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npc contact.2
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It's because of this song's lyrics he chose it to sing, but in the wake of ... today ... it's embarrassing rather than sweet and romantic and he's going to clear his throat, turning on the piano seat to face her. )
Red suits YOU, Little Wolf.
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No better than it suits you.
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( ... )
Also, red is my image coLOR, so I'd hope it actually suits me quite WELL.
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I'm always serious.
[ to a fault, with everyone. Even though that was a kneejerk retort than a sincere complement. ]
You would look nice in black. Too much red stands out... it gets loud and annoying.
[ Too much, all the time, I googled his cards and he really is just flashy reds and purples and blues, he's too much ]
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...I do prefer darker colORS, so I'll conCEDE. ( your local goth tiktok eboy. ) Did you enjoy the perforMANCE?
( please. )
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Yes.
[ Begrudgingly, and wishing she could just leave it at that. ]
I wasn't expecting you to sing.
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I have an audiENCE, don't I? ( an audience of one, but an audience nonetheless. ) ...Besides, singing is one of the tools of an idol's TRADE. It's only natural for me to perform like this--though admittedLY, I'm used to a little more moveMENT.
( But it's hard to dance, and he wanted to play it for her; he thought she'd like that a lot more than the squeak of sneakers on the floor and the potential of her poor piano getting hit. )
I thought you'd be more surprised by my playing piano anyWAY.
( He knows he's inquired her about teaching, but he'd said, back then, it wasn't really his interest.
...Technically it still isn't, but he can do it, so whatever. )
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[ She has high expectations for him, which is good and bad. Skill in piano is a given, but singing on top of playing is a skill, like how I can daydream entire worlds while sightreading at the piano but the moment I open my mouth my brain stops and my fingers stop, idk if this is a thing ]
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...No, I supposed I wouldN'T.
( He has an image to keep up, after all. )
Multitasking isn't HARD. ( ... ) I can show you HOW, if you'd LIKE.
( There's not much to show, but he's scooting over on the bench for if she wants to sit next to him anyway. Really, you just master each separately and slowly bring them together--it isn't as if he was born knowing how to sing and dance at the same time either, and dancing is twice as taxing as running his hands over some keys. )
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You'll just want to start off with a song that's easy for you to play and for you to SING. Like... ( ... ) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. That's one most children start ON. It's really just a matter of getting used to IT.
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Do you know the four hand variation?
[ That link but up to just before the first minute bc then it gets all Mozarty. My piano teacher played accompaniment when I first started learning and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was indeed the song I started on and I was so charmed when we did the hand crossing part. ]
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Well... It's been a little WHILE, but it'll come back to ME.
( ... )
Do you want me to sing with you TOO?
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Not necessary. I'll be carrying the main melody, so take your time remembering.
[ What was that one song you chose for Maya's voice, she sounds like that, soft of quiet and playing the lullaby as if a certain twin brother were in the room and who wants to sleep but she wants to stay up and play piano and this was their compromise. ]
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Natsume starts when she does but slows when she really does sing, a little surprised at the sound despite the fact that was the point of this and it's only a simple children's song, but he'll find his way to playing with her. Really, her voice suits her, although there are things he unconsciously picks up on that she could improve on...
That's just his training, though, and what a leader of a unit that started off in the shadows has to know. Tsumugi had been a help, of course, but Sora'd been completely new to the whole idol thing, though he had such a wonderful sound and life to him anyway that solidified him day one as Switch's "secret weapon" for writing a happy sequel to a bittersweet story.
It isn't as quick of picking it back up as he'd like, but it's been a while since he performed with anyone for any reason at all; matching someone else's pace is difficult, but he makes an effort, and his efforts bear fruit enough that he isn't going to accidentally knock their hands together and ruin their duet.
...Anything else is incidental and necessary, given their closeness, and the crossing of their hands. He'd forgotten this song included this when you played in a duet; and if she knew, then why ask him to play with her? He would've been happy just listening...
He focuses back on playing to the end before he can miss too many notes overthinking things he shouldn't be putting too much stock into, anyway. It probably just would've been weird if he'd sat next to her and watched her play. Reasonable. )
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reasons why Natsume isn't allowed to sing with her
At least it's a short piece, regardless, and with the last lingering note Maya lifts her hands off the keyboard and rests them on her lap. It's a very poised motion. My piano teacher made me practice this because it's important or something. ]
...How was it?
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( But this was only a short piece, so of course it wasn't.
... )
You should be a little louder though; your voice'll get lost in the music otherWISE, and we're the only two people HERE. It's a shame not to sing from the HEART.
( and as funny as it would be to invite natsume's stalkers to crash the thread we are not doing that so )
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[ She wouldn't call it a heartfelt song, not one a person would typically belt out at the top of their lungs anyways. ]
There's no need to sing louder when we're the only two people here.
[ Because they're at school and there are students who live here at school, a fact she is suddenly very conscious about. ]
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( Someone's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star might be the thing that saves them...... wouldn't be him but maybe someone. )
...So you should sing it like it's special to you TOO.
( But that sounds kind of too idol-like for her, he guesses, and he raises his hands to start on another piece. It's a little rude to reach in front of someone but he feels like she'd like it more than the alternative, which is reaching around her; she'd consider him too close then.
He won't sing this one, because I can't bust out another quality translation right now and I don't trust the one on the wiki, but it sounds nice enough on its own. )
Do you have one like THAT? Though honestLY, ( a sly smile, ) I hope it's been replaced by the one I sung for YOU...♪
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I don't, and it hasn't.
[ The song makes her want to walk of a cliff, it's special in that sort of way. ]
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Well, if you never had one in the first PLACE, then of course it couldn't replace IT... ( ... ) It's just become your deFAULT.
( ...♪ He's enjoying himself, sorry Maya. Really, they should probably get to the lunch portion of their day soon, but he likes sitting next to her, even if he has to turn to actually see her. )
...You're nice to play with, by the WAY. ( he has few people to compare it to, and he might be a little biased, but, well. ) Are you dramatically opposed to playing together again someTIME?
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Not dramatically. [ Just normal amounts of opposed ] I don't know many duets, on the account of not having a partner, and I prefer having full control over the entire keyboard.
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