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[dutying]

[ A: mayfield high; open action. ]

[ During lunch, you might find a lone anti-social girl sitting by herself at a table. Not that she looks like it fazes her - in fact, she seems rather content just by herself. She's idly pricking her fork in her food, but not actually eating it yet. Instead she softly seems to be singing a song to herself, and..

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[ action: mayfield high. ]

[notalwystrthful]

[ Diana doesn't approach Minako directly until she's done with her song. She finds the melody to be a really peaceful one and feels at ease with it. When she's finished, she goes over to the table that Minako is at and gives her a slight smile. ]

What's the title, Minako?

[dutying]

[ She raises her gaze from the food she had been idly pricking at instead of eating at that. For a moment she seems slightly on guard, but.. well, then she sees it's Diana. (And not the horrible one from earlier, judging by the clothes.) So she visibly relaxes a little. ]

It's called 'Sayonara, Sweet Days'. ... Ah, 'sayonara' being 'farewell'.

[notalwystrthful]

[ She decides to sit down next to her friend and nods. ]

It's pretty.

[dutying]

Thanks. [ Her head dips a little as she nods. ]

I wrote it myself, almost right before I came to this place.

[notalwystrthful]

You're welcome.

[ She thinks about some kind of collaboration. Surely the piece can be written for play on a piano and with Minako's ability to sing... ]

Hey. I have an idea.

[dutying]

An idea?

[ She curiously glances over to the other girl, dropping her fork for now. ] About what?

[notalwystrthful]

What if I provide the music via a piano and you can practice your singing? That way, we're a duo instead of going at it solo.

[ Well, she's trying this newfangled friendship thing, at least. ]

[dutying]

[ O-oh, friendship.. Metaphorically slowly reaching out.. ]

A duo, huh.. I'm not really used to working together with someone else, but it might be a little fun. [ yes, she actually said that. It's a miracle. ] And I know you're rather good.

[notalwystrthful]

[ Yeah, that mystical and magical thing. ]

Neither am I, but I figured that since I really can't sing, perhaps it'll be something fun for the both of us. [ gasp. she said it too! ]

And thank you. It means a lot.

[dutying]

[ Miracles happening all over this thread. ]

I wouldn't mind. I have more songs beside that one from home too.. I made a few albums, so I have a few albums' worth of songs.

[notalwystrthful]

[ Aww, yeah. ]

What kind of songs are they?

[dutying]

Well, just the regular J-pop songs and all, mostly peppy songs, I guess. The one I was singing just now is actually a little more sad than the others.

[notalwystrthful]

There's nothing wrong with changing the tone a bit.

[dutying]

The one I was singing just now was actually more truthful than the others I've sung.. Even though I didn't mind those at all either, they were nice to sing. And it seemed people liked them.

[notalwystrthful]

Personally, I think that doing stuff that makes you happy or feel good is better than trying to appease someone else.

[ She pauses and gives a little bit of an awkward smile. ]

I kind of have firsthand experience with that, so... yeah.

[dutying]

[ She quietly thinks about it for a moment, but then she shakes her head a little.. with a tiny smile. ]

No, it made me a little happy too to see them all so happy just because of my songs. I thought that part of me wasn't good for anything, that only what I was fighting for was important, but.. if I made people happy, then there was some merit in being 'Aino Minako'. That's what I was glad for.