You're watching over Luke's bar tonight. Your brother always gave a lot of reasons for you to cover his shift although you exactly know that he's going on a date with his boyfriend.
Tonight's entertainment is the usual. Luke never told you how he knew Haru but he always come whenever he has the time. You two never talked to each other even though you see each other almost every night. You wanted to but you never had the courage to do it.
"And hang the blue sky... the blue sky~" Haru strum the ending then thanked the audience. "Thank you. That was Gather the Wind." He put down his guitar and went down the stage to take a break. "Here's your chance!". "Wagh!" Jess, a fellow bartender and your friend startled you.
"Don't do that to me!" you cat punched her. "Sorry." Jess chuckled. "Didn't you say that you want to talk to him?" she cocked her head to Haru. "W-well I did... But what if he ignores me? What if...?" You started to spit out excuses.
"Can I have a soda, please?" you heard a familiar deep voice. Just as you wanted to ask Jess for help, she already left. 'Jess you prick!' you half cussed in your head. "Um, excuse me...". "Y-yes!" you started to sweat. Haru repeated his order and you nodded and grabbed a glass while he sat down and wait. "H-here you go." You served him the soda. "Thank you."
You took the empty glasses laying around the counter to distract yourself but you kept glancing back at him. "By the way..." you jumped a bit. "Where's Luke? He should be here by now." He wondered. You took a breath to gather your courage and answered, "H-he's on a date tonight. I-I don't think he has the time to stop by.". "That's understandable." Haru nodded.
"You know... we always see each other every night but we never properly introduced ourselves." He pointed out then shared his name, "Haruomi Hosono". "I-I'm (y/n)." you shared yours and you two shook hands. "It's nice to finally meet you, (y/n)." he warmly smiled. "S-same here." You slowly calmed down. "I-I know it's a bit sudden but... there's this new movie I've been looking forward to next week and I'm wondering if... if you like to come along." You shyly invited.
"I love to! It's nice to take a break from music once in a while." You thanked him in relieve. "Then I'll wait for you here next week!". "Y-yeah. Me too." You smiled in relieve. He finished his drink and went back to the stage. He sat down and picked up his guitar, "This is the last song for tonight and this song is for my new friend." He strum his guitar and started singing.
Chasing a fantasy once I had in my dream
I always end up on this pier
Here I live in a comfortable big city
Again tomorrow I'll fail to escape this island-country
What if I jump on that foreign ship from this pier?
Saying adios, farewell
City lights will look like crying woman's eyes
Kiss her bye-bye, goodbye
It's a paradise, Haraiso
Grow wide, my fantasy
It's a mirage, Paraiso
Melt away, my reality
What if I jump on that foreign ship from this pier?
Saying adios, farewell
City lights will look like crying woman's eyes
Kiss her bye-bye, goodbye
Soon I'm in the twilight of the city
Going home to the one who waits for my love
Adios, farewell sayonara
You can't help but smiling through the entire song. "That was Paraiso. Thank you."
A.N : Back again! I'm in my test week now and I have three writing projects plus college assignments as usual. I won't be very busy on the span of this two weeks and I hope I can give my time more to this. I always wanted to make a sole chapter of interaction with Haruomi Hosono. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in the next one! RD out!! Boi!!!
P.S : The lyrics I put is the English translation. You can find the romaji in the comments of the link.
