“Don’t you know how much good you’ve done for others?” -- Kaede :3c
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She stared at him so sincerely, with eyes that he felt hecould’ve gotten lost in. He never thought he could gaze into a person’s eyes sointensely like this. No, it was only because of Kaede’s encouragement.
It was funny for her to tell him this—no, that should’vebeen his line to her. Did she realize how much good she’d done…for him, forothers? Surely she must’ve. Or perhaps she didn’t need to. The pianist was sopositive, a shining light.
Shuichi swallowed audibly, biting his bottom lip…trying tothink of the right words…dozens of combinations of words he desired to say,swirling around inside his mind. Pick some, combine them. Make sure theysounded correct. Don’t screw this up.
He didn’t have a hat to hide behind. All he could do wasface the blond who stared at him head-on—she always faced forward. Telling himsomething that came from the heart…how did she do it? How could she tell himsomething like that? He’d have to try. No, he’d…do it.
“Akamatsu-san…I don’t know if I’ve done so much ‘good’,really, but…” He forced a smile, his head previously looking downward—tilting up.“It’s thanks to you that…” He could face forward.