Chapter 2

-Months later-

"I'm going now obaa-chan!" A girl with short reddish-orange hair shouted.

"Be careful and come back safely dear." The grandmother replied back with a frail voice and then the door closed and making her smile.

"She's growing up well." She said while looking at a family photo with a small child in the middle of the couple.

-Nanami's POV-

"What should borrow this time?" I mumbled to myself

"I want to compose more songs; maybe I can find something at the local library."

mayoi konda RABIRINSU yoru no naka
hontou no kimochi nani mo wakaranakute
tsuki kara nigeta usagi mitai
modoranai tokei o mitsumete ita

-Normal POV-

"Ah ah… There's that odd girl again."

"Yeah, she's a pretty girl but her eyes are a bit weird but unique."

"She's still an odd girl for me."

Murmurs around the town grew as Nanami went around the town while humming the song that she composed. Nanami ignored all those murmurs as she walked all the way towards the public library.

"Ohayo." She greeted the old man with a smile.

"Oh Nanami-chan you're back again?" The old man laughed as saw the young lady entered his store.

"Well, I came back to return the book I borrowed." She said as she brought out the book from her bag.

"You finished reading it?!" He exclaimed.

"I really can't put it down, reading about how to compose songs, make a melody or create your own lyrics. I was even able to create my own song. Oh sorry I talked too much." She excitedly said and apologized.

"Hahaha… It's okay dear child. I remember when I was young and fresh like you while reading a book. And if it makes you happy you can have this book and this one as well, it might help on your song." He said and brought out another book from his drawer.

"But..."

"No buts Nanami. I'm serious you can have it."

"Really? Thank you very much sir!" She said excitedly and bowed to him.

"Hahaha… You sure are full of energy Nanami. Keep up the good work and always take care of your obaa-chan."

"I will! Thank you again sir!" She said and went out of the store and opened the book she got from the old man, while walking on her way home she suddenly bumped into something making her fall on butt.

"Itte."

"Oh if it isn't Haruka." A voice said in front of Haruka.

"O-Otori-san. What are you doing here?" She said as she stood up from the ground and was about to grab the book that she reading a while ago but Eiichi got it and said,

"You're still reading books?"

"Please give it back Otori-san." She said as she grabbed the book from Eiichi's grasp.

"You should compose a song for me Haruka."

"Huh?"

"You're reading a book about composing and reading notes, right? Are you planning to compose a song?"

"I was planning on composing a song. But I don't think that you can do it, so please excuse me." She retorted back and walked away leaving Eiichi speechless.

"Heh. No girl would turn me down. This is getting interesting." He smirked at Haruka's disappearing figure and his eyeglasses glistened.

-Haruka's POV-

"Ahh~ There he goes again. Talking to me and asking to compose a song for him." I sighed and looked up at the sky, it's so clear. A while ago, not only a while ago but whenever I go to the town, I also hear murmurs from people that I'm odd.

"What's wrong with a girl who just wants to read a book and compose songs?" I said to myself

"Am I that odd? What makes me odd from them?" I sighed and wondered if all those things would stop one day.

-NORMAL POV-

As Haurka is walking towards her home, she saw a black smoke coming out from the window of her house, seeing that smoke made her run towards her home.

"Obaa-chan!" She shouted as she opened the door and saw that her grandmother covered with black ash with a smile on her face and said,

"Looks like I failed again." She laughed.

"Mou Obaa-chan stop making me worry, you should rest."

"Haruka I'm in the middle of baking a pie for us."

"Obaa-chan remember your memory is not that good as before, you should rest and leaving everything to me."

"I know I know. It's been a while since I baked another pie." She sighed and sat down on her chair while Nanami went to the oven and brought out a pie.

"Next time if you want to make pies, wait for me okay?" She said with a smile.

"I will Haruka." She smiled back to her granddaughter.

"Now what are we going to with this?" Haruka asked while looking at the burnt pie.

"Hmm… Have you looked inside if it's burnt too?" She asked and Haruka got a knife and started to cut the pie and saw it's also burnt.

"Yup, it's burnt to crust."

"Let's just leave it outside; maybe the birds can eat it."

"Okay, I'll just leave it at the porch." Haruka said and went outside to place it at the porch and went inside immediately and sighed.

"What's wrong dear?"

"Well… Obaa-chan do you think I'm odd?"

"Ara… What makes you say that?"

"Well… I've been hearing about it whenever I go to the town." She replied while looking down.

"Haruka come here." She gestured Haruka to come over beside her.

"I always ignore them but I can't help it. I just can't stand being described that way and it would be every time I go to the town." She sat on a chair beside her grandmother.

"I know it's hard dear but as long as you don't involve with them, their whispers won't get worse."

"I know." Haruka smiled at her grandmother.

"By the way Haruka, do you mind if you watch the house for 3 days? I'll be going to a fair and I need you to watch over the house."

"That's long." She frowned and looked down.

"Don't worry dear I'll be bringing home some souvenirs, what would you like?"

"Hmm… I'm okay with anything obaa-chan, maybe another book for composing songs or a song book."

"You really love books. Okay then I'll bring you those. Will you help me prepare for my luggage?" She asked.

"Sure obaa-chan!"

-After a few minutes-

"I'll see you in three days dear." She said as she went inside the carriage.

"Take care obaa-chan." Haruka replied with a smile and the carriage went off.

"Now, what should I do?" She sighed to herself and went back inside the house, she went to her piano and sits down as she was about to touch the keys of the piano a knock on the door came.

"Who could it be?" She said to herself, she went to the door and look through the peephole and saw Eiichi outside with a bouquet of purple lilies tied on a dark purple ribbon.

"Him again huh." Nanami sighed and opened the door.

"These are for you Haruka." Eiichi suddenly said and brought the bouquet in front of Nanami.

"Ah... Arigatou Otori-san but why are you giving me these?" She said while getting the bouquet.

"Well... When I saw these flowers a while ago I remember you Haruka." He said and went inside the house while Nanami closed the door and placed the flower inside a vase.

"Say Haruka, why won't you compose a song for me? Every girl in town wanted to be my composer." He asked and stand beside the piano.

"Well... You have a good voice Otori-san and I don't think my song would fit for your beautiful voice." She replied as she went to her piano.

"Oya Oya, what are you talking about Haruka? With your song and my voice we could be an item at the town." He smirked and suddenly placed his hand on her shoulder making Nanami face him and then Eiichi grabbed her chin and said,

"Come on Haruka, become my composer."

Author's Notes:

Hey~ Here's chapter 2 of Beauty and the Beast Uta no Prince sama version, I hope you like. And *gasp* Eiichi wants Nanami to be composer what would her answer be? Don't forget to leave a review after reading and again thank you~