Disowning La Corda d' Oro: don't own it, never will, this is my first fic as well.
Classes was finally over, I grabbed my things and went outside, to my surprise, Tsuchiura-kun was waiting for me outside, "Tsuchiura-kun, what are you doing here?" I asked.
He shrugged, "Kanazawa-sensei's calling the concour participants." He said.
That was weird, I thought, "Is that so?" I said, Tsuchiura-kun nodded, he took the lead and after a few minutes of walking, we reached his office, I opened the door, all the concour participants were there, and so was Kanazawa-sensei and Ousaki-senpai.
"Oh, finally, you're here!" said Kanazawa-sensei, he took a piece of paper and instructed everyone to sit down.
"Ok, actually, the reason why you're all here is because there's this charity concert next month. It's sponsored by Tsukimori-kun's mother, Hamai Misa." Ousaki-senpai said, lowering down his glasses to stare at Tsukimori-kun.
Ryoutaro cringed, he still idolizes Hamai Misa even though he truly hates her son.
Kanazawa-sensei started distributing some folders, there, it was written who and what piece we will play. I took a look my paper; all of the pieces were taken from the concours. I would be playing Ave Maria…with Tsukimori-kun? "Hey," piped Tsuchiura-kun, a hint of anger present in his voice, "who decided this?"
Kanazawa-sensei grinned, "It's Tsukimori-kun's mother. Got any complaints?" he said.
Ryoutaro sighed in defeat, of course he wouldn't complain if the Hamai Misa was the one who decided.
I continued reading my pieces; I would also be playing Canon with Shimizu-kun and Tsuchiura-kun, Gavotte with Hihara-senpai. Worst of all, I was going to play Caprice, Opus. 12 and Opus. 50 with Tsukimori-kun.. Heck, why do I have to play a lot of duets with him?
Ousaki-senpai spoke up, "I advice you all to start practicing."
Unnoticable to Kahoko, Kanazawa-sensei grinned.
Kahoko dropped her head, how was she going to practice Tsukimori-kun's pieces, they were too hard for her! Shimizu-kun approached me and tilted his sleepy head to the side; he smiled gently at me and said, "Hino-senpai, do you want to start practicing the Canon with Tsuchiura-senpai? I know how to play it already, and it's going to be easy for Tsuchiura-senpai to catch up."
I looked at Tsuchiura-kun's direction and he nodded, I looked back at Shimizu-kun and smiled, "Sure, where can we practice?" I asked.
"We can go to my house." He suggested.
Tsuchiura-kun suddenly appeared behind me and smiled.
Moments later...
I never went to Shimizu-kun's house yet, and I felt excited, I had a feeling it would be as big as Fuyumi-san's house.. It wasn't that far from the school and we reached it in a couple of minutes. The house was simple and had a hint of elegance and purity in it. We entered the house, but no one was home.
"I'm sorry, my parents went abroad for a while and so did my sister," he said groggily, "make yourselves at home, I'll make some tea, you can start practicing in that room if you like." He pointed to a room that had transparent walls.
"Thanks Shimizu-kun." I said. Tsuchiura-kun was staring at the house, he didn't hear anything that Shimizu-kun said, so I grabbed his arm for a second and he came to his senses, "Oh sorry, what?" he asked.
"We're gonna start practicing." I said, we went inside and I realized that it was a sound-proof room, "Cool." Tsuchiura-kun said.
"Yeah," I opened my violin case and gently lifted the violin, Tsuchiura-kun walked to the piano and said, "Actually, there's a copy of all the pieces and accompaniments of all the pieces for all our instruments stapled under the paper." He said, so that was why the folder was so thick!
He shuffled the papers and found Canon, for piano accompaniment, "Whenever you're ready." He said.
I nodded my head as a signal then we started playing. The piece was soft and gentle; I remembered the reason why I chose this piece in the concours, my friends… The piece ended and Tsuchiura-kun smiled, "nice start." He said.
Shimizu-kun entered the room carrying tea, and then he went to one side where his cello was placed and he got it. He opened his cello and positioned it, "Ready." said Tsuchiura-kun and we all started playing.
I didn't realize it but it sounded more beautiful when all three of us played. Tsuchiura-kun's steady notes, Shimizu-kun's low, smooth notes and my soft and high notes all blended naturally. The piece ended, "That was great!" I said.
"Sure was." said Tsuchiura-kun.
I glanced at my watch, "Oh, I'm sorry, I gotta go! My mom said that there'll be a guest at our house at 6:30. Bye!" I said, placing the violin back in its case and I reached for the door.
"Bye, Hino-senpai." Shimizu-kun said.
Tsuchiura-kun stood up, "Hey, I'll walk you home." he offered.
I faced him, "Sure." I said, puzzled.
Ryoutaro's POV
While we were walking, it started to drizzle a bit, I watched Hino hug her violin protectively, she said, "My violin!" then she looked forward, "Thank God we're here!"
I wanted the walk to last longer, but things had to end, it's not as if she feels the same way I do, she feels like I'm her big brother.
It started to rain harder, Hino went inside and looked at me, "Hey, come in, you're gonna get wet if you go now." she said.
I shrugged, "Yeah." I stepped inside and noticed the resemblance of her house and Shimizu's house. They were both simple and elegant, just like how I'd imagine it. I sighed momentarily and snapped out of it.
"I'm home!" she said, we took off our shoes and went to a room, must be the living room.
"Hi, Kaho...oh! Who is this hm? Your boyfriend?" a girl who looked like Hino said.
Hino slapped her arm lightly, "Sis, this is Tsuchiura Ryoutaro, and he is so NOT my boyfriend." she said, it kind of stung to hear her say that though.
"Hi," I said.
"Well, go up and change Kahoko, they're coming in about 10 minutes." she said, "Mom and dad's picking them up."
"'Kay." she said, "Tsuchiura-kun, you can make yourself at home or play the piano if you want to." she went up to the next floor and entered the room.
Kahoko's POV
I went up to my room and forgot to lock it. I just wished that my sister wouldn't say anything embarrassing. She always does. I walked to my closet and scanned it for a while, something semi-casual, we're just eating here anyway, right?
Just when I was deciding, I heard my sister shout, "Kaho-chan, mom called saying we'll just be eating outside!"
"Okay!" I shouted back, now what will I wear? It took me more than three minutes to decide. Finally, I chose to wear a white sleeveless turtleneck with a silver belt just above the stomach and a pink skirt. I was going to wear knee high boots and a white hair band. I was just about to open the door when Tsuchiura-kun suddenly burst in, I almost hit the ground but Tsuchiura-kun reached me by the waist and pulled me up, the contact was so close that I blushed. He stayed that way for a few seconds then my sister came in, "Oh," then she half closed the door, "I'm very sorry for intruding, please, continue what you were doing." she said, snickering.
Tsuchiura-kun immediately let go, "I-I was just going to say that I'm going home already, it stopped raining already." he said, blushing, not looking in my direction. I was just going to say something when he suddenly dashed of.
My sister went in, "Aw, so close." she pouted, "By the way, you look nice. We're going, mom and dad's here." she said.
My sister also looked nice in a sleeveless dress that flowed just below her knee; she tied her hair in a ponytail. She looked very cute.
We went down the stairs, finding mom and dad waiting for us downstairs, "Both of you look nice." My mother said.
"Let's go, shall we?" dad said, gesturing towards the door, "We can't keep them waiting in the restaurant."
"Okay." Both of us said.
"Oh, Kahoko, please bring your violin." My dad said, I wonder why? But, nevertheless, I still got my violin.
The car ride took less than fifteen minutes. The restaurant was grand! We entered the restaurant together and walked to the reserved table.
I glanced at the people my parents had invited; it was no other than… the Hamai Misa and her husband. Most of all, it wasn't just them, Tsukimori Len was also there, his violin right beside him!
I glared at my parents, why the heck did they invite them, of all people to invite??
A/N: Sorry if it's not that nice, I never really imagined me writing a fic in La Corda. Anyway, I hope you like it. It's my first fic! Ongoing progress.