I ran away... I felt something warm and wet run down my cheeks. But I ignored them and continued to run away as fast as I could to get away from him... from Tsukimori-kun... It feels weird... It was just like that time... that time when he had caught me playing poorly using a normal violin... but this time... I was running away because he had caught me playing the piano and singing. He had caught me in a very vulnerable state... why is it always him? I stopped when I realized that my phone was ringing. I took a few deep breathes to calm my nerves and wipe my cheeks that were drenched in tears.
"H-hello?" I said through the phone, trying to maintain the calmness in my voice as I spoke.
"Hello? Kaho-chan?" Said a familiar female voice.
"Mio-chan! why? do you need anything?" I asked as I sighed in relief.
"No, but where are you right now?" She asked me.
"I'm on my way home right now, why?" I asked as i continued walking.
"We're here at the cake shop in front of the station. We just wondered if you could come and eat with us, or do you still have lessons with Tsukimori-san?" she asked with a teasing voice, but I was too preoccupied with my thoughts as I remembered my rudeness earlier. I sighed. I guess I owe him an apology...
"What's wrong Kaho-chan? did something happen between you and Tsukimori-kun.
'Yeah, he just found out that I could play the piano. Oh did I mention that I had also promised myself to never touch, much less, play the piano ever again? I couldn't say that! Even they don't know that I play the piano! Only my parents , my sister, my brother, and my former school mates know that! Former school mates huh... After all those years of hiding that fact, why be discovered know? Kami-sama, doshte?! I groaned in Frustration, forgetting that I was on the Phone with Mio-chan when she suddenly spoke with worry.
"Kaho-chan are you alright? You seem to be acting strangely these past few days?" She said.
"Eh? ah, no! no! I'm Fine! never been better actually. I just spaced off for a while, that's all. So, what were we talking about again?" I asked shyly. I can't believe I actually managed to forget what we were talking about. I heard her laugh then answer while giggling.
"I was asking you if you wanted to eat cake with us? There's a new flavor added on the menu so we decided to invite you to come along with us." she said.
"Cake? sure! I'll be there in a few minutes." i heard her giggle
"Okay. bye Kaho-chan. see you! and hurry up! or else we will without you~" And the phone went off. I sighed and looked up the sky, the sun was starting to set, painting the sky with a beautiful shade of scarlet, almost the same color as my hair, contrasting the warm, orange glow of the ball of fire while it was slowly sinking down the horizon. And the Stars were starting to appear one by one, shining brightly on the infinite velvet sky...
"Stars... huh."
Third person's PoV
meanwhile elsewhere...
"THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT! WE LOVE YOU ALL!" a red haired young man shouted while holding a microphone happily on stage, along with six others as they said their last good bye for the night in front of thousand of people that were standing and shouting inside a concert auditorium, where their biggest idols were.
"WE LOVE YOU STARIIIISHH!" A group of girls shouted while waving a banner with the same phrase, then squealed as another young man with long, brown hair standing on the same stage replied to them
"Why thank you, pretty little ladies." he said with a wink.
"MINNA! WE LOVE YOU TOO!" shouted a boy with blond hair with bangs that was held by clips and wore a hat while waving.
"Please continue to support us~!" said another blond wearing glasses wearing a warm smile.
"We're very happy that you enjoyed the concert!" Shouted a guy with dark brown and slightly tanned skin.
"Good bye and goodnight everyone!" said two blue heads in chorus as the all lined up the bowed before retreating back stage.
"*sigh. I'm beat!" the red head said while slumping comfortably on a lime-colored couch.
"You always say that Otoya." the brown haired man said.
"It's no use saying that to an idiot like him." the one with a slightly messier blue head said.
"eh~! You're so mean, Tokiya. but at least.. we made our fans leave with smiles on their face." The guy named Otoya said.
"That's True. Seeing the smiles on those beautiful ladies are worth the sweat." the long haired man said.
"Shut up Ren." Another blue head retorted. The man named Ren simply chuckled at his team mate's grumpiness. They were surprised when they heard a shout from behind them as they saw a Tall blond man trying to hug a shorter blond as he tried to squirm out of his death hug.
"Natsuki-kun, aren't you suffocating Syo-kun yet?" Otoya teased.
"Suffocating-is-an understatement!" the guy he called Syo managed to say despite the other one's tight grasp.
"I can't help it~! Syo-chan is so cute~!" Natsuki said, tightening the hug before finally letting go of the other.
"Oy, all of you, stop messing around. You need to go home and rest. You still have school tomorrow in case all of you have forgotten." Entered an older man with orange hair.
"Hyuuga-sensei, Can't we at least have a break?" exclaimed Otoya.
"No no no~! You also have responsibilities as a student~!" was what they heard before someone with long pink hair and blue eyes wearing a long sleeved yellow sweater and black stocking popped out from behind.
"Ringo-sensei! how are you?" Asked Natsuki.
"I'm fine dear~ But I'm the one who should be asking you that, how are you? Have you found her yet?" he asked with a serious expression as he felt the atmosphere change from a cheerful one to somewhat, a gloomy one.
"No... Not a clue." Syo said sadly.
"Even though we..." Otoya could not continue his sentence as he bowed his head down, Ringo caught sight of something sparkling forming at the side of his eyes.
"Come to think of it, isn't this what she always wanted? to bring smiles to everyone's faces with the music she spins..." Tokiya said.
"That's right. This was what my princess had always wished for." Cecil agreed with a frown forming in his face.
"If only we weren't so stupid.." Syo said with his hands balled into a fist while shaking due to pressure.
"Then maybe she wouldn't have had ran away." Natsuki finished with his head down while sitting beside Masato.
"It can't be helped. The little lamb was very emotional." Ren said while looking at the ceiling.
"alright alright! enough with the drama people! time to go home!" Hyuuga said as he pushed them into a van. When they got to the academy, they had all split up to go to their correspondent rooms with fallen shoulders. Leaving Hyuuga with his cross-dressed co-teacher alone.
"Why did you ask that?" He said.
"Hm~?" Ringo asked while playing innocent.
"You know very well that talking about her is a very sensitive subject for them." He said.
"I don't know actually." He said that made The latter look at him with surprise.
"You don't know and yet you brought that up?" He said unbelievably. Ringo was not the type to say or do something that recklessly.
"Yes, but something inside me was itching to ask that question. She was after all l my student." He said with a mysterious smile.
"Used to. She already dropped over two years ago. when that happened." Hyuuga corrected.
"Hmmm... I guess you're right about that." Ringo said, still continuing to smile mysteriously, now with a hint of mischievousness. Hyuuga raised a brow before something hit his mind and pulling to a complete stop as he asked the other with widened eyes and a slightly parted mouth,
"You know something, don't you?" he asked with an unsure voice, but shivered when Ringo just smiled at him and winked while saying
"I wonder about that..." He said before skipping away while humming a happy tune. Leaving a very confused Hyuuga at the same time.
Hino Kahoko's Pov
"Uwah~! that was delicious~ " I said while rubbing my stomach.
"That's right! I'm glad we asked you to come and eat with us." Nao said while Mio just nodded happily. We just finished eating at the Cake shop and were on our way home.
"So, Kaho-chan, how are things between you and Tsukimori-san?" Nao teased me.
"Oh yes~! do tell! Is the Violin Romance progressing between the two of you?" Mio said with sparkling eyes. I blushed furiously at their questions but remembered our scene earlier. But I didn't dare say that to them. Now is not yet the right time. So I pushed that thought at the back of my mind and shook my head, still blushing though.
"Come on you two, stop it! Tsukimori-kun and I are NOT in that kind of relationship. He just teaches me to improve my skills in playing the violin. I don't even know if he considers me as a frie-" I was cut off when someone called.
"Kahoko-san?" Someone called behind me.
"Mori-san? What are you doing here?"
Manami Mori, She became my Accompanist when I found out the truth about Shouji-san. She's pretty much a hopeless romantic just like Mio and Amou-san, the school journalist.
"Nothing, I was just window shopping to kill some time. Hello Kobayashi-san, Takato-san ." She said while flipping her light brown hair that was kept in a high ponytail.
"Hello Mori-san, you can just call me Mio." Mio said while waving her hand.
"She's right, and call me Nao." Nao agreed.
"Okay! then, Mio, Nao, You can call me Manami." She said while smiling.
I was just about to say something when Mio suddenly squealed
"What's wrong Mio?" Nao asked, but she just lifted her fingers and pointed somewhere, I felt my blood drain from my face when I followed what she was looking at.
"Oh, So you're a fan of Starish to huh? So am I" Mori-san said, her eyes glimmering with delight. Like she'd just seen an old lost family member, or in this case, a similar fan club member.
"Ayiiiiieee! Who do you like the most? Mine is Kurusu-kun. He's just, super cute~!" Mio said with the same glimmer shinning in her eyes.
"Oh? Mine is Aijima-kun, i think it's cool that he's a real prince. What about you Nao?" She said while blushing, Nao was surprised then shyly scratched the back of her neck then answered
"Eh? uhm, Ittoki-kun, I guess? Because he gives off a friendly aura." She said. I just stood there, dumbfounded, as I stared at the Bulletin board that displayed Seven Handsome-looking men smiling widely while hanging their arms on each others' shoulders.
"Their songs are awesome right?" Mori-san comented
"That's right! I like Mirai Chizu above all!" Mio said.
"You think so? I heard the one who composed that was one of their friends. It deffinetly gives of the strong emotions she felt through that song." Mori-san said. I snapped my head back at her, listening to what they were saying about the song and the composer, smiling slightly at her compliment.
"Come to think of it, wasn't the one who composed that song the reason why Starish had almost disbanded two years ago?" Nao said, causing my smile to fade and my hand started shaking without me noticing.
"Yes, you are right. They say that all of them fell in love with her, causing a dispute between the seven of them." Mori-san agreed, My knees started trembling
"Eh? I didn't know that~! That's terrible!" Mio said Innocently
Stop...
"Yes, the fans of Starish got mad when they heard of this, they started posting terrible things about the said composer, even demanding that she leaves them alone. They were all blaming her for the fight amongst their Idols." Nao said.
Please... Stop...
"That's terrible! How could she do that to them! If she really was their friend, she would have, no, she should have done something to stop them from fighting." Mio said.
No... Stop...
"She did actually. She quit being the composer for them. I don't know if it's because she did it because she was afraid of the threats she was receiving or because she was doing it to stop them from fighting though. But rumor has it that she's been hiding ever since, and that Starish is still looking for her. But in my own opinion, I think that she is a very selfish person to do that to them when they cherished her like that. Maybe she didn't really care for them since the beginning." Mori-san said.
Her last sentence finally causing my self control to break and sit down on the floor, shouting and crying. causing the three of them to stop and look at me with surprise.
"NO! NO! STOP! STOP! *Hic stop..." I said while sobbing, they ran to my side and started asking me what was wrong, I suddenly remembered what was going on and forced my self to stop crying,
"Kaho-chan, are you okay now?" Mio said with a worried voice, don't look at me like that, I don't deserve it.
"Y-yes, I'm fine now, I'm sorry but I- I need to go home now. I just remembered that there was something Important that I needed to do." I said
"Eh? but Kahoko-" Nao started to complain but was stopped when she heard the desperation and sadness in my voice
"Please... I want to be alone for now..." I pleaded.
"A-alright Kahoko-san... If that's what you want..." Mori-san said, Hesitation registered in her voice. I just smiled the nodded as I walked home... Their words kept replaying in my mind
"Come to think of it, wasn't the one who composed that song the reason why Starish had almost disbanded two years ago?"
"Yes, you are right. They say that all of them fell in love with her, causing a dispute between the seven of them."
I never intended to do that...
"Eh? I didn't know that~! That's terrible!"
I never wanted for that to happen...
"That's terrible! How could she do that to them! If she really was their friend, she would have, no, she should have done something to stop them from fighting."
I couldn't do anything... I felt so helpless.
"But in my own opinion, I think that she is a very selfish person to do that to them when they cherished her like that. Maybe she didn't really care for them since the beginning."
"That's not true! I care for them! I care for them so much!" I started crying again as I sat on the street on the deserted dark alley.
"I care for them so much! *sob that's why I-*sob left them even if-*sob* Even if it hurts so much..." I cried, suddenly, I felt something crash into my face
"UWAAAHHH! GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE! GO! SHOO! SHOO!" That voice...
"Lili?" I said as I removed him from my face. His face suddenly lightened when he saw that it was me. I looked up and saw birds coming our way, but backed away when it saw me.
"Hino Kahoko! Thank goodness! I thought I was dead meat when... Why are you crying?" He suddenly asked me, that's when I realized I was still crying. I wiped my face and shook my head.
"No, It's nothing" I said. but he gave me a serious look.
"It's not 'nothing' and I know it. I'm not an Idiot to say 'Oh is that so?' and just suddenly leave you when I know for a fact that it's something not nothing." He said as he huffed.
"...Huh?" I asked confused, He hit his palm with his head then said
"I mean, I know it's not nothing. Don't deny the obvious, Hino Kahoko. I am not that cold hearted as to leave a girl, or anyone, crying alone. You know you can always talk to me. It's not like I can spill your secrets to anyone considering that only you and the principal can see me. So I guess what I'm trying to say is... Will you care to trust me and tell me what is bothering you? You know, They say that a heavy burden's weight can be lessened if you shared it to someone special that you trusted. And I am special, It's not everyday that you get to meet a fairy that gives you a magic violin you know?" He said. I was gaping at him the whole time, then laughed.
"Okay... maybe you don't need me, maybe you need a Psychiatrist." He said while rubbing his head. I just smiled at him then stood up, still holding him in my hands as we started to walk. He turned to me with confusion and asked
"Where are we going?" He asked. I just smiled then chuckled.
"Home. It's a long story and it's getting late. It's much better if we talked at home, after all, you said that a person's burden lessens when you have someone special to talk to." I said then winked while he grinned at me widely.
~~~A/N
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