5th July / Composing / PG / Closed

[meera]

Characters: Daisuke Kudo and Rie Hanazawa
Time: Morning session
Location: Music classroom

Rie stared down at the A4 paper and tried to make sense of what she was supposed to do. She could see writing, and guessed it was the next composition. It wasn’t like she’d spent the last fourty-five minutes staring out of the window and counting the birds that flew past instead of listening to the sensei instruct the class.

Naturally, all the class had split into their usual groups, not even batting an eyelash at the dazed teen as she looked around the room. Further ahead, one head of messy purple hair stood out completely. Rie smiled. One way or another, she knew she was going to end up with the boy. She picked up the paper and walked up to him from behind.

“Daisuke, lend me your ears~” she bumped her head lightly on his and grabbed for his shoulders, appearing slightly agonized.

[karina]

Despite popular belief, Daisuke loved going to class. Music was his passion so learning about it was something he loved to do. Dai sat in the back of the room, and because he was so tall the teacher would still be able to see him goofing off, so he was always concentrated on the lesson.

Today was no different, Daisuke listened intently on the teacher as he talked about the assignment: Pair up with someone and create a duet. It could be a cover of some song you already know, but you must put your own little twist on it.

As the class split up into groups, Daisuke sat in his chair tapping his eraser to his chin. It didn't really matter to him who he got paired up with, he would be happy with anyone, so instead of worrying he started thinking of what he could do with the assignment. He was toying with the idea of an original song vs a cover, weighing the pros and cons of each. Pros for original being that no one would copy them, cons were that it just seemed.. way too personal and a lot of hard work. A cover was simply easier, even if it was done before... they could make it the best. In the midst of his thinking he didn't notice the pink haired girl come up behind him.

"Daisuke, lend me your ears~" she said, grabbing his shoulders.

He smiled and turned around to look at her. Rie was a pretty girl, long pink hair and not to mention that she had a kick ass voice.. he would be honored to have her as a partner... if that's what she was implying anyway. "Only if you lend me yours~" he answered with a sing song tone. Rie and Dai were bound to end up as partners, pink hair, purple hair... they just...worked well together.

"So," Dai spoke, getting to business, "Original? Or Cover? I can't decide."

[meera]

Rie clapped her hands and grinned as the tall boy gave just the response she wanted to hear. "Of course~!" She knew he was an accomplished musician, being both dedicated and talented. Not to mention his individual personality always interested her. Maybe that influence was enough to keep her on task...

Pulling a chair from the closest table and shuffling forward, she smacked the document on the desk just as he questioned her. “Hmm, well a cover would be easier… Sure we’d get scored less for creativity, but we’ll make up for it in skill.” Rie winked and pointed to the list of requirements on the sheet. “What do you think, Dai?” she leaned forward in anticipation of her partner's opinion.

[karina]

He watched as she pulled up a chair.. and he actually felt...excited to finally be able to make a singer friend. Especially a girl, he hadn't really made any gal pals in aozora. Guys were his...forte but girls were nice to have around.

“Hmm, well a cover would be easier… Sure we’d get scored less for creativity, but we’ll make up for it in skill.”

He grinned, knowing that they were already going to get along, "You took the words right out of my mouth." And even though there have been multiple times where sensei had caught her day dreaming,Dai just knew that Rie was dedicated, and he knew that if she focused they could make an amazing cover that would blow all of the original songs out of the water. Maybe he was reading too much into her... but that's what he guessed about her anyway.

Dai looked at his partner and thought... what song could they cover that would blow everyone away?

[meera]

“I don’t know what song we could do… Is there anything you like?” Rie crossed her arms on the desk and rested her head on them, ready to give up already. Recently, the girl had been listening to a lot of forgeign music, mainly because of the internet’s influence. She wasn't sure Daisuke would approve though.

“Hmmm… “ Digging around in the pockets of her woolly cardigan, Rie picked out her iPod and pressed the play button, turning the device on. She scrolled through a selection of mixed songs, occasionally stopping to stare at certain tracks before she found the right one.

“How about this? Maybe we’ll get extra credit for picking something foreign…” Placing one of the earbuds in her partner’s ears, Rie bit her lip with uncertainty as the music started, the sound of an acoustic guitar evident in the introduction. 'Is he gonna' like it...?'

[karina]

“I don’t know what song we could do… Is there anything you like?”

Dai shrugged helplessly, resting his chin on his arms. He really had NO IDEA what they were going to do. He just couldn't concentrate, something was...off about today.

When Daisuke listened to the music flowing into his ear, he knew that would be their song. He couldn't explain how, but he just knew that it was that one. Smiling he nodded and took the headphone out of his ear, "I love this song, and I think we could do this. The possible harmonies for this track is kick-ass." Dai added enthusiastically.

The sound of scribbling came from Dai's space. and he was hard at work on his paper, trying to find a melody that melt people's hearts.

(dnfjknjkdcsn so short omg sorry)

[meera]

"I love this song, and I think we could do this. The possible harmonies for this track is kick-ass." Rie smiled at her friend's giddy response, thankful that they had the same taste.

By now, most of the students had moved out into the practise rooms, so the class was practically empty now. Rie walked to the guitar stands and brought one of the acoustics back to her seat. She wanted to get straight into the performance, how long had it been since she’d actually worked together with a friend like this! She rarely played instruments around people, but wanted to do the best this time; to match Daisuke's efforts.

Rie crossed her legs and held the guitar in place as she took a look at her partner's notes while he jotted them down in a rush, she watched his eyebrows furrow together. Such a hard worker~ Rie already had a hunch about the chord progression, but his alterations left her in awe. She started strumming the introduction of the song lightly and sang the lyrics to herself. She guessed that they would have to talk over harmonies later, since Dai’s voice was obviously lower than hers. Getting into the song now, she hoped that her friend would pick up on how she did things. Practise makes perfect, right?

(ooc: it's perfectly fine! lol, rie has matured around dai)

[karina]

Daisuke looked up from his scribbles to see his partner walking over to the guitar. It was nice to be a music student, you got to have any instrument you wanted within arms reach. As she began to play he turned his head, to hear her playing better. Rie was unsurprisingly amazing at the guitar, and a proud smile formed at the corner of his lips as she plucked the chords right from his head.

As she began to sing Dai hummed along, trying to find the right harmony for them. Their voices matched up well together and when he finally found the perfect harmony he sang along crossing his long legs on his chair and placing his hands on his lap. From the way they sounded... they had this in the bag.

Dai stopped singing when an idea popped into his head, two guitars. Standing up he rushed over to another acoustic and placed it in his lap. "I was thinking that maybe I could do some leads over those chords... I think it would sound awesome."