Chapter 3: The Love Song You Weren't Supposed To Hear

Yui had absolutely no idea about what it was she had been hearing for the past several weeks, unable to put it together until all the pieces had lined up.

It started small at first, just a little snippet here and there when Azusa thought she was all alone. The first things she heard were simple, just basic guitar melodies, ones that could have been easily mistaken for warm-ups, yet the first time she heard the new melody she knew at least a little that it was something more than that, even if she didn't pay it any thought.

For a while she didn't hear anything new, just the same melody. Then, one day Azusa forgot to close the door to the bathroom all the way as she showered, and Yui could hear her voice carry out into the rest of the home. She couldn't make out much of anything, so she didn't think anything of it.

And so, Azusa's singing and guitar playing became a normal occurrence to Yui. It was something she grew to expect, something small that had no real bearing on the state of things.

Yui really didn't suspect a thing. When she found a worn piece of paper with Azusa's scrawling all over it among the new and professional looking mail on the counter, she thought nothing of it. When she accidentally spilled a music stand over onto the floor, and all the sheet music that she was frantically picking up had Yui's name written at the very top in handwriting that was very much not her own, she thought nothing of it.

The only thing that the guitarist thought of about each of the tiny clues was just that, nothing.

It didn't dawn on her until she was seated down on her couch after her anniversary dinner and Azusa sat across from her, guitar in hand, that this was all for her. She listened intently as her girlfriend began playing for her, the now familiar melody flooding the room as the younger girl began to sing.

As the final chord rang out, Yui put her hands over her face, eyes welling with tears.

"Oh god, Yui? Was it that bad? I didn't mean to make you cry, please don't cry." Azusa frantically worked to comfort Yui, worried that she had made a huge mistake. Yui simply shook her head.

"No, it was beautiful Azusa." Yui replied shakily. "I'm just so happy, this is the best thing anyone has ever done for me."

Azusa's face morphed from one of distraught to one of joy, and she wrapped her arms around Yui.

"I'm so glad you like it." She said. Yui gave her lover a squeeze.

"How could I not? This was just absolutely beautiful, you didn't have to do something like this for me."

"It's just that we've been together for so long, and you've been putting up with me for all this time, I thought that it was the only thing I could do to show you how much I love you." Azusa confessed, face red. She broke the embrace, and placed her hands onto Yui's shoulders.

"I love you."

"I love you too Azusa, more than you could ever know." Azusa smiled, and pressed her lips to Yui's. When they separated she was pinned down to the couch, Yui towering over her with a mischievous grin.

"I think it's time I gave you my present now Azunyan."