LOVE SPELL
Chapter 2
By Treasure
05.05.2012
It was Chiaki's second day in Barcelona. He got the ticket for the weekend's concert and he'll be calling Nodame at lunch so she can prepare for the travel. He wanted her to see this concert and he wanted to see her.
He threw a huge tantrum at Nodame the night before he left Paris. He doesn't know why and he found out later that it was so childish of him for not understanding Nodame. She has the right to think of herself once in a while. He would be out of the country for the weekend and it's unfair for her to just sit there and wait for his return all day long. He should be glad that she's telling him what's on her mind at that moment.
He's trying to justify his anger though; maybe what triggered his tantrum was Kuroki's name. Was he jealous? Nah! He'll just have Nodame come for the concert and treat her to a nice Spanish cuisine and maybe buy her a nice gift, something to compensate for his absence at her last recital.
"Is something the matter, Maestro?" Asked one of the violinists.
"Huh?"
"You are spacing out. You frowned then you smiled, after that you are just looking beyond the great hall."
"I'm sorry. Let's begin from the top." Chiaki tap his baton twice to call everyone's attention.
"I insist that you come and watch me this weekend. I left a couple of hundred Euros at my bedside drawer; you can use it for train fare. Be sure to catch the train for Barcelona that leaves Paris at 3:45 p.m. I won't be able to pick you up from the station, but you can go directly to Hotel La Mancha. I'll inform the front desk to give to you the key to my room so you can rest, refresh and eat dinner at the hotel's restaurant before the concert. We'll have a night cap after the concert. I'll leave the ticket with the concierge, so look for him. And maybe you should call me once you arrive here in Barcelona."
"Wow, Shinichi-kun, this is the longest message I received from you. Mukya!" Nodame talking to herself aloud, she could almost dance in excitement. "So, Chiaki-senpai wanted me to watch his concert. Should I bring nice and seductive lingerie; a black one or a red one?" But then she sighed. "Maybe I should not bother about it; I might end up sleeping on the couch. Anyways I would still be with Shinichi-kun this week and that's what is important!"
"Bebe-chan, you seemed happy today. Your notes were lively and bouncing."
"Yes professor Auclair. Chiaki-senpai my hus- I mean, the man I told you about; is inviting me to Barcelona to watch his concert. I really love watching his concert and this would be my first time in Spain."
"Well it's nice to hear that. Good luck to his incoming concert. And I'd wish you to entertain me as well, please play Rachmaninoff 2?"
"Hai, professor! Happy to oblige."
'Where the #** is she? I told her to call me after she arrive at Barcelona station, but now it's only forty minutes before the show starts but she hasn't send any message. I'm not sure if she has even travelled at all.' Chiaki tried contacting Nodame on her mobile but it was turned off. He then decided to call the Hotel's front desk.
"Si, si Senor, I will connect you now to room 515 pronto."
"Mosh-mosh!" A sleepy voice answers the other end of the line.
"The concert is about to start, and you are still sleeping Nodame?" There was restraint in Chiaki's voice."
"Gomen senpai. Nodame is so tired that I fell asleep." She could almost cry.
"Forget about it! Get dressed and come here quick, baka!"
The concert was a success. Carmen got a standing ovation. Nodame was so proud of Chiaki that she even shed a few tears for his performance.
She went to his dressing room and was about to be given a peck on the lips when rudely interrupted by the other members of the orchestra. "Chiaki-san, we would like to give you a small token as a sign of our gratitude. From all of us please accept." The concert master held the gift.
A replica of 'La Sagrada de Familia" in glass was given to Shinichi. It made him feel wonderful. It had been a double success, a sold out concert and the warm camaraderie won.
"Maybe we could have paella and wine tonight!" The euphoric conductor suggested.
"Paella? What is that senpai?"
"I don't have time to explain, I'm starving. Let's just go and eat!"
"Megumi-chan!" He called out over the conservatory balcony. It was lunch break.
"You are alone today, where's the piano kid Lucas?" He asked as they met at the student lounge.
"He has classes until one thirty."
"Is it okay if you join me for lunch? I recently discovered a Soho like street two blocks from here, they are serving unagi."
"Unagi, Kuroki-kun? Let's go right away!" She was wiping an imaginary drool.
After an hour . . . . . . .
"Thank you for the meal, Kuroki-kun. I've been missing that taste for quite a while now. It would really be nice if I can vacation in Japan at the end of the semester, but that is still out of the question considering the loans my dad is paying." Her happy expression changed from happy to a bit disappointed then back to being cheerful. "No matter, I get this feeling that someone will ask me for a salon concert. If I can get three, I might be able to have that vacation after all."
"If you get that invitation, please inform us so we could go and watch you."
"Mukya! I'll be honoured if my friends could watch my performance."
"Have the three salon performance, maybe we could vacation in Japan together."
"Gyabo, Chiaki-senpai should agree to that vacation."
"You and Kuroki did what?"
"We had lunch. He had discovered a small Soho street near the conservatoire. We had that wonderful unagi, sea urchin and tokoyaki. It was fantastic Senpai!" Even Shinichi could see the glitters in her eyes.
"Fine, then you can have all your meals with Kuroki!" Shinichi turned off the stove and took off his apron and walked out of the kitchen.
"Chiaki-senpai?"
"I'm not in the mood to cook right now, you can have canned dear meat if you like; they're at the top floor cabinet."
Nodame was saddened by Shinichi's mood swing again. Is he a bipolar now? She sat still at the dinner table for the full five minutes, trying to see what Shinichi would do next. But Shinichi too, was trying to see what Nodame would do. He's waiting for her to cajole him, just like she used to do back in Japan where she would make puppy dog eyes at him.
But Nodame read it differently. 'Maybe Senpai is too stressed out today, and doesn't have enough energy to cook. Maybe I should just go home and leave him alone today.' She waited for him for fifteen minutes to return to the kitchen and when he didn't, she decided to leave.
Nodame made a small note to Shinichi, leaving it on the table and left his apartment with a minimum noise. The half cooked meal was spoiled and she didn't come back in the morning either.
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