บท 13: Heartbeat

Chapter 13

viLelouch's POV

Rina cooked their dinner. It was good that it made them full. They started to gather in the living room after some time to start working on their Project.

Silence enveloped them as they were all focussing on the task at hand. Rina and Andy sat beside each other, with laptops on their lap as they work on the same Project.

Erika on the other hand, work silently on her own. Rina would sometimes ask her some questions, suggestions and advices.

Well, likewise, she too with Rina but never did to Andy. Erika and Andy never really had a proper conversation up until now.

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Some time passed—

It was already late in the evening, Rina went to the kitchen for some tea.

"What?" Erika sarcastically asked. She noticed Andy kept on glancing at her, like contemplating to say or do something.

"Well, can you help me with something?" Andy shyly requested.

"I have some failed Beam Designs here," she explained.

"I— I can't seem to to know where the problem lies," she stuttered.

Erika got up without saying anything and sat beside the stuttering girl.

She leaned in closer to the girl to have a closer look in the monitor.

The sudden brushing of their arms gave Andy a shiver down her spine. She held her breath, her heart seemed to jump out of her chest too.

'The fuck with this' she complained in her thoughts.

And with great effort, she managed to follow Erika's explanation and demo.

The night deepens, Rina took a glance at the clock in the wall.

"Let's stop here."

"We still have tomorrow," She suggested while yawning.

Erika stretched her back then close her laptop. Andy did the same.

"Shall I make you both tea before we retreat to bed?" Rina offered.

The two both nodded.

Rina handed each a cup of tea and sat on the couch. Then something caught her eye.

"How about some music Andy?"

I bet those are not just for decorations, are they?" She pointed to the instruments.

"Well, I'm not that good," the girl humbly stated.

"We will decide for that," Rina said while winking at Erika.

Andy chuckled then smiled.

She placed her cup of tea on the table and went to the piano.

She pressed some random keys before really playing the full notes.

She sung the song "Love Someone" by Jason Mraz— where she seemed to mean every word in the lyrics and her voice didn't fail to communicate the feeling the song wanted to convey.

There was a gap of silence before hearing Rina clapping.

"You're giving me goosebump," she complimented.

Andy chuckled and just laughed then turned to look at Erika.

The look she gave forced the girl to comment.

Erika felt oblige to give one.

"You've got the voice. I think a Music Academy would suit you better," the girl said in monotone.

'eh'

This made Andy's mouth to hung low. She did not know if she should be happy or not. So she just wryly smiled while Rina laughed.

'hahaha'