Ok, I promised I would post a story, so here it is, UNCOMPLETED!!! This is merely chapter one and is already 950 words.. Haiz, it is progressing slower than I thought, I had wanted it to be short, but I fear 10,000 words would be a good estimate...
Lucifer had always been shy, and was never one to make himself the centre of attraction. His only circle of friends was limited to a few close ones. He only confided in them and not to anyone else, not even his family. He strode to school alone as usual, for loneliness was one of his closest friends and never seemed to leave him.
“ Hey Lucy! ” one of his friends shouted. Lucifer cringed at the usage of his nickname, his name had supposed to be something magnificent, for it meant Bringer of Light, but people seemed to find a way to put it down.
“ Hey Kahn! What a surprise to meet you here. ” Lucifer replied, happy to see a companion. It was rare for him to meet his friends and he was tired of loneliness accompanying him. The two then walked abreast, chatting up a storm, from choir, to Defence of the Ancients. Minutes passed like seconds and they were at the school gate.
“ Wow, it always seemed like hours before I reach here when I’ m alone, ” Lucifer wondered aloud. “It’s great to have you with me dude, glad you came when you did. Hey, wanna meet up same time same place for the rest of the year?” Lucifer asked.
“Sure, I rather like coming to school early anyway.” Kahn replied, and the twosome strode through the school gates. “It’s so ironical how the school gate is so brightly painted when it is actually the gates of Hell.” Kahn said cheekily. The two then parted ways and went to their respective classes.
Lessons were boring and Lucifer was already dozing off in his chair. It had always been a wonder to him how certain people can keep awake in class when the teacher was so monotonous and uninteresting, merely reading off the PowerPoint slide. Lucifer began wishing for the day to end so he could go for his CCA, which was choir, and is in his friends’ company. They were his only saving grace of coming to school. Otherwise, he would probably have quit school.
The bell of freedom finally rang shrilly, and everyone dashed out of the doors like a flood breaching flood breakers. Lucifer ran up the four flights of stairs to his friends’ class. Together, they trouped down to the canteen, where they had their lunch. Computer games were the common topic among them and they were happily talking about strategies they were going to use in the upcoming tournament. After eating, they packed their bags and made their way to the Music Room, for it is there the Choir practise sessions were held.
They were too early and there was no one there, so they sat down and chatted, taking advantage of the air-conditioning. Lucifer strode over to the piano, planted himself onto the seat, and began playing Canon in D. Kahn stood beside Lucifer and watched his fingers fly across the piano, hitting each key deliberately and correctly, producing a melodious tune. Kahn gave comments on the playing, and corrected some fingering positions. The door opened, and the sunlight poured in, and a girl stepped in. Lucifer never saw the girl enter and was still engrossed in his playing. She walked over to the piano and watched him play, appreciating the music. When he was done, he looked up and was shocked to see a girl staring down at him. He broke out in cold sweat for he was shy and was not used to being the attention of a girl, especially one as pretty as her. He had never seen her before, but he was simply struck by her beauty and wished he had met her earlier. It had been love at first sight and his heart was thumping wildly.
“ You play the piano well. Great song. ” She praised him, smiled, and walked away.
Lucifer flushed, his cheeks turning bright red. His friends began taking pot shots at him, making snide comments and laughing at the colour of his cheek. He rushed back to his seat and sat down.
“ Aww, love at first sight? " Kahn said cheekily.
“ Shut up! ” Lucifer retorted, embarrassed at his reaction to the compliment.
“ Fine, be that way. ” Kahn replied, pretending to be angry at the outburst.
“ Sorry, but it’s just that it’s so infuriating how you guys like to make fun of me. ” Lucifer apologized.
Soon, the Music Room began filling up as more and more people entered. Finally, the conductor was here and his entrance silenced everyone. Although he was a jolly person, when his mood was foul, no one dared to anger him further for fear of his wrath. Warm-up proceeded, and everyone began singing Oos and Las. Then, they got down to business and began practising the songs for performance. Before long, the room was filled with voices of different sections blending seamlessly producing an enchanting choir rendition of Sound of Silence. Time flew past quickly, and choir ended. Everyone got ready to leave, and Lucifer was eager to catch another glimpse of that girl who had so enchanted him. He still did not know her name and he wanted to find out. However, he did not manage to see her and disheartened, he followed his friends. The first day he saw her was gone, and it promised a series of unfortunate events and heartbreaks that was to befall him. However, Lucifer did not know of this, he thought this was good fortune and he was elated to have met her. He may have thought otherwise had he known what was to happen in the near future. For now, he was in a state of bliss of having met an angel.
