PROLOGUE
NAOKI GRAEN
Name's Naoki Graen everybody; just your typical high school guy from a well-off family. Features, uh—tall, white and handsome, I reckon, hahaha!
Well, enough of myself, my family owns six art and music exhibition halls named after famous classical people; Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. They're really into art and classical music. Even our house is a witness of how addicted they are to it! Half of our house is decorated with different replicas of the great paintings from before. And because my parents are who they are, I've come to love art as well.
Why am I saying this? Because growing up with art all around me, I became a man of romance—imagining things like falling in love with a maiden while painting the sky; a tragic love story with a wealthy lady, ending up unrequited; falling in love with someone I don’t know.
Things like that.
Well, those were my illusions, but the last one came true.
It’s like the gods of classical art, lend me their ears and grant me at least one of my illusions.
Yes, it's been three years since I fell in love with a faceless, genderless, formless, ageless and expressionless person. For three years, ‘Sakura’ has been exhibiting her photos at our exhibit halls. But never did once she went there herself. Always a substitute stands in for her. Even when getting an award. A substitute!
So if you're wondering who's this Sakura person I'm talking about? Well, she's just a super famous landscape and nature photographer. What makes her famous is the way she takes her pictures; so bright and fresh and real but somewhat out of this world. I'm not saying that it's weird or anything. It's just that if you get to see it, you won't think that it's from anywhere in this world! I mean, when you look at them, they’re just—uh, I can’t explain it in words.
Anyways, what's more amazing is that she uses film camera! In short, there's no room for tweaking it in the computer or manipulating the settings of the camera to take a good picture, its raw love and talent given to one photo.
From the professional’s eye, Sakura's photos defy the principles of photography. I don’t know on what terms, but I’ve heard a lot say it. Her photos looked carefree but intricate-looking.
Her photos speak a thousand or even a million words. It doesn't just please the eyes but also the hearts of its audiences. It's like she takes photos straight from her soul.
You might say that the "Sakura" name is such an obvious one for a girl, but if you're into literature and such you'll know that some authors disguise themselves in a girl's name. So I won't really rely on that. If ever I find out that Sakura is a He, then I'll suck up myself and confess my love but that's just it; nothing more, nothing less. If ever Sakura is a She with a great old age, I'll do the same. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sakura is a she with the same age as me.
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a SNAPSHOT to the HEART
Teen Fiction[EDITING, again] Naoki Graen, Sakura's avid fan, has been fed with unreliable informations about his Idol, his Venus and his Muse. When he finally did meet her, the reasons behind her hidden identity was even surprising than the person itself.
