Arriving in the living room, Luan is tidying up his violin, cleaning and tuning it after a while, he seems quite focused, until Mary interrupts him and speaks loudly:
"What are you doing here? We have properly organized schedules, and you can't just mark your name without telling me, because I'm in charge of this Room!"
Luan calmly finishes cleaning and tuning his violin, gives a slight sigh, then smiles and says:
"I'm sorry, I didn't think 30 minutes would make such a difference, I thought the room was for the use of all the students, it was my mistake, I should ask the owner of the room for permission, right?"
Mary frowns, visibly even more annoyed, she didn't expect him to respond in such a way, and tries to retort:
"What? Owner of the room?"
Luan notices that there are three other people with her, they are probably her friends, he waves to them to say hello, the girls think Luan is nice and end up greeting him back, Lena seems to be delighted with what she is seeing, you can see a little heart in her eyes, the other two friends Katty and Bia, notice and laugh at Lena, in her passionate trance, she immediately says:
"Mary, it's only 30 minutes, he really can use the Music Room whenever he likes."
Mary looks at Lena in surprise, she expected Lena to be on her side, not the new boy's, she tries to calm down, then says:
"Okay, since I seem to be the witch of the story here, play your violin for us to hear, if you're good, I'll let you use the music room, no need to book!
Luan looks at the clock in the room, it took him 5 minutes to clean and tune his violin, with another 10 minutes wasted on this discussion, there are only 15 minutes left, he nods in the affirmative, that he understands, he gives a slight smile, he likes to be challenged, but he's heard about Mary's fame and how good she is with her violin, but he doesn't let that put him off, he promptly adjusts his position and his violin, resting it on his shoulder and chin, he fixes his right hand with the stick, and before playing he smiles and says:
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"Okay, challenge accepted, but I expect you to keep your word."
He then takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and tries not to think about how long he hasn't been practicing. He just relaxes and plays something short and with a deep melody, a song he has written, but which he hasn't finished. He decides not to play a classic, he feels he needs to finish composing his song, but it's incomplete, because Luan feels there's something missing to complete it.
He plays calmly at first, but then goes deeper, making it deeper and deeper, one of the strings breaks, cutting one of his fingers, yes they need to be changed, Luan decides to continue even though he's bleeding, then breaks another string, his song comes to an end, that's how far he's managed to write it, then stops.
The girls are impressed and applaud him, but at the same time they see that he is bleeding, Lena is worried, Mary knows that this can happen, it's normal, but she knows that it's difficult to stop in the middle of a melody, she had never heard this melody, she thought he was going to play something classical, and she says:
"I thought you were going to go for something classical, but I liked your boldness, and this melody sounds very good, but it seems incomplete."
Luan cleans his violin, which has ended up with blood on it, he puts it away so that he can change the strings, after all they should be worn out by the time he's put it away, he closes his violin case and looks at his watch, another 5 minutes have passed, and he can no longer play his violin for an hour, so he turns to Mary and says:
"I couldn't finish playing the song, but I have a few minutes left, can I try another instrument?"
Lena worries, she grabs a handkerchief and some antiseptic and a bandage from her backpack after all she always trains with the girls and they always end up hurting themselves somehow, and goes towards Luan, she takes his hand and says:
"First, I'm going to take care of your wound."
Luan tries to pull his hand away and refuse, but Lena holds it tight, he sees no other way but to let her clean it and put the bandage on, so she does, cleans and disinfects it and then puts the bandage on, and says
"There, now you can play any instrument you want in this room."
Mary just stares in disbelief and irritation, she hasn't even had time to reply to Luan, and Lena has already authorized him to play any instrument, she puts her hand on her head and replies:
"Ok, ok choose another instrument, faster your time is running out"
She points to the clock, Luan knows how much time he has left, it's enough for one more song, he goes towards the piano and somehow he recognizes it, he looks at the details, it looks so familiar, but he has no memories about it, Mary tries to restrain him, but Lena pulls his arm, and shakes her head in the negative, and that she should let him play the instrument he wants to play.
she retorts to Lena:
"But that piano belongs to Right Han Becker's son..."
Lena retorts:
"I know, I know, but he left it here for other students to use, but no student dared to touch it."
...continued...