The World Hasn't Even Started Yet ( PROJECT SEKAI )

A Thread and Two Strings

A/N: mafuyu and kanade. akito and tsukasa. rui

akikasa kiss real. mafukana kiss (soon)

i have a gymnastics competition this saturday and i have to be at a vendor event on friday so maybe no upload :( im sorry!!! i will make it up to u guys next week i promise

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<Hey, Yuki.>

<Hm?> Mafuyu typed back through the VC chat, attention having been drawn by the small notification noise. She watched as the three dots that indicated Kanade's typing danced on her screen.

<Can you undeafen? I want to talk.>

<OK.> She used the hotkeys on her keyboard to allow her headphones to receive audio from the call once again. "Hello?"

"Hey. I'm done with the basic melody, could you listen it over?"

"Sure."

The file was attached to their chat and Mafuyu went ahead and listened to it in silence, thinking about ways to make it better, eventually coming up with only a few suggestions.

"I think we should add another instrument around the minute mark. Like a piano, or something of the sort. Just to balance it out. It sounds a bit bland, if you can understand what I mean." Mafuyu tapped her admittedly short jails against the desk. This was partly because of stress biting, and also because doctors shouldn't have long nails and her mother wished for her to get used to it before it "became a problem".

"..." Kanade hummed softly through her microphone, before responding. "I'll consider it. It's going to be a little hard, because I want this song to sound really authentic... but a friend of a friend plays, so maybe I could get her to record some samples for me... but then she'd know I make music... hm..."

"If not, just add some other noise, K. Or get Miku to sing something to add there. I don't want to trouble you too much." Mafuyu offered. She heard the soft rustling of what she imagined was her fellow group member shaking her head, her overly long hair gently hitting against her headset.

"It's alright. I'll figure it out. There's actually something else I want to talk about, Yuki."

Mafuyu adjusted her own headphones before answering, glancing at the clock. One thirty am. What could Kanade want so late?

But well, she didn't really mind. These late-night calls were their safe place, their sanctuary. And as long as Kanade was the one virtually conversing with her, Mafuyu would stay up as late as necessary.

Even if studying for medical school to make her mother happy was harder when sleep deprived...

"What is it, K?"

Kanade's hesitancy was heard through the call in a series of short, cut-off breaths, before she seemed to find her words and continued. "Are you alright, Mafuyu?"