Harmonic Cantata By Maya (sasuke2itachi3)

• Title: Harmonic Cantata
• Pairing: Tsukimori Len x Hino Kahoko (main pairing), tad bit of Other Corda Characters x Kahoko
• Rating: ??
• Summary: -
• Disclaimer: La Corda D'Oro and characters are copyrighted to their rightful owners. :P

"You're the worst."

Those words; they repeated over and over in my head. I know, I'm the worst. I know I've cheated. I know. I thought things couldn't get any worse.. that's when I found out that in stories like these, the plot never reaches its climax, it's only crescendos.. towards discordance.

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Chapter 1

Hino Kahoko carried her red violin case as she ran further away from the school. Tsukimori had found out about her magical violin, and he had asked her to leave, following with the words "You're the worst." So far, Tsukimori had been the only one who foreshadowed the whole "magical-violin" thing out. He had kept quiet only until he had evidence of the fact that his "friend" had a magical-violin.

Tsukimori wasn't the type to believe in fantasy, neither was he the type to believe in love. He had to believe it all when he discovered that Hino had some sort of a magical violin. The truth had hurt him, the fact that Hino had deceived him and the others; making them think she was some sort of prodigy hurt him. The substantiality of it all hurt him. The distressed feeling of it all annoyed him. He had never felt this way, especially towards a girl, especially towards a friend. A friend he had just destroyed.

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Hino walked to school, carrying her violin like usual. She felt depressed, and she felt so convicted.

"Kaho-chan!"

The calls of her friends were ignored, as she walked solemnly to the gates of the school.

"Hino-chan!"

She walked passed Hihara-sempai, and passed the tree branch, and passed Tsukimori without saying a word, nor looking back. However, Tsukimori did notice. He noticed the unusual quietness in the girl. He noticed her eyes. He noticed her slumped figure. He noticed everything. Though, he continued to avoid her. He didn't want anything to do with her anymore. It was not his business, and his business was not hers.

"What do you think happened to her?" Hihara walked up to Tsukimori.

"It's not my business." Tsukimori answered angrily as he walked into the building.

"What's with everyone today?"

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During lunch break, Hino walked up the stairs to the rooftop like always. She opened the door slowly, hoping to find no one there, but god had been cruel to her. Yunoki had been practicing.

"Hino-san?"
Hino quickly shifted gears as she was too familiar with this scene. She knew that "dark" Yunoki would be in front of her in the matter of seconds.
"Hino-san?"
"Sorry." Hino looked to her own feet. "A lot of stuff has been on my mind lately."
"So I've heard," Yunoki smiled. "From Hihara. He saw you this morning."
"Oh."
"Yes. Would you like to talk about it? I'm willing to listen to the complaints of a stupid girl like you."
"You're right.. I am stupid I don't want to burden you with my problems." Hino answered quickly.

It was her problem, and her problem alone. She didn't want anyone else to find out. Especially Yunoki. Yunoki frowned. Hino would usually smile and argue back. She wouldn't just accept everything.

"Is anything wrong, Hino-san?"

"No. It's fine." Hino stood up and left the rooftop, leaving Yunoki to dwell upon the whole situation.

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"Hihara-sempai. Nothing is wrong with me. Will you please excuse me so I can get back to practicing?" Tsukimori let out an exasperated sigh.
"It's my business."
"Oi. Tsukimori, he's just trying to help." Tsuchiura interjected.
"This doesn't concern either of you."
"But, Tsukimori-kun! Hino-chan's been acting weird, and so have you! Did something happen?" Hihara complained.

Tsuchiura raised an eyebrow. "Hino?" Hihara nodded. "Hino-chan completely ignored my call this morning, and she looked really depressed."
"It doesn't concern me!" Tsukimori angrily replied.
"Chill out. It's not like we're saying it's your fault." Tsuchiura remarked.
"Hn. I'm going to practice." Tsukimori put his hand on the handle of the door and walked inside.
"See? I told you he's been acting weird!"
"He seems no different than usual..."

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Tsukimori set his violin case on top of the piano. He unlocked the case, and took out his violin.

"It doesn't concern me." He whispered silently to himself. "Magic."

He recalled the events from yesterday. The day when he found out that Hino's adroitness to play the violin was fake. He knew that no beginner could play as well as her. He knew. He knew that her symphonious tune was impossible. He knew no one in the right mind could make a tune such heartwarming as hers.

He knew that those tender-hearted resonance won't last forever. He brought his violin to his shoulder, and his chin to his chin-rest. He tightened his bow, and placed the horse hair on top of the strings. Once he pulls the bow across them, he'll be free. Free from substantiality. Free from all the infuriation inside of him.

Free. He'll be too embroiled with his own music to think about anything else other than to play the notes in front of him. The notes that make up a word, a word that make up a sentence, a sentence that make up a message, a message that he wants to deliver to Hino.

Chopin Waltz A Minor

Tsukimori sighed and put his violin down onto the piano. Nothing seemed right anymore. He can't concentrate, he can't do anything. He wants to forget.

"No."

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Hino sat down sadly onto the floors of the music room. She looked out the same windows where she first saw Tsukimori play Ave Maria. Almost everything reminded her of Tsukimori. She stood up and placed her violin onto her shoulder. She's going to play. She's going to play for the last time on this magical violin.

She decided, she's not going to rely on the magic violin anymore. She's going to have confidence. Confidence in her capability in music and her hope. Hino put her bow onto the strings, starting from the A, she started to play the piece that she first played on the violin, and now, her last.

"Ave Maria," Lili whispered and smiled. "That violin is yours, Hino Kahoko. I'm sure you will take good care of it."

Hino continued playing. She didn't want to stop. She loved the violin. She loved Tsukimori.

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Tsukimori walked through the music halls. He followed the melody, the tune almost felt familiar, only that there was far more feeling into it. Tsukimori felt sadness, regret, and the sounds of some substantial entity departing.

He walked closer to the room; when he looked inside, he saw Hino. He stared at her for a few good minutes, only to realize that she's dispirited. Her playing was getting terrible by the second. The incantation of her violin is departing. Tsukimori turned around and put his back to the wall.

"Tsukimori-kun." Hino whispered. "TSUKIMORI-KUN!" Hino cried. She knew he was there. She knew he was right outside of the room. She knew it all right. She couldn't turn around. She didn't want to. She didn't want to risk being hurt again.

"Tsukimori-kun." Hino fell to the ground, dropping her violin.

Tsukimori swiftly turned, staring at the cause of the noise. "Aren't those fingers the fingers you play the violin with?"

Hino stood up and opened the door, and ignored Tsukimori who was just standing there. Hino left her violin on the floor and left the building. "I never knew violins sounded like this!"

Tsukimori grimaced. He went inside the room and picked up the violin. "Your violin, it sounds so innocent."

Hino was a few steps ahead of him. He quietly traced her from behind. Tsukimori looked to his own feet as he walked. He didn't want to look at Hino. He carried her broken violin with him, hoping that he would elicit the courage to walk up to her; like old times. He looked up to see that Hino wasn't right in front of him. He looked to the right to see that she was-

"HINO!"

End of Chapter 1

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