Music of the Night

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Arthur was beginning to relax as time went by where he and Aoba talked about stuff outside of their routine school life.

He never knew that Aoba's hobbies to be playing open world video games and watch some action movies. He admitted that he likes how the plot was driven in both of the medium. Arthur listened attentively, his cloudy blue eyes never blinking.

"I may not play games," confessed Arthur, his leaf nose twitched. "But the soundtracks from the game itself is enough to tell me what's going on or how the story is driven. So yeah, I do listen to gameplays on ZooTube when I have nothing to muse on."

Aoba laughed because he does the same thing when he is bored. He was curious about the dotted papers Arthur kept typing in class and how he had to scan them through his own printer to translate them into alphabets.

"Arthur, how do you read this? I know you can't see alphabets but I'm not sure what these dots meant."

Arthur walked behind the bald eagle, gently guiding his wings to the first few dots. "I want you to close your eyes," Arthur instructed. Aoba did so and the tips of his wings felt the bumps. He felt a single one on the far top left. "Good, Aoba. That's the letter 'A'. Each letter has a specific bump, including the numbers, punctuations and spacing."

The bald eagle didn't know that these simple dots could be so complicated! Was this how the blind could see? Through the sense of touch?

It was about two hours when Arthur heard another knock on his door. He was surprised because no one besides Aoba has came into the Chiroptera room. Aoba decided to answer for his new friend and was shocked to see Legosi and his friend Jack standing in the doorway.

"Hi," Jack greeted with his tail wagging. "Legosi and I were just heading back to our dorms and I heard a high whistle. Was that you, Arthur?"

Arthur nodded, a bit embarrassed now that his room has become a hang out spot for a few friends. The Honduran white bat immediately locked the door once the two canines got in because he doesn't want a lot of attention. Might as well burst his eardrums if he allowed more animals into his dorm.

But knowing Legosi and Jack even for a brief moment, his gut told him that they can be trusted on not making so much noise in the soundproof dorm. He decided to close the windows too, hoping no one notice.

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Both canines and the eagle watched how nervous Arthur looked. They assumed it was because of their presence but by observing closely, it was him not wanting so much attention because he loved music and a crowd would've overwhelmed his hearing.

"So, do you three want some tea?" asked Arthur, his fur was puffed up. "I have some milk and honey if you don't like the taste."

Seeing the bat's generosity, they accepted it and the four of them hung out. Arthur smiled, because ever since he moved here, he was prepared to feel alone but life is funny by introducing him to Aoba, Legosi and Jack. The tea that was prepared was chai with milk. Very popular and delicious during a bustling day when the spices kicked in. He decided to serve it with some snacks which were just plain toast with a spread called Maple Mite.

"You like tea a lot," Legosi murmured, enjoying the chai that has milk. "It's just like insects....They have their own personalities."

Both Jack and Aoba were stunned at Legosi's interpretation but Arthur laughed a bit. "Then you'd fit right into the Natural Entomology Museum. They're always asking for bug catchers to collect some insects for research before releasing them. Some of them even became researchers."