A/N : Yay! 1 month has already passed ! I'll try to keep this for one month forward XD

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Chapter 30 [Extra]

Serenade

"I know I'm bad at it," Taichi sighed, punching his other palm nonchalantly.

The girl beside him giggled softly.

"I know it too," the redhead girl mocked him, earning a mournful look from the brunette.

"You do?" he whined, and then rested his chin on both of his palm. He gazed at the ground blankly.

Sora resumed her humorous giggle.

"Believe it or not, I can't say I'm as bad as you," she remarked.

Taichi blinked a few times, and then glanced back at her.

"What do you mean?" the wielder of courage asked.

"Emm… worse?" Sora tilted her head toward him, and Taichi choked a breath.

"…worse?" Taichi frowned, not having the idea Sora was talking about. He needed a minute before processing the words and chuckled.

Sora watched at her bestfriend with smile.

"I don't think so. You may as good as Yamato, and not for me," Taichi threw a grin, and Sora could only laugh.

"I'm against it," a familiar voice spoke out. They glanced back, and saw the blond walking toward them.

"Yamato, you have no idea what we're talking about," Taichi stuck his tongue out, but Yamato replied with thoughtful look.

"And you have no idea how long I've stood behind that tree," he replied back, and sat next to Sora.

"What took you so long?" Sora asked, looking at him.

"I have to fix my harmonica first," Yamato smiled at her as he showed her a harmonica that full of memory.

"I'll never allow you to buy a new one," Taichi suddenly said.

"And do you honestly think I will?" Yamato smirked, so did Taichi.

They stayed in silent as they watched the metalic musical instrument. The tone that Yamato had always played was a calm, soothing, relaxing, and also touching yet frightening that it could send shiver down your spine.

But, there's nothing in this world better than it. Whether it took a hard time, or for sleeping time, Yamato would always play his harmonica with that tone.

Always, no exception.

And yet, it's always giving them a spirit, spirit to keep going or to calm down, in rare case made them think with calm head.

Whatever it took, Yamato would always keep it safe. A memorable thing could not be thrown away as long as you can keep it by yourself.

"Want to play it?" Yamato suddenly asked. Sora and Taichi looked at each other, before shaking their head.

"No, I can't," Taichi said.

Yamato grinned.

"What the thing you can do, Taichi? You have always repeated saying that you can't" the blond sneered.

"Says that the one who has a band and mocking a non-artful boy," Taichi sneered back.

This time, Yamato and Sora who shared a look before laughing hardly for Taichi's rant.

Taichi rolled his eyes, but then sighed.

"Really, I can do nothing with music," he gazed at his palm with no courage.

"You can't just say that, Taichi," Sora said softly.

"I do know you have sense of art," she continued slowly.

"Then what's that?" Taichi questioned.

"I can't sing well. If I do it, it will be worse than Etemon's Love Serenade," the brunette retorted, even so, it made Yamato held his laughter and Sora had to giggle.

"And I can't play any of music instrumental, not like Yamato who can play guitar and harmonica. And-

"Taichi," Sora gently placed her hand on his shoulder. Taichi suddenly stopped as he looked at Sora carefully.

"What do you think that can make us survive our tough battle in the past?" she asked.

"Simple. It's all of Chosen hard works," Taichi merely asked, but he threw his face away.

"Can all of us work together if there's no one who leads us?" she continued her question.

"…I…" Taichi couldn't pull up a word. He sighed, and decide to be silent so that Sora could continue.

"Whenever all of us were depressed or had a tough time, you would always encourage us so that we could continue. Was that a quality in yours? Don't you dare to say no," Sora smiled warmly.

"It's a bit surprising to find Taichi having a self-doubt, really," Yamato whispered to Sora's ear, but she just shrugged.

"Taichi. Your courage is what makes us always going forward. All of your time lead us, what you have said are always be there in our heart, echoing in every time we take a step forward. Maybe you can't sing, but your words are really meaningful and it's your own serenade for us," Sora stepped back, keep her smile at her face.

Yamato smiled too. Sora was really good at mothering anyone, especially him and Taichi. Even that she often had a self-doubt, same with him, she's still tried her best to made everyone cheerful.

"… Thanks," Taichi smiled at the duo.

"No need to," Sora laughed, and soon Yamato and Taichi joined her.

A moment of time they used for talking about Yamato's concert three days later. Of course, since that Sora and Taichi were free, they could present and sit at very front, the reserved seat.

When the evening had come, they decided to went home.

"Sora…" Taichi called.

"Yes?" she replied with a smile.

"… Thanks," Taichi repeated his gratitude.

"For what?" Sora frowned.

"For what you have said before," Taichi grinned happily.

This time, Sora blinked and looked at Yamato. They shared a look again, before shifting their gaze toward the brunette.

"It was only a joke,"

Random writing again, I haven't checked the grammar and spelling, because I need to do my homeworks and the deadline is tomorrow.

Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow!