After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 69

The melody was soft, tender, and full of emotion, each note carefully chosen and placed.

The room seemed to come alive with the sound, the music wrapping itself around us like a warm embrace.

he skepticism on the Shadow's face gradually melted away, replaced by something closer

to awe.

His eyes widened as the piece unfolded, the notes weaving a tapestry of beauty and grace.

The melody climbed higher, each note a step closer to the heavens, and I could feel the music resonating within me, stirring memories I had long kept buried. Shadow stood frozen, his breath caught in his throat as the song reached its peak, the piano

singing with a voice all its own.

The final notes lingered in the air for a moment before slowly fading into silence, leaving the room filled with a profound stillness.

He was completely frozen, his mouth slightly agape, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

"How do you know this tune?" he finally managed, his voice tinged with surprise.

"How did you do that? It's amazing."

I smiled softly, a hint of nostalgia in my eyes.

"I wrote this song," I said simply.

Shadow looked at me incredulously, his expression one of disbelief.

"You wrote this?" he asked, his voice shaky.

"I heard it years ago. But... how could you have written it?"

I nodded, my smile fading as I thought back to that time.

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hear this song?"

thought for a moment, his brow furrowed

was three years ago, at a college." He replied succinctly, seemingly

and I wrote the song in the piano room after the graduation ceremony. I didn't think anyone would

a

understand you," He said softly, shaking his

you gave up on everything worthwhile in

hit me harder than I

he was right in a

on so much, choosing instead

my dreams for

piano keys still warm beneath my fingers, I realized that it

create, still bring my music

my posture, feeling a renewed sense of

creating again," I said, my

as Shadow now, looked at me with a sparkle of admiration in

eyes.

declared, a wide grin

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should get back into racing too. A talent like yours shouldn't

to mind the message I had received from

mentioned considering my

hadn't made a decision yet, but maybe it was time to

my bag, I pulled out the sheet music

Shadow's eyes

as he took the papers from me, marveling at the notes that

across the page.

he

I can do for

I paused, thinking.

mind-a playground advertisement I had seen

thing, yet it stirred a deep

to go to the playground,"