My Guardian Angel II: Runaway Angel
--By SunFireVixen--
I dedicate this chapter to my best friend, Katherine.
The song that the instrument players err- play, is an actual song that we have played. I'm not so sure for Kat, but it was the first song that I played. We both play the violin.
And onto the story- I am so sorry! I had tons of stuff to do, and I wasn't able to get it up. Plus, that writer's block got the better of me! -sob-
This chapter is much longer- I hope it'll make up for my tardiness!
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed, I don't have time to answer reviews now. Here's chapter 7 of My Guardian Angel II!
p.s. I'm stalling once again! -nervous grin-
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Chapter 7: Musical Memories
Sincerity stared with wide eyes at the objects her light brown eyes met. She stopped in front of a store with musical instruments.
She put her hands on the window, leaning against the transparent wall that separated her from a beautiful mahogany small-sized violin. She stared from the neck, then her eyes slowly traveled from the black strings, and the fragile bridge.
Kai walked casually along the street, searching for a place to shop for lady's clothes. The thought made his face red, and he turned to stare at Sincerity. She wasn't there, and his eyes widened.
He turned to look around, frantic now. He called out to her, afraid of all the horrible things that could have happened to her-
No. I can't think of that. Think of all the places she would go…
She's lost her memory! Anything could be of interest for her!
Kai ran around the mall, hoping she would be around there somewhere. His eye caught a light-brown haired girl with her face glued to a glass window.
His stop seemed to screech as he turned to towards her, and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Uhh… can I help you?"
Kai stared at the girl. She had green eyes and straight light brown hair.
"I'm sorry… I thought you were someone else-" he stared inside the shop. The real Sincerity plucked at one of the strings on a giant cello, a very cute curious smile on her face.
He stepped into the shop, and walked towards Sincerity, who had moved on to pluck at a very small viola.
The clerk came to her first. "May I help you with anything, young lady?"
Sincerity turned to the man. "What are these?"
His eyes widened, and he chuckled. "You don't know what they are? How peculiar!"
Sincerity stared up at the man and the people in the shop turned to stare.
Kai stared in panic. "She comes from far away where these don't exist, sir," Kai half lied. He too wondered if before, she had actually seen them.
A small image of Sincerity playing a harp popped into his mind. It vanished as the clerk turned to him. The people in the shop turned back to mind their own business.
"Ah. Well, these beautiful objects make sound. The sound is different for every instrument," the clerk explained, and then pointed to the violin at the window, the one Sincerity had stared at before.
"The violin was my first instrument. It's simple for the person who can play it, and oh, so not to the person who cannot," he said as he walked over to pick up the instrument, then showed it to Sincerity. She gazed at it, the violin's paint shining new in the light.
"How does it work?" Sincerity asked, as she looked up to the clerk. He smiled and picked up a bow from one of the racks on the wall that displayed many kinds of bows, long ones for all kinds of string instruments in the family with the violin. He picked up a maroon bow with black handle and frog.
"This is a bow. It's what makes the music for this instrument, but you can also use your fingers. Now, watch."
He placed the violin's bottom on his shoulder, and his chin tilted, on the chin rest.
He then turned to one of the guys working there. "Hey- Mikey! Give me one of my violin sheets, will you?"
"Alright- I'll come back to you for a moment, miss," the boy said, and the girl nodded. The boys disappeared behind the cashier desk, and pulled out a folder. He searched the sheets, and smiled when he came up to one of them.
Customers turned to stare as he grabbed a stand and placed it in front of the clerk with Kai and Sincerity.
The boy named Mikey placed the sheet on the stand, and lifted the stand so it would reach up to the clerk's sight. The clerk smiled as his eyes gazed down at the music sheet.
"Kaleidoscope?" the clerk asked, and stared at Mikey. He grinned.
The customers had their full attention to the clerk holding the violin. He raised the bow and placed it one the violin's strings. "Start us off, Mikey?"
Mikey grinned, and went over to the shiny black piano that was near the clerk. He sat down, and then looked over to the clerk. "I'm not sure if I still remember, Mark."
"I'm sure that it'll come back. We've played this tons of times. I'm not sure I even need the sheet anymore." The clerk, Mark, grinned.
Mikey nodded, and pressed one of the keys. It made a soft semi-high note. He smiled, and his thin fingers, which had once been stronger, began to dance on the keys. He started with a slow rhythm at first, then went higher and higher, until he came up to a point where Mark pushed the bow up.
The sounds that emerged were perfect, and professionally soft. As he came to his sixth note, the bow halted, slowing down. Then went faster as he read the eighth.
The music they created combined, making one special song. Sincerity stared at his fingers as they changed places to change the notes, and changed the beautiful sound she heard.
She looked over to Mikey's fingers, which seemed to be awfully connected in some way to the piano's white keys. His thin fingers were old, but they recognized the keys when he touched them.
They were now in the twentieth section, and the beat slowed down for a moment before going fast, then slowing again, then picking up again.
The song was simple, but the rhythm was stunning, and it brought many memories for the violinist and the pianist.
Bright lights shone upon the two famous instrument players. A handsome young man sat on the piano seat, and he gazed at the music sheet in front of him.
The other man, who was older, stood, holding a beautiful dark maroon violin and a bow to match. He stood straight, with a perfect pose.
The younger man smiled up at the older one, who grinned.
"Start us off, Mikey."
Mikey nodded, and placed his firm fingers on the keys. He took a deep breath, and his fingers began to push softly at the keys, and the audience listened at the simple, yet stunning song they performed.
As the older man lifted his bow, the rhythm began to soften. He pushed his bow up again, then once again, ending with a very long note.
The audience clapped loudly, and Mikey stood up, and they bowed at the same time as the curtains began to lower.
Sincerity stared at Mark, who pushed up the bow, then once again, ending the song with a long note. Mikey's fingers stopped, and one last long note was heard before the people in the shop cheered and clapped, covering the echo that would follow.
People had gathered around the shop from the outside, hoping to get a better view.
Mike stood up, and Mark smiled at his best friend before they bowed to the audience they didn't notice that had formed in their shop while they played.
Mike and Mark, now in their old age, turned to Sincerity and Kai.
"We used to play that song for big performances when we were younger," Mikey explained with a smile.
Mark nodded in agreement. "It was the first song we ever played."
Sincerity stared at them as they grinned at each other. She stared at the violin he held by the neck in his hand.
"The sound… it's pretty," Sincerity said, remembering the soft tune.
"I'm glad you liked it, young lady," Mark said, smiling down at Sincerity. He placed the violin back into it's place in front of the window.
"Do you need help with anything else, lady?" he asked, placing the bow back into the rack and Mike going off to help his previous customer. The crowd started to fade.
Sincerity shook her head.
"That's all. Thank you," Kai said, and took Sincerity's hand and led her out of the shop. He turned to Sincerity, who looked down at the ground, thinking.
"When this month finishes, I'll be looking for a job," Kai said casually. Sincerity kept staring down at the floor. To attract her attention, he went to the point, "When we have enough money, would you like me to buy you that violin?"
Sincerity, however, did not hear anything he had said. The warmth of his hand holding hers felt so comfortable. He felt him shake her hand, and she looked up at him.
"I'm sorry… I wasn't listening… were you saying something?" Sincerity asked, and Kai stared at her.
He expected her to say something like, eh?
"Are you feeling okay?" Kai asked, worried. Sincerity nodded and Kai smiled. He looked at the glass ceiling, then shook Sincerity's hand again.
She looked up at him, then looked up at the ceiling. "What is that?"
"It's snow," Kai responded, and looked down at Sincerity, who had her head up, looking at the flakes as they fell and covered the glass ceiling.
"We should go and find that clothing store for you," Kai said, tugging at her hand.
After a few minutes of searching, they found a nice and small shop for clothes, and Kai waited outside as one of the female employers measured Sincerity.
Kai smiled as Sincerity confusedly put her hands in the air through the window as the woman measured her.
Hescooted down the bench, and lay down, looking up at the ceiling, watching as the tranquil snow seemed to fall towards him.
"Kai."
He closed his eyes…
"Kai."
…
"Kai!"
He opened his eyes and looked up at Sincerity's face.
"She says she needs-" Sincerity pointed to a pot with healthy green plants.
"She needs… leaves?" Kai said, confused. Sincerity whined and tugged at his shirt.
She led him inside, and the woman stared at them.
"The lady doesn't seem to know what money is, could you explain?" The woman said with a weak smile.
"Oh-" Kai took out his wallet and looked at the cash register. He took out the money needed, and handed it to the cashier.
She gave him his receipt and change, and Kai quickly took the bags and Sincerity's hand before quickly racing out of the woman's clothes shop.
They stopped when they got outside, into the cold again. Sincerity looked up at the sky, looking in awe at the flakes.
Kai sighed and turned to Sincerity who had swallowed a lot of snow in her mouth. Kai smiled.
"Just eat it. It's okay," Kai said, before opening his own mouth and catching a small flake into his mouth. He smiled, and Sincerity gulped the snow down her throat, and stared at Kai, her eyes half-open and irritated face.
She opened her mouth to breathe, and a small cloud formed in front of her face. She stared at it until it faded away.
Kai took a deep breath, anda bigger cloud formed in front of his own face. They both watched as it disappeared.
"It's the air that we just breathed," Kai explained, and Sincerity nodded. Kai gave the bag to Sincerity, and she held it in her glove-covered hands.
Kai led her back towards his home, and Sincerity stared curiously at the buildings. A white thing covered most of the buildings, and she saw people picking it up and throwing it at others.
They laughed, and others mumbled angrily while shoveling the white thing out of their driveway and walkway. Small people began to build big mounds of it and roll it along.
She stopped to see a small group of children, and another child picked up stones. Another rolled a big ball of the white thing. The children started to pull up one of the small mounds onto the other, and a small one on top of that one.
The small child with the stones reached up to the mound on the top, andformed a half circle. Another child stabbed the middle mound with a stick on the side, and the same on the other side.
Sincerity stared with her head tilted to the side. She looked down at the white substance and picked some of it. She patted it until it was round, and then ran to catch up to Kai.
Kai yawned as he approached his house. He turned to check if Sincerity was there, when a snowball hit the side of his face, making him fall backwards.
He heard a giggle before he fell into a pile of snow behind him.
Sincerity laughed happily as Kai struggled to get up, only to sink back into the snow.
When Kai finally managed to get up, he laughed with her. He stared back at the mark he left.
His arms and legs where outstretched, and the hole was deep. Sincerity was still laughing and it started to snow once more.
"We should get back in, it'll get colder," Kai said, taking Sincerity's hand once again and leading her back into his home.
Kai shut the door behind them and hung his coat on the coat hanger and then helped Sincerity with her clothes.
She smiled up at him, remembering the snowball.
"You've… you've got snow on your nose…" Kai said, smiling, andwalking closer. Herubbed the snow off her nose with his thumb.
He smiled at her, and he slowly leaned down, so their lips met. Her lips were sweet, and warm against his.
Sincerity grasped his black shirt, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, drawing them closer.
They pulled away and looked into each other's eyes for a moment before their lips pressed softly each other in a kiss again.
Sincerity hugged him, and buried her face in his chest. Kai returned the embrace, placing his chin on her head.
His scent was so familiar… how could she forget something like this?
And what did that mean? Why did he do that?
Sincerity closed her eyes as she leaned against him.
She felt so strange, so peculiar. A feeling tickled her from the inside, and it would not lave her alone.
She held Kai tighter, and felt the feeling go away. Kai leaned down to kiss her forehead, and she felt her face redden.
What an odd feeling…
I promise i'll get serious with the story with the next chapter, I just have to shake this writer's block off! -sob-
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