Be More Chill; Your Lie In April
Jeremy Heere seems to be an average high school student nowadays, but when he was younger he was nothing of the average.
Jeremy was a child prodigy on the piano, achieving greater scores than people over twice his age. He practiced under his late father Squip, who extremely abused him for every slight mess up. This left Jeremy with many scares and trust issues, and once he passed Jeremy stopped playing the piano altogether. Everything caught up to him, and he couldn’t hear the notes when he played.
He’s two and only friends are Jake, a baseball player who he’s known since childhood, and Rich, a lady’s man who can get with any person he wants.
One day Jake convinces Jeremy to come with him to meet a boy who had a crush on Rich. Jake said he didn’t want to be the third wheel and Jeremy finally conceded, going to the park after school. He meet a boy, who was quick to get angry with him as he took a photo accidentally right when the wind blew his dress up.
This boy was the one who liked Rich. His name was Michael, and he and everyone else was ready to go watch him perform in a violin contest. This got Jeremy’s anxiety to act up since he hasn’t been back in the area since his father passed.
Michael was beautiful on stage, and Jeremy could feel a crush growing. But, he was just Friend A, not the one Michael loved. Michael was inspired by Jeremy though, and he kept on asking and asking for Jeremy to play the piano with him.
Jeremy went to go play, but the notes fell away. Michael didn’t give up though, not caring and just wanting to play with Jeremy. He wanted to play with Friend A.
The two became closer and closer, Michael seeming a bit impulsive at times but still captivating Jeremy. But still, Jeremy was just Friend A. Michael asked him to play again, but Michael seemed to be acting differently. And one day, he passed out.
Worried, Jeremy kept going to check on Michael, but he was always just Friend A. And it didn’t matter, Michael would be better anyways.
But, he wasn’t getting better, he stayed in bed and broke down in front of Jeremy, asking Jeremy to kill himself with him.
Jeremy truly loved Michael, and he had to play, for him. Michael was going in for an operation, even though the chances will still so small for a survival. He lived his life truly. He knew this was the last chance anyway.
So that night when Jeremy played, Michael went under and never woke up. He left Jeremy a letter, a letter to Friend A. But, Jeremy believed he would never open it. Opening it would mean admitting Michael was gone.
That next April, the letter fell out of Jeremy’s bag one day, and he finally got the will to read what was inside. It was a beautifully written letter, but what changed Jeremy’s life the most of it, was when Michael admitted his lie. When he admitted that he never actually loved Rich, his eyes were always on someone else, even from the start.
His eyes were always on Friend A.
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