Music of the Night

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Arthur was mentally drained from the whole ordeal with Mizuchi's girls.

He thought back about their assumptions of him hypnotising the harlequin rabbit which to him, is absurd since he wouldn't know if he is facing her at eye contact at all. He could only turn his head directly at the sound his ears picked up.

He decided not to think too much about it and fixed himself a nice cup of Earl Grey tea with a little milk inside that will compliment a small plate he placed a bit of the finger tea biscuits. He has some studying to do but his self-care comes first.

After all, a sound mind meant greater concentration for his studies.

He dunk his finger biscuits in his tea as he ponder at the thought of tomorrow. He sometimes wondered if he was far behind in his work or he is too much ahead. Shaking his head, Arthur decided to play a tune on his keyboard to get rid of his frustrations. He knew exactly what to play since he has listed to the original theme from the movie back when he went to the cinema with his dad and Sameer.

He switched the sound of his keyboard from piano to organ.

He started off slow, melancholic to represent the emptiness of the soul that yearned to be found in what he imagined to be a rough sea that could never be calm. The soul felt so alone that he was filled with rage that matched the storm and the sea to release the pent up frustrations he has bottled up years ago.

But then like the sea, the waves calmed down and the soul was finally accepting himself. Loving himself before he could learn how to share and present himself to others.

Arthur almost wanted to laugh because his mind was being too dramatic sometimes. 

Little did he know that the tunes he had pressed upon his keyboard was soon heard throughout campus. Those animals felt chill up their spines as the sound of the organ was bellowing out its rage.

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The next day, Arthur was attending class as usual. Today was geography where this time they were learning about the different types of seas in the world. Arthur loved to listen and imagine the descriptions the teacher was explaining about how each location of the seas had a different current and resources.

He imagined the songs that those places might bring.

The Honduran white bat felt a note being placed in his hand as he was typing notes on his braille machine. He felt up the folded paper in his hand and read wha the braille dot message said"

'Are you okay?'

Arthur smiled at his friend's concern. He turned his head to where he assumed was the bald eagle. Moving his mouth a little, he got a rough estimation of a tall predatory bird animal to confirm his guess on where his friend is sitting.

"I'll explain later after class," he whispered with a toothy smile.

After class, Arthur's ears were swivelling up and down over all of the sounds around him while using his clicks to avoid bumping into anyone. He's a bit relief that no one suspects that he was the one playing instruments at night except his close friends and the drama club. Most of them assumed he was blaring out loud music from his computer.

Even Mizuchi doesn't know that he plays his instruments.

"Hey Arthur!" he heard the call from Aoba coming towards him. "I heard the notes played last night after you went to meet those two girls. What happened?"

So Arthur explained as the both of them walked to the poolside where the water has been drained so that the pool needs to be cleaned. The both of them sat down on one of the stairs. He was still a bit miffed at the whole accusation yesterday.