Ren Sato's Story

Ren walked into the school grounds ‘Back at Akemi High once again’ He looked up into the sky ’I wonder if anything special will happen this year, or if it’s going to be the exact same thing as the last couple of years’ He thought while walking fully packed with five different bags on him. It looked like someone had attached at least two of them to his body with glue. The four of the bags wasn’t the usual bags of clothes that most of the students arrived with; they were all instrument bags or cases. Throughout his years on Akemi High, each summer he had taken a job and worked to be able to buy a new instrument, which he used all of his remaining time learning to play, in order to make music to his two little sisters. This summer he had bought the fourth instrument; a keytar. Now he had an el-bass, a violin, a cello and the new keytar. The last bag he was wearing was the one filled with all of his clothes and personal belongings. It seemed like a rather hard job walking with all those bags and cases. Especially because of the el-bass and the cello, but he somehow managed to get to the school with everything.

’I wonder which dome I’m going to sleep in this year’ Ren hadn’t used time to open the envelope from the school before he needed to go. Actually he liked surprises and used all of his might to get as many as he could through his life. It was what he would call the spice in his life. While Ren was thinking he saw a person seeming quite lost in the middle of the huge hallway placed right after the entrance to the school grounds. “Yo bro, seems like you could use a hand yeah?” Ren put down the two bags he had in his hands. “If you are looking for the boys dorms you just need to walk down this hallway until you are able to get outside again then you arrive at this huge park-like area. Then you’ll just have to turn left when you get to a crossroad, it leads directly to the boys dorms.” Ren took his bags once again and started walking. “If you ever need anything, just come to the music club!” He shouted to the student when he was a bit away from him.

As Ren finally was at the crossroad, he had told the other student about, he put down his bags from his hands again and found the envelope that told him where he would stay this year ’I hope I will be staying with another musician this year’ He thought while opening the envelope. He read the paper once ’Erm… What?’ He read the paper twice ‘What the?’ He read the paper one last time and then fell to his knees. “THANK YOU GOD!” He shouted out with his hands in the air “I WILL NEVER DOUBT THOU EVER AGAIN!” With those words said he rose from the ground took his bags and walked at a rather fast speed.

’All those beautiful eyes looking at me… I’m in heaven’ He thought while walking inside the girl dorm he was supposed to stay in for the rest of the year. ’I wonder what kind of person I’m going to live with.’ He had a rather perverted smile on his lips ’Maybe a childish blond? A short tempered redhead? A cold brunette?’ He opened the door to his room ’So many opportunities.’ Ren did really like the opposite sex, but truly he would never go further than a small hit in the butt… Maybe a little lift in the skirt… But never further! He had become like this because everyone looked at him as if he was a player, so he gave them what they wanted, at least so that they thought he was a player. He put down all of the instruments in one of the corners of the room “This will officially be the music corner!” He said out loud and started unpacking his instruments putting them on stands. ’I wonder if I will ever be able to sleep while living here… At the boys dorm only very few lock their doors at night’ He had a hard time controlling his drool with those perverted thoughts. What would you expect? He is a boy at his best age… Youth.

Ren took one step back in order to see how the new music corner was beginning to look like, without noticing the door to the room opening. He felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Tomona standing right behind him, looking at him with eyes that didn’t like what they were seeing. ’Short haired brunette.’ Ren had seen the girl before, but didn’t know her name nor her personality. He took a fast look up and down at her ’Well made body, not too much not too little.’ He smiled at the girl “Name’s Ren.” He knelt down and took her hand “Can I ask what the beautiful girl in front of me is named?”

He noticed the headphones around Tomona’s neck ’I hope it isn’t pop she is listening to.’ Ren didn’t like the music the majority of the youth was listening to; he actually didn’t like anything about the majority of the youth. It was too plain, too simple and way too boring. Ren rose from his position. As he was standing the entire gentleman attitude, he had used to introduce himself with, disappeared “I can see you like music yeah? What kind of music are you listening to?”

Deep inside, Ren hoped that this girl didn’t trust the gossip around the school. Like the one saying he had been together with forty girls last year, or the one about him making two girls pregnant at the same time. He had no idea of how or who had said such things about him. He had never been in a relationship with a girl his entire life, and gossip like that had been good at keeping it that way. Life of a musician can surely be rough.

”Well yeah I like music, it’s my favorite hobby.” To Ren music wasn’t just a hobby, it was the only way he could express his true feelings. Happiness, sadness, beauty, fun, anger and pain just to mention some of the feelings he often used when writing and playing music. To him, he was the music. Not that playboy everyone though him to be. “I think one of my friends introduced me to that band some time ago… They’re some kind of soft J-Rock band right?” ’Not bad taste indeed, haven’t heard so much of that band but I like the way the Japanese play music.’

Ren walked to the door of their room, he could feel that he wasn’t very welcome in the room “Well it seems like we’re supposed to share room the rest of the year.” He had his back turned towards Tomona “Hopefully we’ll get along.” He turned his head towards Tomona and gave her a smile. “I’m going to the music club room; I have some things to do there before the day is gone.” He opened the door “Just knock on the door if you have anything you want to talk about… Bye bye.” And with those words said he vanished.

Ren was glad when he finally stood outside the door with the words music club. Even though he liked been looked at by all those girls, he wasn’t satisfied with the way they looked at him. He found the key he was given, by the previous music club “manager”, and opened the door. Ren stood still for a moment, and then he buried his hand in his pocket to get his cigarettes and a lighter. It was forbidden to smoke on the school grounds, but there wouldn’t arrive any teacher at this time in the music room. He lit the cigarette and looked at the grand piano placed in one of the corners of the room. The room was put into two sections. In one corner all the classic instruments like the piano, violin, viola and such and the other corner had the more usual band instruments; guitar, keyboard, bass and so on.

Ren walked over to one of the windows in the music room and opened it while forgetting to close the door behind him. ’Another start, another year… At least it seems like this year is going to be different.’ He walked to the piano and placed himself in the seat. ’I wonder if I can still play that song.’ He then opened the piano and began playing Kiss the Rain still with the cigarette in his mouth; the smoke coming from it waving towards the ceiling of the music room.

Ren stopped playing as he heard a familiar voice from the entrance to the music club. He took the cigarette in his mouth and threw it on the ground in a matter of seconds ending it with putting his left foot on top of it to be sure that it wasn’t lit. “Erm… Y-yeah it is a beautiful song right?” He laughed half hardly. Ren wouldn’t have thought that anyone would have come to the music club room this soon, especially not his new roommate, Tomona. He walked to the window he had opened earlier and closed it. “That song was actually my mother’s favorite song… I remember the first time I played it for my sisters.” He turned towards Tomona “They actually started crying. Hehe, they are so emotional you wouldn’t believe it.” He said with a nice smile on his lips.

He walked over to a CD player close to the entrance. “I am actually not that hungry right now… But listen, if you will give me the next dance I won’t just go together with you to the cafeteria…” He put on some simple classic music for a waltz “I will also pay the meal.” He walked closer to Tomona giving out his hand to her “But only if you’ll give me this next waltz.” Ren truly loved dancing but he didn’t think that Tomona would take his offer “Don’t worry it is easy, especially when I lead.” He smiled and blinked with his right eye.

Ren was actually quite hungry but just couldn’t let this chance of teasing his new roommate, go to waste. Though he would surely go together with her, even if she refused to give him a dance.

Ren hadn’t thought that Tomona would actually take his offer “Well if it’s like that milady I hope you have a good appetite.” Ren took her hand and turned around making her follow him to the middle of the room. The room was rather dark since no one had turned the lights on. “Okay your hand goes here” Ren took Tomona’s left hand and put it on his right shoulder “And my hand goes here.” Then he put his right hand around her waist. He could feel a little squeeze in his hand as he did that. “Take it easy, it’s just a dance… “ He said in a quiet tone “Now, one-two-three-one-two-th…” As he was about to say the last word before starting the dance he heard a scream and the door to the music club smack.

Ren looked over at the door and saw a little red haired girl that looked rather scared while holding the door. He returned his look at Tomona “Looks like the dance have been delayed for the moment, but thanks for it anyway.” Without really thinking about it he released his grip around her and walked to the girl that was just about to go out of the door, the music was still playing but it was rather quiet. “Everyone is allowed to be in the music club room” He said with a smile on his lips “Especially when it is a beautiful lady like yourself mademoiselle.” While talking he had come rather close to the girl and ended the sentence with a bow like a gentleman would have done it.

The door had now been opened once again and he saw the boy he had met earlier that day standing right outside “Well if it isn’t my bro!” He said with a loud voice “What makes you want to come to my humble chambers?”