Sonata No Kioku
20.2- Birds in a cage

🌼Shiori POV🌼

"Plac!"

"Take back your words!"

The silence in the private hall, now broke due to the sound of a slap rolling out. Everyone who was sitting watched this scene was unceasingly stunned with their mouths open or closed.

Right, that slap was nothing but and not thrown at me. Kanzaki Shiori, the young lady of Paganini. The youngest violin maestro to have pioneered his dark future at an early age.

The one who slapped me was Kanzaki Emilia. She is Shiratori's biological mother and stepmother to me, she has a beautiful face that makes her a model. But her beautiful face, not as beautiful as her heart that rotted like garbage.

"Are you aware of your words? Being a teenager, your behavior is so insolent!" He pointed at me while pushing me down.

"Stop okaa-sama! Maybe onee-sama is not fit to perform today" Shiratori said as she pulled her mother's hand.

"Get your hands off Tori-kun! Never again defend an ungrateful child like him! You know, the show this time is very important?! Try to be a little sensitive about the effort your father and I put in. This concerns the family's self-esteem!!"

As you can see, I'm now being maki and forced to perform in front of the highest shareholder family in Tokyo. That surname is Miyamizu and their only child, will be betrothed to me in a few months.

The news of this matchmaking was only delivered to me a few hours ago. And with a feeling of inadmissibility, I refused outright while threatening to kill myself. That's why I was slapped by my mother.

My mother started to walk closer to me while clutching my shirt tightly. For a moment I could not breathe because I was suffocating, he who saw me in pain began to show his wily smile and said:

"If you don't want to perform, then now I'm gonna have the hit man kill you!"

His long hands threw my body again to the floor. Laughing wickedly, he stomped on my head then went slamming the door.

"Hurry down after cleaning yourself. Don't embarrass me!" His shouting.

"... Fucking devil..!" My mind is trying to get up and stand up. However, somehow my vision blurred with a head that was spinning like a top.

I faintly heard Shiratori's voice shaking my weak body in his lap. I want to keep my eyes open, but the darkness is more intense and powerful to close my eyes.

"... Ri... Ori... Shiori!"

I opened my eyes slowly and turned to the direction where the voice came from. With tears in my eyes, I hugged the figure sitting beside Me very tightly.

"You're okay, right?" He asked in a soft low tone.

"Yes, I'm fine. Ohhhhoh!" My reply.

"Thank God, I'm so worried you're okay. You're a big boy, but there's still incidents of falling down stairs. It's a good thing that the Miyamizu family can understand your condition and temporarily cancel this event" Otou-sama said as he took off his arms.

"...falling down the stairs? Didn't I get bullied by okaa-sama just now?" Thought surprised.

The creaking of the door sounded understated with a woman's high-rights move. The voice was now more and more clear and stopped right in front of me.

"What's this about? Shiori-chan are you okay?" Ask okaa-sama while hugging me anxiously.

"He's fine, just soy sauce" otou-sama replied.

"Oh my god! Hope you're okay Shiori-chan. If something bad happens, I will definitely end my life!"

Okaa-sama hugged my father with his sobs. I actually knew that he was playing in front of Dad. Actually he knows, the reason I'm like this is because of him. Why did he bother to make this drama? Why not just kill me? Is her hatred so great??

My head bowed for a moment. Both my eyes were glued to see the hands clenched on this lavender-smelling white blanket. On the other hand, Shiratori came over and hugged me tightly. I don't know why, I'm tired of all this..

"Now, what should I do?"

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When I was a kid, I loved the Cinderella books. And the character I really like, is the fairy godmother. The fairy godmother was like the incarnation of God who came when Cinderella was sad because she could not come to the dance. With a single swing, the magic wand prepared all the preparations Cinderella needed.

Let me explain a little about the boy. It started when my parents and I went to the park. However, in the middle of the journey there was an accident and made everyone panic. As a result I got separated from them. With a frightened and confused condition, suddenly a boy came. He stretched out his hand and made my fear go away.

He remained by my side until my parents came. I forgot to ask her name before I left...

After that incident, I always sneaked out of the house to look for him again in the park. However, the effort was in vain because he never came.

The boy was exactly like the fairy godmother figure I liked. And I'd love to meet him, even if it's only a few seconds. I wanted to tell him... "I am deeply indebted to you for what happened back then!"

// 3 days later..//

Daylight began to travel through the window. The breeze began to feel present in the silence of the music room, with the laziness of me playing a song by Paganini according to the training schedule.

"Tock... Geck... Geck"

The knocking of the door is heard as the song plays in the middle. I stopped the game for a moment and opened the door. The person behind it turned out to be my stepmother.

"What do you need, okaa-sama?" I asked him while letting himself in.

He enters the room and sits on the sofa. "How are you doing?" He asked back.

"It's better. It all says a long break" I replied.

"hem, great. If you feel better, it looks like your engagement date should be set" he said.

"What does that mean?"

"Don't pretend to forget Shiori-chan. You've been betrothed to Miyamizu's only son. And inevitably you have to do this engagement!"

"... Wh why? I don't like it!"

"It doesn't matter if you like it or not. Obviously, this is very profitable for your father's company. Therefore, this matchmaking is very important for the Kanzaki family"

"What the fuck?!"

Hearing her words, I immediately turned around and stared at her sharply. His two eyes were very revealing of pride and hatred towards me.

"Do you want to refuse?"

He uttered a sentence that I find difficult to dispute. And quickly, he silenced my mouth and announced his engagement date.

I who did not budge like a bird in a cage, could only stare blankly at the tiles of the music room. Unknowingly, tears began to flow from my cheeks...

"... If God is right, please. Meet me once more, with the boy.."

"Because he's the only one who can help me.."

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🌼つづく🌼

Hi everyone, how is Kanzaki-san's special eps? Hope you like it. Sorry if I didn't connect because I made it a bit rushed 😂😅

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greetings, greetings,

Megane-chan 🍁👓