My music teacher
A/N: Dedicated to Mizu and Liu. I thought about you and Gackt and Miyavi-chan while I was gone and I came up with this story. Enjoy.
Miyavi's pov
Coool, the new life stands before me. I can't wait to get off this train. Finally all alone, away from parents. I can do what I want, sleep when I want, eat what I want and most of all, I don't have to listen to dad's boring lectures.
I thought this while gazing at the country that was passing before my eyes like my life did till this very moment. This train was not just a means of transport heading from my hometown to the Music University in Kyoto. It was ride of my life. It meant my freedom, my own responsibility for all my actions and exam from a subject "how to survive without my mother's help" which was lectured by Life-sensei.
I wonder what grade I'll get.
I arrived to the dorms by taxi, which spent as much money as I spent at home for food for one week.
I registered myself at the check desk and got a key to three-bed room. It was on the fifth floor, which I reached in 3 minutes by foot. I already knew what was I up to for this first day.
With a little hope to be the first one in the room, I entered my new home.
It was quite nice room and it was empty. Lot of sunshine made it look bigger than it was. There was bunk bed on the right side, and a normal one under one window. I chose the normal bed and took off my jacket.
I quickly unpacked some things on the shelves and desk I've chosen and left the room with all my secret cash my dad didn't know I was saving.
My aim was to change my small town image to a cool one. I went to the hairdresser's at first.
"Dye it smoky silver and cut it in different length, please." I said to the girl.
"Wanna look cool? I can experiment on you a little if you want!" she said with a smile.
"Go ahead."
While she was doing her job, we talked a bit. Her name was Ayaka, but she told me to call her Mandy. She said she wants to be the best hairdresser and make hairdos for famous people. She also happened to live in neighbourhood.
When she finished, she turned the chair I was sitting on, to let me see her work.
"Oh, man. That LOOKS so damn goood!!!" I couldn't believe my eyes. I had silky blue hair, straight and really smooth. It kept falling into my eyes as I always wanted it to fall.
"I guess I can't thank you enough."
"Just pay. And advertise my great work." she winked at me.
"And..."
"And what?" I asked counting the money to pay her.
"Can we be friends? Just come to visit me here from time to time, please."
"You already are my friend, Mandy." I kissed her cheek and left. She stopped me to make a promise, that I'll return that day and show her everything I was going to change now. I promised.
My next stop was Tattoo and Piercing saloon. The big pirate-like guy looked at me.
"What can I do for you?"
I placed my cash on the table.
"Experiment on me a little. Create a masterpiece on me." I said recalling Mandy’s words in my head.
Pirate cocked his head aside and chuckled.
"As you wish. But it will hurt."
"I don't mind" I said heroically.
BUT it hurt like HELL. I do MIND!!! I cried inside, but didn't let a sound leave my mouth. I spent like seven hours inside. My whole body was hurt somehow. But it looked really cool. More than I ever dreamed it would. If my parents saw me in this moment they would probably die from embarrassment.
On the way back to the room I stopped by Mandy to show her my new self.
She cried in surprise making me show her my whole back that was covered in kanji. I had tattoo on my back, hands, fingers, arms, cross my collarbones and ribs. I had piercing in my lower lip, nose, ears and eyebrow.
"I guess now you can go to the music university and make a good rock" she said.
"Don't you want to come to my apartment for a dinner? I have black nail polish at home. But we should go buy some cool clothes for you, while the shops are open."
"Good idea!!" I totally forgot the clothes. Guys don't really care for these things but I must've agreed that I can't walk around in my old clothes with this new style. So up to other money-spending institutes.
I was all beaten in the end of that day. We bought things for me to wear at last for two weeks. After that shopping marathon, we made a dinner at Mandy's and she was playing with my nails. She also taught me how to use make up and showed me everything. It was tough day, I experienced much pain and I got to get used to my new look.
I crawled into my room, finding the two roommates already there, sitting on the ground and playing guitar.
They both jumped when they saw me and started to yell at me.
"Man,youmustbethelastroommate."
"Youtookthebestbed!"
"I'mMasanicetomeetyou"
"WAIT please. One after another. I'm Miyavi, nice to meet you." I stuck out my hand.
"I'm Masa. Shinozaki Masa, nice to meet you." told me the small one. Ok, they both where small, slender and really cute. Masa had longer hair and face like a woman.
"I'm Ren. Aoba Ren, nice to meet you. We are both rookies. And you?"
"The same. You guys know each other?"
"No, we met here."
I unpacked the rest of my things, while they showed me their things, playstation and we talked a lot about the school.
"Oh, and where were you?" asked Masa sitting on my bed. He got the bed on the top, so he used mine to sit on. I didn't mind, they both were very friendly.
"I was sightseeng a bit. The town. And I got all these piercing, tattoos and stuff. Wanna see, how I looked like when I came?"
They nodded in excitement.
I took out some photos.
"Wooow!!" Ren cried.
So we spent very nice evening talking like old friends, sitting on the floor and sipping beer.
I woke up as the sun appeared on the horizon. I wasn't sleepy, even though we went to bed at 1 am. I took a shower and after that, I dressed in the best clothes I got yesterday. I tried to put on the make-up, I mean the black eye-pencil, but I wasn't very successful. I cursed in front of the mirror, washing my third try off, when Masa entered the bathroom, wiping the sleep out of his eyes.
"Good morning. What's up?"
"Oh, just this stupid eye-pencil. I dunno how to use it to make it look cool, not like I have lack of sleep." I said sullenly.
"Let me do it." he took the pencil and made me close my eyes.
"Okey, open." he whispered.
I looked in the mirror. Wow it looked better, then Mandy’s tries.
"Thanks a lot. How do you know how to do it?"
"I use it since my fifteen" he smiled and kicked me gently out of the bathroom.
When Ren woke up, the two of us were already back from cafeteria, with fresh breakfast. He quickly took a shower and ate it. Then we were finally prepared for the new day and the new life at the university.
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(ůůů, 10. 1. 2009 15:52)