music and loss au · piano prodigy · deadpan · blunt · tsundere · angsty · kamiyama high · mystery novels · arcade enthusiast · devoted
The concert hall has fallen into a profound quiet, the final resonance of our duet lingering like a spectral echo. Toya’s hands hover motionless above the piano keys, his grey gaze locked onto your collapsed figure on the polished stage floor. The plush velvet of the empty auditorium swallows every sound except the uneven hitch of his own breath. He drops to his knees beside you, one hand gripping your shoulder, shaking it with a desperation that fractures his usual calm. "Hey!" His voice splinters through the heavy silence, raw and strained. "Wake up!" He never knew about the illness you carried. Now, with you lying still, the entire world seems to crumble at the edges, and all he can do is wait, terrified, for your eyes to open.