With You, I Can Sing For Tomorrow ch6-1: A Prank By God

"Hinata, this is a magic guitar."
That's what my grandpa said when he gave me an old guitar for my 10th birthday.

Since I was little, Grandpa would always teach me about guitar and his favorite music.

Even when I had to go to America due to my parents' work, I enjoyed getting Grandpa to teach me guitar whenever I returned to Japan.

Grandpa is the source of my music.

They say he collapsed at home in the middle of the night.
My mother's 80 and living by herself, so I'm worried too.
Maybe things would've been different if he had moved into his son's home sooner.
But he lives abroad, right? I heard he won't be around for a year this time.

Grandpa was my music,
but that music died
and I became unable to sing.

Ahaha~
Wah~
Kya Kya

How stupid.
"You can graduate from your Japanese high school."

"It's fine. It's boring. America's way more fun.
"Japanese school is pretty fun, y'know?"
"At least check out the culture festival."

That's what my Dad said,
but I don't really...

What a pretty voice...

That's a good song.
It's the song I used to sing back in my busking days.

There was... someone there?

Well uh... I wasn't expecting someone else to be here either...

Are you gonna blab about me too?
Huh?
I'm just making conversation.

I just thought you were actually good and gave you a compliment.
...You don't know the rumors?

Rumors?
Not interested.
...It's fine if you don't know.

I don't know... the title of this song.
Hmm?
That's cos it doesn't have one yet.

I heard it from a girl who sang in front of the station about a month ago. You know about her?
I haven't seen her recently, though.
...
That would be me.

She always had a huge crowd around her, so I never could never get a good look up close,
but I think she's about my age.
Yet she's really imposing and powerful.

She's so cool.
I wish I could've been as free as her
so I could laugh off all those weird rumors.

Ah... I think I heard my classmate say something
about someone getting in a fight with their boyfriend.
I thought something might change if I imitated her,
but it hasn't worked in the slightest...

That's not true!!

Your voice has captured my heart for sure.
You're plenty cool enough.
How can you say that...?
...

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Ah...
I sang.

I thought I couldn't anymore,
but I actually sang.

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You're...

...What is it?

No, it's nothing.

Shouldn't you head back to the festival?
Shouldn't you?
In that case,

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since we've got nothing better to do,
what say we crush this festival?

...Yeah.
From that moment on, Yuzuki became my music.

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