TWO WORLDS OF A MIND

2. HUMAN ERROR

Eddy, Brett and Ray watched Rubin play. They noticed a strange aura of his and his body posture was aligned perfectly. They assumed that he was nervous.
Rubin's performance was spectacular. He continued to play in full concentration. He constantly kept looking at the conductor to ensure that both of them were on the same page.

"He is really good." Brett whispered.
"He projects all the notes perfectly!" Eddy whispered.
"Indeed!" Ray also whispered.
All of a sudden, the music stopped. The three looked up to the stage to see what happened.
Rubin had made a mistake.
His tiniest mistake was that he played a note without intonation. His mistake could have been hidden with the sound of the orchestra behind but no, his judgement and the conductor caught the mistake. The conductor immediately stopped the orchestra.
"I am sorry, my...I...." Rubin stuttered.
The conductor stared at Rubin with anger filled in his eyes.
"I am sorry." Rubin said.

"Oh no." Eddy whispered.
"That doesn't seem good." Brett said.
Eddy and Brett covered their faces in a sympathetic manner that shocked Rubin.
He fumbled as his nervousness was at peak to play again. The orchestra, the conductor and the audience's eyes looked at Rubin. He panicked.
The next thing Eddy knew that Ray was no longer sitting next to them.
"Brett." Eddy spoke.
"Rubin ran off the stage!" Brett exclaimed.
"What?" Eddy looked up to the stage, he was shocked.
"Brett, where is Ray?" Eddy questioned.
Brett turned to notice that Ray wasn't there.
"Where did he go?" Brett questioned.
The two quietly left the hall to find Ray.

Rubin was in the backstage, staring at the mirror and analysing his performance. He was angry at himself.
"Rubin?" A voice said.
Rubin didn't speak.
"Rubin, it's fine. It's okay to make mistakes." Ray said.
"No, its not! Music has to be played with utmost perfection!" Rubin exclaimed.
"Rubin, you need to let it go."
"But this mistake is unacceptable!" Rubin exclaimed.
"It's completely fine, we're humans." Another voice behind Ray spoke. It was Brett.
"You need to understand from this lesson, Rubin, do not pin yourself down. I am sure all of us has made mistakes. Tons of mistakes." Eddy stated.
"Did you see how the conductor looked at me?!" Rubin was angry.
"We get it. It hurts." Brett said.
Rubin took a deep breath.
"come on, let's go for a drink." Ray declared.
"What drink?" Rubin spoke.
"Bubble tea!" Brett and Eddy exclaimed.
"Bubble tea? I have never heard of it."
"That's why we're taking you to have one!" Eddy said.
"Ok......" pondered Rubin.

At the shop,
When Ray got the bubble teas,
"All the best for your concert!" Ray said.
"Thanks Ray." Eddy said.
Brett was busy having bubble tea.
"What concert?" Rubin asked.
Brett and Eddy asked Rubin to come to their show the next day.
Rubin, who didn't know much about their concert agreed.
"By the way, this bubble tea is good!" Rubin said.
All four laughed.

Back at the hotel, he analysed. He sat down all night and wrote something.
"This will change everything." He said.