Fated Strings

Chapter 4: Recognition

But being an extrovert, The man infront of Iliad just smiled at him. before he could play the song again, the man leaned forward slightly and looked Iliad straight in the eye.

"Say, I happen to be good...well, I don't know if I am considered good but the point is, I can play Drums. So how about forming a band with me? I heard that Micka girl from music department invited you too but surely, since we are in the same department...it will be much better and easier to practice"

Hearing those same sentence once again, Iliad's finger halted as his muscles tensed. Unwanted memories surfaced in his mind, He has no Julian to calm him down right now so he should do it himself.

"?? Oh, right I did not introduce myself yet...I am Lanziel De los Reyes, you can call me Lance. Nice to meet you."

The man, Lance extended his hand towards Iliad who had been silent for a few seconds now.

Meanwhile, Iliad who has been taking his time by doing basic breathing exercises, which was an inhale and exhale, after a few moments of doing so...He looked at Lance. He ignored Lance's extended hand which made the guy feel awkward and just retracted his hand away.

"Why...do you want to start a band?"

Despite the loud beats on his chest, Iliad did his very best to compose himself as he asked those questions towards Lance who only looked at him with a confused expression.

"Why? Well, it's because I want to show someone"

Hearing that answer, the beats on Iliad's chest quickened as he remembered something in the past too.

'Ever since I had that dream...I kept encountering things that reminds me of that.'

Iliad gritted his teeth secretly as he kept quiet for a moment, he closed his eyes and recalled the past.

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Inside a music studio where there are a lot of musical instruments scattered everywhere, the bassist of some teenage band laid down in the floor and struck some random string in the bass.

He stared at the ceiling as he asked weakly.

"El, why did you create a band?"

Iliad who had been tuning an acoustic guitar shot him a glance as he threw a cheeky smile.

"Why? Well...it was to call someone"

"Bullshit"

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"Sorry Lanziel, but I must focus on my studies. So I have no time for music."

The beats on his heart slowly dissipated after he said those words as he finally calmed down. Chuckling quite weakly, he shook his head and then played the song once again and immersed himself into his own world.

Seeing this and probably because he was rejected, Lance just heave out a sigh and then turned his back on Iliad to leave him in his own world. He may have looked like he was disappointed, but that is actually the opposite. He thought of not giving up on Iliad.

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Probably because he was bothered by the previous conversation, Iliad was unable to immerse himself into his own world that deep. He kept thinking about unwanted things so he just decided to read some novels on his phone to pass time until the professor arrived, and it really did not take long for the professor to arrive.

The professor was a young short woman with a big round glasses and curly hair, she was called Miss Katie. Since this is their first interaction, Miss Katie had her class introduce themselves. Of course, she added some twist to it to make things fun. She encouraged them to make their introduction playful and put some effort on it.

Then as she wanted, everyone in Iliad's class really did give an effort in their introductions...even the introverts. Iliad was forced to do so too cause Miss Katie does not allow anyone to sit back down again unless they say something interesting.

So Iliad had to say a joke that he stole from Julian.

"How did the barber win the race..? He knew a shortcut"

Pft-

Lance who sat infront of him held in his laughter as Iliad delivered that joke. Even though everyone in the class found that joke way too corny, Lance thought so otherwise.

'As expected of a Julian clone...'

Iliad smiled softly after concluding his joke then was made to sit back down. He did not mind the impression of being someone corny, he is not even giving an effort to it, and that joke was not his....so he just shrugged it off.

Since the first day is just getting to know each other, his class did not really have lessons yet, so after an hour of chatting together. Miss Katie dismissed the class.

"Add me on facebook. It is just my name. You can dm me if you have thought about my invitation"

For some reason, Lance still had not given up on Iliad, but Iliad just brushed him off and went straight home.

Since Julian's class ends at 9pm and it is currently 4pm, Iliad just decided to go home and not wait for him. He also just thought of leaving the guitar that he won, to Julian's car. He has a lot of guitar at home anyway.

He took the bus home. While he was on the bus, he listened to some music throughout the ride and closed his eyes to have a good rest.

'Today was a long day....'

He uttered inwardly as he was slowly immersing himself in the music, but as he was doing so, he received a notification on his phone.

[ Soundcloud update: "Comet" has uploaded a new song ]

Ch4.