We don’t need no, education♪

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We don’t need no, thought control ♪

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No dark sarca–

“–Kagee.. .

Mwah♥

Miss me?”

Cutting me off, a pair of arms wrap gently around my neck followed by a kiss on my cheek,

“Come on Karina, you’re interrupting,” I pull away,

“And stop doing that, your giving people the wrong impression,”

“No one’s here to see anything Kage,”

“Ummm….

Hello, we might not have met before for but I’m Pinoki and I’m standing right here,” snorts Pinoki annoyed by the girl disregard for him,

“We were in the middle of practice, Karina, don’t you have other guys you’d rather be acting that way with right now?”

“mhm, true, I just like to fluster Kage a bit,

But who says I wasn’t here to join you, Kage texted me: ‘In the back of school by the empty storage sheds, we got permission, come’

At first, I was thinking, is he calling me back here for 'you know what' but then I read it again and saw ‘we' so I figured it was probably what you were plotting with Darius and Pinoki,”

“You say that like if we’re about to pull of a heist or something…”

……

In the back of school there are unused storage sheds, students are usually banned from coming here, but I got permission form the Principal, Giichi to use one,

Inside we have a drum kit set up, to electric guitars, one bass, a keyboard, and whatever Pinoki uses,

(It’s a modern musical device, called an Omni-synthesizer, it can produce and emulate and instrument or ambient sound in real time, though it depends on how good you are navigating the complex controls)

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“Well what are you planning?” Karina paces around the room surveying everything,

“A boy band perhaps?” she teases

“No, were more like a musical collective, bands tend to play specifically rock,

We’re not bound to any genre,”

“Ok, I see…

What do you want me for,

You know how versatile my mouth is Kage,”

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“So did you text Lyra yet?” I ask Pinoki ignoring the girl,

She is right however, Karina though she has not had nay formally practice is phenomenally adept at using the full range of her voice, she can change even the minute details of it, practically giving her the talent to imitate any voice,

Not only that but Karina is also naturally gifted in all manner of wind/blow-able instruments, anything from flutes to trumpets,

(You would think she was a magician)

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“What are you doing all this for?” Karina grabs my face turning it back to hers,

“The school is having a music festival, don’t you pay attention?

Principal Giichi said that the act that performs the best could win the Amadeus award”

(An award for amateur artist, it isn’t necessary for music, but art in general)

“Hmmm,

I didn’t know you were interested in that sort of thing Kage,”

“I’m not, I’m doing this because…..”

“Because…..?”

“I want to know how winning will make me feel–”

“–Because you never know if you really like something unless you try it for yourself” Karina finishes my sentence

(She uses that logic to explain why she has so many boyfriends)

“You know we’re so alike me and you Kage, we should get married in the future,

I feel like our childre–”

“–Ehhckk!” coughs Pinoki though he’s busy scrolling through the laptop on his musical set up, his ears does so often catch what’s being said around him,

“Can you two stop?

I’m already getting flashbacks to Zinnia and Darius,

Please we do not need another lovey couple, pleasee?”

“We are–”

“Ayoo!”

“hahah!”

“Kage said that?”

As Karina was about to reply the sound of familiar voices draw our attention,

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“Yo.” The door swings open, to four laughing friends

“Yo.” Pinoki and I simultaneously answer,

“Yo.”

“Yoo”

“Yooo”

“Yooow”

“Yooooow”

“Ayooo”

“Yooooo”

“For fucks sake,” Lyra pushes both Apollo and Darius forward into the room, breaking our eccentric greetings

“You know you don’t have to be so aggressive for everything Lyra,” Zinnia scolds walking in lastly,

The small room now fills up with a generally pleasant group of friends,

“Darius told me what you were planning,” Apollo wraps his arm around me chummily, the moment he gets by me,

“You could have asked me yourself Kage,”

“Yeah, it was more interesting this way,”

“Interesting how?”

“If I had asked all of you myself it would come across as a ‘Kage plan'

But if we each asked then it becomes a group thing,”

“Only question I remember is you confessing to me this morning,” Lyra takes out her phone ready to play the recording again,

“Wait, what lemme hear that,” Karina swipes her sister’s phone,

“Hey don’t touch!”

“I’m already touching it, behave Lyra let me get a listen quick,”

“No,

I was going to already, but since you grabbed my phone,

You can kiss my ass!” Lyra aggressively yanks back her device,

“You greasy bitch!

Look what did to my blouse Lyra!”

“Please, it’s just a little ruffle, no one is gonna notice,”

“Yeah if I were you,

I have eyes on me at all times, you…you….”

“Both you relax,” Zinnia tries to mediate the sisters’ argument

…..

“So… I’m on the bass right?” Apollo, Darius, Pinoki and I aren’t even paying attention to the girls anymore,

Darius grabs a guitar while Apollo takes the bass,

Zinnia doesn’t play an instrument, she is here to design our clothes and aesthetics…

Jummm♪

I play after a quick tune up…

“hmmm,

We still don’t have anyone for the keyboard, mumbles Darius,”

(I knew I forgot something)

Darius is our primary guitarist, as well as cowriter with me, Apollo the bassist, Pinoki handles then technical aspects of everything, Lyra is supposed to be on the drums right now, Karina and I have the most versatility so we fluctuate between co vocalists, and varied instrument players,

(But who do we get to do the keyboarding?)

“My, umm, friend, plays, I can ask her to join if you want” suggests Apollo

“Who?”

“You know Himari right?”

“Himari?” the mention of her catches the attention of Lyra and Karina,

“Not that snobby bitch,”

“Hey come on Lyra you can’t just say that about people you don’t know,”

“I’ll say it again,

That

Snobby

Bitch.”

“I agree with Lyra,” Karina surprisingly takes her sister’s side

“Don’t agree with me, she’s like you Karina,

No scratch that,.

You are a less dignified Himari,”

“Don’t compare me to that girl” the sister Begin to bicker once more,

…..

“She’ll fit right in Apollo,” I nod to him, he takes out his phone to shoot the text of invitation,

I like Himari, she and don’t speak much but she doesn’t with anyone really,

Himari usually sticks to herself so it’s a rare surprise how Apollo managed to catch her eye,

The most I know of her is that she comes from a large family, I often see her father coming to pick her up,

(My father, both of my parents leave to my business, though my mother can sometimes be a bit pushy, my father is scientist, he cares but js usually lost in his work and absent minded.

I don’t mind since I’m like that as well)

….

“Wait, let’s get one thing straight Apollo,” Pinoki is talking,

“Your little girlfriend can join Requiem, but if you start acting like Certified lover Darius, and Zinnia over here, I’ll kick you out myself,”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” asks Darius indignantly

“Zinnia and I act normal,”

(As long as they’re six feet apart then yeah)

“You don’t have to worry about that Pinoki,” assured Apollo

“Himari doesn’t show affection around people,

But in private it’s different,

You know what I’m talking about” Apollo raises his hands to Darius who high fives him,

“ahhhhh,

You a got it you got it,.

I know girls like that be frea–”

“–Is this a practice session or a boys hangout?” Zinnia rolls her eyes butting into the talks,

“We have like fifteen minutes till lunch ends too,” I checking my watch,

“Himari better not take long to–”

“–I have some conditions if I do potentially join this,” the door swings open again, this time to Himari

(Damn she moves fast, and also, I swear no one can talk without getting interrupted)

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Himari must’ve already been waiting outside for Apollo,

She doesn’t even bother to greet us even question what where doing, just straight to business,

“We accept your conditions,” I stroke my guitar impatiently,

“Wait, I didn’t even list them off,”

Doesn’t matter, we would’ve accepted them anyways,”

“Nah, Kage let her say them first” Lyra pries,

“Later,

We’ve done nothing but talk whole lunch,

I want to get a groove going,

Now shut up and get your ass behind those drums,”

“…….

Pheww♪” Lyra whistles, she doesn’t reply at all, complying with me,

(I know I’m going to taste her revenge in the not-so-distant future…)

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“Alright!” claps Zinnia after we’d all assembled correctly,

“This will be the first rehearsal for the musical collective, Requiem,

We plan to grow to include more members so that we will soon cover every genre of music,

Your talents may not be needed on every song but your status as a member will not change,

Now Kage if you will…”

“Thank you Zinnia,

I’m just gonna start a melody and you guys see if you can add to it,

It builds chemistry…

Ok.

One.

Two.

Three…

Start.”

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(Are you confused?)