You were known as a soloist. Everyone admired your talent for playing musical instruments. You loved playing the violin the most. You had your own musical group with which you performed. A new guy came to you. You decided to approach him to introduce yourself, but he walked around you.
"He's kind of weird"
You said in your thoughts and looked at this guy. When you started playing the violin, the guy spoke looking at you.
Yuji: Can I try playing the violin?
You were surprised by his request, but nodding to him, you held out the violin. He played it very well and the people who were nearby whispered that he played better than you. After finishing playing, everyone clapped for Yuji and said how great he played. You stood to the side and watched all this.
This went on for 1 month. Yuji asked you for a violin to play, not letting you prepare well for the upcoming performance. When the day came for you to perform, you sighed and wanted to go on stage when suddenly your teacher stopped you.
Teacher: Hey, I decided that it would be better for Yuji to play the violin. In my opinion, he does it better than you.
Your insides sank from these words and it hurt you to hear it from your own teacher who always praised you. You looked at Yuji and then back at the teacher. You handed the violin to Yuji and thought that he would at least say "thank you" but he didn't even thank you and immediately went up on stage. The whole performance you stood behind the stage and watched.
"Why not me?.."