14... and now there's two

[singsingbluesilver]

Tohma is here! He's a nice guy and one my best friends from home. We played in a band together until I went to the States and he started his own company. Be nice to him, okay? Although he still gets up way too early. Evil evil cold feet.

Sorry about the surprise Tetsu! I didn't think it would be that bad.

Tohma! I wrote some songs! Shuichi, did you sing that one we made for Eiri? I wanna hear it!

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[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

[It had definitely been a long time since they'd had private alone time.]

That's true. But you know how important your input is and always will be, so you had to go to those meetings.

[Tohma cocks his head curiously]

Did you want to talk about enlisting those with musical talent in bands? Or is there other business you wanted to talk about?

[singsingbluesilver]

[ Well that will change here, now won't it? ]

I do have a certian insight to some things.

Let's talk about that first.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

[It better. Tohma isn't going to let this 'fresh start' play out badly.]

Ah, that's right. [And a serious smile makes its home on Tohma's face]

You've been here for a long while, haven't you? Then you, more than anyone, should know who is talented and who shouldn't have time wasted on them.

[singsingbluesilver]

There were a couple people who were good, very very good. Classical players, the guy sort of too tightly wound but the girls had some promise. Gone though.

[ He flipped the notebook over and dug through the pages, coming across a drawing of a purple dinosaur chewing on a building. Boxed into the building were a few notes. ]

Johnny is okay but his world doesn't have much music so he had to learn from scraps. There's a catwoman... very sexy singer.... I forgot her name. Cirno, a few others.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

[Tohma squinted at the "notes" that Ryuichi had taken and wasn't sure if he should be proud of him or feel hopeless. He went with the former.]

I see. You've been paying very close attention, I see. I'm glad~ It makes less work for me.

[singsingbluesilver]

I sort of got bored.

[ He looked hopelessly at his own work. ]

But the dinosaur came out okay.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

I can tell. Couldn't you have drawn that thing on the back? It's okay, though. You can still make it out.

[singsingbluesilver]

I remember them better when I hear them anyways. So not everything is lost.

OH! Where to preform is next, right? The high school's got the biggest safe space. It's not the best, but it's better than most.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, then. If there's some kind of auditorium or gymnasium, that would be excellent. If not, we'll improvise.

And, at the very least, it seems like a spot that would catch attention.

[singsingbluesilver]

There is one. The quality isn't the best, but what is here?

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

You're right.

...Ryuichi, can I ask a favor of you?

[singsingbluesilver]

What do you want, Tohma?

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

Are you in the mood to write a quick song or two for those auditioning as vocalists to sing?

[singsingbluesilver]

I could write a couple, but you could always make them hum a few bars.

[ A sly, sidelong glance at the little joke, even if it wasn't that much of a joke. ]

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

[Oh, but Tohma is quite amused.]

Unfortunately, unlike certain "lyricists," I don't consider humming to be words. ♪

[singsingbluesilver]

That wasn't the point. I wanted him to do it on his own terms. We did, at one time. We still do.

[ Old news, really. He dismissed the reasons with a flick of his fingers and tears out a new page from his scetchpad. ]

One in English and one in Japanese?

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

I suppose you're right.

And yes, since it seems the most common languages spoken here are English and Japanese, that should be sufficient enough.

If you... ah, would prefer to write the Japanese one out in kana, that's fine. I'll rewrite it as kanji later.

[singsingbluesilver]

Okay.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Ryuichi. I really appreciate it.

[singsingbluesilver]

It's not that much of a problem. [ Because he wasn't going to whip up something really special for this. These people might become competition after all. ]

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

[He knew that it was silly for Ryuichi to come up with heart-stopping lyrics for something as unimportant as this, but that didn't mean it still wasn't extra work that Ryuichi was doing.]

Yes, but you could still be doing something else like coloring instead. It's nice of you to take the time to do this for me. ♪

[So, Tohma will be watching him with a patient, appreciative smile]

[singsingbluesilver]

Mm, but this is important too.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

...It is? I thought you didn't have much of an interest in music anymore.

[singsingbluesilver]

Oh, no, that's not why I left.

[blameshimself.livejournal.com]

Then... Why did you leave, Ryuichi?