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[Jan 20][Nodame Cantabile] Pinnacle of A Lifetime
Title: Pinnacle of A Lifetime
Day/ Theme: Jan 20 / Space chanson
Series: Nodame Cantible
Characters: Chiaki, Kuroki, Tanya, Frank
Rating: G
Words: 450
“I’m sorry. Nodame couldn’t make it after all.”
It had been a few years since he had married his irrepressible hentai. Their careers and schedules continued onward, often gunning at breakneck speed. It took a lot of work to coordinate their lives, but he supposed there were merits to being under the same management after all.
Elise was still a slave driver, particularly now that Maestro Stressemann has slowed down his traveling a bit. Since they worked the same circles, keeping in touch with Kuroki and Tanya had been manageable, though not as often as all parties would have liked. Lunch in an old hangout from the three’s Conservatoire days was an affair long scheduled, a chance intersection of free time for all.
“That Nodame,” sniffed the blonde, sipping at her glass of white to wash away her disappointment. “And who was it that was so excited she stayed up all night chatting online?”
“Megumi-chan is really busy isn’t, she?” Kuroki remarked. “Word on the street is that she’s been offered the job that will catapult her into legends. I was half-expecting you’d be with her.”
“Oh, yes, Yasu thought you were going to cancel, too.” Tanya bounced in her seat, barely able to contain her excitement. “So with whom are you performing? New York Phil? Philadelphia Phil?”
“Are you performing that piece she loved so much? That Ravel piece?”
“Rhapsody in Blue! You can totally beast at Gershwin.”
That idiot, Chiaki thought darkly. He had never thought she babbled those… memories to other people. A pact between them was just between them, repeated during cool evening walks, murmured over coffee, whispered at wee hours of the morning…
“Or a Rachmaninov piece that would suit your dark bits, Chiaki! I heard from your schoolmates when we visited Japan back then, that you and Nodame played it together all night in your old school. How scandalous! ♥”
Chiaki Shinichi didn’t have the heart to tell them that this job didn’t have anything to do with him whatsoever, and instead concentrated on decimating the pile of fries in front of him, brooding over his drink and abandonment. He didn’t have to say anything. As if on cue, Tanya’s cellphone rang, and when she answered, a familiar voice erupted in an indignant rant.
“I can’t believe that Nodame!” bemoaned Frank. “Why didn’t she tell me she was asked to write the opening song for the 10 year anniversary special of Puri Gorota? We could have collaborated! Why, ‘Dame?
“How can you do this to ME?!”
Chiaki would never admit it, but there was a little part of him that was relieved he wasn’t the only one feeling betrayed.
Pinnacle of a lifetime, indeed.
End.
22:37
01202011
Day/ Theme: Jan 20 / Space chanson
Series: Nodame Cantible
Characters: Chiaki, Kuroki, Tanya, Frank
Rating: G
Words: 450
“I’m sorry. Nodame couldn’t make it after all.”
It had been a few years since he had married his irrepressible hentai. Their careers and schedules continued onward, often gunning at breakneck speed. It took a lot of work to coordinate their lives, but he supposed there were merits to being under the same management after all.
Elise was still a slave driver, particularly now that Maestro Stressemann has slowed down his traveling a bit. Since they worked the same circles, keeping in touch with Kuroki and Tanya had been manageable, though not as often as all parties would have liked. Lunch in an old hangout from the three’s Conservatoire days was an affair long scheduled, a chance intersection of free time for all.
“That Nodame,” sniffed the blonde, sipping at her glass of white to wash away her disappointment. “And who was it that was so excited she stayed up all night chatting online?”
“Megumi-chan is really busy isn’t, she?” Kuroki remarked. “Word on the street is that she’s been offered the job that will catapult her into legends. I was half-expecting you’d be with her.”
“Oh, yes, Yasu thought you were going to cancel, too.” Tanya bounced in her seat, barely able to contain her excitement. “So with whom are you performing? New York Phil? Philadelphia Phil?”
“Are you performing that piece she loved so much? That Ravel piece?”
“Rhapsody in Blue! You can totally beast at Gershwin.”
That idiot, Chiaki thought darkly. He had never thought she babbled those… memories to other people. A pact between them was just between them, repeated during cool evening walks, murmured over coffee, whispered at wee hours of the morning…
“Or a Rachmaninov piece that would suit your dark bits, Chiaki! I heard from your schoolmates when we visited Japan back then, that you and Nodame played it together all night in your old school. How scandalous! ♥”
Chiaki Shinichi didn’t have the heart to tell them that this job didn’t have anything to do with him whatsoever, and instead concentrated on decimating the pile of fries in front of him, brooding over his drink and abandonment. He didn’t have to say anything. As if on cue, Tanya’s cellphone rang, and when she answered, a familiar voice erupted in an indignant rant.
“I can’t believe that Nodame!” bemoaned Frank. “Why didn’t she tell me she was asked to write the opening song for the 10 year anniversary special of Puri Gorota? We could have collaborated! Why, ‘Dame?
“How can you do this to ME?!”
Chiaki would never admit it, but there was a little part of him that was relieved he wasn’t the only one feeling betrayed.
Pinnacle of a lifetime, indeed.
End.
22:37
01202011