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* this is the original first draft. The rewrite is now also out on my profile! *
ᴏᴀᴋʟᴇʏ ᴄᴀʀʀɪʟʟᴏ was discovered at fourteen years old, being praised as a musical prodigy by the media ever since. His f...
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The only trigger warning this time is extreme cuteness :)
ᴏᴀᴋʟᴇʏ ᴄᴀʀɪʟʟᴏ
"You're doing it wrong. It's all wrong. It's A major not B sharp it's not this." I played the note he did. "It's this." I played the right chord. He kept going and I banged my head on the piano.
"That's C sharp diminished, it's not the same as A dominant seventh. That's this." I once again played the right notes for him.
"I give up."
"Me too. You're terrible at this."
"Thanks, I hadn't noticed."
"It's like you don't understand it, you don't get it. It's like you're blind and deaf and don't care which I would understand if you'd just told me because it's impossible to teach anyone to play in a week and the way you play genuinely makes my ears bleed out of pure fucking frustration."
"Why are you so mean?" he asked. I didn't want to look at him. "You've snapped at me before, but not like this," he said quietly, playing with the beads on his wristband.
"I'm sorry." Maybe he should leave. I didn't want to hurt him any more than I'd already had.
He rested his head on my shoulder and we just sat there at the piano for at least fifteen minutes. I could feel his heartbeat, I could hear him breathe, I could feel his body heat.
It had been a week and the antidepressants weren't working yet. At least, I didn't feel much of a difference.
"Do you want to leave?" I asked.
"No," he answered, not moving from his position. "I just want you to be nicer."
"I know, I'm an asshole."
"Only sometimes." I could feel him smiling on my shoulder.
"It's not funny, Nolan. I keep saying these hurtful things without thinking."
"But you also apologize. You aren't trying to hurt me."
"Your standards are so low." I was literally doing the bare minimum. He needed someone who'd treat him like he was worth the world; because he was.
"My standards are perfectly fine," he said. "If we're not doing anything now, can we try baking those cookies you love?"
