An Unexpected Meeting

"SORA-sama!! I'm in love with your voice!! Please marry me!!!"


I leaned back on my chair taking a small bite out of an apple slice. "I don't understand why you're so in love with him. His voice is good but you don't even know how he looks like."



Emi gave me a quick glare and crossed her arms. "Looks don't matter to me." I took another bite and smirked at her. "Sure it doesn't." Her frown deepened and she snatched my plate of apples. "Ah- hey! Those are my apples!" She gave me a snort and began munching on them. "Geez, I worked so hard on cutting them nicely too."


I'm Kanno Haruka, a ordinary girl who had just became a first year in high school. I'm an only child living with my father and my mother passed away not long after I turned four. And well... everything about me is average and... that's it. I'm just boringly normal. The girl laying next to me is my best friend Yoshida Emi. Ever since I've known Emi, she's always had weak body so she is almost never seen at school. But Emi has always been very smart and fast at learning so she's able to graduate to the next grade even if she doesn't appear at school. Oh, Emi's parents also own this huge hospital she's staying in. So she is a rich princess.



Because she's stuck in this bed most of the time, she's gotten herself addicted to manga and became a hardcore otaku soon after. Everyday she tells me her dreams of meeting her imaginary prince charming who will save her from this hospital room and they'll live happily ever after. It's pretty funny imagining it happen though.



"Hey, hey! Listen to this!! This is a snippet of SORA's new song! It's just one minute but I'm already in love with the new song!! It's supposed to come out two weeks from now but I can listen to it a few days earlier!"


Gosh, she's so in love with him she's willing to pay so much to become a premium member. I watched Emi as she was trying to sing along with her beloved SORA.



Let me explain. Almost a year back, Emi discovered an app called "MuiMe." It's a place for people who enjoy music. You can post up your covers of songs, upload your own songs, sing your own songs, post your own music and more on that app. Shortly after Emi found the app, it suddenly became so popular. She told me you could actually build up a career from this app. The creators will pay you for your popularity. The more popular you are, the more money you'll get. And there's also a possibility you could actually get picked up by a music entertainment.



While exploring that app, Emi quickly found SORA. One of the most popular singers ranked at number 1 almost every week. She fell in love with his voice and unsurprisingly, she became a hardcore fan of his. But unlike the others who post up with their faces showing, this SORA doesn't show his face at all in any of his posts or live. I assume it's for privacy reason and probably to attract people like Emi to it. He would be so much more popular if he had shown his face though.



I sighed with a small shrug and began packing my stuff. "Oh, you're leaving quite early today." I quickly glanced at her and then back my things. "Yeah, I forgot a textbook at school so I need to go get it. There's also a market sale today so if I don't want to miss it I need to leave now."



"I see. It must be rough for you." I gave another shrug after putting my bag around my shoulder. "It really is." She waved at me as I walked out the door. "I'm tired of healthy food so buy me more doughnuts next time kay!" I turned with a small frown before closing the door. "As if I could do that." I'll be in trouble if your parents found out I've been secretly buying you sweets.



I left the hospital and began heading towards my school. The school wasn't far from the hospital Emi was staying in so it didn't take long before I had arrived there.



When I had arrived many students were already leaving school from their club activities.


"Hey, did you hear SORA's new song?! I'm so excited for the full version! Yeah, me too! I'm so in love with his voice! His voice sounds like a prince type of voice! I wonder if he'll ever reveal his face? His voice is so lovely, I'm sure his face is as well."


I watched the group of girls pass by as they continued laughing and chatting. Woah, Emi would fit right in if she were to attend school now. That SORA guy sure is getting more popular though. "Oh, I better hurry as well or I'll miss the sale." I spoke to myself as I approached the school gates. I began speed walking into the building and towards my classroom.


"Here it is." I said pulling the book out from under my desk.



*muffled noise from outside the classroom*



"What's that noise?" There was a sound from outside the classroom. "It's coming from the hallway. Is there still another student here?" When I came in, the school looked almost empty. I put the book in my bag and walked out of the classroom. Well, whether there is still someone here or not has nothing to do with me.



As I continued to walk down the empty hall, the sound became clearer and clearer. It was the sound of a guitar and a piano. I stopped in front of the door where the sound was coming from and looked up. "1-E." Three classes away from mine.



"Who's there?"


The sudden call made me ducked down without thinking.


Wait, why am I kneeling down? I was about to get up when the door suddenly slide open.


"You there. What are you doing?"



It was a voice of a guy who sound really upset for some reason. I slowly turned towards the person behind the door. There stood a good looking male student who was glaring down at me with a disgusted look.



I quickly stood up with an arm behind my head trying to find the right words to explain myself. "Eh- um, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-" before I could finish, I felt a tug on my other arm causing me to fall forward towards this guy in front of me. He let go of my arm and wrapped me in his chest.



W-WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING?!?!


Unable to grasp my current situation, my body tensed up and froze into a block leaning against him. He quickly pushed me back with both hands on my shoulder. His face twisted into a even worse expression of annoyance and disgust. But he swallowed back his anger and began speaking. "Are you happy now? Ms. Stalker."


Ms. Stalker?! Is he referring to me? What is this guy talking about? Or rather, who the heck is this guy?!

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