Chương 73: From Far Away

Sanae stood in the middle of the dancing studio. She had just finished reading what she had written for her song out loud when I stood up from the chair to let her sit next to the girls again. They had asked for the reading to be private, so it was only them and me in the room.

Now I stood in front of them, speechless. Each of the girls had read out loud a story about their pasts and the mood had become bittersweet, to say the least.

"I don't know what to say," I said. "All of your stories are… sad. It's nice knowing you didn't give up and how far you've come."

"You also have a couple of stories of your own," Aki said. I knew exactly what she was talking about, while the girls only got half of the picture.

"Yeah. Umi, do you think the stories can be turned into songs?"

"Of course, they are all interesting. Especially Astra's. Not to underestimate the others."

"I agree," Risa smiled and the girls nodded. "Astra's story is out of this world. Literally."

Astra giggled.