*melody smiles between the two of them, hearing the swell of kurapika’s heartbeat as he watches them interact and sharing in his unfiltered joy, just happy to see him so happy after so recently seeing him at his worst.*

no, not at all! i was just reading. the music room has some interesting books on music theory that i’ve been borrowing.

*she turns to pairo, whose glassy-eyed look has made it clear that his vision is impaired from the moment she saw him and he didn’t quite see her.*

i’ve been friends with kurapika for a long time now, but not nearly as long as you! we met in yorknew city when we started working for the same boss.