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"AIKO!" Riko shouted, as she held onto her arms tightly, making Aiko unable to move. "You didn't told me you know how to play the piano!"

Aiko sheepishly giggled, as she faced up towards Riko. "I'm sorry, but that's the reason I've came here," Aiko explained, as she looked at Riko. Riko slowly let go of the grip, and grabbed onto Aiko's wrist, "We have so much to say, but it's lesson for now!"

Yuto and Ryousuke looked at each other, before they walked up to Chinen. "Chinen," Ryousuke called out. Chinen turned around, and looked at both of them. "Yo, what's up? Aren't you guys having lessons now?" Chinen asked as he stood up, and pushed the piano chair in. "Someone from my class heard your piano and came out to play along with yours. Did you heard it?" Yuto asked, inching his face nearer to Chinen. Chinen nodded his head, "Yea, the notes was perfect," Chinen replied, as he took his notes down from the stand.

"You didn't come for class again," Ryousuke mentioned, making Chinen's eyes widened. "Anyway the teacher didn't came to look for me, so..." Chinen finally close the cover. "who cares, right?" he replied, as he walked out of the classroom. Ryousuke suddenly shouted, "Stop running away! You'll never be able to get on life if you continue like this, Chinen!"

"Shut up, Yamada. You don't know anything about me," Chinen retorted, before he walked off.

Yuto patted Ryousuke's head. "Yama-chan, leave him alone. He'll get it over soon..."

"I hope so," Ryousuke mumbled, before both of them turned and walked back to their own classroom.

"Okay, so, you came into this school through your teacher's grade piano skills?" Riko slowly repeated what Aiko had told her about her reasons for coming here. Riko nodded her head, "I came here by my dancing! I wanted to learn more on dancing, so i came here,"

Aiko nodded her head, and she smiled. Riko stood up, and said, "I'm going to this practice this afternoon, want to come?" Aiko was more than happy to.

Riko and Aiko walked to a building, and Riko have brought Aiko in. Aiko was speculated by the furnitures and the aisle that were decorated with the frames, and other kind of embellishments. Once they reach the second level, Riko brought Aiko into the rehearsal room. Although it was not very big, the space was more than ample for Riko to practice her dance.

"What are you practicing for?" Aiko questioned, as she settled down onto the chair. "Hmm, I'm probably going for audition. The Tokyo Audition," she said, as she placed her bag down onto the floor. Aiko widened her mouth and look at Riko, "I'm going into that too! There's the Arts and Culture!"

Both of them giggled, before Riko have went over to the player, and press the play button. Aiko stopped talking, and fixed her eyes on Riko. Riko lifted her legs, and she turned herself around. The dance she was dancing was a mixture of ballerina, waltz, and slight cha-cha. The dancing was perfectly smooth, gentle, and strong. It showed all the emotions of Riko- anticipation.

"I'll definitely make it back there, believe me," Riko whispered, as she bended her back down. Aiko looked at Riko, and smiled. Somehow, it had motivated her to work even better. "I'm going back, wait for me,"

"Yuyan!" Chinen shouted, as he rushed into his embrace. "Chii, good work today," Takaki said, as he patted the younger's boy head. Chinen looked at the older boy. His face was getting slimmer, and his eyes looks pale white. His hand were getting colder every day, and he looked like he was about to leave him anytime. Chinen shake his head, and slowly helped Takaki. "Yuyan, I'll do my best, for your sake," Chinen whispered, which made Takaki looked at him.

"Chii, I believe you'll become the world's finest pianist," Takaki muttered, sliding his hand around Chinen's waist, before he started to cough again.

Back in Singapore...
"No, wait, I can't accept you, not when you're with..." the girl muttered softly, as he looked up at the guy in front of her. "Why not? You know you love me too..." the guy whispered. 


"But this is wrong.. and your necklace.." the girl replied again, her eyes filled with sorrowness. The guy immediately placed his both hands from his neck, and took out the necklace, throwing it aside. "Now, you believe me?" 


The girl looked away, and this made the guy to placed his fingers on her chin. "You're the only one now, believe me," 


Their lips connected. 

Aiko held onto the necklace around her neck, and smiled sweetly. She know that back in Singapore- her own country, her precious person is waiting for her patiently, and she believed him.

Chinen clenched his fingers, and he placed Takaki's fringe to the side. "Yuyan, don't leave me, alright?"