Dropping out
I love her and all, but Ive decided shes not for me ;3;

















































































































































































































































































































































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A quiet summer afternoon, barely memorable, is when my first guitar touched my paws. I was maybe 7, or 8 and my father had taken me for a stroll through the park. I remember him clearly, with his pants full of holes, denim over shirt, and that big guitar case strapped to his back. I suppose you could say I inherited his good looks. Anyways, we had sat under a tree to rest from the heat and eat the ice cream he had just bought us. I hadn't paid him any mind while I devoured the cold treat, but he had been fumbling around with him guitar case while juggling and eating his ice cream. I had only looked at him once I finished and I remember how wide my eyes had gotten when he held out a beautiful acoustic guitar painted in a dull copper color. I didn't even think twice before taking it and smudging the sticky residue of my ice cream all over it as I admired it.
Now, before you ask, yes, I still have it. No, I don't play it. I've got Harmonia here for playing now a days. Anyways, it wasn't long before dad taught me how to make her sing and it was our thing to go to that same tree and play duets and try to out do each other on solos. A lot of people remember it when I go back to play now... Oh, don't ask me to play now. I-I couldn't if I wanted to, there are just too many people. Sure the park, with it's scarce people and once in a while passer bys, is public, but here it's so many and they would all hear if I messed up, or stuttered. I can always take you to a quieter, less crowded room later. A-anyways, I'm the man you see today because of those leisurely trips with my dad. I'm also a good cook because my mom thought learning to cook the best roast vegetables was more important than me learning soccer. Then again, ladies like a man that can cook, right?
Oh? more story telling? Alright... well, I'm not that interesting... I guess I've got a few good ones.
I had entered a battle of the bands once, of course it was just me, so I just told the registration that I was a soloist, and they accepted it under 'one man band'. ... Yes, I said earlier I couldn't play infront of crowds, but this event was more like; shabby community event put together for a week to promote musical individuals, and I thought I wasn't frightened of playing infront of people then. Yea, so, when I went there wasn't even ten people there to watch, which made me more comfortable. I went up, played some hardcore diddy, waited for results, and pretty much ended up as a honorable mention. I guess 'one man bands' aren't judged the same, plus this one punk that lead one of the bands started something with me and I got a few points off for being 'unsportsman like'.
Not good enough? but I said I was boring... Ok, maybe the other one? But, this song's really good. I could, just, dance furiously. Alright, I'll try to tell it, but Oh, this song is really speaking to me!
"Oh, I'm back! You actually sat here this whole time? Well, I guess you deserve something more, huh." A quick gaze up at the ceiling and he's ready to talk again, "How about something more personal again? Seems like what you're after." He tries to push his bangs back from his face, without success, as though to make it more dramatic. "So, we'll go back to that park from before, after my old man left for a while."
-Songs in the Shade-
A quiet wind passes through the lofty branches of the trees. The park itself barely filled with people, as if they knew the day was for sorrow. A small Kia, softly strumming a guitar under a large tree, is spotted by a bigger, female kia.
"Devon. You can't just stay out here." The soft but stern voice of the Kia broke the younger one's string of notes.
"I can until Dad gets back." A hard tone strained around the lump in his throat, "He said he'd be back soon."
"He's went on tour, he might not be back for a while, sweetie." A sweeter tone replaced the stern one from earlier as his mother sat beside him, "We just have to wait for a little while. It's not like he's going to abandon us."
"I want him home now, as cool as it is he's touring, I miss him." A slow stroke on the strings of his guitar emphasized his sorrow, "I liked the idea at first, mom, but what if something happens and we don't see him again? Or he decides he wants a better wife and child. Or..."
A ruffle of the hair made him look up in confusion.
"We can worry, but why? We might as well be happy until the day comes, that way if it doesn't, we can be happy still. Now come along, I'll take you for some ice cream." As she got a up a few notes floated into the air. A happier looking Devon stood up beside her, strumming a happier tune on his guitar.
"Happiness is better♪ Than sulking in the dark♪ Some Ice cream sure would seem nice♪" He sung along, reassuring his mother of his state.


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