The Sound of Your Touch
Musician!Reader x hiromi higuruma.
Summary: you call Hiromi to play the piano with you, even though you know he doesn't know how to play. So, with that, you guide his hands with yours.
Contains: cliché, romance, love, unestablished relationship, fluffy, intimacy, romantic tension, and hiromi's Point of view.
A/n:Pls gang let me know if this is good, English isn't and will never be my first language.
Hiromi was never very into music; I mean... sure, he listens to some music sometimes to de-stress... but he's never even touched a musical instrument, much less learned to play one.
Until he meets you.
When he met you, that changed drastically. No one ever warned him that getting close to a musician would mean seeing a musical instrument every single day, or even suddenly learning about a musical fact, or even being forced to play an instrument, even if in the most disastrous way possible.
He didn't even know that going to see an orchestra would be a constant commitment, just because you'd be performing there too... even if you weren't the principal musician.
He would never easily admit that he enjoyed this drastic change in his life, that he liked being forced into something involving music, that he liked watching you play an instrument, that he liked seeing you every single day without exception... he really liked anything involving you and your world.
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And there he is again, alone with you at the back of the orchestra, where the practice instruments were kept. He had just finished work and went straight to yours, which was already over.
He was sitting on some random bench there, and you were on a piano bench that was nearby. You two were just chatting, until you fell silent and lazily rested your elbow on the piano keys, making a high-pitched sound. Still with your elbow there, you thoughtfully rested your head in the palm of your hand, looking directly at him sitting on the bench in front of you. Then you formed a thought and gave a slight smile, straightening up to sit properly in the piano seat, facing the piano.
You tilt your head back over your shoulder, looking at him with that familiar expression, that slight smile and almost smiling eyes... you're planning something; and that makes him straighten up in his chair.
until you open your mouth and say... "come here."
You say it so softly that he almost gets up right away like an obedient puppy. But he hesitates a little before getting up, but even so he gets up and goes and goes towards you, standing behind you in silence.
You give another little smile when you see him approaching obediently, since you know how stubborn he is. But then, you pat the seat you're sitting on, a signal for him to sit next to you. And then you say... "Join me." A pause... "...Let me guide you."
He just stared, in silence. Until he try to say something, But you interrupt him.
"Don't be shy, hiromi... You know i'm a excellent teacher.”
And that finally breaks his stubbornness. Making him sigh, and sit down beside you on the piano seat... looking into your eyes, your face, your features... while waiting for some instruction.
"... what should i do?..." he asks, raising his hands towards the piano keys.
"What song do you want to play?" You ask, tilting the head slightly forward.
"...You choose." He says, trying to disguise the fact that he's terrible with song titles, and he knows you know that very well... that's why you teased him.
"Ok, so a random thing..." And without warning, you place your hands over his to guide him, pressing his fingers against the piano's keys with your own over his; making a sweet sound come from the piano.
The touch caused a slight internal short circuit, making his ears warm slightly despite his usual expression; but upon closer inspection, he seemed restless.
And then, you begins to guide him, testing the piano keys with his hands over his; and then he starts to play something for real.
He simply obeys, keeping his hands limp enough for you to guide him.
He starts paying attention to what you're playing and... twinkle twinkle little star!? He knew it was something random, but he didn't know it was this random... but doesn't matter.
What matters is that you're trying to teach him something... but he doesn't feel like he's learning anything; he's too focused on having your hands above his.
But then you suddenly let go of his hands and he snaps back to reality. He looks at you with a slightly confused expression, wondering why you took your hands away from his. But then you speak.
"Now do what I taught you by yourself," you say in a calm tone of voice, but almost with a teacherly air.
And he just freezes... he couldn't pay attention to anything.
"[Name]... I couldn't learn anything..." he says in a low, almost embarrassed tone.
When he says that, you cross your arms and... giggle. Maybe you found it funny that Hiromi Higuruma, the genius who pays attention to even the smallest details and manages to learn things with unreal ease... couldn't learn a small part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the piano.
"C'mon, hiromi... just try, it isn't that hard." You say, giving him a pat on the back.
"[Name]... you know i'm the type of person who like to know how to do before i do." He says, stubbornly.
You sigh, almost huff, at his stubbornness. "I'm going to teach you one more time... pay attention."
And then you take his hands again and start guiding him to play the music. And then you look at him with an almost serious expression and say…
"Did you pay attention?"
".... yeah.”
No, he didn't, he couldn't... not when you were so close, not when you were guiding his hands as if he were a boy learning.
"Hmm..." you groan, sounding somewhat disappointed. "Here we go again..." you murmur, sounding rather complaining.
And there begins a third repetition. But this even makes it delightful; you wanting to share an interest with him…
Finished.
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