𝒫𝓇ℯ𝓈ℯ𝓃𝓉－

"Ready Aliza?" Matt's voice echoed throughout the empty dressing room, his fingertips playing a nervous tune on the keyboard. Aliza took a deep breath, her eyes locked on the mirror "as ready as ready can be" she smiled tryna gain her confidence. The first notes filled through the air, a gentle melody that played around them. They practiced the song thousands of times, but tonight felt different. The anticipation was a thick crescendo that built in their hearts.

Stepping on the stage the spotlight grew brighter, the sound of the audience buzzing through the atmosphere. The whispers of excitement grew to a low mummer as Matt strucked the cords of the songs while Aliza sat besides him. This was it. The moment they have been working towards for as long as they can remember.

𝖠𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖨𝗌 𝖭𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖤𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁
－𝖭𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖲𝗄𝗒𝖾𝗌 ＆ 𝖠𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖺 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽e

𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮
𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩
𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩

𝗜'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘆
𝗜'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲
𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗲
𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗲

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁
𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸
𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳
𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴
𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
𝗦𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲
𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩
－－－－－－－－－－－－－

"𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂" our harmonies blend while hue of lights were brought upon us and memories of a moment that once happened.
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9𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝒹ℯ－

We rehearsed for the upcoming play but I couldn't keep my eyes off of Aliza in this dress, it made her features stand out so delicately. "must I sing you a song to make you remember?" I get into my character. "I don't bother, show me." The lights dim and I hear a soft voice.
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Something is telling me that I should go
You are telling me things I already know
And when I close my eyes I feel your touch
Something is telling me that we'll never be enough.
And when you smile I know that
we will always measure up

She turned to me as the music filled the room

"What is it that you must desire?"
"You. I desire you. The way your hair falls back and your eyes. You look beautiful" she looks at me confusingly "Matt those aren't the lines." She walks up to me while syncing her lips to remind me of the listen making me snap back "You. I desire you. The way your eyes shine bright and bring a beautiful glow among the town." She smiles at me contently while nodding "shall we sing?"
"yes we will sing a melody so beautiful the whole world must hear." I take her hand.
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Our harmonies fill the room and she turns to me as the melody continues. She walked up to me while we singed the bridge.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬
𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄~
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂~

As the song played my voice singed a note I didn't know I could sing, her eyebrow raised in shocked while still singing.
The music faded along and uproars of claps came along the play cast as they ran up to me and Aliza "That was amazing Matt.." she looked at me with admiration in her eyes "thank you Aliza.. you look great by the way." She tilts her head while smiling "can't remember how long it has been since you told me that.." she looks down "do I need to remind you?"
Our eyes lock causing us to giggle "Matt I should go now." She says while a little smile "bye Aliza stay safe." She nods while walking off.
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𝒫𝓇ℯ𝓈ℯ𝓃𝓉－

𝘊𝘈𝘜𝘚𝘌 𝘚𝘖𝘖𝘕𝘌𝘙 𝘖𝘙 𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙
𝘞𝘌'𝘓𝘓 𝘞𝘖𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘞𝘏𝘠 𝘎𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘜𝘗
𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘛𝘏 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞𝘚
𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩, 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝
𝘚𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪

I fell in love with Aliza all over again just as I did the day I saw her in that dress. I struck the last keys of the piano causing the music to grow faint.
I love you I whisper to her as we hear the residing noises and applause.
"I love you Matt" she whispers to me while smiling.
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We head backstage to see Nick and Ernesto together along with Kiyomi and Chris. They all run up to hug us "Holy shit that was crazy Matt. How did you go that high. teach meeee" Ernesto says while shaking my shoulders like a little kid "okay I will." I look at Aliza "this young lady here is the answer" I kiss her forehead while holding her by her waist "Ugh a cute couple. Give me a break." Nick says suddenly causing us to all start laughing.
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-Aliza-

I'm chilling on the couch with Kiyomi and Nick. They were playing mario carts and drinking some beer "ah shit Kiyomi why do you always winnn" Nick groaned in frustration causing Chris to laugh "kid you just suck. Let me play." He reaches his hand out and Nick hands him the controller.

"Kiyomi how are you so good?" She shrugs her shoulders "okay don't get too cocky. I used to beat you all the time when were kids" she tilts her at me while squinting her eyes "whatever I want snacks!" Chris ran out "I'm getting popcorn!" I stand up to go out to kitchen to see Matt standing with a smug smile on his face "hey baby" he approaches me "hey Aliza." I head around the corner towards the fridge leading to him following me and open the fridge door to grab a beer. "Thank you" he takes it from my hand while giggling "really?" I looked at him with a shock expression "yes really." I roll my eyes and reach to grab another one. I stand up to feel his hands around me "I remember when we did our first play in 9th grade and I saw you in that dress. You were beautiful." I close my eyes as he hums a familiar melody

𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸

He widened his eyes "you remember it?" I rock back and forth while he continues to hold me "how can I forget?" I turn to face him closing the fridge door "your voice was beautiful that night Matt." He shakes his head "you are beautiful." I walk away while looking back "where are you going?"
"Follow me" I hear his footsteps run behind me.