~Anna's P.O.V~
Ever since the incident I had with Sylvian, I've grown distant to him. Up to strangers even. I know that he apologized and I accepted it, but I just can't see him as the person I knew before. Steve finally found out what happened between me and his brother and he just told me to leave him be. I guess Steve knew this would happen eventually.
I still help the guys with their studio recording with my brother, Luke but I barely talk to Sylvian. We only talk when asked to. I can't even call him with the old nicknames I had. Well, I have a new name for him but it's a bit rude. Steve knows about this too but he just accepted it and not saying another word.
"Bye! See you later, Masami-san!" I waved to Masami-san and he left. Yukki-san just had his first solo live and it was great. YMO came along too with Tachibana-san and the Batt brothers came too. Actually, Steve was a part of Yukki-san's group along with Masami-san, Tachibana-san, and Hosono-san. I was in charge of the makeup while Luke was in charge of the sound system.
Just as everyone was going back, I remembered something. "Ryuichi-san!" I ran to him and caught him from behind. Good thing Akko-san didn't see this. "Ah! Anna-chan!". "Sorry, sorry." I quickly let him go. "I need you help.". "What is it?". I told him Sylvian's birthday is coming and I need Ryuichi-san's advice on what I should get for Sylvian. "You know him better than I do." I added.
"Hmm..." Ryuichi-san thought for a moment. "How about you give something on how you describe Sylvian?" he gave his opinion. "Like what you gave me for my birthday." He added. I remembered the drawing I made for Ryuichi-san. "I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the advice though, Ryuichi-san." I gave a half nervous smile. "Good luck." Said Ryuichi-san and left.
Steve had to extend his stay in Japan because of Yukki-san asked him to do a collaboration. I stayed along for about a week and went back to England. When I got back, I asked my roommate on what I should give to Sylvian and Rania asked why. "I just want to do something nice for him." I explained with a sigh.
"Did you ask someone first?". "I asked Ryuichi-san." I answered. Rania asked again what Ryuichi-san told me and I said that he suggested me to draw something for Sylvian. "I think that can work." Said Rania. "Didn't you tell me that you wanted to draw something from a Japanese legendary beast?" I did remember that. "I guess that can work."
I asked Luke but his advice wasn't helping at all... so I decided to follow both Rania and Ryuichi-san's idea. I took out every magazine, newspaper, and polaroids I can find of the band and started sorting them to pick the right reference. After about twenty minutes of sorting and considering, I found the right picture. I took out my sketch book and pencils and started sketching. It's a simple sketch and it didn't take a long time to finish it.
(February 23rd)
The date is finally here and Luke invited me to celebrate Sylvian's birthday. The guys had asked me if I would come but I declined at first. Evelyn, Melina, and Rania asked me to give them their birthday cards to Sylvian and that's how I'm carrying three birthday cards and two drawings. The other one is Evelyn's.
The party went well and thankfully there were no cake slapping. Though Mick was disappointed when it didn't happen. Sylvian got a lot of presents from the fans and I could tell that most of them are beauty products. I can never imagine waiting in line for the bathroom waiting for Sylvian to finish his self-care routine.
I gave my friends' gifts to Sylvian and I saved mine for the last. He thanked me for the gifts and the party ended. I helped cleaning up the place with the boys and the cake was nice. "Hey." Sylvian called me. "Oh, hey..." I greeted back and avoided eye contact. "I really appreciate you coming." He thanked me for coming. I didn't say anything and he started to leave.
"Wait." I stopped him from leaving. I took out the paper and gave it to him. "What's this?" asked Sylvian. "It's your birthday gift from me." I answered and he took the folded paper. "I just wanted to give something nice." I added, still avoiding eye contact. "Thanks." He simply said and left.
A.N : I just need to get this off of my chest and happy birthday to David Sylvian! See you guys in the next one! RD out!! Boi!!!
