Neon woke up and quick pulled on a long sleeve flannel shirt and jeans before pulling on sneakers. He sprinted out the door and quickly hooped onto his motorcycle and sped off to the sound studio. He quickly pulled into the parking space cursing as he saw Octavia waiting outside already, she was wearing plain jeans, a grey sweater, and she had a scarf around her neck.
"Sorry about being late." Neon told her.
"Don't worry about it Neon, I actually left pretty early." Octavia replied as she watched him unlocked the door.
As they walked in Neon jogged over to a coffee pot and quickly started a pot. He open a small box on the counter and tossed a portable hand warmer to Octavia as he poured each of them a cup of coffee.
"Milk or cream?" Neon asked her.
"Milk." Octavia replied.
"Sugar?" Neon asked her.
"Two teaspoons please." Octavia replied.
Neon quickly fixed up her coffee and handed it off to her as he drank his straight black.
"So what about the sound track that you wanted to show me?" Octavia asked him.
"Let's finish our coffee first; I get nervous about liquids around the sound equipment." Neon replied.
"That's reasonable." Octavia replied as she sipped her coffee slowly and looked at him.
"What?" Neon asked her.
"Just curious, this is one of the only times we've been able to be alone so how about we talk?" Octavia asked him.
"About what?" Neon asked her.
"What got you interested in electronic music?" Octavia asked him.
"Hmmm, no has really asked about me." Neon replied with a slight grin.
"Well, I am now." Octavia replied.
Neon nodded as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Where do I start?" Neon asked her. "Let's see, I was actually interested in the orchestra."
"Really?" Octavia asked him.
"Yeah, I actually had an offer extended to me by the Royal Symphany." Neon replied. "Then I saw one of their shows and how um…stoic it was."
"That's a surprise." Octavia replied.
"How so?" Neon asked her.
"Seeing how little you talk yourself." Octavia replied.
"I may not talk a lot from time to time, but I want to have people having fun when my music is playing." Neon replied as he set his empty cup in the sink.
"I can understand that." Octavia replied as she looked at her empty mug before setting it down.
Octavia watched as Neon walked around his sound equipment turning it on and setting it up. He looked at her for a second and smiled before he put on a set of headphones.
"Let me just find the right track." Neon told her.
After awhile a track of slow paced violin flooded the speakers.
"Classical?" Octavia asked him.
"A composition I've been working on for a few months now." Neon replied as he set his headset down.
He walked over to her and offered her a hand.
"May I have this dance?" Neon asked her.
Octavia smiled as she took his and he waltzed her around the room with memorized ease.
"For an electronica composer, you are definitely light on your toes." Octavia told him.
"Electronica composer? That's a new name for me." Neon replied with a smile. "People usually call me a scratch rat a lot."
"Well that's cause they don't know you." Octavia replied.
"You don't know me too well either." Neon pointed out.
"I'm not worried about that, I do hope to get to know you better." Octavia told him as the song ended.
Neon nodded as he looked at his scratch table.
"You've heard me playing the violin, so now let's see how well you are at scratching." Neon told her.
