Short Stories

piano lesson - BL

"Are you ready for your lesson, Ravi?" Naoh asked me while leaning against the door frame.

"Yup, all ready here." I said.

I was already sitting on the stool in front of the piano, Naoh is helping me learn to play it. He is the only person in my year that knows how to play the piano so I asked him to help me get the hang of it.

Noah came over to sit next to me on the stool.

"Should we practice the same piece we were doing last time?" I asked him

"No I think we can move on to something more difficult now." He said before grabbing a music sheet from his bag.

He placed the paper on the stand and showed me what keys I will have to use.

"I'll play it once for you and then you can try it, okay?"

I nodded in approval. I got up from the stool so Noah had more space to reach the keys on the other side. Watching Noah play the piano is always so mesmerizing. The way he moves his body along with his fingers over the keys. I completely lost my focus on the piece he was playing and continued to watch him.

I regained consciousness when he finished. He looked at me for approval and in that moment he looked like he was glowing. His beautiful light brown eyes were reflecting the sunlight which made him glow even more.

"So, do you think you can play this." He asked.

I laughed embarrassed. "I totally think I can not do what you just did." I emphasized the not.

"I'm sure you'd do fine, come sit next to me."

He scooted over to the side of the stool and patted the cushion lightly. I sat down next to him and placed my hands on the keys. Switching my gaze from the music sheet to the keys I slowly started playing. When I had my eyes on the keys I could see him fidget his hands on his lap.

I kept hitting the wrong key at some point.

"Could you help me with this one." I asked Noah.

He looked up from his hands to my finger pointing at one of the harder notes on the music sheet.

"You need to hit these three at the same time." He pointed to a few keys. "And then immediately after this one and this one." He explained further.

"Can you show me?"

"Mhm." He placed his hands on the keys from the last note and did the harder one after.

"Ah like that." I said once I got it.

Noah pulled back his hands to put them down again. But after a quick hesitation instead of putting his hands on his lap he placed one hand on my knee. I looked at his hand and then at him. He was looking at the piano, waiting for me to play further. So I did.

A bit later he started rubbing his hand along my upper leg. I didn't want to look at him, because I was just playing pretty well.

Soon I finished the song. Before Naoh could move his hand from my leg I put my hand on his. I looked at him but didn't say anything.

I intertwined our fingers, which made him get a little stiff. He was shifting his gaze everywhere but on me, clearly avoiding contact. I wanted him to look at me so with my unoccupied hand I lightly turned his face to meet me.

"Are you alright?" I asked him softly.

"Yeah, I'm good."

Our faces were getting closer to each other.

"Good" I said before our lips finally touched.