Seven Zephers

[soccerwhisperer]

[as you flip through, there's suddenly a messy stroke of really wet ink on the page of the journal, then the sound of someone picking it up and shaking it a little, making the ink run]

...Whoops. Maybe I shouldn't practice on the desk.

[and then he stupidly rubs it in hopes of getting it to dry faster, smearing ink all over the place]

Comments

[soccerwhisperer]

So... Have you ever played an instrument?

[siebter]

I play the piano!

[soccerwhisperer]

The piano huh? It's so big, it always scared me to go near... [This Tenma's more afraid of it falling on him than him playing it wrong, to be honest]

[siebter]

But pianos aren't scary at all!

[soccerwhisperer]

But they're really big and tall... What if it fell over?

[siebter]

I don't think it would...it never happened to me, after all.

[soccerwhisperer]

I... I guess if it was one of the really big grand pianos and not the ones they have for classrooms...

[siebter]

The one here is really big! You should try it so you're not afraid.

[soccerwhisperer]

Y--Yeah... D--Do you want to do that now?

[siebter]

Sure! It could be fun!

[soccerwhisperer]

I'll meet you in the music room then...!

[siebter]

Okay! I'll be there soon!

[soccerwhisperer]

[A hop, skip, and a time jump away]

H--Hey Emil!

[siebter]

Hello!

[ Lookin' all happy. ]

[soccerwhisperer]

So what do you know how to play?

[siebter]

I can play a lot of songs, if I've heard them enough...

[soccerwhisperer]

That's cool! I wouldn't mind hearing your favorite.

[siebter]

Really? Okay!

[ Makes his way over to the big piano, then! ]

[soccerwhisperer]

[he quickly helps guide Emil over to sit on the bench]

[siebter]

Hehe, thanks.

[ Friends are good at helping, aw.

And now that he's sitting, he'll start to play. ]

[soccerwhisperer]

[he'll sit next to him and watch his hands play]

[siebter]

[ It's a happy kind of tune, and he definitely seems to know it well. ]

[soccerwhisperer]

[it eases his mind as he watches, but not entirely paying attention]

[siebter]

[ That's okay, it's just music, after all. ]

[soccerwhisperer]

[he waits until the end to praise him]

Wow, you're really good!