Human joy and sorrow did not truly connect, but they all shared the same mindset.
"Senior Doma?" The unconfident Kousei Arima looked toward Sogo Doma, the senior who had silently been watching the drama unfold.
"Onii-chan?" Following his gaze, Lady Umaru turned her head as well.
"Sogo?" Mashiro and Ako did the same.
"Sogo-kun?" Even Utaha Kasumigaoka and Yukino Yukinoshita looked over at the sound.
Sogo Doma, who had been silently watching the drama: "..."
Huh!?
"Wait, Miyazono-chan just asked Arima here, didn't she? Why are you all looking at me?"
"Senior, I..." Kousei Arima lowered his head uncertainly at those words.
"Believe in yourself, boy. You can definitely do it..." Before he could finish, however, Sogo Doma waved his hand and said.
Kousei Arima: "..."
"Huh?" Kaori Miyazono also said, "Um, although I'd heard Arima-senpai say long ago that Doma-senpai's music was amazing, I still wanted Arima-senpai to accompany me..."
"That's because you've never heard Doma-senpai play!" Before she could finish, Kousei Arima shouted.
Kaori Miyazono: "Huh?"
Lady Umaru immediately turned her face away: "..."
Onii-chan's playing? It really was captivating. Even she had wanted to keep listening forever, but she couldn't...
"Sogo's playing?" Setting Lady Umaru aside, everyone else, including Yukino Yukinoshita, spoke up instinctively.
Kousei Arima: "..."
"You haven't all heard Senior play the piano, have you?" he asked hesitantly.
Utaha Kasumigaoka and the others: "..."
Though they did not want to admit it...
"No!" That was the truth!
"You've known Senior this long and haven't heard him play? Then you really..." Kousei Arima shook his head. "I suppose 'pitiful' is the only way to describe it."
Utaha Kasumigaoka and the others: #^_^
What the heck did he mean, pitiful? Wasn't it just that they had never heard him play? Did he have to put it that