Cadence Melody

The next morning, I ran out the door with a slice of toast in my mouth and my school bag and violin case in my hands. Waving goodbye to Hannah ,I opened the gate however I saw a particular trumpet player standing to the side staring at the sky. "Hihara-san?" I blinked with confusion while munching on my breakfast.

He jumped in surprise and laughed. "A-ah, Asuka-san, I was passing your house and since it's still early I thought I could walk with you." Hihara blushed and scratched the back of his head. Tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, I smiled and nodded.

"You're going to practice on the rooftops again?" I asked ,taking another bite out of my toast with a loud crunch.

We continued to walk, "yeah, it's a routine of mine I guess." He took a glance at me and chucked under his breath.

"What?"

Hihara stopped me , and cupped my face and brushed my cheek and lips. "You've got crumbs everywhere." His warm gentle touch on my skin was welcoming, his eyes staring into mine as I couldn't help but let a blush cross my face. He gave into a playful laugh and chased me to school.

On our way, a black limo passed us as we chatted. It slowed down to reveal the flute player rolling down the window to talk to us. "Kazuki-kun, Kiko-chan ,do you care for a lift?" He gave us the usual smile and gestured us in.

"Really? Thank you, Yuniko-kun! " Hihara pulled me in with him as yuniko shuffled over.

Putting my case to my feet along with Hihara, as we began to talk about the upcoming event, concours. Concours is a tradition in Seiso Academy where selected players must perform four pieces according to a particular theme.

"Eh, I wonder if we will be in it." He nudged us both before laughing. "of course Yuniko will get in. The notices said they will announce the competitors today." Yuniko laughed with him as I heard him mutter ' I wonder…'

I've known Yuniko-kun for a long time now, about seven years, we used to be so close but one day I had to move away because of my grandfather's sickness and he's lying in hospital as we speak. The hospital in Osaka is giving him special treatment to keep him alive but he's not alone because Grandma is always stays by his side.

Although it's been two years since I moved away because of an incident at my old school. I shook my head to rid of those memories. "Kiko-chan, is there something wrong?" Hihara-san asked but all i did was shake my head.

"No it's nothing."

Arriving at school at the normal time, lots of girls in the music department waiting outside squealing at the sight of Yunoki's car. The driving halted outside the gates and opened the door for us when suddenly we were all attacked by Yunoki's fan girls who swooned over him. Hihara and I quickly made an escape through the other door however that didn't stop them from seeing us.

"Who's she?" The girl with the wavy blond hair asked out loud.

Her friend with the pink pigtails answered in a whisper, "that's the new girl in Hihara-sempai's class."

"So lucky, she got to ride in Yunoki-sama's car!"

Just before class, Hihara managed to show me around the school abit more while signing me up to cooking club too. The school was indeed big seeing as it was two departments in one and i honestly think it's unnecessary however it does benefits' many students such as myself.

Suddenly a chime rang through the air and everyone went quiet to listen. Hihara stared up at the sky and listened to the announcer read the list of names, Yunoki kun was read out as the fangirls squealed and crowded around him more.

"Hihara Kazuki. Class 3A" The green head jumped and pumped his fist in the air.

"BANZAI!" he shouted as more names were called out followed by a few familiar names until it reached a Gen-Ed student, Hino Kahoko. Everyone had shocked faces and confusion rose within the music department.

However that wasn't the end of the list, "Ah, and Kiko Asuka from class 3A." I blinked my eyes and looked at Hihara-kun who was happy as ever but I wasn't, the most I could do was fake another smile and laugh alongside him.

"YATTA! We're both in it! " he pulled me into a quick hug and dragged me to class, waving goodbye to Yunoki who was very occupied with the other girls.