Walking amongst the people was Katagawa Rika, a short girl on her 20s. Her hoodie covered most of her flamboyant hairstyle of blonde-base with pink highlights on the right. Each steps that she made were following the tempo that she listened through her earphones.
[ "Dare mo kizutsuketakunai to omotta no ni...~" ]
She softly whispered and hummed to the song, and as busy the famous Shibuya cross was, nobody cared about her singing - whether it's good, or bad. They were busy with their own schedules - some of them even did the same as Rika did - popping in their own favorite tunes into their ears. It's as if the visuals don't matter to them, while they lived in their own music world of their own choices.
She skipped through the mass of people, and as she crossed the road... she became a little bit impatient. As the tune changed, her expressions changed too. From a blank faced that she had previously, she's now having a beaming smile on her face.
[ "Mezameta kono nankahen no seeeeeekai e~" ]
She screamed out the first phrase of the changed tune, as a few walkers DID noticed her, and shot an eye towards her. However, most of them still didn't care. Rika's eyesights weren't bad, therefore she noticed those people...
But she didn't care.
She has confidence about her own talents.
Once again, her steps followed the upbeat tune, and moved hastily across the many buildings. As she reached a grayish apartment, she stopped. Grinning once again, she hopping her way towards the 2nd floor - without panting - and danced towards the purplish door.
"I'm back~"
She exclaimed as she opened the door wide, taking off the plugs from her ears.
"Hmm? Oh, welcome back."
The one who responded was an elegant lady in long black hair - common for most Japanese ladies. She's typing on the keyboard frantically as her eyes did not leave her laptop screen. Her name is Minamoto Tsubomi, the other occupant of this unit.
"Whatchu writing?" Rika hopped across after she taken off her sports shoes, and looked into the screen from behind the black haired lady. In the laptop screen, unlike usual words when one typed onto the keyboards...
They're filled with musical notes.
"Mmm... Another song... I need to hand them in by tomorrow."
She replied after a slight pause in between, while her fingers didn't stop. After she finished a phrase though, she stopped. Her head dropped backwards while she sighed, resting them on the other girl's shoulder.
"You wanna listen?"
"Sure!"
Thus both girls smiled at each other, before linking the laptop towards the mobile speakers in front of them. With a press on the spacebar, the music started to play. The start was haunting, yet beautiful. The strings accompanied the vocals as they soon reached the climax where the drums came in...
...and then Rika frowned.
"Uh, Tsu-chan, I... don't think that's a good idea."
"...sigh. I know that. That's why you're here, right?" The black haired lady grinned back at her housemate. "You're the drummer, so you should know that."
"Eh, I've already long stopped practicing on 'em... but sure, I gotcha," Rika scratched her hair sheepishly, while sitting down next to Tsubomi. She took the laptop over, and started to alter the drums part. Tsubomi said nothing, and just looked at Rika. Her face seemed to be blank, but there was no hint of worry in there. "There, that should do it."
She played it once more, and this time... both of them smiled.
"It's nice that I have a drummer friend. I don't need to work so hard on this myself," Tsubomi sighed in relieve, stretching her arms for a bit.
"Heh, remember to pay me my share! And tonight's dinner's your turn!" Rika beamed back at her, poking at her housemate's arm.
"Yeah, yeah... cabbages, right?"
"Yes!"
And that, was the daily life of the two musicians.
Two great friends.
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