Nobara's POV
"Nobara, where are you going?"
"No where really, I'm just going out for a walk Mikan."
"Then can you sign all of us up as a band for the contest," she asked.
"Alright. Well, I'll be going."
"Later."
Let me see, where would Hyuuga Natsume be? I think I'll check the music room. I need to make sure that he enters the contest so – I fell on the ground. I looked in front of me to see a boy with slightly curly blonde hair and sky blue eyes. Around us were a bunch of different stuffed animals.
"I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching were I was going," I said as I helped him pick up the stuffed animals.
"It's okay. Wait aren't you on of the music students?"
"Yeah. Hey quick question have you seen Hyuuga Natsume around?"
"He's in the music room but I don't think that he'll appreciate fan girls."
"Does every girl in this school like him or something? I'm not a fan girl. Thanks for telling me."
"Later."
Later? Does that mean we'll meet again or something? Now that I think about he didn't tell me his name. Who was he? I opened the door to see Hyuuga Natsume mindlessly sitting in front of the piano.
"What do you want," he asked glaring at me.
Okay… maybe not so mindless. "I want to ask you something. Are you planning on signing up?"
"No way. There's no reason for me to. Why are you here anyway?"
"I want to know something. Did you love Mikan?"
He looked down at the keys. It was complete silence between us. Then he looked back up at me.
"Why would I tell you?"
"Look I want you to do the contest. Please, for some reason I think that Mikan is and will be broken in some part of her heart because of you. At least say you're sorry. Explain what happened through your music. "
"I would do it but I don't know how to play anything."
"What do you play for music class then?"
"You don't need to know."
"Fine then, I'll teach you the guitar and help you get some people for a band."
"Do you even know how to play the guitar?"
"Just because I play the flute doesn't mean that I don't know how to do anything else. Besides its part of our curriculum, all students that want to graduate must have 3 quarters of playing something that is not theirs and 4 quarters of singing so don't be shocked when you see our performance."
"Okay?"
"Why don't we start? Today I'll teach you the notes and basic chords then tomorrow we'll get more complicated."
"Why do you want me to do it so badly?"
"You were her first love without her knowing, you broke her down, and now three years later you both are in the same place again. You know most of the story but she's still missing parts. I think that if you at least participate she might listen to what you have to say."
"It's fine if she never hears it. She's happy isn't she with your brother?"
Rou is happy with her. They love each other. It's the first time he's been honest with his feelings toward someone.
"You love her too don't you?"
"That's," He said as blushed red.
"Let's just start, I want you two to be friends again."
So we both picked up a guitar. "Now this first string is-"
As they are doing that Mikan's POV In her room
I wonder if it's still there. That old necklace. I walked inside my bedroom that was now had black instead of pink. I opened the first drawer. It always gets stuck sometimes. Inside there lied the music sheets and on top was the necklace. It's still there… I closed it. It doesn't matter anymore. He forgot me. I jumped on my bed. It's still soft. I wonder if I can sleep and never wake up. That would be a lot better than waking. It feels almost like a nightmare in reality. At least it use to. Yeah everyday when I was younger was like waking up to a nightmare. Always being controlled. Always following what my parents told me. Never being able to get away forever. Just like a puppet's life. Everything's basically the same now. Except now I can endure it a bit more and I have more freedom. I yawned. I feel so sleepy all of a sudden.
And now we go in Mikan's dream world
I looked at the sky filled with fluffy Howalon. On the ground were roses but when I picked one up it immediately gently exploded into fluttering pieces of paper. When I tried to stand I fell back down. Then I noticed that my ankles were chained up with the thorny steams of roses. I can't move. Then chains suddenly appeared in my wrists. What's going on?
"This is the state you're in right now."
"Who said that?"
In front of me there was a tornado of flower 'petals', when it was over a girl appeared in front of me.
"The one who can free you from these chains is the person who put you in them."
"My parents?"
She shook her head then said," The one who broke you."
I immediately opened my eyes. What was that about? Me in chains? To free me from those chains is the one who broke me? Why am I in chains in the first place? Does that have anything to do with me being a puppet?
Suddenly Onee-chan came in asking, "Mikan, are you okay? I heard you yelling."
"I… I'm fine. It was just a nightmare."
"What was it about?"
"Nothing really… It was… about me losing my Howalon."
"Howalon?"
"It's candy that I ate at this school. Now that I think about it I haven't had any since."
"Then how about tomorrow we all go to get some?"
"All?"
"I mean everyone. Besides it'll be a good way to relax and this of some new song ideas. Besides you haven't been eating in a while so even through it's candy you can eat as much as you want."
"You're probably right. It's no good if we're thinking in a room all day."