Hello everyone!
So, here is the second chapter!
There is a time skip, but during the next chapters I will explain better what happened.^^
Have fun!^^
CHAPTER 2
"Ayakooo...when will I be able to get out of here?" Complained the 19-year-old girl. "I was supposed to be going to the violin class…"
"You know very well that you will only leave the hospital after doing all the exams that I asked for! You were lucky that Masako was with you last night!"
"Ughhh...it's not the first time I pass out and hit my head." Mai muttered.
"And you shouldn't talk like you're getting used to it." Said Masako, sitting on the sofa in the hospital room.
"She is right, one day you may not be so lucky Mai…" Ayako said, stroking the head of the girl she saw as her own daughter, after all, she had been treating Taniyama's health for years. "It was not easy to calm the idiot I call husband when he found out that you got hurt again. He almost left his show in Okinawa to return to Tokyo."
"I'm sorry…" Taniyama murmured staring at the floor, which made the other two women smile slightly, it was important that Mai understood that they were worried.
"Well, as soon as you do all the exams, I will release you." Said the doctor. "Until then, stay in this room, and preferably, resting."
As soon as the older woman left the room, Mai immediately got to her feet. Hara sighed and just gave the violin case to her friend, who smiled.
"Very well, where are we going?" Asked Masako.
…
The melody echoed through the hospital garden, nurses and patients who were accompanied by them on their walks, stopped to hear the sweet sound of a violin.
"It seems that the hospital's violinist ran away from her room again." Commented a nurse, who was pushing the wheelchair of one of the patients.
"It seems so." Said the young patient. "Can we go there watch a little?"
"We have a little time before your physiotherapy." Replied the guy going towards the music.
As expected, the violinist danced from side to side of the garden while playing with a smile on her face, the people around her had relaxed and happy expressions while listening to the sound of the violin, the healthier patients gathered in the girl's dance, while others hummed.
When the music stopped, applause and whistles filled the air, and in the background a shout was heard.
"Mai!"
Taniyama's brown eyes looked at the hospital third floor window, where she saw Ayako who had an expression of disbelief.
"I told you to stay in your room! Stay where you are! I'm going down stairs!"
"Ah…" Mai said smiling. "Looks like the show is over…"
Nurses and patients laughed, and said goodbye to the girl who waved at everyone.
"The show ended very quickly today." Said a male voice.
"Yasu! Kasai-san!" Mai exclaimed, turning to face the two newcomers. "I haven't seen them in a few weeks!"
"Well, depending on the point of view this is a good thing Taniyama-san." Said the patient, Kasai. "But this hospital is much more fun when we have music."
"This hospital is more fun when our dear Mai provokes the ire of Takigawa-san." Commented Yasuhara Osamu, who worked as an intern in the hospital's nursing sector. "I already said that I have fun when she drags you back to the room?"
"You are a demon, Yasu!" Mai exclaimed indignantly. "Masako! Did you hear what he said?!"
"Perfectly, but unfortunately I agree with him."
"Ugh... you are terrible…" Said the violinist." Remember me why do I love you?"
"Because I'm your best friend." Replied Masako.
"Because I keep you company when you are connected to a lot of machines." Spoke Kasai.
"Because I bring real food instead of hospital food." Said the intern.
"OK. Fair enough."
"Mai!"
The four turned in time to see a furious Ayako walking towards them.
"Well, we're going." Said Yasuhara.
"Good luck!" Completed Kasai.
For the rest of the afternoon, Mai had to stay in her room guarded by a hospital security guard.
…
The boy was just passing that street when he heard the sound of the violin. The passing women whispered about his appearance, but he ignored them, he was kind of amused by the melody that echoed behind the wall of that…"Hospital?" He thought, arching an eyebrow.
It wasn't every day that he heard someone playing inside a building that normally values silence, but when the music stopped and several applause echoed, he realized that it was something that brought joy to one of the saddest places to be.
He started walking again, but the melody continued to play in his mind.
It had been many years since he heard someone playing a violin overflowing with emotion.
The last person he heard playing like that, was no longer around, and since then, he never wanted to play a note from his piano again.
So why his hands seem to crave the black and white keys at that moment?
…
"Finally free!" Mai shouted outside the hospital, which made Masako sigh. "But I missed my violin class today…"
"It was for a good reason." Commented the Hara. "Besides, you ended up practicing one way or another."
Taniyama smiled as she remembered the people who attended her little show in the hospital's garden. The smiles and applause of everyone who were present at that moment made the frustration she felt at not going to her class disappear, giving space to a feeling of satisfaction in her chest. "I hope my music has brought a little more joy to everyone." She thought, staring at the orange sky.
"Well!" Said Mai. "I think is better go home for today."
"Are you sure that you don't want to stay in my apartment today?" Asked Masako worried about the friend's condition.
"I am fine! You don't have to worry so much." Mai replied, staring at her friend."I promise that if I start to feel unwell, I'll call you."
Masako sighed, the Taniyama was really helpless. The girls said goodbye and went in opposite directions, however the mild late afternoon weather seemed to invite Mai to spend more time on the streets of Tokyo. She had been trapped in a hospital room all day, so why not spend time outdoors? She thought before running towards a nearby park.
…
The late afternoon breeze caused the boy to take his eyes off the pages of his book to face the sunset, the park he had chosen to spend his afternoon was now, more empty, the children ran in small groups towards the exit, some people were going home and were passing through the park to cut path, and even the birds seemed ready to return to their nests.
He started to put his book in the black suitcase he was carrying, when he noticed a girl, short brown hair, and perhaps his age, running into the park. On her back she carried a black violin case full of stickers.
His blue eyes watched the girl climb onto one of the park's toys and open the violin case. Would she play there? He thought, arching an eyebrow. Well, he had nothing to do with it.
The boy zipped the suitcase, ready to go home when the girl played the first note. Everyone who were walking nearby, including himself, stopped to watch the girl playing a happy melody.
It was a famous song, the passersby started to hum along the melody, and he found himself standing there, unable to leave the park, because the emotions that the violinist let out on each note she played, were enough for the gears that he thought they would never move again, start to get on track.
…
Mai put the violin away as soon as she noticed the orange sky giving space to the dark blue filled with stars, she had been excited again and played until she got tired. If Masako or the Takigawa couple found out about it...she would definitely get scolded.
But…
She closed her eyes and felt the wind hit her face and shake her hair and skirt.
But...even if she got scolded, her time there would still have been worth it.
Upon opening her eyes, brown orbs found the blues of a boy who was staring at her sitting on one of the park benches. For a moment they looked at each other, until Mai remembered that she was on top of a park's toy and that her skirt had just been flipped by the wind.
Her face went red, and before she could even think, a cry of shame escaped between her lips and echoed through the park, like the sound of her violin.
Things are starting to happen, but you will probably need some patience till something big happen.
I hope that you liked the chapter!
See you soon!^^