025 - How can people not know what beauty this is (I've taken it for granted my whole life)

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[She has her dad's piano again, in a relatively private corner. She thinks anyway. ONE CAN NEVER TELL IN THIS PLACE. She's playing this song and singing quietly, just in case there is someone around. She can't resist singing, though, especially after two weeks of silence.]

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[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou is lured in by the music. A slight, curious headtilt, and then Misaki is singing and he can't help but smile a little at it.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Lala, oblivious~ She keeps playing the melody even after she's finished with the words, humming to herself.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou wanders around in front of the piano, watching the strings vibrate. After a second, he looks back up to the player.] You play piano, Misaki-san?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

No, but I pretend to for TV.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[... blink.] Really?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[And she bursts out laughing, sorry Ryotarou.]

Yes, Ryotarou-kun. I play piano.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Have a Shion wandering by and stopping to listen to the music silently]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She finishes and stretches, singing the chorus under her breath.]

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

You are skilled.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Startles a little bit, and blushes.] Do all Saints move that quietly?

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

I did not wish to disturb you.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It's not a disturbance. How're you adjusting?

[contract_star]

[Off to the side (sans ATs), just listening with a soft smile on his face.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She sees him and jerks her head, pausing in her singing long enough to say,] Come sit.

[contract_star]

[Blinks as if to say, "really?", then comes over and sits next to her.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Shifts fluidly to another song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQaUCsq0YM), still singing just as quietly.]

[contract_star]

[Listens quietly, though he gets more and more red as the song goes on. He's quiet for a moment after she finishes, blushing quite furiously now. And not only is her pronunciation very good, he doesn't think she really knows what the lyrics say.]

Ah, that's...that's beautiful. W-where did you learn it?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

The woman my father hired to clean our house when I was young--she ended up doubling as my nursemaid a lot of the time. She was Chinese. Why? What does it mean?

[didorothy]

[leans on the piano]

Not a bad voice.

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[She snorts and smiles at him.]

Not a terrible compliment.

Being unable to speak for two weeks gives you a new appreciation for this sort of thing, I've found.

[didorothy]

I can see why. It was a blessing, though, to have the Guv's voice gone.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Even though he'll talk twice as much and twice as loudly now that he has it back?

[didorothy]

Worth it while it lasted.

[a pause, and then his voice is more serious]

What happened to Li?

1/?

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2/?

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