A note for every readers, I am sorry for such a late uploads, but from this chapter onwards, I cannot say that I will be writing as frequently as possible as school is really getting difficult. So I will try to upload a new chapter every month and I hope that I will be able to receive the support from everyone. PS: this chapter was inspired by a Korean pianist Yiruma, I hope u will support him for his beautiful music.
Chapter 9: River flows in you
"Kousei! We are going to be late hurry up!"
"Ok, OK I'm coming!"
I wore my uniform and adjusted my tie before taking my bag and breakfast along with me. Kaori was waiting patiently for me, as she used her newly acquired ipod to listen to some of her favorite pianist's songs who is still currently performing. Yiruma. Her white headphone which was designed to look like a cat was adorable when Kaori wore it. She looked so cute with it that I seem to take a few glances at her unknowingly.
"What is it Kousei? Is there something on my face?"
I struggled to answer that sudden question. It was not like I could say that, Oh You just looked so adorable with that headphone on, so I couldn't help but took glances at you…I couldn't say it.
"Well nothing really…"
"Then why are you looking at my face?"
"Th…That's…cause…uh uh uh"
"Fine fine don't worry about it then."
I gave a sigh of relieve. We managed to reach school in time before the first bell rang. Hiroko-san walked into the classroom and started taking attendance. Starting her homeroom lesson, was a surprising comment.
"Class, it is almost time for the School festival… ARE YOU READY?"
Everyone's tension suddenly shot up to it's peak and all together we all shouted "YES WE ARE!" It has been a few months after the Huji Festa has ended and now it was time for the School festival. This school sure is full of events…Hiroko-san continued to talk "Well then send 2 people to be representatives of the Festival group. They will be required to go to meetings and such. I doubt anyone would volunteer so Kousei your up."
She called my name as if it was nothing and the sudden shock of her calling me made my reaction slower.
"HUH?! AGAIN? WHY ME?!"
"Well we don't have anyone to do it so why not you?"
"Come on! That's not a valid reason!"
"Moving on who else want to volunteer?"
"She just ignored me…" I thought in my head.
A hand was raised at the front of me, I looked down to see the owner of those slender fingers and it was Kaori.
"Oh? Kaori-chan you want to be a representative?'
"Yeah! It seems like fun!"
"Okay. Well it looks like Kaori-chan has more guts than you Kousei."
Everyone laughed at that comment and I just went red-faced. The classes went on as usual and the school seemed to ended faster than usual, everyone packed up quickly and left us two alone in the air-con room. The wind seemed to be dry and the birds were not chipping enthusiastically like the always used to be. We started out to fill in the forms and planning details until it was late night.
We walked out of the school at 6.30pm and the sky was turning dark.
"Uwah… its becoming so late."
"I know… I knew Hiroko-san has the tendency to call me out for hard labor like this but still…"
"Yeah! She is a real slave driver to you."
We were walking to the park and I suddenly realized that I still had not asked about Kaori's reason to stay back and help. We sat on the swing and Kaori forced me to push her. Her hair was dangled together like a bunch of flowers and was freely flowing into the sky as if nothing was bothering her at all.
"Kaori!"
"What's up Kousei?"
"Why did you stay back and volunteer yourself? I mean you could have just gone home and wait"
"Well…"
"I… I didn't want you to get cozy with another girl other than me… You know like Fujino-chan case."
I blushed… Kaori was just too adorably innocent. We stopped swinging and decided to head over to Tsubaki's house to enjoy ourselves for a while. After a few minutes of walking. We reached Tsubaki's House and I rang the doorbell, Tsubaki opened the door for us.
"Yes?..."
The look on her face tells me that something heartbreaking happened to Tsubaki. I asked her in concern as to the situation, she replied me.
"Well… Watari and I broke up…"
The sudden news made me unable to perceive and acknowledge my own sense of hearing even though it was always good except during performance.
"WHAT?!"
Tsubaki's POV
The sudden visit from Kousei was pretty shocking as to what happened earlier today.
"Why did you break up Tsubaki-chan?!"
I knew the answer very clearly as I started to explain everything to Kousei and Kao-chan.
This morning, Watari didn't wait for me like he normally used to and it has been like this for 2 weeks now, though it was very unusual of him to not give me even a single message to tell me that he wasn't waiting for me, I did not let it bother me that much and I went to school. What I saw as I reached the school shocked me, Watari was walking with another girl to school. At first I thought that maybe she was just someone who needed Watari's help or something. But I as I asked Watari after his club activities if he wanted to walk home together.
"Sorry Tsubaki! I got something to do today!"
Worried that he was going to meet up with the girl he was with today, I secretly followed him and saw that he was going to the music room of all places and moreover, they were alone together playing the piano in the dim lighted room. I waited for a while and saw that they were quite cozy with each other, I opened the door and slapped him hard, leaving a hand print on his face as i became unable to hold back my feelings of anger.
"Tsubaki?! Why are you here?"
"SHUT UP!"
I began to let my tears flow and ran away, far far away from Watari. Why… why… why was the only thoughts in my mind as the scene of Watari and the unknown girl kept resurfacing everytime I try to forget about it. I ran and ran and ran and finally realized that I was back home and just took a shower to relax myself.
Kousei's POV
Hearing that my two best friend whom started to go out with each suddenly breaking up was quite shocking to me. I decided to confront Watari and ask him about it. The next day, It was a Sunday so I went to Watari's house and rang his doorbell.
"Who is it?" His mom answered the doorbell
"Hi Its Kousei, is Watari in?"
"Oh Kou-chan its been awhile since you visited, Watari is still taking a shower, why don't you wait for him in his room?"
"Then, please excuse me for my rudeness…"
I walked into Watari's room to see all the pictures of Leonardo messi, his favourite soccer player. I looked around his room and saw that it was pretty neat for a guy like Watari and thought in my head he sure hasn't changed since young. Watari walked into his room with his clothes on and a towel on his head . He saw me and was really surprised to see me so early in the morning.
"Kousei? What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
"Well… actually Watari."
I began to explain what happened when I visited Tsubaki yesterday and he had a look of remorse as well as regret written all over his face. I started to questioned him about his relationship with the girl.
"Who was that girl anyways? Why were you with her in the first place for so long without telling Tsubaki about it?"
"Kousei… About that… I have got something to tell you."
He told me to come closer so that he can whisper in my ears. When I heard everything he said, I was so shocked about it. Deciding not to interfere with their relationships, I took a leave and decided to leave everything to the two of them. I messaged Tsubaki to come to her school's music room at 4 pm to let watari have time to prepare for his plans.
Tsubaki's POV
When I received Kousei's message asking me to come to the school's music room , I was a little curious what was he doing and wanted to leave early, but knowing him, he might not be ready when I come earlier plus it is bad manners I think… so I arrived exactly on time. As I walked towards the seemingly endless corridor, the sound of someone playing the piano in the music could be heard. I knew that it was not Kousei playing the piano as it sounded a bit off and had some careless mistakes in it, something Kousei could not have tolerated being the perfectionist he is. The glass window on the door was blocked, so I opened it up to see who it was playing the piano only to be left speechless by the man playing the piano.
His fingers gently touched the piano keys but it was clumsy and would always stumble on the wrong notes, his face had an expression of panic and would pay close attention to the keys as to prevent even more mistakes. He turned around after playing the song only to notice me standing by the door listening to his fumble.
"Wah?! Why are you here Tsubaki?!"
"Well, the thing is, Kousei called me here."
"He did?! Why did he have to do that…" I could hear the young teenager mumbling to himself.
I knew that he couldn't play the piano and decided to ask him how did he know how to play the piano
"How did you manage to play that song? You didn't even learn the piano! Answer me Watari!"
"Well I guess I can't hide it anymore… I will start off from the beginning"
"The truth is… I have been learning the piano ever since we were dating…"
"Wah?!"
" I have been going to a piano shop to buy a beginners book and even asked Kousei for advice… Though I don't think he even realized why did I ask him about it. Anyways I managed to learn how to read a score and play simple pieces like little star and mary's lamb."
"Seriously?! I didn't realize it…"
"Well moving on. That girl I have been meeting up with. Is a fan of Kousei."
"HUH?! KOUSEI HAS FANS?!"
"Surprising right? That girl told me to introduce her to Kousei."
"So what has she got to do with this?"
"Well she knows how to play the piano and she said she would do anything to know Kousei. So I told her to teach me the piano without telling her the actual reason."
"Oh so she was your piano teacher! I see so that's why you didn't walk to school with me this entire time. You were busy learning!"
"You jealous?"
I gave Watari a slap on his face.
"I-I'm Sowwry"
"So why were you even learning the piano in the first place?"
"Its because… because… ARGH its because I wanted you to notice me and not Kousei!"
'Eh?" I blushed red in embarrassment. Watari looked so serious when me made that surprising and embarrassing statement which I did not really understand.
"You were always talking about Kousei and how he would do certain things in different situations… I didn't like that. I wanted you to notice me and not him! I picked up a little bit of piano so that I can do whatever he did in the times to come!"
In my head, I thought of Watari as an Idiot, yet I blamed myself for talking about Kousei even though Watari is always with me… I held his cheeks with my hands and pulled him into a kiss. Our hearts were beating furiously and my head was throbbing uncontrollably, but I was happy, drowned in my own world and my prince would always be there.
"You idiot… I did not once compare you and Kousei at all, I was only sharing my memories with him so I can let you learn more about me. We grew up together yes, but I was with Kousei longer. I wanted you to know more about me and Kousei that's all.."
The night wind blew gently and the stars in the sky glowed a gentle blue light, as if they were celebrating our reunion they shined even more beautiful than usual. Watari held me by my hand and we sat on the seats of the piano. He began to play. A melodical music which I guessed it was not a classical song piece, curious as to who created this piece, I asked Watari about this piece.
"Hmm… I actually went to listen to the pianist and boy was he good, his name was Yiruma. He is a Korean pianist who is currently still performing, though he mainly do pop songs rather than classic."
"I see… but I say you suck at the piano!"
"Sh-Shut up! I just learnt it of course it would be bad!"
We laughed at out stupid skit and Watari continued to play for the night.
"By the way Watari"
"Yeah?"
"Did you do your homework?"
"AH SHIT! I FORGOT!"
looks like some things will never change.
Meanwhile Kousei's POV
I am outside Watari and Tsubaki's school along with Kaori watching the couple.
"Kousei. Im glad they made up."
"Me too."
"But when did you even get a fan?"
We were watching the couple the entire time and heard about their conversation. So we know what they were talking about and about my fan who wanted Watari to introduce me to her.
"Im surprised you have fans."
"Im shocked as well…. Well we got another annoying thing to talk about now."
"Just don't cheat on me k?"
"I won't I love you more than anyone else on this world…"
we both blushed at my comment and decided to head home for the day.
Hey guys proud to bring you all another chapter and this is a little shorter than 3k words but please I needed to get this out of the way since I got an interesting chapter to be uploaded im still writing so don't worry. Thank you for all the support and I'll see you all next chapter! Leave some reviews to if you want
