"A Guitarist's Passion" - Sayo x Male Reader

Chapter Two - "Guitar Is Life"

Author's Note: As I posted before, I changed this story to Sayo x Male Reader instead.
I did it for a good reason, promise!
Sayo is my favorite Roselia girl, so I want to make a good fanfiction as well!
As usual, hope you enjoy!

*(Y/N)'s POV*

As promised, I headed to Galaxy Live House the next day after school, with Misaki.
My goal is to see Sayo again.
I want to take up her last offer, the one that still rings in my mind.

As we walked in, we saw Roselia again, just as we thought.
They immediately stopped playing and looked right at me.
I felt intimidated.

"Sayo, he's here," Ako said.

I walked up to the stage, right in front of Sayo.

She is so beautiful...
How many times have I thought that already...?

She held out her guitar without a word.

I gulped.
This is it. My response to her.

I took her guitar as everyone else stepped offstage to watch me.

My hands are shaking.
I was never like this back then.
What happened...?

*Sayo's POV*

He's clearly nervous up there.
Was I too forceful?

I'm trying to draw out the best in him so I can hear the sound that drowned me out before.

Everything is silent.
He still hasn't started. This isn't going to work.

He has no passion anymore.
He's not the person I used to know.

"(Y/N), your time's up!" I shouted, breaking the silence.
I scared Shirokane-san as well.

"You are not worthy of holding my guitar. Let me have it."

Before I grabbed my guitar, however, I heard an all-too-familiar shout from behind me.

"SIS!!!"
It was Hina, yelling out to me, holding her own guitar.
We all turned around.
She stormed onstage and got between (Y/N) and I.

"Stop!" Hina said. "(Y/N) isn't nervous at all! Give him another chance!"

"Hina, please, leave..." I told her.

"No," she promptly refused.
She then turned to (Y/N).

"I'll help you!"
She began to play a tune on her guitar.

(Y/N) slowly started playing as well, and after a while, he started playing alongside her.
Hina stopped, but (Y/N) continued.
He even sped up the tempo and closed his eyes, as if fully focused on one thing: his music.

Finally...
His sound. There's the old skill I was looking for.
He's absolutely perfect playing the guitar.
He's just so brilliant... It's almost too bright for me...

I didn't even realize when he stopped.
Hina started clapping, and so did Roselia.

I stood in awe.
It's not like I've never seen a good musician before...
But (Y/N) is different, and I can't place my hand on it.

"Sis! I guess you liked (Y/N)'s performance! I mean, you're blushing!"

"Huh? I am not!"
I turned my head away from them, hiding my obvious blush.

Why am I blushing?
I've never blushed like this before.

Calm down, Sayo...
What is this feeling I'm experiencing right now?