Tangled Heart Strings- Sheith

A Young Boy's Dream

Disclaimer: I'd just like to explain here and now that any song I use that I don't explicitly say is mine, is obviously not mine and I give credit to all the original writers and performs of this song. Voltron, American Idol, and all people/characters included in this fiction don't belong to me and credit is given to all creators and those own people. I hope you enjoy.

It was a sunny day, it was around noon when he was called in. Heart racing so face the young boy could barely hear the host tell him wear to stand once in front of the judges. Finally after walking what felt like a ten mile marathon, but was barely fifty yards the boy found himself standing right in front of American Idol judges, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson. 

Paula smiled when she saw the small boy walk into the room, she could tell that the boy was very nervous. The women smiled kindly at him.

"Why hello deary, what's your name?" She asked him the boy jolted looking up at over at the lady 

"T-Takashi Shirogane, ma'am" He replied. Paula smiled happily at the boy's reply, giving a small chuckle at the child's adorable Japanese accent. 

"Well Takashi, how old are you and what song will you be singing?" She asked him. Takashi bit sightly at his lip taking a few deep breaths to calm himself before finally replying. 

"I-I'm thirteen years old and I'm going to be singing a song I wrote myself." He said giving a small proud smile. The judges looked at each other with surprise,

"Such a young age, and an original song?" Randy asked with interest. Takashi's smile widened at the expressions on the judges' faces. He nodded feeling his confedence grow slightly.

"Start whenever your ready then, Takashi." Simon said nodding slightly to Takashi. The Japanese boy took a few deep breaths as he fixed his old scratched up acoustic guitar. Before starting to sing;

I close my eyes and I can see
The world that's waiting up for me
That I call my own
Through the dark, through the door
Through where no one's been before
But it feels like home

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy
We can live in a world that we design

'Cause every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make-.."

"Stop stop, that's enough thank you" Simon said holding his hand up. Takashi felt his face go flustered as he immediately stopped his singing. The boy's hands moved twitching against each other in nervousness as he stared at the floor. Simon took a breath before he started

"Look, your young, and your voice is,,,ok, but it really isn't American Idol worthy It's gonna be a no for me." He told the boy. Takashi felt his body tense at the mans words feeling hot tears start to prick at the corners of his eyes. The ravenette blinked quickly to keep the tears in. Paula gave a sad look as she watched the boy shake due to his struggle to keep his tears in.

"Well, I thought your voice was beautiful, and I loved your original song, I look forward to hearing more from you, it's a yes from me." She said, smiling when she saw the boy perk up. Takashi slowly looked over at Randy, as his answer would decide his fate. Randy took a breath hating to see the boy's crushed look.