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I do not own any of the characters
“Nodame-chan, don’t you want
to play the piano anymore?” Nodame’s grandma sat down beside her, looking at
her troubled face tenderly.
Nodame had once again
returned to her hometown, to her family. She had once again fled the reality.
This time, she was determined to stay away from the horrible music that once
had been everything to her. She does not want to be hurt again. Not anymore.
Nodame just stared at her
piano in front of her. She does not know how to answer her grandma. Tears began
to drop from her starry eyes. Grandma use her wrinkled fingers to wipe the
tears away. “If it is really so hard, don’t push yourself anymore. I want to
see my little Nodame-chan to be cheerful again.”
Grandma sat beside Nodame,
patting her head which she hides in her hands, sobbing softly. Neither said
anything.
Without them realizing, a
pair of eyes was staring at the doorway at them. A pair of sad eyes. Slowly, he
retreated and left the house. No one except both of them was in the house,
which explained why he could hide himself and watch everything quietly. Part of
him wished that he had not seen them. He did not realize that Nodame had been
under so much stress. He always thought that she was lazy and avoided lessons
to have fun. Little does he understand that that was not the truth. He had
always taken her cheerfulness for granted. Not knowing the miserable her
underneath her happy expression.
Walking silently along the
beach, Chiaki’s mind kept replaying what he saw moments ago.
