Michiru slowly opened her eyes with a moan, finding herself in
the middle of the large bed, alone. She sighed while rubbing the sleep from
her eyes, before she slowly sat up, looking right down on the blanket that
now lied over her legs. She blinked and soon her eyes narrowed.
She slowly closed her eyes and listened. She could hear a well- tuned violin. "Where is that coming from?" She whispered as she looked at the speakers in the ceiling, hearing that the music wasn't coming from them. She soon swallowed and slowly crawled out of the bed, focusing her ears on the beautiful violin strings that almost echoed all around her, but from a distance. "Hoshi?" She asked as she walked into the kitchen, without seeing the bleached blonde anywhere. "Hoshi?" She asked after a while, as she stepped into the living room, noticing that the balcony doors where wide open and the wind was playing with the white curtains. She swallowed nervously. Is she playing? She thought as she stepped onto the balcony.
The sun hadn't started to shine yet and everything was still dark. Michiru's eyes widened as she walked to the edge of the balcony, seeing the amazing view of a calm and almost silent Tokyo, with its lights shining like stars. "This is beautiful." She whispered for herself, listening to the violin music that now sounded like if she was getting closer to it. The melody was unknown to Michiru, which she didn't mind at all. It was beautiful and it made the whole view seem like if it was right out of a storybook.
Michiru stood there, listening to the music while watching over the city for a long time and soon she looked around herself. Her eyes suddenly stopped on the plastic chair that was standing right beside her, by the edge of the balcony. She blinked and soon let her gaze wonder onto the roof, where it soon stopped by a dark figure wearing a white shirt and black pants. Hoshi? She thought and suddenly her eyes widened, seeing the sun slowly starting to rise right behind the figure on the roof. The view was like out of a fairytale.
It was Hoshi standing on the roof, playing on a violin in all her grace, while the wind plaid around with her open shirt and hair. She soon stopped playing, only to walk over to the balcony edge with a soft smile over her lips. "Sleep well, I hope." She said as she stopped in her steps. "I found my old violin and decided to test it out." She added after a while of gazing at the amazing look over Michiru's face, while holding up the black violin. "Didn't sound too corny, did it?"
Michiru swallowed hard and blinked. "You only had two years of lessons?" She whispered after a while.
Hoshi nodded and looked at the violin. "I had a pretty damn good music ear." She smiled and looked back at Michiru, who just stared at her. "At least that was what my teacher told me." She added and tilted her head to the.
The concert just might be saved after all. Michiru thought and soon let the stare fade into a soft gaze over Hoshi, who started playing once more.
Hoshi and Michiru got out of the cab that had parked outside the concert hall that evening, both of them wearing black suits, with black pants and white blouses, while carrying their violin cases. They walked trough the glass doors, which were held up by two guards that were standing there. Michiru and Hoshi walked into the lobby where Michiru talked to a young woman sitting at the information desk.
"They are waiting for you back stage Kaioh-san." The young woman smiled as she put Michiru's pass onto the counter. "And you are?" She asked as she looked at Hoshi.
"She's the one who's taking over Masahito-san's chair. Tsuya Hoshi." Michiru answered.
The young woman looked at Hoshi for a while and soon a smile appeared on her lips. "You're a life saver." She said and soon held a pass towards Hoshi. "I hope that everything will be all right now. Akida-san has been a wreck since he got here earlier. Trying to get someone to take Masahito-san's place. He'll thank the gods now and maybe calm down."
"Thanks Sorako-san." Michiru smiled as she and Hoshi walked down the hallway, only to stop by the closed door that lead into the main concert hall, where a guard was standing. They showed their passes and where soon let inside.
There were thirty people on the stage, warming up with the conductor at his podium, waving around his hands. "No! This will not work!" He suddenly screamed out load. "We don't have Kaioh-san here! And we're one head short!" He sighed and soon leaned against the podium. "We'll have to cancel." He whispered now.
Suddenly the gaze's of the orchestra spotted Michiru and Hoshi walking towards the stage. "Michiru-san!" A young woman shouted as she jumped up from her chair. "You came!" Several others stood up as well, with shining smiles over their faces.
"And you have a player with you!" A young man shouted.
Ukino Akida suddenly spun around at his podium with a shine over his face. "Kaioh-san! My angel of heavenly light!" He exclaimed as Michiru and Hoshi walked up onto the stage. "Is this the person who will be taking Masahito-san's place?" He asked as his gaze ended up on Hoshi.
Michiru smiled at the conductor and soon looked at Hoshi. "Akida- san, this is a dear friend of mine."
Hoshi bowed her head towards Akida and soon held her hand towards him. "Tsuya Hoshi. Michiru-san asked me to help you out, since you where one head short in the orchestra." She said.
Akida smiled at her as they shook hands. "And how long have you been playing? Your name doesn't ring a bell." He asked with a studying look over his face.
"It doesn't matter Akida-san." Michiru cut in with shining smile over her lips. "I've heard play. And she plays like an angel, I can assure you."
Akida looked at Hoshi for a long time before he sighed, letting the studying look fade as he looked at Michiru. "Your word is probably the only thing I can trust in right now." He replied smiling warmly at the aqua haired beauty. "You're hardly never wrong." He added and looked at Hoshi. "Will you give me and the others a taste of your music?" He asked and crossed his arms over his chest, only to rest his chin in his hand.
Hoshi nodded and soon put the violin case onto an empty chair. She picked out her violin and bow, and was shown a sheet with music held up by Michiru. Hoshi looked at the notes for a while before she took a deep breath, placing the violin onto her shoulder and resting her chin on it. She soon closed her eyes as she placed the bow onto the string, remembering the notes she just had seen, and soon she started to play.
Her music echoed all around in the hall, and the people on the stage just stared with an amazing gaze over their faces, while Akida's eyes widened as he stepped backwards towards the podium, almost chocked by the bleached woman who just had seen the notes, and was now playing the music with her eyes closed. Michiru on the other half just smiled at the sight of the others, keeping her eyes on Hoshi.
As soon as Hoshi stopped playing and opened her eyes, the rest of the orchestra stood up, clapping their hands while Akida slowly sank to his knees, with tears filling his eyes. "The concert is saved! Thank god!" He shouted right into the air, while some tears ran down his face.
The last part of the concert was slowly coming to an end, and the audience where like under a spell. Some people had whispered to each other several times, wondering whom the bleached unknown face in the orchestra was, and noting to each other that the play was like nothing they had heard before. Hoshi had been placed onto the chair beside Michiru, sharing the same notes. Soon the music ended and the hall was silent for a second, before Akida turned to the audience and bowed, at the same time the orchestra got up from their chairs and bowed as well. Soon the whole hall was filled with clapping hands and 'bravo' shouting. The show had been more than good.
Michiru looked at Hoshi, who looked back at her with a smile over her lips. "You saved us." Michiru whispered into Hoshi's ear.
"The least I could do." Hoshi whispered back and suddenly, Akida ran over and grabbed onto her by the hand, pulling her away from Michiru, and to the podium and soon a fast stage worker handed him a microphone. The people slowly went quiet and calmed down.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank all of you for coming tonight, and we hope that you loved our show!" Akida talked into the microphone and soon he looked at Hoshi, wit ha warm shine over his eyes. "I can see on your face's an asking look. Who is this young woman?" He asked now as he looked over the audience. And he was right. The people did seem wondering over the bleached woman. "This is Tsuya Hoshi, who thanks to our very own Kaioh Michiru, came here to night to take the seat of Ohara Masahito, who couldn't be with us tonight, due to a bad flue." He continued and soon looked at Michiru who was smiling towards him. "And all I want to say, about this mystery woman is." He added now as he looked at Hoshi. "Thank heavens that you came!" He said after a deep breath and put his hand onto Hoshi's shoulder. "Thank you Tsuya-san."
The audience stood up once more, clapping their hands and cheering.
Michiru looked at the audience and smiled warmly, before resting her eyes on Hoshi who bowed with Akida towards everyone watching. "That's my girl, right there." She whispered for herself and soon she started clapping also, and soon the rest of the orchestra followed her lead.
"Where on earth did you find her, Kaioh-san?" The man standing beside Michiru whispered into her ear. "She saved the show."
Michiru smiled towards him, still clapping her hands with everyone else. "She was sent to me from above, Yoshi-kun." She replied and soon let her gaze wonder back to Hoshi. "She was sent to me from above." She repeated to herself.
Hoshi was sitting on the floor of her shower, leaning her head against wall behind her while the water just fell down over her legs. She sighed deeply and smiled warmly. She soon opened her eyes as she heard the shower room door open and close. After a second of gazing at the white shower curtain, that now was pulled to the side by Michiru. The two young women looked at each other for a while, with smiles over their lips under silence.
"May I join you?" Michiru asked as she stepped into the shower, pulling back the curtain. "It was getting a bit lonely on the balcony." She added.
"If you really want to." Hoshi smiled at her, as Michiru sat down onto her knees in front of Hoshi. "Was it your cell phone that rang earlier?" She asked as Michiru scooted closer to her, ending up right under the running shower.
"Yeah." She whispered and soon turned around, giving Hoshi her back. "It was Akida-san who couldn't stop thanking me." She added as she pulled her hair back.
"Oh." Hoshi smiled for herself and soon wrapped her arms around Michiru, pulling her to herself. Soon the two sat under the running water, Michiru sitting between Hoshi's legs leaning her head against the same wall as Hoshi's.
Michiru smiled warmly and slowly closed her eyes with a sigh. "He said that he would sent the review to my house when he got his hands on it." She added after a while of listening to the water hitting the floor.
"Mmm." Hoshi nodded and gently kissed a drop of water from Michiru's shoulder. "Sounds fair." She added shortly and soon kissed Michiru's neck. "Glad I could help out." She whispered after she had kissed her way to Michiru's ear, which she kissed gently.
Michiru smiled at the soft touch of Hoshi's lips against her skin and soon sighed, looking at the woman behind her. "Ever thought of starting in the Tokyo Violin Orchestra?" She asked with a warm smile over her lips, while her eyes shined with a soft glimmer. "You could easily make it up to the solo chair, if I don't get there first, I mean."
Hoshi laughed and soon rubbed her nose tip against Michiru's. "Not really. Music is my life, sure, and I really like what I'm doing right now." She answered, looking right into Michiru's eyes. "But if you guys need help some other time in some future, I'll probably jump in."
Michiru smiled at the childish gaze over Hoshi's eyes, gently putting her hand onto her cheek. "You're more than welcome, said Akida- san." She replied and gently kissed Hoshi on her lips, kissing away a water drop from her over lip.
"Tell him next time you talk to him, that I'll gladly help out." Hoshi whispered as she put her right hand onto the back of Michiru's head, kissing her tenderly.
Michiru responder to the kiss, and gently put her free hand onto Hoshi's, that was around her waist. She slowly moved the hand from her stomach and up to her right breast, where she gently planted Hoshi's hand, still holding her own hand over hers.
She slowly closed her eyes and listened. She could hear a well- tuned violin. "Where is that coming from?" She whispered as she looked at the speakers in the ceiling, hearing that the music wasn't coming from them. She soon swallowed and slowly crawled out of the bed, focusing her ears on the beautiful violin strings that almost echoed all around her, but from a distance. "Hoshi?" She asked as she walked into the kitchen, without seeing the bleached blonde anywhere. "Hoshi?" She asked after a while, as she stepped into the living room, noticing that the balcony doors where wide open and the wind was playing with the white curtains. She swallowed nervously. Is she playing? She thought as she stepped onto the balcony.
The sun hadn't started to shine yet and everything was still dark. Michiru's eyes widened as she walked to the edge of the balcony, seeing the amazing view of a calm and almost silent Tokyo, with its lights shining like stars. "This is beautiful." She whispered for herself, listening to the violin music that now sounded like if she was getting closer to it. The melody was unknown to Michiru, which she didn't mind at all. It was beautiful and it made the whole view seem like if it was right out of a storybook.
Michiru stood there, listening to the music while watching over the city for a long time and soon she looked around herself. Her eyes suddenly stopped on the plastic chair that was standing right beside her, by the edge of the balcony. She blinked and soon let her gaze wonder onto the roof, where it soon stopped by a dark figure wearing a white shirt and black pants. Hoshi? She thought and suddenly her eyes widened, seeing the sun slowly starting to rise right behind the figure on the roof. The view was like out of a fairytale.
It was Hoshi standing on the roof, playing on a violin in all her grace, while the wind plaid around with her open shirt and hair. She soon stopped playing, only to walk over to the balcony edge with a soft smile over her lips. "Sleep well, I hope." She said as she stopped in her steps. "I found my old violin and decided to test it out." She added after a while of gazing at the amazing look over Michiru's face, while holding up the black violin. "Didn't sound too corny, did it?"
Michiru swallowed hard and blinked. "You only had two years of lessons?" She whispered after a while.
Hoshi nodded and looked at the violin. "I had a pretty damn good music ear." She smiled and looked back at Michiru, who just stared at her. "At least that was what my teacher told me." She added and tilted her head to the.
The concert just might be saved after all. Michiru thought and soon let the stare fade into a soft gaze over Hoshi, who started playing once more.
Hoshi and Michiru got out of the cab that had parked outside the concert hall that evening, both of them wearing black suits, with black pants and white blouses, while carrying their violin cases. They walked trough the glass doors, which were held up by two guards that were standing there. Michiru and Hoshi walked into the lobby where Michiru talked to a young woman sitting at the information desk.
"They are waiting for you back stage Kaioh-san." The young woman smiled as she put Michiru's pass onto the counter. "And you are?" She asked as she looked at Hoshi.
"She's the one who's taking over Masahito-san's chair. Tsuya Hoshi." Michiru answered.
The young woman looked at Hoshi for a while and soon a smile appeared on her lips. "You're a life saver." She said and soon held a pass towards Hoshi. "I hope that everything will be all right now. Akida-san has been a wreck since he got here earlier. Trying to get someone to take Masahito-san's place. He'll thank the gods now and maybe calm down."
"Thanks Sorako-san." Michiru smiled as she and Hoshi walked down the hallway, only to stop by the closed door that lead into the main concert hall, where a guard was standing. They showed their passes and where soon let inside.
There were thirty people on the stage, warming up with the conductor at his podium, waving around his hands. "No! This will not work!" He suddenly screamed out load. "We don't have Kaioh-san here! And we're one head short!" He sighed and soon leaned against the podium. "We'll have to cancel." He whispered now.
Suddenly the gaze's of the orchestra spotted Michiru and Hoshi walking towards the stage. "Michiru-san!" A young woman shouted as she jumped up from her chair. "You came!" Several others stood up as well, with shining smiles over their faces.
"And you have a player with you!" A young man shouted.
Ukino Akida suddenly spun around at his podium with a shine over his face. "Kaioh-san! My angel of heavenly light!" He exclaimed as Michiru and Hoshi walked up onto the stage. "Is this the person who will be taking Masahito-san's place?" He asked as his gaze ended up on Hoshi.
Michiru smiled at the conductor and soon looked at Hoshi. "Akida- san, this is a dear friend of mine."
Hoshi bowed her head towards Akida and soon held her hand towards him. "Tsuya Hoshi. Michiru-san asked me to help you out, since you where one head short in the orchestra." She said.
Akida smiled at her as they shook hands. "And how long have you been playing? Your name doesn't ring a bell." He asked with a studying look over his face.
"It doesn't matter Akida-san." Michiru cut in with shining smile over her lips. "I've heard play. And she plays like an angel, I can assure you."
Akida looked at Hoshi for a long time before he sighed, letting the studying look fade as he looked at Michiru. "Your word is probably the only thing I can trust in right now." He replied smiling warmly at the aqua haired beauty. "You're hardly never wrong." He added and looked at Hoshi. "Will you give me and the others a taste of your music?" He asked and crossed his arms over his chest, only to rest his chin in his hand.
Hoshi nodded and soon put the violin case onto an empty chair. She picked out her violin and bow, and was shown a sheet with music held up by Michiru. Hoshi looked at the notes for a while before she took a deep breath, placing the violin onto her shoulder and resting her chin on it. She soon closed her eyes as she placed the bow onto the string, remembering the notes she just had seen, and soon she started to play.
Her music echoed all around in the hall, and the people on the stage just stared with an amazing gaze over their faces, while Akida's eyes widened as he stepped backwards towards the podium, almost chocked by the bleached woman who just had seen the notes, and was now playing the music with her eyes closed. Michiru on the other half just smiled at the sight of the others, keeping her eyes on Hoshi.
As soon as Hoshi stopped playing and opened her eyes, the rest of the orchestra stood up, clapping their hands while Akida slowly sank to his knees, with tears filling his eyes. "The concert is saved! Thank god!" He shouted right into the air, while some tears ran down his face.
The last part of the concert was slowly coming to an end, and the audience where like under a spell. Some people had whispered to each other several times, wondering whom the bleached unknown face in the orchestra was, and noting to each other that the play was like nothing they had heard before. Hoshi had been placed onto the chair beside Michiru, sharing the same notes. Soon the music ended and the hall was silent for a second, before Akida turned to the audience and bowed, at the same time the orchestra got up from their chairs and bowed as well. Soon the whole hall was filled with clapping hands and 'bravo' shouting. The show had been more than good.
Michiru looked at Hoshi, who looked back at her with a smile over her lips. "You saved us." Michiru whispered into Hoshi's ear.
"The least I could do." Hoshi whispered back and suddenly, Akida ran over and grabbed onto her by the hand, pulling her away from Michiru, and to the podium and soon a fast stage worker handed him a microphone. The people slowly went quiet and calmed down.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank all of you for coming tonight, and we hope that you loved our show!" Akida talked into the microphone and soon he looked at Hoshi, wit ha warm shine over his eyes. "I can see on your face's an asking look. Who is this young woman?" He asked now as he looked over the audience. And he was right. The people did seem wondering over the bleached woman. "This is Tsuya Hoshi, who thanks to our very own Kaioh Michiru, came here to night to take the seat of Ohara Masahito, who couldn't be with us tonight, due to a bad flue." He continued and soon looked at Michiru who was smiling towards him. "And all I want to say, about this mystery woman is." He added now as he looked at Hoshi. "Thank heavens that you came!" He said after a deep breath and put his hand onto Hoshi's shoulder. "Thank you Tsuya-san."
The audience stood up once more, clapping their hands and cheering.
Michiru looked at the audience and smiled warmly, before resting her eyes on Hoshi who bowed with Akida towards everyone watching. "That's my girl, right there." She whispered for herself and soon she started clapping also, and soon the rest of the orchestra followed her lead.
"Where on earth did you find her, Kaioh-san?" The man standing beside Michiru whispered into her ear. "She saved the show."
Michiru smiled towards him, still clapping her hands with everyone else. "She was sent to me from above, Yoshi-kun." She replied and soon let her gaze wonder back to Hoshi. "She was sent to me from above." She repeated to herself.
Hoshi was sitting on the floor of her shower, leaning her head against wall behind her while the water just fell down over her legs. She sighed deeply and smiled warmly. She soon opened her eyes as she heard the shower room door open and close. After a second of gazing at the white shower curtain, that now was pulled to the side by Michiru. The two young women looked at each other for a while, with smiles over their lips under silence.
"May I join you?" Michiru asked as she stepped into the shower, pulling back the curtain. "It was getting a bit lonely on the balcony." She added.
"If you really want to." Hoshi smiled at her, as Michiru sat down onto her knees in front of Hoshi. "Was it your cell phone that rang earlier?" She asked as Michiru scooted closer to her, ending up right under the running shower.
"Yeah." She whispered and soon turned around, giving Hoshi her back. "It was Akida-san who couldn't stop thanking me." She added as she pulled her hair back.
"Oh." Hoshi smiled for herself and soon wrapped her arms around Michiru, pulling her to herself. Soon the two sat under the running water, Michiru sitting between Hoshi's legs leaning her head against the same wall as Hoshi's.
Michiru smiled warmly and slowly closed her eyes with a sigh. "He said that he would sent the review to my house when he got his hands on it." She added after a while of listening to the water hitting the floor.
"Mmm." Hoshi nodded and gently kissed a drop of water from Michiru's shoulder. "Sounds fair." She added shortly and soon kissed Michiru's neck. "Glad I could help out." She whispered after she had kissed her way to Michiru's ear, which she kissed gently.
Michiru smiled at the soft touch of Hoshi's lips against her skin and soon sighed, looking at the woman behind her. "Ever thought of starting in the Tokyo Violin Orchestra?" She asked with a warm smile over her lips, while her eyes shined with a soft glimmer. "You could easily make it up to the solo chair, if I don't get there first, I mean."
Hoshi laughed and soon rubbed her nose tip against Michiru's. "Not really. Music is my life, sure, and I really like what I'm doing right now." She answered, looking right into Michiru's eyes. "But if you guys need help some other time in some future, I'll probably jump in."
Michiru smiled at the childish gaze over Hoshi's eyes, gently putting her hand onto her cheek. "You're more than welcome, said Akida- san." She replied and gently kissed Hoshi on her lips, kissing away a water drop from her over lip.
"Tell him next time you talk to him, that I'll gladly help out." Hoshi whispered as she put her right hand onto the back of Michiru's head, kissing her tenderly.
Michiru responder to the kiss, and gently put her free hand onto Hoshi's, that was around her waist. She slowly moved the hand from her stomach and up to her right breast, where she gently planted Hoshi's hand, still holding her own hand over hers.