Pulling Your Heartstrings

My heart, My music

As the final song ended, Semi turned to me.

His eyes widened when he saw me looking at him, a light pink hue tinting his cheeks. "Uh, you sounded great."

For once, I couldn't find my voice. I nodded.

He looked away. "Let's go?"

Again, I nodded. We both stood up, taking a quick bow for the crowd, and walked back to our respective changing rooms. I locked the door to mine, put my guitar in its case, and dropped onto my couch.

Semi sounded amazing. It's all I can think about. I wanna hear him sing again.

Why couldn't I say anything to him after our performance? I really wanted to tell him how perfect it was.

My heart was still beating irregularly. What even is this? I've never experienced this kind of reaction from anything before, nor even from music or my crush on Lev.

I quickly cleaned my makeup off and changed into a more comfortable outfit comprised of leggings and a loose hoodie. I sat on the couch in my room, trying to collect my thoughts. But it was harder than I could've ever imagined.

And I realized that I had stared at Semi during that entire performance in front of a huge crowd of customers. I covered my face with my hands.

"Tetsu and Kenken were watching too! And Tomu, along with Shirabu, Ushijima, and Tendou! Oh my god- B/n saw! I can't leave this room for as long as I live!"

I curled into a ball on the couch, my back to the door. I was too embarrassed from how I had acted during my performance. I've never done anything like that before.

I groaned, my face in a pillow to muffle my sounds. "What's wrong with me?!"

Semi pov:

I walked out of the changing room and walked back to where my friends sat at our table, yet Y/n wasn't there. "Where's Y/n?" I sat back down in between Tendou and Shirabu.

Her two friends shrugged. "Hasn't come back yet."

B/n appeared, seemingly out of thin air. "She usually doesn't take this long. Also, that performance was great. But Y/n's only done things she's never done before. First, she stares at you the entire performance, and now she's taking longer than usual to change and come back out."

My eyes widened. "She was staring at me the entire performance?"

Shirabu snickered. "Yeah. Can't believe you weren't the one staring at her."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "I was just looking at the crowd like what Y/n does."

B/n chuckled. "Ah, then she broke."

"She died." Kenma furrowed his brows, staring at his phone. "She's ignoring my texts. If she's not dead, I'm hitting her."

Kuroo laughed. "Dude. Maybe she's reflecting. Wait- you're calling her?!"

"Yes." He deadpanned, holding the phone to his ear, a frown spreading on his lips.

Your pov:

Kenma called me.

I answered, only to be met with a very angry Kenma.

"WHY DIDNT YOU ANSWER MY TEXTS?! WHY ARENT YOU BACK?! WHERE ARE YOU?!"

I sighed. "I don't know."

He seems confused by this. "You don't know? How can you not answer a single question I asked?"

"I don't know?"

"Can you say anything other than 'I don't know'?"

"I don't know?!"

I heard Kuroo and B/n chuckling in the background. I got up to sit at my room's vanity and slammed my head onto the table, putting my phone on speaker and setting it on the tabletop.

"WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?!" Kenma's voice laced with worry.

"My head on the table in my changing room."

"ARE YOU OK?!" This time B/n was yelling over the phone.

"Dunno." I groaned, the pain finally setting in. "Actually, bring an ice pack.

"Come out and get it yourself." My brother retorted.

"Fine, I'll just suffer in here."

"No. Get out."

"No. I'm never leaving this room. I will gladly die in here."

"You better not die in my cafe! It's bad for business."

"Such a caring brother." Kenma's sarcastic remark sounded from the other end.

I groaned louder.

This time, Tetsu spoke to me, after telling the other two to shut up. "What's wrong songbird?"

"I'm embarrassed."

"And why is that?" Tendou.

My heart dropped. Could everyone there hear me? Including Semi? I remained silent, unable to find my voice yet again.

"You still alive?" Shirabu's voice came in.

"Why are you guys assuming she's dead?" Ushijima.

Tomu finally spoke up. "Your performance was great, Y/n! There's no need to be embarrassed!"

"You ok, Y/n?" And finally, Semi's voice came through the phone.

I felt my face beat up, my heart rate increasing. Where is my voice?! Why can't I even think of something to say?! I ended up remained silent.

In a panic, I hung up and hid in a corner to my room.

B/n pov:

I sighed, frustrated with my little sister acting so differently. "I'm going to her changing room and see what's wrong. She probably hit her head too hard." I muttered as I walked away from the boys.

Upon arrival at my sister's changing room, I took out the keys and unlocked the door, walking right in. "Stop hiding in the corner and tell me what's wrong." I closed the door behind me.

Your pov:

I got out of the corner, coming face-to-face with my older brother. I looked at the ground, still remaining silent.

I heard him sigh. "What's up with you today? You've been acting weird since your performance and it's worrying the guys."

I sat on the couch, taking a deep breath. "I don't even know. The moment I heard Semi sing, I just felt different."

"Different, how?" He sat beside me.

"That's just it! I'm not sure. I'm heart started beating irregularly, I couldn't take my eyes off him, and all my thoughts were filled with only him! And then I can't even find my voice to talk to him!"

He didn't speak for a bit, causing me to look up at him as he began opening his mouth. "Y/n... did you consider the possibility that maybe... you might be developing feelings for Semi?"