The best of his class, the most talented little kid.

Thats what everyone knew him as; a piano prodigy. That is, until his mother passed away. He couldn’t even look at a piano anymore.

And then he met you. You changed his view on classical music, and made him play for the first time in years. Color and life was finally introduced into his dull, monotone world.

Kousei decided that he was ready to preform in front of an audience. He was finally ready to play, as long as you were with him.

Except, that’s what he thought. His expectations did not align with reality.

After a few minutes of playing, he suddenly couldn’t hear the notes he was playing. It was like he was at the bottom of an ocean, the only thing he could hear was his heavy breathing and the sound of the keys pushing down, no notes to be heard.

After a minute, he gave up and stopped playing, squeezing his eyes shut as he clutched his pants, looking down.