I will be putting names beside the conversation they are talking since this chapter has too many people talking and I would need them to tell from people to people so yeah. Sorry if this chapter bores you since it's supposed to be for character development. Sorry for the wait, but here is another chapter and after this I will make an important announce for this piece.
The same night when Kousei and Kaori created the new score. Kousei was cooking up a meal for Kaori, Koharu and himself. Kaori was sleeping over as it was a holiday and they were practicing for an upcoming performance, Koharu was staying over since Hiroko-san went to a performance in Kyushu and would be back in 6 days. Kousei decided to make Nabe for them and called over Tsubaki and Watari as well as Emi and Kashiwagi, Takeshi Nagi, Kanade and Takemaru. 'Since it was a good time for all of us to be better acquainted with one another' thought Kaori . Luckily, although it was sudden most of them were somehow able to make it, Nagi and Takeshi were surprisingly the first, followed by Kanade and Takemaru, by the way after the incident happened between Kousei and Kanade, Takemaru and Kanade started to date each other, and emi came after kanade and Takemaru, leaving only the other couple to be last.
"Watari and Tsubaki are late! What are they doing?"(Kousei)
"Hey Ari… Kousei! Why did you invite us so suddenly anyways?"
Kousei… forgot to tell them the reason he invited them to have a Nabe party, Kaori slapped his head and began to explain to them about how Koharu-chan was staying here as hiroko-san was not in town and Kousei was taking care of her so he wanted to cook Nabe to celebrate her stay over for the day as well as bond with everyone else while he was at it, though they didn't say it, was also to celebrate the creation of their first duet song ever.
Everyone heard their reason and turned to look at Koharu and when Koharu greeted them with a cute smile on her face, everyone except Kaori kousei and Nagi had their hearts shot at her cuteness and at that point no one regretted their choice to come and celebrate, especially Emi who loved Koharu's cuteness. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Tsubaki and Watari walked in with a box.
"You are late Tsubaki-chan and Watari-kun what were you doing?"(Kaori)
"Sorry Kao-chan, we were on a date earlier and when we received the message, we rushed back to buy this cake before coming here."
"Date? Ahhh… sorry for disturbing your lovely time together *smirk*" (Kaori)
Kaori said that with a smirk on her face and tried to tease the two, but things didn't go as expected.
"Ah it's fine Kaori-chan"(Watari)
Afterwards, Kousei brought out the soup he had made in advance and all the food ingredients and began to place them in the Nabe to simmer and cook, a while later it was ready and everyone began to chow on their food. Nagi, emi and Kanade were eating gracefully, Tsubaki and Kaori were eating as if they were in paradise, Takeshi and Takemaru began to compete in who could eat more, leaving Watari and Kousei to be seen eating slowly as they are enjoying the food.
The girl were happily talking about the meal and soon engaged in some girl talk.
"Kousei-san is a great cook!" (Kanade)
"Hehehe. See my boyfriend is great!"(Kaori)
"I… I have nothing to say… Kousei-kun is so much better in cooking than me and in piano… am I fated to lose to him all the time?"(Emi)
"Nah… Kousei has been living alone for a long time now so he cooks his own meals. Don't take it to heart! Fight on!"(Kaori)
"Kanade-chan what about Takemaru-san? Can he cook?"(Tsubaki)
"He can cook but not as well as Kousei-san but he is still the man I like…"(Kanade)
"Hm… I envy you guys… my useless boyfriend can't even cook at all…"(Tsubaki)
After saying that, Tsubaki glared at Watari and Watari shivered unconsciously and as if he knew what Tsubaki was saying
"Kousei… you need to teach me how to cook… else Tsubaki will kill me."
"Y…yeah I will… Sorry Watari."(Kousei)
"Kousei! I won't lose to you! Hey Takemaru why is your face red"(Takeshi)
"Ah… yeah…"(Takemaru) "?"(Takeshi) Apparantly Takemaru heard Kanade when he was coming from the toilet.
"Koharu wants to eat more!" (Koharu)
"Okay here Koharu-chan what do you want to eat?"(Kousei)
" Tofu!"(Koharu) said Koharu as she pointed to the tofu in the soup, gesturing Kousei to help her get it for her.
"Oh here I will help you take it"(Takemaru) Takemaru noticed that the tofu was closer to him so he offered his help to help her take the tofu.
"Wai! Thank you Takemaru-onii chan"(Koharu)
"No problem."
After they had eaten, everyone decided to show off their playing skills to see each other improvements and obviously this was suggested by Takeshi, they all went up to Kousei's piano room, for the people who haven't entered the playing room before, they were all fidgeting and looking around the room as if to check for the presence of an idol soon afterwards they calmed themselves down after Kousei told them to make themselves feel comfortable.
One by one all the pianist were pairing up with the other violinist Kaori and Kousei were the obvious pair, Takeshi and Takemaru were playing together and Emi and Kanade were a pair, they searched the rooms for some Violin and piano accompanist pieces and found the ones they thought were good, Luckily Kousei and Kaori stocked up a lot in the few years together and ended up with a whole shelf of them.
Watari and Tsubaki were acting as judges alongside Koharu and they promised to be unbiased.
First up was the Take pair! They were playing a popular anime movie song from Spirited away called Inochi no Namae(Name of life) apparently they love anime as well and so they found this piece and wanted to play it very badly, a melodious piano music came out first and entranced the audience in a single bar worth of music before the violin entered with a rich and deep sound that made them feel as if they are the main characters of the anime itself… feeling the pain of the characters, when the melody came, the depth of the notes struck them , Koharu, tsubaki and watari began to cry a little, finally the song started to repeat and this time, the song with the same notes, same beat began to make listeners become happy. This was the beauty of music and the two had brought out the true meaning of the song itself, No one thing will always stay the same… even it is the same, it will be different.
The two take pair ended their pieces and gave each other a high five, from this piece, they learnt more about each other, if there was a barrier between them when Kousei introduced to them to each other, it was gone and what lies there was truly friendship and trust in each other.
"You were awesome man!" (Takeshi)
"You too! Damn great piano skills." (Takemaru)
Everyone started to clap for the two who gave them an amazing performance before letting them go back to the area where everyone was gathered at. It was time to hand out the verdict, Koharu, Watari and Tsubaki were pondering over the score they themselves feel that the two deserved, they each have a total of 10 points and the total was 30. After pondering for a while, the judges showed the scores given. Koharu (6) Tsubaki(8) Watari (8) a grand total of 20/30. The take pair were shocked at the marks Koharu gave and asked her why.
Koharu started to point out their mistakes and every speck of detail wasn't missed by her, everyone other than Kousei and Kaori were in disbelief seeing how accurate an eight year old could hear in one playing.
It was now Kanade and Emi's turn, they decided to play an anime piece as well but it was a surprise to all, it was I say yes from Zero no Tsukaima, everyone else thought that there were going to play some very fast classic song… this was out of their expectations.
The song was quite fast paced and this time the violin started the song with a sharp and melodious music and comes in the piano solo. The music was rich and full of life, it seemed to be telling everyone to not let go of their partners and be with them forever and more, the piano solo was touching to the hearts of everyone there and it made some people feel like their tears were about to burst, in the end, when the song ended everyone applauded after regaining their senses.
The judges were extremely pleased with their playing and gave a higher score. Koharu(7) Watari(10) and tsubaki(9) a grand total of 26/30. Koharu then pointed out more false in the seemingly perfect song and they left the pretentious stage with a smile on their faces knowing they did well.
Now it was the favorite time to shine. Kousei and Kaori walked up and prepared themselves, Kaori lightly held the Bow and Violin while Kousei was adjusting the seats, beforehand they didn't select a song at all as seemingly they knew what to play, in fact it was the truth, they knew in their heads to play the song they made.
Kousei lightly pressed the piano keys and Kaori started together with him, it was a duet entrance as Kousei and Kaori began to quicken their pace, steadily and readily, soon the song reached the sorrow part as Kousei played his bases in minor chords and Kaori's violin sounded to be crying in sadness… The two were in harmony as they merged their playing together and created a master piece, a piano in a rainforest in the never ending rain and snow. Then as if a sun appeared the rain cleared up and the plants began to bloom beautifully and once again everyone was happy. The song ended and left everyone mesmerized by the beautiful playing. No one clapped, but everyone knew… they were the stars for the night.
Koharu , Watari plus Tsubaki all gave a 10 and the idiot won the showcase with an overwhelming win.
The party ended after another round of games and everyone left leaving only Kousei, Kaori and Koharu in the house, they cleaned up before sleeping.
"Thank you Kousei-oniichan this was the best welcome party ever!" (Koharu)
"I am happy you enjoyed yourself."(Kousei)
"Hey lets all sleep in one room together!"(Kaori)
"Ok! Kaori-neechan!"(Koharu)
"Hahaha…"(Kousei)
They ended the day with a big sleepover in Kousei's room… and the main show was about to truly begin
Hey guys AndyNnimefreak here! Thank you for reading this bonus chapter, I know I haven't been making some due to exams and it will continue like this for awhile so I hope you all will forgive me… I will try to do more chapters and once exams are over… I will be making lots more and I have some in my files waiting to be finished so once again thank you for your patience and see you all in the next chapter.
