Chapter 16: Miyazono Kaori (I)

A/N: I tried doing a 3rd person POV, and I think it's much better to tell the story from this perspective as it gives more insight and information that usually a 1st person POV can't say. Tell me in the comments down below if you enjoyed this since I'm probably going to continue this story in 3rd person.

Also, new fan fiction has come out! The first few chapters are really slow though, so you might want to wait until 4-5 chapters have come out before reading them together since it would be less boring. It would also be in 3rd person POV

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"Um...good afternoon?"

"Good afternoon. Can I know what you were doing behind the door?" Fuutarou asked directly.

Kaori, who was a bit startled at his direct question, started fidgeting while looking around. "Um...I was...listening to you play..." She replied shyly, suddenly finding the ground interesting to look at.

Fuutarou merely raised his eyebrow. 'I don't remember her being a stalker in the anime?' He shook his head internally and thought to himself. 'No, I can't think that way anymore. This is the real world now...'

"I see, then why don't you come in instead?"

"...I-I-I was sh-sh-shy..." She stuttered while looking down and hiding her face, though Fuutarou could see a tinge of red on her cheeks. It was very distinct in contrast to her pale skin. No, it wasn't the beautiful pale and white skin. No, it was the sickly pale, as if she had been sick for a long period of time.

Fuutarou smiled and opened the door wider as he walked back to the piano. "Come on in then. You don't need my permission to enter, it's school property after all."

"A-Alright..." She stuttered again before coming in observing the room. She never actually went inside the music room before as she did not even know that it existed until last year, when she heard Fuutarou play for the first time.

"Woah..." She unconsciously said as she looked around the room. It was much bigger than she expected. Usually, she would only be looking through the gap between the doors as she looked at him play. The view was very limited, and only allowed her to have a good look at Fuutarou while he played on the piano. When she entered, she could see the sheer number of instruments available, and the entirety of the grand piano.

"How is it? This place is nice, isn't it?" Fuutarou chuckled when he saw the amazed expression on her face.

"Y-Yeah." She quickly returned back to her shyness as she realised that he was laughing at her.

"Please make yourself comfortable. Oh, and by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Uesugi Fuutarou. Nice to meet you." He turned his entire body to face her and held out his hand.

"I know. I mean, n-nice to meet you too. My name is Miyazono Kaori." She took his hand and shook it.

Fuutarou didn't pay much attention to her first words. He wasn't narcissistic, but he knew that most, if not all, the students knew his name, not including the first years of course. "Alright, so what do you wish to do now? There isn't much to do in a music room after all. Do you want to play the piano?"

"Um...actually, I don't play the piano...I play the violin instead..."

"Woah! That's awesome! I think the school has a violin here somewhere..." Fuutarou exclaimed before rushing towards the instruments, trying to find a violin. After a minute, Fuutarou came back with a small violin.

"Sorry if it's a bit dusty Miyazono-san, here. Why don't you play a few songs now?" He asked as he handed Kaori the slightly dusty violin. It was an old violin, and had lost almost all of its shine. Nonetheless, it still functioned properly.

"I just started learning last year though..." She took the violin but didn't play it, afraid to embarrass herself.

"Don't worry about it! Just play some songs. After all, that's what music is all about. Music is how you express your emotions to the audience. It doesn't matter how good it was, as long as the message can be properly conveyed." He sat down and commented.

This was what he learnt when he touched the piano for the first time. He realised that having a grandmaster proficiency on the piano does not make him perfect. Only with constant practice and dedication to playing the piano would he be able to fully utilise the skills he has.

Because he got his skill from the gacha, it made his actual skills on the piano worse than a grandmaster pianist who started from scratch, one of the only downsides that exist within the gacha. In cultivation terms, it was like having a very high cultivation base but weak foundation.

Only with constant practice would he be able to fully utilise the grandmaster proficiency on the piano. That was what he had learnt after a year of practice. Playing an instrument was not merely playing the correct notes accurately and on point. It also involves your feelings. Your emotions. That was what made his music especially soothing to the ears.

This was what music is to him. Emotions and feelings. Of course, only with the basic skills present would one be able to include emotions inside. Otherwise, it would just be average.

Kaori heard his words and smiled. She nodded her head and asked if he could play the basic accompaniment for her. Of course, he had no reason to decline her, and so that's what he did. A very simple accompaniment that could literally match with any melody for her song.

She started playing the violin as soon as she familiarised herself with the melody. It was a simple song that even elementary students had heard of before, but with several variations.

[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars]

{A/N: IF you guys want to hear some of these you guys can go search youtube for twinkle twinkle little stars violin variation.}

Fuutarou could hear her playing very clearly. It was a very simple song, yet that was what made it nice. A complicated song with a difficult rhythm could amaze the audience and hype them up, but it was the little, simple songs that could soothe and comfort the audience. Sometimes, all they needed was a little time to enjoy music for them to relax and be put in a good mood.

After she finished playing, she looked at Fuutarou with a pair of expectant eyes.

Knowing what she wanted to hear, Fuutarou smiled and complimented her,"Very good! It was very nice and soothing to hear. I really enjoyed playing together with you!"

Obviously happy with the compliment, she smiled brightly. "Thank you! I enjoyed playing with you as well!"

"So what do you plan to do now that you've played with me. Do you want to-"

"Etto...who is she, Fuutarou-kun?" Shouko's voice interrupted their conversation.