The first time you touch the keys of a piano, it makes horrible sounds that make you remember that annoying bird your mom used to hate. And yet, you continue to bash on the keys, squinting your eyes at near-foreign notes, pretending to know what they say, until the sounds blend into something salvageable. Your sisters yell at you to “shut up and ( Read more... )

Silence reigned throughout the hall as the champion pulled his helmet off, wiping his forehead of the sweat that had gathered there. He pulled at the rubber band holding his onyx hair in a short ponytail and glanced at his audience with an indifferent face. The man never smiled, always wearing a stoic expression that no one could ever figure out. ( Read more... )

Do you remember the day we made that promise?

It was after you had your heart broken for the first time. You had been so hurt. You were almost driven to the point of insanity. Were those tiny pills you found in your mother’s medicine cabinet really so tempting? Was he worth almost losing grasp of your dream? Did you know that I cried for ( Read more... )