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"What's that sound?"
"Hmm? You mean the piano music?"
"Ah... so that's a piano..."
"Wait, you didn't know what a piano sounded like? Wow, that's... that's ridicu-- incredible!"
"S-shut up." Laeli lowered her head to hide her reddening cheeks. So she had been a little held back in the aspects unrelated to her studies. What of it? She could have very well lived the rest of her life without knowing what a piano sounded like.
Yet... the music was so soothing, so calming.
It felt... so peaceful.
Laeli closed her eyes, and for a moment, just a moment, the flashing and beeping of all the hideous machines at her beside stopped.
All that remained was the soft notes as the piano continued to sing. Without knowing why, her eyes began to well up, the teardrops falling onto the starched blankets.
"What, you're crying now? Aww, that's so cute~"
"I'm not!" She quickly brushed the tears aside with a swipe of her sleeve. "What are you talking about?"
"I take it that you really like the piano then?"
"It's just... just so new to me. That's all."
"There she goes, all stony cold again."
"Shh--I want to listen to the music."
A comfortable silence fell between the two, with the piano gently singing away in the background.
"Say... Laeli?"
"Hmm?"
"Where do you think this music is coming from?"
"An angel."
"What?"
"An angel." She smiled slightly, "A beautiful, beautiful angel."