Two hearts, one love
Chapter 15: Akina's song
Kai's POV
Thank god it's the weekend, I thought as I lazily wove my way through the late Friday afternoon traffic. Crystal had come up with a dozen different plans about how to get Rei and Mariah together.
Flashback
"What do you want now?" I said instantly becoming annoyed when Crystal poked her head around the door of my locker.
"Hello to you too Kai-kun" she shot back and stuck her tongue out at me. "I came up with the perfect plan to get Rei and Mariah together"
"Oh really?" I replied shutting my locker.
"Yep. We'll lock them up together in a room until they confess their undying love for each other" she said, her eyes glazing over apparently imagining the scene.
"Err, one problem with that," I remarked, "That never works"
"What?" Crystal responded, her eyes becoming unglazed once more. "Why not?"
"It just doesn't" I answered.
"But it always works on t.v" she insisted.
"Yeah, but in case you've forgotten Crystal, we live in the real world. That kind of stuff just doesn't work in reality" I reminded her. "You watch too much t.v"
"I do not!" she protested.
End of flashback
Crystal had come up with lots of other ideas most of which were outrageous and unrealistic. I smirked at the memory and pulled into my garage.
I was halfway up the stairs when my mother called out to me.
"Kai? Is that you?" she asked.
"Yeah," I responded, pausing on the landing between the floors.
"Your father's back," she stated.
"Already?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yes. Dinner will be served in and hour so clean up." She said before disappearing down the hallway.
I scowled as I entered my room. My father probably had some important business to deal with back in Tokyo which was probably why he was back so soon. Normally he would be away for a few weeks.
"How is school?" my father asked as he always did at dinner.
"Fine" I answered stiffly.
"You still have classes with Hiragazaki Akina?" he questioned.
"Yes" I replied flatly hoping that dinner will be over soon.
"You get on well with her?" he asked.
"Yes" I responded in a monotone.
"Good because we will be going to Mr. Hiragazaki's house for dinner tomorrow night" he informed me briskly.
Great, I thought as I started at my plate.
The next day.......
The scenery flashed past the car window until it slowed to a stop in front of the Hiragazaki mansion.
"Welcome, welcome" Mr. Hiragazaki greeted warmly when the chauffeur opened the door and we stepped out.
"I hope that you like crab for dinner" he commented as he led us through the entrance.
"We love crab" my father replied automatically.
"I'm sorry that my daughter could not be here with me to greet you. I believe she is upstairs doing work" Mr. Hiragazaki apologized.
"It is fine. It is good to see that she is committed to her studies" my father responded smoothly.
"Kai, why don't you go up to find her? I'm sure she won't mind" Mr. Hiragazaki suggested.
I nodded and proceeded up the stairs and came to a fork in the corridor. Left or right? I wondered knowing I could get easily lost if Akina's house was as large as mine. Just when I had decided to go left, a woman dressed in a maid's uniform appeared.
"May I help you?" she asked politely when she saw me.
"Yes, could you tell me where Akina is?" I requested.
"Hiragazaki-sama in the studio which is down this corridor," she gestured to the one on the right, "go down until you've reached the end and it'll be the second last door on the left"
"Thank-you" I said.
As I neared the end of the corridor, I could distantly hear the soft tinkling of a piano. Slowing down, I stopped at the second last door on the left with my hand on the door knob. Before when I was coming down the corridor, I thought that I had heard a faint humming but had dismissed it as something else. But now, standing outside the door, I was sure that the humming was coming from in here and it was in tune with the piano accompaniment. Gently pushing the door open, I peered into the room to see a black grand piano standing in the centre of the room with Akina perched on the seat playing it as well as softly humming along.
Now that I was closer, I didn't have to strain to make out the words which turned out to be Japanese. I stood still in the doorway, listening to Akina sing...
Saigo no kisu wa (The last kiss) Tabako no flavor ga shita (Tasted like tobacco) Nigakute setsunai kaori (A bitter and sad smell)
Ashita no imagoro ni wa (Tomorrow at this time,) Anata wa doko ni iru n' darou (Where will you be?) Dare wo omotte 'ru n' darou (Who will you be thinking about?
You are always gonna be my love Itsu ka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo (Even if I fall in love with someone else again) I'll remember to love You taught me how You are always gonna be the one Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song) Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)
Tachidomaru jikan ga (The paused time is Ugoki-dasou to shite 'ru (About to start moving) Wasuretaku nai koto bakari (There's many things that I don't want to forget about)
Ashita no imagoro ni wa (tomorrow, at this time) Watashi wa kitto naite 'ru (I will probably be crying) Anata wo omotte 'ru n' darou (I will probably be thinking about you)
You will always be inside my heart Itsu mo anata dake no basho ga aru kara (You will always have your own place) I hope that I have a place in your heart too Now and forever you are still the one Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song) Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)
You are always gonna be my love Itsu ka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo (Even if I fall in love with someone once again) I'll remember to love You taught me how You are always gonna be the one Mada kanashii love song (It' still a sad song until I can sing a new song) Now and forever...
After Akina had finished playing, she lifted her hands up from the piano, folding them neatly in her lap while I just stood there trying to figure out where I had heard that song before.
"Kai-kun?" she said looking up from the piano after a few moments.
"Huh?" I said still lost in thought.
"Did you-" she began hesitantly, "Did you just hear that?"
I paused for a moment, wondering how to answer her question. She had obviously not intended for me to hear to sing since she had lowered her gaze when I glanced at her. But I knew I couldn't lie.
"Yeah" I said carefully.
"Oh" she said quietly and suddenly became fascinated in looking at her hands.
"You're really good" I said after an awkward minute.
"No I'm not" she replied softly and closed the lid of the piano. "So did you just get here?" she asked when she stood up, suddenly back to her cheerful self.
"Uh, yeah. Just arrived a few minutes ago" I answered.
"Want me to show you around?" she asked over her shoulder as she walked out of the room.
"Sure" I agreed and followed her out of the room, my mind still lingering on her song.
Okay, so what'd you think? The song Akina sang is called First Love by Utada Hikaru. It's really really pretty and sweet. Please review okay?
Chapter 15: Akina's song
Kai's POV
Thank god it's the weekend, I thought as I lazily wove my way through the late Friday afternoon traffic. Crystal had come up with a dozen different plans about how to get Rei and Mariah together.
Flashback
"What do you want now?" I said instantly becoming annoyed when Crystal poked her head around the door of my locker.
"Hello to you too Kai-kun" she shot back and stuck her tongue out at me. "I came up with the perfect plan to get Rei and Mariah together"
"Oh really?" I replied shutting my locker.
"Yep. We'll lock them up together in a room until they confess their undying love for each other" she said, her eyes glazing over apparently imagining the scene.
"Err, one problem with that," I remarked, "That never works"
"What?" Crystal responded, her eyes becoming unglazed once more. "Why not?"
"It just doesn't" I answered.
"But it always works on t.v" she insisted.
"Yeah, but in case you've forgotten Crystal, we live in the real world. That kind of stuff just doesn't work in reality" I reminded her. "You watch too much t.v"
"I do not!" she protested.
End of flashback
Crystal had come up with lots of other ideas most of which were outrageous and unrealistic. I smirked at the memory and pulled into my garage.
I was halfway up the stairs when my mother called out to me.
"Kai? Is that you?" she asked.
"Yeah," I responded, pausing on the landing between the floors.
"Your father's back," she stated.
"Already?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yes. Dinner will be served in and hour so clean up." She said before disappearing down the hallway.
I scowled as I entered my room. My father probably had some important business to deal with back in Tokyo which was probably why he was back so soon. Normally he would be away for a few weeks.
"How is school?" my father asked as he always did at dinner.
"Fine" I answered stiffly.
"You still have classes with Hiragazaki Akina?" he questioned.
"Yes" I replied flatly hoping that dinner will be over soon.
"You get on well with her?" he asked.
"Yes" I responded in a monotone.
"Good because we will be going to Mr. Hiragazaki's house for dinner tomorrow night" he informed me briskly.
Great, I thought as I started at my plate.
The next day.......
The scenery flashed past the car window until it slowed to a stop in front of the Hiragazaki mansion.
"Welcome, welcome" Mr. Hiragazaki greeted warmly when the chauffeur opened the door and we stepped out.
"I hope that you like crab for dinner" he commented as he led us through the entrance.
"We love crab" my father replied automatically.
"I'm sorry that my daughter could not be here with me to greet you. I believe she is upstairs doing work" Mr. Hiragazaki apologized.
"It is fine. It is good to see that she is committed to her studies" my father responded smoothly.
"Kai, why don't you go up to find her? I'm sure she won't mind" Mr. Hiragazaki suggested.
I nodded and proceeded up the stairs and came to a fork in the corridor. Left or right? I wondered knowing I could get easily lost if Akina's house was as large as mine. Just when I had decided to go left, a woman dressed in a maid's uniform appeared.
"May I help you?" she asked politely when she saw me.
"Yes, could you tell me where Akina is?" I requested.
"Hiragazaki-sama in the studio which is down this corridor," she gestured to the one on the right, "go down until you've reached the end and it'll be the second last door on the left"
"Thank-you" I said.
As I neared the end of the corridor, I could distantly hear the soft tinkling of a piano. Slowing down, I stopped at the second last door on the left with my hand on the door knob. Before when I was coming down the corridor, I thought that I had heard a faint humming but had dismissed it as something else. But now, standing outside the door, I was sure that the humming was coming from in here and it was in tune with the piano accompaniment. Gently pushing the door open, I peered into the room to see a black grand piano standing in the centre of the room with Akina perched on the seat playing it as well as softly humming along.
Now that I was closer, I didn't have to strain to make out the words which turned out to be Japanese. I stood still in the doorway, listening to Akina sing...
Saigo no kisu wa (The last kiss) Tabako no flavor ga shita (Tasted like tobacco) Nigakute setsunai kaori (A bitter and sad smell)
Ashita no imagoro ni wa (Tomorrow at this time,) Anata wa doko ni iru n' darou (Where will you be?) Dare wo omotte 'ru n' darou (Who will you be thinking about?
You are always gonna be my love Itsu ka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo (Even if I fall in love with someone else again) I'll remember to love You taught me how You are always gonna be the one Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song) Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)
Tachidomaru jikan ga (The paused time is Ugoki-dasou to shite 'ru (About to start moving) Wasuretaku nai koto bakari (There's many things that I don't want to forget about)
Ashita no imagoro ni wa (tomorrow, at this time) Watashi wa kitto naite 'ru (I will probably be crying) Anata wo omotte 'ru n' darou (I will probably be thinking about you)
You will always be inside my heart Itsu mo anata dake no basho ga aru kara (You will always have your own place) I hope that I have a place in your heart too Now and forever you are still the one Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song) Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)
You are always gonna be my love Itsu ka dare ka to mata koi ni ochite mo (Even if I fall in love with someone once again) I'll remember to love You taught me how You are always gonna be the one Mada kanashii love song (It' still a sad song until I can sing a new song) Now and forever...
After Akina had finished playing, she lifted her hands up from the piano, folding them neatly in her lap while I just stood there trying to figure out where I had heard that song before.
"Kai-kun?" she said looking up from the piano after a few moments.
"Huh?" I said still lost in thought.
"Did you-" she began hesitantly, "Did you just hear that?"
I paused for a moment, wondering how to answer her question. She had obviously not intended for me to hear to sing since she had lowered her gaze when I glanced at her. But I knew I couldn't lie.
"Yeah" I said carefully.
"Oh" she said quietly and suddenly became fascinated in looking at her hands.
"You're really good" I said after an awkward minute.
"No I'm not" she replied softly and closed the lid of the piano. "So did you just get here?" she asked when she stood up, suddenly back to her cheerful self.
"Uh, yeah. Just arrived a few minutes ago" I answered.
"Want me to show you around?" she asked over her shoulder as she walked out of the room.
"Sure" I agreed and followed her out of the room, my mind still lingering on her song.
Okay, so what'd you think? The song Akina sang is called First Love by Utada Hikaru. It's really really pretty and sweet. Please review okay?