"TENTEN!" Sakura's voice echoed across the lobby cutting through the chatter of the other audience members and musicians that had gathered there. She was waving frantically at her friend before engulfing her in a massive hug. "You were so amazing! It was totally perfect!"
Truthfully Sakura couldn't believe that Tenten actually pulled it off. Sure, she was incredibly dedicated to her work (as was she), but this piece was incredibly difficult on the violin! The instrument it was made for and she went and flipped it all around and played it all on her cello?! Perfectly? "I can't believe how great it sounded! I barely recognized it at first and then my jaw just dropped! I thought the guy had gotten the song mixed up! Seriously! I almost CRIEDAnd then she pulled back to let her friend's actual family have a go and congratulate their little star! Tenten really had been doing all that worrying for nothing, and Sakura couldn't help but feel a little jealous of her friend's ability to be able to play so well on stage in front of so many
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Tenten returned her friend's hug with that still-elated vigor. The pallor of finishing that song had faded and been replaced with red cheeks. "I was so nervous, Sakura, you have no idea!" she admitted as her parents came up and surrounded her. Still, Sasuke had been right; the feeling always faded away to be replaced praise and congratulations after. If a musician said they didn't want those like air and light, they were lying.
One of her brothers took her cello from her, and replaced it with a bouquet of bright flowers. Tian and Jing were trying to critique her in one ear, her parents trying to praise her in the other and Henry was trying to blatantly not stare at Ino in her yellow, vintage dress. "One at a time, one at a time!" Tenten flailed and laughed. She didn't see Kiba, but hadn't expected him to return. Mildly, the current-cellist wondered if Naruto had made it, and shot down that train of thought.
She smiled widely, and tucked an inky curl behind her ear from the up-do it'd fallen from. "So I did okay?"
Ino had, of course, brought Tenten her own flowers because flowers were called for on such an occasion. A dozen long stemmed roses for her honey, her cellist, one of her best friends who was absolutely magnificent. She was having a rough time lately but didn't let it affect her work. Ino hoped her work ethic was half as good as Tenten's.
"Of course you were great," she said warmly, handing off her flowers to one of Tenten's brothers so that Tenten wouldn't drown. "Like we expected any less?"
The music was touching, the "brings tears to your eyes" kind of touching, the type that touched you deep down. It made memories flash before your eyes-- good, bad, happy, sad-- and that was the best type of music.
Tenten grinned, "You know I'd rather cut off a hand than disappoint." It was a relief to hear the words; that even though her brain had blanked out and her fingers had kept going, Tenten had still been able to touch the audience. Her cello instructor had said once that it was as intimate as lovemaking. If the player was too strong or forceful, it left a bad taste in the audience's mouth. Too soft, and the feeling of brevity (so like infidelity) was established. It had to be just right.
It was nice to see that she had understood it in practice and worked her way back to theory. "I kind of blanked out in the middle, I mean, I turned off the audience, so I'm glad it didn't suck."
"No, it sucked," Xi teased from behind Ino's flowers. He grunted when Tenten elbowed him in the gut.
"It was most magnificent!" a strong voice enthused as Lee detangled himself from Tenten's family, beaming in pride at his friend's achievement. Truthfully he didn't know a lot about the mechanics that went into creating music, not being a musician himself, but it had been plain to everybody in that audience that the young cellist had enormous talent. The way her delicate little fingers had slid and scampered over the strings, the precise control of her bow-work...it was nothing short of amazing, he felt. Even after seeing it, it was somewhat difficult to reconcile the sheer amount of noise one instrument could make, especially all the at the same time.
Then again, he expected nothing less of Tenten. Her dedication to her work was exemplary.
Still smiling in jaw-cracking fashion, Lee leant down to hug her - carefully, carefully, she was small and he didn't want to break her! - willfully ignorant of Mrs Hsiao's crow of delight at the action. "Truly amazing, Tenten
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Truthfully Sakura couldn't believe that Tenten actually pulled it off. Sure, she was incredibly dedicated to her work (as was she), but this piece was incredibly difficult on the violin! The instrument it was made for and she went and flipped it all around and played it all on her cello?! Perfectly? "I can't believe how great it sounded! I barely recognized it at first and then my jaw just dropped! I thought the guy had gotten the song mixed up! Seriously! I almost CRIEDAnd then she pulled back to let her friend's actual family have a go and congratulate their little star! Tenten really had been doing all that worrying for nothing, and Sakura couldn't help but feel a little jealous of her friend's ability to be able to play so well on stage in front of so many ( ... )
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One of her brothers took her cello from her, and replaced it with a bouquet of bright flowers. Tian and Jing were trying to critique her in one ear, her parents trying to praise her in the other and Henry was trying to blatantly not stare at Ino in her yellow, vintage dress. "One at a time, one at a time!" Tenten flailed and laughed. She didn't see Kiba, but hadn't expected him to return. Mildly, the current-cellist wondered if Naruto had made it, and shot down that train of thought.
She smiled widely, and tucked an inky curl behind her ear from the up-do it'd fallen from. "So I did okay?"
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"Of course you were great," she said warmly, handing off her flowers to one of Tenten's brothers so that Tenten wouldn't drown. "Like we expected any less?"
The music was touching, the "brings tears to your eyes" kind of touching, the type that touched you deep down. It made memories flash before your eyes-- good, bad, happy, sad-- and that was the best type of music.
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It was nice to see that she had understood it in practice and worked her way back to theory. "I kind of blanked out in the middle, I mean, I turned off the audience, so I'm glad it didn't suck."
"No, it sucked," Xi teased from behind Ino's flowers. He grunted when Tenten elbowed him in the gut.
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Then again, he expected nothing less of Tenten. Her dedication to her work was exemplary.
Still smiling in jaw-cracking fashion, Lee leant down to hug her - carefully, carefully, she was small and he didn't want to break her! - willfully ignorant of Mrs Hsiao's crow of delight at the action. "Truly amazing, Tenten ( ... )
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