teenrebellion | space 🎶 shouxue

It feels a little unreal.

[ her vibes are a little restless to confirm that. ]

I'm still processing, but I'm glad to be free of that... thing. What were you playing?

Same. I really never thought I'd live through something like this. It still feels like an insane dream.

[ as for that... ]

Ah, that's... I've been trying to write a song? I'm not that good at composition, though. I was just giving the latest version a shot.

You could say these last few weeks are some kind of insane dream.

[ she has some fantasy bullshit in her world, but this scifi bullshit is levels above it in things happening. ]

You don't give yourself enough credit.

[ laughs. ]

True. This whole trip has been that way.

[ he shakes his head at that, though. ]

It's not a self-esteem issue, I swear. I've never done any composition without Akito's help, and even then it was only the one song... I'm fine with playing, but making a song from scratch is a lot harder than I expected.

Creation is a different kind of beast.

[ she says that, but she isn't someone with that kind of creativity. ]

Is this something you've written all by yourself?

That's true, yeah. It just makes me respect the people who can do it even more, you know? Akito could write the most amazing songs, even at our age... It surprised me when I found out, but he really has a talent for it.

[ he's so fond. a little wistful, maybe, but fond. ]

Mm, I don't really have anyone to hold my hand for this stuff anymore, so it's all me. Which is why it probably isn't the best song you'd ever hear.

[ kazuki sounds so fond talking about akito. she can tell this akito is important to him. ]

Best is subjective. If you put your effort into it, it will shine. I said your music is healing, didn't I?

[ hey, ]

That was different! I was actually using magic then!

It doesn't have to be literal, Kazuki.

[ shouldn't he know that most of all? ]

[ he does know that but hearing anyone say that but him and akito always throws him for a loop. ]

Well... maybe. But the song isn't even done yet, so it's still not much to speak of.

It will be because it's your passion.

[ anyone who talks to kazuki for more than five minutes can tell that much. ]

What kind of song do you want it to be?

Well... It's a little embarrassing to talk about now, but I started writing it after you and Sheba died - before we even really knew you guys were still there. [ so there's just a slight hesitation here. ] I... wanted it to be a song that could reach all of you, somehow, so you'd know how much we still cared. I don't know how that would have even worked if you hadn't been there, but still.

[ that stuns her for a full moment. she can't find words for how that makes her feel or what it makes her think. when someone spends so much consideration for those who have passed, she can't help but be moved. ]

Kazuki... [ her voice trembles a little, soft and quiet as it is. ] At least for me, it still would have worked. It would have reached me.

Thank you.

[ for thinking of her and the others, for caring. for everything. ]

[ while kazuki may not be sure how true that is, because so much of what happened on this ship is so far out of his wheelhouse he can't even begin to understand it - the sentiment still brings a smile to his face. ]

I hope so. Thanks for believing in it, Liu-san.

[ even if he never finished it. ]

...I guess now I'll just have to make it a song that can reach us all across different worlds.

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