460 Mine & Yours (2/2)
”Conceited much?”
”How is that conceitedness? I'm telling the truth. But even if it means I'm being too proudful than so what? If I won't be proud of my love, who else will be?”
Darren shook his head at her, ”I wonder if I can ever win from you in an argument.”
”You just won though,” replied Xiu. While Darren was confused, she elaborated, ”I won that means you won as well.”
”Huh?”
”Oh-ho! If you're mine and I'm yours that means your victory is mine and mine is yours as well. Got it?”
Darren chuckled at her response. ”Got it.” He couldn't stop laughing at her words. The way she put it made it all the more special for some reason.
”Dylan was right. This piano does look good with his interior.” She opened the lid and her fingers slid over the keys as she went on, ”Why does this piano look so familiar?”
”Because it's the same model as I have,” answered Darren. ”The one you played back then when I took you to that house.”
Xiu's hands paused a little as he reminded her of the night she told him her truth. The truth that sounded even bizarre to her own ears and yet he was willing to believe in her. He believed her in a heartbeat.
”You both bought it together?” asked Xiu.
”Hmm...” Darren hummed in reply before adding, ”How about you play something for me? Dylan's lesson can wait. I have a lot on my mind and I want to relax.”
Xiu sat down and placed the phone at a side on speakerphone as she said, ”Close your eyes then. Don't just hear the music. Listen and feel it.”
As always she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she let her fingers dance over the black and white keys. The melody she played was something she was most familiar with. Because this was the same melody that would calm her down whenever she felt like drowning. It was like this music provided her solace and she knew it could help him relax as well.
Only when she stopped did she hear Darren speak again, ”It was beautiful.”
”I played some wrong notes though,” she retorted when he praised her. ”Just tell me honestly that I messed up.”
”But I didn't feel like you messed up,” answered Darren honestly.
*Ding-Dong!*
”Oh, someone's at the door,” said Xiu as she heard the doorbell. ”Go back to work. I'll call you later.”
”Don't forget to call me,” he emphasized his words making her laugh a bit before he hung up the call.
With a wide grin plastered on her lips, Xiu went over to the main door and pulled it open. But when she looked at the person standing before her, her expressions stiffened a little.
Her painful 'once-upon-a-time' was standing right before her eyes...