Killing Me Softly
by Rikugou
The sound flowed through him and carried him away as his fingers danced over the ivory keys. He coaxed the old instrument into an energetic jig before switching smoothly into a warm lullaby. His hair fell over his eyes but he took no heed of this, he didn't need his sight for what he was doing anyway.
His body swayed gently with the rhythm of the music. He was a thousand miles away. Therefore, he never noticed when someone stepped up behind him.
"You were always too nice for you own good," the person sighed. There was a clicking of a mechanism and then a misplaced pop. All of a sudden, the music stopped abruptly and descended into brief disharmonic chaos before falling quiet.
A black gloved hand gently pushed away the strands of hair over the pianist's eyes. Soon after, near silent steps walked away.
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--Rikugou
Finished: 10.10.04