Chapter 6: Auditions
Rin's POV
"The auditions will be held later at the music room. Those interested for the main roles, please come for the auditions." Kaito-sensei announced. "Okay, you are all dismissed. Please do the honor, class rep."
"Rise. Bow." the class representative commanded. We all followed suit.
Lenka quickly approached me. "Rin-chaaaaan! Let's audition! I want to go for that role!"
"But Lenka-chan... I don't think I'm that good..." I told her. Not that I can't sing, I'm just too embarrassed to do it.
"Oh come on, Rin-chan! That pitch of voice says you have a good voice! It almost sounds like Len-kun and my voice!" she said. True enough, we do have similar voice pitches. You can include Rinto too.
"Okay then, if you insist." I said, defeated. I really love singing, though the mafia thing doesn't allow me to do so. Miku does know that I sing.
"I'll join too." I was surprised when Len said so. I looked at him and he gave me a look that said that it was just to make sure I am safe. I blushed at the thought.
"Then that makes us three! Let's go!" Lenka said cheerfully. We went on our way.
Lenka's POV
At the auditions..
Most of my classmates went to the audition. Would we still have a chance getting the roles?
"So, Miss Stupid is also auditioning?" Rinto suddenly said. I almost jumped in surprise.
"Rinto-kun! Why's the kitty boy auditioning?" I asked. Seriously, he sings?
"Extra points. I want them." he said plainly.
"Auditionees! Settle down!" Kaito-sensei announced over the microphone. "We shall now start the auditions! Once I call your names please go up the mini stage to perform. We have instruments here you can use. Let's start!"
Kaito-sensei started calling names. My classmates are good! I hope we'll be the lucky ones!
"Next, Lenka Kagene-san!"
My turn! Here goes nothing!
Now Playing: Melt
I wake up in the morning
And immediately I start to think of you
I decided to cut my bangs
Just to hear you say, "What happened?"
A pink skirt, and a flower barette
And it's time to go
I'm looking super cute today!
Melt - I'm about to melt
I can't tell you that I like you... but...
Melt - I can't let our eyes meet
I'm not into love and all that
But I do... like you
The weather report lied
It's pouring down
My umbrella still folded in my bag won't do
So I gave a sigh
"I guess I'll have to let you in"
Beside me you say, laughing
That was the sound that made me fall in love
Melt - I can hardly breathe
My hand, touching yours, is trembling
My heart is racing under this half of the umbrella
If you should stretch out your hand to close the distance, what'll I do...?
My feelings will reach you
It's time to stop wishing, I feel like I'm gonna cry
And yet, I'm so happy I could die!
Melt - We've reached the station...
We can't see each other anymore, we're close yet so far away, so...
Melt - I want to walk hand in hand with you!
Must we say goodbye so soon?
Hold me tight right away!
...or something
I bowed after my performance. My heart is beating fast.
"Great performance! You may now sit." Kaito-sensei applauded.
I sat back to my seat beside Rin-chan.
"Lenka, you were awesome! That was really cute!", Rin-chan said. I blushed.
"Next, Rinto Hagane-san!"
I watched him go up stage. He grabbed the violin. So he's a violinist? And he'll sing? Whoa!
Now Playing: Cantarella
Our lines of sight intersect within this closed world.
Although you play dumb, I can almost feel your infatuation.
Hiding my burning heart, I approach you.
Simply feeling my breath will be enough to paralyze you.
I now set up a trap to capture your captivated heart.
I won't leave a footprint in even the smallest crevice.
Thinking that my words are pure, you've let your guard down.
Even if it were a potent poison, I had a feeling that you'd still drink it all down.
There's no place to escape from this rusty chain;
the more you fight against the ticking of the clock's second hand, the harder it gets.
If I slip you into the deep bushes,
you'll probably be violated by the scent of our mixing sweats.
I now set up a trap to capture your captivated heart.
I now peak into the small crevice,
and capture you.
I slipped you into the deep bushes,
and you are now being violated by the scent of our mixing sweats.
He is.. Good. You can feel that he really captivates your heart when he sings. And he's also playing that violin.
I heard my classmates squeal because of Rinto-kun's performance. "Great job Rinto-kun! Clean violin playing too! You may sit." Kaito-sensei permits.
"-ka-chan."
"LENKA-CHAN!"
I was startled when I was called. I gained my consciousness.
"E-eh? What is it Rin-chan?"
"You were spacing out. What's wrong?" she asked.
"Ah, it's nothing! Don't worry." I said blushing and smiled.
"Next, Rin-san!"
"Oh, I'm next. Wish me luck!" Rin told me.
Rin's POV
I'm next. God, it was a long time since I sang a full song, I wonder if I could sing properly now. Oh God please help me.
I sat in front of the piano and played.
Now Playing: Meltdown
The town is filled with brilliant light
The chill of anesthetic ether
2 AM, and I can't sleep
Everything is changing so fast
The lighter's out of oil
The pit of my stomach is on fire
If everything is such a lie
Then it really would be better
I dreamed of wrapping my hands 'round your neck
On an early afternoon, overflowing with light
I dreamed, with eyes full of tears
of cinching your narrow throat
I want to dive into
a nuclear reactor
Surrounded by beautiful blue light
If I dive into
the nuclear reactor
then I can let it all go
On the other side of the balcony
The sound of someone climbing the stairs
The clouding sky falls into the room
through the window panes
In the scattering twilight
The sun is red, like teary eyes
Bit by bit, as if dissolving
Little by little this world is dying
I dreamed of wrapping my hands 'round your neck
'Neath curtains rustled by a breeze
The words overflow from your
dried up lips, like bubbles
I want to dive into
a nuclear reactor
So the memories melt away to white
If I dive into the nuclear reactor
Then I'll be able to sleep as I did long ago
That's how I feel
The second hand on the clock
And the officials on the tv
Are still there, but the laughter of someone I can't see
is echoing all through my head
Allegro Agitato
My ears won't stop ringing
Allegro Agitato
My ears won't stop ringing
I dreamed that everyone was disappearing
The emptiness and silence of this room in the night
Weighs down on me
I can't breathe anymore
Kyaaah!
Should I dive into
the nuclear reactor
I know I can disappear, so I can sleep
A morning without me
Will be much more wonderful than now
Where everything is in gear
That sort of world, definitely
I bowed. There was silence in the air. Did I do bad?
*clap clap clap*
Their reactions?
Kaito-sensei: *stands and claps* Wonderful, Rin! That was a great voice!
Lenka: Rin-chaaaaaan! You're so greaaaaat! Kyaaaaah!
Rinto: Stupid girl. So noisy. *clapping his hands*
Len: *looking away, blushing, clapping his hands*
Classmates: *smiling and clapping hands*
My God! I never expected this to come! I went back to my seat teary eyed.
"Rin." Len suddenly called. He was looking away. What could be the problem?
"Yes, Len?"
"Next, Akita Len-kun!" Kaito-sensei suddenly called out.
"Ah, it's nothing. I'm next!" he said.
I was left confused. I just proceeded in watching his performance.
He grabbed a keyboard with a strap and wore it around him. (A/N: You know that thing Len always carries? The keyboard he plays like a guitar? I can't explain it properly, I hope you get what I mean. xD)
He starts to sing.
Now Playing: Fire Flower
"I'm glad I could love you from the start."
Is what I'll sing to the sky.
Looking for a place where I can launch
my compressed dream, I left the town.
Turning the power off on an incoming call.
A burning fuse no one can stop.
If the end of the world
Was here right now,
I'd ditch everything
and the two of us would be together forever.
Like a Fire Flower
So I won't get put out
My sparks will fly and I'll launch my dream.
"I'm glad I didn't fall in love with you from the start."
Was the lie that followed.
Unfamiliar scenery, forced expressions,
All very different from a colourful festival.
A voice repeating "Do your best." on the answering machine
Seems like the fuse was put out with tears.
If the beginning of the universe
was that kiss,
the starry sky
would be fragments of the miracle we scattered.
Like a Fire Flower
So you can find it easily
Matching thunder, I'll blast my dream.
"I'm glad I didn't fall in love with you from the start."
Looks it's been revealed.
In birth and maturation,
We scatter.
In shape and appearance,
We vary.
Male and female
We're mismatching.
Even then,
If our hearts could merge...
If our lives were sparklers,
For the sunflowers we'll illuminate for an instant...
Like a Fire Flower
Please wait 'til the day
When we can bloom spectacularly in the night sky.
"I'm glad I could love you from the start."
Is what I'll sing to the sky.
"Good job Len-kun! And to say there are limited people who play with that instrument. You may sit!" Kaito-sensei said.
His voice... It was... familiar. It sounded... so nostalgic.
"Len-kun! Great as always! Really, you shouldn't have quit the music club you know." Lenka said.
"Lenka-san, you know why I never sang after two years you know." he sighed.
He... never sang until now?
I'm having a headache. I think I'm forgetting something important...
"But you did sing now! You did it for Rin-chan right?" Lenka said and had a mischievous smile on her lips. We both blushed.
"Lenka-chan!" we shouted at the same time.
"Yeah, yeah. If you say so~" she said.
Third Person POV
"Class! Settle down everybody!" Kaito-sensei said. They fixed themselves and readied to listen to his announcement.
"I have chosen our four main characters. These are actually two roles only, but the play is divided into the point of view of the prince and the maid. So there are two princes and two maids."
"The leads in the Prince's point of view is...
Hagane Rinto and Kagene Lenka!"
"Eeeh? Me and the kitty boy?" Lenka gasped.
"Hmm. At least I got the role. Never mind Miss Stupid." Rinto said plainly.
"Hush down, you two. I will announce the next pair!"
"I hope it would be me!" a blue haired girl said.
"No, it's me!" a red head protested.
"The main actors for our Maid's point of view is...
Kagamine Rin and Akita Len!"
"E-eh? Us?", the pair blurted out.