Star Maniac

12

I reached the door knob. Mr. Inchighas are not here. I sigh a relief. I took a sit. I stared at the piano. I feels like playing with it. 'Should I, should I not?'

The door being opened. I turned to see who was it.

"Oh, you're here. Early kid, huh?" Mr. Inchighas grinned.

"I guess so," I smiled.

He took a sit in front of me. "So how's the competition goes?" I asked him.

"Well, the competition actually specifically to those who can play more than 1 instruments," he leaned back. I nodded.

"What I have to do?" I asked him.

"A lot. You have to impress the judges by showing what you can do. You know how to play koto, right? Wait. I think there's koto around here," he get up and searched somewhere in the store of the music room. "Here!" He screamed happily. I walked towards him. I smiled.

"Can you play it?" He asked me after wiped the koto.

"I'm not really sure. I haven't touch it since 8! It already 7 years!" I looked at him.

"Okay then. Maybe we should start with other instrument first," he smiled.

"Is there any other people who knows how to play this?" I referred to the koto.

"Yes. This koto used to be play by one transfer student from Japan. He gave this as a present for taking care of him for almost 3 years," he handed me the violin. "Start with this. Play song that you confident of," he smiled before take a sit waiting for me to start play the violin. I nodded. I play song by Space Note. Song in our first album.

After I finished play the violin, I bowed down. "Space Note?" He asked. I got shock. Didn't expect someone would know that.

"Yeah. But how? How do you know it's Space Note's?" I asked him. Putting away the violin.

"My daughter. I can say that she's die hard fan of Space Note. She's crying really hard when Space Note announce their disbanding," he spokes. As he's recall how sad her daughter that time. Suddenly, feeling guilty enveloped me.

"They have their own reason," I try to comfort him.

"I know. She likes the guitar player the most. I don't remember her name. She said that she want to be like her one day. She loves how her play the guitar," he smiled.

"I'm sorry," I said suddenly. I don't even realize what I've said. I stared him.

"It's not you fault," he said. Looking at me and smiled. "Shall we continue?" He smiled.

"Sure," I smiled.

***

I went to grab some early dinner at the dorm cafeteria since the school cafeteria has closed. There's not many people here. That's good.

I placed the tray on the table. Next to the window. My favorite spot. I throw away my view outside the window. Watching the sunset.

'I can say that she's die hard fan of Space Note'

'She's crying really hard when Space Note announce their disbanding'

I remembered what Mr. Inchighas said about Space Note. I sigh. I don't know our disbanding would give such an impact.

"Hey," a voice greet me. I turned to look who was it.

"Hey, Jacob," I looked at my untouched food.

"What's wrong?" He asked me as he took a sit I'm front of me.

"Nothing," I mumbled. I released a small sigh.

"Don't lie. There's something bothering you, right? You can tell me. I'm a great listener, too," he grinned.

I looked at him and chuckles. "Do you know Space Note?" I straight to the point.

"Yeah. But they've already split up, right?" He answered my question with a question. I nodded.

"How do you know about them?" I asked him. Putting a few fries into my mouth.

"Well," he rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm their fan, actually," I widen my eyes.

"Die hard fan?"

"Not really. Normal fan. I have all their songs!" He showed me the list of Space Note songs. All of them in his phone.

"What do you feel when they announce their disbanding?" I looked at him.

"Sad. I'm sad. There's a lot of people who feels the same. They all sad. Even though the reason make sense, but why can't they just replace Trisha?" He stared at me.

"Oh. Do you watch the live announcement?" I asked.

"Of course. I won't miss such a show," he grinned. I don't know whether this guy really watch it or not because my face was clearly being shown during the show and how can he not recognize me and my name? Doesn't it obvious? I nodded.

"Why do you ask?" He looked at me finishing my meal.

"Nothing. Thanks, Jacob," I get up and asked him to leave the dorm cafeteria with me. We headed back to our own dorm.

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