL
Tickets will be sold from 3 PM to 8 PM

She was in the Grand White Hotel! There was some sort of a
performance at 8 o'clock that night. Marron looked at her watch.
It was already 3:O6! Marron rushed to the ticket booth and
bought herself a ticket. She found out from the cashier that
Aoi "Blue" Senritsu was a famous pianist around Hawaii.
Marron wanted to go to her hotel room to pick out a dress.
The only problem was that she was lost. She had trouble finding
the booth and now she forgot how to get out. She walked through
the halls. The more she walked, the more she felt lost. The
halls were empty and pretty creepy. Just as Marron decided to
turn back, she heard sad song being played. It sounded like
a piano was producing the music. Marron followed it. She
wanted to know what was the source of the lovely music. She walked
and walked. The music got louder and louder. Then she stopped
at a big door. It was very fancy looking. She put her ear
to the door and heard the music playing in there. She just had
to know who was playing it, what was playing it, whatever.
Doing this made her feel like she was a young 3-year-old again.
It felt like the times that she, Trunks and Goten went around
the house, spying.
Marron couldn't find a keyhole to peek into so there was only
one way to find out: Go inside. But what if the door was locked?
Marron took a deep breath and pushed the door. Just a little
bit. The door started to open. Marron waited for a while and
then opened the door big enough to go through. It was the auditorium.
There was a grand piano on the stage and Marron could see two
legs showing from behind the great piano. She walked slowly
towards the stage. She didn't know why. It was as if the music
had hypnotized her into coming and wanting to find out.
The music seemed like it was coming to an end. Marron wanted to
clap after the piece was finished being played to surprise the
musician. Marron had her hands prepared for clapping. She
continued to the stage. The music came to a stop and when Marron
was about to applaud the pianist, she tripped over something
and fell, causing a loud noise and the musician to realize that
there was another human being in the auditorium.
"Who's there?!" the musician asked as he stood up from his seat.
"Me..." Marron groaned. The pianist jumped off the stage and
went to Marron, lying down on the floor.
"Are you all right?" he asked. Marron's eyes were shut tight
and she was facing downward. The pianist carried her to a
chair and waited for her to feel better. When Marron opened
her eyes, she saw that boy. The one who had blue highlights
and who had told her that she was good-looking.
"Why are you here?" Marron asked.
"I'm Aoi "Blue" Senritsu." the boy replied. Marron's eyes
widened.
"You are?!" she asked.
"Yes." replied the so-called Aoi "Blue" Senritsu.
"You're really him?"
"Yeah. But just call me 'Blue'. And you are..."
"M-M-Ma-Marron."
"What a beautiful name. Why are you here?"
"I-I heard the piece you were playing just a while ago."
"You did?"
"Yes. I think it's beautiful."
"Beautiful yet so sad."
"Why do say that?"
"It's just...nothing, really."
"Well, um, thank you for what you've done, um...Blue."
"You're welcome."
Marron stood up and gave Blue a deep bow.
"Thank you very much." she said. Marron turned to leave.
"Come back anytime this week, Marron." Blue called out. Marron
stopped and faced him. Then she nodded.


Marron came back to the auditorium the next day. Last night's
concert was marvelous. Blue wanted to perform a little concert
for Marron. They were both sitting on the same chair at the
piano. Blue was showing Marron how he played. Marron even tried
to play and it seemed that Blue succeeded in teaching her.
"Why do you play such sad songs?" Marron asked.
"I don't know." replied Blue. "I guess it's what people want.
What they expect. They never thought of a very cheery piece
would be played in a concert like the ones I have."
"Do you know any cheery pieces?"
"Why, of course I do."
Blue held his hands above the piano keys and then began playing
a piece. Marron couldn't help tapping her feet. The beat was
so lively and merry.
"Can you play anything else?" asked Marron after Blue had
finished playing.
"What type of music would you like?"
"I don't know. What do YOU like?"
"Me? Well..." Blue started blushing.
"What is it?"
"It's a...love song."
"Really? I would love to hear it!"
Blue put his hands over the keys once again and began playing a
slow, yet it didn't seem sad. It seemed like music for two young
lovers. Marron closed her eyes, trying to picture two young people
together, having a romance with that music in the background.
Then Blue's elbow hit hers and Blue messed up. Marron opened
her eyes and looked at Blue who seemed to have his concentration
on her. He was still playing but he wasn't playing it correctly.
But he didn't care. There was just something...something. Marron
blinked as hers and Blue's lips came closer and closer. Blue
stopped playing as their lips finally met and none of them seemed
surprised. They both knew that they should have. It was only
normal to question why they fell for each other so strongly without
showing any signs of the emotion. How could everything just
show up in that one little, first kiss? But they didn't care
at the time. All they cared about there was how much in love
they were.