SONGS OF GRACE ─ Ichimatsu Matsuno

№. II ─ 音楽

音楽 ━ music

Ichimatsu turns his head, noticing that the booth they sat at was empty and staff members cleaning up the mess. A hole consumes his stomach, feeling fear and confinement, not knowing where his brothers had gone. He has never been left alone without the pact, so this was new, and he didn't like it one bit. He wasn't sure if they left without him, or they were somewhere else. Either conclusion, he doesn't know where the fuck they were.

So he does what most people would do; check outside. Ichimatsu pretends that he wasn't lost and exits the restaurant, not wanting to be seen as an idiot.

"Thank you for coming!~" A staff member says, smiling at him.

Ichimatsu just hums, leaving the building. Wow, he never noticed that it has gotten dark. How long were he and his brothers with (Y/n) in the restaurant? He looks around, trying to find his brothers, but instead of feeling relieved, he feels his body freeze up.

There stood (Y/n), humming a song, her lips opening, singing to herself, "There's rain outside, steady winter, My heart feels like such a mixture,"

Ichimatsu halts where he was, thanking Fate-- for once-- that he hasn't caught (Y/n)'s attention just yet. Her voice was heavenly. It was smooth, assertive, and gentle. He felt his eyes lighten up, listening to her voice sing.

"Shapeless, I stare at her picture

I don't know her, but I miss her,"

Her voice grows a bit louder, her foot tapping along the concrete, staring up at the sky.

Ichimatsu can't help but admire the streetlight highlighting her figure. It made her (E/C) eyes glimmer with tranquility, singing her song. He has never heard this song before, but whatever song it was, he really wanted her to sing it all for him.

"Why, oh why such things?"

He expected her to sing more, but she just hums to herself. He arches a brow, wasn't she supposed to continue the song? Or... was she done? He felt pressured that he should show himself instead of watching like a creep.

He steps out of his hiding spot, and keeps his distance from (Y/n), not wanting to break hers and his personal space. And for his personal space, he needed a lot of it. "You're a good singer," He says.

AHH! Did he just admit that? Now she was going to think that he was a creep, listening to her sing without letting her know that he was there! Damn, he really messed up didn't he? He feels his face sweat and his cheeks flare-up, not daring a single cell in his body to look at her. But god damn, he started a conversation again! Two times in a day! Wow! Okay, that's out of topic.

(Y/n) turns to him, a bit startled. "Oh! Thank you." She takes a sip of her cold water bottle, sobering her up a bit. He couldn't see it, but he felt her smile on her face, causing his lips to twitch into a small grin. But in real life, his grin made him look constipated and uncomfortable.

Now that she has replied to him, he knew that he had to keep the conversation going if he wanted to be friends. It was simple human communication, how hard can it be?

"What song were you singing? It's unfamiliar." Ichimatsu decides to ask what has been on his mind ever since she had started singing. Perhaps he will ask Todomatsu to add it to his playlist so that he can listen to it whenever he wants to.

"I...It's not really a published song. I really just made it up myself," (Y/n) grins proudly. "What do you think of it?"

Oh? She wrote it herself, that's amazing to come up with out of boredom. Hell knows that Ichimatsu can't do shit to write a song, it was not in his nature, no sir. "...It's really good. I hope you continue it."