Title: electric guitar abuzz
Rating: G
Fandom: Witch on the Holy Night
Relationship: Aozaki Aoko/Kuonji Alice
Wordcount: 500
Short summary: The sounds from Aoko playing her electric guitar bring Alice to Aoko’s room.
Perhaps Alice is bored or in need of a change of scenery after a morning all alone in the living room. She makes her way up the staircase only to hear a loud electronic screech. This causes her to pause immediately, her whole body to turn towards Aoko’s wing. The source is obvious. Alice had no reason to seek out Aoko before now, since they had no plans for studying magecraft today, but she can’t let this continue.
“Aoko.”
Alice probably should have set a manor rule against making such loud noises unless it was related to magecraft, but it is too late now. And, well, she doesn’t exactly hate the sight of Aoko with the guitar. It’s just the sound…
“Oh! Alice! Isn’t it great?”
“Hmm?” Alice wonders what it is, but the question is soon answered.
“I really miss how it sounds. Yeah it cost a lot of money to buy this guitar but there’s something about the electric buzz that just really hits. No wonder the best rockers out there use this brand.”
Aoko strikes once more, making another chaotic burst with the guitar. At least Alice finds the sound chaotic. Aoko smiles sheepishly.
“Whoops, I didn’t quite hold my pick correctly. Let me try again. Ah, yes!”
And then, with a lot more confidence than skill, Aoko manages to convey a melody with her guitar. It seems like it could be nice, maybe, if she had been able to keep a correct rhythm. Alice may not play an instrument herself, but she does have some idea about rhythms as essential to the proper management of some magecraft skills…
“Maybe I should get back into playing this.” Aoko sets her pick down and pats the side of the guitar like a pet or small child. “An amazing guitar like this one should be played, right?”
“Why are you bragging about your guitar?”
The question causes Aoko to immediately halt her ramble. Alice can see the gears turn in Aoko’s mind and the exact moment when Aoko comes to the realization that her bragging really is silly. Of course that doesn’t mean she’ll admit it out loud.
“Hmph! I’ll show you one day!”
Alice tilts her head and purses her lips. If her guess is correct, Aoko’s trying to smooth over her embarrassment by linking her guitar rambles to her enthusiasm for playing it. Which is amusing since both things have a ways to go.
“You’re laughing about it, aren’t you.”
“Hmm.”
An amused expression did leak onto Alice’s face for a moment, but Alice manages to bring her expression back to neutral. She doesn’t really want to encourage Aoko on this guitar business, but… If Aoko wants to keep playing at being a “normal” person and a witch, then it would be funnier if she became a rockstar witch. Or maybe it would interesting to see visually…
(She won’t admit yet that her interest may solely stem from the desire to witness an Aoko who’s unabashedly happy.)